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ID: 804736

Title: God's Own Gentlewoman: The Life of Margaret Paston

Author: Diane Watt

Narrator: Antonia Beamish

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:22:50

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: History, Europe

Summary:

The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by a medieval English woman.

Drawing on the largest archive of medieval correspondence relating to a single family in the UK, God's Own Gentlewoman explores what everyday life was like during the turbulent decades at the height of the Wars of the Roses. Covering topics including political conflicts and familial in-fighting; forbidden love affairs and clandestine marriages; bloody battles and sieges; fear of plague and sudden death; friendships and animosity; and childbirth and child mortality, Margaret's letters provide us with unparalleled insight into all aspects of life in late medieval England.

Diane Watt is a world expert on medieval women's writing, and God's Own Gentlewoman explores how Margaret's personal archive provides an insight into her activities, experiences, emotions and relationships, as well as the life of a medieval woman who was at times absorbed by the mundane and domestic, but who found herself caught up in the most extraordinary situations and events.

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ID: 800374

Title: Cutler

Author: David Whish-Wilson

Narrator: Adam Fitzgerald

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:43:33

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Wavesound Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Paul Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine scientist on a Taiwanese distant water fishing vessel, Cutler realises that the apparent murder he's investigating points to a slew of much darker crimes. Onboard, Cutler discovers that the vessel's crew members are kept as slaves, subject to brutal punishment and forced to work long hours with little rest. And when he learns of the recent massacre of the crew of an Indonesian fishing vessel in the same waters, he realises his quest for the truth will be meaningless if he cannot escape with his life.

A ripping page-turner about shameful secrets just across the horizon the subsidised rape of our oceans and the enslavement of the mariners who labour in the ravenous maw of industrial fishing.' TIM WINTON

Sharp and insightful, Cutler is a highly charged slow-burn thriller and an unflinching portrayal of the perilous state of our oceans and the dark side of the fishing industry. A prescient, urgent story for our times.' SARA FOSTER

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ID: 720056

Title: Before We Forget Kindness: The most emotional book yet in the sensational Tokyo cafe series

Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Narrator: Kevin Shen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:47:44

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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

Summary:

The million-copy bestselling series.

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:

- The father who could not allow his daughter to get married

- A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one

- A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents

- A wife holding a child with no name . . .

They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold.

Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before We Forget Kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to find closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.

Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades and Before We Say Goodbye.

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ID: 756083

Title: Rewitched

Author: Lucy Jane Wood

Narrator: Evie Hargreaves

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:27:12

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary Fantasy

Summary:

'Sometimes all you want is the novel equivalent of Gilmore Girls and this rather lovely debut hits those notes . . . Just add a spiced latte' - Stylist

It's time to rediscover her magic . . .

With found family, a dash of romance and an uplifting message about self-love, Rewitched is a cosy autumnal fantasy that will leave readers spellbound.

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark, but she hasn’t seen it in a while either. Balancing work at her beloved London bookshop, Lunar Books, with handling her toxic boss and concealing her witchcraft from those around her – Belle is burnt out. Perfecting the potential of her magic is the last thing on her mind.

But, when her thirtieth birthday brings a summons from her coven and a trial that tests her worthiness as a witch, Belle risks losing her magic for ever. With the month of October to fix things and signs that dark forces may be working against her, Belle will need all the help she can get – from the women in her life, from an unlikely mentor figure and even from an (infuriating) coven watchman who’s sworn to protect her . . .

'I was completely charmed by this delightful and endearing novel about rediscovering your spark' - Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop

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ID: 783453

Title: Forest of a Thousand Eyes

Author: Frances Hardinge

Narrator: Eleanor Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:59:36

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paranormal, Action & Adventure

Summary:

Costa Award-winning Frances Hardinge's gripping story of a young girl's daring mission through a natural world intent on her destruction.

With stunning two-colour illustrations by superstar illustrator Emily Gravett on every page, this richly atmospheric book is perfect for fans of David Almond and Kiran Millwood Hargrave.

The hungry Forest is moving forward like an army, a green and constant threat to the humans living in and on an increasingly crumbling Wall. Feather, accompanied only by her scaled ferret, Sleek, must avoid the Forest's tentacles, and the many dangerous creatures it shelters, to return the community's precious spyglass to its rightful place. Along the way, she develops her resilience, and meets other people living on the Wall, whose stories and experiences open her mind, and those of her community, to new horizons.

From the creators of Island of Whispers, chosen as one of the Top Five YA books of 2023 by The Guardian.

A compelling story filled with adventure, emotional intensity and the rawness of nature.

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ID: 804730

Title: Somewhere Else

Author: Jenni Daiches

Narrator: Gowan Calder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:42:29

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Sagas

Summary:

Rosa Roshkin is five years old when her family are murdered in a pogrom and she is forced to leave behind everything she knows with only a suitcase of clothes and her father's violin.

An epic generational story about womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jenni Daiches's Somewhere Else explores today's most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement.

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ID: 806331

Titre: White Darkness

Auteur: David Grann

Narrateur: Stephane Cornicard

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 2:47:15

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 09-19-24

Éditeur: Editions Theleme from W. F. Howes

Genres: History, World

Résumé:

Comme souvent dans les récits de David Grann, un homme est dévoré par son idéal.

Ce personnage d'un autre temps se nomme Henry Worsley. The White Darkness raconte son extraordinaire histoire. Celle d'un militaire britannique fasciné par l'exemple d'Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) et par ses expéditions polaires ; un homme excentrique, généreux, d'une volonté exceptionnelle, qui réussira ce que Shackleton avait raté un siècle plus tôt : relier à pied une extrémité du continent à l'autre. Une fois à la retraite, il tentera d'aller encore plus loin en traversant l'Antarctique seul, sans assistance, au péril de sa vie. Le récit magnifique d'un homme animé par une quête d'impossible.

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ID: 804722

Title: Matter for the Jury

Author: Peter Murphy

Narrator: Nick Holbek

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:49:41

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Legal Thriller

Summary:

It is 1964 and Ben Schroeder, first introduced in A Higher Duty, is building his career at the Bar; juggling the demands of different challenging cases, while trying to allow a little romance into his life.

Ben is already defending a vicar, accused of indecent assault on a choir boy, when he is plunged into a capital murder case. The accused is Billy Cottage, charged with murder after a frenzied attack on a young courting couple aboard a houseboat. The young man, Frank Gilliam, dies in the attack, while his girlfriend, Jennifer Doyce, is raped and seriously injured. The attacker steals a gold cross and chain from Jennifer, which makes the crime a capital offence.

When the police recover the cross and chain from Billy's sister, and find his fingerprint inside the houseboat, things start to look ominous. But then comes the crucial piece of evidence of his propensity to sing a particular song. To make matters worse, Ben is being led by Martin Hardcastle, an arrogant QC with a serious drinking problem.

In his fight to save Billy Cottage's life, Ben finds that he has both the law and the facts against him; and the tide of public opinion has not yet turned against capital punishment.

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ID: 804723

Title: Fire Team: A Mason Sharpe Thriller Book 4

Author: Logan Ryles

Narrator: Andy Ingalls

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:28:15

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

Mason and trouble have had a long relationship. They're about to renew their vows.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a robbery!

Two heavily armed gunmen crash into a quiet Florida bank, and army veteran Mason Sharpe is caught in the middle of a deadly heist.

Later, the cops describe the robbery as an act of senseless violence, but something seems off to Mason. Was this really about the money? Or is there something else going on here?

When the two gunmen are revealed to be fellow veterans from the Army's famed 75th Ranger Regiment, Mason's doubts only grow. The bond of shared military service is strong, and Mason can't let these questions rest.

He starts to dig for the truth - and finds himself on a headlong collision course with a governmental conspiracy big enough to bury him.

But he won't go down without a fight, and this time, he won't be fighting alone. He's bringing a band of fellow warriors who understand the call of duty.

He's bringing a Fire Team.

Fire Team - book 4 of the superb Mason Sharpe action thriller series. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Jason Kasper & David Archer.

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ID: 817906

Title: Conquest: Conquest Book 2

Author: Griff Hosker

Narrator: Sam Devereaux

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:00:49

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

King William has the crown of the Confessor but he has many enemies both at home and abroad. He has to subdue a land that does not want a Norman yoke upon its shoulders. When Richard fitz Malet is given the manor north of York he finds that it is a poisoned chalice and when the north rises against the Conqueror's rule, he finds himself alone and isolated. He has to mould his manor into a fighting force or face death.

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