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Bestsellers
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....
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Kristin Hannah Knocked it Out of the Park
- By Danielle Dugdale on 02-09-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well....
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Multiple Stories Obfuscate Narrative
- By Stephnsea on 08-12-23
By: James McBride
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The Frozen River
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell....
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The Frozen River is in a class by itself!!
- By BookJunkie on 12-05-23
By: Ariel Lawhon
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters, separated by years and experience, each embark on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in WWII France.
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Heroic & Harrowing Work Of Fiction
- By Sara on 08-21-15
By: Kristin Hannah
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James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan....
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Wow
- By Kia on 03-20-24
By: Percival Everett
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
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Glucose Gluttony
- By W Perry Hall on 03-17-18
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The Women
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....
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Kristin Hannah Knocked it Out of the Park
- By Danielle Dugdale on 02-09-24
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well....
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Multiple Stories Obfuscate Narrative
- By Stephnsea on 08-12-23
By: James McBride
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The Frozen River
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell....
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The Frozen River is in a class by itself!!
- By BookJunkie on 12-05-23
By: Ariel Lawhon
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters, separated by years and experience, each embark on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in WWII France.
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Heroic & Harrowing Work Of Fiction
- By Sara on 08-21-15
By: Kristin Hannah
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James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan....
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Wow
- By Kia on 03-20-24
By: Percival Everett
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
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Glucose Gluttony
- By W Perry Hall on 03-17-18
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We Were the Lucky Ones
- By: Georgia Hunter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati, Robert Fass
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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he New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies sold worldwide. Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive - and to reunite....
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Love it but...
- By Roz on 07-19-17
By: Georgia Hunter
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The Midwife of Auschwitz
- By: Anna Stuart
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Ana Kaminski is pushed through the iron gates of Auschwitz beside her frightened young friend Ester Pasternak. As they reach the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife--and Ester her assistant....
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Wrongly represented as a midwife book
- By Mary Watkins on 03-27-23
By: Anna Stuart
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A Gentleman in Moscow
- A Novel
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin....
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A Reprieve Amidst Ugly News, Relentless Negativity
- By Cathy Lindhorst on 08-27-17
By: Amor Towles
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- A Novel
- By: Gabrielle Zevin
- Narrated by: Jennifer Kim, Julian Cihi
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name....
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This book sucked the life out of me
- By RMan on 08-08-22
By: Gabrielle Zevin
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North Woods
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Mason
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier comes a sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a daring, moving tale of memory and fate....
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An American Masterpiece
- By Psumissyh on 09-21-23
By: Daniel Mason
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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....
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✫✫ 4.75 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 02-03-21
By: Kristin Hannah
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All the Light We Cannot See
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Zach Appelman
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home....
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Afraid to Write a "Less-Than-Positive" Review
- By Elizabeth on 08-06-14
By: Anthony Doerr
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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Hernan Diaz
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats....
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Before Purchasing
- By JLDLOfficial on 08-13-22
By: Hernan Diaz
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women
- By: Lisa See
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim, Justin Chien
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a captivating story of women helping other women. It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today....
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Another Beautiful Novel from Lisa See!
- By TuxedoedCorgi95 on 06-06-23
By: Lisa See
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- By: V. E. Schwab
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times best-selling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.
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Prose style not to my liking
- By C.V. Cox on 10-18-20
By: V. E. Schwab
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The Librarian of Crooked Lane
- The Glass Library, Book 1
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical....
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Fun to be Back
- By Meg on 10-12-22
By: C.J. Archer
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- A Novel
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov - an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity....
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A hopeful perspective on a harrowing time
- By melyssa57 (A Page Before Bedtime dot com) on 10-10-18
By: Heather Morris
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The Old Lion
- A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt
- By: Jeff Shaara
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed New York Times bestseller Jeff Shaara accomplishes what only the finest historical fiction can do: He brings to life one of the most consequential figures in U.S. history—Theodore Roosevelt—peeling back the many-layered history of the man and the country he personified....
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Novel of a Great Man
- By William Bas on 05-19-23
By: Jeff Shaara
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11-22-63
- A Novel
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 30 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Maybe Jake Epping can....
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I Owe Stephen King An Apology
- By Kelly - Write Well Academy on 04-16-12
By: Stephen King
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The Lost Bookshop
- By: Evie Woods, Nick Biadon
- Narrated by: Avena Mansergh-Wallace, Olivia Mace
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books....
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meh
- By SB on 06-24-23
By: Evie Woods, and others
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My Heart Is a Chainsaw
- By: Stephen Graham Jones
- Narrated by: Cara Gee
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart....
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struggle with keeping up with the whole book
- By Suzanne Davis on 09-19-21
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
- A Novel
- By: Xochitl Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Jessica Pimentel, Jonathan Gregg, Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death....
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Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book.
- By Ulissa on 03-14-24
By: Xochitl Gonzalez
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The Little Liar
- A Novel
- By: Mitch Albom
- Narrated by: Mitch Albom
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family....
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Thank you for bringing out this story. I am first generation of holocaust survivors and never knew about Greece.
- By Red on 11-18-23
By: Mitch Albom
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To Sir Phillip, with Love
- By: Julia Quinn
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage....
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Very Enjoyable! Listened in 1 day
- By Jody in Minneapolis on 07-31-17
By: Julia Quinn
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The Will of the Many
- Hierarchy, Book 1
- By: James Islington
- Narrated by: Euan Morton
- Length: 28 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school....
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I don’t know what the other reviews are on about
- By Chase on 06-24-23
By: James Islington
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl....
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
By: Delia Owens
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The Rose Code
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping WWII story of three code-breakers and the spy they must root out.
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My Favorite Book!!!
- By Jan M on 03-09-21
By: Kate Quinn
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The Dead Letter Delivery
- The Glass Library, Book 4
- By: C.J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers.
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Great Series
- By MomInWI on 03-25-24
By: C.J. Archer
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Weyward
- A Novel
- By: Emilia Hart
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, Nell Barlow
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world....
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Awful, Problematic Story
- By Anonymous User on 04-23-23
By: Emilia Hart
New releases
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A Death in Venice
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 17
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around Italy for a month with her butler Clifford. Finally arriving in Venice, she’s thrilled to be attending the famous carnival: all that’s needed is the perfect bejewelled costume for her faithful bulldog, Gladstone. But on her first gondola ride to take in the sights, a passenger collapses into the canal with a knife sticking out of his back.
By: Verity Bright
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Play of Shadows
- Court of Shadows, Book 1
- By: Sebastien de Castell
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Damelas Shademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel. He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of the Vixen, the most feared duellist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides a temporary respite from his troubles - until one night a ghostly voice in his head causes Damelas to fumble his lines, inadvertently blurting out a dreadful truth: the city's most legendary hero may actually be a traitor and a brutal murderer.
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Tarnished Glory
- A Novel Inspired by True Events
- By: Russell Brown
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Jim Nolan, a would-be hero, becomes a truck driver in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Despite the unglamorous role, he finds mobility that leads to exciting, sometimes funny, and often sad situations. Jim's changing attitudes about himself and the world around him affect the American soldiers he interacts with. He struggles internally between good and evil, trying to comprehend the difference.
By: Russell Brown
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Death of a Penniless Poet
- Miss Busby Investigates, Book 2
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin, Zoe Markham
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabriel Travis – a poet and book binder – has lived and worked above the popular bookshop in Chipping Common for many years. His story is tragic, his murder even more so. The police are convinced the bookshop owner is the culprit; the elderly and erudite, Ezekiel Melnyk.
By: Karen Baugh Menuhin, and others
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The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar
- By: Nikki Eskow
- Narrated by: David Warner II
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar follows the adventures of Henry Sears O'Connor, a quick-witted and resourceful protagonist, and his accomplice, Antonio Rossi, during the Great Depression era. Henry, a skilled cat burglar teams up with Antonio, a handsome Italian getaway man, to pull off daring heists targeting the wealthy elite in upstate New York.
By: Nikki Eskow
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Drake's War
- A Tennyson Drake WWII Thriller
- By: Gideon Saint
- Narrated by: Clive Hayward
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Second Lieutenant Tennyson "Ted" Drake, until recently a barracks schoolmaster, is on a shadowy reconnaissance trip deep in the Ardennes forest. But when the German panzers burst across the border, Drake's commanding officer is killed, leaving Drake in a place he should not be, with no orders, just a bloodstained notebook filled with code - and a mysterious sketch of a raven. As the Allied defences crumble before the onslaught of the Blitzkrieg, Drake must stay alive long enough to discover the raven’s secret - and stop its catastrophic consequences on the outcome of the war…
By: Gideon Saint
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A Death in Venice
- A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, Book 17
- By: Verity Bright
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around Italy for a month with her butler Clifford. Finally arriving in Venice, she’s thrilled to be attending the famous carnival: all that’s needed is the perfect bejewelled costume for her faithful bulldog, Gladstone. But on her first gondola ride to take in the sights, a passenger collapses into the canal with a knife sticking out of his back.
By: Verity Bright
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Play of Shadows
- Court of Shadows, Book 1
- By: Sebastien de Castell
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Damelas Shademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel. He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of the Vixen, the most feared duellist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides a temporary respite from his troubles - until one night a ghostly voice in his head causes Damelas to fumble his lines, inadvertently blurting out a dreadful truth: the city's most legendary hero may actually be a traitor and a brutal murderer.
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Tarnished Glory
- A Novel Inspired by True Events
- By: Russell Brown
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Jim Nolan, a would-be hero, becomes a truck driver in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Despite the unglamorous role, he finds mobility that leads to exciting, sometimes funny, and often sad situations. Jim's changing attitudes about himself and the world around him affect the American soldiers he interacts with. He struggles internally between good and evil, trying to comprehend the difference.
By: Russell Brown
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Death of a Penniless Poet
- Miss Busby Investigates, Book 2
- By: Karen Baugh Menuhin, Zoe Markham
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabriel Travis – a poet and book binder – has lived and worked above the popular bookshop in Chipping Common for many years. His story is tragic, his murder even more so. The police are convinced the bookshop owner is the culprit; the elderly and erudite, Ezekiel Melnyk.
By: Karen Baugh Menuhin, and others
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The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar
- By: Nikki Eskow
- Narrated by: David Warner II
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar follows the adventures of Henry Sears O'Connor, a quick-witted and resourceful protagonist, and his accomplice, Antonio Rossi, during the Great Depression era. Henry, a skilled cat burglar teams up with Antonio, a handsome Italian getaway man, to pull off daring heists targeting the wealthy elite in upstate New York.
By: Nikki Eskow
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Drake's War
- A Tennyson Drake WWII Thriller
- By: Gideon Saint
- Narrated by: Clive Hayward
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Second Lieutenant Tennyson "Ted" Drake, until recently a barracks schoolmaster, is on a shadowy reconnaissance trip deep in the Ardennes forest. But when the German panzers burst across the border, Drake's commanding officer is killed, leaving Drake in a place he should not be, with no orders, just a bloodstained notebook filled with code - and a mysterious sketch of a raven. As the Allied defences crumble before the onslaught of the Blitzkrieg, Drake must stay alive long enough to discover the raven’s secret - and stop its catastrophic consequences on the outcome of the war…
By: Gideon Saint
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Glass Cedars
- By: Katherine Saad Feghali
- Narrated by: Sandy Naimou
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-year-old Maya is given one hour to pack one suitcase and flee her home in war-torn Beirut, leaving behind everyone and everything she knows and loves. She rebuilds a new life in Los Angeles, and eventually launches a successful career in the aerospace industry. Despite professional opportunities and glamorous experiences in California, Maya is unable to escape her emotional attachment and sense of responsibility to her home country.
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The Serpent and the Rose
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Butterfield
- Narrated by: Catherine Butterfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In 16th century France, Marguerite de Valois is growing up in one of Europe's most dysfunctional families - the Medici clan. Their extreme inbreeding has led to an alarming number of genetic defects in France's kings. Marguerite alone has escaped this curse. Uncharacteristically beautiful, intelligent, and sane, she is seen as a useful pawn by her mother, Catherine de Medici. In a scheme to unite the country during the raging religious wars, the queen decides to marry her Catholic daughter to Protestant Henri, Prince of Navarre, a charming libertine.
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The Case of the MelRoy Theater Ghost
- By: Barry Clay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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John H. Watson joins his friend Sherlock Holmes in an investigation of what would appear to be a haunting of the MelRoy Theater. The owner is beside himself with worry, as the haunting is said to be caused by the ghost of his son -- except as far he knows, his son is alive! But then, even more worrying, he hasn't seen his son since the haunting began. The owner hires Holmes to find his son and debunk the haunting before his superstitious employees desert him and force him to close his business. It seems a simple task for Sherlock Holmes, but it quickly becomes more complicated than Dr. ...
By: Barry Clay
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The Templar's Bargain
- By: James Rosen
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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The fabric of reality is thinner than Rome believes. Whispers on the wind speak of grotesque figures clawing their way through the tattered Veil, their monstrous gaze set upon the Empire's gleaming heart. Yet, the true threat lies not just beyond the borders, but within Rome itself. Cassius Longinus, a senator haunted by the Empire's fading might, becomes entangled in the machinations of the secretive Knights Templar. They offer him a monstrous gift – a potion that rewinds the sands of time, promising a return to youthful vigor and the chance to restore Rome to its former glory. Armed ...
By: James Rosen
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Marishka
- A story of the Armenian genocide
- By: Barry Clay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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From the author of "The Darkened Village: a Sherlock Holmes adventure" comes a new, different novel that blends fact and fiction into a compelling story that speaks to us today about faith, humanity, and compassion ... and about the clash of cultures and religions that can result in implacable sorrow. Shortly before the turn of the 20th century, the Tehuchian family lived in Turkish controlled Armenia. Their father, a barber, served the residents of the town of Marishka and the soldiers of the nearby Turkish garrison, walking a fine line between the Muslim oppressors and the Christian ...
By: Barry Clay
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The Leveson-Gower Theft
- A Sherlock Holmes adventure
- By: Barry Clay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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When Mycroft Holmes visits his brother, Sherlock, at 221b Baker Street, it is certain to both Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson, M.D. that something monumental is at hand. They are astonished -- not to say skeptical -- to learn that Mycroft merely wants his brother to investigate the theft of a necklace. Lord Benedict Leveson-Gower, soon to be called as ambassador to the Kingdom of Romania, is accused by his wife, the lady Allegra, of replacing her very expensive, prize necklace with a paste imitation. If possible, Mycroft wants his brother to exonerate Lord Benedict Leveson-Gower of the ...
By: Barry Clay
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A Disappearance and a Temptation
- By: Barry Clay
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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From the author of The Darkened Village and The Medium of Death comes two new novellas detailing the exploits of the world’s first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his faithful chronicler, Dr, John H. Watson. In “The Extraordinary Disappearance of the Carstairs Special,” Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard hires Sherlock Holmes to find a train commissioned by a rich man that disappears—along with its passengers and crew—between two railway stations, vanishing without a trace. Someone proposes an unlikely solution to the mystery: Martians. Sherlock Holmes is not amused. ...
By: Barry Clay
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From The Ashes Of A Broken Dawn
- By: James Rosen
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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"From The Ashes Of A Broken Dawn" is a gripping narrative set in an alternate history where the outcomes of World War II are drastically different due to a pivotal moment when a crucial telegram is destroyed. The story weaves through different timelines and realities, following characters who grapple with the consequences of altered historical events and the manipulation of time itself. Central to the plot is Emily, a character deeply intertwined with these temporal shifts, who uncovers layers of conspiracy, faces existential threats, and explores the nature of reality and time. The story ...
By: James Rosen
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Love Will Find a Way
- By: Ellie Dean
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Cliffehaven, December 1946. From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven, a young woman makes a heart-breaking choice that will change the course of her life forever. Hours later, a baby is found in the Nativity crib of the local church. Who could have left him there, and why? The mystery preoccupies everyone in Cliffehaven - not least Peggy Reilly, who has enough to contend with at Beach View Boarding House without this extra secret to unravel.
By: Ellie Dean
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The Lost Memories
- By: Lorna Cook
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Suffolk, 1944. American pilot Charlie’s second tour is about to draw to a close, but his heart is forever changed when he meets Kitty, a local girl. As love blooms, the pair are all too aware that every perilous mission Charlie flies may well be his last. Suffolk, 2011. When Kitty’s granddaughter and ambitious tearoom owner Amy meets American tourist and photographer Jack, she agrees to show him around in exchange for his photographic talents. The deal quickly grows into an unexpected bond – but when long-buried secrets emerge, neither of their worlds will ever be the same again.
By: Lorna Cook
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The Bell Tower
- By: R.J. Ellory
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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After a drugs bust goes wrong, Deputy Sheriff Garrett Nelson is left with a limp and, unfit for active police service, accepts a job at a Florida penitentiary on an old Spanish mission. The prison's chapel, a working bell tower, is now an execution chamber. But after a terrible mistake leads to an escape and manhunt through the Everglades, Nelson must decide whether his first duty is to the law or to himself? And could doing the right thing mean taking an innocent man to the bell tower?
By: R.J. Ellory
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The Red Hollow
- William Garrett, Book 2
- By: Natalie Marlow
- Narrated by: Paul Dela Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Warwickshire, 1934. Deep in a hamlet in the Warwickshire countryside, Red Hollow Hall is a male-only sanitorium run by the charismatic psychiatrist Dr Moon. However, all is not well, and Dr Moon's patients are leaving Red Hollow in droves. Recent disturbances, which originally appeared to be pranks, have descended into something more sinister, and now the men believe they have a malevolent visitor - the mermaid of Red Hollow. The ghost of a murdered girl, they believe the mermaid, wreaks bloody revenge on unsuspecting men each time the hamlet floods.
By: Natalie Marlow