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ID: 368643

Title: Australian Heist

Author: James Phelps

Narrator: Peter Hosking

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:34:52

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-18

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, Australia & Oceania

Summary:

Australia's Number 1 True Crime Writer on Australia's Greatest Gold Robbery.

On 15 June 1862, a gang of bushrangers held up a gold escort at Eugowra, just east of Forbes, NSW. They escaped with a pile of cash and 77 kilograms of gold, worth about $10 million today. It remains the largest gold robbery in Australian history.

In this riveting re-creation of the events, James Phelps finally tells the full story of how Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, John O'Meally, Johnny Gilbert, Henry Manns, Alexander Fordyce, John Bow and Dan Charters planned and executed the robbery - and what happened to all that gold. Australian Heist is a thrilling, fast-paced and thoroughly modern take on one of the most extraordinary episodes in the nation's history, by Australia's number-one true-crime writer.

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ID: 341585

Title: Playground Mafia

Author: Sarah Tucker

Narrator: Julie Teal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:43:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-18

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Playground Mafia by Sarah Tucker, read by Julie Teal.

Meet Caroline Gray: divorcee and newly-single mother. Firmly closing the door on her acrimonious divorce, Caroline and son Ben have moved to trendy Frencham where they join Caroline's long-time best friends, Heather and Eva. Settling into their new life is easy, but nothing has prepared Caroline for the demands of motherhood at The Sycamore, the school the trio's beloved offspring attend. Forget classroom bullies, forget trips to the head's office, this is full-scale adult playground politics. This is battle with the mothers who won't take no for an answer -- the Playground Mafia.

Amidst the four-wheel drives, Ben's complicated afterschool play-date schedule and her friends' perilous extra-marital affairs, Caroline tries to keep a low and very single profile. But it's not long before she too finds herself under the mafia's scandal-radar, and her life takes an unexpected turn ...

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ID: 342031

Title: Digital @ Scale: The Playbook You Need to Transform Your Company

Author: Anand Swaminathan, Jurgen Meffert

Narrator: Rory Barnett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:52:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-18

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development

Summary:

Value in the next phase of the digital era will go to those companies that don't just try digital but also scale it. Digital@Scale examines what it takes for companies to break through the gravitational pull of their legacy organizations and capture the full value of digital. Digging into more than fifty detailed case studies and years of McKinsey experience and data, the authors, along with a group of expert contributors, show how companies can move beyond incremental change to transform the business where the greatest value is generated—at its core. The authors provide practical insights into the three pillars of digital transformations that successfully scale: reinventing the business model, building out a business architecture from the customer back into the organization, and establishing an 'amoeba' IT and organizational foundation that learns and evolves. This is the ideal guide for all leaders who recognize the power and promise of a digital transformation.

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ID: 341771

Title: Project Finance for Business Development

Author: John E. Triantis

Narrator: Barry Abrams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:55:59

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-18

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

Eliminating misconceptions about what is really important for successful project financings, Project Finance for Business Development shows you how to develop, structure, and implement projects successfully by creating competitive advantage. By shedding light on project finance failures, it also helps you avoid failures of your own.

● Offers a roadmap for successful financing, participant roles and responsibilities, and assessing and testing project viability

● Considers project finance from a broad business development and competitive advantage

● Provides a strategic decision-forecasting perspective

● Delves deeper than existing treatments of project finance into decisions needed to create and implement effective financing plans

Helping readers develop, structure, and implement projects successfully by creating competitive advantage, this book is a useful tool for project sponsors and developers, helping them structure and implement projects by creating competitive advantage.

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ID: 341774

Title: Material Adverse Change: Lessons from Failed M&As

Author: Robert Stefanowski

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:34:03

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-18

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:

This book explores the full power of the Material Adverse Change clause, and today's M&A in general. You'll dig into the real causes of M&A failure, and discover the traits and practices that lead to poor results as you learn how to avoid these common mistakes and drive more successful deals. Recent case studies highlight common mistakes made—and propagated—by otherwise intelligent people, so you can identify and eliminate these practices within your own organization.

A large acquisition is already a delicate balancing act. Why complicate it with the exponential risk by not doing your homework? This book shows you how to apply best practices to increase your chances of successful deals and avoid potentially career ending mistakes.

The M&A market has grown to become a major factor in the global economy, yet many buyers do less investigation than consumers making everyday purchases. Material Adverse Change shows you how to slash risk and improve your chances of completing better deals.

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ID: 340160

Title: Dreamsnatcher

Author: Abi Elphinstone

Narrator: Nicky Diss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:05:42

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-18

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Kids, General, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Moll Pecksniff wakes one night in the middle of the forest, lured there by a recurring nightmare - the one with the drums and the rattles and the masks. The Dreamsnatcher is waiting. He has already taken her dreams and now he wants her life.

Because Moll is more important than she knows… The Oracle Bones foretold that she and Gryff, a wildcat that has always been by her side, are the only ones who can fight back against the Dreamsnatcher's dark magic. Suddenly everything is at stake, and Moll is drawn into a world full of secrets, magic and adventure.

Catapult into this page-turning adventure from the author of Sky Song, perfect for fans of J.K. Rowling, Michelle Harrison and Eva Ibbotson.

Read by Nicky Diss.

'Abi Elphinstone's glorious novels make you feel as if you're living the adventure yourself. They're pure adrenalin and joy’ Lauren St John, author of The White Giraffe

‘Fast paced and full of charm' Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild

'No one does edge-of-seat action like Abi Elphinstone' Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse

'Abi Elphinstone’s books are full of adventure, wit, heart, and, above all, bravery’ Katherine Rundell, author of The Explorer ​

‘Abi Elphinstone is proving to be a worthy successor to CS Lewis’ The Times

'A gifted storyteller... one of today's greatest children's authors' LoveReading

You can watch the magical trailer for Abi's book on her website: www.abielphinstone.com

Also by Abi Elphinstone:

The Shadow Keeper

The Night Spinner

Sky Song 

Winter Magic (anthology)

Everdark (World Book Day)

Rumblestar

Jungledrop

The Crackledawn Dragon

Everdark

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ID: 341581

Title: Epic: In Search of the Soul of Sport and Why It Matters

Author: Simon Barnes

Narrator: Simon Barnes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:43:54

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-18

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Other

Summary:

'This may conceivably be Barnes’s best work yet' Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail

‘For 30 years I was the voice of sport at The Times – but that’s enough about me. What matters is sport.’

 

This is an autobiography from which the author, award-winning writer Simon Barnes, has been surgically removed. He has reported on six World Cups, seven Olympic Games, cricket on five continents and more than 20 Wimbledons, watching Diego Maradona, Usain Bolt, Sachin Tendulkar and Roger Federer at their peak. Along the way he had soul-revealing conversations with Ayrton Senna and sat on Desert Orchid.

 

His journalist’s experience gives him perspective, until the addictive madness of sport takes over. Epic is a stunning mosaic of some of the greatest sporting moments in recent years, which build up to provide the reader with a better idea of what sport is for, what differentiates winners from losers, and reveals how sport teaches us how better to enjoy life.

 

This is sport unplugged. Speaking for itself. Allowing the reader to understand sport with more clarity and depth than ever before.

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ID: 341007

Title: Zero

Author: Marc Elsberg

Narrator: Bradley James

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:14:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-18

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Thriller & Horror, International Mystery

Summary:

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Zero by Marc Elsberg, read by Bradley James.

The gripping bestselling global thriller for fans of Dave Eggers' THE CIRCLE and Channel Four's BLACK MIRRORS.

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Welcome to the Freemee lifestyle app:

They can give you confidence, power, fame and all the friends in the world.

But what will they take in return?

For fans of BLACK MIRROR and Dave Eggers THE CIRCLE

When a teenager is shot dead after chasing a criminal in the street, investigating journalist Cynthia Bonsant is led to the popular social media platform Freemee, a competitor to Facebook whose lifestyle app claims to give you everything you need to succeed in life.

But there is someone who warns against its evils: Zero, the worlds most-wanted activist, known for exposing the toxic truths behind social media giants and their pursuit of total control.

As Cynthia gets closer to unravelling the evil mastermind behind the Freemee site, she herself becomes a target. But in this world of hidden cameras, data glasses and hyper-smart phones there is nowhere to hide . . .

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ID: 341003

Title: Picnic Comma Lightning: In Search of a New Reality

Author: Laurence Scott

Narrator: Laurence Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:48:08

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-18

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies

Summary:

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Picnic Comma Lightning written and read by Laurence Scott.

**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**

'Clever, funny and deeply moving... an engaging and thought-provoking journey through the fakery of modern life.' Mail on Sunday

'A stylish, playful exploration of what digital life is doing to the way we find meaning in the world.' Guardian, 'Book of the Week'

In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, the narrator offers a memorably brief account of his mothers death: 'picnic, lightning'. Picnic Comma Lightning similarly opens with the death of Laurence Scott's parents, and the definitive ending of their death raises for him one fundamental question: how much of what we live through is truly real?

With humour and insight, Scott transforms this personal meditation on loss into an exploration of what it means to exist in the world now. It used to be that our vision of the world was rooted to reasonably solid things: to people, places and memories. But today, in an age of constant internet debates, online personas and alternative truths, reality feels more vulnerable than ever before.

Picnic Comma Lightning looks at how digital life is distorting, echoing and magnifying our age-old preoccupation with what is real and what isn't. Where do we draw the line? How is technology shifting these boundaries? And how do we maintain a sense of reality in an increasingly unreal world?

'A report from the front line of the digital generation by someone superbly well-equipped to read and decode the signals.' Sunday Times

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ID: 339866

Title: Clock Dance

Author: Anne Tyler

Narrator: Kimberly Farr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:11:57

Language: English

Release date: 07-12-18

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Clock Dance by Anne Tyler, read by Kimberly Farr.

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others.

So when she receives a phone call telling her that her sons ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help, she drops everything and flies across the country. The spur-of-the moment decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter, and her dog will lead Willa into uncharted territory. Surrounded by new and surprising neighbours, she is plunged into the rituals that make a community, and takes pleasure in the most unexpected things.

A bittersweet novel of hope and regret, fulfilment and renewal, Clock Dance brings us the everyday life of a woman who decides its never too late to change direction, and choose your own path.

'She is and always will be my favourite author' Liane Moriarty

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