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ID: 417286

Title: After the Count: The death of Davey Browne

Author: Stephanie Convery

Narrator: Stephanie Convery

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:03:48

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Other, Language Instruction, Language Arts

Summary:

When Sydney boxer Davey Browne died in 2015 after being knocked out in the final round of a title fight that he was about to win, boxing once again came under intense public scrutiny. For journalist Stephanie Convery, the story of that fatal fight raised questions she became determined to answer: who should be held accountable when someone dies in the ring? Did the actions of the referee, the ringside doctor, the combat sports inspectors, and the trainer affect what happened that night? Is death inevitable in a sport in which the only sure way to win is to knock your opponent out? And why aren't boxers, professional and amateur, told more about the dangers of concussion and head trauma?

These questions were especially compelling for one reason: at the time of Davey's death, Stephanie had been training to fight in a boxing match of her own.

After the Count not only investigates the fight and the aftermath of David Browne Jr's death, but it also interrogates the culture and history of boxing, its gender dynamics, the visceral appeal of the ring and the inherent contradictions of a violent sport that refuses to face up to the consequences of that violence. It is a book that explores the grit and euphoria of combat sport as it digs deep into our collective relationship with physical power, masculinity and violence.

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ID: 422257

Title: Space Struck

Author: Paige Lewis

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:50:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-20

Publisher: Pear Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Consider this glowing debut from Paige Lewis a menagerie of near-extinction. Space Struck explores the wonders and cruelties occurring within the realms of nature, science, and religion, with the acuity of a sage, the deftness of a hunter, and a hilarious sensibility for the absurd. The universe is seen as an endless arrow . . . and it asks only one question: How dare you?

The poems are physically and psychologically tied to the animal world, replete with ivory-billed woodpeckers, pelicans, and constellations-as-organisms. They are also devastatingly human, anchored in emotion and self-awareness, like art framed in a glass that also holds ones reflection. Silky and gruesome, the poems of Space Struck pulse like starlight.

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ID: 425655

Title: Rediscovering Silence: Finding Your Life's Music in a World of Noise

Author: Will Gray

Narrator: Will Gray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:56:15

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

In an increasingly noisy, distracting world, the idea of enjoying silencehealthy silencehas become for many people just a mirage. We talk about a little peace and quiet not because we experience it regularly, but because its a joke we tell ourselves when were overwhelmed.

Silence is on the endangered experiences list. Today, if youre like most people, youll spend 11 hours today in front of screens, interact with your phone more than 2,000 times, and encounter just as many commercial messages. Silence will hardly show up at all.

Part of the challenge is that silence has gotten a bad rap. The silent treatment, silent betrayal, and even deprivation have made us gun-shy, and rightly so.

Is it even worth trying to include silence in our lives? Rediscovering Silence argues yes. Using silence well is like using a muscle, and the best kinds of silence can rehumanize us, by introducing us to the gifts of listening, canvas, answer, anticipation, respect, rest, and wonder.

From the anechoic chamber of Microsofts headquarters to the 36 questions that bring people closer together, from John Cages 4 minutes and 33 seconds to Yom HaShoah and the sunken place, this book is an adventure in search of an answer: How can we find ourselves again in silence?

Explore powerful ideas as different as comic timing is from silent mode. Learn from voices as diverse as Jordan Peele and Jesus, Shusaku Endo and J.S. Bach, Arthur and Elaine Aron, Öslem Cekic, Emma Gonzalez, and Orson Welles.

Do you know the only difference between noise and music? Its whether the pattern between sound and silence is meaningful, or meaningless. The same is true of your life. Rediscovering Silence was written so you can begin to find, pursue, and even help to create a meaningful rhythm between sound and silence, a rhythm that transforms your life more into the music its meant to be.

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ID: 421753

Title: Sharks in the Time of Saviours

Author: Kawai Strong Washburn

Narrator: Gk Bowen, Jolene Kim, Kaleo Griffith, Tui Asau

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:40:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

'The next time I went for air you were at the surface, sideways, prone and ragdolling in the mouth of a shark. But the shark was holding you gently, do you understand? It was holding you like you were made of glass, like you were its child.'

In 1995 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores is saved from drowning by a shiver of sharks. His family, struggling to make ends meet amidst the collapse of the sugar cane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favour from ancient Hawaiian gods. But as time passes, this hope gives way to economic realities, forcing Nainoa and his siblings to seek salvation across the continental United States, leaving behind home and family.

With stunning physical detail and a profound command of language, Washburn's powerful debut examines what it means to be both of a place, and a stranger in it.

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ID: 425683

Title: Ladies of the Night: Stories

Author: Althea Prince

Narrator: Jemeni

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:11:51

Language: English

Release date: 03-02-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature

Summary:

Ladies of the Night is set in Toronto and Antigua. With women's loves and lives as their focus, the stories contain dramatic twists and turns: some humorous, others shocking and disturbing, all leaving a haunting melody behind. The Toronto stories capture the issues women face as they walk the ground of intimate and family relationships in that city. The Antiguan setting of some of the stories are reflective of Prince's insight into relationships, captured in her novel and essays. The characters reveal their different ways of managing a range of struggle, pain, rage, love and pure unadulterated joy. The humour of some stories complement the plaintive sadness and emotionality of the strings some other stories pluck.

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: 464342

Title: Chasing Sunrise

Author: Emily Mah

Narrator: Abby Van Gerpen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:31:58

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Summary:

Liana Linacre thought she was in love, but what began as her fantasy romance ended with a curse that threatens her life and everything she loves. Orphaned and alone, she barely escapes the dark forces that want her soul.

Corban Alexander belongs to an ancient order of vampire hunters and wants to kill everyone who is demon-touched. He knows that the creatures who want Liana dead will find her again before long.

Liana must fight if she wants to live, while Corban must decide if he can love a girl who made the one mistake he believes is unforgivable.

No one, mortal or immortal, has ever won against the evil that plagues Liana, but if she and Corban can work together, they might just defy the laws of the universe.

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ID: 504713

Title: Chorus of Mushrooms

Author: Hiromi Goto

Narrator: Brenda Kamino, Stephany Seki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:14:54

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-20

Publisher: ECW Press

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General

Summary:

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean and Canadian Region)

Co-winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Award

Hiromi Goto's acclaimed debut novel is a feminist examination of the Japanese Canadian immigrant experience. Focusing on the lives of three generations of women in modern day Alberta, Goto uses their stories to examine the impacts of privilege and cultural identity on Asian Canadian immigrants.

Since its publication in 1994, Hiromi Goto's Chorus of Mushrooms has been recognized as a true classic of Canadian literature. One of the initial entries in NeWest Press' long-running Nunatak First Fiction Series, Hiromi Goto's inaugural outing was recognized by Commonwealth Writers as the Best First Book in the Caribbean and Canadian regions that year. It was also selected as co-winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Award.

This special edition was released for the 20th Anniversary of the book's publication and includes an extensive afterword by Canadian novelist and Lambda Literary Award-winner Larissa Lai and an interview with the author on the impact the book has had on the Canadian literary landscape.

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: 400559

Title: Where the Truth Lies

Author: Karina Kilmore

Narrator: Megan Smart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:23:37

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Psychological, Contemporary Women

Summary:

She was slipping away. The further she fell, the closer the clouds seemed to come. Wispy transparent slipstreams of white. Cirrus. Pain smashed her head. Floating …

When investigative journalist Chrissie O’Brian lands a senior job at The Argus, she is desperate to escape the nightmares of her past. Her life has become a daily battle to numb the pain. But her job is something she can do better than anyone else – and the only thing that keeps the memories at bay.

A face-off on the waterfront between the unions and big business is just the kind of story to get her career back on track. But after a dockworker who confided in her turns up dead, Chrissie becomes obsessed with unravelling the truth. When a gruesome threat lands on her desk, it's clear someone is prepared to do anything to stop her. 

 

But who is more dangerous – a ruthless enemy or a woman pushed to the edge? Used to fighting her own demons, this is one battle Chrissie is determined not to lose.

 

Where the Truth Lies was a 2020 Ned Kelly Award finalist for best debut. It was shortlisted for the prestigious Unpublished Manuscript Award in the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the same award Jane Harper won for The Dry. Shortlisted for the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards – Best First Novel.

‘A complex and compelling debut that’s impossible to put down!’ CHRISTIAN WHITE, bestselling author of The Nowhere Child, The Wife and the Widow

'A clever, explosive thriller ... I love Kilmore’s flawed heroine’s feistiness and her determination to take on the old boys’ network. Truly impressive' PETRONELLA MCGOVERN, bestselling author of Six Minutes

 

‘Kilmore holds an unflinching mirror up to Melbourne’s darker side in this gritty tale full of twists, packed with compelling characters. An exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction’ JANE HARPER, bestselling author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man

‘A gripping and gritty novel introducing a heroine who’s just as layered and complex’ Who magazine

‘The breakout hit of the year’ Woman’s Day

 

‘Chrissie’s desperate race to uncover the truth will have you hooked’ Herald Sun

 

‘Excellent Aussie crime, with polished writing, great structure, compelling characters and a vivid Melbourne setting. There is a lot of buzz around this book and rightly so. It’s a fantastic read and definitely one you need to get your hands on immediately’ Better Reading

‘Journalist Karina Kilmore brings a wealth of insider knowledge to this explosive crime thriller.’ Australian Women’s Weekly

 

'It’s easy to see why everyone’s talking about this debut novel.’ Newtown Review of Books

‘Reading this reminded me of Sara Peretsky’s first books … there’s every chance we’re seeing the beginning of a substantial antipodean series that will inform and analyse while it entertains’ The Australian

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ID: 431885

Title: Destiny's War: Part 1: Saladin's Secret

Author: Pyram King

Narrator: David Sweeney-Bear

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:17:18

Language: English

Release date: 02-20-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Historical

Summary:

In the style of Indiana Jones, the adventures of Lawrence of Arabia, and the mysteries of Dan Brown.

The Great War erupts across the known world, pitting empires against nations. The Middle Eastern desert becomes a battlefield, as the Ottoman Empire battle against the pressing British Forces.

A reporter, a spy, an archaeologist, are all proper descriptions of Marion by the age of 18. He ran away from home after his mother passed away, seeking to walk in the footsteps of Sir Richard Francis Burton, and he did, both literally and figuratively.

Traveling with the Imperial Camel Corp deep into enemy territory he discovers a history and a secret dating back centuries. The myths of Saladin, Sinan, Assassins, Templars hide a truth of an ancient war.

Marion does not know who to trust when a mysterious new enemy seek an artifact, which may hold a secret that could tip the balance of power.

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ID: 417285

Title: Under Your Wings (The Majesties)

Author: Tiffany Tsao

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:43:12

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-20

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Family Life

Summary:

Gwendolyn and Estella have always been as close as sisters can be. Growing up in a wealthy, powerful and sometimes treacherous family, they've relied on each other for support and confidence. Now, though, Gwendolyn is lying in a coma, the sole survivor of Estella's poisoning of their whole family. What in their dark and complicated past has brought them to this point?

As Gwendolyn struggles to regain consciousness, she desperately retraces her memories, trying to uncover the moment that led to this brutal act. Their aunt's supposed death at sea; Estella's unhappy marriage to the brutish Leonard; the shifting loyalties and unspoken resentments at the heart of the opulent world they inhabit - one by one, the facts float up, forcing Gwendolyn to confront the truth about who she and her sister really are, and the secrets in their family's past.

Travelling from the luxurious world of the rich and powerful in Jakarta to the most spectacular shows at Paris Fashion Week, from the coasts of California to the melting pot of Melbourne's university scene, Under Your Wings is a powerful, evocative and deeply compelling novel about the secrets that can build a family empire - and then ultimately bring it crashing down.

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