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ID: 785510

Title: 2204 Hunter Lane

Author: Marie-France Leger

Narrator: Isabelle Turner, Nick Mondelli

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:16:27

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary, New Adult, Coming of Age

Summary:

Marley Matthews screwed up.

Following a drunken night of pleasure, she decides to abandon her glamorous New York City lifestyle and move to Nebraska with a man who quickly betrays her, leaving her hopeless with no one to turn to.

After driving in the night to escape the life she pursued, Marley ends up stranded in front of a farmhouse owned by the Lanes. Payton Lane, a kind stepmother, takes her in until she gets back on her feet, but her stepson, Hunter, is very reluctant to Marley and does not make it any easier on her when she decides to accept Payton's offer.

But there's more to Hunter than what he projects, and Marley begins to think that she may have found someone even more broken than she was.

Trigger warnings: drunk driving, loss of a loved one, alcohol abuse, mental health/insecurity, body image and toxic family dynamic.

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ID: 785633

Title: Ghost Mother

Author: Kelly Dwyer

Narrator: Renata Friedman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:36:09

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Paranormal, Family Life

Summary:

Ghost Mother is a mesmerizing psychological ghost story that blurs the thin line between reality and delusion.

Lilly Bly desperately wants to have a baby. She is struggling with infertility and bad spending habits when her husband, Jack, gets a new job that moves them from Chicago to a small town in Wisconsin. Impractical Lilly falls in love with a decrepit mansion well out of their price rangeshe is convinced that she will finally get pregnant and have a baby in this houseand Jack reluctantly agrees to buy the wreck. But when Lilly learns that her dream house was the site of a gruesome triple homicide/suicide in the 1950s, she begins to experience strange occurrences that soon lead her to believe the house is haunted. Are her ghostly encounters real, or is this a cascading mental breakdown? As Lilly learns more about the deaths and her visions become increasingly vivid, her relationship with Jack deteriorates, leading to a dramatic and irreversible climax.

Perfect for fans of classic, gothic horror fiction, like Henry Jamess The Turn of the Screw and Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House, as well as contemporary suspense and horror fiction by everyone from Stephen King to Ruth Ware.

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ID: 786741

Title: Booked on Murder

Author: Allison Brook

Narrator: Mia Gaskin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:34:49

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

Librarian Carrie Singleton must catch a killer before she can say, I do, in the 8th delightful installment in Agatha Award-nominee Allison Brooks Haunted Library Mystery series.

Carrie Singleton is ready to kiss the single life goodbye. Her wedding to Dylan Avery is just a few weeks away, and a happy ending is about to be hers. But when a body is found on the lawn of their wedding venue, happily-ever-after is looking deadlier than ever.

The victim turns out to be Billy Carpenter, a young man recently released from prison after serving time for a bank robbery. The stolen money hed buried is gone and Carrie and the police suspect Billys two alleged co-conspirators, his friends Luke Rizzo and Tino Valdez. But then Luke is murdered and Tino is nowhere to be found.

With no leads and only a week to go before her big day, Carrie is on the hunt for clues. She hopes to wrap up this investigation with a neat bow before she and Dylan tie the knot. Carrie has something old, something new, and something borrowed ready for her walk down the aisle. Now she needs to find the killer without becoming the 'something blue.'

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ID: 802389

Title: Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)

Author: Dawn Clifford, Laura Curtis

Narrator: Kathleen Godwin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:39:50

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Health & Wellness, Diet & Nutrition, Science & Technology, Medicine

Summary:

Making and maintaining lasting changes in nutrition and fitness is not easy for anyone. Yet the communication style of a health professional can make a huge difference. This audiobook presents the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI) and shows exactly how to use it in day-to-day interactions with clients. MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate specific ways to enhance conversations about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more. Reproducible forms and handouts can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2 x 11 size. Instructors requesting a desk copy from Guilford will be emailed a link to supplemental PowerPoint slides and exam questions.

This audiobook is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness is wonderfully narrated by Kathleen Godwin. All figures and handouts referenced in the audiobook are included in the supplementary PDF, which is available for download with purchase of the audiobook.

©2016 The Guilford Press. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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ID: 802331

Title: Mindfulness for Teachers: Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom

Author: Patricia A. Jennings

Narrator: Camille Mazant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:43:14

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Education

Summary:

Mindfulness for Teachers is based upon the author's extensive experience as a mindfulness practitioner, teacher, educator, and scientist. Drawing upon basic and applied research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and education, the audiobook offers valuable information about how mindfulness can help teachers manage the stressful demands of the classroom, cultivate an exceptional learning environment, and revitalize teaching and learning.

Mindfulness for Teachers is expertly narrated by Camille Mazant.

This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont ©2015 Patricia A. Jennings (P)

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ID: 802391

Title: Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making

Author: Gary A. Klein

Narrator: Douglas James

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:17:32

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Career Development, Psychology

Summary:

An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision-making can get us into trouble - and why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods.

In making decisions, when should we go with our gut and when should we try to analyze every option? When should we use our intuition and when should we rely on logic and statistics? Most of us would probably agree that for important decisions, we should follow certain guidelines - gather as much information as possible, compare the options, pin down the goals before getting started. But in practice, we make some of our best decisions by adapting to circumstances rather than blindly following procedures.

In Streetlights and Shadows, Gary Klein debunks the conventional wisdom about how to make decisions. He takes 10 commonly accepted claims about decision-making and shows that they are better suited for the laboratory than for life. The standard advice works well when everything is clear, but the tough decisions involve shadowy conditions of complexity and ambiguity.

Gathering masses of information, for example, works if the information is accurate and complete - but that doesn't often happen in the real world. (Think about the careful risk calculations that led to the downfall of the Wall Street investment houses.) Klein offers more realistic ideas about how to make decisions in real-life settings. He provides many examples - ranging from airline pilots and weather forecasters to sports announcers and Captain Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander novels - to make his point.

All these decision makers saw things that others didn't. They used their expertise to pick up cues and to discern patterns and trends. We can make better decisions, Klein tells us, if we are prepared for complexity and ambiguity and if we will stop expecting the data to tell us everything.

©2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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ID: 802340

Title: Actor Prepares

Author: Constantin Stanislavski

Narrator: Mike Fraser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:05:16

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

One of the most inspired and inspiring manifestos of our art that I know. (Richard Monette, Stratford artistic director)

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world.

In this first-ever audio edition of his classic work, Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help listeners not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well. An Actor Prepares is brilliantly narrated by Mike Fraser.

Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

©1989 Constantin Stanislavski (P)2019 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

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ID: 802330

Title: Confessions

Author: Augustine

Narrator: Mike Fraser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:50:23

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biography & Memoir, Christianity, Religious Studies, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Translated by F. J. Sheed

Introduction by Peter Brown

Notes by Michael Foley

Superbly narrated by Mike Fraser, F. J. Sheeds remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography is finally in audio format, with an introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown. Incorporated in this edition are a wealth of notes on literary, philosophical, biblical, historical, and liturgical topics by Michael P. Foley, an Editors Preface, and a timeline.

This translation is already a classic. It is the translation that has guided three generations of students and readers into a renewed appreciation of the beauty and urgency of a masterpiece of Christian autobiography. This is largely because the translator has caught not only the meaning of Augustines Confessions, but a large measure of its poetry. It makes the Latin sing in English as it did when it came from the pen of Augustine, some sixteen hundred years ago. Deeply rooted in the tradition of which Augustine was himself a principal founder, this translation is not only modern: it is a faithful echo, in a language that has carried throughout the ages, of its authors original passion and disquiet. (Peter Brown)

Saint Augustines Latin presents notable difficulties for translators. And even good English translations have usually dated badly. Frank Sheeds, which I read a mere fifty years ago, still shows no signs of dating. It captures Augustines extraordinary combination of precise statement and poetic evocation as does no other. (Alasdair MacIntyre)

Augustines sublime Confessions fairly ring with the music of a baroque eloquence, lavish and stately. F. J. Sheeds ear for that music makes this translation a memorable opportunity to hear Augustines voice resonating down the years. (James ODonnell)

©2011 Sheed & Ward, Inc.; Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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ID: 798460

Title: Queen Vernita's Magical Christmas Train Ride

Author: Dawn Menge

Narrator: Emma Andreasen Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:15:02

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Holidays

Summary:

Join Queen Vernita and her friends on a Magical train ride learning about bandits, forests, the music man, and Santa himself.

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ID: 802339

Title: Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Vintage Classics)

Author: Nikolai Gogol

Narrator: Peter Batchelor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:37:55

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Short Stories

Summary:

Using, or rather mimicking, traditional forms of storytelling, Gogol created stories that are complete within themselves and only tangentially connected to a meaning or moral. His work belongs to the school of invention, where each twist and turn of the narrative is a surprise unfettered by obligation to an overarching theme.

Selected from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, Mirgorod, and Petersburg Tales and arranged in order of composition, the 13 stories in The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol encompass the breadth of Gogol's literary achievement. From the demon-haunted St. John's Eve to the heartrending humiliations and trials of a titular councilor in The Overcoat, Gogol's knack for turning literary conventions on their heads, combined with his overt joy in the art of storytelling, shines through in each of the tales.

This translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is as vigorous and darkly funny as the original Russian. It allows the listener to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way for Dostoevsky and Kafka. This audio edition is expressively narrated by Peter Batchelor.

©1998 Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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