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ID: 423388

Title: Dragon Mountain

Author: Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang

Narrator: Kevin Shen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:17:06

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, the Children’s Book of the Year (British Book Awards) and longlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award. The first book in the ROARsome DRAGON REALM series for 9+ readers! Perfect for those who love fantasy, magic, adventure and DRAGONS! 

DON'T MISS the brand new DRAGON FORCE series, set in the world of DRAGON REALM. INFINITY'S SECRET out now!

'Rollicking, escapist storytelling with a dragon-sized heart' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave, bestselling author of THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS

 

Deep within the mountain, a great creature stirred in its sleep. Its eyes rolled back in its head, and its wings jerked wide open…

When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a summer camp in middle-of-nowhere China he doesn’t know what to expect. There he meets fellow campers Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei and together they stumble upon an age-old secret: four powerful warrior dragons, hidden deep within the mountain behind the camp. They have been trapped since an epic battle with the Dragon of Death and need the children’s help to set them free before terrible evil is unleashed on the earth. Billy and his friends must set off on a dangerous adventure that will take them to the heart of the Dragon Realm. But can they save the dragon and human worlds from destruction?

Check out the complete DRAGON REALM series – DRAGON MOUNTAIN, DRAGON LEGEND, DRAGON CITY, DRAGON RISING AND DRAGON DESTINY. And don't miss A DRAGON WORLD ADVENTURE, the special World Book Day story! 

Praise for DRAGON MOUNTAIN:

'Splendidly addictive' - Guardian 

'DRAGON MOUNTAIN is so much fun! A quartet of brilliant kids, a mountainful of dragons and bucketloads of humour, pace and magic. A soaring, sizzling, fire-breathing gem of an adventure story' - Abi Elphinstone, author of SKY SONG

'A wonderful warm-hearted and action-packed adventure' – Katherine Woodfine, author of THE SINCLAIR'S MYSTERIES

'DRAGON MOUNTAIN is a joy of a thing: funny, sardonic, generous, with jokes so large-hearted you could swim in them. It’s for every child who has ever longed to bond with a dragon' – Katherine Rundell, author of THE ROOFTOPPERS

'Packed full of fun, heart and imagination, it will make you wish you had your own dragon bond'  – Anna James, author of the PAGES & CO. series

'Brimming with warmth and originality, DRAGON MOUNTAIN combines edge-of-your-seat adventure, laugh-out-loud humour and hugely exciting dragons to create a sweeping fantasy that will captivate readers of all ages.’ – Catherine Doyle, author of THE STORM KEEPER’S ISLAND

'DRAGON MOUNTAIN has all of my favourite things! A rich mythology and a tale of friendship, snarky dragons and daring deeds...this is the kind of breathless tale that leaves you hungry for the next instalment' – Roshani Chokshi, author of the ARU SHAH series

‘DRAGON MOUNTAIN is a joy to read – adventurous and enchanting, with a heart of gold. It will make you re-live the moment you first looked at the sky and longed to see a dragon looking back’ – Samantha Shannon,author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE and THE BONE SEASON series

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ID: 410945

Title: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures

Author: Merlin Sheldrake

Narrator: Merlin Sheldrake

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:32:26

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself.

'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer

'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times

*WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021*

*WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRTITING 2021*

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021*

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*

The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes. In Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake takes us on a mind-altering journey into their spectacular world, and reveals how these extraordinary organisms transform our understanding of our planet and life itself.

'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane

'Urgent, astounding and necessary' Helen Macdonald

'Gorgeous!' Margaret Atwood (on Twitter)

'Wonderful' Nigella Lawson

'A magical writer' Russell Brand

'This book is like one surprise after another' David Byrne

'Uplifting' Jeanette Winterson

* A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, The Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, BBC Science Focus and Time Book of the Year *

©Merlin Sheldrake 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 387671

Title: More Than a Woman

Author: Caitlin Moran

Narrator: Caitlin Moran

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:32:04

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, General Comedy

Summary:

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A decade ago, Caitlin Moran thought she had it all figured out. Her instant bestseller How to Be a Woman was a game-changing take on feminism, the patriarchy, and the general hoo-ha of becoming a woman. Back then, she firmly believed the difficult bit was over, and her forties were going to be a doddle.

If only she had known: when middle age arrives, a whole new bunch of tough questions need answering. Why isnt there such a thing as a Mum Bod? How did sex get boring? What are men really thinking? Where did all that stuff in the kitchen drawers come from? Can feminists have Botox? Why has wine turned against you? How can you tell the difference between a Teenage Micro-Breakdown, and The Real Thing? Has feminism gone too far? And, as always, WHOS LOOKING AFTER THE CHILDREN?

Now with ageing parents, teenage daughters, a bigger bum and a To-Do list without end, Caitlin Moran is back with More Than A Woman: a guide to growing older, a manifesto for change, and a celebration of all those middle-aged women who keep the world turning.

© Caitlin Moran 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 424442

Title: How to Raise Happy and Successful Children

Author: Esther Wojcicki

Narrator: Andrea Gallo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:51:07

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

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Being a parent is complicated - but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think.

Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley, Esther Wojcicki's three daughters are all hugely successful in both their professional and personal lives. What's her parenting secret?

As we face an epidemic of parental and childhood anxiety, Woj has the advice every parent wants to hear: climb out of that helicopter and relax.

Her tried and tested TRICK approach will help you:

Let your child discover their own passions

Move on from past parenting mistakes

Build rock-solid foundations for a lifelong relationship

Be brave enough to give your child freedom

Work with your children, not against them

Set healthy relationships with technology

Your children are the future. If you change your parenting, you can change the world.

Previously published as How to Raise Successful People

'Esther Wojcicki is leading a revolution . . . [She] shows us how to be our best so our children can be their best.' Arianna Huffington

'A brilliant book. It should be on the bookshelf of every parent.' FROST MAGAZINE

©Esther Wojcicki 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 420430

Title: Sicily '43: A Times Book of the Year

Author: James Holland

Narrator: Al Murray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19:52:19

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: History, Europe, Africa, Military

Summary:

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From the bestselling author of Normandy 44 comes a major new history of one of World War IIs most crucial campaigns.

Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the Allied assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted in world history, landing more men in a single day than at any other time. That day, over 160,000 British, American and Canadian troops were dropped from the sky or came ashore, more than on D-Day just under a year later. It was also preceded by an air campaign that marked a new direction and dominance of the skies by Allies.

The subsequent thirty-eight-day Battle for Sicily was one of the most dramatic of the entire Second World War, involving daring raids by special forces, deals with the Mafia, attacks across mosquito-infested plains and perilous assaults up almost sheer faces of rock and scree.

It was a brutal campaign - the violence was extreme, the heat unbearable, the stench of rotting corpses intense and all-pervasive, the problems of malaria, dysentery and other diseases a constant plague. And all while trying to fight a way across an island of limited infrastructure and unforgiving landscape, and against a German foe who would not give up.

It also signalled the beginning of the end of the War in the West. From here on, Italy ceased to participate in the war, the noose began to close around the neck of Nazi Germany, and the coalition between the United States and Britain came of age. Most crucially, it would be a critical learning exercise before Operation OVERLORD, the Allied invasion of Normandy, in June 1944.

Based on his own battlefield studies in Sicily and on much new research over the past thirty years, James Hollands SICILY 43 offers a vital new perspective on a major turning point in World War II. It is a timely, powerful and dramatic account by a master military historian and will fill a major gap in the narrative history of the Second World War.

© James Holland 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 412887

Title: Daddy

Author: Emma Cline

Narrator: Natasha Soudek

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:21:42

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

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The eagerly-awaited book by Emma Cline, author of the global phenomenon The Girls

The stories in Emma Cline's stunning first collection consider the dark corners of human experience, exploring the fault lines of power between men and women, parents and children, past and present. A man travels to his son's school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But what exactly has his son done? And who is to blame? A young woman trying to make it in LA, working in a clothes shop while taking acting classes, turns to a riskier way of making money but will be forced to confront the danger of the game she's playing. And a family coming together for Christmas struggle to skate over the lingering darkness caused by the very ordinary brutality of a troubled husband and father.

These outstanding stories examine masculinity, male power and broken relationships, while revealing - with astonishing insight and clarity - those moments of misunderstanding that can have life-changing consequences. And there is an unexpected violence, ever-present but unseen, in the depiction of the complicated interactions between men and women, and families. Subtle, sophisticated and displaying an extraordinary understanding of human behaviour, these stories are unforgettable.

'I don't know which is more amazing, Emma Cline's understanding of human beings or her mastery of language' Mark Haddon

© Emma Cline 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 385568

Title: Us Three

Author: Ruth Jones

Narrator: Ruth Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:31:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Us Three written and read by Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener.

Friends forever is a difficult promise to keep...

Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best friends since primary school when they swore an oath on a Curly Wurly wrapper that they would always be there for each other, come what may.

After the trip of a lifetime, the three girls are closer than ever. But an unexpected turn of events shakes the foundation of their friendship to its core, leaving their future in doubt - there's simply too much to forgive, let alone forget. An innocent childhood promise they once made now seems impossible to keep....

Packed with all the heart and empathy that made Ruth's name as a screenwriter and now author, Us Three is a funny, moving and uplifting novel about life's complications, the power of friendship and how it defines us all. Prepare to meet characters you'll feel you've known all your life - prepare to meet Us Three.

Praise for Ruth Jones:

'Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.'

Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of ME BEFORE YOU

'I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me gripped from the beginning. A great read.'

Jane Fallon, bestselling author of TELL ME A SECRET

'Thought-provoking, compelling and ultimately redemptive'

Sunday Express

© Ruth Jones 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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ID: 425905

Title: Lies Like Poison

Author: Chelsea Pitcher

Narrator: Amanda Dolan, Em Grosland, Emily Ellet, Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:54:05

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

From the author of bestselling THIS LIE WILL KILL YOU comes another unputdownable thriller about a group of friends who will do anything to protect each other – even murder . . .

Perfect for fans of RIVERDALE, ONE OF US IS LYING and A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER. 

The recipe for the perfect murder...

Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their best friend, Raven. So when they discovered he was suffering abuse at the hands of his stepmother, they came up with a lethal plan to stop her from ever hurting Raven again. But someone got cold feet, the plot faded to a secret of the past, and the group fell apart.

Three years later, on the eve of Raven’s seventeenth birthday, his stepmother turns up dead and Belladonna is carted off to jail.

Desperate to prove her innocence, Belle reaches out to her estranged friends, but who can she trust? 

Praise for This Lie Will Kill You:

'The story . . . was dark and full of conflict and passion and so many twists. No one is who they seem and everything was captivating' NetGalley user

'Definitely keeps you on your toes' NetGalley user

'This book kept me hooked from the start' NetGalley user

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ID: 442971

Title: Red Pill

Author: Hari Kunzru

Narrator: Hari Kunzru

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:43:51

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-20

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

‘The book I wish I’d written? Whatever Hari Kunzru is publishing next’ Aravind Adiga

‘Astonishing, absorbing, terrifying. Immensely good.’ Philip Pullman

'‘Red Pill stands as a final blast of sanity against this new, deranged reality. It is a literary masterpiece for a barbaric new world rapidly running out of room for literary masterpieces.’ The Spectator

'[A] deeply intelligent and artfully constructed novel.' Financial Times

From the author of White Tears comes a breathtaking, state-of-the-world novel about one man’s struggle to defend his values and create a reality free from the shadows of the past.

 

‘From now on when you see something, you’re seeing it because I want you to see it.

When you think of something, it’ll be because I want you to think about it…’

 

And with those words, the obsession begins.

 

A writer has left his family in Brooklyn for a three month residency at the Deuter Centre in Berlin, hoping for undisturbed days devoted to artistic absorption.

 

When nothing goes according to plan, he finds himself holed up in his room watching Blue Lives, a violent cop show with a bleak and merciless worldview. One night at a party he meets Anton, the charismatic creator of the show, and strikes up a conversation.

 

It is a conversation that leads him on a journey into the heart of moral darkness. A conversation thatthreatens to destroy everything he holds most dear, including his own mind.

 

Red Pill is a novel about the alt-right, online culture, creativity, sanity and history. It tells the story of the 21st century through the prism of the centuries that preceded it, showing how the darkest chapters of our past haunt our present. More than anything, though, this is a novel about love and how it can endure in a world where everything else seems to have lost all meaning.

 

 

Praise for White Tears

‘Exquisitely attuned’ Washington Post

‘Electrifying, subversive and wildly original’ TheNew Yorker

'A book that everyone should be reading right now' TIME Magazine

 ‘Haunting, doom-drenched, genuinely and viscerally disturbing...’ The Independent

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ID: 410613

Title: Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising: (Book 1)

Author: Timothy Zahn

Narrator: Marc Thompson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-20

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera

Summary:

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Discover Thrawns origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.

The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn.

With the might of the Expansionary Fleet at his back, and the aid of his comrade Admiral Aralani, answers begin to fall into place. But as Thrawns first command probes deeper into the vast stretch of space his people call the Chaos, he realizes that the mission he has been given is not what it seems.

And the threat to the Ascendancy is only just beginning.

© Timothy Zahn 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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