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ID: 403856

Title: Horse Crazy

Author: Sarah Maslin Nir

Narrator: Sarah Maslin Nir

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:06:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Other

Summary:

ONE OF USA TODAY'S “20 SUMMER BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS”

In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people—including herself—are obsessed with horses.

It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America—even more than when they were the only means of transportation—and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of them; she began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasn’t stopped since. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people who—like her—are obsessed with them. It is also a coming-of-age story of Nir growing up an outsider within the world’s most elite inner circles, and finding her true north in horses.

Nir takes readers into the lesser-known corners of the riding world and profiles some of its most captivating figures. We meet Monty Roberts, the California trainer whose prowess earned him the nickname “the man who listens to horses,” and his pet deer; George and Ann Blair, who at their riding academy on a tiny island in Manhattan’s Harlem River seek to resurrect the erased legacy of the African American cowboy; and Francesca Kelly, whose love for an Indian nobleman shaped her life’s mission: to protect an endangered Indian breed of horse and bring them to America.

Woven into these compelling character studies, Nir shares her own moving personal narrative. She details her father’s harrowing tale of surviving the Holocaust, and describes an enchanted but deeply lonely upbringing in Manhattan, where horses became her family. She found them even in the middle of the city, in a stable disguised in an old townhouse and in Central Park, when she chased down truants as an auxiliary mounted patrol officer. And she speaks candidly of how horses have helped her overcome heartbreak and loss.

Infused with heart and wit, and with each chapter named after a horse Nir has loved, Horse Crazy is an unforgettable blend of beautifully written memoir and first-rate reporting.

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ID: 451589

Title: Watchman

Author: Landon Dixon

Narrator: Richard Dickins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:26:34

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: AndrewsUK

Genres: Erotica, Modern

Summary:

Phillip likes nothing more than to watch. As a married man, the subject of his voyeuristic tendencies is - of course - his wife. So when a busy day at the architectural office is interrupted by a phone call from his better half, things take a decidedly twisted turn. Watchman is a rare chance to peep inside a kinky couple's perfect, perverted marriage.

This short story from award-winning erotic author Landon Dixon contains graphic and highly sexualised language; it is therefore only suitable for a mature, open-minded audience.

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ID: 406393

Title: Bear Necessity: A Novel

Author: James Gould-Bourn

Narrator: Rupert Holliday-Evans

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:06:44

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Family Life

Summary:

A “refreshing” (Kirkus Reviews), unpretentious, and uplifting story about a father and son reconnecting and finding happiness in the most unlikely circumstances.

Danny’s life is falling apart. His eleven-year-old son, Will, hasn’t spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash a year earlier, and Danny has just been fired from his construction job. He’s behind on the rent and his landlord is threatening to break his legs if he doesn’t pay soon. Danny needs money, and fast.

After observing street performers in a local park, Danny spends his last few dollars on a tattered panda costume, impulsively deciding to become a dancing bear. While performing one day, Danny spots his son being bullied by a group of older boys. Danny chases them off, and Will opens up for the first time since his mom died, unaware that the man in the panda costume is his father. Afraid of disclosing his true identity, Danny comforts his son. But will Danny lose Will’s trust once he reveals who he is? And will he be able to dance his way out of despair?

Filled with a delightful cast of characters including Danny’s Ukrainian best friend Ivan, Bear Necessity is “a moving, sensitive story that is also very funny, and a perfect literary antidote to anxious, troubled times” (Shelf Awareness).

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ID: 538027

Title: Dark Spell

Author: Danielle Rose

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:42:02

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance

Summary:

It’s not easy being a witch when you protect those who’d burn you at the stake.

Ava López has never felt so betrayed. Looking for answers, she’s returned to her former coven, but instead of finding the truth, she’s fallen into a trap set by her own blood.

The dark spell that’s been cast upon her strips Ava of her vampirism, and in the days that follow the ritual, a void grows within her. She’s more conflicted than ever. After all, Ava never wanted to be a vampire. This could be a second chance at life, a newfound freedom from darkness and bloodshed—so why does she feel as though she’s lost the most important part of herself?

To have any chance at the life she craves, she must break the spell, but doing so requires the unimaginable. Unless there’s another way. Unless, by harnessing everything, she can finally set herself free.

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ID: 451592

Title: Unspoken

Author: J.W. Voyce

Narrator: Richard Dickins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:39:01

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: AndrewsUK

Genres: Erotica, Modern

Summary:

Sometimes connections can transcend mere words. At an alternative music festival, Tom experiences exactly this with a scantily-clad beauty flaunting bright blue hair. Having initially lost her in a crowd, he is elated when their paths cross once again. But despite the powerful attraction, Tom can't help but wonder why his interactions with this alluring mystery girl are always non-verbal. Just how far can two people go without starting a conversation?

This erotic short story from J.W. Voyce contains graphic scenes of a sexual nature and is therefore suitable only for an open-minded adult audience.

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ID: 408629

Title: Bunker: What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse

Author: Bradley Garrett

Narrator: Adam Sims

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:29:28

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science, Survival

Summary:

“A kind of apocalyptic Super Size Me” (The Guardian) that is both “page turning and thoughtful” (Financial Times) about “prepper” communities around the world that are building fortresses against an array of threats.

Currently, 3.7 million Americans call themselves preppers. Millions more prep without knowing it. Bradley Garrett, who began writing this book years before the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, argues that prepping is a rational response to global, social, and political systems that are failing to produce credible narratives of continued stability. Left with a sense of foreboding fueled by disease outbreaks, increasing government dysfunctionality, eroding critical infrastructure, nuclear brinksmanship, and an accelerating climate crisis, people all over the world are responding predictably—by hunkering down.

Garrett traveled across four continents to meet those who are constructing panic rooms, building underground backyard survival chambers, stockpiling supplies, preparing go bags, hiding inflatable rafts, rigging mobile “bugout” vehicles, and burrowing deep into the earth. He has returned with “a big-thinking, deep-diving, page-turning study of fear, privilege, and apocalypse” (Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland) from the frontlines of the way we live now: an illuminating reflection on our age of disquiet and dread that brings our times into new and sharper focus.

With scenes that are “fascinating, amusing, crazy, chilling, and surreally topical” (Douglas Preston, author of Lost City of the Monkey God), Garrett shows that the bunker is all around us: in malls, airports, gated communities, the vehicles we drive. Most of all, he reveals, it’s in our minds.

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ID: 414794

Title: Louisiana Lucky: A Novel

Author: Julie Pennell

Narrator: Megan Tusing, Nancy Wu, Rebekkah Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:45:32

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary, Coming of Age, Family Life

Summary:

From the critically acclaimed author of The Young Wives Club, a “heartwarming story about friendship, heartache, and self-discovery” (Karen White, New York Times bestselling author), comes a charming novel reminiscent of the works of Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey, about three sisters who win a huge lottery prize and learn what it truly means to be lucky.

Lexi, Callie, and Hanna Breaux grew up in small-town Louisiana, and have always struggled to make ends meet. For years, they’ve been playing the lottery, fantasizing about how much better life would be if they had the money.

For Lexi, it means the perfect wedding; for Callie, it means having the courage to go after her career dreams; and for Hanna, it means buying a house that isn’t falling apart and sending her bullied son to private school. When the incredible happens and the Breaux sisters hit it big—$204 million dollars big—all their dreams come true. Or so they think. Because it’s actually not a cliché—money isn’t the answer to everything, and it often comes with problems of its own.

Heartfelt, engaging, and featuring characters you’ll root for from the first moment you meet them, Louisiana Lucky is a satisfying page-turner from a rising star in women’s fiction.

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ID: 440469

Title: Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

Author: Lana Del Rey

Narrator: Lana Del Rey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:39:03

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

The New York Times bestselling debut book of poetry from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass.

“Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.” —Lana Del Rey

Lana’s breathtaking first book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum, and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana’s typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is also brought to life in an unprecedented spoken word audiobook which features Lana Del Rey reading fourteen select poems from the book accompanied by music from Grammy Award–winning musician Jack Antonoff.

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ID: 403874

Title: When She Was Good

Author: Michael Robotham

Narrator: Joe Jameson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:25:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:

From the bestselling author of Good Girl, Bad Girl and When You Are Mine comes a gripping thriller featuring the brilliant forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven as he becomes embroiled in an explosive murder case with disturbing origins.

Criminal psychologist Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in this “powerhouse of a novel” (Booklist, starred review) from internationally bestselling author Michael Robotham, a writer Stephen King calls “an absolute master...with heart and soul.”

Who is Evie, the girl with no past, running from? She was discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Her ability to tell when someone is lying helped Cyrus crack an impenetrable case in Good Girl, Bad Girl. Now, the closer Cyrus gets to uncovering answers about Evie’s dark history, the more he exposes Evie to danger, giving her no choice but to run. Ultimately, both will have to decide if some secrets are better left buried and some monsters should never be named...

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ID: 413994

Title: Today Tonight Tomorrow

Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon

Narrator: Rebekkah Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:15:03

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Teen, Romance, Religious & Inspirational, Tough Topics

Summary:

“Brilliant, hilarious, and oh-so-romantic.” —BuzzFeed

“Swoony, steamy.” —Entertainment Weekly

The Hating Game meets Booksmart by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival overachievers whose relationship completely transforms over the course of twenty-four hours.

Today, she hates him.

It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals for all of high school, clashing on test scores, student council elections, and even gym class pull-up contests. While Rowan, who secretly wants to write romance novels, is anxious about the future, she’d love to beat her infuriating nemesis one last time.

Tonight, she puts up with him.

When Neil is named valedictorian, Rowan has only one chance at victory: Howl, a senior class game that takes them all over Seattle, a farewell tour of the city she loves. But after learning a group of seniors is out to get them, she and Neil reluctantly decide to team up until they’re the last players left—and then they’ll destroy each other.

As Rowan spends more time with Neil, she realizes he’s much more than the awkward linguistics nerd she’s sparred with for the past four years. And, perhaps, this boy she claims to despise might actually be the boy of her dreams.

Tomorrow…maybe she’s already fallen for him.

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