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ID: 336944

Title: Tower at the End of the World

Author: Brad Strickland, John Bellairs

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Kids, General

Summary:

When Lewis, his uncle Jonathan, and their friends Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann take a trip to a small town near Lake Superior, they expect a pleasant vacation. Instead, they find themselves facing the ghastly Ishmael Izard, son of the fiendish creator of the Doomsday Clock that was once hidden in the walls of Uncle Jonathan's house. Ishmael himself is a cruel and heartless sorcerer, and he is determined to wreak vengeance upon the entire world. Will Lewis and his friends be strong enough to defeat him, or will their fate be decided by their most formidable foe yet?

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ID: 336946

Title: Why Read the Classics?

Author: Italo Calvino

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:

Italo Calvino was not only a prolific master of fiction, he was also an uncanny reader of literature, a keen critic of astonishing range. Why Read the Classics? is the most comprehensive collection of Calvino's literary criticism available in English, accounting for the enduring importance to our lives of crucial writers of the Western canon. Here--spanning more than two millennia, from antiquity to postmodernism--are thirty-six immediately relevant, elegantly written, accessible ruminations on the writers, poets, and scientists who meant most to Calvino at different stages of his life. Following the title essay, which explores fourteen definitions of 'the classic,' Calvino offers writings that are at once critical appraisals and personal appreciations of, among others: Homer, Xenophon, Ovid, Pliny, Nezami, Ariosto, Cardano, Galileo, Defoe, Voltaire, Diderot, Ortes, Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Twain, Henry James, Stevenson, Conrad, Pasternak, Gadda, Montale, Hemingway, Ponge, Borges, and Queneau. At a time when the Western canon and the very notion of 'literary greatness' have come under increasing disparagement by the vanguard of so-called multiculturalism, Why Read the Classics? gives us an inspiriting corrective.

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ID: 336937

Title: Complete Double Dead

Author: Chuck Wendig

Narrator: T. Ryder Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:15:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

A Vampire in Zombieland. You wouldn't like Coburn. People don't, as a rule; he's not a nice man. And that's okay, because he doesn't like people much either. People are food. You see, Coburn's a vampire, and has been for close on a century. Five years ago, Coburn went to sleep - wasn't exactly planned - and he's just woken up to find most everybody in the world dead. And not cool, interesting dead like him; oh, no. Coburn looks basically human, and these guys... really don't. He likes blood, and they like flesh. He's smart; them, not so much. But they outnumber him by about a million to one, and their clotted blood cannot sustain him. Now he's starving, and on the run, and more pissed-off than a beestung rattlesnake. The vampire has to find blood, soon, and - like it or not - he's gonna have to keep an eye on the frail flesh-bags he finds it in. Time for the wolf to turn shepherd. No, Coburn doesn't like people. But he's gonna have to learn to. The Complete Double Dead collects Chuck Wendig's first novel and the follow-up novella, Bad Blood. Follow Coburn as he runs a gauntlet of supermarket cannibals, juggalos, super-zombies, and a ketamine-trip cult of zombie-worshipping New Age weirdos. It's a road that'll take him right back to himself, and onto the trail of his own vampiric sire. And on the way, he'll become something entirely new.

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ID: 331152

Title: Cult X

Author: Fuminori Nakamura

Narrator: Brian Nishii

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Noir

Summary:

The magnum opus by Akutagawa Prize-winner Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection. When Toru Narazaki's girlfriend, Ryoko, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of a private detective he's hired to find her. Ryoko's past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address where she lived: in a compound in the heart of Tokyo, with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru's brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn't what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence beneath its surface. Inspired by the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, Cult X is an exploration of what draws individuals into extremism. This multi-faceted novel is nothing less than a tour de force, capturing the connections between astrophysics, neuroscience, and religion. It is an invective against predatory corporate consumerism and exploitative geopolitics, and it is a love story about compassion in the face of nihilism.

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ID: 332295

Title: Origin Story: A Big History of Everything

Author: David Christian

Narrator: Jamie Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:23:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: History, World, Science & Technology

Summary:

A captivating history of the universe -- from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of 'Big History,' the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as 'history.' By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.

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ID: 334502

Title: My Parents' Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving

Author: Jody Gastfriend

Narrator: Christina Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:13:26

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Science & Technology, Medicine, Parenting

Summary:

A guide to caring for aging and ailing family members, which offers expert advice, illuminating vignettes, and a compassionate approach to building constructive, mutually gratifying relationships. When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role. - Uses the latest research and draws on case histories and interviews. - Is a resource as well as a source of inspiration, with a blend of powerful stories and practical advice. - Helps caregivers cope with numerous challenges, including parents who need but refuse help; siblings who don't get along; the complexity of healthcare systems; financial issues; juggling work and caregiving; the use of technology; the power of connecting with a loved one who has dementia; and realizing the benefits amid the burdens of caregiving.

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ID: 334723

Title: Cat's Pajamas

Author: Ray Bradbury

Narrator: Jim Frangione

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:37:15

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

From the winner of the National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters comes a 'sweet, funny.thought-provoking' (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) collection of short stories. As in his most recent major fiction collections, One More for the Road (1999) and Driving Blind (1997), Ray Bradbury has once again pulled together a stellar group of stories sure to delight readers of all ages. In The Cat's Pajamas we are treated to a treasure trove of Bradbury gems, old and new-eerie and strange, nostalgic and bittersweet, searching and speculative-all but two of which have never been published before. The Cat's Pajamas is a joyous celebration of the lifelong work of a literary legend.

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ID: 334720

Title: Acqua Alta

Author: Donna Leon

Narrator: David Colacci

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:17:35

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Suspense, International Mystery

Summary:

In Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains. Brett, an American who spearheaded a recent exhibition of Chinese pottery in Venice, lives with her lover, Flavia Petrelli, the reigning diva of La Scala. With his open mind and good sense, Brunetti finds himself more fazed by Flavia's breathtaking talent than by the nontraditional relationship between the two women. Brunetti's deliberate and humane investigation to uncover a motive for Brett's beating takes him to dark, wet corners of Venice and into a sinister web of art theft, fakery and base human desires.

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ID: 334725

Title: Europe at Midnight

Author: Dave Hutchinson

Narrator: Graham Rowat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:36:01

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Europe is crumbling. The Xian Flu pandemic and ongoing economic crises have fractured the European Union, the borderless Continent of the Schengen Agreement is a distant memory, and new nations are springing up everywhere, some literally overnight. For an intelligence officer like Jim, it's a nightmare. Every week or so a friendly power spawns, a new and unknown national entity which may or may not be friendly to England's interests; it's hard to keep on top of it all. But things are about to get worse for Jim. A stabbing on a London bus pitches him into a world where his intelligence service is preparing for war with another universe, and a man has come who may hold the key to unlocking the mystery.

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ID: 334726

Title: October Country

Author: Ray Bradbury

Narrator: David Aaron Baker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:01:20

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-18

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay

Explore the outer limits of the imagination with the Grand Master of American Literature, Ray Bradbury, in a dark and disquieting descent into The October Country. Readers of The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, as well as fans of H. P. Lovecraft, Rod Serling, Bram Stoker, Stephen King,

and writers of other classic horror stories, will be captivated by The October Countrys nineteen astonishing tales. From drowned cities to frantic carnivals to forgotten Mexican villages, Bradbury offers an unforgettable journey into mystery, shining brief lights upon the darkest corners of the soul.

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