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ID: 715872

Title: Love Letters to a Serial Killer

Author: Tasha Coryell

Narrator: Andi Arndt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller.

Recently ghosted and sick of watching her friends fade into the suburbs, thirty-something Hannah finds community in a true-crime forum that’s on a mission to solve the murders of four women in Atlanta. After William, a handsome lawyer, is arrested for the killings, Hannah begins writing him letters. It’s the perfect outlet for her pent-up frustration and rage. The exercise empowers her, and even feels healthy at first.

Until William writes back.

Hannah’s interest in the case goes from curiosity to obsession, leaving space for nothing else as her life implodes around her. After she loses her job, she heads to Georgia to attend the trial and befriends other true-crime junkies like herself. When a fifth woman is discovered murdered, the jury has no choice but to find William not guilty, and Hannah is the first person he calls upon his release. The two of them quickly fall into a routine of domestic bliss.

Well, as blissful as one can feel while secretly investigating their partner for serial murder…

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ID: 715870

Title: Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves

Author: Nicola Twilley

Narrator: Nicola Twilley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:18:18

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, History, Social Science

Summary:

'Engrossing...hard to put down.' — The New York Times Book Review

“Frostbite is a perfectly executed cold fusion of science, history, and literary verve . . . as a fellow nonfiction writer, I bow down. This is how it's done.” — Mary Roach, author of Fuzz and Stiff

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food—for better and for worse

How often do we open the fridge or peer into the freezer with the expectation that we’ll find something fresh and ready to eat? It’s an everyday act—but just a century ago, eating food that had been refrigerated was cause for both fear and excitement. The introduction of artificial refrigeration overturned millennia of dietary history, launching a new chapter in human nutrition. We could now overcome not just rot, but seasonality and geography. Tomatoes in January? Avocados in Shanghai? All possible.

In Frostbite, New Yorker contributor and cohost of the award-winning podcast Gastropod Nicola Twilley takes readers on a tour of the cold chain from farm to fridge, visiting off-the-beaten-path landmarks such as Missouri’s subterranean cheese caves, the banana-ripening rooms of New York City, and the vast refrigerated tanks that store the nation’s orange juice reserves. Today, nearly three-quarters of everything on the average American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold under refrigeration. It’s impossible to make sense of our food system without understanding the all-but-invisible network of thermal control that underpins it. Twilley’s eye-opening book is the first to reveal the transformative impact refrigeration has had on our health and our guts; our farms, tables, kitchens, and cities; global economics and politics; and even our environment.

In the developed world, we’ve reaped the benefits of refrigeration for more than a century, but the costs are catching up with us. We’ve eroded our connection to our food and redefined what “fresh” means. More important, refrigeration is one of the leading contributors to climate change. As the developing world races to build a US-style cold chain, Twilley asks: Can we reduce our dependence on refrigeration? Should we? A deeply researched and reported, original, and entertaining dive into the most important invention in the history of food and drink, Frostbite makes the case for a recalibration of our relationship with the fridge—and how our future might depend on it.

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ID: 715890

Title: John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People

Author: Randall Woods

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38:22:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, North America

Summary:

A magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy Adams

In this masterful biography, historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy’s long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic.

Born the first son of John and Abigail Adams, he was pressured to follow in his father’s footsteps in both law and politics. His boyhood was spent amid the furor of the American Revolution, and as a teen he assisted his father on diplomatic missions in Europe, hobnobbing with monarchs and statesmen, dining with Ben Franklin, sitting by Voltaire at the opera. He received a world-class education, becoming fluent in Latin, Greek, German, and French. His astonishing intellect and poise would lead to a diplomatic career of his own, in which he'd help solidify his fledgling nation’s standing in the world.

He was intertwined with every famous American of his day, from Washington to Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, Jackson, Calhoun, Clay, and Webster. He was on stage, frequently front and center, during the Revolutionary Era, the fractious birth of American party politics, the War of 1812, the Era of Good Feelings, and the peak of Continental Expansion. It was against this backdrop that he served as an ambassador, senator, secretary of state, and, unhappily, as president. The driving force behind both the Transcontinental Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine, this champion of Manifest Destiny spent the last years of his life fighting against the annexation of Texas because it would facilitate the spread of slavery.

This deeply researched, brilliantly written volume delves into John Quincy’s intellectual pursuits and political thought; his loving, yet at times strained, marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson, whom he met in London; his troubling relationships with his three sons; and his fiery post-presidency rebirth in Congress as he became the chamber’s most vocal opponent of slavery.

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ID: 715871

Title: My Roman History: A Memoir

Author: Alizah Holstein

Narrator: Alizah Holstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:55:02

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Ancient Civilizations, Travel, Europe

Summary:

“A lyrical and moving exploration of the ways in which the heart governs even the pursuit of a life of the mind, this is a book for anyone who has ever loved Rome, as well as anyone who shares the experience of having found, in an unfamiliar history, their own unexpected home.” —Rebecca Mead, author of My Life in Middlemarch and Home/Land

In this exquisite and profound memoir, a medieval historian traces her lifelong obsession with Rome and the encounters with the city’s past and present that became fulcrum points in her life

From the time she first felt called to its gates as a high school student fascinated by Dante and Italian thanks to a life-changing teacher, Rome has been a fixed star around which Alizah Holstein’s life has rotated—despite the fact that she bears no Italian heritage, and has never lived there long enough to call it home. 

In this kaleidoscopic yet intimate memoir, her shifting relationship to a vibrant city layered with human history becomes a lens on why we look to the past, on the mysteries of affinity and desire, and on what it means to grow up. Holstein weaves the stories of Romans past and present, and encounters with the city of historical figures from Petrarch to Freud, into the narrative of her evolution from a curious student abuzz with the thrill of discovery, to a lonely researcher in a city to which she feels she belongs despite knowing no one, to an ambitious young historian struggling to find her place in the halls of academia. Following a trail of memories—that first taste of a tartufo cioccolato in Piazza Navona, the ancient walls of the Via Appia blurring from the back of a motorcycle, the smudge of ink on a manuscript left by a scribe's hand over seven hundred years before—she explores what it means to be romana, Roman—and to find solace and self-knowledge in the presence of the past.

An enveloping, original, and deeply resonant account, set against one of the world's most beguiling cities, of the unexpected things that give our lives meaning, My Roman History is a profound depiction of the winding path to self-realization, which—much like history itself—is mysterious, captivating, and ever-unfolding.

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ID: 752262

Title: Who Is Bad Bunny?

Author: G. M. Taboas Zayas

Narrator: Luis Vega

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir

Summary:

Learn about Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny and his incredible career in this book from Who HQ Now, the series featuring the trending topics and news makers of today.

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, is one of today's most popular artists. He made his start posting his music on Soundcloud, and in 2016, his song 'Diles' got him signed to a major record label. Since then, Bad Bunny has performed at Coachella and collaborated with superstars like Cardi B, J Balvin, and Drake. Breaking language barriers, Bad Bunny is now one of the top streamed artists internationally on Spotify. Bad Bunny is just getting started with his music takeover, having won 3 Grammys and 10 Billboard Music Awards. Not only that, Bad Bunny is heavily involved in activism spaces and even wrestles professionally! Learn more about Bad Bunny and his diverse career in this biography for young readers.

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ID: 715788

Title: Magic Enuff: Poems

Author: Tara M. Stringfellow

Narrator: Tara M. Stringfellow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:26:01

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

“Gorgeous poetry” (People) that celebrates Black Southern womanhood and the many ways magic lives in the bonds between mothers, daughters, and sisters, from the bestselling author of Memphis.

“These are lush poems full of radical love and strength.”—Warsan Shire, author of Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

“God can stay asleep / these women in my life are magic enuff”

An electrifying collection of poems that tells a universal tale of survival and revolution through the lens of Black femininity. Tara M. Stringfellow embraces complexity, grappling with the sometimes painful, sometimes wonderful way two conflicting things can be true at the same time. How it’s possible to have a strong voice but also feel silenced. To be loyal to things and people that betray us. To burn as hot with rage as we do with love.

Each poem asks how we can heal and sustain relationships with people, systems, and ourselves. How to reach for the kind of real love that allows for the truth of anger, disappointment, and grief. Unapologetic, unafraid, and glorious in its nuance, this collection argues that when it comes to living in our full humanity, we have—and we are—magic enough.

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ID: 789944

Title: Purrmaids Fin-Tastic Adventures 1-4: The Scaredy Cat; The Catfish Club; Seasick Seahorse; Search for the Mermicorn

Author: Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

Narrator: Holly Linneman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:46:20

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

This collection of books 1-4 in the Purrmaids series is purr-fect for fans of chapter book series like Magic Kitten, Mermaid Tales, and Rainbow Magic!

Angel, Coral, and Shelly are best friends . . . and mermaid kittens. They love swimming around their home of Kittentail Cove and doing projects together at sea school. This collection introduces the friends in four fin-tastic adventures!

In #1: The Scaredy Cat, the purrmaids explore a sunken ship and conquer their fears!

In #2: The Catfish Club, the girls must deal with friendship problems at school while working on art projects.

In #3: Seasick Sea Horse, Shelly loses the class pet, and her friends have to help her fix the purr-oblem!

In #4: Search for the Mermicorn, the purrmaids visit a nature preserve and discover an amazing new creature . . . a unicorn mermaid!

This four-book collection is the purr-fect way to swim into this chapter book series—adapted for audio!

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ID: 714925

Title: Six of Sorrow

Author: Amanda Linsmeier

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:00:35

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller, Paranormal, LGBTQ+

Summary:

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day—and now, on their birthday, one of them is missing. From the author of Starlings comes a story about small-towns, friendships, and the terrifying things your parents don't tell you, that's perfect for fans of Yellowjackets.

For most of her life, Isabeau and her five best friends were inseparable—amazingly enough, the six girls even shared a birthday. Then a rift caused their friendships to fracture, and Iz lost everyone except Reuel, the only one who didn’t abandon her.

Until now. The night of their sixteenth birthday, Isabeau leaves Reuel sitting on her front porch and heads home—and in the morning, Reuel is missing. She’s gone for two days, and when she reappears, there’s something wrong with her. She’s sick. Really sick. And she doesn’t remember anything that happened while she was gone.

If there’s any bright side to the situation, it’s that Reuel’s peculiar disappearance brings the six girls back together. Their sisterhood feels as strong as it was years ago, but when another one of them disappears, they all agree that they must have more in common than simply their birthday. They all feel it. Something’s been waiting for them, and that something has come to claim them one by one.

Deep in their bones, they know—it’s just a matter of time until they they’re all taken. And if they don’t save themselves, no one will.

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ID: 715887

Title: Sentinel

Author: Mark Greaney

Narrator: Adam Gold

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:34:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Political Thriller, Action & Adventure, Espionage

Summary:

An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series.

Josh Duffy and his wife Nikki are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service providing protection for diplomats in the field. They've been sent to Ghana with a team of US embassy personnel who are there to highlight American commitment to the construction of a new dam. 

Since Ghana is a stable democracy, the Duffy children have come along for a short vacation. But stability proves to be fleeting when a Chinese plan to embarrass the US means the destruction of the dam. Now Josh and his protectees are on the run, caught between a Chinese hit squad and a rebel army.

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ID: 789731

Title: Hello Tiny World: An Enchanting Journey into the World of Creating Terrariums

Author: Ben Newell

Narrator: Ben Newell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:51:14

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-24

Publisher: DK Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Home & Garden

Summary:

Venture into the tiny worlds of terrariums and discover how to create a universe of your own.

Like an artist, youll learn how to use planting and hardscaping to make stunning terrarium compositions. Plus, master the fundamentals of successful growing soil, water, and light so your plants thrive.

Put theory into practice with step-by-step projects of 13 terrariums:

- Repurpose a spice jar to create a stunning yet small terrarium on a budget

- Replicate natural environments in your home with planting and hardscaping choices, such as the fallen branch terrarium

- Express yourself by including playful figurines to create fun imaginary worlds

- Try a bioactive terrarium, adding custodians to thrive in these mini ecosystems

With a combination of projects and deep dives into plant groups and care advice, youll be well on your way to curating your own terrarium wonderland with Hello Tiny World.

Wriitten and read by Ben Newell. Ben has an audience of over 2 million plant enthusiasts across the world who delight in his curiosity and care for nature as he shares his terrariums on social media. In 2022, Ben received a RHS Chelsea Gold Medal in recognition of his work and was shortlisted for Garden Media Guild Social Media Influencer of the Year. He has been featured in publications such as The Spruce, Buzzfeed, and LadBible and made appearances at BBC Hereford & Worcester Bloomsbury Festival and on Michael Perry's Plant Based Podcast.

©2024 Ben Newell (P)2024 DK Audio

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