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ID: 659002

Title: Hercule Poirot's Silent Night: A Novel

Author: Sophie Hannah

Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Detective Stories, Historical

Summary:

The worlds greatest detective, Hercule Poirotlegendary star of Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nileputs his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.

Its December 19, 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are looking forward to a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday, when they are called upon to investigate the murder of a man in a Norfolk hospital ward. Cynthia Catchpool, Edwards mother, insists that Poirot stay with her in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while he solves the case.

As Poirot digs into the mystery, he discovers that the murdered man was a retired post office master, and by all accounts very well-liked. The local constabularys investigation failed to uncover how someone could have entered a hospital room and killed him under the noses of the staff. Cynthias friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital, and his wife is convinced he will be the killers next victim, though she refuses to explain why.

With no obvious motive or suspect, Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone elsesomeone utterly ruthlessalso has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot

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ID: 657088

Title: Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It

Author: Adia Harvey Wingfield

Narrator: Lynnette R. Freeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:06:31

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, History, Non-Fiction, World, Social Science, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite todays multi-billion-dollar diversity industryand provides actional solutions for creating a truly equitable, multiracial future.

Labor and race have shared a complex, interconnected history in America. For decades, key aspects of workfrom getting a job to workplace norms to advancement and mobilityignored and failed Black people. While explicit discrimination no longer occurs, and organizations make internal and public pledges to honor and achieve diversity, inequities persist through what Adia Harvey Wingfield calls the gray areas: the relationships, networks, and cultural dynamics integral to companies that are now more important than ever. The reality is that Black employees are less likely to be hired, stall out at middle levels, and rarely progress to senior leadership positions.

Wingfield has spent a decade examining inequality in the workplace, interviewing over two hundred Black subjects across professions about their work lives. In Gray Areas, she introduces seven of them: Alex, a worker in the gig economy Max, an emergency medicine doctor; Constance, a chemical engineer; Brian, a filmmaker; Amalia, a journalist; Darren, a corporate vice president; and Kevin, who works for a nonprofit.

In this accessible and important antiracist work, Wingfield chronicles their experiences and blends them with history and surprising data that starkly show how old models of work are outdated and detrimental. She demonstrates the scope and breadth of gray areas and offers key insights and suggestions for how they can be fixed, including shifting hiring practices to include Black workers; rethinking organizational cultures to centralize Black employees experience; and establishing pathways that move capable Black candidates into leadership roles. These reforms would create workplaces that reflect Americas increasingly diverse populationprofessionals whose needs organizations today are ill-prepared to meet.

Its time to prepare for a truly equitable, multiracial future and move our culture forward. To do so, we must address the gray areas in our workspaces today. This definitive work shows us how.

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ID: 657104

Title: Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies

Author: George Jreije

Narrator: Ali Nasser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:06:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-23

Publisher: HarperCollins

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Humor

Summary:

George Jrejie delivers another thrilling and action-packed middle grade fantasy adventure in this sequel to Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria.

After defeating the necromancers and bringing alchemy back to the Alexandria Academy, Shad Hadid is ready for an exciting second term at school. It doesnt hurt that hes being called a hero, but the new lessons are harder than he expected and his mentor, Kahem, is nowhere to be found. 

When Shad intercepts a letter from an informant with a possible clue for thwarting the necromancers evil plans once and for all, he's determined to help. Joined by his friends, Shad embarks on a perilous journey across Lebanon to track down this secretive stranger.

But shadowy forces lurk around every corner, eager to take revenge on the Alexandria Academy's young heroesand not everyone is as they seem. Unable to tell who they can trust, will Shad and his friends be able to find what they seek and save their school?

As Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil) noted of the first book: ''Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria is a heart-warming, mouth-watering tale packed to the brim with humor, action, and culinary delights. Alchemizing the magic school trope with traditional Lebanese culture, author George Jreije creates a rich one-of-a-kind world that readers wont want to leave. Like a delicious home-cooked meal, this book is straight from the heart, a touching tale about family and friendship that is sure to resonate with children and parents alike.''

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ID: 657105

Title: All That Consumes Us

Author: Erica Waters

Narrator: Lori Prince

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:17:59

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-23

Publisher: HarperTeen

Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Summary:

Ninth House meets The Dead and the Dark in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the human capacity for great love, great art, and great evil. 

Magni animi numquam moriuntur. Great minds never die. 

The students in Corbin Colleges elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it allfree tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesnt hesitate.

Except once shes settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory, something strange starts to happen. Shes finally writing, but her stories are dark and twisted. Her dreams feel as if they could bury her alive. An unseen presence seems to stalk her through the halls.  

And a chilling secret awaits Tara at the heart of Magni Virione that just might turn her nightmares into reality; one that might destroy her before she has a chance to escape. 

All That Consumes Us will pull readers into a hypnotizing, dark reverie that blurs the lines of reality and shows that the addictive nature of ambitionand its inevitable pricealways claims its due. 

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ID: 655139

Title: To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment

Author: Bret Baier

Narrator: Bret Baier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:38:35

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, North America, American Politics

Summary:

 Instant New York Times Bestseller

#1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how George Washington saved the Constitutionand the American experiment

''To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a young United States.'' Jay Winik

A sweeping narrative ranging from the unsettled early American frontier and the battlefields of the Revolution to the history-making clashes within Philadelphias Independence Hall, Bret Baiers To Rescue the Constitution dramatically illuminates the life of George Washington, the Founder who did more than perhaps any other individual to secure the future of the United States.

George Washington rescued the nation three times: first by leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, second by presiding over the Constitutional Convention that set the blueprint for the United States and ushering the Constitution through a fractious ratification process, and third by leading the nation as its first president. There is no doubt that the struggling new nation needed to be rescuedand that Washington was the only American who could bring them together.

After the victorious War of Independence, when a spirit of unity and patriotism might have been expected, instead the nation fractured. The states were no more than a loosely knit and contentious confederation, with no strong central union. It was an urgent matter that led to the calling of a Constitutional Convention to meet in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787.

Setting aside his plan to retire to Mount Vernon, Washington agreed to be a delegate at Philadelphia. There he was unanimously elected president of the convention. After successfully bringing the Constitution into being, Washington then sacrificed any hope of returning to private life by accepting the unanimous election to be the nations first president. Washington was not known for brilliant oratory or prose, but his quiet, steady leadership gave life to the Constitution by showing how it should be enacted.

In this vivid and moving portrait of Americas early struggles, Baier captures the critical moments when Washingtons leadership brought the nation from the brink of collapse. Baier exposes an early America that is grittier and far more divided than is often portrayedone we can see reflected in todays conflicts.

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ID: 653642

Title: Blackwoods

Author: Brandy Colbert

Narrator: Alaska Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:16:49

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-23

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Tough Topics

Summary:

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Awardwinning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations of a Hollywood familyan unforgettable tale of ambition, fame, struggle, loss, and love in America.

The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name.

Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our timeand the matriarch of the most famous Black family in Hollywood. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything.

Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, shes surrounded by it, whether at home with her family or at the prestigious Dupree Academy among Los Angeles elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossoms death, she is thrust into the spotlight shes long avoidedand finds that trust may be a luxury even she cant afford.

Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyoneespecially after Ardiths mother died in a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the public want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world.

Weaving together the narratives of Hollis, Ardith, and Blossom, award-winning author Brandy Colbert tells an unforgettable story set in an America where everything is personal, and nothing is private.  

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ID: 668026

Title: Brooklyn Crime Novel: A Novel

Author: Jonathan Lethem

Narrator: Geoffrey Cantor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:00:05

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Detective Stories

Summary:

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn comes a sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing over fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood.

A blistering book. A love story. Social commentary. History. Protest novel. And mystery joins the whole together: is the crime 'time'? Or the almighty dollar? I got a great laugh from it too. Every city deserves a book like this.  Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin

On the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other players: parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and laws; those who award this neighborhood its name.

The rules appear obvious at first. But in memorys prism, criminals and victims may seem to trade places. The voices of the past may seem to rise and gather as if in harmony, then make war with one another. A street may seem to crack open and reveal what lies behind its glimmering facade. None who lived through it are ever permitted to forget.

Written with kaleidoscopic verve and delirious wit, Brooklyn Crime Novel is a breathtaking tour de force by a writer at the top of his powers. Jonathan Lethem, one of Americas greatest storytellers (Washington Post), has crafted an epic interrogation of how we fashion stories to contain the uncontainable: our remorse at the world weve made.

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ID: 643309

Title: Rayleigh Mann in the Company of Monsters

Author: Ciannon Smart

Narrator: Jake Fairbrother

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:55:26

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

''A dangerously good time!''Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author

This enchanting world will grab hold and never let go. Triumphant!  Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Marvellers 

Enter the world of Below London, the magical home of monsters, where causing a ruckus is the best thing you can do.

Notorious troublemaker Rayleigh Mann has just discovered hes the son of the infamous Bogey Mann. Theres just one problem: Bogey is missing and Rayleigh is the only one who can find him. But to do so, Rayleigh must travel to Bogeys worldBelow London, where Rayleighs penchant for tricks just might help him survive an adventure straight out of his wildest dreamsor perhaps his most terrifying nightmares.

With a hilarious voice, Caribbean inspired lore, and endlessly fun magic, the first book in Ciannon Smarts thrilling middle grade fantasy series is perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The Marvellers.

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ID: 666827

Title: Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

Author: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

Narrator: Anderson Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:18:53

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Business, North America

Summary:

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.

The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American storyof ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.

From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astors son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society.

The family fortune, first made by a beaver trapping business that grew into an empire, was then amplified by holdings in Manhattan real estate. Over the ensuing generations, Astors ruled Gilded Age New York society and inserted themselves into political and cultural life, but also suffered the most famous loss on the Titanic, one of many shocking and unexpected twists in the familys story.

In this unconventional, page-turning historical biography, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the lives of the Astors and explore what the Astor name has come to mean in Americaoffering a window onto the making of America itself.

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ID: 652221

Title: Picture Perfect Autumn: A Novel

Author: Shelley Noble

Narrator: Em Grosland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:41:11

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

A Manhattan photographer finds inspiration and new possibilities in a Gothic Rhode Island beach house in this uplifting fall-set read from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. 

Dani Campbell is the latest darling of the Manhattan art scene. As a self-taught photographer, Dani is loving every minute of her sudden popularity, but has no idea how she got there, or a clue as to how to stay. On a shoot at an antiques barn, she discovers an envelope of old photos and sees in them what her photos are missing. Her search for their source leads Dani to a small Rhode Island town, a dilapidated American Gothic beach houseand Lawrence Sinclair.

Reclusive and bitter, the last thing eighty-year-old Lawrence wants to think about is photographythe thing that inadvertently led to his sons death and tore his family apart. But Dani is determined and persuasive, and Lawrence cant help but be intrigued by the girl with spiky hair who wants to learn from him, when almost everyone else just wants to relieve him of his substantial fortune.

Dani and Lawrences mentorship blossoms unexpectedly, but everything is put in jeopardy by the appearance of Lawrences estranged grandson, Peter. Peter is determined to spend some time reconnecting with his grandfather and to get rid of the supposed fortune hunter after Lawrences money. But Dani is not what he was expecting, and he soon discovers that they have more things in common than not.

Brought together by fortune, fate, and the ties that bind, all three embark on journeys of discovery and love.

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