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ID: 319665

Title: Palace of Curiosities

Author: Rosie Garland

Narrator: Jane Copland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:22:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Summary:

A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.

Before Eve is born, her mother goes to the circus. She buys a penny twist of coloured sugar and settles down to watch the heart-stopping main attraction: a lion, billed as a monster from the savage heart of Africa, forged in the heat of a merciless sun. Mama swears she hears the lion sigh, just before it leapsand when Eve is born, the story goes, she didnt cry she meowed and licked her paws.

When Abel is pulled from the stinking Thames, the mudlarks are sure he is long dead. As they search his pockets to divvy up the treasure, his eyes crack open and he coughs up a stream of black water. But how has he survived a week in that thick stew of human waste?

Cast out by Victorian society, Eve and Abel find succour from an unlikely source. They soar to fame as The Lion Faced Girl and The Flayed Man, star performers in Professor Josiah Arroners Palace of Curiosities. And there begins a journey that will entwine their fates forever.

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ID: 319659

Title: Melting the Snow on Hester Street

Author: Daisy Waugh

Narrator: Alice Frayn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:47:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Historical Romance, International Mystery

Summary:

Rich. Beautiful. Damned.

Sumptuously evoking the Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when money is built on greed and love can be a trick of the light, Daisy Waughs stunning new novel is a compelling portrait of love, fame, and survival.

It is the blistering summer of 1929 and Hollywoods glamorous set appear to have it all. Everybody everywhere is living the Hollywood dream, including the elegant and charming, high-society couple, actor and actress Maximilian and Eleanor Beecham. But beneath the sophistication and glamour their insecure and unhappy marriage is on the brink of divorce and their finances are teetering on a knifes edge after a series of failed films.

When the creditors come in to take possession of the house, it seems all is lost and they have nowhere to turn but into the arms of their waiting lovers.

But when they receive an invitation to one of the legendary weekend house parties at Hearst Castle which they know will be filled every Hollywood big-shot around they cannot resist one last shot of making it in the film industry. With gossip, glamour, scandal and decadence the party is the epitome of the Golden Era, but for Maximilian and Eleanor the time has come to make a decision that will change their future.

Will they sacrifice everything for fame and fortune or can Eleanor and Maximilian learn to love each other again?

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ID: 319667

Title: Fragments

Author: Dan Wells

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:19:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Tough Topics

Summary:

Fighting to stop a war that could destroy everyone alive

Kira Walker nearly died searching for the RM cure, but the battle for survival is only just beginning. The genetically-engineered Partials are inextricably bound to a greater plan that could save both races and give Kira the answers she desperately seeks.

Venturing deep into the wasteland, Kiras only allies are an unhinged drifter and two Partials who betrayed her yet saved her life the only ones who know her secret. Back on Long Island, whats left of humanity is gearing up for war. But their greatest enemy may be one they didnt even know existed.

It is the eleventh hour of humanitys time on earth; this journey may be their last.

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ID: 319669

Title: Manuscript Found in Accra

Author: Paulo Coelho

Narrator: Jeremy Irons

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Philosophy, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

Another incredible novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist.

July 14, 1099. The city of Accra awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the gates. There, within the city walls, men and women of every age have gathered to hear the words of a mysterious man known only as the Copt. He has summoned the townspeople to address their fears with truth, hope and comfort.

They begin with questions about defeat and struggle; they contemplate the virtues of loyalty and solitude; and they ultimately turn to questions of beauty, love, wisdom, and what the future holds. What is success? poses the Copt. It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace.

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Now, centuries later, the manuscript containing the Copts extraordinary insights on courage, solitude, loyalty and loss has been unearthed from a cave in Cairo.

A Manuscript Found in Accra is a revelatory exploration of our most enduring and transcendental values, and a testimony to everyday wisdom.

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ID: 319675

Title: Only a Mother Knows

Author: Annie Groves

Narrator: Sue Jenkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:54:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Summary:

A compelling novel about four young women in wartime London, from the best-selling author of London Belles and My Sweet Valentine.

In Article Row, in Londons Holborn four young women, Tilly, Sally, Dulcie and Agnes have already been witnesses to the heartache and pain that Hitlers bombs have inflicted on ordinary Londoners.

Tilly is desperate to wed her beau, Drew. Terrified that something will happen to prevent them from being together, her fears seem to be coming true when he is called back home to America.

For her mother, Olive, this only adds to her worries for Tilly. But she has her own hands full when her friend and neighbour, Sergeant Dawson, gets some terrible news. When Olive lends a hand, she finds herself at the sharp end of some unwelcome gossip.

For Dulcie, the war has brought an old flame, David, back into her life. But his terrible injuries have changed his life forever. Can something more develop out of their friendship? And for Agnes, she is about to find out something that will change her life, too.

In this seemingly endless war, the girls will learn about love, loss and heartache. But they, like thousands of other Londoners, are determined to win the battle on the home front no matter what it takes.

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ID: 319677

Title: Accursed

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22:52:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-05-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Literary Fiction

Summary:

An eerie, unforgettable story of power, loss, and family curses in early 20th century Princeton.

Princeton, New Jersey at the turn of the 20th century: soon-to-be commander-in-chief Woodrow Wilson is president of Princeton University. On a neighbouring farm, muck-raking novelist Upton Sinclair, enjoying the success of The Jungle, has taken up residence with his family. Grover Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House has retired to town for a quieter life. Meanwhile, the elite families of Princeton have been beset by a powerful cursetheir daughters are disappearing. A young bride on the verge of the altar is seduced and abducted by a dangerously compelling mana shape-shifting, vaguely European prince who might just be the devil. In the Pine Barrens on the edge of town, a mysterious and persuasive evil takes shape.

When the bride's brother sets out against all odds to find her, his path will cross those of Princeton's most formidable people, from presidents past to its brightest literary luminaries, from Mark Twain to Jack London, as he navigates both the idyllic town and the Dante-esque landscape of the Barrens.

An utterly fresh work from Oates, THE ACCURSED marks new territory for the masterful writernarrated with her unmistakable psychological insight, it combines beautifully transporting historical detail with chilling fantastical elements to stunning effect.

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ID: 319681

Title: Llama Drama

Author: Rose Impey

Narrator: Daniel Philpott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature

Summary:

The seventh animal in the hilarious AWESOME ANIMALS series awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife.

Its a HUGE surprise when Farmer Palmer chooses Lewie the llama to guard his new lambs. Its the most important job on the farm and everyone thought hed pick the biggest strongest, loudest llama.

Lewie is the best at singing and dancing but is he a match for a cunning coyote?

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ID: 319686

Title: Snow Falling on Cedars

Author: David Guterson

Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:10:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

When a Japanese-American is charged with the murder of a local fisherman, more than one mans guilt is at stake. Now a major film starring Ethan Hawke, directed by Scott Hicks (Shine).

San Piedro Island in Puget Sound is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese-American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder.

In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than one mans guilt. For on San Piedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuos wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbours watched.

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ID: 319687

Title: East of the Mountains

Author: David Guterson

Narrator: William Hootkins

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

A triumphant return by the author of Snow Falling on Cedars, as an attempted suicide becomes a life-enhancing diversion.

Following the death of his wife Rachel and diagnosis of his own medical condition, Dr Ben Givens left his home in Seattle heading east with his Winchester and hunting dogs in tow not intending to return. It was to be a journey to the verges of the Columbia River, where he had entered the world and had decided he would now take his leave of it. What transpired was anything but the journey he anticipated.

Instead, Bens perspective shifts as his intended exit transforms into an eye-opening, life-enhancing diversion, as David Gutersons celebrated and involving prose unravels the mysteries and reveals the power of the human spirit even as it ebbs, in this moving and action-filled drama set against an unforgettable landscape.

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ID: 319678

Title: Secrets from the Past

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Narrator: Alexandra Boyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:41:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-13

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Sagas, Military

Summary:

A glittering new novel of deeply-buried secrets, passionate love, obsession and redemption from the master storyteller.

Thirty-year old Serena Stone is a talented war photographer who has followed in her famous fathers footsteps. But when he dies unexpectedly, she steps away from the war zone to reassess her life.

Drawn to writing her fathers own story, Serena approaches Harry Redford, his best friend and front line colleague. Harry has a request of his own. He wants her to go take care of Zachary North, her former lover, who has come out of Afghanistan suffering from mental and physical exhaustion.

Serena and Zac inevitably rekindle their passion and together tackle her fathers huge legacy of iconic photographs. But one collection about Venice has never been seen before. It is among these images that Serena stumbles across photos that turn her world upside down.

In search of the truth about her father, her family and her own life, Serena begins a desperate quest to uncover a story from decades earlier. Moving from her familys home in the hills above Nice to the canals and romance of Venice and the riot-filled streets of Libya, Secrets from the Past is a moving and emotional story of secrets, survival and love in its many guises.

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