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ID: 506107

Title: Nazis Knew My Name: A remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz

Author: Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee

Narrator: Kristin Atherton, Zoe Carides

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:47:02

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-21

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, World, Military

Summary:

The extraordinarily moving memoir by Australian Slovakian Holocaust survivor Magda Hellinger, who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage, kindness and ingenuity.

In March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young Slovakian women were deported to Poland on the second transportation of Jewish people sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The women were told they'd be working at a shoe factory.

At Auschwitz the SS soon discovered that by putting Jewish prisoners in charge of the day-to-day running of the accommodation blocks, camp administration and workforces, they could both reduce the number of guards required and deflect the distrust of the prisoner population away from themselves. Magda was one such prisoner selected for leadership and over three years served in many prisoner leader roles, from room leader, to block leader – at one time in charge of the notorious Experimental Block 10 where reproductive experiments were performed on hundreds of women – and eventually camp leader, responsible for 30,000 women.

She found herself constantly walking a dangerously fine line: using every possible opportunity to save lives while avoiding suspicion by the SS, and risking torture or execution. Through her bold intelligence, sheer audacity, inner strength and shrewd survival instincts, she was able to rise above the horror and cruelty of the camps and build pivotal relationships with the women under her watch, and even some of Auschwitz's most notorious Nazi senior officers including the Commandant, Josef Kramer.

Based on Magda's personal account and completed by her daughter Maya's extensive research, including testimonies from fellow Auschwitz survivors, this awe-inspiring tale offers us incredible insight into human nature, the power of resilience, and the goodness that can shine through even in the most horrific of conditions.

A New York Post‘Must-Have’ Book

‘A vivid, remarkable tale of courage and resilience in the face of human-made horror.’ Spectrum

‘A poignantly illuminating Holocaust memoir.’ Kirkus Reviews

‘Hellinger has written an important perspective of the Holocaust, of a kind that we rarely see. A standout memoir’ Library Journal 

‘Magda’s own words, completed by her daughter’s copious research, create an unputdownable account of resilience and the power of compassion.’ Booklist

‘Magda Hellinger survived three years in Auschwitz and served as camp leader, saving lives including her own, wherever she could.

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ID: 536530

Title: Dirty Birds

Author: Morgan Murray

Narrator: David Ferry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:27:38

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-21

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Satire

Summary:

In late 2007, as the world's economy crumbles, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario-not to be confused with Milton, Ontario-leaves his parent's basement in Saskatchewan and sets forth to find fame, fortune, and love in the electric sexuality of Montreal, to bask in endless Millennial adolescence, to escape the infinite flatness of Saskatchewan, and to find his messiah: Leonard Cohen.

Hilariously ironic and irreverent, Dirty Birds is a quest novel for the twenty-first century-a coming-of-age, rom-com, crime-farce thriller-where a hero's greatest foe is his own crippling mediocrity, and getting out of bed before noon.

Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

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ID: 546845

Title: Devil Pulls the Strings

Author: J.W. Zarek

Narrator: Curt Bonnem

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:58:18

Language: English

Release date: 08-27-21

Publisher: Authors Republic

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal

Summary:

The Devil Pulls the Strings is the pulse-pounding first tale in the Archivist series.

Set in modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, weaves bromance, Slavic mythology, secret societies, Paganini's music and time travel.

Twenty two year old Boone Daniels has problems, debilitating panic attack, gut-wrenching guilt, a wendigo haunting him since age six, and now he almost killed his best friend in a joust. But when he fills in for his injured friend at a New York gig, he goes to meet the gig's contact at his NYC brownstone. A body falls from the brownstone balcony and the place explodes with gun fire. Boone barely escapes but uncovers a sinister plot to perform a rare Paganini piece that summons the Devil to trap Baba Yaga and destroy modern-day New York City.

He then finds himself on a race through time, to capture the cursed melody. Along the way, a Romani immortal, steampunk vampires and Baba Yaga set the stage for war, and Boone shall have to risk death for redemption. All Boone wants is to keep a promise to a friend. The same friend, he almost killed last Sunday during a joust.

Can a small-town Missouri musician outplay the supernatural and save NYC's soul?

If you like when tortured heroes, epic battles, time travel, twisted history and secret societies collide, then you'll love J. W. Zarek's spectacular page-turner.

This audiobook is narrated by award-winning, professionally trained multimedia performer and audiobook narrator Curt Bonnem. And for music lovers, it includes music by world-renowned musicians Oleg Bezuglov, Natalia Bezuglova, and Vladimir Gapontsev.

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ID: 616012

Title: Solstice Surprise

Author: Gabbi Grey

Narrator: Michael Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:34:20

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-21

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, LGBTQ+

Summary:

A blizzard, an urgent plea, a desperate journey, and the most important moment of their lives.

Action movie star Peter Erickson is spending the Christmas holidays ensconced with his in-laws and his new husband. In the wilds of Northern British Columbia, they are as far away from the bustle of the city as they can get.

Thomas Walsh and his famous husband are deeply in love. Although he prefers the intimacy of their city house, he's come home to face the reason he left 10 years ago, and to finally tell his parents the truth. A desperate phone call has the couple scrambling. Will they get back to Vancouver in the middle of a snowstorm in time for their solstice surprise?

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ID: 544869

Title: Zikora's Moroccan Rug

Author: Jennifer Nwokeji

Narrator: Deryn Oliver

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:22:05

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-21

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

Join Zikora as she takes a magical tour on her extraordinary Moroccan rug to see a bit of the African continent. Inspired by Grandpa Amars African stories, Zikora sees firsthand and learns more about what Grandpa read to her. You too have the opportunity to go on an African tour like Zikora did. All you need to do is read, close your eyes, and put your imagination to work with Zikoras Moroccan Rug. There is so much to see and learnabout Africa.

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ID: 547711

Title: Mountain Laurels

Author: Genevieve C. Sparks

Narrator: Kathy Bell Denton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:52:43

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-21

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

Mountain Laurelsis the first published collection of poems written by Genevieve C. Sparks over many years in what she calls'the simple form of mountain colloquial.'While some individual poems draw their meaning from a personal experience of the poet,'the basic thought of the book in its entirety is,'she says,'the great inspiration derived from the love of nature. God placed the beauty of nature with especially natural grace in the wild and wonderful mountains of the Appalachian ranges.'All ofher poems speak the wonders of the Appalachian mountainworld.

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ID: 559797

Title: True Tales from the Land of Digital Sand

Author: Michael Anthony White

Narrator: Michael Anthony White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:07:27

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-21

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development, General Comedy

Summary:

An illuminating trip into the life and mind of a computer support technician from Generation X.

With unapologetically dry humor and refreshing honesty, the inconceivable absurdities of the industry are finally called out revealing their true impact on customers, corporations, society, and the few employees who refuse to shed their fortitude.

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ID: 526262

Title: Rogue Forces: An explosive insiders' account of Australian SAS war crimes in Afghanistan

Author: Mark Willacy

Narrator: Mark Willacy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:49:31

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-21

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: History, Politics, Military, Political Advocacy

Summary:

Winner of the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction.

Shortlisted for NSW Premier's Literary Award's Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction.

Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award.

Rogue Forces is the explosive first insiders’ story of how some of Australia’s revered SAS soldiers crossed the line in Afghanistan, descending from elite warriors to unlawful killers.

 

Mark Willacy, who won a Gold Walkley for exposing SAS war crimes, has penetrated the SAS code of silence to reveal one of the darkest chapters in our country’s military history.

 

Willacy’s devastating award-winning Four Corners program, ‘Killing Fields’ captured on film for the first time a war crime perpetrated by an Australian: the killing of a terrified, unarmed Afghan man in a field by an SAS soldier. It caused shockwaves around the world and resulted in an Australian Federal Police war crimes investigation. It also sparked a new line of investigation by the Brereton inquiry, the independent Australian Defence Force inquiry into war crimes in Afghanistan. It was a game changer.

 

But for Willacy, it was just the beginning of a much bigger story. More SAS soldiers came forward with undeniable evidence and eyewitness testimony of other unlawful killings, and exposed a culture of brutality and impunity.

 

Rogue Forces takes you out on the patrols where the killings happened. The result is a gripping character-driven story that embeds you on the front line in the thick of the action as those soldiers share for the first time what they witnessed. Willacy also confronts those accused about their sides of the story.

 

At its heart, Rogue Forces is a story about the true heroes who had the courage to come forward and expose the truth.

 

This is their story. A story that had to be told.

'[T]his brilliant and courageous book should be required reading for anyone seeking to paint our most recent military adventure as morally unambiguous. As Willacy shows, the “moral injury” sustained by many veterans was often a case of friendly fire.’ The Australian

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ID: 523083

Title: Cutters End

Author: Margaret Hickey

Narrator: Bianca Bradey, Henry Nixon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:22:24

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-21

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

A desert highway. A remote town. A murder that won't stay hidden.

New Year's Eve, 1989. Eighteen-year-old Ingrid Mathers is hitchhiking her way to Alice Springs. Bored, hungover and separated from her friend Joanne, she accepts a lift to the remote town of Cutters End.

July 2021. Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti is seconded to a recently reopened case, one in which he has a personal connection. Three decades ago, a burnt and broken body was discovered in scrub off the Stuart Highway, 300km south of Cutters End. Though ultimately ruled an accidental death, many people - including a high-profile celebrity - are convinced it was murder.

When Mark's interviews with the witnesses in the old case files go nowhere, he has no choice but to make the long journey up the highway to Cutters End.

And with the help of local Senior Constable Jagdeep Kaur, he soon learns that this death isn't the only unsolved case that hangs over the town...

'A pacy, atmospheric thriller that joins the ranks of Australian outback noir.' Jock Serong, author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket

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ID: 523076

Title: Spudd: The Mark Carroll story

Author: Adam Hawse, Mark Carroll

Narrator: Mark Carroll, Monique Carroll, Wayne Blair

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:15:44

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-21

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Other

Summary:

Read by Wayne Blair, acclaimed director of Top End Wedding and The Sapphires.

Discover the incredible journey of one of rugby league's most fearsome players.

In the brutal world of rugby league, Mark 'Spudd' Carroll is one of the most fearsome players to ever lace on a boot. An enforcer who would do everything in his power to ensure victory for his team - including a pre-game ritual of eating 16 potatoes, hence the nickname.

An Era of Toughness and Tenacity

Spudd is from a rugged era where, even if concussed, players climbed to their feet and threw themselves back into the fray. In stints with the Panthers, Rabbitohs and Sea Eagles, his search-and-destroy missions each weekend made his matches compulsory viewing.

His brutal encounters with Newcastle rival Paul 'Chief' Harragon are legendary and have been viewed across the globe. In Spudd, both men lift the lid on their volatile relationship, including the day they refused to room with each other when selected for the NSW State of Origin team.

A Decade of Elite Performance

Carroll's career at the elite level spanned over a decade, between 1987 and 1999, and included more than 200 games. He played in three grand finals, tasting premiership success with Manly in 1996 under his mentor and Rugby League Immortal Bob Fulton. He played seven State of Origin matches for NSW, winning a series in 1997. He played 12 Test matches for Australia and was part of the team that won the World Cup at London's famous Wembley Stadium in 1995.

Unfiltered Honesty and Fierce Dedication

Carroll's tough reputation is matched only by his honesty. Spudd calls it as he sees it and doesn't care who he upsets in the process. These qualities caught the eye of actor Russell Crowe, who hired Carroll as his trainer for more than eight years.

Spudd's job was to whip the Oscar-winner into shape for upcoming movie roles. The duo was famous for their heated backyard footy battles, which once left Crowe with a serious leg injury. They remain firm friends.

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