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ID: 812575

Title: Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals

Author: Maurice J. Casey

Narrator: Maurice Casey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:36:46

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, Russia

Summary:

Hotel Lux follows Irish radical May O'Callaghan and her friends, three revolutionary families brought together by their vision for a communist future and their time spent in the Comintern's Moscow living quarters.

Historian Maurice Casey reveals the connections and disconnections of a group of forgotten communist activists whose lives collided in 1920s Moscow: a brilliant Irish translator, a maverick author, the rebel daughters of an East London Jewish family, and a family of determined German anti-fascists.

The interlocking histories of the O'Flahertys, Cohens, and Leonhards offer an intimate insight into the legacies of the Russian Revolution from its earliest idealism through to the brutal Stalinist purges and beyond. Hotel Lux uncovers a world of forgotten radicals who saw their hopes and dreams crash against reality yet retained their faith in a beautiful future for all.

Culminating in a queer love story that saw the daughters of the Cohens and Leonhards create an enduring partnership even as their parents' political visions crumbled, this is a multi-generational rebel odyssey and a history of international communism, one which looks as much to the future as it does to the past.

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ID: 812621

Title: Ex Spells Trouble

Author: Stephanie Damore

Narrator: Marie Hawkins, TJ Clark

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:42:20

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Romantasy

Summary:

In Mystic Hollow, where a love potion is more dependable than any dating app, I, Iris Fitzpatrick, am about to find myself in a magical mess that no potion can fix.

Potion-making? Nailed it. Avoiding minor explosions? Mostly. But keeping my life balanced is a whole different story, especially now that I'm forced to work with my ex-boyfriend, Jasper Blackwood—the wizard whose charm is as potent as his magic. And let me tell you, that's saying something.

Jasper, with his infuriating grin and a wand that's way too enchanting, represents a chapter of my life I'd rather keep sealed like a cursed grimoire. But when a magical mishap throws our town into chaos, it's up to us to set things right. Problem is, being around him reignites old sparks, and I'm caught between wanting to cast a hex on him and, well . . . not.

I can't help but wonder—is this rekindled magic just a temporary fling or something more? With a sprinkle of humor, a dash of old flames, and a whole lot of magical mayhem, will Jasper and I find the right spell for a second chance? Or is our love story destined to vanish like smoke?

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ID: 812668

Title: Quilt City Murders: A Hadley Carroll Mystery

Author: Bruce Leonard

Narrator: Biz Lyon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:52:19

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

Quilter Hadley Carroll thinks her life can't get any worse after being demoted from reporter to newspaper courier and having her fiancé, Matt Ackerman, dump her without explanation. But then, while chucking a sack of newspapers into the Ohio River in Paducah, Kentucky—known as Quilt City—she finds Matt's body snagged under the transient dock. She knows she'll never find peace if she doesn't figure out why he left her and who killed him, so she gets to work.

As QuiltWeek Paducah, the largest quilting event in the world, approaches, then fills the small town with 30,000 textile connoisseurs, quilters turn up dead. Paducah's mayor tries to instill calm as citizens panic, protests flare up, and visiting quilters flee by the thousands.

Despite grieving the loss of Matt, Hadley perseveres, strengthened by her troubled upbringing and aided by her weekly quilting group. She uses her investigative skills and impressive intellect to solve the murders, to bring peace back to her hometown, and to get a good night's sleep—finally.

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ID: 795929

Title: Brooklyn Supreme: A Novel

Author: Robert Reuland

Narrator: Justin Price

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:07:15

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Political Thriller, Noir

Summary:

On a Brooklyn street corner, a police officer shoots and kills a young Black man, igniting a firestorm of protests and unrest, denials and excuses from cops, promises and apologies from politicians, and cries of hate and outrage from an aggrieved public. The police officer in question, Georgina Reed, is a rookie, fresh from the police academy, and she herself is young and Black.

Caught in the middle of this conflagration of law, politics, and race is the rookie cop's unlikely defender, Will Way, her police union representative. Will does what he can for her, but soon the case becomes less about what really happened on and more about the larger forces in society. Will Way ceases to be merely defending a fellow cop in a criminal investigation and becomes a target of the investigation himself as his past spills into the present with his hidden secrets and regrets.

Robert Reuland always takes the listener to the place he knows best, the world of crime and punishment centered on a building known as Kings County Supreme Court, which courthouse regulars call simply: Brooklyn Supreme. Brooklyn Supreme is a clear-eyed exploration of the fault lines of class, gender, and race in America. A standout crime novel by a writer with an undeniable gift, Brooklyn Supreme is a gritty and gut-wrenching book.

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ID: 798097

Title: Sekret Machines: War

Author: Peter Levenda, Tom Delonge

Narrator: David Marantz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Health & Wellness, Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

The United States, Russia, China, and other countries around the world have experienced contact with the phenomenon, as we will discover in War. Americans demand that their leaders reveal what they know. They demand disclosure. But what do our allies, and our enemies, know about the phenomenon and why have they not already disclosed? Why is this an international issue, and not just an American one? And what does that tell us about the phenomenon?

We will discover how studies of the phenomenon in other countries as well as in the US are plagued by events that have no rational explanation. We will see how what should be scientific bleeds over into what should be religion, and how the fusion of both stimulate studies in consciousness, and how this aspect of a field that should be mundane has led to madness and suicide in some of our most prominent researchers, and mysterious deaths in others.

Will there be an alien invasion? Has it already happened? Are the governments of the world prepared for contact with 'the government of the sky'?

Are we ready for war?

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ID: 795985

Title: Understanding Human Metabolism

Author: Keith N. Frayn

Narrator: Michael Langan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:54:15

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science & Technology, Medicine

Summary:

Does eating more carbohydrates, or fats, cause one to put on more weight? Are ketone bodies toxins or vital products that keep us alive during starvation? Does the concept of 'fat-burning exercise' hold true? In this game-changing book, Keith Frayn, an international expert in human metabolism and nutrition, dispels common misconceptions about human metabolism, explaining in everyday language the important metabolic processes that underlie all aspects of our daily lives. Frayn describes the communication systems that enable our different organs and tissues to cooperate, for instance in providing fuel to our muscles when we exercise, and in preserving our tissues during fasting. He explores the impressive adaptability of human metabolism and discusses the metabolic disorders that can arise when metabolism 'goes wrong'. For anyone skeptical of information about diet and lifestyle, this concise book guides the listener through what metabolism really involves.

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ID: 803832

Title: Burning Down the House

Author: Trevor Scott

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:57:07

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

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

Summary:

During Burning Man, the annual event of debauchery and independent self-reliance, a woman is found dead in a high-end RV, suspected to have overdosed on drugs. Former sheriff Keenan Fitzpatrick is hired by the woman's boyfriend to discover the true nature of her death. But there are complicating factors. First of all, the boyfriend is an actor who is starring in a detective series filming in the Reno, Nevada, area. Second, the actor is a conspiracy enthusiast who sees a government plot in everything from Bigfoot to Area 51. And most importantly, the actor was wasted the night his girlfriend died, the RV was his, and she was locked inside. But the actor is not the only suspect. The dead woman was a former prostitute who had recently left the business, leaving a lot of potential suspects unhappy with her decision. She also had sensitive, intimate knowledge of her clients that could have been used for extortion. Some secrets are meant to be buried in the high desert of northern Nevada.

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ID: 803888

Title: Frontier

Author: Can Xue

Narrator: Rebecca Lam

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:00:29

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

New Novel from the Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award

Frontier opens with the story of Liujin, a young woman heading out on her own to create her own life in Pebble Town, a somewhat surreal place at the base of Snow Mountain where wolves roam the streets and certain enlightened individuals can see and enter a paradisaical garden.

Exploring life in this city (or in the frontier) through the viewpoint of a dozen different characters, some simple, some profound, Can Xue's latest novel attempts to unify the grand opposites of life—barbarism and civilization, the spiritual and the material, the mundane and the sublime, beauty and death, Eastern and Western cultures.

A layered, multifaceted masterpiece from the 2015 winner of the Best Translated Book Award, Frontier exemplifies John Darnielle's statement that Can Xue's books are 'as if dreams had invaded the physical world.'

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ID: 777138

Title: REV: Resurrection

Author: T.R. Harris

Narrator: Austin Rising

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera

Summary:

Humanity has always had a problem with the REVs. Now, all the fear and paranoia regarding these super men and women will come to a head.

REVs have been exiled from Earth, with the remaining few treated like criminals and required to wear armbands and tattoos, harkening back to another tragic time in the history of mankind. Zac Murphy and his REVs now live on the planet Crious, building a new homeworld of their own . . . if the humans will leave them alone.

But now the evil Seken race is heading for Earth, determined to destroy the planet as part of their black-and-white practice of war. Either you destroy them, or they will destroy you. There is no compromise, no surrender, no negotiated peace. And since the Seken civilization is thousands of years old, that means they have never lost a war.

Now, humanity once again looks to the REVs for protection against the alien threat. But the Seken, in their wisdom, have told the REVs they will not be harmed if they stay out of their conflict with Earth.

What will Zac and his REVs do? Will they let Earth stand alone against the savage Seken? Or will they once again come to the defense of the humans?

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ID: 812633

Title: Between This World and the Next

Author: Praveen Herat

Narrator: Rory Barnett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:17:34

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

British war photographer Joseph Nightingale, known to his colleagues as Fearless, is haunted by a brutal past and a present that has grown unrecognizable. Besieged by grief over the loss of his partner and unborn child, he travels to Cambodia, where a reunion with an old friend leads him to a young woman named Song. Imprisoned by circumstance, she, too, is longing for a past she can't reconcile and grappling with the disappearance of her twin sister. Soon after their paths cross, Song vanishes, leaving behind only a mysterious videotape, and Fearless finds himself entangled in a web of transnational sex traffickers, corrupt power brokers, and ruthless arms dealers, where nothing and no one are what they seem.

In a place where human life is cheap and violence is just a means to an end, Fearless and Song must go to new lengths to confront their separate demons. Pulse-pounding and poignant, Between this World and the Next balances devastating cruelty with unexpected redemption. Praveen Herat blurs the boundaries between good and evil, asking us to reexamine complicity and the consequences of looking the other way.

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