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ID: 385826

Title: Portrait

Author: Cassandra Austen

Narrator: Alex Wyndham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:44:16

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-19

Publisher: Authors Republic

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

Lady Catherine Claverton lives alone and angry on the outskirts of Bath, banished by her father because she was born lame and a girl. When the old earl dies, leaving the ancient title to revert to the Crown, Catherine learns the secret that her late mother kept from her--that she is the heir to a title in her own right. If she marries and bears a son, she will have what her father could never have: a legacy through the female line.

But if she takes on that challenge, she needs to marry, something she never dreamed possible. And the two candidates are men with secrets. The kind but secretive sea captain. The handsome but dangerous smuggler. And Catherine has a potentially explosive secret of her own.

'A thrilling hybrid of mystery, romance, and 19th century scene-setting -- sure to enthrall fans of historical fiction.' - Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize

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ID: 374338

Title: Bold Beautiful Love

Author: Angel Payne

Narrator: Jason Clarke, Stella Bloom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:34:04

Language: English

Release date: 06-12-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Romance, General

Summary:

Cassian Court is the powerful, beautiful, sensual man who has changed Mishella Santelle’s life with the world’s most unconventional business contract—and captured her heart with a destiny neither of them can deny. But passion comes with a price.

They’ve confronted demons, banished ghosts, faced fears, and dug to the deepest truths of their souls—but then fate delivers them a crushing new blow.

When crisis strikes the Mediterranean island of Arcadia, Mishella is summoned back home. Things go from difficult to devastating when Arcadian court politics rev into high gear, setting up Cassian as the Judas responsible for the island’s devastation, and giving Mishella an ultimatum: her country or her lover? The choice is as agonizing as the truths it both exposes and tests—putting Cassian and Mishella through their most brutal crucible yet.

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ID: 364961

Title: Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change: The Theory and Practice of Sustaining Change Through People

Author: Julie Hodges

Narrator: Amanda Dolan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:52:48

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Tremendous forces for change are radically reshaping the world of work. Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models and resource scarcity are impacting every sector. Although the scale of expected change is not unprecedented, what is unique is the pervasive nature of the change and its accelerating pace which people in organizations have to cope with. Structures, systems, processes and strategies are relatively simple to understand and even fix. People, however, are more complex. Change can have a different impact on each of them, all of which can cause different attitudes and reactions. Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change is written for leaders with the key responsibility of managing people through transitions.

Managing and Leading People through Organizational Change provides a critical analysis of change and transformation in organizations from a theoretical and practical perspective. It addresses the individual, team and organizational issues of leading and managing people before, during and after change, using case studies and interviews with people from organizations in different sectors across the globe. This book demonstrates how theory can be applied in practice through practical examples and recommendations, focusing on the importance of understanding the impact of the nature of change on individuals and engaging them collaboratively throughout the transformation journey.

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ID: 364963

Title: Motivation and Performance: A Guide to Motivating a Diverse Workforce

Author: Adrian Furnham, Ian Macrae

Narrator: Steve Wojtas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:33:25

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Psychology, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Many organizations approach the issue of employee engagement and motivation by tapping into age, gender and other stereotypes. Motivation and Performance challenges these notions, bringing together evidence that group differences are often exaggerated and that getting to the heart of what really motivates individuals is what's most important. This book is a practical guide to ensuring that organizations consider all motivators - job security as well as the need for personal growth - to improve employee satisfaction, boost organizational productivity and reduce staff turnover.

Underpinned by original research, Motivation and Performance features case studies from finance, retail, the public and other sectors to show how the principles of motivating employees apply at all levels of the organization, not just at the leadership level, and how values and motivation can be changed and developed. Complete with a framework for conducting effective visits to front-line locations, it will help HR professionals ask the right questions, choose whether to implement external motivation-building programmes and make a real impact on an employee's desire to progress in the company.

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ID: 364970

Title: Things I Know

Author: Amanda Prowse

Narrator: Amanda Prowse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:27:11

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

From bestselling author Amanda Prowse comes a heartwarming tale of first impressions and lasting love.

Thomasina ‘Hitch’ Waycott loves living and working on the remote family farm and B&B. But she also wants more. To see the world. To own her own home. To fall madly in love.

But those are fairy tales, and if her life is a fairy tale, then she’s the ugly duckling. Her deformed lip, her crooked limbs and her weak heart have kept her from taking chances. But that’s about to change.

When Grayson Potts comes to stay, he’s unlike anyone Thomasina has ever met. He’s aloof, eccentric and exceptionally kind. He’s also totally unconcerned with the physical flaws that have always defined Thomasina.

The two form a bond that neither has had before. It’s possible that it could become something more, but Thomasina also wonders if it’s too good to be true. By putting her heart on the line, Thomasina may open herself to heartbreak. But she may also open herself to so much more.

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ID: 368196

Title: Apollo 11: The Inside Story

Author: David Whitehouse

Narrator: Simon Mattacks

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:09:56

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics, History

Summary:

Informed by extensive interviews with astronauts such as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gene Cernan, David Scott, John Young, Alan Shepard, Charlie Duke, Al Bean, Gordon Cooper, Al Worden, Walt Cunningham, Tom Stafford, Dick Gordon, John Glenn, Pete Conrad, Edgar Mitchel, James Irwin, Stu Roosa, Ron Evans, Deke Slayton, Wally Schirra, as well as key politicians and NASA personnel

Fifty years ago in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step onto its surface. President Nixon called it the greatest week since creation.

In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part—based around exclusive interviews with the key players.

This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets’ launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space, through President Kennedy’s enthusiasm and later doubts, to the astronauts’ intense competition to leave the first footprint.

Here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many other astronauts who paved the way or went to the moon themselves after Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals—all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.

The full list of interviewees includes NASA employees such as James Fletcher, Roco Petrone, Brainerd Homes, Bob Gilruth, George Mueller, James Webb, John Houbolt, Robert Seamans, Max Faget, Director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory William Pickering and Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet Premier.

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ID: 360688

Title: Kickin' It

Author: Rachel Van Dyken

Narrator: Laurie West, William Leroy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:14:51

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult

Summary:

Love breaks the offside rule in New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken’s irresistibly sexy Red Card romance.

Successful, high-profile sports agent Matt Kingston thinks he can handle anything. Then soccer player Parker Speedman shows up at his door. She is young and gorgeous, has natural talent, and is looking for a team. She’s also a hothead with a punchy past who floored her last coach on live TV. Despite his misgivings, Matt agrees to be both her agent and her coach. Professional common sense says she’s off-limits. But what can he say about the raw attraction between them?

Parker plays soccer with her heart and soul. But after the events of the last year, she’s shaken. She’s already seen what a powerful man can do to a female athlete’s career. And her beloved dream is in the hands of a sexy, gorgeous man with the uncanny ability to slip past her defenses…and into her heart.

Now Matt and Parker are about to learn that when it comes to love, the only way to win is by breaking every rule they know. And by playing nice. Real nice.

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ID: 361407

Title: Elven Queen

Author: Bernhard Hennen

Narrator: Michael Page

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:36:42

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Epic Fantasy

Summary:

The battle for sovereignty over the realms reaches a devastating turning point as the international bestselling fantasy series continues.

All that stands between the advancing army of trolls and the endangered fortress of Phylangan is a coalition force led by Alfadas, human hero and protector. He’s amassed his own legion of swordsmen, elves, and ragtag thieves to stave off the enemy. And the next move they make could be the most dangerous one of all.

Those Alfadas has left behind are more vulnerable than ever—including his star-crossed elven love; their newborn child; and Queen Emerelle herself, who remains comatose and is powerless to safeguard her compromised kingdom.

But as Alfadas risks all in the violent campaign of the realms, the fate of Phylangan trembles ever more as the enemy advances. However tenuous Alfadas’s victory is, what he fears most is what will be left of the homeland he abandoned…

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ID: 364962

Title: Managing Conflict at Work: Understanding and Resolving Conflict for Productive Working Relationships

Author: Clive Johnson, Jackie Keddy

Narrator: Cynthia Farrell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Managing Conflict at Work provides practical guidance on how to prevent, contain and resolve conflict in the workplace. It demonstrates how effective conflict management can have a powerful impact on the way organizations channel their energies, encouraging positive mindsets and building stronger and happier workforces.  Aimed not just at mediators and conflict practitioners, but at staff managers and anyone who needs to deal with people disputes, the book emphasises simple and practical ways for dealing with conflict situations - both when potential disputes are first emerging, and once a conflict has escalated into a formal complaint.

The book is accompanied by an extensive range of ready-to-use templates and case studies and is supported by a dedicated website, providing information and downloads referred to in the book, as well as videos and podcasts.

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ID: 368163

Title: Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures

Author: Nessa Carey

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:41:43

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-19

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry

Summary:

Just 45 years ago, the age of gene modification was born. Researchers could create glow-in-the-dark mice, farmyard animals producing drugs in their milk, and vitamin-enhanced rice that could prevent half a million people going blind every year.

But now GM is rapidly being supplanted by a new system called CRISPR or ‘gene editing’. Using this approach, scientists can manipulate the genes of almost any organism with a degree of precision, ease and speed that we could only dream of ten years ago.

But is it ethical to change the genetic material of organisms in a way that might be passed on to future generations? If a person is suffering from a lethal genetic disease, is it even more unethical to deny them this option? Who controls the application of this technology, when it makes ‘biohacking’—perhaps of one’s own genome—a real possibility?

Nessa Carey’s book is a thrilling and timely snapshot of a technology that will radically alter our futures.

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