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ID: 791617

Title: Cloaked: The Taellaneth - Book 5

Author: Vanessa Nelson

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:00:56

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

The world itself in peril.

Arrow's sleep is being disturbed by nightmares that she cannot remember when awake. Her days are spent trying to build her new, simple, life in the human world and helping the shape-changers track down the last conspirators that tried to destroy the Erith.

But the Erith want her help one last time. The Erith heartland needs a new monarch, and the Erith require Arrow's presence for the selection.

Nothing is that simple, though, and Arrow finds herself dealing with betrayal that could tear the heartland apart. She will need all her skills, and the help of the few people she trusts, to prevent the destruction of the heartland, and the world.

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ID: 803003

Title: Song of the Six Realms

Author: Judy I. Lin

Narrator: Jen Zhao

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:02:29

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Uncover the dark past of the celestials in this melodic tale inspired by Chinese mythology and Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.

Filled with rich imagery and delicate poetry, the Song of the Six Realms will echo long after the tune has ended.

Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned at a young age, her kindly poet uncle took her in and arranged for an apprenticeship at one of the most esteemed entertainment houses in the kingdom. She doesn't remember much from before entering the House of Flowing Water, and when her uncle is suddenly killed in a bandit attack, she is devastated to lose her last connection to a life outside of her indenture contract.

With no family and no patron, Xue is facing the possibility of a lifetime of servitude playing the qin for nobles that praise her talent with one breath and sneer at her lowly social status with the next. Then one night she is unexpectedly called to the garden to put on a private performance for the enigmatic Duke Meng. The young man is strangely kind and awkward for nobility, and surprises Xue further with an irresistible offer: serve as a musician in residence at his manor for one year, and he'll set her free of her indenture.

But the Duke's motives become increasingly more suspect when he and Xue barely survive an attack by a nightmarish monster, and when he whisks her away to his estate, she discovers he's not just some country noble: He's the Duke of Dreams, one of the divine rulers of the Celestial Realm. There she learns the Six Realms are on the brink of disaster, and incursions by demonic beasts are growing more frequent.

The Duke needs Xue's help to unlock memories from her past that could hold the answers to how to stop the impending war but first Xue will need to survive being the target of every monster and deity in the Six Realms.

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ID: 815352

Title: Rhapsody in Green

Author: Charlotte Mendelson

Narrator: Charlotte Mendelson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:18:46

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Non-Fiction, Home & Garden

Summary:

Gardening is not a hobby but a passion: a mess of excitement and compulsion and urgency and desire. Those who practise it are botanists, evangelists, freedom fighters, midwives and saboteurs; we kill; we bleed. No, I can't drop everything to come in for dinner; it's a matter of life and death out here.

Rhapsody in Green is a glorious celebration of the life of an urban gardener, told with the trademark wit and warmth of prize-winning novelist Charlotte Mendelson.

This is not your typical guide to gardening. While listening, you will find no advice on topiary, or strimming, or tending to your greenhouse. But if you are attuned to the subtlety of difference between chicories and radicchios; if you cannot pass a packet of seeds without the desire to empty your bank account; or if you, too, long to one day, someday, own a small but emphatic apple orchard in your not-quite-rectangle, suburban garden . . . this is the audiobook for you.

Related in a series of uproarious vignettes, and narrated by the author herself, Rhapsody in Green is a love song to the joys, and pitfalls, of gardening in all its surprising forms.

'Charming, inspiring, uplifting . . . pure lovely' – Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake

'Glorious . . . for anyone who loves fruit, vegetables, herbs and language. It makes you see them with new eyes' – Diana Henry, food writer and author From the Oven to the Table

'A witty account of 'extreme allotmenteering' for all obsessive gardeners' – Mail on Sunday

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ID: 803002

Title: Place Called Hope

Author: Morgan Greene

Narrator: David Jackson, Jeff Harding, Nathan Osgood, Tracie Frank

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:13:09

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

How far would you go to change your life?

In the small American town of Hope, teenager Lucas Caldwell dreams of escaping his life. His mother, Liss, is struggling with addiction, and his sickly little brother, Reuben, would never survive her without him.

His grandfather, Lucky, is dying in a care facility, his mind fading. But in a final moment of clarity, he lets slip to Lucas that he is in possession of a painting worth millions, stolen from a transport convoy in a daring heist five decades ago. As the disbelief fades, a thin hope begins to grow.

But secrets as big as this rarely stay hidden for long, and as the corruption of money spreads, so does the threat of violence and bloodshed. And with hungry wolves circling the payday to end all paydays, the fallout could tear the town, and Lucas's family, apart.

Lucas would do anything to protect the people he loves. But at what cost?

A gut-wrenching, utterly compelling small-town crime thriller, laying bare the corrosive nature of greed and the trials and dangers of those living on the fringes of society.

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ID: 798480

Title: Get Yer 'Air Cut: The issue of male coiffure, pop and counterculture during the Swinging Sixties

Author: Alan Clayson

Narrator: Finlay Robertson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:08:29

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

The social revolution of the Swinging Sixties led to a renaissance of unchecked hair growth, and long hair, especially on men, was worn as a political or countercultural symbol of protest and as an expression of masculinity. No-one who was affected by one of a turbulent decade's loudest controversies - or anyone who ever wondered what all the fuss was about - will fail to be interested in this personal account of when the 'us and them' divide between youth and elders was most profound.

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ID: 765305

Title: Mind the Science: Saving your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry

Author: Jonathan N. Stea

Narrator: Jonathan N. Stea

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:45:43

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-24

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Social Science, Mental Health

Summary:

A clinical psychologist who regularly deals with some of society's most vulnerable exposes and debunks the predatory pseudoscience and grift of the multi-trillion-dollar wellness industry and points us towards a better way to take care of our mental health.

Can the unbroken gaze of a lone man on a stage in front of hundreds of people truly alleviate their mental distress? Can Berlin Wall pills or a coffee enema cure depression? Can we improve our mental health with past-life regression therapy, cold-water shock therapy, rebirthing therapy? Wellness grifters and alternative-health snake oil salesmen are everywhere these days, and when our medical systems are under stress (and we are, too!) these costly purveyors of false hope are worse than a waste of money—they can lead us to delay badly needed care from real professionals, exacerbate our conditions and, in the most tragic of cases, even kill us.

    Today, people looking to care for their mental health face a market with at least 600 “brands” of psychotherapy—and counting. Most are ineffective, and many could be harmful. There exist countless unregulated providers of mental health services in the $5.6 trillion USD wellness industry and alternative medicine community looking to exploit people’s financial and emotional vulnerabilities. The world of mental health care is very much caveat emptor: buyer beware.

    Having seen so many of his patients hurt by the pseudoscience circulating in the industry, Dr. Jonathan N. Stea is on a mission to expose its harm and protect the public from mental health misinformation. In a landscape of rampant burnout and at a time when mental health concerns are at a fever pitch, Mind the Science provides hope and real information to those who have been touched by mental illness, have been misled by false marketing, or are simply curious about the relationship between science and mental health.

Please note that the audiobook edition includes a supplemental PDF.

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ID: 808803

Title: Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

Author: Anna Bogutskaya

Narrator: Anna Bogutskaya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:29:28

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding.

Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and even TikTok trends. Yet even with the commercial and critical success of The Babadook, Hereditary, Get Out, The Haunting of Hill House, Yellowjackets and countless other horror films and TV series over the last few years, loving the genre still prompts the question: what's wrong with you? Implying, of course, that there is something not quite right about the people who make and consume it. In Feeding the Monster, Anna Bogutskaya dispels this notion once and for all by examining how horror responds to and fuels our feelings of fear, anxiety, pain, hunger and power.

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ID: 804735

Title: That's Just Perfect

Author: Nicola Gill

Narrator: Alan Turton, Helen Lloyd, Helen Phillips

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:16:42

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Family Life

Summary:

Twenty-nine-year-old teacher Emily needs her father to believe her life is a success. He may have walked out on the family when she was a child and let her down when she needed him most, but her life is perfect despite him.

Or it was until last Friday, when her fiancé dumped her. Now she's facing a frighteningly empty future, and she's unravelling at work. And just when she thought things couldn't get worse, her father turns up on her doorstep.

Ed knows he's got it wrong, and he wants to make amends, even if his motives aren't entirely selfless. What better way to do that than to show Emily how much he cares about her wedding? He'll even shell out for the dress if that's what it takes.

Emily can't bear to tell her father that her life has fallen apart. So she doesn't. Before she knows it, they're planning and booking a wedding that's totally perfect.

Except for one small fact

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ID: 758411

Title: Hidden Girl

Author: Harry Whittaker, Lucinda Riley

Narrator: Anna Madeley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:36:48

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide.

You can’t alter destiny . . .

Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each passing day. When she catches the attention of the influential, troubled Delancey family, she knows her life will never be the same again.

Years later, Leah takes the modelling world by storm, travelling from Milan to London and New York and living life in the lap of luxury. But her past follows her like a dark shadow, mysteriously intertwined with the tragic tale of two young siblings in Poland during the Second World War.

As two generations of secrets threaten to explode, Leah is haunted by a fatal, forgotten prophecy from her past, and must fight to challenge the destiny that has been mapped out for her in the stars . . .

Long before she became the bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley wrote Hidden Beauty as Lucinda Edmonds. This standalone novel has been reworked and given new life as The Hidden Girl by Harry Whittaker, Lucinda’s son and co-author of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt.

Five-star reader reviews:

'All I can say is WOW . . . Lucinda Riley is a master storyteller, and this book is an epic lost masterpiece’

‘There are so many aspects to this novel: a beautiful love story, a family saga, the modelling world, greed and revenge. I was totally engrossed’

‘This sweeping, epic tale takes you from the wilds of the Yorkshire moors to New York. It’s moving, poignant and full of friendship, love, and loss with many twists along the way’

'The historical elements were beautifully researched and added so much depth to the story. What I loved most was the emotional journey. The themes of love, loss, and redemption were handled with such sensitivity and grace'

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ID: 800356

Title: Great Phoenix of London

Author: Lindsay Galvin

Narrator: Chris Devon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:20:10

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Kids, Historical

Summary:

An exciting new middle-grade historical adventure from the bestselling author of Darwin's Dragons.

1666. When 11-year-old bookish Gil finds a strange heaven stone' by the Thames, he never thought it would hatch. Or that so soon after the Great Plague, a small fire in London would become a deadly inferno.

Soon Gil, his phoenix, and his spiky friend Jennet must cross the burning city, avoid a terrifying mob, and find a place where they can all be safe.

PRAISE FOR LINDSAY GALVIN:

Galvin is a thrilling storyteller' TELEGRAPH

Breathtakingly daring and imaginative' BOOKTRUST

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