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ID: 519171

Title: Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval campaigns that shaped the modern world, 1588-1782

Author: Peter Padfield

Narrator: James Cameron Stewart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:42:27

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Military

Summary:

In the great wars of modern history, maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Habsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi or Soviet.

In contrast to the rigid hierarchies and centralization of land-based empires, those nations attaining mastery at sea have been distinguished by liberty, flexibility, and enterprise. The seventeenth-century Dutch were the first to achieve naval and trading dominance and, exploring the effects on daily life, industry, art and thought, finance and power politics, Peter Padfield reveals the Dutch in their golden age as the heralds of modern Western society.

The British took over the Dutch system of naval, trading, and world supremacy in the eighteenth century and were, in their turn, displaced by the United States in the twentieth. This book carries the story from the defeat of the Armada in 1588 to the American Revolutionary War and Rodney's victory.

Maritime Supremacy and the Opening of the Western Mind charts the growth of linked strengths-sea-fighting, trading, financial and constitutional-which made empires so formidable, and reveals how supremacy at sea freed thought and society itself.

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ID: 522271

Title: Natural Born Killers

Author: Lucy Smoke

Narrator: Elizabeth Russell, J.F. Harding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:10:12

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult

Summary:

Rule No. 3: Never let anyone think they can hurt you and get away with it.

I thought I'd seen and felt the worst of it, but there's nothing worse than betrayal.

Corina knows who's behind what happened to me and she may think hiding will keep her safe, but after everything that's happened, nothing can keep her safe from me and the Sick Boys. She's a pawn in all of this, but I'll get that information even if it means I have to cut it out of her-piece by fucking piece.

This little charade is about to end. They thought they could drag me down into the dirt and grind my soul into the dust. What they failed to realize is that there's nothing left of my soul and I don't mind getting a little dirty if it means getting my revenge. I may have let her fool me once, but there's no way in hell I'll let her fool me twice.

After I'm done with her, I'm going after the big boys.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 529764

Title: Ribbing and Runes

Author: Nancy Warren

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:47:11

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal

Summary:

Can a secret runic message lead to murder?

As Lucy and Rafe plan their wedding, everyone wants to get involved. The vampire knitting club are crafting the gown, William's catering, the Miss Watts are making the cake. Everything's under control. Or is it? Just as Lucy begins to believe there won't be a hitch in their plans, she receives a curious wedding gift that leads to murder.

Between hen parties, her parents arriving early, running a knitting shop, and a murder, will Lucy make it down the aisle in one piece?

Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime.

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ID: 534848

Title: Beyond

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Narrator: Paul Woodson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:13:14

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:

Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Korda's father set out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny.

The signs in the Empire are increasingly dire. Under the direction of the Emperor, mages have begun to harness the power of dark magics, including blood magic, the powers of the Abyssal Planes, and the binding and 'milking' of Elemental creatures.

But then one of the Duchy's mages has a breakthrough. There is a way to place a Gate at a distance so far from the Empire that it is unlikely the Emperor can find or follow them as they evacuate everyone that is willing to leave.

But time is running out, and Kordas has been summoned to the Emperor's Court.

Can his reputation as a country bumpkin and his acting skills buy him and his people the time they need to flee? Or will the Emperor lose patience, invade to strip Valdemar of everything of worth, and send its conscripted people into the front lines of the Imperial wars?

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ID: 526894

Title: Winning the Board Game: How Women Corporate Directors Make THE Difference

Author: Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

Narrator: Randye Kaye

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:17:17

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership

Summary:

Women on corporate boards is strictly a business issue. Independent research studies demonstrate that public companies with women on their boards are more profitable, more productive, and their workforce is better engaged.

Even more compelling, shareholders large and small have the best chance for positive returns on their investments when women are on the boards.

Author Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire profiles fifty-three women corporate directors who have made the important difference on their boards. Berkhemer-Credaire's book expands beyond her first book and explains the value women bring to boards-insights and counsel for board-seekers and current directors to advance more women to corporate boards.

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ID: 529779

Title: Lyrics of My Life: My Journey with Family, HIV and Reality TV

Author: Branden James

Narrator: Daniel Henning

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:11:58

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, General

Summary:

The world was not the least bit surprised when Branden James became a finalist on season eight of America's Got Talent, receiving high praise from the judges for his emotional, operatic vocals. Coming out and sharing intimate details of his broken ties with his religious family on the show, he received countless messages from fans who could relate to his personal struggles.

Through it all, Branden was surprised by one startling realization: how vital it was for him to be completely authentic in order to help others and himself. Branden continued to inspire his fans by publicly sharing further stories of struggling with depression, overcoming the tumultuous time when he contracted HIV, and being a victim of sexual assault, all while still identifying with the Christian faith.

Lyrics of My Life is authentically Branden: a memoir highlighting the conflicts of growing up gay in a world that looked upon his true self and beliefs as an impractical, sinful way of life. Branden spares no details about his unstable life as a young adult, estrangement from his close-knit family, and, despite it all, his unbreakable will to overcome adversity. In a quest for his own personal freedom, Branden finds reconciliation with his family, rediscovers his faith, and realizes that affliction and hardship are not what define us as human beings.

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ID: 526305

Title: Risdaverse Tales: Four Risdaverse Novellas

Author: Ruby Dixon

Narrator: Jillian Macie, Mason Lloyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:04:28

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy

Summary:

The Alien's Mail Order Bride: Ex-soldier Emvor doesn't mind the quiet of his chosen life as a farmer. He doesn't even mind that most nights are lonely on remote Cassa, but he does need help around his farm. A mail-order bride from his homeworld seems like the perfect solution. Unfortunately, the person that arrives is Nicola.

When She's Married: Escaped convict Vordigar has two choices-he can be shipped back to the Haven prison system, or he can marry one of the locals. Vordigar's not interested in forever. Or marrying. But one night in Piper's bed changes everything.

Pretty Human: Varrik va'Rin is the lord of an ancient noble house and used to getting what he wants. So when he sees the strange, delicate human known as Milly, he decides he wants her. And he'll do anything to have her, reputation be damned.

When She's Bold: Lucy doesn't really need a husband. She just wants one. Rektar is patient, and gentle for all his hulking form. He'd be a great husband. He's also completely clueless that she's flirting with him, so it's time to be a little more . . . obvious.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 512091

Title: Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain

Author: Chris Goss

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:30:08

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Military

Summary:

The term 'fighter ace' grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an 'ace' has varied but is usually considered to be five or more.

For the Luftwaffe, a number of its fighter pilots, many of whom had fought with the Legion Condor in Spain, had already gained their Experte, or ace, status in the Battle of France. However, many more would achieve that status in the hectic dogfights over southern England and the Channel during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. A number would also be either killed or captured. Some of these men, individuals such as Adolf Galland, Werner Mölders, and Helmut Wick, who between them had claimed 147 aerial victories by October 31, 1940, are well-known, but most are less so.

In this book, the story of each of the Luftwaffe's 204 Messerschmitt Bf 109 'aces' from the summer of 1940 is examined, with all of the individual biographies, detailing individual fates during the war. It also covers, to a lesser extent, those forgotten fifty-three Messerschmitt Bf 110 pilots who also achieved ace status by day and also by night between July 10 and October 31, 1940.

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ID: 526869

Title: Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

Author: Ruha Benjamin

Narrator: Mia Ellis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:38:21

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Science, Political Advocacy

Summary:

From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.

Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to the racism of a previous era. Presenting the concept of the 'New Jim Code,' she shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies; by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions; or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of technology, designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice in the architecture of everyday life.

This illuminating guide provides conceptual tools for decoding tech promises with sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only the technologies we are sold but also the ones we ourselves manufacture.

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ID: 514664

Title: Emigrants

Author: Vilhelm Moberg

Narrator: Ann Marie Arvdal Richardson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:16:17

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-21

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Classics, Sagas

Summary:

Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels.

Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These editions contain introductions written by Roger McKnight, Gustavus Adolphus College.

Book 1 introduces Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their three young children, and eleven others who make up a resolute party of Swedes fleeing the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Smland in 1850.

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