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ID: 731063

Title: North Wind

Author: Alexandria Warwick

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan, Travis Tonn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:41:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Romantasy

Summary:

A lush and enchanting fantasy romance, inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone. Beloved by readers on TikTok.

 

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer.

 

For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride.

 

When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her – even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won’t go down without a fight.

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ID: 777970

Title: Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author: Nora Loreto

Narrator: Nora Loreto

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23:29:27

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that could allow their audience to better understand what was really happening, and why. Politicians and public health officials were mostly given the benefit of the doubt that what they said was true and that they acted in good faith.

This book documents each month of the first year of the pandemic and examines the issues that emerged, from racialized workers to residential care to policing. It demonstrates how politicians and uncritical media shaped the popular understanding of these issues and helped to justify the maintenance of a status quo that created the worst ravages of the crisis. Spin Doctors argues alternative ways in which Canadians should understand the big themes of the crisis and create the necessary knowledge to demand large-scale change.

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ID: 810847

Title: Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada

Author: Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb

Narrator: Tyler Hyrchuk

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:26:59

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Genres: Politics, Current Affairs, Public Policy

Summary:

Taxes connect us to one another, to the common good, and to the future. This is a book about taxes: who pays what and who gets what. More than that, its about the role of government, about citizenship and our collective well-being, about the Canada we want. The contributors, leading Canadian practitioners and scholars, explore how taxes have become a political no-go zone and how changes in taxation are changing Canada. They challenge the view that any tax is a bad tax and provide broad directions for fairer and smarter approaches.

This is a book that will be of interest to anyone concerned with public policy and public affairs, economics, and political science and to anyone interested in challenging the conventional wisdom that lower taxes and smaller government are the cures to what ails us.

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ID: 728123

Title: Lost Letters of Rose Carey

Author: Julie Bennett

Narrator: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Emma Leonard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:49:15

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance

Summary:

A stirring tale of mystery and romance, inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon and ‘million-dollar mermaid’ Annette Kellerman.

BLUE MOUNTAINS, 2024: Working on a documentary at the historic Carrington Hotel, videographer Emma Quinn discovers a box of handwritten letters belonging to Rose Carey, water dancer and golden girl of the silent film era. Intrigued, Emma begins to read through them, slowly uncovering a deadly secret.

SYDNEY, 1923: Rose Carey has faced enough scandal to last a lifetime. After an accident and near-death experience, the threat of bankruptcy, and rumours of her romantic entanglements, Rose decides to take matters into her own hands and propose to her business manager, Walter. A respectable marriage will redeem her reputation and give her the good publicity she needs – problems solved. But she doesn’t account for the unexpected feelings brewing between her and Walter, or for the possibility that the accident wasn’t so accidental after all …

When she suffers another brush with death, Rose realises that someone close to her wants her out of the way. Who in her close-knit circle has the most to gain? Can she trust anyone, other than herself?

'A tour de force' Meg Keneally, author of Fled

‘Part mystery, part love story, this dazzling novel completely captivated me’ Jillian Cantor, author of Half Life

'A compelling story of love, loss and the true meaning of family' Nina D. Campbell, author of Daughters of Eve

 

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ID: 674232

Title: Ask Jules: Love yourself and live your dream

Author: Jules Robinson

Narrator: Jules Robinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:31:38

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

Honest, first-hand advice from the beloved TV personality, entrepreneur, wife and mother.

 

Since finding love on Married at First Sight, Jules Robinson has had a whirlwind five years – she got married (for real), had a baby, and became a purpose-driven entrepreneur. Though there have been setbacks and challenges, Jules has stayed true to herself throughout.

 

Jules is beloved for her unshakeable optimism, vulnerability, and sense of fun. But what is the real secret to her confidence? How does she juggle motherhood with multiple businesses, while remaining her most glamorous self?

 

In Ask Jules, Jules Robinson puts it all out on the page. She shares her personal experiences, expert tips, and empowering lessons on style, family, motherhood, self-love, wellbeing, manifesting and practising gratitude. Jules’s mission is to give you the tools you need to go after the life you’ve always dreamed of, and to feel good about yourself while you’re doing it – exactly as you are, right now.

 

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ID: 798852

Title: Dead Woman Pickney: A Memoir of Childhood in Jamaica

Author: Yvonne Shorter Brown

Narrator: Ahdri Zhina Mandiela

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:13:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: Wilfred Laurier University Press

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Australia & Oceania, Women

Summary:

Dead Woman Pickney chronicles Yvonne Shorter Browns life growing up in Jamaica between 1943 and 1965 and teaching in Canada from 1969. Told with stridency and humour, the stories include both personal experience and history.

Taking up the haunting memories of childhood, along with persistent racial marginalization of Black people, both globally and in Canada, the author sets out to construct a narrative that at once explains her own origins in the former slave society of Jamaica and traces the outsider status of Africa and its peoples. The authors quest to understand the absence of her mother and her mothers people from her life is at the heart of the narrative. The author struggles through life to discover the identity of her mother in the face of silence from her fathers brutal family. In this updated edition she adds a coda, finding mother, constructed from archives, genealogy, letters, and journals.

Initially published in 2010, this second edition includes expanded text and a foreword by Sonja Boon, author of What the Oceans Remember.

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ID: 775031

Title: 31 Days to Being Customer Focused

Author: Larry Winget

Narrator: Dan Strutzel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:48:10

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-24

Publisher: G&D Media

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

Jump start each day with the straight talk and practical wisdom of Larry Winget!

In such fast-changing, and often confusing times, America needs a straight-talk dose of Larry Winget reality more than ever. Known as the Pitbull of Personal Development, and New York Times bestselling author, 31-Days To Being Customer Focused is Larry Wingets "tell it like it is" version of the "thought of the day" calendar; the ultimate wake-up call for anyone who's looking for a lifeline and true empowerment. Designed to give you a condensed dose of Larry's wisdom, and an action-steps you can take today, this booklet is packed with memorable gems, such as:

How to create new customers.

How to be empathetic, reliable and flexible with your customers.

How to be solution-focused with your customers.

Why you should always tell the truth to your customers.

Five words to success with your customers.

And more!

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ID: 775027

Title: Why People Work:When you know your employees "WHY" game they will bring their "A-GAME"

Author: Ercell Charles, Merle Heckman

Narrator: Ercell Charles, Merle Heckman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:19:19

Language: English

Release date: 04-26-24

Publisher: G&D Media

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

Why do people work? This appears to be a very simple and obvious question. And when we ask this question to people, we usually get a simple and seemingly obvious answer DUH! They want to get a paycheck. The wise and insightful leader will go beyond this obvious response and come to grips with the fact that there are more complex and hidden human needs within the human spirit.

There are most likely thousands of leadership books written to equip leaders to develop the skills and behaviors necessary to encourage their teams to achieve goals and purposes. However, the primary focus of this book is to assist leaders in looking deeper into the expectations and motivations of the people they serve. So as the organization is achieving its strategic plans and objectives, it is also meeting the critical needs and ambitions of its most important essential resources, better known as its human resources.

In businesses and organizations today, everything begins and ends with leadership. The leaders, who go beyond the obvious to uncover these critical hidden expectations of their employees, are able to create a culture of engagement and retention where employees not only give you their hands but, most importantly, their hearts. The return on investment for this effort is that the leader will earn their employees best effort. Therefore, when you know your employees why game, they will bring their A-game.

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ID: 775025

Title: Read the Room:The Holistic Guide to Build and Sustain Meaningful Relationships for Life

Author: Cavanaugh James

Narrator: Cavanaugh James, Nick Jonas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:48:33

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-24

Publisher: G&D Media

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

Maximize your network with this one-stop guide to developing meaningful connections in life and business

Foreword written and read by Nick Jonas

Our fullest life begins the second we start living like were not the only one in it.

Whether its with coworkers, friends, family, or a stranger at the grocery store, our relationships with other people are the key to our happiness, our success, and our well-being. With a unique approach to building and leveraging our socio- and emotional intelligence, Read the Room will help you expand your network more than ever before.

In this comprehensive guide, readers will learn key strategies to create and sustain personal connections, including how to:

Read social dynamics, empathetically intuit, and better connect with others

Let your character lead for you

Build relationships you didnt know you could have

Tap into the authority and influence you didnt know you possessed

View selflessness and empathy as renewable resources

Told with author Cavanaugh James characteristic compassion, wit, and honesty, Read the Room will show you how you can thrive in real emotional and relational health. Apply the tools and lessons in this book and unlock the limitless possibilities for your career and life. Read the room and watch your world change.

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ID: 742132

Title: Your Time Starts Now: Food and fame, failure and freedom: the life story of Australias first MasterChef

Author: Julie Goodwin

Narrator: Julie Goodwin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:47:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-24

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir

Summary:

Julie Goodwin was catapulted into our hearts as the first-ever winner of MasterChef Australia. In many ways her win was unlikely. As a child Julie adored music and art, but her career began in youth work, including in a juvenile detention centre housing troubled boys and a toxic all-male staff. After her three sons were born, she and her husband started an IT business.

Then came MasterChef - a record-breaking juggernaut of a show. The attention and opportunities that flowed from Julie's win were thrilling and overwhelming. She became a columnist for Australian Women's Weekly, a presenter on Today, published numerous cookbooks and made appearances on many shows including facing off with snakes and alligators on I'm A Celebrity . Get Me Out of Here! For years she co-hosted an award-winning breakfast radio show, and she opened a thriving cooking school.

It was by all appearances, a successful, rewarding life. But under the surface relentless pressure from Julie's outer and inner worlds was taking its toll. Struggling with depression, anxiety and addiction, with bushfires blazing and lockdowns looming, Julie found herself hospitalised in a mental health unit.

Her recovery, bumpy and circuitous, is an ongoing process that Julie tackles with tenacity. In this gloriously candid, deeply moving memoir, filled with beautiful food, astonishing people, humour and heart, Julie writes with brutal honesty about her struggles. We are brought into her story, into her unravelling and quest for healing as she seeks to resume a richly lived life.

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