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Ender in Exile

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Orson Scott Card
• Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki, David Birney, Cassandra Campbell, and others
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Andrew Wiggin is told that he can no longer live on Earth, and he realizes that this is the truth. He has become far more than just a boy who won a game: he is the Savior of Earth, a hero, a military genius whose allegiance is sought by every nation of the newly shattered Earth Hegemony. He is offered the choice of living in isolation on Eros, at one of the Hegemony's training facilities, but instead the 12-year-old chooses to leave his home world and begin the long relativistic journey out to the colonies.

Goliath

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Scott Westerfeld
• Narrated By Alan Cumming

Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek’s throne as Prince of Austria, and finally fall in love. The first two objectives are complicated by the fact that their ship, the Leviathan, continues to detour farther away from the heart of the war (and crown). And the love thing would be a lot easier if Alek knew Deryn was a girl. (She has to pose as a boy in order to serve in the British Airforce.) And if they weren’t technically enemies.

The tension thickens as the Leviathan steams toward New York City with a homicidal lunatic on board....

Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Pamela Druckerman
• Narrated By Abby Craden
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The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children is here. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent". French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. But French children are far better behaved and more in command of themselves than American kids....

The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 4 mins)
• By Lynne Lancaster, David Stillman
• Narrated By Susan Ericksen

As the Millennial generation (those born between 1982 and 2000) rapidly enters the workforce, their introduction into the workplace has been anything but seamless. In fact, you might have already heard one of these jaw-dropping stories: the mother who called HR to complain when her daughter got a mediocre performance review. The recent college graduate who dialed the CEO directly to tell him what the company could be doing better....

The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.
• Narrated By Walter Dixon
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Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course The Science of Willpower, The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the new science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters.

Blackout

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Connie Willis
• Narrated By Katherine Kellgren, Connie Willis
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In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small - of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collideand the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.

Alas, Babylon

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Pat Frank
• Narrated By Will Patton
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This true modern masterpiece is built around the two fateful words that make up the title and herald the end - “Alas, Babylon.” When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness....

Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Dan Buettner
• Narrated By Michael McConnohie

In the first book to identify demographically proven happiness hotspots worldwide, researcher and explorer Dan Buettner documents the happiest people on earth and reveals how we can create our own happy zones. Detailing extraordinary new discoveries and meticulous research on four continents, Buettner observes happiness in unlikely places and gleans surprising insight into what generates contentment and what it means to thrive.

The Law of the Garbage Truck: Take Control of Your Life with One Decision

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 35 mins)
• By David J Pollay
• Narrated By David J Pollay

Twenty years ago, while riding in the back of a New York City taxicab, syndicated columnist and business consultant David J. Pollay had an awakening - and he converted the lesson he learned that day into a life philosophy: By letting other people's garbage - their negativity - simply pass by, and not dumping garbage on others, you can become happier and more successful, both personally and professionally.

Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Gary Greenberg
• Narrated By Kirby Heyborne

Am I happy enough? This has been a pivotal question since America's inception. "Am I not happy enough because I am depressed?" is a more recent version. Psychotherapist Gary Greenberg shows how depression has been manufactured---not as an illness but as an idea about our suffering, its source, and its relief. He challenges us to look at depression in a new way.

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince
• Narrated By Eric Conger
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How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Will a visit to the tanning salon help bring down your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on or off? Survival of the Sickest reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.