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ID: 550593

Title: Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium

Author: Lucy Jane Santos

Narrator: Deirdre Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:37:49

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics, Philosophy

Summary:

The fascinating, curious, and sometimes macabre history of radium as seen in its uses in everyday life

Of all the radioactive elements discovered at the end of the nineteenth century, it was radium that became the focus of both public fascination and entrepreneurial zeal.

Half Lives tells the fascinating, curious, sometimes macabre story of the element through its ascendance as a desirable itema present for a queen, a prize in a treasure hunt, a glow-in-the-dark dance costumeto its role as a supposed cure-all in everyday twentieth-century life, when medical practitioners and business people (reputable and otherwise) devised ingenious ways of commodifying the new wonder element, and enthusiastic customers welcomed their radioactive wares into their homes.

Lucy Jane Santosherself the proud owner of a formidable collection of radium beauty treatmentsdelves into the stories of these products and details the gradual downfall and discredit of the radium industry through the eyes of the people who bought, sold, and eventually came to fear the once-fetishized substance.

Half Lives is a new history of radium as part of a unique examination of the interplay between science and popular culture.

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ID: 550027

Title: Somersett: Benjamin Franklin and the Masterminding of American Independence

Author: Phillip Goodrich

Narrator: Euan Morton, Joe Morton, Nicola Barber, Robert Petkoff, Simon Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:42:16

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: History, North America

Summary:

An Audiobook Original

There is no dearth of writings about the founding of America, but in this under-reported and under-taught story of the American Revolution, light is shed on the role Benjamin Franklin played in bringing the northern and southern colonies together against corrupt British rule. Along with an Inner Circle of British Abolitionists, Franklin worked behind the scenes to secure the freedom of a single American slave, James Somersett; and then, in cooperation with a vast network of colonial allies, set in motion a series of events that provided the impetus for northern patriots and politically cautious southern slaveholders to join forces.

In 1757, Benjamin Franklin cared most about the security and prosperity of his beloved adopted home of Philadelphia. Threatened by the French during King Georges War and with little help from the proprietors of Pennsylvania, the hated Penn family, Franklin sought assistance and support in London to no avail, thus leading him to develop a secret plan to gain freedom from Great Britain for Pennsylvania, and ultimately all the colonies. The success of this plot would hinge upon politically motivating the northern and southern colonies, each with vastly different interests. In the end, it was two unrelated historical events: that of the freeing of the slave Somersett in Londons highest court; and the discovery, and leaking of, the Hutchinson letters, that turned the tide in favor of independence.

Part courtroom drama, part political thriller, this assiduously researched work of American history is enacted by a cast of award-winning actors who electrify the drama as they bring to life over thirty historical characters in intermittent scenes presented in stage play form. In the London Courtroom of Kings Bench, we meet the most brilliant legal minds of the era as both sides argue their case for or against Somersetts manumission. In the drawing room of Londons most prestigious physician, John Fothergill, we are witness to Franklin and the members of his Inner Circle as they grapple with, and meet, the massive challenges that planning a revolution entail.

Here is a critically important, little known story that adds to our understanding of yet another complicated founding father. By laying out Franklins audacious plan to convince southern slaveholders that revolution, and only revolution, was sufficient to ensure their right to chattel labor, we are offered further evidence that the ugly stain of racism and slavery is embedded in every moment of our history.

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ID: 549684

Title: Flying Cutterbucks

Author: Kathleen M. Rodgers

Narrator: F Michelle Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:47:04

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Family Life

Summary:

Decades ago, Trudy, Georgia, and Aunt Star formed a code of silence to protect each other from an abusive man who terrorized their family. One act of solidarity long ago lives with them still. With the election of a president who brags about groping women without their consent, old wounds and deep secrets come alive again, forcing hard truths to be told and even harder truths to be left to the dead.

On the outskirts of Pardon, New Mexico, Trudy returns to her mother, Jewel, to navigate an old house filled with haunting mementos of her father who went missing in action over North Vietnam. As she helps her mother sift through the memories and finally lay her father to rest, Trudy will do her own soul searching to say goodbye to the dead and find her way along with the other women in her family, and through the next election.

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ID: 549688

Title: NASB 2020 New Testament Audio Bible

Author: Larry B. Williams

Narrator: Larry B. Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:57:45

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Bibles, Biblical Studies

Summary:

The NASB 2020 is the latest update of the NASB 1995. This newest version further improves accuracy where possible, modernize language and improves readability.

Since its completion in 1971, the New American Standard Bible has been widely embraced as a literal and accurate English translation because it consistently uses the formal equivalence translation and philosophy. This method translates word-for-word from the original language as much as possible, at the same time, it recognizes the need for the translation to be readable. Millions of people have trusted the NASB for connecting with God while reading, learning and applying the Bible's teaching and wisdom to the demands of daily life.

The accuracy of the NASB makes it a trusted choice of many students, scholars, pastors and missionaries as they study and teach the Word of God. Now on audio for the first time, listen to the NASB for yourself and discover the original meaning of the biblical texts.

This audio version of the new NASB 2020 is narrated by trusted voice, Larry Williams, whose smooth tone and easily understood speech makes for an easy and pleasurable listen of Gods holy Word. Take the Word with you wherever you go, and make it part of every day!

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ID: 549681

Title: Strong Like the Sea

Author: Wendy S. Swore

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:45:15

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Kids, Health & Family

Summary:

Even though twelve-year-old Alexis was born in Hawaii, she wont surf or swim with her friendsnot since the ocean and its hidden creatures swept her out to sea. Instead, she grabs her best detective hat and decodes her moms latest challenge.

Alexs mom works in counterintelligence and leaves codes, ciphers, and puzzles behind for Alex to solve, always with a treasure at the end. Its a brilliant game between them, and Alex loves figuring out her moms puzzlesespecially the tricky onesbut when an emergency at sea puts her mom in possible danger, solving the next one suddenly feels far more urgent.

Friends help as Alex races to decipher each clue before time runs out, but when the trail leads to grumpy old Uncle, his enormous dog Sarge, and a sea turtle unlike any other, the challenge changes into something bigger than any before. With storms on the horizon and lives on the line, Alex must face her fears to solve Moms challenge and save those she loves. With her ohana to help, she must be strong like the sea.

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ID: 549674

Title: Simply Sensual

Author: Carly Phillips

Narrator: Mia Madison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:41:55

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

Do the job. Take the money and run. Until, in a flash, love changes everything.

In retrospect, Ben Callahan should have known this job was trouble.

Way more than his normal P.I. fee and unlimited expenses, just to watch over one woman and report back? Alarm bells should have sent him running back to New York. But with his Mom needing assisted living care, Ben takes Emma Montgomerys tempting offer to watch over her granddaughter.

Then he meets Grace, a golden-haired princess. Gifted, gorgeous, reckless. And a serious threat to his sanity as well as his libido.

Determined to prove she can support herself with her camera, Grace Montgomery hasnt touched her trust fund in months. Its a struggle, but shes freefree of stifling small-town society, free to do what she wants. And right now, she wants to explore her long-repressed sexuality with her hot new neighbor.

As Grace sheds her inhibitions faster than a high-speed shutter, Ben finds himself breaking his own rules for a woman full of unexpected secrets and thousand-watt sensuality. But when Grace discovers whos signing Bens paycheck, her heart could be too broken for his love to repair.

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ID: 549678

Title: Return of the Scot

Author: Eliza Knight

Narrator: Antony Ferguson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:44:52

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

Scarred by the brutal ravages of war, Lorne Gordon, Duke of Sutherland and Colonel in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, returns to the Highlands to discover that his clan thought him long dead. His greedy half-brother has assumed his title, sold his family seat, and disappeared with the fortune. Once he engineers the return of his title, he must convince the new estate owner to reverse the wholly legal sale with the promise that his half-brother and the funds will be found. However, that goal seems impossible when Lorne discovers the buyer is none other than the sister of his ex-betrothed.

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ID: 548565

Title: Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valleys Mission to Change What We Eat

Author: Larissa Zimberoff

Narrator: Larissa Zimberoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:15:09

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development

Summary:

The full inside story of the technology paradigm shift transforming the food we eat and who is making it

Ultraprocessed and secretly produced foods are roaring back into vogue, cheered by consumers and investors because they are plant-based and help address societal issues. And as our food system leaps ahead to a sterilized lab of the future, we think we know more about our food than we ever did, but because so much is happening so rapidly, we actually know less. In Technically Food, investigative reporter Larissa Zimbero pokes holes in the marketing mania behind todays changing food landscape and clearly shows the trade-os of replacing real food with technology-driven approximations with news-breaking revelations.

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ID: 548569

Title: Masque of the Red Death

Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Steven Archer

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:07:34

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Short Stories, Classics

Summary:

A cinematic audiobook with a haunting score and enhanced atmosphere

Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Masque of the Red Death nearly 180 years ago, yet its narrative and characters continue to mystify and captivate. The short story is driven by Prince Prosperos attempt to evade the Red Death, a fatal plague infecting his kingdom, by hiding in his abbey, where he indulges in pleasures and delights with other nobles. He soon finds out that no one can escape their end.

Steven Archer has recast the characters of The Masque and illuminated the narrative in a novel and perhaps more visceral light, while remaining true to the raw darkness and decadence of the tale. His modern take on the classic story brings it into our new infected world. Perhaps it was prescience that drove him to create the illustrations in 2018, only to have them see the plague-filled light of day in 2020. Even now in our enlightened and modern world, Darkness and Decay and the Red Death holds illimitable dominion over all.

With a foreword by John Langan (The Wide Carnivorous Sky), this is an immersive audio-visual feast that breathes new life into this classic memento mori tale of disease, decadence, and inevitable mortality.

The audiobook features a conversation between Steven Archer and Stefan Rudnicki and includes an accompanying PDF of Steven Archers original illustrations.

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ID: 548568

Title: Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys ... and Baseball

Author: Robert Whiting

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:50:17

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-21

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Travel, Asia

Summary:

Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic sixty-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world.

Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the citys dark underbelly, interviews Japans baseball elite after publishing his first bestselling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation.

A colorful social history of what Anthony Bourdain dubbed, the greatest city in the world, Tokyo Junkie is a revealing account by an accomplished journalist who witnessed it all firsthand and, in the process, had his own dramatic personal transformation.

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