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ID: 415645

Title: What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action

Author: Jane Fonda

Narrator: Adenrele Ojo, Annie Leonard, George Newbern, Jane Fonda, Tantoo Cardinal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:41:31

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, History & Culture

Summary:

A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and equipping us with the tools we need to join her in protest

'This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation.'

In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, D.C., to lead weekly climate change demonstrations on Capitol Hill. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays, and has since led thousands of people in nonviolent civil disobedience, risking arrest to protest for action. In What Can I Do?, Fonda weaves her deeply personal journey as an activist alongside conversations with and speeches by leading climate scientists and inspiring community organizers, and dives deep into the issues, such as water, migration, and human rights, to emphasize what is at stake. Most significantly, Fonda equips us all with the tools we need to join her in protest, so that everyone can work to combat the climate crisis.

No stranger to protest, Fonda's life has been famously shaped by activism. And now she is once again galvanizing the public to take to the streets. Many are already aware of the looming disaster of climate change and realize that a moral responsibility rests on our shoulders. In 2019, we saw atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases hit the highest level ever recorded in human history, and our window of opportunity to act is quickly closing. We are facing a climate crisis, but we're also facing an empathy crisis and an inequality crisis; the surge of protests over police violence against black Americans has once again highlighted the links between racism and environmental degradation in our country. It isn't only earth's life-support systems that are unraveling. So too is our social fabric. This is going to take an all-out war on drilling and fracking and deregulation and racism and misogyny and colonialism and despair all at the same time.

As Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA and Fonda's partner in developing Fire Drill Fridays, has declared, 'Change is inevitable; by design, or by disaster.' Together, we can commandeer change for the positive--but it will require collective actions taken by social movements on an unprecedented scale. The problems we face now require every one of us to join the fight. The fight for not only our immediate future, but for the future of generations to come.

*This audiobook program includes a PDF of photographs and graphs.

100% of the author's net proceeds from What Can I Do? have gone to Greenpeace

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ID: 410950

Title: Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

Author: Leonard Mlodinow

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:56:34

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics

Summary:

This “vivid and compelling account” (The Wall Street Journal) opens not only the inner workings of one of physics’ greatest minds, but also a view into an extraordinary friendship and the human capacity to overcome insurmountable challenges.

A BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF 2020 (The Telegraph, The Guardian)

A BEST BOOK OF 2020 (New Statesmen)

One of the most influential physicists of our time, Stephen Hawking touched the lives of millions. Recalling his nearly two decades as Hawking’s collaborator and friends, Leonard Mlodinow brings this complex man into focus in a unique and deeply personal portrayal. We meet Hawking the genius, who pours his mind into uncovering the mysteries of the universe—ultimately formulating a pathbreaking theory of black holes that reignites the discipline of cosmology and paves the way for physicists to investigate the origins of the universe in completely new ways. We meet Hawking the colleague, a man whose illness leaves him able to communicate at only six words per minute but who expends the effort to punctuate his conversations with humor. And we meet Hawking the friend, who can convey volumes with a frown, a smile, or simply a raised eyebrow.

 

Mlodinow puts us in the room as Hawking indulges his passion for wine and curry; shares his feelings on love, death, and disability; and grapples with deep questions of philosophy and physics. Whether depicting Hawking’s devotion to his work or demonstrating how he would make spur of the moment choices, such as punting on the River Cam (despite the risk the jaunt posed), or spinning tales of Hawking defiantly urinating in the hedges outside a restaurant that doesn’t have a wheelchair accessible toilet, Mlodinow captures his indomitable spirit. This moving account of a friendship offers us invaluable lessons from one of physics’ greatest practitioners about life, the universe, and the ability to overcome daunting obstacles.

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ID: 420907

Title: Before She Was Helen: A Novel

Author: Caroline B. Cooney

Narrator: Kimberly Farr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:13:16

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Her life didn't turn out the way she expected―so she made herself a new one

When Clemmie goes next door to check on her difficult and unlikeable neighbor Dom, he isn't there. But something else is. Something stunning, beautiful and inexplicable. Clemmie photographs the wondrous object on her cell phone and makes the irrevocable error of forwarding it. As the picture swirls over the internet, Clemmie tries desperately to keep a grip on her own personal network of secrets. Can fifty years of careful hiding under names not her own be ruined by one careless picture?

And although what Clemmie finds is a work of art, what the police find is a body. . . in a place where Clemmie wasn't supposed to be, and where she left her fingerprints. Suddenly, the bland, quiet life Clemmie has built for herself in her sleepy South Carolina retirement community comes crashing down as her dark past surges into the present.

From international bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney comes Before She Was Helen, an absorbing mystery that brings decades-old secrets to life and explores what happens when the lie you've been living falls apart and you're forced to confront the truth.

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ID: 429282

Title: God Speaks in Whispers

Author: Mark Batterson, Summer Batterson Dailey

Narrator: Mark Batterson, Summer Batterson Dailey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:07:48

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Children often begin their faith journey with basic but big questions like How does God speak to me? This charming audiobook from the best-selling author of Whisper and his daughter provides a fun and clever answer!

God Speaks in Whispers helps even the youngest listener look for God's voice in the universe: in creation, as he speaks through his followers, and in the Bible as he speaks through his Word. With a charming rhyme pattern, Mark and Summer Batterson invite little ones to imagine how God might be showing them love every day, by leaning in close to hear God's whisper.

TWO NARRATIONS IN ONE DOWNLOAD: This audiobook features two readings of God Speaks in Whispers—one by Mark Batterson and one by his co-author (and daughter!) Summer Batterson Dailey.

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ID: 415650

Title: Ghost Tree

Author: Christina Henry

Narrator: Jan Johns

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:42:59

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical

Summary:

When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national bestselling author Christina Henry.

 

When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids.

So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

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ID: 415673

Title: Leif and the Fall

Author: Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant

Narrator: Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Health & Family

Summary:

Persistence and creativity can lead to amazing things, as Leif the leaf discovers in this lovely storybook from Allison Sweet Grant and Adam Grant, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals.

Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. 'All leaves fall in the fall,' say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch?

In a culture that prizes achievement, kids are often afraid to fail--failing to realize that some of the very ideas that don't work are steps along the path to ones that will.

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ID: 440954

Title: Pet Nation: The Inside Story of How Companion Animals Are Transforming Our Homes, Culture, and Economy

Author: Mark Cushing

Narrator: Mark Cushing

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:58:25

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

An inside look at the forces behind how our pets become treasured members of the family.

In the last 20 years pets have gone from the backyard to sleeping on our beds, then showing up in every corner of America. Pet Nation tells the story of this seismic shift and the economic, media, legal, political, and social dramas springing from this cultural transformation.

Since 1998 the pet population in the U.S. has almost doubled -- about two-thirds of the country now owns a pet. No longer left to wander the neighborhood, dogs and cats eat special food, get individualized medical attention, and even fly in the cabin. As founder of the Animal Policy Group, Mark Cushing provides an inside look at the rise of Pet Nation, tracking the myriad ways pets are acquired (a 'Canine Freedom Train' runs south to north), reporting on pet rights legislation (and the unseen problems that come with elevating their status), pet healthcare (revealing the truth and myths about large scale breeders), and discovering that despite what many organizations would have us believe, there is a shortage of dogs.

Insightful, surprising, and full of great stories, Pet Nation opens our eyes to the big changes happening in front of us right now. It shows us not only what our love of animals says about pets, it shows us what it says about ourselves.

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ID: 419428

Title: What Are You Going Through: A Novel

Author: Sigrid Nunez

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:36:27

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women

Summary:

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY NPR, PEOPLE, AND O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE

A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ TOP BOOK OF 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“As good as The Friend, if not better.” —The New York Times

 

“Impossible to put down . . . leavened with wit and tenderness.” —People

 

“I was dazed by the novel’s grace.” —The New Yorker

The New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend brings her singular voice to a story about the meaning of life and death, and the value of companionship

A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an ex she runs into by chance at a public forum, an Airbnb owner unsure how to interact with her guests, a stranger who seeks help comforting his elderly mother, a friend of her youth now hospitalized with terminal cancer. In each of these people the woman finds a common need: the urge to talk about themselves and to have an audience to their experiences. The narrator orchestrates this chorus of voices for the most part as a passive listener, until one of them makes an extraordinary request, drawing her into an intense and transformative experience of her own.

In What Are You Going Through, Nunez brings wisdom, humor, and insight to a novel about human connection and the changing nature of relationships in our times. A surprising story about empathy and the unusual ways one person can help another through hardship, her book offers a moving and provocative portrait of the way we live now.

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ID: 411951

Title: Narwhal's Otter Friend (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #4)

Author: Ben Clanton

Narrator: Ben Clanton, Kirby Heyborne, Socks Whitmore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:13:56

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

Summary:

“Hilarious and charming. The most lovable duo since Frog and Toad.” —NYT-bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey

Narwhal and Jelly . . . and Otty?! Exuberant Narwhal and skeptical Jelly test the waters of adding a new friend to their pod when they meet Otty the super-adventurous otter in the fourth book of this blockbuster early graphic novel series, adapted for audio!

Dive into three new stories about the joy of adventure and the power of friendship! In the first story, Otty the otter makes her debut splash; while Narwhal greets her with immediate enthusiasm, Jelly's not so sure about her...mostly because he worries she'll take his place as Narwhal's best friend. Listeners will easily see why Narwhal's so excited to meet Otty, a boisterous explorer who even has an aunt who's a real live sea captain! But listeners will also relate to Jelly's uneasiness seeing his best friend making a new pal.

Jelly tries to work out his jealousy in story two, and in story three, the new trio say 'Ahoy, adventure!' and discover they all have more in common than they thought . . . including a love of waffles! Jelly also takes over the 'Super Waffle and Strawberry Sidekick' comic providing a sidekick's-eye-view of defeating the dreaded dEVILed egg!

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ID: 419377

Title: Happy Narwhalidays (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #5)

Author: Ben Clanton

Narrator: Ben Clanton, Kirby Heyborne, Socks Whitmore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:18:07

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-20

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

Summary:

A New York Times Bestseller!

Narwhal and Jelly spread some holiday cheer (and warm waffle pudding) in the festive fifth book of this blockbuster graphic novel series, adapted for audio!

Dive into three new stories about Narwhal's favorite time of the year! It's the festive season in the world wide waters, and Narwhal is looking forward to cozying up with a good book, singing and partying with their pod pals and enjoying some warm waffle pudding. But most of all they're excited about the arrival of the Merry Mermicorn! According to Narwhal, she's part mermaid, part unicorn and completely mer-aculous! Jelly is of course skeptical about the existence of the 'Mira-Miny-What-A Corn' . . . even when Jelly receives a mysterious present. It must be from Narwhal. Now Jelly has to get the perfect gift, but finding a present for someone as unique as Narwhal is no easy feat, even when you have six tentacles. How will Jelly ever come up with a whaley great gift for a best pal who spreads cheer all through the year?

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