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ID: 584425

Title: Dead Lions

Author: Mick Herron

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:25:01

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Espionage, International Mystery

Summary:

Londons Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away whats left of their careers. The Slow Horses, as theyre called, have all disgraced themselves in some way to get relegated here. Maybe they messed up an op

badly, or got in the way of an ambitious colleague. Maybe they just got too dependent on the bottlenot unusual in this line of work. One thing these failed spies have in common, though, is they all want to be back in the action.

Now the Slow Horses have a chance at redemption. An old Cold Warera spy is found dead on a bus outside Oxford, far from his usual haunts. As the agents dig in to their fallen comrades circumstances, they uncover a shadowy tangle of

ancient Cold War secrets. How many more people will have to die to keep those secrets buried?

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ID: 566164

Title: Illusion of Simple

Author: Charles Forrest Jones

Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:40:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

In a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dying

economy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage.

But like any town where people still breathe, there is also love and hope and the possibility of redemption. To flyover folks, Ewing County appears nothing more than a handful of empty streets amid crop circles and the meandering, depleted

Arkansas River. But the truth of this placethe interwoven lives and storiesis anything but simple.

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ID: 566209

Title: Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea

Author: Katie Stallard

Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:30:58

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: History, World, Asia, Russia

Summary:

History didn't end. Democracy didn't triumph. Americas leading role in the world is no longer assured. Instead, authoritarian rule is on the rise, and the global order established after 1945 is under attack. This is the phenomenon Katie Stallard tackles in Dancing on

Bones as she examines how the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea manipulate the past to serve the present and secure the future of authoritarian rule.

Russia has annexed Crimea, started a war in eastern Ukraine, and repeatedly massed troops on its borders. China has stepped up war games near Taiwan and militarized the South China Sea, while North Korea has resumed missile testing and blood-curdling threats

against the United States. These three states consistently top lists of threats to US and European security, and yet the leaders of all three insist that it is their country that is threatened, rewriting history and exploiting the memory of the wars of the last century to

justify their actions and shore up popular support. Since coming to power, Xi Jinping has almost doubled the length of Chinas World War II, Vladimir Putin has elevated the memory of the Great Patriotic War to the status of a national religion, and Kim Jong Un has invested

vast sums in rebuilding war museums in his impoverished state, while those who try to challenge the official version of history are silenced and jailed. But this didnt start with Putin, Xi, and Kim, and it wont end with them.

Drawing on first-hand, on-the-ground reporting, Dancing on Bones argues that if we want to understand where these three nuclear powers are heading, we must understand the stories they are telling their citizens about the past.

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ID: 579950

Title: 21st Century Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19

Author: Ben S. Bernanke

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:04:51

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:

21st Century Monetary Policy takes readers inside the Federal Reserve, explaining what it does and why.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve deployed an extraordinary range of policy tools that helped prevent the collapse of the financial system and the U.S. economy. Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues

lent directly to U.S. businesses, purchased trillions of dollars of government securities, pumped dollars into the international financial system, and crafted a new framework for monetary policy that emphasized job creation.

These strategies would have astonished Powells late-20th-century predecessors, from William McChesney Martin to Alan Greenspan, and the advent of these tools raises new questions about the future landscape of economic policy.

In 21st Century Monetary Policy, Ben S. Bernankeformer chair of the Federal Reserve and one of the worlds leading economistsexplains the Feds evolution and speculates about its future. Taking a fresh look at the banks policymaking over the past seventy years, including his own time as chair, Bernanke

shows how changes in the economy have driven the Feds innovations. He also lays out new challenges confronting the Fed, including the return of inflation, cryptocurrencies, increased risks of financial instability, and threats to its independence.

Beyond explaining the central banks new policymaking tools, Bernanke also captures the drama of moments when so much hung on the Feds decisions, as well as the personalities and philosophies of those who have led the institution.

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ID: 506697

Title: Long Train Runnin': Our Story of the Doobie Brothers

Author: Chris Epting, Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston

Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey, Graham Winton, Leon Nixon, T. Ryder Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:06:53

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, The Doobie Brothers, written by the founding members.

Only a very few rock bands that have had the longevity, success, and drama of The Doobie Brothers. Born out of late 1960s NoCal, they stood alongside their contemporaries The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, and many others as an iconic American rock band. The train was rolling along, hits were flowing like wine, and arenas were packed with fans who wanted to see them live... then Tom Johnston, the bands front man and lead guitarist, almost died.

The Doobies' train came to a screeching halt. All of a sudden the band started contemplating the end of the road only seven years into their career, just as things were taking off.

This was actually far from the end. A soul-steeped backup singer for Steely Dan named Michael McDonald took a shot at singing some of the Doobies' songs on tour, and all of a sudden a new chapter in the Doobie Brothers' story began. The band changed their sound and had numerous number one hits with their new front man. Tom recovered from his health issues, but the band had moved on. When it came time for a reunion concert in the 80s, Tom got the call and was back in the mix. Theyve been touring ever since and maintain a massive fan base the world over.

Never before have they shared their story, in their own words. In Long Train Runnin theyll change that.

Contributor Bio(s)

PAT SIMMONS and TOM JOHNSTON are founding members of The Doobie Brothers, 4 time Grammy winners and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. Their album Best of the Doobies has sold more than 12 million copies, achieving the rare Diamond Certification (less than 100 albums have done this).

CHRIS EPTING is the author of many books including the music memoir Adrenalized (with Phil Collen). As a music journalist he has written extensively for the Huffington Post, Ultimate Classic Rock and many others.

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ID: 546395

Title: Day Eazy-E Died

Author: James Earl Hardy

Narrator: Armani Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:29:05

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature, LGBTQ+

Summary:

March 1995. As Raheim Pooquie Rivers juggles his increasingly hectic schedule as a supermodel, he is rocked by the news that one of his idols, NWA founder Eric Eazy-E Wright, has AIDS. His complacency shattered, Raheim gets tested for HIV

but keeps it a secret from his boifriend, Mitchell Little Bit Crawford. Meanwhile, life goes on: his son struggles in a new school and his high school sweetheart falls in love with a new man, while Mitchell becomes concerned about his moodiness

and withdrawal. As he has done so successfully with the other books in the B-Boy Blues series, Hardy draws his fascinating characters into the ferment of urgent societal issues. As the date of his test result draws near, Raheims fear and the

ongoing stigma of AIDS push him toward conflicting emotions and decisions.

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ID: 563195

Title: Wildseed Witch

Author: Marti Dumas

Narrator: Channie Waites

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:54:08

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

A fun middle-grade contemporary fantasy with an all-BIPOC cast, about a social-media-loving tween who gets sent to an ultra-private witch camp

Hasanis post-seventh-grade summer to-do list is pretty simple: get a bigger following for her makeup YouTube channel and figure out how to get her parents back together. What she does NOT expect is that an emotional outburst will spark a latent magical ability in her. Or that the magic will be strong enough to attract the attention of witches. Or that before she can say #BlackGirlMagic, shell be shipped off on a scholarship to a fancy finishing school for talented young ladies.

Les Belles Demoiselles is a literal charm school. Here, generations of young ladies from old-money witch families have learned to harness their magic, and alumnae grow to become some of the most powerful women across industries, including politicians, philanthropists, CEOs, entrepreneursand yes, even social media influencers. Needless to say, admission to the school is highly coveted, very exclusive...and Hasani sticks out like a weed in a rose bouquet.

While the other girls have always known they were destined to be witches, Hasani is a Wildseeda stray witch from a family of non-witches, with no background knowledge, no way to control her magic, and a lot to catch up on. 'Wildseed' may be an insult that the other girls throw at her, but Wildseeds are more powerful than they know. And Hasani will learn that there are ways to use magic and thrive that can never be taught in a classroom.

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ID: 525545

Title: When Blood Lies

Author: C.S. Harris

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:51:36

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

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

Summary:

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years trying to unravel his family's tragic history. But the secrets of his past will finally come to light in this gripping new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of What the Devil Knows.

March 1815.

The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoléon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing his long-lost mother, Sophie, the errant Countess of Hendon. But his search ends in tragedy

when he comes upon the dying Countess in the wasteland at the tip of the Île de la Cité. Stabbedapparently with a stilettoand thrown from the bastions of the islands ancient stone bridge, Sophie dies without naming her murderer.

Sophie had been living in Paris under an assumed name as the mistress of Maréchal Alexandre McClellan, the scion of a noble Scottish Jacobite family that took refuge in France after the Forty-five Rebellion. Once one of Napoléons most trusted and successful generals, McClellan has now sworn allegiance to the

Bourbons and is serving in the delegation negotiating on behalf of France at the Congress of Vienna. It doesnt take Sebastian long to realize that the French authorities have no interest in involving themselves in the murder of a notorious Englishwoman at such a delicate time. And so, grieving and shattered by his

mothers death, Sebastian takes it upon himself to hunt down her killer. What he learns will not only shock him but could upend a hard-won world peace.

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ID: 566097

Title: Bad Actors

Author: Mick Herron

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:51:51

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Espionage, International Mystery

Summary:

In Londons MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecastera specialist who advises the Prime Ministers office on how policy is likely to be received by the

electoratehas disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down.

But the trail leads him straight back to Regents Park itself, with First Desk Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Taverner overplayed her hand at last? Meanwhile, her Russian counterpart, Moscow intelligences First Desk, has cheekily showed up

in London and shaken off his escort. Are the two unfortunate events connected?

Over at Slough House, where Jackson Lamb presides over some of MI5s most embittered demoted agents, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation

There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned.

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ID: 554606

Title: Partition

Author: Don Lee

Narrator: Cindy Kay, Greg Chun

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:37:12

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-22

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Asian American Literature

Summary:

Twenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection Yellow, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, The Partition.

The Partition is an updated exploration of Asian American identity, this time with characters who are presumptive model minorities in the arts, academia, and media. Spanning decades, these nine novelistic stories traverse an array of cities, from Tokyo to Boston, Honolulu to El Paso, touching

upon transient encounters in local bars, restaurants, and hotels.

Culminating in a three-story cycle about a Hollywood actor, The Partition incisively examines heartbreak, identity, family, and relationshipsthe characters searching for answers to universal questions: Where do I belong? How can I find love? What defines an authentic self?

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