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Rise : how a house built a family : a memoir
by Cara Brookins
Describes how the author, who had escaped an abusive marriage but had no home to live in, used a small bank loan, You Tube instructional videos, and a work crew consisting only of herself and her four children to build a family home from the ground up
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| Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Thomas Clavin; narrated by John Bedford LloydAdult Nonfiction. 1870s Dodge City, Kansas was a supply center, a railhead, and a host to gigantic stockyards. It existed on the fuzzy boundary between law and lawlessness, where tough and fearless men, among them Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp, kept order. In this vivid, well-researched portrait of the city and its denizens, award-winning journalist Tom Clavin traces Masterson's and Earp's careers, while narrator John Bedford Lloyd "makes this a delightful listening experience" (AudioFile). |
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Nighthawk
by Clive Cussler
When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly race to recover the fallen technology, which carries a secret payload of exotic matter capable of triggering an Armageddon-level catastrophe. Simultaneous.
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| The Girl Before: A Novel by JP Delaney; narrated by Emilia Fox, Finty Williams, and Lise AagaardAdult Fiction. The Girl Before unfolds in two time periods, each focusing on a young woman who has seized the opportunity to live in a one-of-a-kind home, which comes with some rather strict and unusual rules. Their stories emerge in parallel, as the second learns what happened to the girl before her and unwittingly follows the same path. The audiobook features three narrators, who portray the two young women and the building's control-freak architect, together capturing the terrifying character of the building itself. |
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The book of summer : Library Edition
by Michelle Gable
Returning to the Nantucket compound where her ancestors built a once-grand family home, Bess Codman endeavors to pack up the crumbling estate against the wishes of her contentious mother, only to discover an astonishing family secret
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| Caraval by Stephanie Garber; narrated by Rebecca SolerTeen Fiction. Fleeing an abusive father and an arranged marriage, Scarlett and her sister Tella arrive at Caraval expecting to be dazzled by the magical circus/live action game run by enigmatic mastermind Legend. But the sisters' excitement turns to terror when Legend makes Tella the object of Caraval's treasure hunt. Scarlett, while dealing with her own emotional complications, will have to win the game to rescue Tella. Each character (including the menacing Legend) receives a distinct voice in narrator Rebecca Soler's deft performance. |
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| Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James; narrated by Susan DuerdenAdult Fiction. In this absorbing Regency historical romance, Edward "Ward" Reeve needs someone who can handle his rambunctious younger half-siblings. Enter widowed Lady Eugenia Snowe, who supplies the upper classes with England's finest governesses. Ward is so frantic to find an effective governess that he kidnaps Eugenia to make her sort out his child-rearing problems. Narrator Susan Duerden, a veteran of author Eloisa James' Desperate Duchesses series, provides an upbeat tone that enlivens this recording of Seven Minutes in Heaven. |
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| My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King; narrated by Phylicia Rashad and January LaVoyAdult Nonfiction. In My Life, My Love, My Legacy, Coretta Scott King's close friend Barbara Reynolds transcribes recordings King made about her life and experiences. After Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded Miss Scott to marry him, she gave up her ambition to be a professional musician and joined her husband as a leader in the Civil Rights movement. This graceful narrative, compellingly voiced by narrators Phylicia Rashad and January LaVoy, brings both Kings to life for the listener. |
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Crazy house
by James Patterson
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row
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| Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to... by Lydia Reeder; narrated by Virginia WolfAdult Nonfiction. In the middle of the Great Depression, Oklahoma Presbyterian College coach Sam Babb attempted the impossible: to create a championship women's basketball team. Despite major obstacles, including inadequate funding and lack of support for women's sports, he succeeded. In this inspiring sports history, a "warm, earnest" (Publishers Weekly) performance by narrator Virginia Wolf traces Babb's incredible efforts to recruit and train a team that actually did win the 1932 AAU national championship. |
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