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ID: 614753

Title: Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders

Author: David Mathis

Narrator: Lyle Blaker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:19:40

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Summary:

David Mathis Examines the Qualifications and Calling of Church Leaders for a New Generation of Congregants and Leaders

We live in an age increasingly cynical about leadershipsome of it for good reason, much of it simply the mood of our times. Still, the risen Christ continues the counter-cultural work he's done for two millennia: he appoints leaders in his churchnot as a burden, but as agiftto his people. 'Hegave. . . the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry' (Ephesians 4:1112).

What is the nature, calling, and work of local church leadership? Pastor and seminary professor David Mathis considers the elder qualifications in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 not only as prerequisites but as daily necessities to carry out joyfully. This accessible guide aims to serve current and aspiring pastors and elders, as well as church members who want to know the expectations for their leaders and how to pray for them. From the words of Christ to Peter and Paul and Hebrews, the New Testament casts a vision for church leaders that is good news to churches and leaders alike: joyful workers for the joy of their people.

- Great Training for Current and Aspiring Pastors and Elders:Expands on the nature and work of local church leadership through the framework of its qualifications in 1 Timothy 3:17, Titus 1:59, and other passages

- Useful for the Whole Church:Aims to help full-time pastors, lay elders, deacons, and seminary students, as well as church members eager to explore the true nature of leadership in the church and to pray intentionally for their own pastors

- Explains 15 Virtues Church Leaders Should Pursue:Mathis shares Spirit-given competencies that Christian leaders can draw upon week in and week out to do the work to which Christ has called them

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ID: 570810

Title: Life's Work: A Memoir

Author: David Milch

Narrator: David Milch, Michael Harney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:31:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

The creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue reflects on his tumultuous life, driven by a nearly insatiable creative energy and a matching penchant for self-destruction. Life’s Work is a profound memoir from a brilliant mind taking stock as Alzheimer’s loosens his hold on his own past.

“This is David Milch’s farewell, and it will rock you.”—Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, USA Today, Kirkus Reviews

“I’m on a boat sailing to some island where I don’t know anybody. A boat someone is operating and we aren’t in touch.” So begins David Milch’s urgent accounting of his increasingly strange present and often painful past. From the start, Milch’s life seems destined to echo that of his father, a successful if drug-addicted surgeon. Almost every achievement is accompanied by an act of self-immolation, but the deepest sadnesses also contain moments of grace.

Betting on racehorses and stealing booze at eight years old, mentored by Robert Penn Warren and excoriated by Richard Yates at twenty-one, Milch never did anything by half. He got into Yale Law School only to be expelled for shooting out streetlights with a shotgun. He paused his studies at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop to manufacture acid in Cuernavaca. He created and wrote some of the most lauded television series of all time, made a family, and pursued sobriety, then lost his fortune betting horses just as his father had taught him.

Like Milch’s best screenwriting, Life’s Work explores how chance encounters, self-deception, and luck shape the people we become, and wrestles with what it means to have felt and caused pain, even and especially with those we love, and how you keep living. It is both a master class on Milch’s unique creative process, and a distinctive, revelatory memoir from one of the great American writers, in what may be his final dispatch to us all.

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ID: 565432

Title: Apartment 713

Author: Kevin Sylvester

Narrator: Kevin Sylvester

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:34:41

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-22

Publisher: HarperCollins

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

Summary:

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friendswelcome to the Regency, where even time moves in surprising ways!

Jake Simmons hates his new home.

The Regency is nothing more than floor after floor of peeling wallpaper and faded glory. Jake misses his old life. He misses the time when his mother was employed. He misses living in a house where the wind doesnt make the windows whistle.

Loneliness (and a trail of kittens) leads Jake to the apartment of an elderly lady, then to the bowels of the building and then to a part-time job assisting Larry the custodian. With each passing day, the building reveals more of its mysteries to Jake. The occupants grow on him too.

Unfortunately, Jakes feeling of belonging is short-lived: the city plans to demolish the Regency. Jake feels powerless. And then fate throws him a curveball. Hes summoned to apartment 713. An apartment hes been told is off-limits. But when he opens the door . . . he travels to the past!

Alongside Beth, his new friend and guide, Jake begins searching for any clue that might help him save the Regency. As their friendship blooms, the mystery around the buildings makers deepens. The Regencys own storied past will give Jake the key to saving his own futureif only he knows where to look.

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ID: 561313

Title: Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

Author: Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson

Narrator: Greg Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:52

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-22

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, History & Culture

Summary:

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Winner 2023 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize

Winner 2023 John W. Dafoe Book Prize

Winner 2023 High Plains Book Award for Indigenous Writer

Winner 2022 Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Book Award for Local History

Finalist 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Finalist Writers Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

Nominated 2023 Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Evergreen Award

Shortlisted 2023 Quebec Writers Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction and Concordia University First Book Prize

Finalist Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize

Longlisted 2023-2024 First Nations Communities Read

A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliation

Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.

Valley of the Birdtail is about how two communities became separate and unequaland what it means for the rest of us. In Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants who fled poverty and persecution, family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. In Waywayseecappo, the average family lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many haunted by their time in residential schools.

This book follows multiple generations of two families, one white and one Indigenous, and weaves their lives into the larger story of Canada. It is a story of villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. Valley of the Birdtail has the ambition to change the way we think about our past and show a path to a better future.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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ID: 620738

Title: I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

Author: Frank Turek, Norman L. Geisler

Narrator: Marcus Jackman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:33:29

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Summary:

To some, the concept of having faith in a higher power or a set of religious beliefs is nonsensical. Indeed, many view religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as unfounded and unreasonable.

Norman Geisler and Frank Turek argue, however, that Christianity is not only more reasonable than all other belief systems, but is indeed more rational than unbelief itself. With conviction and clear thinking, Geisler and Turek guide readers through some of the traditional, tested arguments for the existence of a creator God. They move into an examination of the source of morality and the reliability of the New Testament accounts concerning Jesus. The final section of the book deals with a detailed investigation of the claims of Christ. This volume will be an interesting read for those skeptical about Christianity, as well as a helpful resource for Christians seeking to articulate a more sophisticated defense of their faith.

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ID: 614720

Title: Luke: Stories of Mission and Mercy

Author: David Murray

Narrator: Angus King

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:05:06

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Prayer

Summary:

When you know God's story, your own story changes too. This devotional, part of the StoryChanger Devotional Series, is a friendly, practical guide to understanding the Gospel of Luke and how it shapes your story.

Luke: Stories of Mission and Mercyincludes 50 devotionals written by David Murray, author ofThe StoryChanger. Thisseries features daily readings designed to help you learn, love, and live the whole Bible. Murray walks through the Gospel of Luke, offering thoughtful expositional comments on the book's message, reflection questions, and a personal daily prayer. This audiobookcan help reorient your mind and transform your life with God's better story.

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ID: 552824

Title: Such a Good Mother: A Novel

Author: Helen Monks Takhar

Narrator: Helen Monks Takhar, Kristin Atherton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:39:45

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Some women would do anything for their children. This provocative novel “goes straight for the jugular of modern motherhood” (Lindsay Cameron, author of Just One Look)—from the author of the “addictive” (People) thriller Precious You.

“Mothers and hustlers can be a lethal combination—and the perfect recipe to keep you up all night.”—Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters

Rose O’Connell is barely surviving. Her marriage is rocky; her son isn’t fitting in at his new school, the prestigious Woolf Academy; and their tiny apartment in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood can barely contain her family. As she struggles to make ends meet on her junior bank teller wages, Rose finds that life as the only mom in a name tag and uniform at the Woolf’s shiny school gates isn’t easy. 

Not so for those in the elite and secretive Circle—a tight-knit group of wealthy mothers, led by the charismatic and glamorous Amala Kaur—who rule the school. When the mysterious death of one of the Circle’s members creates a vacancy, Rose dares to hope she could fill it and transform her life. 

Amala’s shocking decision to invite Rose into her clique provokes resentment among the Circle, especially when her fortunes, self-esteem, and status start to soar. But Rose soon realizes the true price of being on the inside. Far from being a dream come true, the Circle proves her worst nightmare. Unlike the woman she replaced, can Rose escape with her life? 

Taut, complex, and compulsively readable, Such a Good Mother is a razor-sharp take on the myth of having it all.

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ID: 555813

Title: Are You Sara?: A Novel

Author: S.C. Lalli

Narrator: Kristen Sieh, Shiromi Arserio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:44:32

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-22

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Own Voices

Summary:

Two women, each named Sara, get into separate rideshares . . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was the real target?

Despite a scholarship, law student Saraswati Sara Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school, but its still a struggle. Shes had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldnt expect a nice Indian girl to do. Sara is working at the campus bar one seemingly ordinary Tuesday night when her boss demands that she deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom.

The two women become fast friends. Why? Because they have the same name. And despite their different circumstances, they connect. At the end of the evening, each orders a rideshare home. They tumble into the back of their respective cars and head out into the night.

But sometime later, Sara wakes up in the car to find shes on the wrong side of townthe rich sideand realizes that she and Sarah Ellis took the wrong cars home. With no money, Sara walks back to her apartment on the shady side of town only to see police lights flashing, illuminating a body crumpled on her doorstep: Sarah. But was the target Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri? And why would anyone want either of them dead?

In this smart, twisty novel about wealth, ambition and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break away from the expectations placed on them, leading to devastating results.

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ID: 559924

Title: Dragons of Deceit: Dragonlance Destinies: Volume 1

Author: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:53:04

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman return to the unforgettable world of the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance series as a new heroine—desperate to restore her beloved father to life—sets off on a quest to change time.

“I love Dragonlance and I love Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Plain and simple. Their books are my favorite fantasy series of all time.”—Joe Manganiello

Destina Rosethorn—as her name implies—believes herself to be a favored child of destiny. But when her father dies in the War of the Lance, she watches her carefully constructed world come crashing down. She loses not only her beloved father but also the legacy he has left her: the family lands and castle. To save her father, she hatches a bold plan—to go back in time and prevent his death.

First, she has to secure the Device of Time Journeying, last known to be in the possession of the spirited kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot. But to change time, she’ll need another magical artifact—the most powerful and dangerous artifact ever created. Destina’s quest takes her from the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin to the town of Solace and beyond, setting in motion a chain of disastrous events that threaten to divert the course of the River of Time, alter the past, and forever change the future.

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ID: 612677

Title: Songs of Suffering: 25 Hymns and Devotions for Weary Souls

Author: Joni Eareckson Tada

Narrator: Joni Eareckson Tada

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:30:54

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Prayer

Summary:

As an author, speaker, and advocate for people with disabilities, Joni Eareckson Tada has inspired people around the world with her story of faith in the midst of suffering. In this beautiful collection of hymns and devotions she acts as a 'song leader,' guiding readers through their own painful seasons with heartfelt praises to God.

Songs of Suffering includes 25 hymns with accompanying devotions to spark hope in hardship. In this audiobook version, Eareckson Tada performs verses from each song. Opening with a special message from hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty, this book is a source of comfort for anyone who needs biblical encouragement, prompting readers to seek refuge in the Lord and rejoice in his goodness.

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