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ID: 392028

Title: Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

Author: William E. Wallace

Narrator: Simon Callow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:44:55

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-19

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Arts & Entertainment, Architecture & Design

Summary:

In this audiobook, acclaimed actor Simon Callow narrates the gripping untold story of Michelangelo's final decadesand his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian Renaissance

As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that fate intervened to task Michelangelo with the most ambitious and daunting project of his long creative life.

Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peters Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peters project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering. Assessing the situation with his uncompromising eye and razor-sharp intellect, Michelangelo overcame the furious resistance of Church officials to persuade the Pope that it was time to start over.

Leading Michelangelo expert William Wallace sheds new light on this least familiar part of Michelangelos biography, revealing a creative genius who was also a skilled engineer and enterprising businessman. The challenge of building St. Peters deepened Michelangelos faith, Wallace shows. Fighting the intrigues of Church politics and his own declining health, Michelangelo became convinced that he was destined to build the largest and most magnificent church ever conceived. And he was determined to live long enough that no other architect could alter his design.

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ID: 404149

Title: Spiritual Spring

Author: Ruby Rose Taylor

Narrator: Ruby Rose Taylor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:17:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-19

Publisher: Authors Republic

Genres: Health & Wellness, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

This book is a step by step guide to loving yourself. It is simple and easy to listen to and comes with guided meditations to open your heart to receive self-love. The author; Ruby Rose Taylor is a specialist in her field as a healer and works in the blissful town of Byron Bay. She says, 'Many visitors come to Byron Bay to witness the magical landscape and experience the majestic whales and dolphins but they also come for healing. The Byron Bay region has always been known for its sacred aboriginal culture and its connection to spirituality.' Ruby Rose Taylor's audio book; Spiritual Spring will encourage you to master your mind, be in your body, heal your heart and let your spirit soar. Ruby Rose developed this four step program to help you practice self-love because she believes in a holistic approach to healing all parts of ourselves back into love.

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ID: 396831

Title: Man Who Saw Everything

Author: Deborah Levy

Narrator: George Blagden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:06:22

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-19

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Canada

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General, Religious Fiction

Summary:

Longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize

Shortlisted for the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize

Finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award

Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction

An electrifying and audacious novel about beauty, envy, and carelessness by Deborah Levy, two-time Man Booker Prize finalist.

It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay about the German Democratic Republic. As a gift for his translator's sister, a Beatles fanatic who will be his host, Saul's girlfriend will shoot a photograph of him standing in the crosswalk on Abbey Road, an homage to the famous album cover. As he waits for her to arrive, he is grazed by an oncoming car, which changes the trajectory of his life--and this story of good intentions and reckless actions.

The Man Who Saw Everything is about the difficulty of seeing ourselves and others clearly. It greets the specters that come back to haunt old and new love, previous and current incarnations of Europe, conscious and unconscious transgressions, and real and imagined betrayals, while investigating the cyclic nature of history and its reinvention by people in power. Here, Levy traverses the vast reaches of the human imagination while artfully blurring sexual and political binaries--feminine and masculine, East and West, past and present--to reveal the full spectrum of our world.

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ID: 519470

Title: Husband for Harry

Author: Janice Bridges

Narrator: Janine Haynes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:33:08

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-19

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

Set in the year 1845 Marcus Rutherford, applied for and won land grants in the New Colonies, in the newly appointed state of Queensland, Australia.

All he needed now was a wife!

But how does a man go about finishing with one sister, Miss Emily Puddleton and then asks for her older sister, Harriot Puddleton's hand in marriage?

When Emily discovers the truth, she is hell bent for Bedlam and soon follows.

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ID: 501246

Title: Legacies of Brigadier Station

Author: Sarah Williams

Narrator: Myles Pollard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:18:53

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-19

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Western, Historical Romance, General

Summary:

Can Lachie be the father Hannah needs? And the man Abbie deserves?When tragedy strikes the small rural town and secrets begin to unravelLachie McGuire is trying to make a fresh start. Hes sobered up and is making amends for all the people he has hurt and the pain he has caused. But some of his past actions have consequences. Even if he doesnt remember them.

Needing her independence, single-mum Abbie Forsyth accepted a nursing position in the small outback town of Julia Creek and uprooted her daughter, Hannah from the only life she had ever known. Now, in the dusty, sun burned land they are creating a life together, just the two of them.

When Lachie is injured and needs medical assistance, Abbie is there for him. Shes by his side every step of the way, including letting him stay with them while he recovers from surgery. But Abbie knows how volatile life with an addict can be and she has to think about her daughters safety above her own growing affection for the handsome grazier.

Return to the Outback for the third instalment in the bestselling Brigadier Station series.

The Legacies of Brigadier Station is the third in the Brigadier Station series which is set near Julia Creek in the isolated Queensland Outback of Australia.

Each book in the Brigadier Station series can be read as a STANDALONE:

* The Brothers of Brigadier Station

* The Sky over Brigadier Station

* The Legacies of Brigadier Station

* Christmas at Brigadier Station

Each of Sarah's stories are linked so you can find out what happens to the other brothers and your favourite characters in future books.

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ID: 404613

Title: Sky over Brigadier Station

Author: Sarah Williams

Narrator: Myles Pollard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:45:18

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-19

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Romance, General, Contemporary

Summary:

He guards his heart. She yields to no man. Will a chance encounter set a course for true love?Noah McGuire buries his demons deep inside. But when hes forced to return home to Brigadier Station to collect his inheritance, he can no longer avoid digging up his painful past. With the wounds of childhood trauma reopened, his world plunges into darkness until a beautiful pilot sets his heart afire.

Riley Sinclair isnt afraid to fly against the wind. While the spunky helicopter pilots cattle herding business ruffles the feathers of most men, the handsome Noah seems different. But as demand for her skills grows, she worries that giving into passion could keep her dreams grounded.

As their chemistry soars, an unexpected tragedy throws their lives and their budding romance into a tailspin.

Can Noah and Riley leave their baggage behind to let love fly free?

The Sky over Brigadier Stationis the second standalone book in the captivating Brigadier Station Western romance series. If you like flawed characters, simmering scenes, and stunning Australian settings, then youll love Sarah Williams rugged tale.

Each book in the Brigadier Station series can be read as a STANDALONE:

* The Brothers of Brigadier Station

* The Sky over Brigadier Station

* The Legacies of Brigadier Station

* Christmas at Brigadier Station

Each of the stories are linked so you can find out what happens to the other brothers and your favourite characters in future books.

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ID: 367996

Title: Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic

Author: Adam Shoalts

Narrator: Adam Shoalts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:59:43

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Allen Lane Canada

Genres: History, World

Summary:

A mesmerizing odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, and the rich history it reveals.

What does it mean to explore and confront the unknown? Beyond the Trees recounts Adam Shoalts's epic, never-before-attempted solo crossing of Canada's mainland Arctic in a single season. It's also a multilayered story that weaves the narrative of Shoalts's journey into accounts of other adventurers, explorers, First Nations, fur traders, dreamers, eccentrics, and bush pilots to create an unforgettable tale of adventure and exploration. 

Interspersed with his stories of navigating mazes of shifting ice floes, facing down snarling bears and galloping musk-ox, and portaging along knife-edge cliffs above furious rapids, are the fascinating legends, historic persons, and incredible anecdotes that make up the lore of the North. They include the saga of the Mad Trapper, a man whose feats of endurance and ingenuity were almost as legendary as his violent end; the story of the controversial Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a redoubtable dreamer but also one who was blamed for the deaths of his companions; the tale of the 'Lost Patrol' of the Mounties who perished in a blinding blizzard; the formidable Tyrell brothers who together charted much of Canada's North; the eerie ruins of Fort Confidence that was built nearly two centuries ago on Great Bear Lake; and the decaying remnants of gold prospector David Douglas's cabin overlooking the Dease River. The North is indeed a perilous place. Also told in the book is the tragedy of John Hornby and his two companions who starved to death on the banks of the Thelon River; their bones are still resting just above the riverbank in shallow graves. 

Beyond the Trees also discusses folklore about wendigoes, strange lights, and the mystery of Angikuni Lake, where in 1930 an entire Inuit camp supposedly vanished without a trace. These mysteries and wonders are Shoalts's only companions as he sets out on his own path through the adventure of a lifetime.

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ID: 383847

Title: Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown

Author: Adam Shoalts

Narrator: Adam Shoalts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:14:22

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Penguin Canada

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, History & Culture, Travel Tips

Summary:

Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award 

Winner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction

The age of exploration is not over.

When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no one had ever gone before. What he discovered surprised even him.

Shoalts was no stranger to the wilderness. He had hacked his way through jungles and swamp, had stared down polar bears and climbed mountains. But one spot on the map called out to him irresistibly: the Hudson Bay Lowlands, a trackless expanse of muskeg and lonely rivers, caribou and wolf—an Amazon of the north, parts of which to this day remain unexplored. 

Cutting through this forbidding landscape is a river no explorer, trapper, or canoeist had left any record of paddling. It was this river that Shoalts was obsessively determined to explore. 

It took him several attempts, and years of research. But finally, alone, he found the headwaters of the mysterious river. He believed he had discovered what he had set out to find. But the adventure had just begun. Unexpected dangers awaited him downstream.

 

Gripping and often poetic, Alone Against the North is a classic adventure story of single-minded obsession, physical hardship, and the restless sense of wonder that every explorer has in common.

 

But what does exploration mean in an age when satellite imagery of even the remotest corner of the planet is available to anyone with a phone? Is there anything left to explore?

 

What Shoalts discovered as he paddled downriver was a series of unmapped waterfalls that could easily have killed him. Just as astonishing was the media reaction when he got back to civilization. He was crowned “Canada’s Indiana Jones” and appeared on morning television. He was feted by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and congratulated by the Governor General. People were enthralled by Shoalts’s proof that the world is bigger than we think.

 

Shoalts’s story makes it clear that the world can become known only by getting out of our cars and armchairs, and setting out into the unknown, where every step is different from the one before, and something you may never have imagined lies around the next curve in the river.                                             

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ID: 404948

Title: Story of My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography

Author: M. K. Gandhi

Narrator: Sagar Arya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20:29:13

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-19

Publisher: DK Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics

Summary:

To mark the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, DK presents the audiobook of The Story of My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography, narrated by Sagar Arya.

Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety and adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself.

He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence.

This is not a straightforward narrative biography. In The Story of My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.

A well-known Indian actor, Sagar Arya has narrated over 35 audiobooks, including White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Love Like Blood by Mark Billingham and audiobooks by Amish, and he brings his wealth of knowledge to this production. His television credits include A Touch of Frost, Hunted, Spooks, Casualty and Holby City. He appeared as Claudio in RSC's Much Ado About Nothing, as well as Twelfth Night (West End), The Great Game (Tricycle) and A Fine Balance (Hampstead).

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ID: 392049

Title: Escape

Author: Linwood Barclay

Narrator: Adam Sims

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:11:29

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-19

Publisher: Puffin Canada

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

The Incredible Journey meets Gordon Korman's On the Run. The adventure continues in Linwood Barclay's follow-up novel to Chase!

Twelve-year-old Jeff and genetically engineered spy dog Chipper are on the run from the mysterious and sinister organization known only as The Institute, with help from Harry, the summer guest at Jeff's aunt's fishing cabins. Due to a combination of bravery, luck and some of Chipper's more useful modifications, they've managed to evade their pursuers so far. But The Institute is closing in and Chipper and Jeff will have to keep one step ahead if they want to stay alive. . . . Harry seems to have a plan to keep them hidden, but now even he seems to be acting suspiciously. Can Jeff and Chipper trust him? 

Danger, secrets and thrilling suspense collide in Linwood Barclay's action-packed series for children.

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