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ID: 634273

Title: First Bright Thing

Author: J. R. Dawson

Narrator: Petrea Burchard, Tim Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:56:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

When darkness descends, expect sparks. The First Bright Thing by J. R. Dawson is a spellbinding debut for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue.

Welcome to the Circus of the Fantasticals . . .

After World War I, a select few wake up with frightening magical abilities. Rin can jump through time. Her wife, Odette, can heal the unhealable. And their friend, Mauve, sees what others can’t. Alone, afraid and exiled from regular society, the trio create a haven for Sparks – people like them – a circus housing those who are powerful and lost.

Now it’s 1926, and Rin runs the Circus of the Fantasticals. It travels across the States, spreading enchantment and joy to those who need it. Rin hopes their performances leave the world brighter than before. But new threats loom that even circus lights can’t vanquish. Another devastating war is barrelling across the world. Worse still, Rin’s past creeps closer every day, a malevolent shadow she can’t fully escape. This takes the form of a rival circus, with tents as black as midnight. Its leader has dark powers and even darker desires. For the Sparks have something he wants – and Rin knows he won’t stop until he has it.

‘This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life. It's compelling and brilliant' - Seanan McGuire

*Longlisted for Best Novel at the British Science Fiction Association Awards 2023*

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ID: 597774

Title: Kushiel's Chosen

Author: Jacqueline Carey

Narrator: Jessica Whittaker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28:31:13

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Romance, Romantasy

Summary:

'Rich, intricate worldbuilding meets swoonworthy romance. . . Phédre and Joscelin’s story is the beating heart of every romantasy to follow' - Olivie Blake

The second book in the Kushiel's Legacy trilogy, Kushiel’s Chosen by Jacqueline Carey is a sweeping fantasy of romance, luxuriance and intrigue – perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Temptress. Traitor. Tormentor.

Phèdre was trained as a spy, courtesan and strategist under her tutor’s watchful eye. He also saw she’d been touched by the god Kushiel’s dart, chosen to experience pain and pleasure as one. Above all, he taught Phèdre to observe and analyse – skills that may yet save her life.

Once before, Phèdre sacrificed everything to save her country, but the gods still cast a shadow over her land. For while their young queen is beloved by her people, traitors remain. Those who want others on the throne and aren’t done with schemes for power and revenge. To do her duty, Phèdre must again leave her homeland – only to uncover an earth-shattering plot. One masterminded by the one person she can’t deny. . .

‘Kushiel’s Chosen is elegant, intricate, sensual, and captivating’ - Robert Jordan, author of The Wheel of Time series

‘Ms Carey’s alternate Renaissance period is perfection’ - Romantic Times

‘A great love story, intense spirituality, high eroticism, and lots of adventure, intrigue and swordplay’ -Booklist starred review

Start the journey with Kushiel’s Dart, and finish with Kushiel’s Avatar.

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ID: 642135

Title: This is Europe: The Way We Live Now

Author: Ben Judah

Narrator: Dan Connolly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:27:48

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Non-Fiction, Global Politics, Social Science

Summary:

A Times, Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2023

'Illuminates some of the great trends of our time' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion

What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of some 750 million, sprawled from Ireland to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere? Who are the people who drive our long-distance lorries, steward our criss-crossing planes, lovingly craft our legacy wines, fish our depleted waters, and risk life itself in search of safety and a new start?

In a series of vivid but always empathetic portraits of other people’s lives, journalist Ben Judah invites us to meet them. Drawn from hours of painstaking interviews, these vital stories reveal a vibrant continent which has been transformed by diversity, migration, the internet, climate change, Covid, war and the quest for freedom.

Laid dramatically bare, it may not always be a Europe we recognize – but this is Europe.

'An astonishing achievement' - Evening Standard

'Brilliantly told . . . highly readable' - The Times

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ID: 668054

Title: Magician's Daughter

Author: Caryl Lewis

Narrator: Katherine Press

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:28:23

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Discover the power of true magic in this funny, exciting, big-hearted story by Caryl Lewis, the award-winning author of Seed and The Magician's Daughter. Perfect for boys and girls of 8 to 12.

After one hilarious, disastrous magic show too many, Abby’s dad decides it’s time to give up showbiz. Until the day Abby finds a mysterious, dusty old book of spells among her mum's things. Mum had always been the dazzling magician, after all. As Abby practises, each new spell brings wonder and joy, not only to Abby and her dad, but also to the whole community.

Nothing lasts forever, though, and after each public performance another spell vanishes from the book. So before the magic disappears forever, Abby and Dad plan one final, spectacular, impossible show . . .

Praise for Caryl Lewis's debut SEED:

'Some books are about magic. Some books ARE magic' - Frank Cottrell-Boyce

'A near-perfect blend of witty humour, rollicking adventure [and] compelling characters.' – Daily Mail

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ID: 656504

Title: We've Got This: Unlocking the Beauty of Belonging

Author: Ritu Bhasin

Narrator: Ritu Bhasin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:22:22

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-23

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Social Science

Summary:

Many of us feel constant pressure to mask and curate who we are—to perform as someone we’re not rather than be who we are. And it hurts us. But we don't need to live this way.

With We've Got This, award-winning and globally recognized DEI and empowerment expert Ritu Bhasin delivers a much-needed guidebook on how to heal, thrive, and stand in your power in the face of hate and hardships. She reveals how to unlock belonging—for yourself and for others.

Ritu knows firsthand that the path to belonging can be both beautiful and hard. As a child of working-class immigrants of color, she experienced relentless struggles with racist bullying and cultural confusion growing up. Even as a successful lawyer and business leader, Ritu grappled with knowing, embracing, and being her authentic self—until she realized the freedom that comes with claiming belonging, which she passionately shares in these pages.

Combining empathy, humor, and research with life-changing wisdom and savvy, We've Got This is the guide for finding belonging and joy that readers from across backgrounds have been waiting for.

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ID: 624272

Title: Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat

Author: Derek Beres, Julian Walker, Matthew Remski

Narrator: Matthew Remski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:55:37

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-23

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Social Science, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia—peddling vaccine misinformation, tales of child trafficking, and wild conspiracy theories.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a disturbing social media trend emerged: a large number of yoga instructors and alt-health influencers were posting stories about a secretive global cabal bent on controlling the world’s population with a genocidal vaccine. Instagram feeds that had been serving up green smoothie recipes and Mary Oliver poems became firehoses of Fox News links, memes from 4chan, and prophecies of global transformation.

Since May 2020, Derek Beres, Matthew Remski and Julian Walker have used their Conspirituality podcast to expose countless facets of the intersection of alt-health practitioners with far-right conspiracy trolls. Now this expansive and revelatory book unpacks the follies, frauds, cons and cults that dominate the New Age and wellness spheres and betray the trust of people who seek genuine relief in this uncertain age.

Each of the three authors has witnessed firsthand the use of fear-based political agendas to manipulate the human desire for spiritual fulfillment. They throw a spotlight on the telltale signs of cult dynamics and expose how influencers have stoked suspicion of public health initiatives. And they show how charlatans and pseudo-doctors encourage their followers to oppose mainstream advice as a form of spiritual quest.

With analytical rigor and flashes of irreverent humor, Conspirituality offers an antidote to our times, helping readers recognize wellness grifts, engage with loved ones who've fallen under the influence, and counter lies and distortions with insight and empathy.

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ID: 629577

Title: Bread and Circus

Author: Airea D. Matthews

Narrator: Airea D. Matthews

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:46:44

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

Beautifully and gently read by the author, Airea D. Matthews.

'Formally ambidextrous, teethed with wit and uncompromising dignity.' – Ocean Vuong

'Airea D. Matthews, winner of the 2016 Yale Younger Poets Prize, is a fine poet with a command of poetic and speaking voices that serves her well in this audiobook. Her poems tell stories of some parts of her life, including how she has shifted among different American cultures. She uses accents and changes in timbre to portray the various characters she has encountered—or, sometimes, embodied.' - AudioFile

Bread and Circus is a hybrid and palimpsestic memoir-in-verse: it combines poetry, photography and spectral imaging to explore the realities of economic necessity and marginal poverty through a personal lens.

Examining the experience of the US urban Black community from a variety of perspectives, it draws heavily on the author’s archival research on Adam Smith, the eighteenth-century Scottish economist, as well as his magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations.

As the perspective shifts from watchful child, to teacher, mother, writer and citizen, Bread and Circus asks what it is to have survived, indeed to have flourished, and at what cost.

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ID: 693270

Title: Cupid's Revenge

Author: Wibke Brueggemann

Narrator: Charlie Sanderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:09:28

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Teen, Romance, LGBTQ+

Summary:

For the record, it was never my intention to fall in love. But you know Cupid: he'll get you when you least expect it . . .

Tilly isn't looking for a girlfriend, but her best friend Teddy is.

Enter Katherine Cooper-Bunting: beautiful, charming, and perfect for Teddy. So why does Tilly find herself using any excuse to join the theatre production they're starring in?

And why can't she stop thinking about Katherine?

Cupid's Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann is a hilariously honest novel full of heart, from the acclaimed author of Love is for Losers.

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ID: 597791

Title: Kushiel's Dart

Author: Jacqueline Carey

Narrator: Jessica Whittaker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31:26:44

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Romance, Romantasy

Summary:

'Rich, intricate worldbuilding meets swoonworthy romance. . . Phédre and Joscelin’s story is the beating heart of every romantasy to follow' - Olivie Blake

Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey is an intoxicating fantasy of intrigue, betrayal and desire – perfect for fans of Sarah J. Mass and Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Servant. Seductress. Spy.

All Phèdre nó Delaunay has known is a life of servitude – until now. When her bond is purchased by a nobleman, Anafiel Delaunay, he transforms her into a charming courtesan and skillful spy. He’s also the first to recognize what she is: one touched by the god Kushiel’s dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.

But when Phèdre uncovers a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland, she’s thrown into a world of deadly courtiers, heroic traitors and one truly Machiavellian villainess. Her journey will take her to the edge of despair and beyond. For false friends, loving enemies and beloved assassins all wear the same glittering masks – and Phèdre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear.

‘Sophisticated fantasy, intricately plotted and a fascinating read’ - Robert Jordan

‘Superbly detailed . . . sometimes unbearably intense’ - Kirkus Reviews

‘Brilliant and daring . . . an assured and magnificent book’ - Publishers Weekly

Continue the journey with Kushiel’s Chosen by Jacqueline Carey.

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ID: 668056

Title: Ophelia After All

Author: Racquel Marie

Narrator: Maria Liatis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:58:29

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, LGBTQ+

Summary:

'Queer delight through and through' - Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown

A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie.

Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldnt change, even if she wanted to.

So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Ophelias firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love - and sexuality - never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself shes always imagined or upending everyones expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.

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