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ID: 656727

Title: Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

Author: Matt Abrahams

Narrator: Matt Abrahams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:11:12

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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

Summary:

Stanford lecturer and host of the #1 business podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams, reveals the secrets to finding the right words when it counts.

Communication is crucial to success in life and business. However, it is not just big speeches that matter: it is also those critical, spur-of-the-moment situations for which we cannot prepare.

A prospective client asking unexpected questions during a sales pitch, a teacher singling you out for an answer during a class, a high-pressure meeting with senior executives at work, or even a heartwarming toast to deliver on the spot. All are fraught scenarios that might cause you to freeze up. The pandemic has only boosted this fear, by stripping the spontaneity from communication during lockdown, and then changing the communication landscape.

In this invaluable guide, Matt Abrahams – Stanford University lecturer and creator of the hit podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smart – provides a six-point methodology that will enable you to cut through the anxiety arising from these stressful, impromptu circumstances to create and deliver crisp, compelling and calm communication.

Think Faster, Talk Smarter is an energetic, engaging resource for anyone who wants to speak out, spread their ideas, and ultimately share their story.

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ID: 676233

Title: Adversary

Author: Michael Crummey

Narrator: Mary Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:11:42

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BMO WINTERSET AWARD

From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Innocents, a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corruption of power and the power of corruption.

“A FLAWLESSLY CRAFTED NARRATIVE” —Wall Street Journal

“CEASELESSLY ENTERTAINING” —Kirkus (Starred Review)

“A MASTERPIECE” —Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)

”ONE OF OUR BEST WRITERS” —Booklist (Starred Review)

In an isolated outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline, Abe Strapp is about to marry the daughter of a rival merchant to cement his hold on the shore when the Widow Caines arrives to throw the wedding and Abe's plans into chaos.

    That ruthless act of sabotage is the opening salvo in a battle between the man and woman who own Mockbeggar's largest mercantile firms, each fighting for the scarce resources of the north Atlantic fishery, each seeking a measure of revenge on the person they despise most in the world. As their unshakeable animosity spirals further each year into vendettas and violence, the community is increasingly divided and even the innocents in Mockbeggar find themselves forced to take sides, with devastating consequences.

    Through merciless seasons of uncertainty and want, through predatory storms and pandemics and marauding privateers, it is the human heart that reveals itself to be the most formidable and unpredictable adversary for each person drawn, inevitably and helplessly, into that endless feud.

    Compulsively readable and uncompromising, The Adversary is a pitch-perfect evocation of a lost time, and a shadowed mirror to our modern politics of grievance and retribution. It is Michael Crummey's finest novel to date.

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ID: 668052

Title: Island of Whispers

Author: Frances Hardinge

Narrator: Justin Avoth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paranormal, Tough Topics

Summary:

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conjure up a thrilling fairy tale of ghosts and magic.

On the island of Merlank, the Dead must not be allowed to linger. The very sight of their ghosts can kill you. When young Milo is thrust into the role of Ferryman following his father’s sudden death, he is the one who must carry away the Dead.

Pursued by a vengeful lord and two malignant magicians, Milo must navigate strange and perilous seas where untold threats whisper in the mist. Does he have the courage and imagination to complete his urgent mission?

From the Costa Book Award-winning Frances Hardinge, author of The Lie Tree and Unraveller, this riveting coming-of-age tale will sweep you away on an unforgettable journey.

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ID: 659853

Title: Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss

Author: Steve Richards

Narrator: Steve Richards

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:56:31

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Global Politics, Political Ideologies

Summary:

The Times Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the Year

An entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics from Steve Richards, broadcaster, journalist, and author of The Prime Ministers We Never Had.

'Through wonderful vignettes, Richards offers a masterful, clear-eyed and, above all, entertaining history of British politics. To pilot a better future, we need to learn how not to repeat the mistakes of the past. The book is a lesson in just that' – Will Hutton

Every few weeks in British politics, a columnist will reach for the word ‘unprecedented’ as a cabinet minister resigns or yet another inquiry is called. We have become so accustomed to turmoil that it is impossible to take a breath and see where we are headed. In this magisterial history, respected broadcaster and journalist Steve Richards puts the recent chaos into context and takes a step back to explore ten critical moments that have shaped modern Britain.

From the Suez Crisis of 1956 to the Covid-19 pandemic, from 1945 to Thatcher, Richards argues that it is only with distance that we can perceive the tectonic plates shifting – and events that may seem earth-shattering in the moment might be a passing tremor with the perspective of history.

With his trademark insight, forged over several decades as one of the UK’s foremost political commentators, Richards blends anecdote and analysis to explore the biggest events in British political history. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand our nation, this landmark work is enlightening and entertaining in equal measure.

'An engaging canter through postwar Britain . . . shaped by a lifetime of reading' – Prospect

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ID: 676229

Title: Study for Obedience: A novel

Author: Sarah Bernstein

Narrator: Sarah Bernstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:59:12

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-23

Publisher: Knopf Canada

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

Summary:

WINNER OF THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE

Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize

Included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023

For readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett, a haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction.

A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. 

Soon after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occurs - collective bovine hysteria; the demise of a ewe and her nearly born lamb; a local dog's phantom pregnancy; a potato blight. She notices that the local suspicion about incomers in general seems to be directed with some intensity at her and she senses a mounting threat that lies 'just beyond the garden gate.' And as she feels the hostility growing, pressing at the edges of her brother's property, she fears that, should the rumblings in the town gather themselves into a more defined shape, who knows what might happen, what one might be capable of doing.

With a sharp, lyrical voice, Sarah Bernstein powerfully explores questions of complicity and power, displacement and inheritance. Study for Obedience is a finely tuned, unsettling novel that confirms Bernstein as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.

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ID: 714458

Title: Name Drop

Author: Susan Lee

Narrator: Greta Jung, Keong Sim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:08:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, Tough Topics

Summary:

A summer in New York City. A case of mistaken identity. What could possibly go wrong?

When Elijah Ri arrives in New York City for an internship at his fathers massive tech company, Haneul Corporation, he expects the royal treatment that comes with being the future CEO even if thats the last thing he wants. But instead, he finds himself shuffled into a group of overworked, unpaid interns, all sharing a shoebox apartment for the summer.

When Jessica Lee arrives in New York City, shes eager to make the most of her internship at Haneul Corporation, even if shes at the bottom of the corporate ladder. But shes shocked to be introduced as the new executive-in-training intern with a gorgeous brownstone all to herself.

It doesnt take long for Elijah and Jessica to discover the source of the mistake: they share the same Korean name. But they decide to stay switched so Elijah can have a relaxing summer away from his controlling dad while Jessica can make the connections she desperately needs for college recommendations.

As Elijah and Jessica work together to keep up the charade, a spark develops between them. Can they avoid discovery and total disaster with their feelings and futures on the line?

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ID: 710810

Title: Paths of the Dead

Author: Lin Anderson

Narrator: Sally Armstrong

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:27:29

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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

Summary:

Paths of the Dead is the thrilling ninth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.

When Amy MacKenzie agrees to attend a meeting at a local spiritualist church, the last person she expects to hear calling to her from beyond the grave is her son. The son whom she'd only spoken to an hour before.

Then the body of a young man is found inside a Neolithic stone circle high above the city of Glasgow and forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is soon on the case. The hands have been severed and there is a stone in the victim's mouth with the number five scratched on it. DI Michael McNab is certain it's a gangland murder, but Rhona isn't convinced.

When a second body is found in similar circumstances, a pattern begins to emerge, of a killer intent on masterminding a gruesome Druidic game that everyone will be forced to play . . .

Follow Rhona MacLeod in more forensic thrillers with The Special Dead, None but the Dead, Follow the Dead, Sins of the Dead and Time for the Dead.

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ID: 710811

Title: Special Dead

Author: Lin Anderson

Narrator: Sally Armstrong

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:03:06

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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

Summary:

The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.

When Mark is invited back to Leila's flat and ordered to strip, he thinks he's about to have the experience of his life. Waking later he finds Leila gone from his side. Keen to leave, he opens the wrong door and finds he's entered a nightmare; behind the swaying Barbie dolls that hang from the ceiling is the body of the girl he just had sex with.

Rhona MacLeod's forensic investigation of the scene reveals the red plaited silk cord used to hang Leila to be a cingulum, a Wiccan artefact used in sex magick. Sketches of sexual partners hidden in the dolls provide a link to nine powerful men, but who are they? As the investigation continues, it looks increasingly likely that other witches will be targeted too.

Working the investigation is the newly demoted DS Michael McNab, who is keen to stay sober and redeem himself with Rhona, but an encounter with Leila's colleague and fellow Wiccan Freya Devine threatens his resolve. Soon McNab realizes Freya may hold the key to identifying the men linked to the dolls, but the Nine will do anything to keep their identities a secret.

Follow Rhona MacLeod in more forensic thrillers with None but the Dead, Follow the Dead, Sins of the Dead and Time for the Dead.

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ID: 671012

Title: Fall of Ruin and Wrath: An epic spicy romantasy from a mega bestselling author

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:56:46

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Epic Fantasy, Romantasy

Summary:

From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a scorching romance with high stakes, breathtaking magic and a searing enemies-to-lovers romance.

She lives by her intuition. He feeds on her pleasure . . .

Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian – royalty who feed on mortal pleasure.

Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information. When her intuition leads her to save a travelling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warning – and promise. Today he’ll bring her joy. One day he’ll be her doom.

When the Baron takes an interest in the prince, and the prince takes an interest in Calista, she becomes the latter’s temporary companion. But the city simmers with rebellion, and with knights and monsters at her city gates and a hungry prince in her bed, intuition may not be enough to keep her safe. Calista must choose: follow her intuition to safety or follow her heart to her downfall.

Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a captivating romantic fantasy from a mega bestselling author and global sensation.

Praise for Jennifer L. Armentrout:

‘I hope you guys love this book as much as I do!’ – Sarah J. Maas, bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series

‘Armentrout packs a powerful emotional punch’ – Publishers Weekly

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ID: 659129

Title: Woman of Courage

Author: Rita Bradshaw

Narrator: Elaine Claxton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:51:21

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Romance, Sagas

Summary:

Survival means fighting back. Set across Sunderland and New York in the late 19th century, A Woman of Courage is a heartwarming saga by Rita Bradshaw, author of the bestselling Believing in Tomorrow.

It's 1890, and Josie Gray is an innocent and beautiful fifteen-year old when Adam McGuigan, the youngest son of a dangerous and influential crime family spots her singing in a Sunderland public house. Adam is handsome and charismatic, sweeping Josie off her feet with his beguiling lies and promises. He charms her into marrying him on her sixteenth birthday, but on her wedding night the fairy tale ends.

Josie finds herself trapped in a living nightmare and there's no one to help her. Events spiral out of control, and when her life is put in danger she escapes with her baby son. Fleeing to a different country, Josie fights to make a good life for her child and then love beckons again.

But the McGuigan family's power is far reaching. When the day of reckoning comes, can Josie survive it?

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