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ID: 455248

Title: King of the Streets, Queen of His Heart 2

Author: Porscha Sterling

Narrator: Chante Ellison, Kat Lafayette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:45:58

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature

Summary:

Legend is quickly becoming the official King of the Miami streets but, even in the midst of his ruthless personality and thuggish nature, Shanecia continues to show him what it's like to be loved.

In this legendary sequel, Legend is dealing with how it feels to come close to losing the one he loves after Shanecia is taken by Mello but once he gets her back, he vows to not only have his revenge but to never lose her again. However, the more Shanecia is shown a side of Legend that she'd only heard of but never knew existed, the more she wonders if she's really about that street life. Determined to hold on to a relationship that has quickly become more important to her than life, she decides to stick it out and stand by his side. But at what cost?

Legend is consistently making changes to try to become the man that Shanecia needs as he comes to terms with the reality that he's started to love someone more than he's ever loved any other before. But in doing so, he realizes that he has to face his dark past. In the midst of all these changes, he also discovers that someone close to him may be betraying him. When his sister, Cush, delivers news of the possible resurfacing of a long-lost enemy, he finds himself stuck between his emotional struggle of learning to love a woman in the way that she deserves while also protecting her from his enemies in his streets. But with Shanecia's sister near death because of his decisions, will he end up losing it all?

After learning that Danny is not dead, Maliah finds herself in a situation where she is left with her heart torn between two men. Although she knows that Danny means her no good, she can't ignore the fact that he's the father of her children and she wants the best for him, even if she chooses to stay with Murk. At the same time, she has a strong suspicion that Murk is the cause for Danny almost being killed although he continues to deny it. For the sake of her heart and her children, she decides to stick it out with Murk but Danny is determined not to let go. When a series of events occurs leaving Murk to question her loyalty, will she be able to escape with her life?

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ID: 500958

Title: Death in Bloom

Author: Jess Dylan

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:02:05

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

The first in a sweet and colorful cozy mystery series from Jess Dylan, Death in Bloom introduces flower shop owner Sierra Ravenswood.

At the Flower House, every rose has its thorn. . .

Sierra Ravenswood is the new part-time employee of the Flower House, a flower shop in Aerieville, Tennessee. It's true she didn't expect to be back in her hometown at twenty-eight-years-old, but after her dream of making it as a singer in Nashville crashed and burned, she's just grateful to have found a soft place to land.

Because, after all, Sierra firmly believes in being optimistic and positive about life, so she's sure she won't have to work at the Flower House forever. But things take a decidedly negative turn when a customer drops dead in the middle of her new bouquet-arranging workshop at the store. When it's discovered he was poisoned by a snack at the event, everyone at the workshop, including Sierra, is on the suspect list. To make matters worse, her boss has gone AWOL and left the store to her for the cost of one dollar, leaving Sierra in charge of both his store and his high-energy Corgi puppy, Gus.

The town is on edge, and Sierra knows that murder is something that an upbeat attitude and a bouquet of sweet-smelling roses can't fix. She's determined to figure out whodunit, before anyone else in town meets an untimely reason for needing funeral flowers.

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ID: 512479

Title: What Bae Won't Do: The Finale

Author: Genesis Woods

Narrator: Lynn Wright, Tony Isabella

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:08:40

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature

Summary:

The whole gang is back in this final installment of the What Bae Won't Do series for one last ride. Will everyone get their happily ever after, or will their love lives stay in shambles?

What happens when the relationship you thought was right ends up being so wrong? JaNair never imagined that her world would come crashing down the way it did at the grand opening of her boyfriend's nightclub. The secrets that were revealed about Jerome in front of her family and friends embarrassed her so much that she hopped on the first flight out of Los Angeles. Her destination: Houston, Texas. The decision to head to the Lone Star State wasn't a hard one for JaNair, especially with the open invitation one up-and-coming music producer gave her before he left.

When Semaj decided to move to Houston to further his career in the music industry, he also thought he'd be able to use the distance to get over JaNair. She chose who she wanted to be with, so it was time for him to move on, right? After producing a few tracks for some of H-Town's finest rappers, Semaj's popularity skyrockets, which means more money, more exposure, and more women. He appreciates all the love his newfound celebrity brings, but there's still something missing from his life. When Semaj receives a phone call from JaNair needing a place to crash for a while, he doesn't know if he'll be able to suppress the feelings he's been trying to move past.

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ID: 501039

Title: Ghost Rifle

Author: Max McCoy

Narrator: James Babson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:21:58

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Western

Summary:

Three-time Spur Award winner Max McCoy combines fast-paced action, frontier history, and powerful family drama in this epic saga of life, love, and death in the American west.

SEARCHING FOR A GHOST, A LEGEND, AND A DREAM

Descended from a long line of ramblers and rogues, Jack Picaro came to America to seek his fortune. But after killing his best friend in a drunken duel, the apprentice gunsmith flees westward, leaving behind children he does not know, Gus and April. As Jack ventures up the Missouri River, he finds an unspoiled land where a man can live freeand also be attacked by an Arikara war party. His rifle stolen in the bloody skirmish, Jack sets out alone to reclaim it. His wild escapade ends in a fight to the death with a legendary Crow warrior named Standing Wolf. So begins a fateful epic search across the last frontiers of the untamed West. From the muddy banks of the Mississippi to the shining peaks of the Rockies, Jack Picaro will leave a trail of clues for an abandoned son, Gus, to find him: a famous gunsmith who will make history with a weapon of his own designand forged a legend that would be passed down for generations. This is the story of

THE GHOST RIFLE

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ID: 506670

Title: Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

Author: Annelise Heinz

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:21:21

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Non-Fiction, Hobbies & Games

Summary:

Click-click-click. The sound of mahjong tiles connects American expatriates in Shanghai, Jazz Age white Americans, urban Chinese Americans in the 1930s, incarcerated Japanese Americans in wartime, Jewish American suburban mothers, and Air Force officers' wives in the postwar era.

Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture illustrates how the spaces between tiles and the moments between games have fostered distinct social cultures in the United States. This mass-produced game crossed the Pacific, creating waves of popularity over the twentieth century. Annelise Heinz narrates the history of this game to show how it has created a variety of meanings, among them American modernity, Chinese American heritage, and Jewish American women's culture. As it traveled from China to the United States and caught on with Hollywood starlets, high society, middle-class housewives, and immigrants alike, mahjong became a quintessentially American game. Heinz also reveals the ways in which women leveraged a game to gain access to respectable leisure. The result was the forging of friendships within ethnic groups that lasted decades and the creation of organizations that raised funds for the war effort and philanthropy. No other game has signified both belonging and standing apart in American culture.

Drawing on photographs, advertising, popular media, and dozens of oral histories, Heinz's rich and colorful account offers the first history of the wildly popular game of mahjong.

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ID: 500536

Title: Prodigal Daughter

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:14:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, has it become easier to speak out about sexual assault in religious communities?

Linda Wallheim, who is increasingly jaded with the Mormon church, has begun marriage counseling with her bishop husband, Kurt, hoping to reconcile their household and philosophical disagreements. On other days, Linda occupies herself with happier things, like visits to see her five grown sons and their families.

When Linda's eldest son, Joseph, tells her his infant daughter's babysitter, a local teenager named Sage Jensen, has vanished, Linda can't help but ask questions. Her casual inquiries form the portrait of a girl under extreme pressure from her parents to be the perfect Mormon daughter, and it eventually emerges that Sage is the victim of a terrible crime at the hands of her own classmatesincluding the high school's academic and athletic superstars.

Linda's search for Sage will lead her to the darker streets of Utah and once again cause her to question whether the Mormon community's most privileged and powerful will be called to task for past sins.

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ID: 506679

Title: Lost in Summerland: Essays

Author: Barrett Swanson

Narrator: Barrett Swanson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:21:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Social Science

Summary:

A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friends body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest.

In this exhilarating debut, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our countrys political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs.

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ID: 500480

Title: Bedlam Boyz

Author: Ellen Guon

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:27:17

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Prequel to Bedlam's Bard

When one of her friends is gunned down, Kayla uses her latent healing powers to heal her friendand the gang member who shot himand soon the city's gangs are eager to use her powers for evil.

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ID: 501099

Title: American Republics: A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850

Author: Alan Taylor

Narrator: Graham Winton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:42:44

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: History, North America

Summary:

From a Pulitzer Prizewinning historian, the powerful story of a fragile nation as it expands across a contested continent.

In this beautifully written history of Americas formative period, a preeminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation confidently marching to its continent-spanning destiny. The newly constituted United States actually emerged as a fragile, internally divided union of states contending still with European empires and other independent republics on the North American continent. Native peoples sought to defend their homelands from the flood of American settlers through strategic alliances with the other continental powers. The system of American slavery grew increasingly powerful and expansive, its vigorous internal trade in Black Americans separating parents and children, husbands and wives. Bitter party divisions pitted elites favoring strong government against those, like Andrew Jackson, espousing a democratic populism for white men. Violence was both routine and organized: the United States invaded Canada, Florida, Texas, and much of Mexico, and forcibly removed most of the Native peoples living east of the Mississippi. At the end of the period the United States, its conquered territory reaching the Pacific, remained internally divided, with sectional animosities over slavery growing more intense.

Taylors elegant history of this tumultuous period offers indelible miniatures of key characters from Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Margaret Fuller. It captures the high-stakes political drama as Jackson and Adams, Clay, Calhoun, and Webster contend over slavery, the economy, Indian removal, and national expansion. A ground-level account of American industrialization conveys the everyday lives of factory workers and immigrant families. And the immersive narrative puts us on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Mexico City, Quebec, and the Cherokee capital, New Echota.

Absorbing and chilling, American Republics illuminates the continuities between our own social and political divisions and the events of this formative period.

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ID: 506673

Title: Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation

Author: Amy Adamczyk, Christian Smith

Narrator: Samara Naeymi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:54:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-21

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Summary:

The most important influence shaping the religious and spiritual lives of children, youth, and teenagers is their parents. A myriad of studies show that the parents of American youth play the leading role in shaping the character of their religious and spiritual lives, even well after they leave home and often for the rest of their lives. We know a lot about the importance of parents in faith transmission. However we know much less about the actual beliefs, feelings, and activities of the parents themselves, what Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk call the intergenerational transmission of religious faith and practice. To address that gap, this book reports the findings of a new national study of religious parents in the United States. The findings and conclusions in Handing Down the Faith are based on 215 in-depth, personal interviews with religious parents from many traditions and different parts of the country, and on sophisticated analyses of two nationally representative surveys of American parents about their religious parenting.

Handing Down the Faith explores the background beliefs informing how and why religious parents seek to pass on religion to their children; examines how parenting styles interact with parent religiousness to shape effective religious transmission; shows how parents have been influenced by their experiences as children influenced by their own parents; reveals how religious parents view their congregations and what they most seek out in a local church, synagogue, temple, or mosque; and explores the experiences and outlooks of immigrant parents including Latino Catholics, East Asian Buddhists, South Asian Muslims, and Indian Hindus. Smith and Adamczyk step back to consider how American religion has transformed over the last 100 years and to explain why parents today shoulder such a huge responsibility in transmitting religious faith and practice to their children. The book is rich in empirical evidence and unique in many of the topics it explores and explains, providing a variety of sometimes counterintuitive findings that will interest scholars of religion; social scientists interested in the family, parenting, and socialization; clergy and religious educators and leaders; and religious parents themselves.

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