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ID: 162400

Title: I Love You More: How Everyday Problems Can Strengthen Your Marriage

Author: Les And Leslie Parrott

Narrator: Max Bloomquist, Ruth Bloomquist, Ruth/max Bloomquist/bloomquist

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:58:32

Language: English

Release date: 09-21-09

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

How to make the thorns in your marriage come up roses.

The big and little annoyances in your marriage are actually opportunities to deepen your love for each other. Relationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe that your personal quirks and differences--where you squeeze the toothpaste tube, how you handle money--can actually help draw you together provided you handle them correctly.

Turn your marriage's prickly issues into opportunities to love each other more as you learn how to:

- build intimacy while respecting personal space

- tap the power of a positive marriage attitude

- replace boredom with fun, irritability with patience, busyness with time together, debt with a team approach to your finances

- . . . and much, much more.

Plus--get an inside look at the very soul of your marriage, and how connecting with God can connect you to each other in ways you never dreamed.

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ID: 155502

Title: Grace Notes: Daily Readings with Philip Yancey

Author: Philip Yancey

Narrator: Maurice England

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:12:43

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-09

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

'There is no writer in the evangelical world that I admire and appreciate more.' - Billy Graham

Philip Yancey's words--captured in his many bestselling books--have influenced the lives of millions of readers by strengthening their faith, building their hope, sparking their creativity, and challenging their comfort zones. If you're one of those readers, you know personally how his insights have affected your mind and heart. And if you're new to Yancey, you're in for a life-altering experience.

These meditations--all drawn from the beloved and bestselling writings of the author--will take you through an entire year of Yancey's insight and imagination, covering a broad range of topics:

- How to rediscover God through the wonders of nature, music, and romantic love

- Why grace means you can't do anything to make God love you more or less

- What happens when you cut through preconceptions to encounter the 'real' Jesus

- How to renew your understanding and practice of prayer

- Where you can see God in unexpected people and places

- How to cope when life crashes in around you

Every day, experience the best from a beloved author who, with freshness, clarity, and energy, has so brilliantly articulated God’s wonderful but mysterious relationship with you.

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ID: 121257

Title: Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization

Author: Lars Brownworth

Narrator: Lars Brownworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:04:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-09

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: History, World, Middle East, Ancient Civilizations

Summary:

Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy.

For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianity alive.  Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wonders of art and architecture. And the emperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest as astonishing as anything in recorded history.

Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands.

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ID: 155768

Title: My Name Is Russell Fink

Author: Michael Snyder

Narrator: Adam Black

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:29:31

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-09

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Religious Fiction, Humor

Summary:

Russell Fink is twenty-six years old and determined to salvage a job he hates so he can finally move out of his parents house for good. He's convinced he gave his twin sister cancer when they were nine years old. And his crazy fiancée refuses to accept the fact that their engagement really is over.Then Sonny, his allegedly clairvoyant basset hound, is found murdered.The ensuing amateur investigation forces Russell to confront several things at oncethe enormity of his family's dysfunction, the guy stalking his family, and his long-buried feelings for a most peculiar love interest.At its heart, My Name Is Russell Fink is a comedy, with sharp dialogue, characters steeped in authenticity, romance, suspense, and fresh humor. With a postmodern style similar to Nick Hornby and Douglas Coupland, the author explores reconciliation, forgiveness, and faith in the midst of tragedy. No amount of neurosis or dysfunction can derail God's redemptive purposes.

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ID: 59434

Title: Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst 'Best' Business Practices of Today

Author: Susan Scott

Narrator: Susan Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-09

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

From the author of the acclaimed book Fierce Conversations comes the antidote to some of the most wrongheaded practices of business today.

· “Provide anonymous feedback.”

· “Hire smart people.”

· “Hold people accountable.”

These are all sound, business practices, right? Not so fast, says leadership visionary and bestselling author Susan Scott. In fact, these mantras — despite being long-accepted and adopted by business leaders everywhere — are completely wrongheaded. Worse, they are costing companies billions of dollars, driving away valuable employees and profitable customers, limiting performance, and stalling careers. Yet they are so deeply ingrained in organizational cultures that no one has questioned them. Until now.

In Fierce Leadership, Scott teaches us how to spot the worst “best” practices in our organizations using a technique she calls “squid eye”–the ability to see the “tells” or signs that we have fallen prey to disastrous behaviors by knowing what to look for. Only then, she says, can we apply the antidote..

Informed by over a decade of conversations with Fortune 500 executives, this book is that antidote. With fierce new approaches to everything from employee feedback to corporate diversity to customer relations, Scott offers fresh and surprising alternatives to six of the so-called “best” practices permeating today’s businesses. This refreshingly candid book is a must-read for any manager or leader at any level who is ready to take a long hard look at what trouble might be lurking in their organization - and do something about it.

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ID: 283984

Title: If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil

Author: Randy Alcorn

Narrator: Randy Alcorn

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-09

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Every one of us will experience suffering. Many of us are experiencing it now. As we have seen in recent years, evil is real in our world, present and close to each one of us.

In such difficult times, suffering and evil beg questions about God--Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? And then, how can there be a God if suffering and evil exist?

These are ancient questions, but also modern ones as well. Atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God.

In this captivating new book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, realistic, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise.

Alcorn offers insights from his conversations with men and women whose lives have been torn apart by suffering, and yet whose faith in God burns brighter than ever. He reveals the big picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world–now and forever. And he equips you to share your faith more clearly and genuinely in this world of pain and fear.

As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject, and through compelling stories, provocative questions and answers, and keen biblical understanding, he brings assurance and hope to all.

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ID: 155777

Title: Daring Chloe

Author: Laura Jensen Walker

Narrator: Allison Moffett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:23:04

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-09

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Religious Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

When Chloe Adams fiancé dumps herthe night before their weddingtwo girlfriends from her book group decide a little adventure is in order for the three of them. After all, why let a perfectly good honeymoon cruise go to waste?Adventure? Chloe Adams? No way! Chloes lived in one town her whole life. The closest shes ever gotten to actual adventures is reading about them. But her girlfriends wont take no for an answer.One good adventure calls for another as Chloes friends try to coax her out of her post-dumping funk, and soon she finds herself living out the adventures in her book clubs latest selections. Hiking. Sailing. River rafting. Traveling to new places and eating exotic food. The play-it-safe Chloe begins to blossom into a new, daring Chloe. A Chloe who just might be ready to take on her biggest adventure of all Laura Jensen Walker has a knack for quirky heroines and real-life humor. In Chloe, shes created another memorable character who will live on in readers hearts.

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ID: 155548

Title: Turning the Paige

Author: Laura Jensen Walker

Narrator: Allison Moffett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:10:15

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-09

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Religious Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

Welcome to the in-between world of Paige Kelley. At thirty-five, she’s put her dreams on hold to care for her ailing, high-maintenance mother. Three years after her divorce she’s still not dating, still working at her temp job, and still longing for motherhood even though, as her own mother often points out, “You’re not getting any younger, you know!” When her Getaway Girls book club friends urge Paige to break free and get on with her life, she desperately wants to try. But how? What about her mom? The unexpected answers come from a surprising source. A trip to Scotland and a potential new love interest help launch an exciting new chapter in her life, and lead Paige to discover that God’s plan for her life promises to be more than she ever imagined. This latest release in the Getaway Girls collection delivers a smart, funny, and warm account of one woman’s challenge to reconcile who she is—a dutiful Christian daughter—with the fulfilled woman she longs to be. It will appeal to any woman whose ever forgotten, even momentarily, that God’s timing is perfect.

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ID: 59436

Title: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin

Author: Kathy Griffin

Narrator: Kathy Griffin

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-09

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Comedy, Essays & Memoirs, Women

Summary:

Official Book Club Selection is Kathy Griffin unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show. (It’s also her big chance to score that coveted book club endorsement she’s always wanted. Are you there, Oprah? It’s me, Kathy.)

Kathy Griffin has won Emmys for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, been nominated for a Grammy, worked and walked every red carpet known to man, and rung in the New Year with Anderson Cooper. But the legions of fans who pack Kathy’s sold-out comedy shows have heard only part of her remarkable story. Writing with her trademark wit, the feisty comic settles a few old scores, celebrates the friends and mentors who helped her claw her way to the top, and shares insider gossip about celebrity behavior—the good, the bad, and the very ugly. She recounts the crazy ups and downs of her own career and introduces us to some of the supertalented people she encountered before they got famous (or, in some cases, after fame went to their heads). Word to the wise: If you’ve ever crossed Kathy Griffin at some point in your life, check the index for your name.

Along the way, Kathy reveals intimate details about her life before and after she made the big time. She opens up about everything from growing up with a dysfunctional family in suburban Illinois to bombing as a young comedian in L.A., from her well-publicized plastic surgery disasters to her highly publicized divorce, and more. Only in this book will you learn how the dinner table is the best training ground for a career in stand-up, how speaking your mind can bite you on the ass and buy you a house, and which people in Kathy’s life have taught her the most valuable lessons—both inside and outside the entertainment industry. And as if all that wasn’t enough, there are also dozens of exclusive and somewhat embarrassing photos from Kathy’s own collection—featuring the diva of the D List herself, with her old nose as well as her new one, plus celebrity friends, foes, frenemies, and hangers-on for you to gawk at.

Refreshingly candid, unflinchingly honest, and full of hilarious “Did she really say that?” moments, Official Book Club Selection will make you laugh until you cry, or just puke up a little bit.

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ID: 289797

Title: Andrew Zimmern, Rituals Around the World: Chapter 18 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH

Author: Andrew Zimmern

Narrator: Andrew Zimmern

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:29:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-09

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Essays & Travelogues, Arts & Entertainment, Travel Tips

Summary:

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern eats his way through rituals and ceremonies around the world.

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