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ID: 536734

Title: Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai

Author: Saumya Roy

Narrator: Jeed Saddy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:47:42

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Science, Public Policy

Summary:

All of Mumbai's possessions and memories come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains. Towering at the outskirts of the city, the mountains are covered in a faint smog from trash fires. Over time, as wealth brought Bollywood knock offs, fast food, and plastics to Mumbaikars, a small, forgotten community of migrants and rag-pickers came to live at the mountains' edge, making a living by reusing, recycling, and reselling.

Among them is Farzana Ali Shaikh, a tall, adventurous girl who soon becomes one of the best pickers in her community. Over time, her family starts to fret about Farzana's obsessive relationship to the garbage. Like so many in her community, Farzana, made increasingly sick by the trash mountains, is caught up in the thrill of discovery-because among the broken glass, crushed cans, or even the occasional dead baby, there's a lingering chance that she will find a treasure to lift her family's fortunes.

As Farzana enters adulthood, her way of life becomes more precarious. Mumbai is pitched as a modern city, emblematic of the future of India, forcing officials to reckon with closing the dumping grounds, which would leave the waste pickers more vulnerable than ever.

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ID: 544117

Title: Don't Tell Alfred

Author: Nancy Mitford

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:11:03

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:

In this delightful comedy, Fanny-the quietly observant narrator of Nancy Mitford's two most famous novels-finally takes center stage.

Fanny Wincham-last seen as a young woman in The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate-has lived contentedly for years as housewife to an absent-minded Oxford don, Alfred. But her life changes overnight when her beloved Alfred is appointed English Ambassador to Paris.

Soon she finds herself mixing with royalty and Rothschilds while battling her hysterical predecessor, Lady Leone, who refuses to leave the premises. When Fanny's tender-hearted secretary begins filling the embassy with rescued animals and her teenage sons run away from Eton and show up with a rock star in tow, things get entirely out of hand. Gleefully sending up the antics of mid-century high society, Don't Tell Alfred is classic Mitford.

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ID: 523707

Title: Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution it Inspired

Author: Benson Bobrick

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:17:48

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biblical Studies

Summary:

Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was-and is-the most influential book ever published.

The most famous of all English Bibles, the King James Version, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, from John Wycliffe, the fourteenth-century catalyst of English Bible translation, to the committee of scholars who collaborated on the King James translation. Wide as the Waters examines the life and work of Wycliffe and recounts the tribulations of his successors, including William Tyndale, who was martyred, Miles Coverdale, and others who came to bitter ends. It traces the story of the English Bible through the tumultuous reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth I, a time of fierce contest between Catholics and Protes-tants in England, as the struggle to establish a vernacular Bible was fought among competing factions. In the course of that struggle, Sir Thomas More, later made a Catholic saint, helped orchestrate the assault on the English Bible, only to find his own true faith the plaything of his king.

Wide as the Waters is a story about a crucial epoch in the history of Christianity, about the English language and society, and about a book that changed the course of human events.

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ID: 530272

Title: Where I Belong

Author: Marcia Argueta Mickelson

Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:11:07

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Tough Topics

Summary:

An immigrant teen fights for her family, her future, and the place she calls home.

In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros 'Millie' Vargas knows her life is about to change. She's lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, ever since her parents sought asylum there when she was a baby. Now a citizen, Millie devotes herself to school and caring for her younger siblings while her mom works as a housekeeper for the wealthy Wheeler family. With college on the horizon, Millie is torn between attending her dream school and staying close to home, where she knows she's needed. She's disturbed by what's happening to asylum-seekers at the US-Mexico border, but she doesn't see herself as an activist or a change-maker. She's just trying to take care of her own family.

Then Mr. Wheeler, a US Senate candidate, mentions Millie's achievements in a campaign speech about 'deserving' immigrants. It doesn't take long for people to identify Millie's family and place them at the center of a statewide immigration debate. Faced with journalists, trolls, anonymous threats, and the Wheelers' good intentions-especially those of Mr. Wheeler's son, Charlie-Millie must confront the complexity of her past, the uncertainty of her future, and her place in the country that she believed was home.

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ID: 538151

Title: Crashed

Author: Sherilee Gray

Narrator: Meghan Kelly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:23:29

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

She swore never to trust him again . . .

Fiery mechanic Alexandra Franco should have known better. Years ago, her best friends' older brother took her virginity and broke her heart-or rather, doused it with gasoline, lit a match, and then walked away. And Alex definitely should not have indulged in another hot night with him after the fact. He's not the same boy she fell for, and she sure as hell doesn't want anything to do with the wealthy, ruthless man he's become.

Walking away from Alex was the biggest mistake of Deacon West's life. She belongs with him, and if getting her back means playing dirty, so be it. If she'll grant him a three-month, no-strings affair, he won't sell the building Alex and his sisters use for their auto repair business. Hell, he'll even sign it over to them. But will Alex ever entrust her heart to him again, or are they destined to crash and burn?

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 534713

Title: Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir

Author: Greg Larson

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:13:29

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Sports

Summary:

Greg Larson was a starry-eyed fan when he hurtled headfirst into professional baseball. As the new clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen IronBirds, a Minor League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, Larson assumed he'd entered a familiar world. He thought wrong.

He quickly discovered the bizarre rituals of life in the Minors: fights between players, teammates quitting in the middle of the games, doomed relationships, and a negligent parent organization. Despite the team's struggles and his own lack of baseball talent, he yearned to join the exclusive fraternity of professional ballplayers.

Like most Minor Leaguers, the gravitational pull of baseball was still too strong for Larson-even if chasing his private dream might cost him his girlfriend, his future, and, ultimately, his love of the game. That is, until an unlikely shot at a championship gives Larson and the IronBirds one final swing at redemption.

An unflinching look at the harsh experience of professional sports, Clubbie will be a touchstone in baseball literature for years to come.

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ID: 514124

Title: Pillars

Author: Maggie M. Lily

Narrator: Kasha Kensington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:06:39

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

Miranda has aimed to please others her entire life.

Growing up in a misogynistic home, she was expected to graduate college with an MRS. degree. When school was done and she remained unattached, she was manipulated into a relationship and then a marriage similar to her childhood home. Her dreams of a happier, independent life were sacrificed in exchange for her family's approval.

Her path in life was aimed toward misery . . . Right up until she met her sister, Matilda.

Like all the Trellis kids, Matthew strives to be a good person.

He spends his days teaching underprivileged children and his nights teaching English as a second language to new immigrants. But, when he reconnects with Miranda years after knowing her in college, he's ready, willing, and able to put his nice-guy tendencies aside to see her free of a loveless marriage.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 519140

Title: Death Blow

Author: Isabella Maldonado

Narrator: Raquel Beattie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:30:22

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

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

Summary:

Phoenix detective Veranda Cruz's relentless pursuit of the Villalobos crime family pits her against its most ruthless member yet.

Beautiful, shrewd, and lethal, Daria Villalobos is on a mission. Determined to be the first woman to take the reins of her father's notorious organization, she hatches a plot to eliminate Veranda, framing a rival to take the fall.

Veranda Cruz is on a mission of her own. Intent on destroying the powerful Villalobos criminal empire, Veranda battles her department and her personal demons as she takes on Daria.

To survive the most cunning adversary she's ever faced, will she make a pact with a killer?

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 539790

Title: How to Be Your Own Best Friend

Author: Bernard Berkowitz, Mildred Newman

Narrator: Bob Berkowitz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:13:47

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

What is real, lasting happiness? How does one achieve it? And why are so many people holding themselves back? At the heart of this profound, simple, beautiful book is the wisdom of Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz, married psychoanalysts who encourage listeners to both love themselves and to confront life's hardest truths. A classic for more than three decades, How to Be Your Own Best Friend has already changed millions of lives. Now, open up your mind, and let it change yours.

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ID: 526899

Title: Imperial Sunset

Author: Eric Thomson

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:20:10

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera

Summary:

Humanity's thousand-year-old interstellar empire has been rotting from the inside for over a century, thanks to venal, corrupt, and power-hungry sovereigns from a dynasty many consider illegitimate. The latest in that lineage, an increasingly psychotic empress, is pushing her realm toward collapse as admirals and generals rebel against her rule. That rebellion quickly drags the once mighty Imperial Fleet into a devastating fratricidal conflict between factions.

One man, Captain Jonas Morane of the cruiser Vanquish, saw the empire's collapse coming years before the first admiral rebelled. When he finds himself the senior surviving officer of a loyalist Navy unit almost entirely annihilated by rebels, Morane puts in motion a plan he developed long ago. However, before his dream can become a reality, Morane must lead the remains of the 197th Imperial Battle Group through an intricate wormhole network and across a shattered empire to the sanctuary he selected, all the while dodging his former colleagues from both sides.

Along the way, he rescues an Imperial Marine Corps Pathfinder battalion and the survivors of a religious order known for its mysticism, and enlists them in his cause. But will Morane's sanctuary survive both the flames of rebellion and the depredations of invading marauders before his rag-tag fleet can reach it?

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