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ID: 702528

Title: All That It Ever Meant

Author: Blessing Musariri

Narrator: Liyah Summers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:19:04

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-23

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Teen, Tough Topics

Summary:

Mati's family is reeling from the death of Mati's mother. Her Baba has drawn into himself, her sister Chichi is rebelling, and her young brother Tana is desperate for love and normalcy.When Chichi pulls her worst stunt yet, Baba uproots the family from their home in England for an extended camping holiday in their native Zimbabwe. Along for the trip is Meticais, a fabulously attired gender-neutral spirit--or ghost? or imaginary friend?--who only Mati can see and converse with. Guided by Meticais's enigmatic advice and wisdom, Mati must come to terms with her grief and with the difficulty of living between two cultures, while the family must learn to forge their way in a world without their monumental mother.Full of captivating characters and stunning plot twists, All That It Ever Meant delivers a nuanced and unforgettable story of grief, love, and family.

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ID: 673831

Title: Burial of Ghosts

Author: Ann Cleeves

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:19:55

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Detective Stories

Summary:

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning standalone crime novel from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the three astounding TV series Shetland, Vera and The Long Call.

Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between foster homes and has had more than her fair share of troubles.

Now a holiday in Morocco seems to be the perfect escape. Especially when she meets Philip, a fellow tourist. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England, only to find a solicitor's letter waiting for her.

Philip Samson has died and has left Lizzie a gift of £15,000 in his will. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy that will soon force Lizzie to confront terrifying secrets from her past life . . .

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ID: 698409

Title: Dakota Home

Author: Debbie Macomber

Narrator: Carly Robins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:20:08

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome

Summary:

A town coming back to life!

People have started moving to Buffalo Valley, North Dakota people like Lindsay Snyder, who came as a teacher and stayed, marrying local farmer Gage Sinclair. And now Lindsay’s best friend, Maddy Washburn, has decided to pull up stakes and join her in Buffalo Valley, hoping for the same kind of satisfaction. And the same kind of love.

Jeb McKenna is a rancher, a solitary man who’s learned to endure. Maddy unafraid and openhearted is drawn to Jeb, but he rejects her overtures. Until one of North Dakota’s deadly storms throws them together. Those few days and nights bring unexpected consequences for Maddy and Jeb. Consequences that, one way or another, affect everyone in Buffalo Valley.

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ID: 698438

Title: Ready For Marriage

Author: Debbie Macomber, Marie Ferrarella

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:47:47

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome

Summary:

Hes ready for love and everything it means. Is she?

Three years ago, Mary Jo Summerhill fell completely and utterly in love with Evan Dryden. But she was a kindergarten teacher, and he was a Boston blue blood with political ambitions. His family said she wasnt the ‘right kind of wife’ for Evan. Mary Jo agreed she didnt belong in his world. So she lied, and broke his heart.

But now Mary Jos parents are facing legal trouble, and she needs the best advice she can get. She needs Evan. Only, Evan isnt about to let Mary Jo off so easily. He wants answers to all the questions hes had for the past three years: Why did she leave? Does she still love him? Do they have a second chance?

Bonus book included in this volume!

Finding Happily-Ever-After by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella.

Private investigator Jewel Parnell doesnt believe in romance. But Christopher Culhane is determined to prove to her that she can find happily-ever-after with him even if he has to convince her one kiss at a time...

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ID: 698436

Title: Little Bit Country

Author: Debbie Macomber

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:19:14

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Clean & Wholesome

Summary:

Rorie Campbell has a pleasant, predictable life in San Francisco, where shes seeing a pleasant, predictable man. Then, while shes on vacation, her car breaks down on an Oregon country road, and horse rancher Clay Franklin comes to her rescue. Rorie soon discovers that a city girl can fall in love with a country man and the other way around. But Clay has no right to return her feelings because hes engaged to another woman! Is he willing to change that situation for Rorie and himself?

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ID: 671530

Title: Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Author: Henry Winkler

Narrator: Henry Winkler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:22:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

Charmingly and joyfully read by the author, Henry Winkler.

The instant New York Times bestseller.

Winner of 'Humour' – Goodreads Choice Awards, Best Books of 2023.

Henry Winkler, launched into prominence by his role as 'The Fonz' in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is.

Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it’s simply not the case, he’s really just grateful to be here), Henry shares in this achingly vulnerable memoir the disheartening truth of his childhood, the difficulties of a life with severe dyslexia, the pressures of a role that takes on a life of its own, and the path forward once your wildest dream seems behind you.

Since the glorious era of Happy Days fame, Henry has endeared himself to a new generation with roles in such adored shows as Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, and Barry, where he’s revealed himself as an actor with immense depth and pathos, a departure from the period of his life when he was so distinctly typecast as 'The Fonz', he could hardly find work.

Filled with profound heart, charm, and self-deprecating humor, Being Henry is a memoir about so much more than a life in Hollywood and the curse of stardom. It is a meaningful testament to the power of sharing truth and kindness and of finding fulfillment within yourself.

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ID: 676748

Title: By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families

Author: R.H. Thomson

Narrator: R.H. Thomson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:23:54

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-23

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Military, History & Culture

Summary:

From one of Canada’s most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non-fiction that explores the stories that shape us and the reach that the past can have across generations.

Growing up north of Toronto, R.H. Thomson’s imagination was captured by romantic notions of war. He spent his days playing with toy soldiers on the carpet of his grandmother’s house, recreating the Battle of Britain with model planes in his bedroom, or sitting at the local theatre watching World War II B movies—ones that offered a very clear perspective on who were the heroes and who the villains; which side were the victors and which the vanquished.

    Yet Thomson’s childhood was also shaped by the spirits of real-life warriors in his family, their fates a brutal and more complicated reminder of the true human cost of war. Eight of Robert’s great uncles—George, Joe, Jack, Harold, Arthur, Warren, Wildy, and Fred—fought in the First World War, while his great Aunt Margaret served as a wartime surgical nurse in Europe. Five of the great uncles—George, Joe, Fred, Wildy, and Warren—were killed in battle while two others—Jack and Harold—would return home greatly diminished, spending the rest of their lives in and out of sanitariums, their lungs scarred by disease and poison gas. Throughout their lives, the great uncles, as well as great aunts and cousins, were faithful letter writers, their correspondence offering profound insights into their experiences on the front lines to their loved ones back home, a somber record of the sacrifice the family paid.

    In By the Ghost Light, R.H. Thomson offers an extraordinary look at his family’s history while providing a powerful examination of how we understand war and its aftermath. Using his family letters as a starting point, Thomson roams through a century of folly, touching on areas of military history, art, literature, and science, to express the tragic human cost of war behind the order and calm of ceremonial parades, memorials, and monuments. In an urgent call for new ways to acknowledge the dead, R.H. has created “The World Remembers,” an ambitious international project to individually name each of the millions killed in the First World War.

    Epic in its scope and incredibly intimate in its exploration of lives touched by the tragedy of war, By the Ghost Light is a truly original book that will challenge the way we approach our history.

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ID: 676378

Title: Undisputed: A Champion's Life

Author: Donovan Bailey

Narrator: Donovan Bailey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:49:04

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-23

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Other

Summary:

A memoir of Olympic glory, the value of mentorship and the courage to champion your own excellence, from the long-reigning world's fastest man, Canadian sprinting legend Donovan Bailey.

From the lush fields of his boyhood in Jamaica, to the basketball courts of Oakville, where he came of age in one of Canada’s most thriving cultural mosaics, to his sprint toward double Olympic gold for Canada in Atlanta in 1996, Donovan Bailey got a long way on natural talent. But he also learned that in the bureaucratic world of Canadian sports, an athlete who didn't come up in the system needed to take charge of his fate if he was going to become the world’s best. As he ascended from outsider to dominant athlete, others didn’t always understand the rigour at work behind Bailey’s confident demeanour. He’d learned from watching Muhammad Ali that a champion needed to act like a champion. But media grew fixated on the sprinter’s immodesty, the likes of which they never saw from Canadian athletes, especially track athletes in the wake of the Ben Johnson doping scandal at Seoul in 1988. Bailey was having none of it, and when he called out Canada's subtle racism and contradicted the prevailing idea most Canadians had of their country, he left in his wake a media uproar and cracked wide open the nation’s moral complacency.

     In addition to his unforgettable 100-metre and 4x100 relay gold-medal sprints in Atlanta, Bailey's track career was a litany of records and rare accomplishments, including his audacious 1997 race in Toronto's SkyDome against American 200-metre Olympic champion Michael Johnson to determine who was really the world’s fastest man. There was no disputing the result.

     Bailey had been coached in success before he was seriously coached in athletics. Following the lead of his father, a machinist-turned-real estate investor, Bailey became a millionaire by the age of 21, an experience he continues to draw on as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Frank about his dominance on the track and unapologetic for expecting as much of those around him as he expects of himself, Undisputed is an athlete's story that refuses to settle for second best.

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ID: 699769

Title: Rattle

Author: Fiona Cummins

Narrator: Olivia Darnley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:30:06

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

A serial killer to chill your bones.

A gripping and heart-pounding thriller that gives a glimpse into the mind of a psychopath even more terrifying than Hannibal Lecter. If you like Mo Hayder and Thomas Harris’s Silence of the Lambs, you’ll love Rattle and The Collector.

A SERIAL KILLER TO CHILL YOUR BONES. A FAMILY TO WARM YOUR HEART. A DETECTIVE WHO MUST HUNT HIM DOWN.

He has planned well. He leads two lives. In one, he’s just like anyone else. But in the other he’s the caretaker of his family’s macabre museum.

Now the time has come to add to his collection. He is ready to feed his obsession, and he is on the hunt.

Jakey Frith and Clara Foyle have something in common. They have what he needs.

What begins is a terrifying cat and mouse game between the sinister collector, Jakey’s father and DS Etta Fitzroy, a detective investigating a spate of abductions.

‘It’s a rare debut that has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition’ - Val McDermid

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ID: 671015

Title: Escape

Author: Ruth Kelly

Narrator: Ayesha Antoine, Daphne Kouma, Meg Travers, Olivia Vinall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:55:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Psychological, Holidays

Summary:

'Dark, chilling, atmospheric and page-turning, The Escape is this winter’s 'The Hunting Party' Veronica Henry

From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Escape is an electrifying thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Sarah Pearse.

THE PERFECT OFFER

When struggling influencer couple Adele and Jack post a crowdfunding video online, they’re amazed when a mysterious benefactor offers to buy them a crumbling French chateau. It’s the lifeline they need to leave all their troubles behind.

THE PERFECT DREAM

For Adele, it’s a dream come true. She will post videos of the renovation as thousands of online subscribers follow their journey. But the chateau is not all it seems and the local community is far from welcoming.

THE PERFECT NIGHTMARE

Then Adele’s videos suddenly stop. Her sister Erin visits to make sure she’s OK but the couple have vanished. Between the obsession of Adele’s fans and the claustrophobic secrecy of the nearby town, Erin must unravel the shocking truth behind the couple’s disappearance . . .

Read by a full cast, including Daphne Kouma, Meg Travers, Ayesha Antoine and Olivia Vinall, alongside Kristin Atherton, Olivia Darnley and Jon-Paul Rowden.

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