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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

• UNABRIDGED (30 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Charles Dickens
• Narrated By Simon Vance

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is closely modelled on the 18h-century novels that Charles Dickens loved as a child, such as Robinson Crusoe, in which the fortunes of a hero shape the plot. The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects.

The Disappeared: A Retrieval Artist Novel

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 12 mins)
• By Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Narrated By Jay Snyder

Retrieval Artists help the lost find their way back home, whether they like it or not. Specialized private detectives, they investigate the most unusual crimes in the galaxy. But Miles Flint isn't a Retrieval Artist. He's just a cop, trying to do his job.

Lightning

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 58 mins)
• By Dean Koontz
• Narrated By Christopher Lane
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

A storm struck on the night Laura Shane was born, and there was a strangeness about the weather that people would remember for years. But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere - the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery. Years later - after another bolt of lightning - the stranger returned.

The Men Who Stare at Goats

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 15 mins)
• By Jon Ronson
• Narrated By Sean Mangan
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

In 1979, a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US army. Defying all known accepted military practice - and, indeed, the laws of physics - they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries, they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back and fighting the War on Terror.

The Lost Fleet: Fearless

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 51 mins)
• By Jack Campbell
• Narrated By Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Outnumbered by the superior forces and firepower of the Syndicate Worlds, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous retreat across the enemy star system. Led by the legendary Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who returned to the fleet after a hundred-year suspended animation, the Alliance is desperately trying to return home with its captured prize: the key to the Syndic hypernet, and the key to victory.

The Lost Fleet: Dauntless

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Jack Campbell
• Narrated By Christian Rummel, Jack Campbell
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Captain John "Black Jack" Geary's legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic "last stand" in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns from survival hibernation and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics.

Appalled by the hero-worship around him, Geary is nevertheless a man who will do his duty. And he knows that bringing the stolen Syndic hypernet key safely home is the Alliance's one chance to win the war. But to do that, Geary will have to live up to the impossibly heroic "Black Jack" legend.

The Fountainhead

• UNABRIDGED (32 hrs and 1 min)
• By Ayn Rand
• Narrated By Christopher Hurt
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

One of the 20th century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, a genius; Gail Wynand, a newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire; and Dominique Francon, a devastating beauty.

14

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Peter Clines
• Narrated By Ray Porter

There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s.

The Vicar of Nibbleswicke and Other Stories

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 1 min)
• By Roald Dahl
• Narrated By Stephen Fry

The stories on this recording include pieces from the 1950s and 1960s to "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke" which was completed just before he died. This tape includes "The Landlady", "The Hitchhiker", "Mr Botibol", "Edward the Conqueror" and "Taste" and is read by Stephen Fry.

Rachel Morgan: The Hollows (1) - Dead Witch Walking

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Kim Harrison
• Narrated By Marguerite Gavin

Rachel Morgan is a white witch and runner working for Inderland Security (I.S.) in an alternate world where a bioengineered virus wiped out a great deal of the world's human population – exposing the existence of the supernatural communities that had long lived alongside humanity. For the last five years Rachel has been tracking down law-breaking Inderlanders in modern-day Cincinnati, but now she wants to leave and start her own agency. Her only problem is that no one quits the I.S.

The B-Team: The Human Division, Episode 1

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 20 mins)
• By John Scalzi
• Narrated By William Dufris
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Union’s future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers there’s more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected... a secret that could spell war for humanity.