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ID: 722131

Title: Under the Surface

Author: Diana Urban

Narrator: Max Meyers, Rebecca Soler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:37:22

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Action & Adventure

Summary:

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping and propulsive story of love, danger, betrayal, and hope… even when all seems lost.

'Tense and fast-moving, with a unique setting and compelling characters, Under the Surface is Diana Urban’s best yet.'—Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

Ruby is terrified to cave to her feelings for Sean and risk him crushing her heart. 

Sean is pumped to spend a week with Ruby in Paris on their senior class trip, and he’ll wait however long until she’s ready to take things further.

But when Ruby’s best friend sneaks out the first night to meet a  mysterious French boy, Ruby goes after her with two classmates, but caves to another temptation: attending mystery boy’s exclusive party in the Paris catacombs, the intricate web of tunnels beneath the city, home to six million long-dead Parisians. Only they never reach the party.

Underground, as something sinister chases them, they get lost in the endless maze of bones, uncovering dark secrets about the catacombs…..and each other. And if they can’t find a way out, they’ll die in the dark beneath the City of Light. 

Aboveground, Sean races to find the girl he loves as a media frenzy over the four missing teens begins.

From award-winning author and rising YA star Diana Urban comes a twisty tale of four teens lost in the dark beneath the City of Light and the race to find them.

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ID: 728544

Title: Zombie Apocalypse Running Club

Author: Carrie Mac

Narrator: Shannon Tyo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:44:07

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Paranormal, Action & Adventure, LGBTQ+

Summary:

When twins Eira and Soren escape from their survivalist home into a world overcome by zombies, there's only one way to stay alive: run!

Eira and Soren are queer twins living with their survivalist parents when a plague starts spreading that turns people into zombie-like monsters. They disagree with their parents about a lot, but they can't deny that their way of life keeps them safe while much of the world perishes--for now. When it becomes clear that their safety won't last, the twins decide to strike out on their own.

They don't get far before encountering the one remaining person in the closest town: their friend Racer, a gold medal-winning Special Olympics champion. Racer is appalled at the twins’ slow speed and tells them that their survivalist skills aren't worth anything if they can't outrun the monsters. He sets them on a training regimen that comes in handy when they embark on the bigger journey ahead of them.

On their trek they find friends, enemies, and even love. But with zombies on their heels at every turn, will they ever be able to slow down?

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ID: 734246

Title: Enemies to Lovers

Author: Laura Jane Williams

Narrator: Jennifer Macbeth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:23:55

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Contemporary Women

Summary:

The best love hangover cure? Forced proximity . . . on a summer family vacation in Greece.

Ever since The Embarrassing Meltdown Incident, Flo has been on an enforced break from life. And the timing couldn’t be better, as her family sets off to Greece for their summer vacation. 

Enter Jamie Kramer . . . literally. Broad, sun-kissed, and fitter than ever. Jamie is Flo’s brother's best friend, and the person she wants to see least in the world. He’s also her family’s 'adopted' son after he lost his parents at a young age.

Flo and Jamie hate each other. Except, Flo actually has a mortifying crush on Jamie, made infuriatingly stronger after The Christmas Incident. And nobody—least of all her family—can know. So, with two weeks of steamy outings, rocky boat trips, and sunshine on the horizon, Flo is going to have to fix the situation the only way she can think of: by spending time with him. What could possibly go wrong for the pair of Enemies to Lovers?

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ID: 734248

Title: Unraveling

Author: Melanie Hamrick

Narrator: Summer Morton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:06:38

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Psychological, New Adult, Contemporary Women

Summary:

A ballerina spirals into a world of lust and luxury in this new addictive novel by Melanie Hamrick, author of First Position.

Jocelyn Banks has always felt like an outsider in the ballet world. She was raised in rural Louisiana, taught to scrap and hustle for the life she wanted. And ever since Jocelyn found ballet, she has been able to take her life into her own hands. After years of success at the North American Ballet, she is now on a hiatus to enjoy life in London.

But in an instant, Jocelyn’s world is turned upside down and she’s forced find a way back into the ballet world. But the ballet scene in London is completely different from the one in America. It's not just talent and drive that will move you forward; if you don't secure a sponsor to pay your salary, you will go nowhere. Jocelyn manages to score a donor, which is crucial at the Royal National Ballet—but the hardest part is yet to come.

Jocelyn is unable to break through her emotions, afraid that if she does, she’ll be flooded with feelings she can’t afford to have. But something about her sponsor, the charismatic Alastair Cavendish, sets a fire in her. What she feels when she’s with him is raw and real. If she goes down this precarious path, she knows she’s doomed to fall into an intoxicating spiral of self-sabotage. But the lust and magnetizing lure of power and prestige keep clawing at her, ultimately forcing her to choose between desire and duty.

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ID: 734278

Title: Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

Author: Theodore H. Schwartz

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:31:27

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Medicine

Summary:

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and in Schwartz's talented hands, the most enigmatic 3 1/2 pounds of tissue in the known universe comes to light in remarkable and revelatory ways.”

—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, and New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

A popular biography of brain surgery, by one of its preeminent practitioners

We’ve all heard the phrase “it’s not brain surgery.” But what exactly is brain surgery? It’s a profession that is barely a hundred years old and profoundly connects two human beings, but few know how it works, or its history. How did early neurosurgeons come to understand the human brain—an extraordinarily complex organ that controls everything we do, and yet at only three pounds is so fragile? And how did this incredibly challenging and lifesaving specialty emerge?

 

In this warm, rigorous, and deeply insightful book, Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz explores what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot—when every second can mean life or death. Drawing from the author’s own cases, plus media, sports, and government archives, this seminal work delves into all the brain-related topics that have long-consumed public curiosity, like what really happened to JFK, President Biden’s brain surgery, and the NFL’s management of CTE. Dr. Schwartz also surveys the field’s latest incredible advances and discusses the philosophical questions of the unity of the self and the existence of free will.  

 

A neurosurgeon as well as a professor of neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, one of the busiest and most highly ranked neurosurgery centers in the world, Dr. Schwartz tells this story like no one else could. Told through anecdote and clear explanation, this is the ultimate cultural and scientific history of a literally mind-blowing human endeavor, one that cuts to the core of who we are.

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ID: 810673

Title: William: A Somerset Man

Author: Meg Lawrence

Narrator: Susan Haynes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:01:42

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-24

Publisher: Authors Republic

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Family Life

Summary:

While researching my ancestry I was intrigued to discover that an ancestor had been widowed twice and married three times with three children before the age of 26.

William was born in Somerset in 1828, one of generations going back to 1722 and beyond skilled with woodcarving and model making. He was a great inventor, engineer and designer, and adventurous, too. He migrated to New Zealand in 1858, and then to Melbourne in 1885, his family then 10 strong. This is a fictionalised account of his life.

To this day, William's genes are evidenced in the youngest generation of his line. This book is a tribute to past and future members in our family who carry William's genes.

Meg Lawrence was born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, in 1930, a second generation Australian. She inherited her father and grandfather's love of the ocean, and crewed on many ocean races. Her day job was in advertising, producing commercials and documentaries for radio and television.

Meg was the first Australian woman to report on life in Japan after the war. She also worked in Mexico, Fiji, and many Australian locations. In 2008 she produced a film explaining the biosphere which was presented to UNESCO in Paris in 2010.

She has lived in Noosa Heads, Queensland, since 1977. Between 1989 and 2019 she was the first and last chairman of the Noosa Federation of the Arts, for which she received a Member of the Order of Australia.

Suffering from macular degeneration, which makes reading difficult, prompted Meg to publish in audio.

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ID: 805882

Title: Heart of Fire and Flame

Author: K.J. Johnson

Narrator: Alexa Borys, E.M. Wylde

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:46:26

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-24

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy

Summary:

A dark Rumpelstiltskin retelling.

The balance within the realm has shifted, and one must rise to fight the emerging darkness.

But what would happen if the one meant to rise, joins the darkness instead of standing against it?

Not everything is as it seems, and everyone is keeping secrets.

When attacks are coming from every side and you can no longer trust those around you, how far would you go to reclaim the life that was stolen from you?

Harlowe

Peace between Valoren and Pyrithia was built on a knifes edge, dependent on both sides remaining on their own side of the border.

So when the most lethal warriors in all the realm fly in on the backs of their dragons unannounced, Im prepared to defend my kingdom with my life.

Despite my mistrust, I cant help feeling drawn to the enigmatic, sexy-as-sin General of the Cathal.

Silas can be summarised in three words: Dangerous. Deadly. Deceitful.

So why cant I fight this pull I feel towards him?

Silas

I have a job to do and the Princess of Valoren is a distraction I simply do not need.

And yet, I want to possess her, to own her, to make her mine.

But Im not the only one hunting her.

This story is a dark fantasy romance and is intended for mature readers only. It contains controlling behavior by the MMC towards the FMC, explicit sexual content, dubious consent, sexual assault, profanity, depictions of violence, and other topics that may be triggering for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

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ID: 798978

Title: Our Tom

Author: J.E. Gaulton

Narrator: David Ault

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:31:35

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Military

Summary:

Our Tom is set during the First World War and is the story of Thomas Middleton, a lonely 36-year-old laborer from Derbyshire, though well-respected and a pillar of the community he is lonely and sees the outbreak of war a chance to escape his humdrum life. Upon hearing of the sinking of the Lusitania, decides to enlist not only to get away from his life but to protect his family and the country he loves. What he discovers on his journey is that the welcome world of men, and the strict regime of military life are not everything. Amid this turmoil, he meets a feisty young nurse, Ella, who helps him come to terms with the death of a friend and shows him what love is and what it means to be loved. As romance blossoms, Toms life merges with the life of this young nurse. As the eve of the third battle for Gaza looms, Tom and Ella are torn apart by the rigid rules and a hidden secret.

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ID: 723441

Title: Who Is Lin-Manuel Miranda?

Author: Elijah Rey-David Matos

Narrator: Giordan Diaz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:52:46

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir

Summary:

Step into the spotlight with Lin-Manuel Miranda in this addition to the New York Times #1 Best-Selling series that explains how the Broadway legend got his start before Hamilton and Encanto!

Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Lin-Manuel Miranda had a passion for the arts and creativity from a young age. He participated in theater as a child and wrote his first Broadway musical, In the Heights, while he was still in college. That show won him his first Tony Award for Best Musical! He went on to create and star in the beloved musical Hamilton about the life of Alexander Hamilton. A nonstop writer, Lin-Manuel contributed music for other major projects such as Moana, Encanto, Star Wars, and The Little Mermaid. He has won a Pulitzer prize, five Grammy awards, three Tony Awards, and two Emmy awards so far in his successful career as a composer, lyricist, actor, and director.

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ID: 723446

Title: Crushing It

Author: Erin Becker

Narrator: Bailey Carr, Elsa Lepecki Bean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:49:29

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Kids, Romance, General, Health & Family

Summary:

From debut author Erin Becker comes an action-packed but tender novel about first romance, queer identity, and learning how to be brave when it matters the most.

On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She’s ready to lead her team to victory at the city championship in her new role as captain. Off the field, however, is a totally different story. Mel can’t get a handle on her class presentation, her friend group has completely dissolved, and her ex-friend-current-teammate, Tory, is being the worst. The only place she feels like herself is in her text conversations where she shares her secret poetry with BTtoYouPlease.

Tory McNally, on the other hand, is keeping everything together, thank you very much. So what if her mom is more preoccupied with her craft projects and new husband than her, or that she’s down to one IRL friend because of annoying, overly peppy “Magic” Mel? She’s perfectly fine, and even when she maybe isn’t, she’s got NotEmilyD to text with.

As the championships loom closer, everything around Mel and Tory starts to get more and more complicated: the dynamics on the field, the rift between their friend group, and, as they connect anonymously online, maybe even their feelings for each other . . .

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