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Wallis in Love : The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy by Andrew MortonA captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne. Andrew Morton uses diary entries, letters, and other never-before-seen records to offer a fresh portrait of Wallis Simpson in all her vibrancy and brazenness as she climbed the social ladder, transforming from a hard-nosed gold digger to charming chatelaine. Read by Molly Parker Myers
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Artemis by Andy WeirAugmenting her limited income by smuggling contraband to survive on the Moon's wealthy city of Artemis, Jazz agrees to commit what seems to be a perfect, lucrative crime, only to find herself embroiled in a conspiracy for control of the city. Read by Rosario Dawson
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The Neighbor by Dean R. KoontzThe year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky, and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other's best friend, united by a boundless interest in the world beyond their dysfunctional parents' unhappy home. But even the troubled Pomerantz household will seem to be a haven compared to the house next door, after an enigmatic and very secretive new neighbor takes up residence in the darkest hours of the night. Read by Malcolm Hillgartner
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God : a human history
by Reza Aslan
The best-selling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores how different ideas about religion have united, divided and propelled humanity forward for millennia.
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The Glass Forest by Cynthia SwansonThe best-selling author of The Bookseller presents a work of suspense set in the autumn of 1960 Wisconsin, where the idyllic marriage of a young mother is shattered by a family murder-suicide and the enigmatic nature of a teenage niece placed in her care. Read by Cassandra Campbell, Caitlin Davies, Jayme Mattler
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Beautiful days : stories by Joyce Carol OatesA new collection of 13 stories by the National Book Award-winning author of We Were the Mulvaneys includes her Pushcart Prize-winning "Undocumented Alien" and features protagonists who harbor secret inner lives and assert their independence through bold, often irrevocable acts of defiance. Read by Tavia Gilbert, Caitlin Kelly, Stephen Graybill
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The Kremlin's candidate : a novel
by Jason Matthews
Overhearing a Kremlin plot to install a spy in a high intelligence position so that the Russians can identify CIA assets in Moscow, Dominika Egorova launches a desperate mole hunt, only to be exposed and arrested.
Read by Jeremy Bobb
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The shape of water by Guillermo del ToroIn an otherworldly story set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America. The Occam Aerospace Research Center in Baltimore has recently received its most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man captured in the Amazon. What unfolds is a stirring romance between the asset and one of the janitors on staff, a mute woman who uses sign language to communicate with the creature. Read by Jenna Lamia audiobook release March 6, 2018
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