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ID: 415559

Title: Roadside Americans: The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation

Author: Jack Reid

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:45:05

Language: English

Release date: 03-30-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, World, North America

Summary:

Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought out the romance of the road in droves. Beats, hippies, feminists, and civil rights and antiwar activists saw 'thumb tripping' as a vehicle for liberation, living out the counterculture's rejection of traditional values. Yet, by the time Ronald Reagan, a former hitchhiker himself, was in the White House, the youthful faces on the road chasing the ghost of Jack Kerouac were largely gone-along with sympathetic portrayals of the practice in state legislatures and the media.

In Roadside Americans, Jack Reid traces the rise and fall of hitchhiking, offering vivid accounts of life on the road and how the act of soliciting rides from strangers, and the attitude toward hitchhikers in American society, evolved over time in sync with broader economic, political, and cultural shifts. In doing so, Reid offers insight into significant changes in the United States amid the decline of liberalism and the rise of the Reagan Era.

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ID: 415574

Title: 400 Friends and No One to Call: Breaking through Isolation and Building Community

Author: Val Walker

Narrator: Ann Richardson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:43:34

Language: English

Release date: 03-26-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Marriage & Family, Psychology

Summary:

We can be well connected, with 400 friends on Facebook and still have no one to count on. Ironically, despite social media, social isolation is a growing epidemic in the United States. The National Science Foundation reported in 2014 that the number of Americans with no close friends has tripled since 1985. One out of four Americans has no one with whom they can talk about their personal troubles.

Social isolation can shatter our confidence. In isolating times, we're not only lonely, but we're ashamed of our loneliness because our society stigmatizes people who are alone without support. As a single, fifty-eight-year-old woman who finds herself stranded after major surgery, Val Walker has woven into the narrative her own story. A well-established rehabilitation counselor, she was too embarrassed to reveal on social media how utterly isolated she was by asking for someone to help, and it felt agonizingly awkward calling colleagues out of the blue. As she recovered, Val found her voice and developed a plan of action for people who lack social support, not only to heal from the pain of isolation, but to create a solid strategy for rebuilding support. 400 Friends and No One to Call spells out the how-tos for befriending our wider community, building a social safety net, and fostering our sense of belonging.

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ID: 416894

Title: Quitters Never Win: My Life in UFC

Author: Michael Bisping

Narrator: Jonathan Cowley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:17:11

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Other

Summary:

With brand new material exclusive to this Updated American Edition, here-in his own words-is the story of the newest member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame, Britain's own Rocky Balboa, Michael Bisping.

Featuring an entirely new chapter for US readers, the story of his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame, fresh insights about his fighting career, never-before-told stories about his film and TV career, and a harrowing account of his fighting off attempted kidnappers while filming in South Africa, Quitters Never Win tells the incredible story of how he went from rough and humble beginnings and then on to a legendary mixed martial arts career capped by winning the Middleweight Championship in one of the greatest upsets in UFC history.

Loaded with the humor and brutal honesty that first won him a following on the television show Ultimate Fighter 3, Bisping recounts his record setting thirteen-year fight career battling the likes of Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, and Dan Henderson.

The most engaging UFC color analyst in recent memory, and a budding film and television star, Bisping tells his story in a way that only he knows how.

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ID: 415537

Title: Doughnut Fix

Author: Jessie Janowitz

Narrator: Brian Holden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:24:31

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:

Superfudge meets The Lemonade War in this funny, heartwarming series debut about change, adventure, family, and of course, doughnuts.

Tristan isn't Gifted or Talented like his sister Jeanine, and he's always been okay with that because he can make a perfect chocolate chip cookie and he lives in the greatest city in the world. But his life takes a turn for the worse when his parents decide to move to middle-of-nowhere Petersville-a town with one street and no restaurants. It's like suddenly they're supposed to be this other family, one that can survive without bagels and movie theaters.

His suspicions about his new town are confirmed when he's tricked into believing the local general store has life-changing chocolate cream doughnuts, when in fact the owner hasn't made them in years. And so begins the only thing that could make life in Petersville worth living: getting the recipe, making the doughnuts, and bringing them back to the town through his very own doughnut stand. But Tristan will soon discover that when starting a business, it helps to be both Gifted and Talented, and It's possible he's bitten off more than he can chew . . .

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ID: 415526

Title: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Random Acts of Kindness: 101 Stories of Compassion and Paying It Forward

Author: Amy Newmark

Narrator: Peter Berkrot, Rebecca Gibel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:16:27

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

The best way to make yourself feel great? Do a random act of kindness for someone! These 101 stories will make you smile and get you excited about what you can do, too.

Make miracles happen for yourself and others. It's easy. Just think outside the box and look around. There are so many ways that you can help-and it turns out the biggest beneficiary may be you! Scientific studies have shown that 'doing good' is not only good for the recipient of the good deed, but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier.

So dive into these 101 stories of kindness, from the everyday to the extraordinary. If you need some help, you'll find hope in these pages. And if you can give help, you'll feel energized and inspired to find your own opportunities to perform random acts of kindess-every day!

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ID: 413301

Title: Christmas Eve Daughter

Author: Elyse Douglas

Narrator: Madeleine Dauer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:18:15

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Holiday, Science Fiction & Paranormal

Summary:

When husband and wife, Eve and Patrick Gantly, discover a shocking secret from Patrick's past, they make the difficult decision to use the old lantern once again to return to 1885. They hope to save his child from a tragic future.

Although they try to plan for every possible contingency, something goes wrong. They lose each other and end up in a different time! Nothing goes as planned. They struggle to save Patrick's daughter from certain death, even as they search for the lost lantern that will return them to their own time.

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ID: 416904

Title: Temptation of a Proper Governess

Author: Cathy Maxwell

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:31:35

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

Society dictates that a governess should be modest, quiet, and keep to herself.

She should never contradict her employer.

And, above all, she must not attract the attention of any male in the household.

But Michael Severson doesn't see Isabel Halloran as a governess-he sees her as a woman, one whose lush curves cannot be hidden behind a dowdy gown . . . and whose efforts at hiding her sparkling intelligence are betrayed by her wit.

Years before, Michael had left Regency England, falsely accused of a crime. Now he is back, dedicated to seeking retribution-but not to taking a bride. But when his scandalous actions compromise Isabel's reputation, he does the unthinkable and offers her his hand-a marriage in name only.

But although his bride's passions are untried, Isabel's sensuality clearly matches his own. And with each day, and night, that passes, Michael becomes determined that every kiss, every caress, will be made with one goal: to seduce his proper wife into tender submission.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 416932

Title: Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded

Author: Stephen Skowronek

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:12:51

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, American Politics

Summary:

Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership patterns from the more distant past. Drawing out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy, it develops a new and revealing perspective on the presidential leadership of Clinton, Bush, and Obama.

In this edition, Skowronek devotes a new chapter to Obama's presidency and its prospects for becoming transformational-like the presidencies of Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, FDR, and Reagan, all of whom succeeded to varying degrees in reconstructing the playing field of national politics. Along the way, he wonders if this kind of leadership is still even possible, given the current divided state of the American polity. He also takes a fresh look at the impact of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the 'unitary theory' of the executive, and of progressive disillusionment with the presidency as an institution.

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ID: 416913

Title: Nothing Within

Author: Andy Giesler

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:40:43

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:

In this 'magical, terrifying, and whimsical debut' (Publishers Weekly starred review), a biological disaster reverberates in Ohio Amish country long after the near-extinction of humankind. A young woman must try to save what remains of the human race. A 'mesmerizing end-of-the-world adventure' (Kirkus Reviews) that is 'nothing short of a storytelling masterwork'(BlueInk Review in Booklist).

Root is . . . different. Though raised in a fearful society that reveres conformity, she's irreverent, outspoken, and deeply curious. Her congenital blindness sets her even further apart.

Centuries after the Reckoning, a biotech disaster, savage chimeras still threaten human survival. When Root hears a voice that no one else can hear, she flees into the wilderness. Outcast and hunted, she must confront a dire threat to her people-and unravel the mystery of who she really is.

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ID: 414630

Title: Set: A Novella

Author: Alexandria House

Narrator: Jakobi Diem, Wesleigh Siobhan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:26:41

Language: English

Release date: 03-24-20

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Black Literature, Contemporary

Summary:

A chance encounter and one night of passion leads to a mutually beneficial arrangement for two souls from different worlds. When love creeps into the equation, neither is sure how to feel or what to do. The only thing either is certain of, is their need for the other.

Contains mature themes.

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