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ID: 456065

Title: Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion

Author: Joel Adam Struthers

Narrator: Paul Boucher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:29:33

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-20

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Military

Summary:

Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion is the first-hand account of the author's six years as a professional soldier during the 1990s, and his experience in the Legion's elite Groupe des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP). Joel Struthers recounts the dangers and demands of military life, from the rigours of recruitment and operational training in the rugged mountains of France, to face-to-face combat in the grasslands of some of Africa's most troubled nations.

Told through the eyes of a soldier, and interspersed with humorous anecdotes, Appel is a fascinating story that debunks myths about the French Foreign Legion and shows it more accurately as a professional arm of the French military. Struthers provides insight into the rigorous discipline that the Legion instills in its young recruits, - who trade their identities as individuals for a life of adventure and a role in a unified fighting force whose motto is "Honour and Loyalty."

Foreword by Col. Benoit Desmeulles, former commanding officer of the Legions 2e Régiment Étranger Parachutistes.

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ID: 450620

Title: Fishing for Birds

Author: Linda Quennec

Narrator: Nina Richmond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:37:36

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Kate, a somewhat clumsy widow of thirty-two, flees her stifling hometown on Vancouver Island to live alone on an even smaller island in the Salish Sea. In so doing, she has vague expectations of solace and sanctuary, despite past experience. Instead she meets Ivy, a woman who through their conversations transports her to the intoxicating world of 1926 Cuba. Within the context of their friendship, Ivy's past begins to unravel from a long-held silence, just as Kate finds herself confronting her relationship with the colourful community she's known all her life, along with an unexpected visitor who threatens to remove all peace from her chosen refuge. Told from the perspectives of three narrators: Ivy, Kate, and Kate's mother Nora, Fishing for Birds is a novel that juxtaposes the expectations we cling to so fiercely and the unexpected and sometimes unconventional things that turn up. The novel challenges traditional constructs of time, ethnicity, and relationship. Set against the tropical beauty of 1920s Cuba and the Northwest Coast of contemporary time, both the landscape and unique character of island life underscore the experiences of three very different women.

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ID: 452272

Title: Good Ship

Author: Jeremy M. Wright

Narrator: Jessica Duncan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:10:44

Language: English

Release date: 08-21-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

In the middle of the Atlantic, a doorway opens. Through this doorway is an island only explored by those still trapped here.

Thirteen-year-old Annabelle Cross can't explain where the island came from. She does know its the only haven after her boat is destroyed. She isnt alone here. Imprisoned children show her how to overcome the island's unusual trials and the sinister creatures determined at capturing them.

Nothing here is what it seems. There are mysterious lights at the bottom of the lake and a dark palace deep in the woods. A pirate-like green ship guards the islands borders, allowing no one to escape. And shadows with teeth stalk the children by night, taking them to places unknown. Its only the beginning of the incredible strangeness the island offers.

Annabelle finds a promise of returning home when shes shown what the children have hidden deep in the island. Its a project built on hope and the only plan to set them free. But when a spy reveals their secret, the moment arrives to escape, only to face the island's controlling force, a wickedness as old as time.

A doorway opens, and a fantastic journey awaits inside for those daring enough to walk through

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ID: 519811

Title: Brain Stages: How to Raise Smart, Confident Kids and Have Fun Doing It, K-5

Author: Jacqueline Frischknecht, Patricia Wilkinson

Narrator: Patricia Wilkinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:00:19

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

Enjoy your kids more and stress less!Brain Stagesis the ultimate leg up for parents and caregivers in todays complicated, competitive world. A grade-by-grade guide through the formative elementary school years, this book will show you how to have fun with your kids as you help them grow into successful, well-adjusted humans.

Drawing from thousands of hours of research and decades of education experience, veteran teacher Patricia Wilkinson and learning expert Jacqueline Frischknecht, PhD, offer tools and advice that will boost your childs brainpower, social skills, and love for learning.

InBrain Stages, youll discover:

- How brains develop and what you can do to help your child succeed

- The best form of praise that builds confidence and self-esteem

- Surefire ways to help a struggling child get caught up in math or reading

- How to get your gifted childs needs met

- Ideas for helping an anxious child relax for better learning

- Tips for teaching kids the art of building healthy relationships

- Over 150 fun games and activities to engage and nurture young minds

Whether you have a child who has fallen behind, an extra smart kid you want to keep intrigued, or a grade-schooler who could use some help getting along with others,Brain Stageswill give you the information and support you need to be an effective parent and enjoy your child-raising journey.

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ID: 450296

Title: Electric Blue

Author: Paul F. Verhoeven

Narrator: John Verhoeven, Paul Verhoeven

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:40:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

Paul Verhoeven's ex-cop dad, John, spent years embroiled in some of the seediest, scariest intrigue and escapades imaginable. One day John offered Paul the chance of a lifetime: he'd spill his guts on tape. What unfolded in Loose Units was a goldmine of true-crime stories, showcasing John's dramatic experience of policing in Sydney in the 1980s and brilliantly twisted sense of humour. But what happened next in John's career was twice as weird.

Electric Blue spans the final years of John's stint in the New South Wales police force, when he took up an offer to move into the grimy, analytical world of forensics. Paul unpicks his father's most terrible cases. There was the case of a rapist hiding in the walls of shower block, a body that was quite literally cooked, and the bizarre copycat suicides.

But what's it actually like to have a heroic ex-cop as a Dad? Paul and John delve into their unique father-son relationship and how they ended up so different to each other. They figure out how to deal with the choices they've made ... or wish they'd made. And Paul's mum, Christine, reveals what it was like to be a pioneering female cop in the eighties when misogyny was rife in the force.

Thrilling, fascinating and unexpectedly laugh-out-loud funny, Electric Blue is another high-octane adventure in policing, integrity and learning what family is really all about.

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ID: 447350

Title: When America Stopped Being Great: A history of the present

Author: Nick Bryant

Narrator: Ben Chapple

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:37:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: History, North America, Global Politics

Summary:

The presidency of Donald Trump is commonly seen as an historical accident. In When America Stopped Being Great, Nick Bryant argues that by 2016 it had become almost historically inescapable. In this highly personal account, drawing on decades of covering Washington for the BBC, Bryant shows how the billionaire capitalised on the mistakes of his five predecessors, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and how also he became a beneficiary of a broken politics, an iniquitous economy, an ailing media, a facile culture, disruptive new technology and the creation of a modern-day presidency that elevated showmanship over statesmanship. Not only are we starting to see the emergence of a post-American world, Bryant fears we are seeing the emergence of a post-American America.

The history of Trump's rise is also a history of America's fall - not only are we witnessing America's post-millennial decline, but also the country's disintegration.

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ID: 437685

Title: Stalin's Wine Cellar

Author: John Baker, Nick Place

Narrator: Simon Burke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:16:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Military, Antiques & Collectibles

Summary:

In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. Always entrepreneurial and up for adventure, he was the perfect person for an occasional business partner to approach with a mysterious wine list that was foreign to anything John, or his second-in-command, Kevin Hopko, had ever come across.

The list was discovered to be a comprehensive catalogue of the wine collection of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. The wine had become the property of the state after the Russian Revolution of 1918, during which Nicholas and his entire family were executed. Now owned by Stalin, the wine was discreetly removed to a remote Georgian winery when Stalin was concerned the advancing Nazi army might overrun Russia, and inevitably loot artefacts and treasures. Half a century later, the wine was rumoured to be hidden underground and off any known map.

John and Kevin embarked on an audacious, colourful and potentially dangerous journey to Georgia to discover if the wines actually existed; if the bottles were authentic and whether the entire collection could be bought and transported to a major London auction house for sale.

Stalin's Wine Cellar is a wild, sometimes rough ride in the glamorous world of high-end wine. From Double Bay Sydney to Tbilisi Georgia, via the streets of Paris, the vineyards of Bordeaux and iconic Chteau d'Yquem. A multimillion dollar cellar and a breathtaking collection of wine (and one very expensive broken bottle) is the elusive treasure. The cast of characters include Stalin, Hitler, Tsar Nicholas II and a motley bunch of Georgian businessmen/cowboys toting handguns, in the early days of Russian business development that led to the world of Putin and oligarchs.

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ID: 443838

Title: Runner

Author: Robert Newton

Narrator: Simon Burke

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:07:42

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Kids, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

It's 1919, Richmond football club is on top of the ladder, cream buns are threepence each and four boys are gunning for the best job in town. Charlie is lucky enough to win the prime job - running messages for Squizzy Taylor, the most dangerous gangster in Melbourne. But things start to get a little too hot for Charlie, so he decides to take the money and run . . .

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ID: 450619

Title: Heart Begins Here

Author: Jacqueline Dumas

Narrator: Michelle C. Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:15:59

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women

Summary:

The Heart Begins Here is the story of the ever-optimistic, earnest Sara Requier and her disintegrating seven-year relationship with the cynical Wanda Wysoka. Along with her relationship struggles, Sara must contend with the drastic changes in the book industry that threaten her feminist bookstore and a mother who refuses to accept her daughter's lesbianism. Then, just as Wanda decides to leave Sara, Wanda's new young lover, Cindy, is murdered. The story takes place in a western Canadian city in 2001 - much of it in Sara's bookstore, Common Reader Books - in the shadow of the disturbing political climate that followed the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. This is a transitional point in the Canadian book industry: the proliferation of big box stores, the expansion of the Internet - and Sara is caught up in the concomitant changes in her community. The book explores themes of love and loss, of the lingering effects of a dysfunctional childhood, of misogyny, of personal and societal homophobia, and especially the challenge of integrating the personal with the political.

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ID: 450704

Title: Approaching the Abyss (The Abyss Trilogy Book 2)

Author: A.C. Ward

Narrator: Kae Marie Denino

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:59:03

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

She thought demons were the enemy. Then the angels come to kill them all.After the rebels abandon her, Aubrey doubts her abilities more than ever. She failed to close the Abyss and lost the person she was beginning to love. Desperate to prove herself, Aubrey enters the demon realm to save him, only to trigger a new disaster. She releases the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. These angels are uncompromising in their purpose; to massacre humanity.

Aubrey alone has an immunity to match the angels, but it isnt enough. She is faced with making a pact with a demon, or worse, the rebel leader. Aubrey must decide or lose those she cares about.

Will her choices prevent the apocalypse, or are they actually the steps leading to the end?

Approaching the Abyss is book 2 in a YA fantasy trilogy filled with complex characters and demonic powers, set in a dystopian world with a beautiful balance of hope and despair.

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