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ID: 428301

Title: Once More to the Rodeo: A Memoir

Author: Calvin Hennick

Narrator: Charlie Thurston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:33:41

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Parenting

Summary:

Five years into fatherhood, Calvin Hennick is plagued by self-doubt and full of questions. How can he teach his son to be a man, when his own father figures abandoned him? As a white man, what can he possibly teach his biracial son about how to live as a black man in America? And what does it even mean to be a man today, when society's expectations of men seem to change from moment to moment?

In search of answers, Calvin takes his young son on the road, traveling across the country to the annual rodeo in his small Iowa hometown. Along the way, a stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame turns into an impromptu lesson about racism and segregation. In Niagara Falls, a day of arcade games and go-karts unexpectedly morphs into a titanic struggle between father and son. A stop in Chicago rips the scars off of old wounds. And back in Iowa, Calvin is forced to confront the most difficult question of all: What if his flaws and family history doom him to repeat the mistakes of the past?

In this unforgettable debut memoir, Calvin Hennick holds a mirror up to both himself and modern America, in an urgent and timely story that all parents, and indeed all Americans, need to hear.

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ID: 428345

Title: Huntress Initiate

Author: Jamie Davis, Michael Anderle

Narrator: Marnye Young

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:04:03

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

How did they expect her to play the game if she didn't even understand the rules?

Abandoned as an infant, Quinn Faust is about to discover she's not just a normal human being.

Bounced from foster home to foster home, she came to rely on her street smarts, martial arts skills, and the tiny silver amulet that was the only link to her lost family.

Hired by a video game company to test new Virtual Reality gear to train soldiers, Quinn quickly learns there's more to the game than they told her.

Now strange happenings reveal a world hidden in the shadows, the existence of supernatural creatures, magic, and mystical powers.

Does Quinn have what it takes to claim the birthright of long-lost Hunter clans?

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ID: 428365

Title: Can't and Won't: Stories

Author: Lydia Davis

Narrator: Janet Metzger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:18:20

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories

Summary:

A new collection of short stories from the woman Rick Moody has called 'the best prose stylist in America'

Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of 'Bloomington' reads, 'Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.' Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in 'A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates,' a professor receives a gift of thirty-two small chocolates and is paralyzed by the multitude of options she imagines for their consumption. The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert's correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author's own dreams, or the dreams of friends.

What does not vary throughout Can't and Won't, Lydia Davis's fifth collection of stories, is the power of her finely honed prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Davis writes with bracing candor and sly humor about the quotidian, revealing the mysterious, the foreign, the alienating, and the pleasurable within the predictable patterns of daily life.

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ID: 430136

Title: American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds Of The 1918 Influenza Epidemic

Author: Nancy Bristow

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:35:38

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, North America, Science & Technology, Medicine

Summary:

Between the years 1918 and 1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past.

American Pandemic offers a much-needed corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It sheds light on the social and cultural history of Americans during the pandemic, uncovering both the causes of the nation's public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured. Focused on the primary players in this drama-patients and their families, friends, and community, public health experts, and health care professionals-historian Nancy K. Bristow draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity, cultural norms, memory, and the epidemic. Bristow has combed a wealth of primary sources, including letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, novels, newspapers, magazines, and government documents. She shows that though the pandemic caused massive disruption in the most basic patterns of American life, influenza did not create long-term social or cultural change, serving instead to reinforce the status quo and the differences and disparities that defined American life.

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ID: 429454

Title: Dreams of the Overworked: Living, Working, and Parenting in the Digital Age

Author: Christine M. Beckman, Melissa Mazmanian

Narrator: Chelsea Stephens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:29:59

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Social Science, Mental Health

Summary:

In Dreams of the Overworked, Christine M. Beckman and Melissa Mazmanian offer vivid sketches of daily life for nine families, capturing what it means to live, work, and parent in a world of impossible expectations, now amplified unlike ever before by smart devices.

We are invited into homes and offices, where we recognize the crushing pressure of unraveling plans, and the healing warmth of being together. Moreover, we witness the constant planning that goes into a 'good' day, often with the aid of phones and apps. Yet, as technologies empower us to do more, they also promise limitless availability and connection. Checking email on the weekend, monitoring screen time, and counting steps are all part of the daily routine. The stories in this book challenge the seductive myth of the phone-clad individual, by showing that beneath the plastic veneer of technology is a complex, hidden system of support-our dreams being scaffolded by retired in-laws, friendly neighbors, spouses, and paid help.

This book makes a compelling case for celebrating the structures that allow us to strive for our dreams, by supporting public policies and community organizations, challenging workplace norms, reimagining family, and valuing the joy of human connection.

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ID: 428316

Title: Wicked Snow

Author: Gregg Olsen

Narrator: Karen Peakes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:38:41

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Police Stories

Summary:

Hannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up-one of them her mother's. The killer was never found . . .

Twenty years later Hannah is a talented CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back. A killer with unfinished business is on the hunt. And an anonymous message turns Hannah's blood cold:

Your Mom called . . .

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 427073

Title: Stolen Girl

Author: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:26:18

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Kids, Historical

Summary:

Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces and flashes she can't control. Though her adoptive mother says they are safe now, Nadia's flashbacks keep coming.

Sometimes she remembers running, hunger, and isolation. But other times she remembers living with a German family, and attending big rallies where she was praised for her light hair and blue eyes. The puzzle pieces don't quite fit together, and Nadia is scared by what might be true. Could she have been raised by Nazis? Were they her real family? What part did she play in the war?

What Nadia finally discovers about her own history will shock her. But only when she understands the past can she truly face her future.

Inspired by startling true events, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch delivers a gripping and poignant story of one girl's determination to uncover her truth.

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ID: 415525

Title: Film Studies, Second Edition: An Introduction

Author: Ed Sikov

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:42:38

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

Film Studies is a concise and indispensable introduction to the formal study of cinema. Ed Sikov offers a step-by-step curriculum for the appreciation of all types of narrative cinema, detailing the essential elements of film form and systematically training the spectator to be an active reader and critic. He treats a number of fundamental factors in filmmaking, including editing, composition, lighting, the use of color and sound, and narrative. His description of mise-en-scene helps listeners grasp the significance of montage, which in turn reveals the importance of a director's use of camera movement.

Film Studies is designed for courses on film history, film theory, and popular culture. Its straightforward explanations of core critical concepts, practical advice, and technical, visual, and aesthetic aspects anchor the listener's understanding of the formal language and anatomy of film and the techniques of film analysis.

The second edition of this bestselling book adds two new chapters: 'Film and Ideology,' which covers how to read a film's political and social content, and other key topics in film theory, and 'Film Studies in the Age of Digital Cinema,' which explores the central problems of studying film when 'film' itself is no longer the medium.

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ID: 422747

Title: Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life

Author: Evan Stark

Narrator: William Sarris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21:32:14

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Social Science

Summary:

Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how 'domestic violence' is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from 'beeper games' to food logs to micromanaging dress, speech, sexual activity, and work. Stark urges us to move beyond the injury model and focus on the real victimization that allows men to violate women's human rights with impunity.

Provocative and brilliantly argued, Coercive Control reframes abuse as a liberty crime rather than a crime of assault and points the way to bringing 'real' equality for women in line with their formal rights to personhood and citizenship, freedom, and safety.

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ID: 428323

Title: Public Enemy Zero

Author: Andrew Mayne

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:53:19

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

The world is out to kill Mitchell Roberts. The helpless girl who needs help changing her tire. His petty ex-girlfriend and her new mate. An entire mall full of unassuming shoppers. They all want to murder Mitch in a blind rage when he's in their presence.

As Mitch attempts to unravel the mystery around his situation, he learns quickly that rabid strangers and friends aren't his only predators. Police attempt to hunt him down by any means necessary and his every move is tracked by a shadowy government official with a secret to protect.

He'll need to use every resource he has, from the advice of a paranoid late night radio host, to his Twitter account and find out why he's become Public Enemy Zero.

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