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ID: 360663

Title: Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of 'The Children's Ship'

Author: Deborah Heiligman

Narrator: Marisa Calin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:20:10

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Historical

Summary:

From award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII.

Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada. On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers.

When the war ships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares. What followed is an amazing example of all that people are capable ofthe worst, and the best.

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ID: 374319

Title: Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues that Will Change Your Life and the World

Author: Jonathan Reckford

Narrator: Jimmy Carter, Robert Petkoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:44:55

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Social Science

Summary:

Inspiring and insightful, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World celebrates the shared principles that unite and enable us to overcome lifes challenges together.

When the waters rise, so do our better angels.President Jimmy Carter

Jonathan Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, has seen time and again the powerful benefits that arise when people from all walks of life work together to help one another. In this uplifting book, he shares true stories of people involved with Habitat as volunteers and future homeowners who embody seven timeless virtueskindness, community, empowerment, joy, respect, generosity, and serviceand shows how we can all practice these to improve the quality of our own lives as well as those around us.

A Vietnam veteran finds peace where he was once engaged in war. An impoverished single mother offers her familys time and energy to enrich their neighbors lives. A Zambian family of nine living in a makeshift tent makes room to shelter even more. A teenager grieving for his mother honors her love and memory by ensuring other people have a place to call home. A former president of the United States leads by example with a determined work ethic that motivates everyone around him to be the best version of themselves.

These stories, and many others, illustrate how virtues become values, how cooperation becomes connection, and how even the smallest act of compassion can encourage actions that transform the world around us. Here are tales that will make readers laugh and cry and embrace with passion the calling of our better angels to change the way we take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.

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ID: 366594

Title: Seven Letters: A Novel

Author: J. P. Monninger

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:26:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:

J. P. Monninger, author of the international bestseller The Map That Leads to You, the novel Nicholas Sparks called romantic and unforgettable', tells a poignant love story of the ways the world divides two soulsand the way that love brings them together, in Seven Letters.

Kate Moreton is in Ireland on sabbatical from her teaching position at Dartmouth College when she meets Ozzie Ferriter, a fisherman and a veteran of the American war in Afghanistan. The Ferriter family history dates back centuries on the remote Blasket Islands, and Ozzie a dual citizen of Ireland and the United States has retreated to the one place that might offer him peace from a war he cannot seem to leave behind.

Beside the sea, with Irelands beauty as a backdrop, the two fall deeply in love and attempt to live on an island of their own making, away from the pressures of the outside world. Ireland writes its own love stories, the legends claim, and the limits of Kate and Ozzies love and faith in each other will be tested. When his demons lead Ozzie to become reckless with his lifeand Katesshe flees for America rather than watch the man she loves self-destruct. But soon a letter arrives informing Kate that her heroic husband has been lost at sea, and Kate must decide whether it is an act of love to follow him or an act of mercy to forget.

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ID: 379955

Title: salt slow

Author: Julia Armfield

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:37:24

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:

'Artistic and perceptive, Armfields debut explores the ebbs and flows of human connection in lives touched by the bizarre.' - Kirkus

From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link.

In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores womens experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pans shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected.

Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.

Praise for salt slow:

Visceral, fierce, and beautifully unsettling, Armfields writing has an astonishing power. This collection haunted me with its brilliance. Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory

Armfield is an enormous, gut-wrenching talent. Daisy Johnson, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Everything Under

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ID: 366603

Title: Burning Shadow

Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:10:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-08-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

#1 New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the world of the Lux with The Burning Shadow, the steamy, shocking second installment of the Origin series that will leave readers reeling.

When Evelyn Dasher crossed paths with Luc, she was thrown headfirst into the world of the Luxonly to discover that she was already far more involved in their world than she ever suspected.

Because the Luxen arent the only ones with a hidden past. Theres a gap in Evies memory, lost months of her life and a lingering sense that something happened, something she cant remember and nobody is willing to tell her. She needs to find out the truth about who she isand who she was. But every answer she finds only brings up more questions.

Her search for the truth brings her ever closer to Luc, the Origin at the center of it all. Hes powerful, arrogant, inhumanly beautiful, extremely dangerousand possibly in love with her. But even as Evie falls for him, she cant help but wonder if his attraction is to her, or to the memory of a girl who no longer exists.

And all the while, a new threat looms: reports of a flu-like, fatal virus that the government insists is being spread by Luxen. A horrifying illness that changes whoever it touches, spreading panic across a country already at its breaking point.

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ID: 368777

Title: Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick

Author: Wendy Wood

Narrator: Wendy Wood

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:08:13

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Psychology

Summary:

This program is read by the author.

A landmark audiobook about how we form habits, and what we can do with this knowledge to make positive change

We spend a shocking 43 percent of our day doing things without thinking about them. That means that almost half of our actions arent conscious choices but the result of our non-conscious mind nudging our body to act along learned behaviors. How we respond to the people around us; the way we conduct ourselves in a meeting; what we buy; when and how we exercise, eat, and drinka truly remarkable number of things we do every day, regardless of their complexity, operate outside of our awareness. We do them automatically. We do them by habit. And yet, whenever we want to change something about ourselves, we rely on willpower. We keep turning to our conscious selves, hoping that our determination and intention will be enough to effect positive change. And that is why almost all of us fail. But what if you could harness the extraordinary power of your unconscious mind, which already determines so much of what you do, to truly reach your goals?

Wendy Wood draws on three decades of original research to explain the fascinating science of how we form habits, and offers the key to unlocking our habitual mind in order to make the changes we seek. A potent mix of neuroscience, case studies, and experiments conducted in her lab, Good Habits, Bad Habits is a comprehensive, accessible, and above all deeply practical book that will change the way you think about almost every aspect of your life. By explaining how our brains are wired to respond to rewards, receive cues from our surroundings, and shut down when faced with too much friction, Wood skillfully dissects habit formation, demonstrating how we can take advantage of this knowledge to form better habits. Her clear and incisive work shows why willpower alone is woefully inadequate when were working toward building the life we truly want, and offers real hope for those who want to make positive change.

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ID: 368778

Title: Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares (A Memoir)

Author: Aarti Namdev Shahani

Narrator: Aarti Namdev Shahani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:39:42

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Women

Summary:

'This is simply a beautiful, moving memoir read exceptionally well by Shahani.' AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author.

Here We Are is a heart-wrenching memoir about an immigrant family's American Dream, the justice system that took it away, and the daughter who fought to get it back, from NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani.

The Shahanis came to Queensfrom India, by way of Casablancain the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't; the unforeseen obstacles that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak; and the strength of a family determined to stay together.

Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares follows the lives of Aarti, the precocious scholarship kid at one of Manhattan's most elite prep schools, and her dad, the shopkeeper who mistakenly sells watches and calculators to the notorious Cali drug cartel. Together, the two represent the extremes that coexist in our country, even within a single family, and a truth about immigrants that gets lost in the headlines. It isnt a matter of good or evil; it's complicated.

Ultimately, Here We Are is a coming-of-age story, a love letter from an outspoken modern daughter to her soft-spoken Old World father. She never expected they'd become best friends.

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ID: 366614

Title: Empire of Lies

Author: Raymond Khoury

Narrator: Raphael Corkhill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:40:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Historical

Summary:

'A deftly crafted alternate history in the best science fiction tradition, 'Empire of Lies' showcases author Raymond Khoury's genuine flair for originality and a simply riveting narrative storytelling style.' Midwest Book Review

Empire of Lies is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland, and Underground Airlines from New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury.

The best what-if thriller for a long, long timemakes you think, makes you sweat, and makes you choose, between what is and what might have been.Lee Child

Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire, when a mysterious visitor arrives in his bedroomnaked, covered in strange tattoosto deliver a dangerous, world-changing message.

Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for three hundred years, ever since its fallalong with all of Europeto the empires all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultans secret police, is starting to question his orders.

Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseloadand conscience.

When a mysterious strangernaked, covered in strange tattoosappears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empires past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence.

With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with Nisreena fierce human rights lawyeris caught up in a race across the empire and time itselfa race that could change their world, or destroy it.

Empire of Lies is being published as 'The Ottoman Secret' in the UK

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ID: 366601

Title: Dachshund Through the Snow: An Andy Carpenter Mystery

Author: David Rosenfelt

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:43:28

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Holidays

Summary:

'Narrator Grover Gardner...makes the experience of listening to this audiobook as delightful as can be.' AudioFile Magazine

This Christmas, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, can't say no to helping young Danny and his dachshund, Murphy.

Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife, Laurie, have started a new Christmas tradition. Their local pet store has a Christmas tree, where instead of ornaments there are wishes from those in need. One poignant wish leads Andy to a child named Danny, whose selfless plea strikes a chord. Danny asked Santa for a coat for his mother, a sweater for his dachshund, Murphy, and for the safe return of his missing father.

It turns out Dannys father doesn't want to be found, hes on the run after just being arrested for a murder that took place fourteen years ago a murder that Dannys mother swears he didnt commit.

With his trademark humor and larger-than-life characters including a police officer and his K-9 partner, Simon Rosenfelt never fails to deliver as Andy and his eccentric crew dash to reunite a family in time for Christmas.

Praise for Grover Gardner as Andy Carpenter:

'Grover Gardner's narration of Rosenfelt's whodunits is what good audiobooks are all about...Gardner's delightful portrayal of defense lawyer Andy Carpenter continues to be fresh, allowing listeners to glimpse Andy's soft heart and quick humor.' AudioFile Magazine on Outfoxed

'Gardner's breezy, slightly sarcastic delivery is just what's needed for Rosenfelt's breezy, slightly sarcastic mysteries featuring multimillionaire New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter.' PW on Play Dead

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ID: 380585

Title: Cilka's Journey: A Novel

Author: Heather Morris

Narrator: Louise Brealey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:04:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-19

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Religious Fiction

Summary:

'Louise Brealey is an excellent reader who gives Cilka a thoughtful, sympathetic voice.' -- Jersey's Best

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a new novel based on an incredible true story of love and resilience.

Her beauty saved her and condemned her.

Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival.

When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was send to Auschwitz when she was still a child?

In Siberia, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.

Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.

From child to woman, from woman to healer, Cilka's journey illuminates the resilience of the human spiritand the will we have to survive.

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