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ID: 226342

Title: Driving the King

Author: Ravi Howard

Narrator: Adam Lazarre-White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:25:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

A darling and brilliant new novel that explores race and class in the 1950s America.  The war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his home town of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. His childhood friend, Nat Weary, plans to propose to his sweetheart, and the singer will honor their moment with a special song. But while the world has changed, segregated Jim Crow Montgomery remains the same. When a white man attacks Cole with a pipe, Weary leaps from the audience to defend him - an act that will lead to a 10-year prison sentence.   But the singer will not forget his friend and the sacrifice he made. Six months before Weary is released, he receives a remarkable offer: he will be Nat King Cole's driver and bodyguard. It is the promise of a new life removed from the terror, violence, and degradation of Jim Crow Alabama.  Weary discovers that, while in Los Angeles is far different from the deep South, it is a place of discrimination, mistrust, and intolerance where a black man - even one as talented and popular as Nat King Cole - is not wholly welcome. An indelible portrait of prejudice and promise, friendshit and loyalty, Driving the King is a daring look at race and class in pre-Civil Rights America, played out in the lives of two remarkable men.  

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ID: 225723

Title: Man Who Would Not Be Washington

Author: Jonathan Horn

Narrator: David Drummond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:32:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: History, North America

Summary:

The riveting true story of Robert E. Lee, the brilliant soldier bound by marriage to George Washington's family but turned by war against Washington's crowning achievement, the Union.

On the eve of the Civil War, one soldier embodied the legacy of George Washington and the hopes of leaders across a divided land. Both North and South knew Robert E. Lee as the son of Washington's most famous eulogist and the son-in-law of Washington's adopted child. Each side sought his service for high command. Lee could choose only one.

In The Man Who Would Not Be Washington, former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn reveals how the officer most associated with Washington went to war against the union that Washington had forged. This extensively researched and gracefully written biography follows Lee through married life, military glory, and misfortune. The story that emerges is more complicated, more tragic, and more illuminating than the familiar tale. More complicated because the unresolved question of slavery-the driver of disunion-was among the personal legacies that Lee inherited from Washington. More tragic because the Civil War destroyed the people and places connecting Lee to Washington in agonizing and astonishing ways. More illuminating because the battle for Washington's legacy shaped the nation that America is today. As Washington was the man who would not be king, Lee was the man who would not be Washington. The choice was Lee's. The story is America's.

A must-read for those passionate about history, The Man Who Would Not Be Washington introduces Jonathan Horn as a masterly voice in the field.

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ID: 224326

Title: String of Beads

Author: Thomas Perry

Narrator: Joyce Bean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:48:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

After two decades protecting innocent victims onthe run, and a year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn for the worse, Jane McKinnon, nee Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York-or so she thinks. One morning as she comes back from a long run, Jane is met by an unusual sight: all eight clan mothers, the female leaders of the Seneca clans, parked in her driveway in two black cars. A childhood friend of Jane's from the reservation, Jimmy, is wanted by the police for the murder of a local white man. But instead of turning himself in, he's fled, and no one knows where he is hiding out. At the clan mothers' request, Jane retraces a walking trip she and Jimmy took together when they were fourteen in hopes that he has gone the same way again. But it soon becomes clear that the police aren't the only ones after him. As the chase intensifies, the number of people caught up in this twisted plot multiplies, and Jane is the only one who can protect those endangered by it. A String of Beads in an addictive, fast-paced thriller about how abandoning the past can sometimes be the hardest thing to do, even when your life-and the life of those you love-depends on it.

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ID: 226783

Title: List

Author: Joanna Bolouri

Narrator: Caroline Guthrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:09:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

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

Summary:

One year. One Single Woman. Ten Very Naughty Challenges

'I would give this book 6 stars if I could!' --5-Star reviewer

Phoebe Henderson may be single but she sure doesn't feel fabulous. It's been a year since she found her boyfriend Alex in bed with another woman, and multiple cases of wine and extensive relationship analysis with best friend Lucy have done nothing to help.

Faced with a new year but no new love, Phoebe concocts a different kind of resolution. The List: ten things she's always wanted to do in bed but has never had the chance (or the courage!) to try.

A bucket list for between the sheets. One year of pleasure, no strings attached. Simple, right?Factor in meddlesome colleagues, friends with benefits, getting frisky al fresco and maybe, possibly, true love and Phoebe's got her work cut out for her.

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ID: 225722

Title: Uncle Janice

Author: Matt Burgess

Narrator: Rachel Fulginiti

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:16:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Psychological

Summary:

24 year-old Janice Itwaru is an "Uncle"--NYPD lingo for an undercover narcotics officer--and the heroine of the most exuberant and original cop novel in years.  On any given day, Janice Itwaru might be found trolling the streets of Queens for drugs. Janice is an "uncle"--an undercover narcotics officer--trying to meet the impossibly high quota of drug busts needed to make detective, or be sent back down to uniformed patrol. So Janice is out there in her secondhand hoochie skirt, trying to get potential drug dealers--criminals, addicts, and dumb kids, whomever--to commit a felony on her behalf. Other days are spent in the "Rumpus Room" at the precinct, trying to keep up with the bantering lies and inventively cruel pranks of her fellow uncles while coping with the insane demands of the big bosses. With an ailing mother at home, her cover nearly blown, four more buys to get her gold sheild and rumors circulating that Internal Affairs has her unit under surveillance, Janice is running very short on luck as her quota deadline approaches. Now she has to decide which evil to confront: the faceless bureaucrats at One Police Plaza, or the violent drug dealers who may already be onto her identity. Bursting with the glorious chaos of the streets of New York, Uncle Janice is an uproariously funny portrait of how undercover cops really talk and act, and a compelling story of their crazy, dangerous and often nonsensical lives. 

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ID: 226437

Title: Own Your Life: Living With Deep Intention, Bold Faith, and Generous Love

Author: Sally Clarkson

Narrator: Pamela Klein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:36:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

God has made you with the capacity to live courageously, to have great faith, and to become a person of influence.

Sally Clarkson has raised her family, ministered around the world, and mentored countless women with this soul-resounding message. And in Own Your Life, she brings it straight to your heart. If your days seem filled with stresses, challenges, and difficulties . . . if you long to feel God’s blessing but instead fear you’re drifting away from Him . . . this audio book is the breath of spiritual oxygen you need.

It’s time to own your life.

Learn to live each day with spiritual intention — and see how your moment-by-moment decisions add up to a breathtaking life story that shines with God’s love. You will come alive with confidence, energy, and purpose as you discover His fingerprints in your most ordinary days. Your life will become a lasting legacy that points others to Him — and He will honor your decisions beyond what you ever imagined.

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ID: 225721

Title: Descent

Author: Tim Johnston

Narrator: R. C. Bray, Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:33:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

From the day Caitlin vanishes the lives of her family members are irrevocably altered, each assuming blame for that day's tragic events. As the initial days of hope are replaced by weeks of anxiety and despair, they find themselves increasingly isolated, each wondering: Is she still alive? Will we ever know what happened?Pursuing every angle and refusing to surrender the belief that his daughter is still alive, Caitlin's father struggles through the mountainous terrain, prodding both his son and the local authorities to keep up the search. It is through a most unlikely source, however, that they finally find an answer, in a climax that is stunning in both its execution and resolution.Written with precision and elegance, Johnston captures characters' emotions, divergent thoughts, and moments of bleak loneliness as they search for answers. Descent is both a taut and gripping thriller and a work of outstanding literary merit, a combination of great story and beautiful writing that is certain to garner comparisons with the work of such bestselling writers as Cormac McCarthy and Dennis Lehane.

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ID: 224325

Title: Case of the Missing Moonstone

Author: Jordan Stratford

Narrator: Nicola Barber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:34:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-15

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

Eleven-year-old math prodigy Ada Lovelace, daughter of the famous and infamous poet Lord Byron, is a genius. Isolated, awkward and socially inept-but a genius. Mary Godwin, age 14, daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, is a romantic. It has been arranged for Mary and Ada to be tutored by the young man who calls himself Percy B. Snagsby, a nervous fellow who may or may not be a spy. Every day, Mary rides to the Byron estate in a carriage accompanied by Charles, a stowaway boy she is supposed to pretend isn't really there and who all the while keeps his nose in a book. As the two girls become fast friends, their irrepressible curiosity leads to the formation of the secretive Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Their first case involves a stolen pendant, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects-but these are no match for the deductive powers and bold hearts of Ada and Mary.Playful historical references and witticisms abound in this comic romp featuring Newgate Prison, a renegade hot-air balloon ride across the rooftops of London, and word-play worthy of the literary characters who inhabit the story. The Case of the Missing Moonstone is funny and fanciful middle-grade fiction that is guaranteed to delight readers of all ages.

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ID: 241812

Title: You, Unstuck: You Are the Solution to Your Greatest Problem

Author: Seth Adam Smith

Narrator: Seth Adam Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-02-15

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases

Summary:

All of us feel trapped, stuck, or unable to move forward in life at some point. What is it that's holding us back? According to Seth Adam Smith, it's who, not what. Ultimately, the greatest obstacle to achieving your full potential is you.

But you are also the solution to your greatest problem.

This book combats a destructive mind-set that we all sometimes fall into: I can't change. I am the victim of my circumstances, and I am confined by my personal limitations. This philosophy, though intangible, destroys more dreams and limits more lives than any actual, physical obstacle. To show us how to overcome this philosophy of fear, Smith draws on literature, history, and his personal experiences with chronic depression, as well as on encounters with remarkable “ordinary” people who've embraced a different philosophy: the belief that we possess the power to lift ourselves out of the abyss and into the light.

Smith inspires us to see that no matter how dire our circumstances may be, there is always a positive step you can take, however small it might be. He doesn't sugarcoat the difficulties or offer promises of overnight success. But he does promise that if you continue to see yourself as a victim you'll remain frozen and fearful. We may not be able to control what happens to us, but we can always control how we react.

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ID: 228735

Title: Price of Privilege

Author: Jessica Dotta

Narrator: Amanda McKnight

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:08:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-15

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

Where will she turn when the truth becomes more dangerous than the lie? Having finally discovered the truth of her birthright, Julia Elliston is determined to outwit Chance Macy at his own game. Holding a secret he’d kill to keep, however, is proving more difficult than she imagined. Just when Julia thinks she’s managed to untangle herself from Macy’s clutches, he changes tactics with a risky ploy. As the scandal of the century breaks loose, drawing rooms all over London whisper what so far newspapers have not dared to print: Macy’s lost bride is none other than Lord Pierson’s daughter—and one of the most controversial cases of marital law ever seen comes before Victorian courts. Though Julia knows Macy’s version of events is another masterful manipulation, public opinion is swaying in his favor. Caught in a web of deceit and lies, armed only with a fledgling faith, Julia must face her fiercest trial yet.

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