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ID: 442154

Title: Negative Capability: A Diary of Surviving

Author: Michele Roberts

Narrator: Rachel Atkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:43:15

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary

Summary:

Yesterday ended in disaster. Very late at night, I decided to write down everything that had happened; the only way I could think of coping. So here goes.

So begins Michele Roberts's intimate and honest account of the year after her latest novel has been rejected by her then publisher. Written with warmth and sensitivity, she navigates the difficult road from depression and anxiety to acceptance and understanding of the value of the friendships which nurture her and make life worth living whatever happens.

Michele Roberts is the author of twelve highly acclaimed novels, including The Looking Glass and Daughters of the House, which won the WHSmith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and, most recently, the highly-acclaimed Ignorance, which was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2013. Her memoir Paper Houses was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. She has also published poetry and short stories, most recently collected in Mud: Stories of Sex and Love. Half-English and half-French, Michele Roberts lives in London and in the Mayenne, France. She is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres.

A wonderful writer: one in possession of immense feeling. THE OBSERVER

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ID: 459813

Title: When the Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China's Reawakening

Author: Dori Jones Yang

Narrator: Dori Jones Yang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:06:44

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Literary, Asia

Summary:

A Riveting Memoir of Cross-Cultural Romance at a Pivotal Moment in History

When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent forBusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first American journalists to cover China under Deng Xiaoping, who dared to defy Maoist doctrine as he rushed to catch up with richer nations. Fluent in Mandarin, she got to know ordinary Chinese peoplewho were embracing opportunities that had once been unimaginable in China.

This deeply personal story follows her rise from rookie reporter to experienced journalist. Her cross-cultural romance gave her deeper insights into how Dengs reforms led to hopes for better lives. This euphoriashared by American businesses and Chinese citizens alikereached its peak in 1989, when peaceful protestors filled Tiananmen Square, demanding democracy. On the ground in Beijing, Dori lived that hope, as well as the despair that followed.

Youll be inspired by this book of empowerment about a young woman from Ohio who pushed aside barriers to become a foreign correspondent and then persevered despite setbacks. Written in a time when Chinas rapid rise is setting off fears in Washington, this book offers insight into the daring policies that started it all.

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ID: 445024

Title: Odd Bird

Author: Lee Farnsworth

Narrator: Mark Peachey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:10:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Romance, General

Summary:

Simon Selwood is an academic expert on the monogamous sexual behaviour of birds, but hopeless at finding human love. Then he meets Kim, and at last something is more important to him than ornithology.

Kim doesn't give a hoot about birds. And at first she isn't very interested in Simon either. Relying on what he has gleaned from observing the opportunistic pied flycatcher and other species, plus the unorthodox advice of old friend Phil, Simon sets out on a mission to discover love for himself. But will he make the right choice?

Odd Bird takes a light-hearted look at the battle of the sexes, drawing on the surprising parallels between the courtship behaviours of humans and birds.

Uplifting and unexpected a delight! NICK EVANS

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ID: 455086

Title: Out of Office: Ditch the 9-5 and Be Your Own Boss

Author: Fiona Thomas

Narrator: Charlie Mudie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:57:07

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development

Summary:

This no-nonsense guide addresses the questions that people might feel too embarrassed to ask about going freelance ... like how to raise an invoice, submit a tax return, claim expenses, network, and use social media. Fiona also details why working from home is proven to have a positive impact on productivity and mental health, and why so many women are making the leap into freelancing out of necessity. Filled with must-have information, helpful check-ins, and a strong focus on understanding the whys just as much as the hows, Out of Office will help you dive into freelance life and push you to the next level, while making sure you're taking time to reflect on your business and state of mind.

Sunday Times Bestselling author of THE MULTI-HYPHEN METHOD

This book is the straight-talking, no-gloss life raft that I would have so happily clung to in those turbulent first years. SARA TASKER, entrepreneur and author of Hashtag Authentic

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ID: 438052

Title: Organised Writer

Author: Antony Johnston

Narrator: Antony Johnston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:45:42

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

The Organised Writer is a practical, no-nonsense system that allows you to write without worrying about administration, business affairs, or scheduling. This straight-talking guide will help you become more productive, cope with multiple projects, and make time within your life to write - while also dealing with non-writing tasks more efficiently. It includes advice on how to:

Manage your schedule

Prioritise your writing time

Take notes effectively

Work with a 'clean mind'

Get more written every day

Deal effectively with non-writing tasks

Set up a foolproof filing system

Organise your working space

Read the book, then spend a weekend setting-up the system described, and you'll make the time back with interest. You'll get more written every day and complete more of your other tasks without being overwhelmed by all the things you have to do, forgot to do, or don't want to do.

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ID: 431510

Title: America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present

Author: John Ghazvinian

Narrator: Jeff Harding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26:03:57

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: History, World

Summary:

In this rich, fascinating history, John Ghazvinian traces the complex story of the relations of these two powers back to the Persian Empire of the eighteenth century--the subject of great admiration of Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams--and an America seen by Iranians as an ideal to emulate for their own government.

Drawing on years of archival research both in the US and Iran--including access to Iranian government archives rarely available to western scholars--the Iranian-born, Oxford-educated historian leads us through the four seasons of US-Iran relations: the 'spring' of mutual fascination; the 'summer' of early interactions; the 'autumn' of close strategic ties; and the long, dark 'winter' of mutual hatred.

Ghazvinian, with grasp and a storyteller's ability, makes clear where, how, and when it all went wrong. And shows why two countries that once had such heartfelt admiration for each other became such committed enemies; showing us, as well, how it didn't have to turn out this way.

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ID: 456772

Title: Bluebird

Author: Malcolm Knox

Narrator: Jessica Douglas-Henry, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:59:56

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: Wavesound Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

A stunning new novel about longing, regret, redemption and the terrible legacy of decades of secrets buried in an Australian beachside suburb.

A house perched impossibly on a cliff overlooking the stunning, iconic Bluebird Beach. Prime real estate, yet somehow not real estate at all, The Lodge is, like those who live in it, falling apart.

Gordon Grimes has become the accidental keeper of this last relic of an endangered world. He lives in The Lodge with his wife Kelly who is trying to leave him, their son Ben who will do anything to save him, his goddaughter Lou who is hiding from her own troubles, and Leonie, the family matriarch who has trapped them here for their own good.

But Gordon has no money and is running out of time to conserve his homeland. His love for this way of life will drive him, and everyone around him, to increasingly desperate risks. In the end, what will it cost them to hang onto their past?

Acclaimed writer Malcolm Knox has written a classic Australian novel about the myths that come to define families and communities, and the lies that uphold them. It's about a certain kind of Australia that we all recognise, and a certain kind of Australian whose currency is running out. Change is coming to Bluebird, whether they like it or not. And the secrets they've been keeping and the lies they've been telling can't save them now.

Savage, funny, revelatory and brilliant, Bluebird exposes the hollowness of the stories told to glorify a dying culture and shows how those who seek to preserve these myths end up being crushed by them.

Filled with biting observations about our culture and out families so starkly insightful they make you gasp. CHARLOTTE WOOD, author of The Weekend

An iconically Aussie story, with characters we all relate to. Warmth, sadness, love, loss it's all there. Just brilliant!' ADAM GILCHRIST, former Test cricketer and beach-goer

Bluebird is engrossing: a sharp-witted and exact satire about our contemporary world and our contemporary families Malcolm Knox's writing now has such confidence and clarity that he is exhilarating to read. He's a maestro, and I didn't want Bluebird to end.' CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS, author of Damascus and The Slap

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ID: 445037

Title: All the Tears in China

Author: Sulari Gentill

Narrator: Rupert Degas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:34:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: Wavesound Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Shanghai in 1935 is a twentieth-century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself.

Into this, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. Rowland is under strict instructions to commit to nothing but a brutal murder makes that impossible.

As suspicion falls on him, Rowland enters a desperate bid to find answers in a city as glitzy as it is dangerous, where tai-pans and tycoons rule, and politics and vice are entwined with commerce.

Once again, the only people Rowland can truly trust are an artist, a poet and a free-spirited sculptress.

A sparkling crime series Evelyn Waugh meets Agatha Christie The Age

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ID: 446420

Title: London Incognita

Author: Gary Budden

Narrator: Alan Turton, Frazer Blaxland, Harrie Dobby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:10:58

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

London Incognita chronicles a city caught in the cycle of perpetual decline and continuous renewal: the English capital, groaning under the weight of two-thousand years of history, as seen through the eyes of its desperate and troubled inhabitants. A malicious presence from the 1970s resurfaces in the fevered alleyways of the city; an amnesiac goddess offers brittle comfort to the spirits of murdered shop-girls; and an obscure and forgotten London writer holds the key to a thing known as the emperor worm. As bombs detonate and buildings burn down, the city's selfish inhabitants hunt the ghosts of friends, family and lovers to the urban limits of the metropolis, uncovering the dark secrets of London. Includes the Shirley Jackson Award shortlisted Judderman.

'An honest, scalpel-sharp and unafraid dissection of the collective British psyche.' - NIALL GRIFFITHS

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ID: 445039

Title: Murder Under the Microscope

Author: Jim Fraser

Narrator: Robin Laing

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:37:46

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Biography & Memoir, General

Summary:

How is murder investigated and what role does forensic science play in solving cases? In this gripping book Jim Fraser gives a unique insight into forensic science and examines in detail some of the UK's most high-profile murder investigations in recent decades, including the deaths of Rachel Nickell, Damilola Taylor and Gareth Williams the GCHQ code breaker. Drawing on his personal experience as a forensic scientist and cold case reviewer, Fraser reveals how each of these cases unfolded as a human, investigative and scientific puzzle, and how some were solved and why others remain unsolved or controversial even today.

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