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ID: 686456

Title: Visitors

Author: Jane Harrison

Narrator: Ari Maza Long, Joseph Wunujaka Althouse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:32:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction.

WINNER OF THE 2024 INDIE BOOK DEBUT FICTION AWARD

'An extraordinary read.' Herald Sun

On a steamy, hot day in January 1788, seven Aboriginal men, representing the nearby clans, gather at Warrane. Several newly arrived ships have been sighted in the great bay to the south, Kamay. The men meet to discuss their response to these visitors. All day, they talk, argue, debate. Where are the visitors from? What do they want? Might they just warra warra wai back to where they came from? Should they be welcomed? Or should they be made to leave? The decision of the men must be unanimous -- and will have far-reaching implications for all. Throughout the day, the weather is strange, with mammatus clouds, unbearable heat and a pending thunderstorm ... Somewhere, trouble is brewing.

From award-winning author and playwright Jane Harrison, The Visitors is an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - and an unputdownable work of fiction.

'Momentous ... heart-shattering to read. Harrison imbues her new storytelling formula with surprising lightness ... candid and delicate.' Sydney Morning Herald

'A remarkable achievement of First Nations storytelling. We live in a time when truths need to be told and heard - this is a generous offering, a story that challenges and ultimately rewards us' Tony Birch, author of The White Girl

'A work of soaring imagination and breathtaking ambition. Jane Harrison upends all our black-and-white assumptions about what happened on that fateful January day in 1788 when eleven tall ships sailed into a safe blue harbour that people already called home. Surprisingly funny, cheeky and tragic by turns, this remarkable novel is bold, brave and unforgettable' Clare Wright, author of You Daughters of Freedom

'Witty, tense, and gut-wrenching ... [it] pulled me inexorably towards a place of profound emotion' Grace Chan, author of Every Version of You

'Intimate, tense, but inviting ... the end of the book is devastating, and even though we know what's coming, we're hopeful for a different ending. The Visitors offers a deep emotional journey. Harrison has written a thoughtful and powerful reimagining of a significant moment in Australian history, from a First Nations perspective.' Books+Publishing

'Powerful ... The Visitors is a masterful, thought-provoking book.' Readings

'Simple ... beautiful and effective.' SA Weekend

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ID: 701037

Title: Sun Down Motel

Author: Simone St. James

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:01:03

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Something hasn't been right at the Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why . . .

1982

Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel, in Fell. But Viv feels that something is wrong, something disturbing and haunting. And then she vanishes.

2017

Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv. She decides to move to Fell and take a job at the hotel - as a night clerk - to try to get to the bottom of the mystery.

But Carly soon discovers that, before she vanished, Viv believed she was on the trail of something truly sinister.

And if Carly can't work out the truth soon, then she's in line to be the next victim . . .

'Deliciously creepy. A chilling blend of mystery and ghost story' RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door

'Spooky, unsettling, and brilliantly written, it will hook you early, and never let go' JENNIFER HILLIER, author of Jar of Hearts

©2023 Simone St James (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 701036

Title: Book of Cold Cases

Author: Simone St. James

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Kirsten Potter, Robert Petkoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:44:50

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Paranormal, Psychological

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun.

Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house, and never commented publicly on the case.

40 years later, Shea Collins is a receptionist by day, and a true crime blogger by night. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To her surprise, Beth says yes.

But when they meet in Beth's mansion, Shea immediately senses something isn't right. Things start happening she can't explain. And she could swear she keeps seeing a figure lurking outside the window . . .

Is she working with a manipulative murderer, or is there an even darker secret lurking in Greer house?

'Simone St. James knows how to haunt you. The Book of Cold Cases is St. James at the top of her game' JENNIFER McMAHON

'No one writes a ghost story like Simone St. James' LAURA McHUGH

©2023 Simone St James (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 694994

Title: Whatever Happened to Margo?

Author: Margaret Durrell

Narrator: Polly Edsell, Roy Mcmillan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:48:05

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture, Women

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

*With a foreword from Gerald Durrell*

In 1947, returning to the UK with two young children to support, Margaret Durrell starts a boarding house in Bournemouth. But any hopes of respectability are dashed as the tenants reveal themselves to be a host of eccentrics: from a painter of nudes to a pair of glamorous young nurses whose late-night shifts combined with an ever-revolving roster of gentleman callers leading to a neighbourhood rumour that Margo is running a brothel. Margo's own two sons, Gerry and Nicholas, prove to be every bit as mischievous as their famous Uncle Gerald - and he himself returns periodically with weird and wonderful animals, from marmosets to monkeys, that are quite unsuitable for life in a Bournemouth garden.

©1995 Margaret Durrell (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 698337

Title: Cave of Bones

Author: John Hawks, Lee Berger

Narrator: Lee Berger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:43:25

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-23

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Social Science

Summary:

In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africaspaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils had been found. Now he was ready to do so. Once inside the cave, Berger made shocking new discoveries that expand our understanding of this early hominiddiscoveries that stand to alter our fundamental understanding of what makes us human. So what does it all mean? Join Berger on the adventure of a lifetime as he explores the Rising Star cave system and begins the complicated process of explaining these extraordinary findsfinds that force a rethinking of human evolution, and discoveries that Berger calls 'the Rosetta stone of the human mind.'

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ID: 695080

Title: Fake Love

Author: Nova Gibson

Narrator: Rachael Tidd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:58:51

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

Clear, concise and empowering self-help about navigating and healing from narcissistic abuse by Australia's go-to specialist counsellor

The love of a narcissist is fake. It's a soul-destroying realisation for every victim of narcissistic abuse, but even more damaging is finding yourself trapped and abused by the person who claims they love you.

Nova Gibson has helped thousands of people in their struggle to understand, extricate themselves and heal from toxic relationships and narcissistic abuse. Drawing on the expertise gained from a decade of working with clients and her global online community, Nova offers comfort, knowledge and powerful strategies to help you identify, navigate and survive this extremely covert, confusing - and dangerous - form of abuse.

In this life-changing book, Nova brings unparalleled insight into the lived experience of victims and helps identify the behaviours of narcissistic abusers, such as coercive control and gaslighting, pathological lying, the love bomb-devalue-discard cycle, hoovering, smear campaigns and many, many more. She also helps you understand covert and overt narcissism, and explores in depth the concept of trauma bonding, which creates a powerful connection with your abuser and explains why and how you're compelled to stay, even when the abuse is impossible to ignore.

In this deeply compassionate book, Nova offers hope, support and concise, practical strategies to break the toxic cycle, extricate and protect yourself ... and most importantly, heal.

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ID: 696935

Title: Caretaker

Author: Gabriel Bergmoser

Narrator: Gemma Carfi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:34:28

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Gabriel Bergmoser, author of explosive bestselling thriller The Hunted returns with a suspenseful new standalone thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat.

'Unrelenting tension ... sharp writing ... an atmospheric take on the cat-and-mouse plot' Books+Publishing

An isolated, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn't want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse - with deadly consequences.

On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she's lying low, tending to the lodges, happy to be alone, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She's trying to convince herself she's okay, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off, one by one.

From Gabriel Bergmoser, the master of propulsive, page-turning storytelling, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What's real and what isn't? Who's dangerous and who isn't? And who will survive? A menacing, nail-biting, nerve-racking psychological thriller.

Finalist, Best Novel, 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards

'Strap yourself in for a fast high-octane ride. With excruciating tension on every single page, mind-bending twists, and a deliciously clever plot, The Caretaker is everything we've come to expect from Gabriel Bergmoser's novels: unpredictable, wild, and impossible to put down' – Lyn Yeowart, author of The Silent Listener

'Warning: do not start this book if you have other things to do because I can tell you now they will not get done. The Caretaker is completely absorbing, highly addictive and supremely unsettling; also whip-smart and darkly funny. This is Bergmoser at his unputdownable best' – Anna Downes, author of The Shadow House

'Bergmoser does it again. A cracking read. A fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller. I'll never look at a ski lodge in the same way again' – Margaret Hickey, author of Broken Bay

PRAISE FOR THE INHERITANCE

'A heroine you can't look away from, pure thrills and wallop, wilder and gamier than your average Aussie noir, this is fierce storytelling' – Kyle Perry, bestselling author of The Bluffs

'The Inheritance captures the pedal-to-the-metal pace and thrills of Bergmoser's first book, but adds a more substantial plot and richer characters. The story unfolds quickly, and it swiftly builds to an explosive climax. A ferocious tale' – Canberra Weekly

PRAISE FOR THE HUNTED

'This slice of outback noir is ... at once exhilarating, gleefully vicious and totally race-to-the-finish-line unputdownable' – The Observer

'An audacious walk on the wildest side of outback noir ... a vivid thriller' – Sydney Morning Herald

'A perfectly paced, thrilling read with an unrelenting sense of dread and menace' – Books+Publishing

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ID: 695640

Title: Collector

Author: Daniel Silva

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:12:07

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Police Stories, International Mystery

Summary:

In the electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a search for a stolen Vermeer masterpiece and uncovers a conspiracy that could bring the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon.

After the Carabinieri make a startling discovery in the Amalfi villa of a murdered South African shipping tycoon - a secret vault containing an empty frame and stretcher matching the dimensions of the world's most valuable missing painting - General Ferrari asks Gabriel Allon to quietly track down the artwork before the trail goes cold.

The painting in question is The Concert by Johannes Vermeer, one of thirteen works of art stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. With the help of a most unlikely ally, a beautiful Danish computer hacker and professional thief, Gabriel soon discovers that the painting has changed hands as part of an illicit billion-dollar business deal involving a man code-named the Collector, an energy executive with close ties to the highest levels of Russian power.

The missing masterpiece is the lynchpin of a conspiracy that if successful, could plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions. To foil the plot, Gabriel must carry out a daring heist of his own, with millions of lives hanging in the balance.

'Silva builds suspense like a symphony conductor' Booklist

'A master of his craft' Adelaide Advertiser

'World-class' Washington Post

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ID: 695081

Title: Fake Love

Author: Nova Gibson

Narrator: Rachael Tidd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:58:51

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

Clear, concise and empowering self-help about navigating and healing from narcissistic abuse by Australia's go-to specialist counsellor

The love of a narcissist is fake. It's a soul-destroying realisation for every victim of narcissistic abuse, but even more damaging is finding yourself trapped and abused by the person who claims they love you.

Nova Gibson has helped thousands of people in their struggle to understand, extricate themselves and heal from toxic relationships and narcissistic abuse. Drawing on the expertise gained from a decade of working with clients and her global online community, Nova offers comfort, knowledge and powerful strategies to help you identify, navigate and survive this extremely covert, confusing - and dangerous - form of abuse.

In this life-changing book, Nova brings unparalleled insight into the lived experience of victims and helps identify the behaviours of narcissistic abusers, such as coercive control and gaslighting, pathological lying, the love bomb-devalue-discard cycle, hoovering, smear campaigns and many, many more. She also helps you understand covert and overt narcissism, and explores in depth the concept of trauma bonding, which creates a powerful connection with your abuser and explains why and how you're compelled to stay, even when the abuse is impossible to ignore.

In this deeply compassionate book, Nova offers hope, support and concise, practical strategies to break the toxic cycle, extricate and protect yourself ... and most importantly, heal.

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ID: 641285

Title: Complete Self-Help for Your Nerves

Author: Claire Weekes

Narrator: Jacqui Louez Schoorl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:13:19

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

The international bestselling step-by-step guide that will show you how to break the cycle of fear and cure your feelings of panic and anxiety.

'One of the most helpful books in the world. Practical, gentle, an absolute life-saver. I could not recommend this book more highly.' Clare Bowditch

My heart beats too fast. My hands tremble and sweat. I feel like there's a weight on my chest. My stomach churns. I have terrible headaches. I can't sleep. Sometimes I can't even leave my house...

These common symptoms of anxiety are 'minor' only to the people who don't suffer from them. But to the millions they affect, these problems make the difference between a happy, healthy life and one of crippling fear and frustration.

In Complete Self-Help for Your Nerves, Dr. Claire Weekes offers the results of years of experience treating real patients-including some who thought they'd never recover. With her simple, step-by-step guidance, you will learn how to understand and analyse your own symptoms of anxiety and find the power to conquer your fears for good.

In her two best-selling books, Self-help for your Nerves and More Self-Help for your Nerves, Dr Claire Weekes helped generations of sufferers of nervous tension and panic attacks. In this comprehensive volume, which brings together the best of her advice and self-help techniques, people can learn how to treat themselves through her compassionate and practical advice. Clearly written and empathetic, Complete Self-Help canvasses all manner of nervous illness from simple muscular and emotional fatigue to recurring symptoms, guilt and depression, helping people to recognise signs of illness and to combat it.

'I absolutely adore Dr Claire Weekes, and her solid useful practical advice for dealing with what she calls ''Nervous Suffering''. An absolute mental-health pioneer who deserves celebration. Long gone now, but her simple techniques offer a great place to start for anyone who wants a cure for their panic attacks.' Clare Bowditch, author and musician

'Page after page offers the reassuring reminder that you can best fight your panic by refusing to fight the panic. And in short: It works.' The New York Times

'It's the gentle tone and Claire's empathy that makes it really special. She explains very simply how the nervous system works and how to 'float' past the feelings you're experiencing. Life changing stuff.' Good Housekeeping

'It is hard, if not impossible, to think of anyone else who changed so many lives for the better in the field of mental health than Dr Claire Weekes.' Judith Hoare, author of The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code

'After 18 months of near constant anxiety, I was in despair and ready to go on medication. Then I discovered Claire Weekes and slowly I was able to recover and regain myself. This woman saves lives.' Mick LaSalle, author and film critic

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