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ID: 656001

Title: Something Wonderful Right Away: The Birth of Second City - America's Greatest Comedy Theater

Author: Jeffrey Sweet

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:53:21

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

Discover the behind-the-scenes story of how The Second City theater created a generation of world class great actors, directors, and writers.

In the late Fifties and Sixties, iconoclastic young rebels in Chicago opened two tiny theaters-The Compass and The Second City-where they satirized politics, religion, and sex. Developing scenes by improvising based on audience suggestions turned out to be a fine way to develop great actors, directors, and writers. Alumni went on to create such groundbreaking works as The Graduate, Groundhog Day, and Don't Look Up. Many of them also became stars on Saturday Night Live. Something Wonderful Right Away features the pioneers who founded the empire that transformed American comedy.

This new edition tells even more of the story. Included for the first time is an interview with Viola Spolin, the genius who invented theater games that were the foundation of improvisational theater. Also included are dozens of follow-up stories about Mike Nichols, Barbara Harris, Del Close, Joan Rivers, Alan Arkin, and Gilda Radner, plus 'You Only Shoot the Ones You Love,' the story of how this book's author, playwright Jeffrey Sweet, ended up being so involved in the community he covered that he was captured by it.

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ID: 700803

Title: Home Fires

Author: Luanne Rice

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:05:36

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Sagas

Summary:

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. Her marriage has crumbled in the wake of a tragic accident. Now she has returned to the home on Salt Whistle Raod that has always meant shelter, security, family, and love. When she awakens one snowy night to a fire that roars through the old house, Anne escapes-but runs back into the blaze to save something so precious that it's worth risking her life for. It is that reckless act of blind desperation that sets a miracle in motion.

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ID: 699652

Title: Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

Author: Mike Jay

Narrator: Rachel Perry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:56:27

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, World, Psychology

Summary:

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind

Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated public to make their own experiments-in scientific demonstrations, on exotic travels, at literary salons, and in occult rituals.

But after 1900 drugs were increasingly viewed as a social problem, and the long tradition of self-experimentation began to disappear.

From Sigmund Freud's experiments with cocaine to William James's epiphany on nitrous oxide, Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism. Today, as we embrace novel cognitive enhancers and psychedelics, the experiments of the original psychonauts reveal the deep influence of mind-altering drugs on Western science, philosophy, and culture.

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ID: 689592

Title: Game of Serfs: Book Three

Author: Michael Anderle

Narrator: Todd Menesses

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:41:09

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal

Summary:

Not everyone is happy with what Benjy and Marty are building. Rather, they're unhappy that they're not the ones in charge.

The birth pangs of a new community are hard enough to navigate, but what happens when jealousy leads to a rivalry that could strangle this newborn wonder?

While others scheme, Benjy and Marty have a kingdom to establish, mouths to feed, and shelter to provide. There are raiders to repel, secrets to uncover in the dungeons, and subjects to appoint to the kingdom's offices.

The right royal mason will raise strong walls, but the wrong one could send them crumbling with one fell stroke of hammer on chisel.

The crown may be heavy, but that doesn't mean one man must bear it all alone. Trusting people is a necessary vulnerability, and they must choose wisely. The dragons have changed the world forever, and now they are searching for dominions to claim as their own.

Benjy's and Marty's experiment in self-government looks like a tasty treat to snatch up while it is still so young and tender.

Can our heroes protect the safe haven for humanity they've created? Or will the overwhelming odds of internal plotting and fire-breathing enemies at their door prove too much to handle?

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ID: 700756

Title: Tempting the Neighbor

Author: Ashley Munoz

Narrator: June Bronson, Stefan Cordova

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:54:24

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary

Summary:

This entire thing started because of a faulty tree.

Becoming a homeowner is not all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you that right now. Especially in the dead of winter, when apparently trees can just fall in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

Did my next-door neighbor help me remove said tree? No, he did not . . . So, really . . . he left me no choice. I broke into his house.

While I only intended to steal a little warmth and maybe a cup of coffee, I fell victim to his jacuzzi tub. But he returned early and that's really when things went south.

Instead of a cold glare or icy reply, all of which I fully expected from my disagreeable neighbor.

Colson Hanes offered to make me breakfast. Then he asked me to stay . . .

Contains mature themes.

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ID: 684123

Title: Hilma af Klint: A Biography

Author: Julia Voss

Narrator: Doria Bramante

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:07:03

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, World, Women

Summary:

The Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was forty-four years old when she broke with the academic tradition in which she had been trained to produce a body of radical, abstract works the likes of which had never been seen before. Today, it is widely accepted that af Klint was one of the earliest abstract academic painters in Europe.

But this is only part of her story. Not only was she a working female artist, she was also an avowed clairvoyant and mystic. Like many of the artists at the turn of the twentieth century who developed some version of abstract painting, af Klint studied Theosophy, which holds that science, art, and religion are all reflections of an underlying life-form that can be harnessed through meditation, study, and experimentation. The exhibition of her work in 2018 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City attracted more than 600,000 visitors, making it the most-attended show in the history of the institution.

Despite her enormous popularity, there has not yet been a biography of af Klint-until now. Inspired by her first encounter with the artist's work in 2008, Julia Voss set out to learn Swedish and research af Klint's life-not only who the artist was but what drove and inspired her. The result is a fascinating biography of an artist who is as great as she is enigmatic.

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ID: 697542

Title: No Rescue Required

Author: Maggie Kelley

Narrator: Samantha Summers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Rom-Com, Contemporary

Summary:

Sports agent Ryan Callahan's trip is a complete disaster. Not only did he fail to sign a promising young ballplayer, but now he's stranded in a Kentucky town no bigger than a bourbon ball. His plane's been canceled, there's not a cab to be found, and getting back to New York City is gonna take a miracle. Like a quirky, strawberry-blonde florist with a big van and a craving for late-night, deep-fried hot dogs . . .

With her best friend's wedding and her business on the line, Sabrina Hayes needs to be in New York like yesterday. But with her flight canceled and her bank account almost as empty as her gas tank, an extra passenger might just be the long-overdue lucky charm Sabrina needs . . . especially now that she knows he's definitely not a serial killer disguised as a scrumptious Thor look-alike.

Somewhere between a roadside stand that serves food as fast as it serves weddings, a motel room haunted by a lovesick ghost, and a car race known as the Snowball 500, Sabrina and Ryan are about to discover that anything that can go wrong will go hilariously wrong. But even they are not prepared for what's in store on the road ahead . . .

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ID: 695296

Title: Worlds Behind Her Eyelids

Author: Alexa Lee

Narrator: Gemma Dawson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:32:32

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary Fantasy

Summary:

Grace desires an escape. Anywhere to avoid the hardships that threaten to smother her. Equipped with her imagination, Grace creates other worlds to slip into whenever needed. Places where her home life is soon replaced with hunting for treasure, becoming a spy, and endless adventures. But, when her dreams start to evolve and encroach on reality, Grace must fight to discover what's real and what is not.

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ID: 703572

Title: Flinx's Folly

Author: Alan Dean Foster

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:19:10

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster delivers the eagerly awaited new Pip and Flinx novel featuring a certain twenty-four-year-old with red hair, growing powers, and a loyal sidekick who just happens to be a flying mini-dragon. Sure to delight longtime fans and win new ones, Flinxs Folly follows Flinx on a thrilling quest to unravel the mysteries of his mind and body. It is a quest that forces him to confront a horror almost beyond human comprehension concealed somewhere in the universe and coming closer.

Its a good thing Flinx is no stranger to trouble, because hes swimming in it. Even before the latest murderous attack by a new gang of assailants, there seems no end to people determined to arrest, examine, or kill him. To add insult to all that injury, Flinx has been spirited away and enlisted in a battle against a monstrous extra-galactic threat. Hidden behind the Great Emptiness, in a place where it seems matter and energy have never been, there is only evil. Pure evil that is approaching him, accelerating.

Against such a quintessence of colossal evil what can one puny human and a formidable mini-dragon protector do? Flinx must tell someone or go out of his already addled mind. Choosing a confidant is easy: Clarity Held, a crush he hasnt seen in six years. She is a young woman who has clearly gone on with her life in ways that (he soon learns) dont necessarily include Flinx.Whatever happens, Flinx makes up his mind to act quickly. His decision is the beginning of a terrifying, high-stakes adventure through perilous new realms that will rocket him into the very heart of dangerand into the arms of the only woman hes ever loved. As he and Pip bravely travel to a place where no man or mini-drag has gone before, Flinx discovers he has a few more friends than he thoughtand far more enemies than he ever imagined.

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ID: 694225

Title: Stop Ghosting Me

Author: Tara Sivec

Narrator: Gregory Salinas, Vanessa Vasquez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:37:18

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-23

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Romance, Holiday, Contemporary

Summary:

Harvest Grove News:

Favorite bar owner, Ford Prescott, is back in town for his yearly stay, making this his sixth October in Harvest Grove! Single ladies-try not to overwhelm the poor man with so many baked goods this year.

Sidney Tanner wants residents to know her Severed Head Succulents will be buy one, get one free before the countdown to midnight begins on October Eve. Since it's likely she'll be in jail at some point that night, please text her your orders.

Still seeking volunteers for various events around town: Someone to organize pumpkin carving night at the Gore House. An extra, bloody cheerleader for the yearly viewing of The Babysitter's Last Halloween. Costume will be provided. A brave soul to keep an eye on the Tanner girls this month.

We assume Ford will be volunteering for that last one, since he and Sidney are always joined at the hip when he's in town. A little bat tells me these October best friends will be heating things up in town this year.

Fasten your sheet belts, Harvest Grove! Let's hope when the clock strikes midnight on October 31, our dear Sidney won't be ghosted again . . .

Contains mature themes.

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