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ID: 523238

Title: Daughter of Calabria

Author: Tania Blanchard

Narrator: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:51:54

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, War & Military

Summary:

Previously published as Echoes of War

'Blanchard at her breathtaking best. Rich in every sight, taste and smell.' Australian Women’s Weekly

Set in Mussolini’s Italy amid great upheaval, this is the story of one woman’s determination to find her place in a world that men are threatening to tear apart. Another heart-rending novel inspired by a true story from Australia's bestselling author of The Girl from Munich.

Calabria, Italy, 1936

In a remote farming village nestled in the mountains that descend into the sparkling Ionian Sea, young and spirited Giulia Tallariti longs for something more. While she loves her home and her lively family, she would much rather follow in her nonna’s footsteps and pursue her dream of becoming a healer.

But as Mussolini’s focus shifts to the war in Europe, civil unrest looms. Whispers of war are at every corner and her beloved village, once safe from the fascist agenda of the North, is now in very real danger.

Caught between her desire to forge her own path and her duty to her family, Giulia must draw on the passion in her heart and the strength of her conviction.

Can she find a way to fulfill her dreams without sacrificing all she holds dear?

‘Richly imagined, heartbreaking and utterly captivating ... yet another outstanding piece of historical fiction from Blanchard, cementing her place at the top of this genre.’ Better Reading

‘This is emotional reading for anyone born of immigrant stock as it explores the pain of leaving your homeland and your family to find opportunity elsewhere … an entertaining tale of fiction that will make your heart melt and sing and shatter.’ Glam Adelaide

 

‘A powerful novel about powerful women … a powerful evocation of a time, a place and a cultural vision which provided a significant boost to Australia’s population and its development as a multi-cultural destination of choice for refugees – both voluntary and choiceless.’ Carpe Librum

 

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ID: 537511

Title: 2 Sisters Detective Agency

Author: Candice Fox, James Patterson

Narrator: Mela Lee, Peter Giles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:37:21

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Two sisters go into the family business they didn't know they had - catching killers.

Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half-sister named Baby.

Baby brings in a client to the detective agency - a young man who claims he was abducted the night before. Soon, Rhonda and Baby are entangled in a bizarre yet dangerous case, caught between a group of over-privileged young adults who break laws for fun and one of their victims, an ex-assassin now determined to wreak his revenge...

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ID: 507582

Title: Enemy at the Gates

Author: Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:36:13

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Political Thriller, Espionage

Summary:

The latest compulsive thriller in the New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series.

America is reeling from the national blackout that swept the nation, continuing to dig out of the power outage. And the new president is unlike any Mitch has worked with in the past; he is extremely dictatorial and sees cracks in America's democratic institutions that he believes can be exploited to put his family in power permanently.

As Mitch backs away from the new president, he, in turn, questions Rapp's loyalty. Mitch decides to take a much needed break and moves to his house in Cape Town, where he gets pulled into a job with Nicholas Ward, the world's first trillionaire. It has been discovered that there is a mole in the CIA who's been digging through their systems for information on Ward so, after thwarting an attempt to kidnap him Uganda, Mitch makes it look like the abduction was successful. The hope is that this will give Rapp the freedom to track down the person who has been able to gain such deep access into the CIA's mainframe.

Rapp, completely cut off from the agency, must uncover the identity of the mole and deal with him. But the situation is deeper and more complex than he ever could have imagined, involving the President of the United States himself. 

Praise for the Mitch Rapp series

'Sizzles with inside information and CIA secrets' Dan Brown

'A cracking, uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times

'Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story. . . instantly gripping' Shortlist

'Action-packed, in-your-face, adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent

'Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' Guardian

'Outstanding . . . Mills is writing at the top of his game' Publishers Weekly

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ID: 537500

Title: Firestorm

Author: Greg Mullins

Narrator: Hazem Shammas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:05:49

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

Greg Mullins followed his father into fighting bushfires - it was in the blood. He fought major fires around Sydney and the Blue Mountains for decades, and studied bushfires in Europe, Canada and the US. He risked his life in the 1994 Sydney fires and, later, during our catastrophic Black Summer of 2019-20. As a career firefighter, he worked his way up the ranks to become Commissioner of one of the world's largest fire services, Fire and Rescue NSW, for nearly fourteen years. When it came to natural disasters there was little, if anything, he hadn't witnessed first-hand.

Over five decades he watched as weather patterns and natural disaster risks changed, seeing bushfires becoming bigger, hotter and more destructive. He talked to scientists and weighed their evidence with his experience, coming to the realisation that man-made global warming was setting the stage for a deadly firestorm. In early 2019 he tried to warn the government that a Black Summer was imminent so that adequate preparations could be made. . .

But when he and former fire chiefs from across the country tried to meet with politicians to sound an urgent warning, they were ignored.

Combining thrilling stories of what it's like to be on the front line of Australia's first giga-fire with the hard truths of human-caused climate change, Firestorm is a compelling account of raging fire, political evasion, settled science, and one man's courageous, urgent call to action for all Australians.

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ID: 537499

Title: Kensy and Max 8: High Voltage: The bestselling spy series

Author: Jacqueline Harvey

Narrator: Jacqueline Harvey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:22:08

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Kids, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

After a tumultuous school term, a family holiday with sunshine, sleep-ins and Portuguese tarts is just what Kensy and Max need. And Granny Cordelia is adamant: there are to be no investigations while on vacation. But when strange incidents start piling up, the twins are torn between their loyalty and their nose for adventure.

As all leads point to the annual E-Prix championship, Kensy and Max find themselves drawn into the middle of a menacing plot. High-powered sports cars are not the only dangers on the streets of Sintra. Someone wants Wolf Motors and the Formula E car race to go up in smoke, and they won't let anything - or anyone - get in their way.

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ID: 517972

Title: Into the Rip: How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Stronger, Happier ... and Less American

Author: Damien Cave

Narrator: Damien Cave

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:53:49

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Psychology

Summary:

When Damien Cave brought his young family to Sydney to set up the New York Times’ Australian Bureau, they encountered the local pursuits of Nippers and surfing – and a completely different approach to risk that changed the way they lived their lives.

Damien Cave has always been fascinated by risk. Having covered the war in Iraq and moved to Mexico City with two babies in nappies, he and his wife Diana thought they understood something about the subject.

But when they arrived in Sydney so that Cave could establish The New York Times’s Australia Bureau, life near the ocean confronted them with new ideas and questions, at odds with their American mindset that risk was a matter of individual choices. Surf-lifesaving and Nippers showed that perhaps it could be managed together, by communities. And instead of being either eliminated or romanticised, it might instead be respected and even embraced.

And so Cave set out to understand how our current attitude to risk developed – and why it’s not necessarily good for us.

Into the Rip is partly the story of this New York family learning to live better by living with the sea and it is partly the story of how humans manage the idea of risk. Interviewing experts and everyday heroes, Cave asks critical questions like: Is safety overrated? Why do we miscalculate risk so often and how can we improve? Is it selfish to take risks or can more exposure make for stronger families, citizens and nations? And how do we factor in legitimate fears and major disasters like Cave has covered in his time here: the Black Summer fires; the Christchurch massacre; and, of course, Covid?

The result is Grit meets Phosphorescence and Any Ordinary Day – a book that will change the way you and your family think about facing the world’s hazards.

‘The inspiring, hilarious story of how Damien Cave became a life-saver – only to find that the life he saved was his own.’ Richard Glover

'It often takes a stranger’s eyes to see our own country clearly. By plunging into the Sydney surf, Damien Cave peered into the Australian soul. What he found there – courage, grit, community – is welcome news when our lives and our core values have never seemed so precarious.' Geraldine Brooks

‘Into the Rip is a beautiful tale of one family trying to figure things out – and, at the same time, a brilliant synthesis of a century of psychological science on how all of us can learn to dive headfirst into challenges, grow and adapt, and ultimately do well in life.’ Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit

 

'Cave’s viewfinder – the notion of risk – is perfect for our times.' Malcolm Knox

‘A big-hearted account of a wild and wonderful ride into a new culture and a new way to live.’ Anna Funder

 

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ID: 549835

Title: My First Animal Moves: A Children's Book to Encourage Kids and Their Parents to Move More, Sit Less and Decrease Screen Time.

Author: Darryl Edwards

Narrator: Andrew James Roberts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:12:26

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Kids, Humor

Summary:

Nathan loves to play, but he loves his video games more.

Can a trip to Animal Moves land convince him there's more fun outdoors? Best-selling author and speaker Darryl Edwards has created this fun adventure inspired by his passion for encouraging kids to move in an ever-increasing sedentary environment.

Discover the joys of animal moves with your little cubs in this first book of movement. Join Nathan and his cute, but sometimes lazy, dog as they crawl, jump and balance their way through the animal kingdom re-enacting moves designed to emphasise fun. It's all in this exercise for kids book that focuses on family fun boredom busters.

HELPING KIDS MOVE AND GETTING KIDS OFF SCREENS Do you want to make physical activity for kids fun?

Are you looking for ways to help your children develop strength, coordination and balance?

Do your children love learning about animals?

Are you worried about too much TV and screen time?

Do you want to teach young children about the importance of physical activity?

Would you like easy and fun fitness games to include in your day?

My First Animal Moves is your answer. Play along together, keeping everyone healthier and happier, promoting physical, mental and emotional well-being. You'll all release more mood-enhancing hormones as a result, which help you feel good every day.

It's written by professional movement coach and award-winning author Darryl Edwards who is best known for his ground-breaking TED Talk 'Why working out isn't working out', viewed over a million times worldwide. My First Animal Moves distils the ideas in his bestselling Animal Moves book and Animal Moves Fitness Decks into a colourful picture book for children.

Get My First Animal Moves to help your family thrive through movement today.

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ID: 593123

Title: Holy Health: How Church Makes You Healthier and Happier

Author: Patrick Chisholm

Narrator: Alex Freeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:24:09

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Naturopathy & New Age, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Who would have thought that church adds six to seven years to your life, on average? Whether its church, synagogue, mosque, or temple, literally thousands of scientific studies confirm that people who regularly attend worship services are more likely to live longer, have better physical health, better mental health, higher educational attainment, higher incomes, stronger marriages, stronger families, and/or a greater sense of meaning and purpose. Theyre less likely to get heart disease, cancer, and a host of other ailments. Theyre not as prone to depression, anxiety, suicide, divorce, drug and alcohol abuse, or crime and delinquency. Their kids are more apt to be well adjusted and get better grades. And church lifts poor and minorities.

What is it about prayer and worship that so improve health, happiness, and longevity? There are actual physical effects within the brain, benefitting both mind and body. Peppered with inspiring stories of transformed lives,Holy Healthpresents the faith factors many pathways to better health and well-being, and how you can take full advantage.

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ID: 544367

Title: Be More Wrong: How Failure Makes You an Outstanding Leader

Author: Colin Hunter

Narrator: Colin Hunter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:59:33

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-21

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership

Summary:

The surest path to success is to fail.

What if you could build a workplace culture that was less like a classroom, and more like a playground: a place filled with opportunities to take risks and test boundaries, with soft ground on which to fall? A place where you and your team are free to make mistakes, and get things wronga place where its okay to fail?

In Be More Wrong, noted leadership coach Colin Hunter shows you why, in the age of disruption, its never been more important to fail early, fail often, and fail forward. Through his Pi2 Leadership Impact Model, he explains how to create systems and build habits that will help you lead with greater confidence, conviction, and connection. Youll learn how to recognize different leadership styles, and what transforms a good leader into an outstanding one.

As you leave your ego and expertise at the door and embark on a journey to observe human behaviour, ideate new ideas, and experiment, you will be beginning to build a playground for yourself and your team. However unlikely a leader you feel yourself to be, you can get it rightby being more wrong.

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ID: 523086

Title: Dune: The Lady of Caladan: Caladan Trilogy Book 2

Author: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19:36:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-21

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atredies. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. She has already betrayed her ancient order, but now she must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood is more important than the love of her own family.

Meanwhile, events in the greater empire are accelerating beyond the control of even the Reverend Mother, and Lady Jessica's family is on a collision course with destiny.

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