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ID: 629573

Title: Wonder

Author: Emma Donoghue

Narrator: Tara Egan-Langley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:48:46

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-22

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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

Summary:

A major film from the makers of Normal People and Room, starring Florence Pugh and streaming on Netflix.

'An old-school page turner with crackling intensity' Stephen King

'Powerful, compulsively readable' Irish Times

Eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story . . .

Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue's The Wonder – inspired by numerous European and North American cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth – is a psychological thriller about a child's murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes.

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ID: 620218

Title: Woolworths Girls

Author: Elaine Everest

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:32:30

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-22

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Sagas

Summary:

Against the backdrop of impending war, experience the trials, triumphs and camaraderie behind the Woolworths counter, in Elaine Everest’s historical romance The Woolworths Girls.

It's 1938 and as the threat of war hangs over the country, Sarah Caselton is preparing for her new job at Woolworths. Before long, she forms a tight bond with two of her colleagues: the glamorous Maisie and shy Freda. The trio couldn't be more different, but they immediately form a close-knit friendship, sharing their hopes and dreams for the future.

Sarah soon falls into the rhythm of her new position, enjoying the social events hosted by Woolies and her blossoming romance with young assistant manager, Alan. But with the threat of war clouding the horizon, the young men and women of Woolworths realize that there are bigger battles ahead. It's a dangerous time for the nation, and an even more perilous time to fall in love . . .

The first in Elaine Everest's Woolworths series, The Woolworths Girls is followed by the festive sequel, Christmas at Woolworths.

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ID: 632586

Title: Shadow Sister

Author: Lucinda Riley

Narrator: Fiona Button

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19:53:22

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-22

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Romance, Contemporary, Family Life

Summary:

Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation.

Read by Fiona Button (This Is Not a Pity Memoir, Your Word Or Mine)

Star D'Aplièse, in her late twenties, is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star – the most enigmatic of the sisters – is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the first clue she has been left, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world . . .

A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter. But, when machinations outside of her control lead her to the London home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players, Flora is pulled between passionate love and duty to her family. But she finds herself a pawn in a game – the rules of which are only known to others – until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life . . .

As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love.

The epic, multi-million selling series continues with The Pearl Sister.

'Absolutely impossible to put down! The Seven Sisters books just keep getting better and better' - Tracy Rees, author of Amy Snow

Praise for the Seven Sisters:

'A masterclass in beautiful writing' – The Sun

'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling' – Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party

'A breathtaking adventure' – Lancashire Evening Post

Five-Star Reader Reviews:

'Absolutely incredible'

'Totally addictive'

'Ideal for when you need to escape'

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ID: 578313

Title: Scattered Showers: Nine Beautiful Short Stories

Author: Rainbow Rowell

Narrator: Euan Morton, Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:56:48

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-22

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction, Teen

Summary:

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection Scattered Showers, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Illustrated throughout by Jim Tierney.

Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.

Its a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling, in short, everything youd expect from a Rainbow Rowell book.

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ID: 593830

Title: Mussolini's Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe

Author: Caroline Moorehead

Narrator: Kathleen Gati

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:38:11

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, Europe, Military

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The bestselling author of A Train in Winter returns with the definitive story of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda, one of the most influential women in 1930s Italy, whose life had more twists and turns than a spy novel.

Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite child: spoiled and venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal. For much of the twenty-year period of Fascist rule, she was her father's closest confidante.

In 1930, at the age of nineteen, Edda married Count Galeazzo Ciano, who would become the youngest Foreign Secretary in Italian history. Acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, Edda played a part in steering Italy to join forces with Hitler. During this time, the Cianos became the most celebrated and glamorous couple in elegant, vulgar Roman fascist society.

Their fortunes turned in 1943, when Ciano voted against Mussolini in a plot to bring him down, and his father-in-law did not forgive him. Edda's dramatic story includes hidden diaries, her father's downfall and her husband's execution, and an escape into Switzerland followed by a period in exile. Moorehead draws a portrait of a complicated, bold, and determined woman—one who emerges not just as a witness but as a key player in some of the twentieth century's defining moments. And we see Fascist Italy with all its glamour, decadence and political intrigue, and the turbulence before its violent end.

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ID: 569821

Title: Playing the Long Game: A Memoir

Author: Christine Sinclair

Narrator: Rachel Cairns

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:15:57

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Basketball

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. Playing the Long Game is a book of earned wisdom on the value of determination and team spirit, and on leadership that changed the landscape of women's sport.

Christine Sinclair is one of the world's most respected and admired athletes. Not only is she the player who has scored the most goals on the international soccer stage, male or female, but more than two decades into her career, she is the heart of any team she plays on, the captain of both Canada's national team and the top-ranked Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League. 

    Working with the brilliant and bestselling sportswriter Stephen Brunt, who has followed her career for decades, the intensely private Sinclair will share her reflections on the significant moments and turning points in her life and career, the big wins and losses survived, not only on the pitch. Her extraordinary journey, combined with her candour, commitment and decency, will inspire and empower her fans and admirers, and girls and women everywhere.

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ID: 582959

Title: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Author: Floella Benjamin

Narrator: Floella Benjamin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:30:37

Language: English

Release date: 10-27-22

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Kids, Religious & Inspirational, General, Holidays

Summary:

Enjoy a family Christmas singalong with Baroness Floella Benjamin, including favourites such as 'We Wish you a Merry Christmas', 'Jingle Bells' and 'Ding Dong Merrily on High'!

This audiobook features 15 familiar Christmas songs to enjoy, all sung by Floella herself. You can also learn about Floella's own Christmas memories and traditions, and join her in some festive fun with every song.

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ID: 578315

Title: Passenger

Author: Cormac McCarthy

Narrator: Julia Whelan, Macleod Andrews

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:43:54

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-22

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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

Summary:

A sunken jet, a missing body, and a salvage diver entering a conspiracy beyond all understanding. From the bar rooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtakingly dark novel from Cormac McCarthy, the legendary author of No Country for Old Men and The Road.

‘A gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song’ – The Guardian

1980, Mississippi. It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wet suit and plunges into the darkness of the ocean. His dive light illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats, hair floating, eyes devoid of speculation. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box – and the tenth passenger . . .

Now a collateral witness to this disappearance, Bobby is discouraged from speaking of what he has seen. He is a man haunted: by the ghost of his father, inventor of the bomb that melted glass and flesh in Hiroshima, and by his sister, the love and ruin of his soul.

One of the final works by Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger is book one in a duology. It is followed by Stella Maris.

Praise for Cormac McCarthy:

‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road

'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining

'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

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ID: 582773

Title: Deadbeat Druid

Author: David R. Slayton

Narrator: Michael David Axtell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:31:25

Language: English

Release date: 10-18-22

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy

Summary:

The living cannot be allowed to infect the dead.

Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adams beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be.

Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for all. But the road to hell is paved with far more than good intentions. Demons are hungry, and ghosts are relentless, and what awaits Adam in the underworld is nothing he is prepared to face.

If that werent enough, Adam has one more thing he must do if he and Vicente are to return to the world of the living: find the lost heart of Death herself.

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ID: 610708

Title: Married to a Balla

Author: Jackie D.

Narrator: Adah King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:19:33

Language: English

Release date: 10-18-22

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Black Literature

Summary:

Despite the beautiful home, expensive cars, and huge bank account, Skyes marriage to pro football player Sandino Washington is seriously flawed. After years of being a victim of domestic violence, Skye is caught between their extravagant lifestyle and his controlling behavior, but knows she has to get out. In a desperate attempt, Skye flees the abusive marriage with her three children in tow, and vows never to go back. She even begins a new life with a new identity, but lives in fear, knowing that Sandino wont rest until he finds them.

Brace yourself as a shattered woman is determined to rebuild her life and protect her family at all costs, even if it means death. Besides, who wouldnt fight against their most treacherous enemy, even if it is your own husband?

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