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ID: 699479

Title: Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism

Author: Anka Muhlstein

Narrator: Christine Rendel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:41:41

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

From the acclaimed biographer and author of Balzac's Omelette, an engaging new work on the life of 'the father of Impressionism' and the role his Jewish background played in his artistic creativity.

The celebrated painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) occupied a central place in the artistic scene of his time: a founding member of the new school of French painting, he was a close friend of Monet, a longtime associate in Degas's and Mary Cassatt's experimental work, a support to Cezanne and Gauguin, and a comfort to Van Gogh, and was backed by the great Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel throughout his career. Nevertheless, he felt a persistent sense of being set apart, different, and hard to classify. Settled in France from the age of twenty-five but born in the Caribbean, he was not French and what is more he was Jewish. Although a resolute atheist who never interjected political or religious messages in his art, he was fully aware of the consequences of his lineage.

Drawing on Pissarro's considerable body of work and a vast collection of letters that show his unrestrained thoughts, Anka Muhlstein offers a nuanced, intimate portrait of the artist whose independent spirit fostered an environment of freedom and autonomy.

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ID: 719794

Title: Rebel

Author: S. K. Allison

Narrator: Edward Black, Mia Madison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:57:28

Language: English

Release date: 04-23-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Romantica, Contemporary

Summary:

I slept with the girl I bullied in high school then left her on prom night. I screwed up. Ten years later, if I don't save her, the damage I've caused will consume us both.

Do you hate me?

I would-and did-until I actually achieved infamy and could bury my past in booze, parties, and endless nights. You'd be right, too. I don't deserve to have good things come my way. I tend to be drawn to broken things and then make them unfixable.

Which is why, years later, when my bandmate tells me the girl I shattered is in town, well . . . I'm tracking her down. I can't resist. Only, she's not the McKenna Beckley I remember. My Mack.

The sweet, shy, bookish schoolgirl I ruined has disappeared, and in her place is a gorgeous, curvaceous, and jaded woman who's gotten herself into some bad, bad things.

Is there any hope of a second chance with us? I haven't changed one bit. I'll always be the jerk she remembers. So it's more like a second chance at ruin. Problem is, she might just become mine.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 679985

Title: Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown

Author: Martha Cutter

Narrator: Karen Malina White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:39:42

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, North America, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

On March 23, 1849, Henry Brown climbed into a large wooden postal crate and was mailed from slavery in Richmond, Virginia, to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 'Box Brown,' as he came to be known after this astounding feat, went on to carve out a career as an abolitionist speaker, actor, magician, hypnotist, and even faith healer.

The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown is the first book to show how subversive performances were woven into Brown's entire life, from his early days practicing magic in Virginia while enslaved, to his last shows in Canada and England in the 1890s. It recovers forgotten elements of Brown's history to illustrate the ways he made himself a spectacle on abolitionist lecture circuits via outlandish performances, and then fell off these circuits and went on to reinvent himself again and again.

In this study, Martha J. Cutter analyzes contemporary resurrections of Brown's persona by leading poets, writers, and visual artists. Both in Brown's time and in ours, stories were created, invented, and embellished about Brown, continuing to recreate his intriguing, albeit fragmentary and elusive, story. The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown fosters a new understanding not only of Brown's life but of modern Black performance art that provocatively dramatizes the unfinished work of African American freedom.

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ID: 673110

Title: Aroma Holiday

Author: Renee George

Narrator: Margaret Strom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:46:33

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery, Paranormal

Summary:

My name is Nora Black, and I'm having a very merry messy midlife Christmas!

Fifties are the new forties and I'm living my best life ever. I may have a few more aches and pains, graying roots, and couple extra pounds, but I also have two quirky best friends who always have my back, business is booming, and my love life has never been better or hotter.

That is until my sweetie Ezra Holden invites me home for Christmas to meet his family.

The season is full of surprises in Ezra's hometown, like a missing cousin, a case of mistaken identity, and a slew of painful memories-none of them my own.

This Holden Family Holiday should be filled with scents of peppermint, gingerbread, and pine, but all I smell is danger. It turns out my psychic nose really is the gift that keeps on giving.

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ID: 771388

Title: My Song's Gift

Author: Poppy Minnix

Narrator: Bradley Ford, Marie Hawkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:33:06

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-24

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Romantasy

Summary:

There's no backing away from the rebellion Alex started in Olympus. He cannot give in and let Olympians, otherworldlings, and humans suffer any longer, and now the siren he loves, Lula, is at his side.

The problem is, Zeus is after her and wants Alex's pledge of loyalty. But Alex won't bend.

When Alex does the right thing, confessing he knew Lula long before meeting her, she runs . . . straight into the enemy, Moros's, arms. The enemy who has a secret of his own.

He's been creating chaos on Earth to draw out Lula. He wants her to rule Olympus. He demands she become as dangerous as he is.

What does a siren with a broken heart do?

She becomes apocalyptic.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 699622

Title: Erebus: The Court of the Underworld

Author: Alessa Thorn

Narrator: Ada Sinclair

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:36:37

Language: English

Release date: 12-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Romantica, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

The titan of darkness clashes with the witch queen of Corinth in this final and epic installment of The Court of the Underworld.

Erebus is the seventh book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters.

Erebus let his monstrous side loose in order to save Medea from Darius, but pushing it back down is proving more challenging than he expected. In fact, it's almost bloody impossible when the beautiful and terrifying witch is trying to fight him every chance she gets. But damn, is it fun every time they clash.

After fifteen years of being experimented on, Medea, the most hated woman in all of Greek history, is free and planning her revenge on Darius and his followers. She needs to keep her rage and madness under control, and being around a certain titan makes all of her worst impulses rise to the surface.

As Darius's final plan to start a war between man and gods is revealed, Erebus and Medea are going to have to work together and embrace each other's dark sides in order to save Styx . . . and maybe even save each other in the process.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 692728

Title: Something Real

Author: Hope Ford

Narrator: Hugo Locke, Shaina Summerville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:58:34

Language: English

Release date: 09-12-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

A billionaire single dad. His younger assistant, who's looking for a good time. Together, in an off-limits romance.

Lilian always had a no-dating rule. For the last twelve years, she's been the guardian of her younger sister. She did the whole PTO, soccer mom thing.

But now that her sister's a college graduate and married, Lilian is taking her life back . . . and looking for a good time.

I respected her 'no dating' rule even though I've wanted her since the day she started working for me. Two years later and my thirst for her has only intensified.

Lily might think all she wants is a one-night-stand, but I'm determined to make her mine. She wants some fun . . . I'm offering her something real.

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 670961

Title: Second Thoughts About the Second Coming: Understanding the End Times, Our Future, and Christian Hope

Author: Robert D. Cornwall, Ronald J. Allen

Narrator: Adam Verner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:41:13

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Biblical Studies

Summary:

Various ideas float around about the subject of last things, leading many Christians to conclude that they don't know what to think about the subject. Yet at the core of the Christian doctrine of last things lies two simple and complementary hopes: that God ever and always offers hope for our individual futures and for the future of the whole world.

In this helpful book, Allen and Cornwall explain how we don't have to subscribe to sensationalist theories or sketchy interpretations to believe in Christian hope. They walk the listener through the central biblical teachings on last things and then show the ways the church has interpreted those teachings throughout the centuries. In a respectful way, the authors demonstrate that end-time beliefs centered on the Rapture came into existence only recently, and they then offer several more life-affirming, contemporary interpretations as alternatives.

This book is designed to help pastors develop both topical and lectionary-based sermon series on Christian hope.

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ID: 657827

Title: Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers

Author: Christopher A. Hall

Narrator: William Sarris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:38:51

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Summary:

Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And they believe that the writings of the early church can shed new light on their understanding of Scripture. But where and how do we begin? Our first encounter with the writings of the church fathers may seem like visiting a far country where the language, assumptions, concerns, and conclusions are completely unfamiliar to us.

In Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers Christopher Hall helps us through this cultural confusion, introducing us to the early church, its unique world, and the sights and sounds of Scripture that are highlighted for them. As Hall points out, the ancient fathers hear music in Scripture where we remain tone-deaf. Despite their occasional eccentricities, theirs is a hearing refined through long listening in song, worship, teaching, meditation, and oral reading. And like true masters they challenge and correct our modern assumptions as they invite us to tune our ears to hear the divine melodies of the Bible.

Hall provides a warm, winsome, informative, and indispensable introduction to who these leaders and scholars were, how they read and interpreted Scripture, and how we might read Scripture with them for all its worth.

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ID: 679969

Title: Wicked Wallflower

Author: Tracy Sumner

Narrator: Robin Siegerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:57:04

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

In this sizzling Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Tracy Sumner, an unconventional sister to a duke and a rookery scoundrel risk their hearts in order to gain everything they've always desired. Each other.

An Incorrigible Hellion

Independent, impulsive Lady Philippa Darlington guarantees her freedom by playing the role of wallflower for two miserable seasons in the ton. With the guidance of the most feared feminist enterprise in London-the Duchess Society-Pippa vows never to marry. But a madcap misadventure throws her plan off course and puts her face-to-face with the only man she's ever wanted. A man who doesn't want her.

A Rule-Breaking, Rookery Titan

Prince of the streets, Xander Macauley crawled from the slums to rule an empire. He has secrets-and fierce desires. One being that he's smitten with his best friend's little sister. Although reckless Little Darlington is the last woman in England he'd risk his heart over. When he has to rescue her from a masquerade ball gone awry, Xander finds he will go to lengths greater than he'd imagined to possess her.

The risks are undeniable.

But so is true, devastating love.

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