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ID: 462028

Title: Noise: A Novel

Author: Russell Smith

Narrator: Russell Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:00:34

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

A fast-paced comic extravaganza and from the author of the runaway bestseller and Governor General's Award-nominated How Insensitive.

"Noise takes on the kind of high-jinx romantic comedy loved by Hollywood." - Quill & Quire

Set in the cynical and celebrity-obsessed world of mainstream media, and alternatively in the stultifying conservatism of suburban sprawl, a failed musician and intellectual nerd has become a freelance magazine writer and unwillingly been cast into the role of fashion arbiter. Reluctantly, and only for the money, James Rainer Willing agrees to interview the reclusive nationalist Canadian poet Ludwig Boben for the prestigious American magazine Glitter. Willing's insanely busy and competitive life provides glimpses into the world of fashion photography, small-press poetry readings, expensive and fashionable restaurants (he is a restaurant critic), 'lifestyle' magazines, and a return to the suddenly-quiet life or non-life of ghostly New Munich, Ontario, where Willing revisits his one-time peers, the People Who Stayed Behind.

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ID: 462030

Title: One to Remember: Stories from 39 Members of the NHL's One Goal Club

Author: Ken Reid

Narrator: Ivan Sherry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:14:18

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Other

Summary:

From the national bestselling author of One Night Only come 39 new stories about what a big-league goal can mean to an NHLer

Including interviews with Billy Smith, Chris Mason, Damian Rhodes, Christian Thomas, and Slap Shot's Dave Hanson.

This follow-up to Reid's national bestseller One Night Only: Conversations with the NHL's One-Game Wonders unearths the blood, sweat, tears, and laughs of the journey to and from a single big-league goal.

If you've ever picked up a hockey stick, chances are you've dreamed of scoring in the National Hockey League. Ken Reid interviews and profiles 39 men who did just that: they bulged the twine in the best hockey league in the world ... but only once. From minor league call-ups to season-long mainstays and even a Hall of Famer, One to Remember answers all the questions ...

What did that one tally mean? Was it enough to satisfy a lifelong ambition, or was it just the smallest taste of success? Is the achievement still cherished years later? Or is it bittersweet, a distant reminder of what could have been?

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ID: 462035

Title: Death in a Darkening Mist

Author: Iona Whishaw

Narrator: Marilla Wex

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

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

Summary:

The second instalment in the Lane Winslow mystery series; for fans of the Maisie Dobbs and Bess Crawford series.

On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow-a former British intelligence agent who's escaped to the rural Canadian community of King's Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life-is introduced to the local hot springs. While there she overhears nearby patrons speaking Russian. When one of those patrons is found dead in the change room, Lane's linguistic and intelligence experience is of immeasurable value to the local police force in solving the murder.

The investigation points to the Soviet Union, where Stalin's purges are eliminating enemies, and the reach of Stalin's agent snakes all the way into a harmless Doukhobor community. Winslow's complicated relationship with the local police inspector, Darling, is intensified by the perils of the case and by the discovery of her own father's death during the war.

The case comes to a frantic and shocking end with a perilous nighttime journey along treacherous snow-covered roads.

"Iona Whishaw is an exciting addition to Canada's fine roster of mystery writers. I'm already planning to read [Killer in King's Cove] again, and this time I'll read the teaser for Whishaw's next novel provided at the end. A debut mystery by an author destined for awards." - Don Graves, Canadian Mystery Reviews blog

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ID: 462031

Title: God Loves Hair

Author: Vivek Shraya

Narrator: Vivek Shraya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:24:57

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Teen, General, Tough Topics

Summary:

A tenth-anniversary edition of Vivek Shraya's first book: a YA story collection that celebrates racial, gender, and religious diversity.

In 2010, Vivek Shraya self-published God Loves Hair, her first book; since then, Vivek has published six more titles, including a novel, poetry collection, graphic novel, and children's picture book, while also working as an artist, musician, and academic.

God Loves Hair is a collection of short stories that follows a tender, intelligent, and curious child who navigates the complex realms of gender creativity, queerness, brownness, religion, and belonging. This tenth-anniversary edition, published in hardcover for the first time, includes a foreword by award-winning YA writer Cherie Dimaline (The Marrow Thieves), as well as a new preface, story, and illustrations.

Told with the poignant insight and honesty that only the voice of a young narrator can convey, God Loves Hair is a moving and ultimately joyous portrait of the resiliency of youth.

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ID: 462038

Title: Under the Bridge

Author: Anne Bishop

Narrator: Sarah Weatherwax

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:57:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

"There are people who break open and make a new, bigger, self. But some of us are ... brittle."

When stress causes an old trauma to surface, Lucy, a longtime community organizer, teacher and anti-poverty activist, loses control of her life. On probation and living on the streets of Halifax's North End, all she has left is friends. Faithful friends like Judith, her lawyer, who is helping her take back her life.

Lucy begins to regularly sneak into Judith's basement to take refuge from the cold, but Lucy's presence in the house betrays their friendship, and she uncovers mysteries from Judith's past. As events draw their lives closer, Lucy and Judith are forced to face the toll taken by their secrets. Each of them must choose between confronting past pain or remaining broken.

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ID: 462036

Title: Outside In: A Political Memoir

Author: Libby Davies

Narrator: Marilla Wex

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:27:03

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Women

Summary:

Libby Davies has worked steadfastly for social justice both inside parliament and out on the streets for more than four decades. At nineteen, Davies became a community organizer in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She went on to serve in municipal and then federal politics, advancing to the role of Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party.

Davies looks back on her remarkable life and career with candid humour and heart-rending honesty. She addresses the challenges of her work on homelessness, sex workers' rights, and ending drug prohibition. She illuminates the human strengths and foibles at the core of each issue, her own as well as those of her colleagues and activist allies. Davies' astute political analysis offers an insider's perspective that never loses touch with the people she fights alongside. Outside In is both a political and personal memoir of Davies' forty years of work at the intersection of politics and social movements.

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ID: 486394

Title: Loving the Storm

Author: Linda Seed

Narrator: Avie Paige

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:28:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: Audiobooks Unleashed

Genres: Historical Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

He's been hit by a series of painful losses, and he's got the scars to prove it. She's got her own wounds, ones she doesn't want him to see ...

Rancher Liam Delaney's still suffering from the triple blow of his beloved uncle's death, his breakup from a woman he'd wanted to marry, and an accident that left him with an injury that still hasn't fully healed. When he meets artist Aria Howard, he starts to feel things he hasn't felt in a long time--like optimism and hope for the future.

But Aria's history--one she's trying to hide from him--has taught her that love is dangerous and that forever is nothing but a fairy tale. If Liam's going to earn her trust, he's going to have to give her the one elusive thing she's always longed for.

Loving the Storm is the third book in Linda Seed's Delaneys of Cambria series.

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ID: 462029

Title: Three Pleasures

Author: Terry Watada

Narrator: Yuta Takenaka

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:54:28

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

In 1940s Vancouver the Japanese have just bombed Pearl Harbour and racial tension is building. The RCMP are rounding up "suspicious" young men, fishing boats and property are being seized, and internment camps are only months away.

Daniel Sugiura, a young reporter for the New Canadian, the only Japanese-Canadian newspaper allowed to keep publishing during the war, reveals the stories of members of Vancouver's Japanese community in the midst of war: Morii Etsuji, the Black Dragon boss, who controls the kind of pleasure men pay for - gambling, drink and prostitution; Watanabe Etsuo, Secretary of the Steveston Fishermen's Association who makes a deal with the devil to save his loved ones; and Etsu Kaga, a Ganbariya of the Yamato Damashii Group and a Japanese nationalist whose obsession with the Emperor becomes destructive to himself and all involved with him.

The Three Pleasures is an intimate and passionate novel that takes a deep look at a terrifying and painful period in Canada's history.

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ID: 456082

Title: Dune: Duke of Caladan: Caladan Trilogy Book 1

Author: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

This new Dune trilogy focuses on the beloved core characters of Frank Herbert's classic novel Dune, the world's bestselling science-fiction book.

Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan and father of the Muad'Dib. While all know of his fall and the rise of his son, little is known about the quiet ruler of Caladan and his partner Jessica. Or how a Duke of an inconsequential planet earned an emperor's favour, the ire of House Harkonnen, and set himself on a collision course with his own death. This is the story.

Through patience and loyalty, Leto serves the Golden Lion Throne. Where other scheme, the Duke of Caladan acts. But Leto's powerful enemies are starting to feel that he is rising beyond his station, and House Atreides rises too high. With unseen enemies circling, Leto must decide if the twin burdens of duty and honour are worth the price of his life, family and love.

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ID: 548990

Title: Perish

Author: L.C. Barlow

Narrator: Emma Galvin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:37:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-20

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Jack Harper is a dangerous woman, capable of death and resurrection. Raised and utilized by Cyrus, the leader of a mystical religion, she was once a fearless and brilliant weapon against all who blasphemed. Now, having destroyed Cyrus, Jack is free to be more.

While starting anew, Jack begins receiving letters from children trapped in Infinitum who beg for rescue, and she soon discovers that Cyrus’s cult is alive and thriving, with tendrils branching across the world. One of these tendrils leads Jack to Patrick, a man who speaks of a contraption that “bleaches anything white.” Yet another tendril stretches beyond death, where the Builder and Jack’s brother, Alex, reside. Jack must now seek to permanently destroy the following she once escaped by fixing her sights on a higher target―the infamous demonic Builder, who once supplied Cyrus with overwhelming power.

Potential aid arrives from an unusual source when Jack encounters Jonathon Roth and his kill-for-hire outfit. Combined, they hope to become an unstoppable force, but only the future will tell. Jack may be falling into her old acolyte ways, and Roth may have found in Jack the very thing that made Cyrus so powerful―his own magical being.

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