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ID: 527594

Title: Firefly: Life Signs

Author: James Lovegrove

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:51:11

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

The fifth original novel from the much-loved Space Western Firefly, produced with Joss Whedon as consulting editor, set between the TV series and the movie Serenity.

Deadly disease

Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: she is dying of a terminal illness. It is Kiehls Myeloma, a form of cancer thats supposedly incurable, and Inara has very little time left.

A disreputable scientist

Through their shock and despair, rumors of a cure reach the crew. Expert Esau Weng is said to have developed a means to treat Inaras condition, but he has been disgraced and incarcerated for life on a notorious Alliance prison planet.

An infamous prison

On Atata planet, inmates are abandoned with no guards and left to survive as best they can. Whats more, terraforming the planet did not take properly, so the world is a frozen wasteland. To save Inara, the Serenity crew must infiltrate the prison

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ID: 527591

Title: South Side Dreams

Author: B. K. Ray

Narrator: Matthew J. Harris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:10:54

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Meet the Evens family: three generations living together in a desolate neighborhood in Chicagos crime-ridden Southside.

Life has not turned out the way Dorothy Evens, the head of the clan, dreamed it would. Now she returns home from a dead-end job every night and seeks comfort in a bottle of vodka to numb the pain. Her children find other ways to deal life in the hood. Danny is on a paper chase, trying to make money and stay alive in spite of threats from a rival dealer. Regina keeps herself busy juggling her childrens fathers, all the while dreaming that someday she will find a man to take her away from the hood. Her twin brother, Reginald, seeks fellowship in the church, but his holier-than-thou attitude ignites plenty of arguments in the household.

When their cousin Anthony returns home after his sixth stay in prison, he is full of rage. A visit to his son, whos living with a crack-addicted mother, leaves Anthony determined to find a way to ensure a brighter future for the child. He devises a plan that will pull the Evens family out of the desperate cycle of poverty theyve been stuck in. What price will he be willing to pay to change the course of this familys future?

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ID: 496594

Title: Raya and the Last Dragon

Author: Disney Press

Narrator: Samantha Tan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:03:55

Language: English

Release date: 03-12-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature

Summary:

This novelization retells the whole exciting story of the new Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragoncoming to theaters in Spring 2021!

Walt Disney Animation Studios fantasy-action-adventure, Raya and the Last Dragon, introduces Raya, a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the last dragon and bring light and unity back to their world. Exploring themes of community and hope, and inspired by the beautiful and diverse cultures of Southeast Asia, this novelization retells the whole exciting story and is perfect for listeners ages 8 to 12!

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ID: 515408

Title: Raya and the Last Dragon

Author: Disney Press

Narrator: Samantha Tan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:03:55

Language: English

Release date: 03-12-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature

Summary:

This novelization retells the whole exciting story of the new Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragoncoming to theaters in Spring 2021!

Walt Disney Animation Studios fantasy-action-adventure, Raya and the Last Dragon, introduces Raya, a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the last dragon and bring light and unity back to their world. Exploring themes of community and hope, and inspired by the beautiful and diverse cultures of Southeast Asia, this novelization retells the whole exciting story and is perfect for listeners ages 8 to 12!

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ID: 525769

Title: Stealing the Countess

Author: David Housewright

Narrator: Brent Hinkley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:14:12

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the St. Paul Police Department, Rushmore McKenzie has been working as an unlicensed private investigator, basically doing favors for friends and people in need. But even for him, this latest job is unusual. Hes been asked to find a stolen Stradivarius, known as the Countess Borromeo, that only the violinist seems to want him to find.

Stolen from a locked room in a B&B in the violinists former hometown of Bayfield, Wisconsin, the violin is valued at $4 million and is virtually irreplaceable. But the foundation that owns it and their insurance company refuses to think about buying it back from the thief (or thieves). However, Paul Duclos, the violinist who has played it for the past twelve years, is desperate to get it back and will pay out of his own pocket to do so.

Though its not his usual sort of case, McKenzie is intrigued and decides to try and help, which means going against the local police, the insurance company, the FBIs Art Crime division, and his own lawyers advice. And, as he quickly learns, theres a lot more going on than the mere theft of a priceless instrument.

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ID: 525768

Title: Innocent Bystander

Author: Craig Rice

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:43:54

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

A midway murder sends a terrified eyewitness running for her lifefrom a cop, a con, and her own secretsin this mystery by the author of the John J. Malone series.

The best carnival barker in the business couldnt have drawn a crowd like the one now gathered around the Ferris wheel on the pier. In one of the cabs, still rocking with the ocean breeze, is a dead mana bloody knife protruding from his back. Why the notorious gambling boss Jerry McGurn was killed is no mystery. Who did it is. And theres only one probable witness to the crime.

As bystanders go, Ellen Haven comes across as innocent: pretty enough, plus her blue eyes well up with tears at the mere mention of something as awful as murder. Homicide detective Art Smith wants to believe she didnt see a thing. Why would she lie? Then again, why else would she suddenly vanish? And Smith isnt the only one looking for her; so is a brutal ex-con, fresh out of San Quentin, with a score to settle. Smith knows hed better find her first, but Ellen is leading both men into a hall of mirrors where illusions of guilt and innocence can shatter with a single gunshot.

A former crime reporter, Craig Rice was the first writer of detective fiction to make the cover of Time magazine. Her hardcover sales figures matched those of her bestselling contemporaries Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Raymond Chandler. Shes worth remembering (Jon L. Breen, Edgar Awardwinning author).

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ID: 525767

Title: Poet

Author: Lisa Renee Jones

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:45:47

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones brings a fresh, modern take to the thriller genre that will keep you guessing until the very end.

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.Jean Cocteau

Some call him friend or boss.Some call him husband or dad.Some call him son, even a favorite son.

But the only title that matters to him is the one the media has given him: The Poet.

A name he earned from the written words he leaves behind after he kills that are as dark and mysterious as the reason he chooses his victims.

One word, two, three, a story in a poem, a secret that only Detective Samantha Jazz can solve. Because hes writing this story for her.

She just doesnt know it yet.

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ID: 494239

Title: Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted

Author: Gary Barwin

Narrator: Allen Lewis Rickman, Gabi Epstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:17:34

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-21

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Religious Fiction, Black Literature, Satire

Summary:

A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Motl is middle-aged, poor, nerdy, Jewish and in desperate need of a shave. Since having his balls shot cleanly off as a youth in WWI, he's lived a quiet life at home in Vilnius with his shrewd and shrewish mom, Gitl, losing himself in the masculine fantasy world of cowboy novels by writers like Karl May--novels equally loved by Hitler, whose troops have just invaded Lithuania and are out to exterminate people like Motl. In his dreams, Motl is a fast-talking, rugged, expert gunslinger capable of dealing with the Nazi threat. But only in his dreams.

As friends and neighbours are killed around them, Motl and Gitl escape from Vilnius, saving their own skins. But they immediately risk everything to try rescue relatives they hope are still alive. With death all around him, Motl decides that a Jew's best revenge is not only to live, but to procreate. In order to achieve this, though, he must relocate those most crucial pieces of his anatomy lost to him in a glacier in the Swiss Alps in the previous war. It's an absurd yet life-affirming mission, made even more urgent when he's separated from his mother, and isn't sure whether she's alive or dead. Joining forces, and eventually hearts, with Esther, a Jewish woman whose family has been killed, Motl ventures across Europe, a kaleidoscope of narrow escapes and close encounters with everyone from Himmler, to circus performers, double agents, quislings, fake 'Indians' and real ones. Motl at last figures out that he has more connection to the Indigenous characters in western novels than the cowboys.

An imaginative and deeply felt exploration of genocide, persecution, colonialism and masculinity--saturated in Gary Barwin's sharp wit and perfect pun-play--Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy is a one-of-a-kind novel of sheer genius.

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ID: 495129

Title: Funny Kind of Paradise

Author: Jo Owens

Narrator: Maggie Huculak

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:09:57

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-21

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

A poignant, uplifting, brilliantly insightful story of one woman's end-of-life reckoning with her past, her lost daughter and herself, for readers of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Still Alice and Elizabeth Is Missing.

When her husband left her with a baby, a toddler and a fledgling business, Francesca managed--she wasn't always gentle or patient, but the business thrived and Chris and Angelina had food to eat. At nearly 70, she feels she's earned a peaceful retirement. But when a massive stroke leaves her voiceless, partially paralyzed and wholly reliant on the staff of an extended care facility, it seems her freedom is lost.

However, Francesca is still clear-headed and sharp, and she knows one thing: she wants to live. She savours her view of a majestic chestnut tree through the hospital window, and speaks in her mind to her beloved friend Anna, dead for two years. The daily tasks and dramas of the rotating crew of care aides tether her to the world: Young Lily, eager to fall in love and regularly falling apart when things don't work out; Michiko, with her spiky hair and tattoos and wicked sense of humour; Molly, endlessly kind and skilled in her work; Blaire, cold and enigmatic.

Amidst the indignities of bed baths and a feeding tube, Francesca is surprised to experience flashes of hilarity and joy, even the blossoming of a new friendship with a fellow patient. But as she reflects to Anna on her dutiful son and her troubled and absent daughter, regrets and painful realizations rise to the surface. For the first time, there is nowhere for Francesca to hide from her own choices, and she must reckon with her past before it's too late. A Funny Kind of Paradise is a warm and insightful novel about one woman's opportunity for reinvention--for unconditional love, acceptance and closure--in the unlikeliest of places.

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ID: 494202

Title: Return of the Trickster

Author: Eden Robinson

Narrator: Kaniehtiio Horn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:52:52

Language: English

Release date: 03-02-21

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Multicultural & Interracial, Coming of Age

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY CBC BOOKS AND THE GLOBE AND MAIL

 

In the third book of her brilliant and captivating Trickster Trilogy, Eden Robinson delivers an explosive, surprising and satisfying resolution to the story.

All Jared Martin had ever wanted was to be normal, which was already hard enough when he had to cope with Maggie, his hard-partying, gun-toting, literal witch of a mother, Indigenous teen life and his own addictions. When he wakes up naked, dangerously dehydrated and confused in the basement of his mom's old house in Kitimat, some of the people he loves--the ones who don't see the magic he attracts--just think he fell off the wagon after a tough year of sobriety. The truth for Jared is so much worse.

He finally knows for sure that he is the only one of his bio dad Wee'git's 535 children who is a Trickster too, a shapeshifter with a free pass to other dimensions. Sarah, his ex, is happy he's a magical being, but everyone else he loves is either pissed with him, or in mortal danger from the dark forces he's accidentally unleashed, or both. The scariest of those dark forces is his Aunt Georgina, a maniacal ogress hungry for his power, who has sent her posse of flesh-eating coy-wolves to track him down.

Even though his mother resents like hell that Jared has taken after his dad, she is also determined that no one is going to hurt her son. For Maggie it's simple--Kill or be killed, bucko. Soon Jared is at the centre of an all-out war--a horrifying place to be for the universe's sweetest Trickster, whose first instinct is not mischief and mind games but to make the world a kinder, safer, place.

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