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ID: 572982

Title: Dead and Gondola: A Christie Bookshop Mystery

Author: Ann Claire

Narrator: Morgan Dalla Betta

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:54:53

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

In this series debut, a mysterious bookshop visitor dies under murderous circumstances, compelling the Christie sisters and their cat, Agatha, to call on all they’ve learned about solving mysteries from their favorite novelist.

“A fair-play plot, vivid characters, fascinating facts about Dame Agatha, and an intelligent and appealing protagonist make this a winner.”—Publishers Weekly

Ellie Christie is thrilled to begin a new chapter. She’s recently returned to her tiny Colorado hometown to run her family’s historic bookshop with her elder sister, Meg, and their beloved cat, Agatha. Perched in a Swiss-style hamlet accessible by ski gondola and a twisty mountain road, the Book Chalet is a famed bibliophile destination known for its maze of shelves and relaxing reading lounge. At least, until trouble blows in with a wintry whiteout. A man is found dead on the gondola, and a rockslide throws the town into lockdown—no one in, no one out.

The victim was a mysterious stranger who’d visited the bookshop. At the time, his only blunders had been disrupting a book club and leaving behind a first-edition Agatha Christie novel, written under a pseudonym. However, once revealed, the man’s identity shocks the town. Motives and secrets swirl like the snow, but when the police narrow in on the sisters’ close friends, the Christies have to act.

Although the only Agatha in their family tree is their cat, Ellie and Meg know a lot about mysteries and realize they must summon their inner Miss Marple to trek through a blizzard of clues before the killer turns the page to their final chapter.

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ID: 633598

Title: Julie: The Big Break

Author: Megan McDonald

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:20:14

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Historical, Sports

Summary:

In this first book of her series, Julie Albright is dealing with big changes since her parents’ divorce.

When Julie finds out that her new school has a basketball team, life starts looking up—until the coach tells her girls aren’t allowed to play. Julie decides to fight for a place on the team, and almost loses her best friend in the process.

Meanwhile, a school project forces her to face some hard truths about her family—and herself. Growing up in San Francisco in the 1970s, Julie begins to realize that sometimes the best way to cope with change is to make a few changes of her own.

This audiobook includes a historical “Looking Back” section.

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ID: 572978

Title: Liturgies for Hope: Sixty Prayers for the Highs, the Lows, and Everything in Between

Author: Audrey Elledge, Elizabeth Moore

Narrator: Adam Verner, Audrey Elledge, Elizabeth Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:59:19

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Prayer, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

ECPA BESTSELLER • Sixty contemporary, comforting liturgies that break through the chaos of modern life to offer a time-tested message of hope for readers navigating fear, burnout, loneliness, and other worries.

“Beautiful words to help us access the longings of our souls and bring them to God. If you’re looking for a jumpstart to your spiritual life, start here.”—Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship and author of Good and Beautiful and Kind

Remind us, Jesus, that You lay sleeping in the boat, in the middle of the storm at sea. You are neither surprised nor distressed by the mounting chaos. You are not a God who panics.

When writers Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore were inspired to create an anchor of hope for their own local community, they moved forward by turning to the past, to a time when Christians looked at the collapsing world around them and resolved to offer something beautiful—something true—through poetic prayers. 

The stunning result is Liturgies for Hope, an original collection of modern liturgies reminiscent of past generations of faith. Designed to awaken your prayer life, the entries in this gentle guide explore experiences such as

• feeling burned-out and soul-weary

• embracing the mystery of faith

• receiving the kindness of others

• struggling with secret shame

• bursting with thanksgiving

With Scripture references for every prayer, Liturgies for Hope is both timeless and ideal for this moment, offering words to express our longings, shore up our prayers, and reorient our souls.

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ID: 568858

Title: Magic Days: Your Journey Through the Astrology, Numerology, and Tarot of Every Day of the Year

Author: Nadine Jane

Narrator: Nadine Jane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 32:40:11

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

From celebrated astrologer Nadine Jane, a guide to the journey of every day and birthday of the year, revealing  how the current astrological season, along with the wisdom of tarot and numerology, can help you lead a happier and more fulfilled life

Fans and celebrities alike flock to Nadine Jane for custom astrological readings that focus on self-understanding, self-empowerment, and self-care. Now, for the first time, readers have access to her insights in this comprehensive guide to the inherent magic of every day of the year, unveiling the daily inspirations, challenges, and guides that will help you take care of yourself every day. 

 

For each day of the year, you’ll discover guidance for the day’s particular journey based on the astrology, tarot, and numerology, along with a mantra, a ritual, and a journaling prompt, so you can home in on the lessons and wisdom that come from that particular moment in time, whether it's Capricorn or Aries season. You’ll also find special information if it’s your birthday, so you can take the day’s celestial wisdom to heart when it comes to your personal journey, relationships, goals, and dreams.

 

Whether you’re a novice looking for your first introduction to spiritual practices, a lost soul who could use some direction in life, a jaded expert looking for a bird's-eye view of the topics you know far too well, an empathic people-reader who loves to understand others, or a complete skeptic who considers this “spiritual nonsense” while secretly delighting in the inexplicable accuracy of it all, you’ll find something for every day of your luminous life in Magic Days.

 

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ID: 634560

Title: Felicity: Love and Loyalty

Author: Valerie Tripp

Narrator: Lauren Fortgang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:28:31

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Historical, Holidays

Summary:

Felicity’s story begins with the first book in her series.

Felicity loves riding horses far more than stitchery or serving tea. When she falls in love with a beautiful chestnut mare, she schemes to save the mare from its cruel owner with the help of Ben, her father's young apprentice. Yet as talk of revolution rumbles around her, finds it harder to tell right from wrong. Ben wants war, while her best friend's family remains loyal to the king. Then receives an invitation to the Governor's Palace, and she must decide where her own loyalties lie.

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ID: 572966

Title: Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night

Author: Jerry Saltz

Narrator: Jerry Saltz, Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:01:45

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist: a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times

Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering work of African American, LGBTQ+, and other long-marginalized creators. Sotheby's Institute of Art has called him, simply, “the art critic.” 

 

Now, in Art Is Life, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning points—from the cultural reset of 9/11 to the rolling social crises of today—Saltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltz’s eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina Abramović; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a “failed artist,” and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux. 

 

With his signature blend of candor and conviction, Jerry Saltz argues in Art Is Life for the importance of the fearless artist—reminding us that art is a kind of channeled voice of human experience, a necessary window onto our times. The result is an openhearted and irresistibly readable appraisal by one of our most important cultural observers.

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ID: 569531

Title: Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge

Author: Ted Conover

Narrator: Ted Conover

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:09:16

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Science, Political Ideologies

Summary:

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical services.

“In these dispatches, [Conover] invites readers to ride shotgun along an unraveling edge of the American West, where sepia-toned myths about making a fresh start collide with modern modes of alienation, volatility, and exile.... In a nation whose edges have come to define its center, this is essential reading.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

In May 2017, Ted Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of life that is about living cheaply, on your own land—and keeping clear of the mainstream. The failed subdivisions of the enormous San Luis Valley make this possible. Five-acre lots on the high prairie can be had for five thousand dollars, sometimes less. 

Conover volunteered for a local group trying to prevent homelessness during the bitter winters. He encountered an unexpected diversity: veterans with PTSD, families homeschooling, addicts young and old, gay people, people of color, lovers of guns and marijuana, people with social anxiety—most of them spurning charity and aiming, and sometimes failing, to be self-sufficient. And more than a few predicting they’ll be the last ones standing when society collapses.

Conover bought his own five acres and immersed himself for parts of four years in the often contentious culture of the far margins. He found many who dislike the government but depend on its subsidies; who love their space but nevertheless find themselves in each other’s business; who are generous but wary of thieves; who endure squalor but appreciate beauty. In their struggles to survive and get along, they tell us about an America riven by difference where the edges speak more and more loudly to the mainstream.

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ID: 577171

Title: Seasparrow

Author: Kristin Cashore

Narrator: Xanthe Elbrick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:37:09

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Summary:

The fifth novel in the bestselling Graceling Realm series is told from the point of view of Hava, Queen Bitterblue’s sister and spy, and chronicles the harrowing journey back to Monsea.

Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with her sister, the royal entourage, and the world’s only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon she saved at the end of Winterkeep. During the crossing, Hava makes an unexpected discovery about one of the ship’s crew, but before she can unravel the mystery, storms drive their ship off course, wrecking them in the ice far north of the Royal Continent. The survivors must endure a harrowing trek across the ice to make it back to Monsea. And while Queen Bitterblue grapples with how to carry the responsibility of a weapon that will change the world, Hava has a few more mysteries to solve—and a decision to make about who she wants to be in the new world Bitterblue will build.

* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing a Map of The Known World, Torla and the Royal Continent, a diagram of The Monsea, and a cast of characters from the printed book.

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ID: 572608

Title: Superworld: Save Noah

Author: Carrie Cheney, Yarrow Cheney

Narrator: Christopher Gebauer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:15:35

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family

Summary:

In a world where everyone is extraordinary, it takes a totally normal kid to save the day. This new series breaks the mold with sound design and a musical score providing a cinematic, blockbuster feel.

Every 12-year-old kid feels like they don't fit in sometimes -- but Noah takes it to a whole new level. When a meteor crashed to Earth on his seventh birthday, the whole planet got superpowers.....except for Noah.

 

Thanks to his tin foil superhero costume, Noah's powers got deflected -- onto his little sister.  He's literally the only normal person in all of Superworld. He can't fly. He can't scale tall buildings. He can't turn broccoli into candy. (And of course his little sister got double powers. Of course.) And still...when the biggest, baddest villian in town plots to take over Superworld forever, normal Noah and his supercharged best friends are the ones who just might save the day. Seriously

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ID: 572961

Title: Glassheart

Author: Kate Alice Marshall

Narrator: Keylor Leigh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:48:28

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

The terrifying conclusion to Thirteens and Brackenbeast, for fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and Stranger Things.

First they defeated Mr. January.

 

Next they trapped his sister, Mrs. Prosper.

 

Now Eleanor and her best friends, Pip and Otto, have one last chance to escape the People Who Look Away.

 

The last of the evil siblings is their most formidable opponent yet,with two vicious hounds at her side and the ability to open roads across time and worlds.

 

When Eleanor and her friends flee into another world to escape her clutches, they accidentally disrupt the flow of time itself, plunging Eden Eld into chaos. Worse, the trio has a second curse to contend with: they’ve been infected by the Prime Stories, malicious fairy tales that take people over and erase their memories. But the power of these Stories may also hold the key to defeating the People Who Look Away, and Eleanor and her friends must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice to stop the wicked siblings.

 

Eleanor has already lost so much. She’s not sure if she can stand more heartache. So as the Stories continue to take over, she wonders if forgetting might be better after all. Or can she find a way to be a hero—and still stay Eleanor?

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