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| Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; narrated by Marin IrelandWhat happens: A white family staying in a rented Hamptons home finds their idyllic vacation cut short by the arrival of the owners, an older Black couple hoping to take refuge from a blackout in New York City.
Narration: In this AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording, narrator Marin Ireland's nuanced reading captures the tensions between the two families as they try to understand the cause of the blackout. |
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| One for the Books by Jenn McKinlay; narrated by Allyson RyanWedding problems: A mishap with the guest list finds most of the town invited to the wedding of Briar Creek, Connecticut library director Lindsey Norris and boat captain Sully, but the biggest development is that someone murders Sully's old friend, who was to perform the ceremony.
Narration: Longtime Library Lover's Mysteries narrator Allyson Ryan returns to narrate this engaging 11th entry in the series. |
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| The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab; narrated by Julia WhelanWhat it's about: Three centuries after she makes a Faustian bargain to live forever but to be unremembered, adventurous young French woman Addie Larue discovers that one person, New York bookstore owner Henry, may be the exception.
Narration: Award-winning narrator Julia Whelan wields an impressive array of character accents (including French and New York) in her leisurely-paced reading of this sweeping fantasy. |
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Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Neil Gaiman; narrated by Simon Jones
What it is: A pop culture history about Douglas Adams's scifi smash hit, as told by Gaiman, a legendary speculative author himself.
Narration: Simon Jones starred in the original radio drama of The Hitchhiker's Guide. Now, he narrates the story's history, getting the chance to perform script excerpts and play all the parts this time.
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Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir
by and narrated Madeleine Korbel Albright
What it's about: For Madeleine Albright, her tenure as U.S. secretary of state was not the end of her career; it was just one stop in a life of continual service. This memoir covers her life after leaving government service in 2001.
Narration: Albright narrates her own story with a polished and engaging voice, honed by many public speeches. "She nearly laughs out loud along with listeners during humorous episodes and all but cries with them during heartrending ones." -Audiofile Magazine
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How to Be Fine : What We Learned by Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books
by Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer
Lessons learned: Inspired by their podcast By the Book, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer take turns summarizing and interpreting the best tips from 50 different self-help books.
Narration: Listeners will enjoy the fun and casual tone of Greenberg's and Meinzer's humorous take on these books, which all claim to be life-changing in one way or another.
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The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
by Ken Liu
What it is: Liu's second collection of scifi and fantasy stories, after The Paper Menagerie and his Dandelion Dynasty series.
Narration: Five narrators perform the 20 stories in the collection, sometimes as individuals, sometimes as an ensemble. "They excel at realizing the intricate stories and complex characters Liu has created, and at injecting humanity and compassion into disparate and even alien cultures." --Audiofile Magazine
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Night Theater
by Vikram Paralkar; narrated by Raj Ghatak
One night, three lives: A surgeon in rural India is visited by an undead family of three--and he needs to mend their wounds by dawn to grant them a second chance at life.
Narration: Raj Ghatak deftly carries heavy dialogue and the rest of this visceral tale.
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