Talking Book Topics March-April 2024

Books for Adults

Books listed in this issue of Talking Book Topics were recently sent to cooperating libraries. The complete collection contains a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books, including biographies, classics, westerns, mysteries, romances, and others.

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Books within the headings Adult Fiction and Adult Nonfiction are listed alphabetically by subject category, author last name, and title. For example, the title War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy would be listed in Adult Fiction under the Classics subject category and by the last name Tolstoy.

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Adult Fiction

Fantasy

The Stardust Thief
DB113326 15 hours 41 minutes
by Chelsea Abdullah
read by Rasha Zamamiri
“Neither here nor there, but long ago. Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land—at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan’s oldest son to find the artifact. Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie’s past. And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything—her enemy, her magic, even her own past—is not what it seems, and she must decide who she will become in this new reality.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB113326 The Stardust Thief

Empire of Exiles
DB116073 18 hours 16 minutes
by Erin M Evans
read by Imogen Church
“Twenty-seven years ago, a Duke with a grudge led a ruthless coup against the empire of Semilla, killing thousands. He failed. The Duke was executed, a terrifyingly powerful sorcerer was imprisoned, and an unwilling princess disappeared. The empire moved on. Now, when Quill, an apprentice scribe, arrives in the capital city, he believes he’s on a simple errand for another pompous noble: fetch ancient artifacts from the magical Imperial Archives. He’s always found his apprenticeship to a lawman to be dull work. But these aren’t just any artifacts — these are the instruments of revolution, the banners under which the Duke lead his coup. Just as the artifacts are unearthed, the city is shaken by a brutal murder that seems to have been caused by a weapon not seen since the days of rebellion. With Quill being the main witness to the murder, and no one in power believing his story, he must join the Archivists — a young mage, a seasoned archivist, and a disillusioned detective — to solve the truth of the attack. And what they uncover will be the key to saving the empire – or destroying it again.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116073 Empire of Exiles

Spear
DB112363 5 hours 46 minutes
by Nicola Griffith
read by Nicola Griffith
“The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court. And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. On her adventures she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. She will fight warriors and sorcerers. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate. Nebula and Lambda Award-winning author Nicola Griffith returns with Spear, a glorious queer retelling of Arthurian legend, full of dazzling magic and intoxicating adventure.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112363 Spear

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
DB115192 22 hours 31 minutes
by Mark Lawrence
read by Jessica Whittaker
“The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities. The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom. They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did. Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115192 The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

Myth-Chief
DB116275 8 hours 59 minutes
by Jody Lynn Nye and Robert Asprin
read by Noah Michael Levine
“Skeeve has decided, at long last, to come out of his self-imposed retirement and get back into the problem-solving biz. He confidently expected to walk in and take his rightful place as the head of M.Y.T.H., Inc. He didn’t expect to have to face off against Aahz for the job. With their friends lending help but showing no favorites, they start a not-so-friendly contest to see who will run the company by taking opposite sides of the next case to walk in the door. Will the legendary partnership survive the battle, or will this be the end of a beautiful friendship?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2008.
DB116275 Myth-Chief

Even Though I Knew the End
DB116200 3 hours 54 minutes
by C.L. Polk
read by January LaVoy
“A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago’s divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above. An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother’s life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can’t resist—the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves. To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago’s most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116200 Even Though I Knew the End

Song of the Risen God: The Coven, Book 3
DB115114 17 hours 7 minutes
by R.A. Salvatore
read by Tim Gerard Reynolds
“War has come to Fireach Speur. The once forgotten Xoconai empire has declared war upon the humans west of the mountains, and their first target are the people of Loch Beag. Led by the peerless general, Tzatzini, all that stands in the way of the God Emperor’s grasp of power is Aoelyn, Talmadge, and their few remaining allies. But not all hope is lost. Far away from Fireach Speuer, an ancient tomb is uncovered by Brother Thaddeus of the Abellican Church. Within it is the power to stop the onslaught of coming empire and, possibly, reshape the very world itself.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB115114 Song of the Risen God: The Coven, Book 3

The Lost Road: And Other Writings
DB113191 28 hours 9 minutes
by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
read by George Holmes
“At the end of the 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien reluctantly set aside his now greatly elaborated work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien, completes the presentation of the whole compass of his writing on those themes up to that time. Later forms of the Annuals of Valinor and the Annals of Berleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified version, and a new map had been made; the myth of the Music of the Ainur had become a separate work; and the legend of the Downfall of Numenor had already entered in a primitive form, introducing the cardinal ideas of the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned time-travel story, The Lost Road, which was to link the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. A long essay, The Lhammas, had been written on the ever more complex relations of the languages and dialects of Middle-earth; and an etymological dictionary had been undertaken, in which a great number of words and names in the Elvish languages were registered and their formation explained - thus providing by far the most extensive account of their vocabularies that has appeared.” — Provided by publisher. 1987.
DB113191 The Lost Road: And Other Writings

The Chosen and the Beautiful
DB116467 8 hours 55 minutes
by Nghi Vo
read by Natalie Naudus
“Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and “Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo’s debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB116467 The Chosen and the Beautiful

Malice: A Novel
DB113626 13 hours 18 minutes
by Heather Walter
read by Ann Marie Gideon
“Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss. You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. The happily ever after. Utter nonsense. Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. I thought I didn’t care, either. Until I met her. Princess Aurora. The last heir to Briar’s throne. Kind. Gracious. The future queen her realm needs. One who isn’t bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. That she . . . cares for me. Even though a power like mine was responsible for her curse. But with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating—and she can’t stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. I want to help her. If my power began her curse, perhaps it’s what can lift it. Perhaps together we could forge a new world. Nonsense again. Because we all know how this story ends, don’t we? Aurora is the beautiful princess. And I—I am the villain.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB113626 Malice: A Novel

Historical Fiction

The Wind Knows My Name
DB115139 8 hours 3 minutes
by Isabel Allende
read by Edoardo Ballerini
“Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht—the night his family loses everything. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers—and never stop dreaming.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115139 The Wind Knows My Name

Surviving the Forest
DB112394 6 hours 45 minutes
by Adiva Geffen
read by Kristin Allison
“Poland, 1939. Shurka is a happy young woman who lives a fairy tale life with her beloved husband and their two young children, in a pretty house in a village in Poland. She believes that nothing can hurt them. Or so she thinks… Then, World War II breaks out and the happy family quickly understands that their happiness has come to a brutal end. The family is forced to flee their house and find shelter in a neighboring ghetto, where they come to realize that the Gestapo is taking Jews away on trucks every night, never to be seen again. The family makes a brave and difficult choice to flee to the dark forest. There, surrounded by animals, they know that this is their only chance of escaping the real beasts. They have no idea what will await them, but they know that doing nothing is not an option if they wish to survive.” — Provided by publisher. Translated from the Hebrew edition. 2019.
DB112394 Surviving the Forest

Crow Mary
DB115366 10 hours 51 minutes
by Kathleen Grissom
read by Carolina Hoyos
“In 1872, sixteen-year-old Goes First, a Crow Native woman, marries Abe Farwell, a white fur trader. He gives her the name Mary, and they set off on the long trip to his trading post in Saskatchewan, Canada. Along the way, she finds a fast friend in a Métis named Jeannie; makes a lifelong enemy in a wolfer named Stiller; and despite learning a dark secret of Farwell’s past, falls in love with her husband. The winter trading season passes peacefully. Then, on the eve of their return to Montana, a group of drunken whiskey traders slaughters forty Nakota—despite Farwell’s efforts to stop them. Mary, hiding from the hail of bullets, sees the murderers, including Stiller, take five Nakota women back to their fort. She begs Farwell to save them, and when he refuses, Mary takes two guns, creeps into the fort, and saves the women from certain death. Thus, she sets off a whirlwind of colliding cultures that brings out the worst and best in the cast of unforgettable characters and pushes the love between Farwell and Crow Mary to the breaking point.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115366 Crow Mary

A Fire Sparkling
DB114246 15 hours 56 minutes
by Julianne MacLean
read by Laura Giannarelli
“After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves, Gillian Gibbons flees to her family home for a much-needed escape, but when she finds an old photograph of her grandmother in the arms of a Nazi officer, Gillian’s life gets even more complicated. Rattled by the discovery, Gillian attempts to unravel the truth behind the photos, setting her off on an epic journey through the past ... 1939. England is on the brink of war as Vivian Hughes falls in love with a handsome British official, but when bombs begin to fall and Vivian’s happy life is destroyed in the blitz, she will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves ... As Gillian learns more about her grandmother’s past, the old photo begins to make more sense. But for every question answered, a new one takes its place. Faced with a truth that is not at all what she expected, Gillian attempts to shine a light not only on the mysteries of her family’s past but also on her own future.” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language. 2019.
DB114246 A Fire Sparkling

The Girl in the Striped Dress
DB112912 10 hours 27 minutes
by Ellie Midwood
read by Kristin Allison
“Germany, 1947. A strange case scheduled for the Denazification Court lands on the desk of an American psychiatrist currently serving in Germany, Dr. Hoffman. A former Auschwitz guard, Franz Dahler, is set to appear in court, and he has requested to bring the most unexpected witness to testify in his defense - one of his former inmates and current wife, Helena. As soon as one of the newly emerging Nazi hunters and former Auschwitz inmate, Andrej Novák, recognizes the officer’s name, he demands a full investigation of Dahler’s crimes, claiming that the former SS man was not only abusing Helena in the camp but is also using her as a ploy to escape prosecution. Silent, subdued, and seemingly dependent on her husband’s every word, Helena appears to be a classic victim of abuse, and possibly more of an aid to the prosecution instead of the defense. As she begins giving her testimony, Dr. Hoffman finds himself more and more confused at the picture that gradually emerges before his eyes; a perpetrator is claimed to be the savior and the accuser, the criminal. The better Dr. Hoffman gets to know each participant, the more he begins to question himself; whether he’s facing a most unimaginable love story, or a new and still-nameless psychological disorder affecting the very manner in which Helena sees the events of the past. Partially based on a true story, this deeply psychological, haunting novel will take you back in time to the heart of Auschwitz and post-war Germany, and will keep you guessing the true motive of each side.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language, some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2021.
DB112912 The Girl in the Striped Dress

Don’t Put the Boats Away: A Novel
DB110953 8 hours 35 minutes
by Ames Sheldon
read by Mare Trevathan
“In the aftermath of World War II, the members of the Sutton family are reeling from the death of their golden boy, Eddie. Over the next twenty-five years, they all struggle with loss, grief, and mourning. Daughter Harriet and son Nat attempt to fill the void Eddie left behind: Harriet becomes a chemist despite an inhospitable culture for career women in the 1940s and ‘50s, hoping to move into the family business in New Jersey, while Nat aims to be a jazz musician. Both fight with their autocratic father, George, over their professional ambitions as they come of age. Their mother, Eleanor, who has PTSD as a result of driving an ambulance during the Great War, wrestles with guilt over never telling Eddie about the horrors of war before he enlisted. As the members of the family attempt to rebuild their lives, they pay high prices, including divorce and alcoholism—but in the end, they all make peace with their losses, each in his or her own way?” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2019.
DB110953 Don’t Put the Boats Away: A Novel

Symphony of Secrets
DB114928 13 hours 50 minutes
by Brendan Slocumb
read by Brendan Slocumb
“Bern Hendricks has just received the call of a lifetime. As one of the world’s preeminent experts on the famed twentieth-century composer Frederick Delaney, Bern knows everything there is to know about the man behind the music. So, when Mallory, a board member from the Delaney Foundation, asks for Bern’s help authenticating a newly discovered piece, which may be his famous lost opera, RED, he jumps at the chance. With the help of his tech-savvy acquaintance Eboni, Bern soon discovers that the truth is far more complicated than history would have them believe. In 1920s Manhattan, a young Black woman, Josephine Reed, is living on the streets and frequenting jazz clubs when she meets the struggling musician Fred Delaney. But where young Delaney struggles, Josephine soars. She’s a natural prodigy who hears beautiful music in the sounds of the world around her. With Josephine as his silent partner, Delaney’s career takes off—but who is the real genius here? In the present day, Bern and Eboni begin to uncover information that indicates Delaney may not have composed his own most successful work. Armed with more questions than answers and caught in the crosshairs of a powerful organization who will stop at nothing to keep their secret hidden, Bern and Eboni will move heaven and earth in their dogged quest to right history’s wrongs.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114928 Symphony of Secrets

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
DB115428 10 hours 50 minutes
by Daisy Wood
read by Suzanne Toren
“Paris, 1940: War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée. But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows his only option is to risk it all once more to save a life… Modern day: Juliette and her husband have finally made it to France on the romantic getaway of her dreams—but as the days pass, all she discovers is quite how far they’ve grown apart. She’s craving a new adventure, so when she happens across a tiny, abandoned shop with a for-sale sign in the window, it feels fated. And she’s about to learn that the forgotten bookshop hides a lot more than meets the eye?” — Provided by publisher. Strong language. 2022.
DB115428 The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

Legal Themes

Judgment Cometh (and That Right Soon)
DB115030 6 hours 53 minutes
by Scott Pratt
read by Alec Volz
“A Supreme Court Justice is found cut into pieces in the back of a pick-up truck. Three other judges have already gone missing. In the eighth installment of Scott Pratt’s best-selling Joe Dillard Series, Dillard is hired to represent the man driving the pick-up. As Dillard delves into the case, he comes to believe his client is not guilty. But who is? Who has been kidnapping and killing judges all over the state of Tennessee? The search for that answer leads Dillard and his friend, Sheriff Leon Bates, down a path so dark and so dangerous to a villain so evil, it will change both Joe and Leon foreve? — if they manage to survive.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and strong language. 2018.
DB115030 Judgment Cometh (and That Right Soon)

Crime of Privilege: A Novel
DB116065 14 hours 10 minutes
by Walter Walker
read by Stephen Hoye
“A murder on Cape Cod. A rape in Palm Beach. All they have in common is the presence of one of America’s most beloved and influential families. But nobody is asking questions. Not the police. Not the prosecutors. And certainly not George Becket, a young lawyer toiling away in the basement of the Cape & Islands district attorney’s office. George has always lived at the edge of power. He wasn’t born to privilege, but he understands how it works and has benefitted from it in ways he doesn’t like to admit. Now, an investigation brings him deep inside the world of the truly wealthy—and shows him what a perilous place it is. Years have passed since a young woman was found brutally slain at an exclusive Cape Cod golf club, and no one has ever been charged. Cornered by the victim’s father, George can’t explain why certain leads were never explored—leads that point in the direction of a single family—and he agrees to look into it. What begins as a search through the highly stratified layers of Cape Cod society, soon has George racing from Idaho to Hawaii, Costa Rica to France to New York City. But everywhere he goes he discovers people like himself: people with more secrets than answers, people haunted by a decision years past to trade silence for protection from life’s sharp edges. George finds his friends are not necessarily still friends and a spouse can be unfaithful in more ways than one. And despite threats at every turn, he is driven to reconstruct the victim’s last hours while searching not only for a killer but for his own redemption.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2013.
DB116065 Crime of Privilege: A Novel

LGBT Themes

Ghost Town
DB114231 12 hours 49 minutes
by Kevin Chen
read by Jared Zak
“Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family’s village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen’s boyfriend. Told in a myriad of voices, both living and dead, and moving through time with deceptive ease, Ghost Town weaves a mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and clash of cultures.” — Provided by publisher. Translated from the 2019 Chinese edition. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2019.
DB114231 Ghost Town

Mystery and Detective

Lost and Fondue
DB114195 10 hours 25 minutes
by Avery Aames
read by Laura Hatch
“When a body is found in a long-abandoned winery, cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette trades in her fondue fork for a flashlight to clear a friend’s niece of suspicion. But as Charlotte starts to turn up the truth, the killer starts turning up the heat.” — Provided by publisher. Some violence. 2011.
DB114195 Lost and Fondue

Bed of Bones
DB112099 5 hours 59 minutes
by Cheryl Bradshaw
read by Mare Trevathan
“Sometimes even the deepest, darkest secrets find their way to the surface. Thirteen-year-old Willie Compton and his younger brother Leonard stumble upon a mine shaft while hiking the hills of Park City, Utah. A Slinky Leonard’s been flipping back and forth between his hands slips through his fingers. Leonard bolts forward and reaches out to grab it, but he slips, then he falls into the shaft. Bed of Bones tells a tale of murder, shining a big, bold light on Park City’s tragic past. A past that’s about to revisit the present.” — Provided by publisher. Some violence and some strong language. 2013.
DB112099 Bed of Bones

The Junkyard Dog
DB114705 4 hours 7 minutes
by Robert Campbell
read by Shawn Hertel
“Chicago is Jimmy Flannery’s kind of town. A tough Irishman with street smarts, he is part of a political machine that runs on favors and friendships. Flannery’s particular piece of the patronage is the 27th Ward. Anything that happens there is his business. Even murder! When an antiabortion demonstration ends with a bomb blast that kills a pretty young girl and an old woman, Flannery takes it personally. Someone is stonewalling the investigation. Flannery’s starting to wonder if the bombing was a political cover-up for murder. When the killer targets Flannery’s lady love, Jimmy gets mean. He pursues the scent of the dirty politics with passion and revenge. . .a very deadly combination.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and strong language. Edgar Award. 1986.
DB114705 The Junkyard Dog

Payback: A Novel
DB116296 8 hours 32 minutes
by Lorenzo Carcaterra
read by Pete Simonelli
“If there’s one kind of person Tank Rizzo hates most in this world, it’s a dirty cop. Criminals are at least honest about being dishonest; dirty cops are a disgrace to the badge they carry. Detective Eddie Kenwood is one such disgrace. He’s got the highest signed-confession rate in the NYPD and a distinguished career built on putting men behind bars—whether they’re guilty or not doesn’t matter much to him. When Tank’s partner, Pearl, tells him about an old family friend Kenwood put in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, Tank and Pearl vow to take Kenwood down. Also in need of a takedown: the money-laundering accounting firm where Tank’s brother used to work—before he mysteriously died, leaving Tank the sole guardian of his nephew, Chris. Chris smells a rat, and enlists Tank’s help to bring the men who had his father killed to justice. Working two big cases means getting out the big guns, and Tank assembles his A-team. With help from a retired mobster, a professional boxer, a Chelsea psychic, a dog named Gus, and the U.S. Attorney—not to mention his and Pearl’s own quick wits and Chris’s burgeoning skills as a computer whiz—Tank gears up to take on his most dangerous and personal cases to date.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB116296 Payback: A Novel

Plum Tea Crazy: Tea Shop Mystery #19
DB110376 9 hours 43 minutes
by Laura Childs
read by Barbara McCulloh
“Theodosia Browning investigates a Charleston steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. While viewing the harbor’s Gaslights and Galleons Parade from the widow’s walk of Timothy Neville’s Charleston mansion, local banker Carson Lanier seemingly tumbles over a narrow railing, then plunges three stories to his death. But a tragic accident becomes something much more sinister when it’s discovered that the victim was first shot with a bolt from a crossbow. At the request of the mansion owner, Theodosia investigates the tragedy and is soon neck deep in suspects. An almost ex-wife, a coworker, a real estate partner—all had motives for killing the luckless banker, but one resorted to murder to settle accounts.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB110376 Plum Tea Crazy: Tea Shop Mystery #19

The Raging Storm: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel
DB116366 9 hours 50 minutes
by Ann Cleeves
read by Jack Holden
“When Jem Rosco—sailor, adventurer, and legend—blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. But just as abruptly as he arrived, Rosco disappears again, and soon his lifeless body is discovered in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This is an uncomfortable case for Detective Inspector Matthew Venn. Greystone is a place he visited as a child, a community he parted ways with. Superstition and rumor mix with fact as another body is found, and Venn finds his judgment clouded. As the winds howl, and Venn and his team investigate, he realizes that no one, including himself, is safe from Scully Cove’s storm of dark secrets.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116366 The Raging Storm: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel

Desperate Undertaking: A Flavia Albia Novel
DB115977 12 hours 2 minutes
by Lindsey Davis
read by Jane Collingwood
“In the first century, under Domitian’s reign, strange and brutal goings on are nothing new in Rome. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father’s business as a private informer but she tries to shy away from the brutal, the complicated, and the political - because nothing good comes of any of them. Unfortunately, she’s not very good at turning them down. This time a commission shows up on her doorstep - someone is staging brutal murders in some of the most beautiful buildings in Rome, each staging different. So far, the only clue was the phrase that one survivor managed to croak, ‘The undertaker did it...’ With little to go on and bodies starting to pile up, Albia has to unravel the strangest mystery of her career in short order if she’s to stop this dismaying orgy of murder?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115977 Desperate Undertaking: A Flavia Albia Novel

A Whisker in the Dark
DB114198 6 hours 51 minutes
by Leighann Dobbs
read by Laura Hatch
“Discovering the 300-year-old skeleton of shipping tycoon Jedediah Biddeford in the ballroom wall is a big old hassle for Josie Waters, owner of the Oyster Cove Guesthouse. Especially when Biddeford’s descendants turn up, certain that a family legend about treasure buried nearby must be true. Josie is too busy dreaming up the perfect cake for the Oyster Cove’s 250th anniversary celebration to worry about the Biddeford family—plus half the town—digging up her yard... until one of her guests is murdered in the guesthouse garden. With worries that her guesthouse will get a reputation for being the kind of place you only leave in a body bag, Josie must put her detective skills to work to find the killer. Lucky for her, Nero and Marlowe and their gang of cat sleuths are also on the case. From the old wharf, to the town common, to the guesthouse itself with its many nooks and crannies, the cats are sure to sniff out the killer… but can they help Josie stop the person behind the mysterious murder before they strike again?” — Provided by publisher. 2019.
DB114198 A Whisker in the Dark

Mermaid Confidential: Serge Storms Series, Book 25
DB112678 11 hours 7 minutes
by Tim Dorsey
read by Oliver Wyman
“Serge A. Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, have decided to pump the brakes and live on island time. After years of manic road tripping across their beloved Sunshine State, the irrepressible anti-heroes drop anchor in the Florida Keys. They settle down in Pelican Bay, a thriving condo complex with scenic views and friendly neighbors. But the community is at war with investors who are buying up units and leasing them to young vacationers who party at all hours. With their little slice of heaven on the line, Serge takes it upon himself to convince the tourists to move on and quickly becomes a local favorite. Meanwhile, the island chain’s long and rich smuggling heritage is causing mayhem—a gang war erupts when a local drug lord passes the family business to his young, enterprising son, and the sun-loving residents are suddenly dodging bullets. Luckily, Florida’s most lovable serial killer is there to help!” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112678 Mermaid Confidential: Serge Storms Series, Book 25

The Lost Boys: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
DB110073 11 hours 46 minutes
by Faye Kellerman
read by Mitch Greenberg
“When Bertram Lanz goes missing from a local diner near Greenbury, the entire community of the small upstate New York town volunteers to search the surrounding woods. Bertram had been on a field trip with the staff and fellow residents of the Loving Care Home when he vanished. When no trace of the man is found, the disappearance quickly becomes an official missing persons case and is assigned to detectives Peter Decker and his partner Tyler McAdams. As their investigation deepens, the seasoned Decker becomes convinced that Bertram hadn’t lost his way but must have left with someone he knew. Soon Decker discovers that Elsie Schulung, a recently fired nurse who had worked at the home, seemed to be especially interested in Bertram. But answers prove elusive when Elsie disappears and human blood is found in her kitchen. These complications prove to be only the beginning. While combing the woods, searchers discover the remains of one of three young men who had vanished during a camping trip. And for Decker, personal problems are adding pressure as well. After a ten-year absence, the biological mother of Decker and Rina’s foster son, Gabriel, has suddenly appeared in New York, children in tow, wreaking emotional havoc on the young man. Juggling the personal and professional, a hot case and a cold case, Decker and McAdams race to find answers, sifting through cabinets of old files, a plethora of clues and evidence, and discouraging dead ends. As ongoing searches for Bertram and the campers’ missing remains continue, the frustrated detectives begin to wonder if the woods will ever give up its dark secrets...” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB110073 The Lost Boys: A Decker/Lazarus Novel

Whispers of the Dead: A Special Tracking Unit Novel
DB111891 11 hours 18 minutes
by Spencer Kope
read by P.J. Ochlan
“A pair of severed feet, stored in a portable cooler, is found in the house of a Federal judge in El Paso. The victim is unknown. The reason the killer went to such trouble—breaking into the judge’s house—and what message he intends to send are both mysteries. Magnus ‘Steps’ Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are especially indispensable, Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there’s a secret to his success. Steps has a kind of synesthesia, an ability that allows him to see whatever a person has touched in a unique color—what Steps calls ‘shine.’ His ability is known to only a few people—his father, the director of the FBI, and his partner, Special Agent Jimmy Donovan. The Special Tracking Unit soon discovers another, earlier victim; again, only the feet were left behind in an icebox...” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB111891 Whispers of the Dead: A Special Tracking Unit Novel

Little Sister: A Novel
DB116295 11 hours 26 minutes
by Gytha Lodge
read by John Hopkins
“Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. She’s striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. She’s also covered in blood. When Jonah races to help, the girl insists she’s fine. Then she smiles. It’s her sister he needs to worry about. Keely and her sister, Nina, disappeared from a children’s home a week ago. Now Keely is here—but Nina’s still missing. Jonah is sure Keely knows where her sister is—but before she tells him anything, she insists, he has to listen to her story from the beginning. Is she witness, victim, or killer? And if Jonah follows the trail of clues in her story, will they lead him to the missing girl—or distract him until it’s too late?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116295 Little Sister: A Novel

Fire and Vengeance
DB115278 12 hours 9 minutes
by Robert McCaw
read by Tom Wayland
“Having killed his father’s nemesis and gotten away with it, Hilo, Hawai’i Chief Detective Koa Kane is not your ordinary cop. Estranged from his younger brother, who has been convicted of multiple crimes, he is not from a typical law enforcement family. Yet, Koa’s secret demons fuel his unwavering drive to pursue justice. Never has Koa’s motivation been greater than when he learns that an elementary school was placed atop a volcanic vent, which has now exploded. The subsequent murders of the school’s contractor and architect only add urgency to his search for the truth. As Koa’s investigation heats up, his brother collapses in jail from a previously undiagnosed brain tumor. Using his connections, Koa devises a risky plan to win his brother’s freedom. As Koa gradually unravels the obscure connections between multiple suspects, he uncovers a forty-year-old conspiracy. When he is about to apprehend the perpetrators, his investigation suddenly becomes entwined with his brother’s future, forcing Koa to choose between justice for the victims and his brother’s freedom.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2020.
DB115278 Fire and Vengeance

Fletch and the Man Who
DB114909 6 hours 18 minutes
by Gregory Mcdonald
read by Dan John Miller
“Full of sharp-witted commentary and rich details, Fletch and the Man Who takes a satirical, behind-the-scenes look inside the world of American politics. Arriving on scene somewhere in middle America, newly hired on as the ‘press representative’ for Governor Caxton Wheeler’s presidential campaign, Fletch is unsure of what exactly he’s supposed to be doing there. Luckily the man who called him up for the job is his old war buddy, Walsh Wheeler, aide and son to the governor. But just as Walsh is filling him in on the need-to-know informational tidbits, a woman is found dead outside the very hotel they occupy—and she’s not the first ... or the last. Struggling to corral the increasingly pushy press, keep the votes coming in, and do his own sleuthing, Fletch is up against the clock to solve this mystery before the killer strikes again.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB114909 Fletch and the Man Who

The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
DB110067 11 hours 19 minutes
by Richard Osman
read by Steph McGovern
“A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case—their favorite kind—leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? From an upmarket spa to a prison cell complete with espresso machine to a luxury penthouse high in the sky, this third adventure of the Thursday Murder Club is full of the cleverness, intrigue, and irresistible charm that readers have come to expect from Richard Osman’s bestselling series.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB110067 The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery

Cross Down
DB114942 9 hours 50 minutes
by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
read by Wayne Carr
“For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC’s, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random—Sampson’s friend, his partner, his brother—have told him. Don’t trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation’s capital, Sampson alone must protect the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American, including the president.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114942 Cross Down

Free Falling, As If in a Dream: The Story of a Crime
DB116210 23 hours 1 minute
by Leif GW Persson
read by Erik Davies
“From the grand master of Scandinavian crime fiction—and one of the best crime writers of our time—here is the final volume in the critically acclaimed Story of a Crime trilogy, centered on the assassination of Olof Palme in 1986. It’s August 2007, and Lars Martin Johansson, chief of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Sweden, is determined once again to reopen the dusty files on the unsolved murder of Prime Minister Palme. With his retirement quickly approaching, Johansson forms a new group, comprised of a few trustworthy detectives who doggedly wade through mountains of paperwork and pursue new leads in a case that has all but gone cold despite the open wound the assassination has left on the consciousness of Swedish society. But the closer the group gets to the truth, the more Johansson compromises the greater good for personal gain, becoming a pawn in the private vendetta of a shady political spin doctor. A detailed and boldly plotted police procedural, Free Falling, As If in a Dream lifts the veil on one of history’s greatest unsolved crimes, bringing dark humor, suspense, and wit to bear on a case long thought to have no answers.” — Provided by publisher. Translated from the 2007 Swedish edition. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2014.
DB116210 Free Falling, As If in a Dream: The Story of a Crime

Mourning Raga
DB114622 7 hours 47 minutes
by Ellis Peters
read by George Holmes
“When his girlfriend’s beautiful but erratic film-star mother, Chloe, calls to ask a favor, Dominic Felse fears the worst. But she makes the couple an offer they can’t refuse: an all-expense-paid trip to India to escort Anjli Kumar, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Chloe’s costar, to stay with her father while her mother is filming in England. But Dominic’s fears are not unfounded, and they soon discover that traveling with the spoiled, precocious Anjli is no vacation—and the task of delivering her back to her family will be less than easy. For behind the colorful, smiling mask of India that tourists see, there is another country—remote, mysterious, and often shatteringly brutal. . . .” — Provided by publisher. Some violence and some strong language. 1969.
DB114622 Mourning Raga

A Dangerous Business
DB114158 7 hours 51 minutes
by Jane Smiley
read by Thérèse Plummer
“Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can’t resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, and inspired by her reading, especially by Edgar Allan Poe’s detective, Dupin, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious. Eliza and Jean are determined not just to survive, but to find their way in a nascent town on the fringes of the Wild West—a bewitching combination of beauty and danger—as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Parks says, ‘Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.’“ — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB114158 A Dangerous Business

The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series
DB116359 11 hours 33 minutes
by Karin Smirnoff
read by Simon Vance
“Change is coming to Sweden’s far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it’s not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala is a remarkably gifted teenager—and she’s being watched. Mikael Blomkvist is also heading north. He has seen better days. Millennium magazine is in its final print issue, and relations with his daughter are strained. Worse still, there are troubling rumors surrounding the man she’s about to marry. When the truth behind the whispers explodes into violence, Salander emerges as Blomkvist’s last hope.” — Provided by publisher. Translated from the 2022 Swedish edition. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116359 The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series

Break from Nuala: An Inspector de Silva Mystery
DB114612 6 hours 24 minutes
by Harriet Steel
read by Gary Tipton
“It is autumn 1940, and Inspector de Silva and his wife Jane are looking forward to a well-earned holiday. But their hopes of a relaxing break in the picturesque city of Galle beside the Indian Ocean are dashed when death, mysterious illnesses, and a missing guest cast a gloomy shadow. As they’re drawn into the investigation, the mystery deepens. Is there a villain amongst their fellow guests or further afield? The search for answers will lead them into great danger that has repercussions far beyond the island of Ceylon.” — Provided by publisher. 2022.
DB114612 Break from Nuala: An Inspector de Silva Mystery

All the Demons Are Here
DB115395 11 hours 14 minutes
by Jake Tapper
read by Rob Shapiro
“It’s 1977. Ike and Lucy, Senator Charlie and Margaret Marder’s kids, are grown up—and in trouble. US Marine Ike has gone somewhat off the grid, working on Evel Knievel’s pit crew in Montana, when—after a bar fight—he has to flee a neo-Nazi gang and seek refuge in the woods with a group of Vietnam veterans. Lucy, a reporter, has become the star of the brand new Washington DC tabloid, the Sentinel, and is breaking all sorts of stories about a serial killer and falling in with the Lyons, the wealthy family that owns the newspaper, British immigrants with quite a different view of journalism than Lucy’s heroes Woodward and Bernstein. As their lives spiral out of control, Ike goes on the road with Evel Knievel, the Vietnam veterans, and other societal outcasts, first heading to Graceland to mourn Elvis Presley, then going to confront politicians—for grievances real and perceived—on an island in Georgia. Lucy, too, is at that retreat with both her parents and the Lyon family, attendees at this retreat where the future of the post-Nixon Republican party will be decided. The confrontation turns violent and both Ike and Lucy have to make decisions that will affect them for the rest of their lives.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115395 All the Demons Are Here

The Innocent Spy
DB113888 21 hours 10 minutes
by Laura Wilson
read by Terry Donnelly
“London, June 1940. When the body of silent screen star Mabel Morgan is found impaled on a wrought-iron fence, the coroner rules her death as suicide. Detective Ted Stratton is not convinced and suspects that Morgan’s fatal fall may have been the work of one of Soho’s most notorious gangsters. Meanwhile, MI5 agent Diana Calthrop is leading a covert operation when she discovers that her boss is involved in espionage. Only when Stratton’s path crosses Diana’s does the pair start to uncover the truth. And soon they also begin to realize they like each other a little too much. . . .” — Provided by publisher. Violence, strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.
DB113888 The Innocent Spy

Occult and Horror

The Spite House
DB115899 11 hours 19 minutes
by Johnny Compton
read by Adam Lazarre-White
“Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he’s desperate for money—it’s not easy to find steady, safe work when you can’t provide references, you can’t stay in one place for long, and you’re paranoid that your past is creeping back up on you. When he comes across the strange ad for the Masson House in Degener, Texas, Eric thinks they may have finally caught a lucky break. The Masson property, notorious for being one of the most haunted places in Texas, needs a caretaker of sorts. The owner is looking for proof of paranormal activity. All they need to do is stay in the house and keep a detailed record of everything that happens there. Provided the house’s horrors don’t drive them all mad, like the caretakers before them. The job calls to Eric, not just because there’s a huge payout if they can make it through, but because he wants to explore the secrets of the spite house. If it is indeed haunted, maybe it’ll help him understand the uncanny power that clings to his family, driving them from town to town, making them afraid to stop running.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115899 The Spite House

Institutionalized: Stories of the Deranged and Demented
DB113912 13 hours 15 minutes
edited by Steven Pajak and R.E.
read by Guy Williams
“Insanity has me by the throat. I wish it’d squeeze a little harder. They call me crazy, but who are they to judge? I’m not crazy. They are. I’ve tried to reason with them, but they won’t listen. Yet. One day, they will hear me, and one day, they’ll be sorry. This is no way to live, being locked up like an animal. And I’m surrounded by lunatics. The scary girl in the corner who hears voices, the burly bald guy who lashes out with violent tendencies, the quiet redhead who lights fires, or the Rob Zombie look-alike that is rumored to have murdered his entire family. Is this real or one sick and twisted nightmare I can’t wake up from? Institutionalized is the latest anthology from the creators of The Better Off Dead series. This installment brings you stories of the mentally unbalanced, the damaged and disturbed, and the criminally insane. Some are locked up. Some are not. We recommend you sleep with one eye open. With stories by Richard Chizmar, Ronald Kelly, R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, Rebecca Rowland, Mike Duke, Scott Harper, Jill Girardi, Richard Clive, Jeremy Megargee, Janine Pipe, LP Hernandez, Scotty Milder, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Brandon Scott, and David Rider.” — Provided by publisher. Violence, strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2022.
DB113912 Institutionalized: Stories of the Deranged and Demented

Religious Themes

Till Shiloh Comes: Lions of Judah, Book Four
DB108403 11 hours 2 minutes
by Gilbert Morris
read by Stephen Van Doren
“The familiar story of patriarch Jacob and his twelve sons comes to new life and power in this masterful retelling by Gilbert Morris. Joseph seems to be the one who will be chosen to carry on the family name and birthright, but Jacob makes a startling announcement: The scepter will not depart from Judah until Shiloh comes.” — Provided by publisher. 2005.
DB108403 Till Shiloh Comes: Lions of Judah, Book Four

Remember Me
DB114923 8 hours 36 minutes
by Tracie Peterson
read by Leah Horowitz
“Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she’s sold to a brothel owner after the death of her father, Addie manages to escape with the hope that she can forever hide her past and the belief that she will never have the future she’s always dreamed of. Years later, Addie has found peace in her new life as a photographer, training Camera Girls to operate and sell the Brownie camera. During the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle, Addie is reunited with Isaac, but after the path her life has taken, she’s afraid to expose the ugliness of her former life and to move toward the future they had pledged to each other. When her past catches up with her, Addie must decide whether to run or to stay and face her wounds in order to embrace her life, her future, and her hope in God.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114923 Remember Me

Heaven Sent Rain: A Novel
DB116199 10 hours 6 minutes
by Lauraine Snelling
read by Kristin Kalbli
“Dinah Taylor has an orderly life that is just how she likes it. A perfectly furnished luxury apartment, a satisfying career as a scientist and CEO of her own company, and an uncomplicated personal life. But all of that changes when she meets seven-year-old Jonah. The boy shows up one day, a scruffy dog by his side, in front of her office building. Dinah knows nothing about kids and even less about animals, but after she buys him breakfast, he shows up the next day...and the next. She tries to learn more about him, to help him, but he’s remarkably skilled at evading her questions. And then, late one night, he calls her in a panic—his dog has been badly injured. Dinah rushes them to a local animal clinic, where she meets Garret, a veterinarian with a thriving practice and a passion for drawing. Though Jonah takes to Garret right away, for some reason neither understands, Dinah and Garret just don’t mesh. But for Jonah’s sake, their lives continue to collide, and slowly the relationship between these three strangers begins to change.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2014.
DB116199 Heaven Sent Rain: A Novel

Romance

The American Roommate Experiment: A Novel
DB110268 14 hours 51 minutes
by Elena Armas
read by Jennifer Jill Araya
“Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB110268 The American Roommate Experiment: A Novel

The Long Game
DB116368 13 hours 34 minutes
by Elena Armas
read by Frankie Corzo
“Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team’s mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team’s owner—who happens to be her father—sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she’s tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids. To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cam’s leg, and Adalyn’s bumper, he’s also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag children’s team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cam’s help.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116368 The Long Game

Unfortunately Yours: A Novel
DB115365 10 hours 57 minutes
by Tessa Bailey
read by Callie Dalton
“After losing her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop, Natalie Vos returned home to lick her wounds. A few months later, she’s sufficiently drowned her sorrows in cabernet and she’s ready to get back on her feet. She just needs her trust fund to finance her new business venture. Unfortunately, the terms require she marry before she can have the money. And well, dumped, remember? But Natalie is desperate enough to propose to a man who makes her want to kill him—and kiss him, in equal measure. August Cates may own a vineyard, but he doesn’t know jack about making wine. He’s determined to do his late best friend proud, no matter what it takes. Except his tasting room is empty, his wine is disgusting (seriously, he once saw someone gag), and his buddy’s legacy is circling the drain. No bank will give him the loan he needs to turn the business around... and then the gorgeous, feisty heiress knocks on his door. Natalie has haunted August’s dreams since the moment they met, but their sizzling chemistry immediately morphed into simmering insults. Now, a quickie marriage could help them both. A sham wedding, a few weeks living under the same roof, and then they can go their separate ways—assuming they make it out alive. How hard could it be? There’s just one thing they didn’t account for: their unfortunate, unbearable, undeniable attraction.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115365 Unfortunately Yours: A Novel

Kit McBride Gets a Wife
DB110265 11 hours 9 minutes
by Amy Barry
read by Eva Kaminsky
“Kit McBride knows that Buck’s Creek, Montana, is no place to find a wife. Between him and his three brothers—plus little Junebug—they manage all right on their own, thank you very much. But unbeknownst to Kit, his sister is sick to death of cleaning, cooking, and mending for her big brothers, so she places an ad in The Matrimonial News to get them hitched. After Maddy Mooney emigrated from Ireland, she found employment with an eccentric but poor widow. When her mistress decides to answer an ad for a mail-order bride, Maddy is dragged along for the ride to Montana. But en route to the West, Maddy is suddenly abandoned and left to assume the widow’s name, position, and matrimonial prospects. With no other recourse in the wilderness, Maddy must convince Kit she’s the wife he never knew he needed.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB110265 Kit McBride Gets a Wife

Always with Me: Whisper Lake Series, Book 1
DB115915 9 hours 21 minutes
by Barbara Freethy
read by Liz Krane
“After her third broken engagement, Gianna Campbell comes home to help with the family business and to heal her heart, only to realize that she has become the town joke—dubbed the runaway fiancée. If that wasn’t bad enough, who should show up in town but her former crush Zach Barrington, a man who has other reasons to hate her. Zach returns to Whisper Lake not only for a job opportunity but also for a chance at personal redemption. The last person he wants to see is Gianna, who once got him kicked out of the only place that made him feel whole. But when an accident sends her into the lake, their first face-to-face meeting in years leaves them both breathless. And suddenly the past feels a lot closer... Zach and Gianna back away as fast as they come together, both wary of more danger to their damaged hearts. But their search for a truth leads them to surprising secrets, life-changing revelations, heartbreaking emotion, and the chance for a love more powerful than they ever imagined. Can they trust each other the second time around?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB115915 Always with Me: Whisper Lake Series, Book 1

The Right Side of Reckless
DB111511 12 hours 9 minutes
by Whitney D. Grandison
read by Adenrele Ojo
“Working at the local community center, Guillermo Lozano meets the one girl who is off limits, and as friendship—and something more—blossoms between them, he decides to break the rules and be a little bit reckless.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2021.
DB111511 The Right Side of Reckless

Inferno: A Flashpoint Series Novella
DB114788 3 hours 45 minutes
by Rachel Grant
read by Greg Tremblay
“US embassy officer Kaylea Halpert needs a date for a black tie event at a dangerous foreign national’s lavish home. Preferably someone with brains and brawn who can watch her back. Special Forces Sergeant Carlos Espinosa is more than happy to escort the beautiful, brilliant diplomat—who just might be a CIA case officer—to the party. Their night together only gets hotter when he discovers Kaylea burns for him too. Date night in Djibouti turns deadly when foreign agents target the couple. But who is the intended victim, the covert operator or the Green Beret? As Carlos and Kaylea use their combined skills to escape their captors, they uncover treachery that could ignite relations between the US and Djibouti—already at a flashpoint—and trigger an inferno.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB114788 Inferno: A Flashpoint Series Novella

The Cowboy’s Enemy: Sweet Water Ranch Western Cowboy Romance, Volume 9
DB114619 6 hours 36 minutes
by Jessie Gussman
read by Kathleen Mary Carthy
“She led him on, lied about him, then dumped him for his cousin. She was his enemy. He walked. But he loved her still. Can people change? Cora Fischer knew they could. Heartbreak, abject poverty and a mother’s bear instincts to protect her children at all costs could turn a selfish, spoiled girl into a strong, formidable woman. But first loves die hard. They were enemies, never lovers, despite what she told her family and the town. She hated him then, and he hates her now. But she can give him what he wants, and she’s willing to make a deal. Is she strong enough to conquer her foe and not destroy herself? Or maybe she could write new chapter: old enemies make the best husbands.” — Provided by publisher. 2019.
DB114619 The Cowboy’s Enemy: Sweet Water Ranch Western Cowboy Romance, Volume 9

Call Me Crazy
DB113915 10 hours 8 minutes
by Melanie Harlow
read by MacKenzie Beyer
“It was the perfect plan. I needed a wife—temporarily—in order to inherit the family business. And she needed a favor—the kind that takes nine months to deliver. We had it all worked out, from the no-touching policy on our wedding night (her rule) to the no-falling-in-love decree (mine). She’d marry me, I’d give her the means to have the baby she’d always wanted, and one year later we’d amicably part ways with no hassle, no demands, and certainly no regrets. After all, Bianca DeRossi and I are experts at infuriating one another - we’ve been doing it since we were kids. Trouble is, she grew up gorgeous and feisty, and she still knows exactly how to get under my skin. And that wedding night? Well, it doesn’t exactly go down hands-free. Then she moves in with me, and I really start to lose my mind. From her sexy little pout to her wicked sense of humor to those meatball sandwiches she makes just because she knows they’re my favorite...I find myself wanting to break every rule we put in place. Our story was never supposed to end with happily ever after. But call me crazy, I just might be in love with my wife.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2021.
DB113915 Call Me Crazy

Twisted Hate
DB113616 15 hours 4 minutes
by Ana Huang
read by Aiden Snow
“Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn’t charm—except for Jules f**king Ambrose. The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has. When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that’ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules. No jealousy. No strings attached. And absolutely no falling in love. Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who’s focused on one thing: passing the attorney’s bar exam. The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable… no matter how good-looking he is. But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there’s more than meets the eye to the man she’s hated for so long. Her best friend’s brother. Her nemesis. And her only salvation. Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they’re faced with truths that could either save them or destroy everything they’ve worked for.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB113616 Twisted Hate

The Sinner
DB114210 10 hours 53 minutes
by Madeline Hunter
read by Andrew Randall
“Wearing nothing but a man’s nightshirt, Fleur Monley wakes to find herself in the bed of England’s most charming and reckless libertine. But it was a stray gunshot, not passion, that put her at the mercy of a man as infamously handsome as he is famously talented in the arts of love. Believing herself immune to any seduction, Fleur thinks herself perfectly safe to proffer an arrangement no ordinary woman would dare make: half her fortune for the freedom she would gain by being his wife—in name only. Desperately in need of funds, Dante Duclaire could do worse than the “white marriage” proposed by this idealistic beauty too naïve to know the danger she is in. But the rashest thing he’s ever done is to tell himself he’ll be able to resist the invitation to sin that this sensuous innocent would arouse at every turn—or that he’ll be able to protect her from both the ruthless enemies that seek her ruin . . . and his own dangerous desire.” — Provided by publisher. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.
DB114210 The Sinner

Pucked Up
DB111758 11 hours 24 minutes
by Helena Hunting
read by Joe Arden
“Miller ‘Buck’ Butterson has been banging his way through life ever since a puck to the face fixed his messed up front teeth. After five years in the NHL, deflecting goals on the ice and scoring them with puck bunnies, Miller has decided he’s ready for a girlfriend. A real, non-bunny girlfriend to take on dates, and not jump into bed with after five seconds of conversation. Miller thinks he’s found that woman in his teammate’s sister. Except, unlike team captain and all-around nice guy Alex Waters—who happens to date his stepsister, Miller’s media reputation as a manwhore is well earned. Beyond that minor detail, Miller doesn’t know the first thing about relationships or the time and effort they require. Miller learns—eventually—that if he wants to make Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Waters fall for him, he’s going to have to do a whole lot more than show her his stick skills in the bedroom.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2015.
DB111758 Pucked Up

A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting
DB109140 9 hours 43 minutes
by Sophie Irwin
read by Eleanor Tomlinson
“Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. Left with her father’s massive debts, she has only twelve weeks to save her family from ruin. Kitty has never been one to back down from a challenge, so she leaves home and heads toward the most dangerous battleground in all of England: the London season. Kitty may be neither accomplished nor especially genteel—but she is utterly single-minded; imbued with cunning and ingenuity, she knows that risk is just part of the game. The only thing she doesn’t anticipate is Lord Radcliffe. The worldly Radcliffe sees Kitty for the mercenary fortune-hunter that she really is and is determined to scotch her plans at all costs, until their parrying takes a completely different turn.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB109140 A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting

Dirty Letters
DB112835 8 hours 19 minutes
by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward
read by Mare Trevathan
“I’d never forgotten him—a man I’d yet to meet. Griffin Quinn was my childhood pen pal, the British boy who couldn’t have been more different from me. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, we became best friends, sharing our deepest, darkest secrets and forming a connection I never thought could break. Until one day, it did. Then, out of the blue, a new letter arrived. A scathing one—one with eight years of pent-up anger. I had no choice but to finally come clean as to why I stopped writing. Griffin forgave me, and somehow we were able to rekindle our childhood connection. Only now we were adults, and that connection had grown to a spark. Our letters quickly went from fun to flirty to downright dirty, revealing our wildest fantasies. So it only made sense that we would take our relationship to the next level and see each other in person. Only Griff didn’t want to meet. He asked that I trust him and said it was for the best. But I wanted more—more Griff, in the flesh—so I took a big chance and went looking for him. People have done crazier things for love. But what I found could change everything.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2019.
DB112835 Dirty Letters

A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction
DB115143 7 hours 48 minutes
by Eva Leigh
read by Mary Jane Wells
“After Dominic Kilburn left Lady Willa Ransom at the altar, she vowed never to reveal how badly she was hurt. Following a year abroad, Willa wants to move on with her life, so she accepts an invitation to a house party. She’s determined to leave her humiliation behind, as well as the scorching attraction she still feels for the man who jilted her. When dark secrets from his past surfaced right before his wedding, Dom knew he didn’t deserve Willa. So, he bolted. But he still burns for the only woman who ever claimed his heart. To escape the memories of all he lost, Dom heads to a friend’s estate on an isolated Scottish isle. Yet one of the other guests is the very woman who haunts his every thought and makes him wish for the impossible. Thrown together by well-meaning family and friends, Willa and Dom try to resist the fiery pull between them. Soon the line between love and loathing begins to blur, and their attraction explodes. But Dom’s past lurks on the edge of their rekindled passion and Willa fears she’ll be devastated all over again. Can these star-crossed lovers find their happily ever after, or will everything detonate a second time?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115143 A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction

I’m Only Wicked with You
DB108716 9 hours 58 minutes
by Julie Anne Long
read by Justine Eyre
“He’s the battle-hardened son of a bastard, raised in the wilds of New York. She’s the sheltered, blue-blooded darling of the London broadsheets, destined to marry a duke. Their worlds could only collide in a boardinghouse by the London docks...and when they do, the sparks would ignite all of England. Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy’s drive to build an American empire... unless it’s his new nemesis, the arrogant, beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn. The fascination is mutual. The temptation is merciless. And the inevitable indiscretion? Soul-searing—and the ruination of them both. Hugh’s proposal salvages Lillias’s honor but kills their dreams for their futures...until they arrive at a plan that could honorably set them free. But unraveling their entanglement inadvertently uncovers enthralling truths: about Lillias’s wounded, tender heart and fierce spirit. About Hugh’s stunning gentleness, depth, and courage. Soon Hugh knows that as surely as he’d fight a thousand battles to win her...the best way to love Lillias means breaking his own heart.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB108716 I’m Only Wicked with You

The Winter Companion: Parish Orphans of Devon
DB114833 9 hours 28 minutes
by Mimi Matthews
read by Andrew Randall
“She needed to be seen... As a lady’s companion, Clara Hartwright never receives much attention from anyone. And that’s precisely how she likes it. With a stormy past, and an unconventional plan for her future, it’s far safer to remain invisible. But when her new employer is invited to a monthlong holiday at a remote coastal abbey, Clara discovers that she may not be as invisible as she’d hoped. At least, not as far as one gentleman is concerned. He wanted to be heard... Neville Cross has always been more comfortable with animals than people. An accident in his youth has left him with a brain injury that affects his speech. Forming the words to speak to his childhood friends is difficult enough. Finding the right things to say to a lovely young lady’s companion seems downright impossible. But Miss Hartwright is no ordinary companion. In fact, there may not be anything ordinary about her at all. During a bleak Devon winter, two sensitive souls forge an unexpected friendship. But when Clara needs him most, will Neville find the courage to face his fears? Or is saying goodbye to her the most heroic thing he can do?” — Provided by publisher. 2020.
DB114833 The Winter Companion: Parish Orphans of Devon

Their Perfect Melody
DB113799 10 hours 18 minutes
by Priscilla Oliveras
read by Carmen Vine
“Growing up, Lilí María Fernandez was affectionately known as the family wild child.” The life of the party, she loved to dance, especially salsa, merengue, and bachata, and often sang beside her father during rehearsals for his trío group. But tragedy and loss have drawn out Lilí’s caretaking side, compelling her to become a victim’s advocate. These days, the special rhythms of the past seem like a distant memory. Until she meets Diego Reyes . . . A police officer with the Chicago PD, Diego also has a talent for playing classical Spanish guitar. And Lilí soon finds herself inspired by his passion—for the music, for her, and for their shared love of familia and community. Can Diego reignite Lilí’s fun-loving spirit, persuade her to balance work and pleasure—and embrace her wild side once more?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB113799 Their Perfect Melody

Wild Irish Rebel
DB116139 5 hours 55 minutes
by Tricia O’Malley
read by Amy Landon
“Morgan McKenzie has been on her own since she ran away from a nightmarish foster home at the age of sixteen. Afraid to put down roots again only to be hurt once more, Morgan prefers to be constantly on the move. Until she is inexplicably pulled to the small Irish town of Grace’s Cove. Before she knows it, Morgan is settling in and forming relationships for the first time in her life. Determined to keep her walls up to protect both her heart and the touch of magick she carries, Morgan fights against her growing attraction for the town’s golden boy, Patrick Kearney. Patrick can’t keep his eyes off of Morgan. Since the moment he saw Morgan across the dance floor at Keelin’s wedding, Patrick has been lost. Pulled in by her beauty and vulnerability, Patrick’s frustration grows as his advances are continually rebuffed. As Morgan rebels against her feelings for Patrick, she is swept into a battle against her own worst demons.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
DB116139 Wild Irish Rebel

Texas Proud: Long, Tall Texans Series, Book 52
DB111597 8 hours 43 minutes
by Diana Palmer
read by Todd McLaren
“A powerful businessman seeks refuge… but his secrets never stay hidden. Before he testifies in an important case, businessman Michael ‘Mikey’ Fiore hides out in Jacobsville, Texas. On a rare night out, he crosses paths with softly beautiful Bernadette, who seems burdened with her own secrets. He hears whispers about a life-threatening condition, her solitary existence. This doesn’t stop him from wanting her, which endangers them both. Their bond grows into passion…until shocking truths surface.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB111597 Texas Proud: Long, Tall Texans Series, Book 52

Codename Charming: A Novel
DB116391 12 hours 49 minutes
by Lucy Parker
read by Anne-Marie Piazza
“Petunia De Vere enjoys being the personal assistant to lovable, bumbling Johnny Marchmont. But the job has its share of challenges, including the royal’s giant, intimidating bodyguard, Matthias. Pet and Matthias are polar opposites—she’s spontaneous and enthusiastic, he’s rigid and stoic—but she can sense there’s something softer underneath that tough exterior... For Matthias Vaughn, protecting others is the name of the game. But keeping his royal charge out of trouble is more difficult than he imagined because everywhere Johnny goes, calamity ensues, and his petite, bubbly assistant is often caught in the fray. Matthias hates the idea of Pet getting hurt and he’s determined to keep everyone safe, even if it means clashing with his adorable new coworker. When a clumsy moment leads to a questionable tabloid photo, the press begins to speculate that Pet is romantically involved with Johnny. To put an end to the rumors, the royal PR team asks Pet and Matthias to stage a fake relationship and the two reluctantly agree. But as they spend more time together outside of work, they begin to wonder what real emotions this pretend connection might uncover. Especially when a passionate kiss leaves both of their heads spinning.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116391 Codename Charming: A Novel

Lola at Last
DB114880 9 hours 41 minutes
by J.C. Peterson
read by Sara Sheckells
“Move over, Elizabeth Bennet. The most infamous Bennet sister is here to tell her story. Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lola’s summer plans, and her reputation truly sunk. (The boat was barely on fire, for the record—and all the partygoers were just fine.) Luckily, this disaster of a summer has another thing in store for her: a path of self-discovery she never saw coming. Given an ultimatum—jail time, or spending the summer with the nonprofit Hike Like a Girl—she laces up her hiking boots and takes to the wilderness. Along the way, she’ll encounter unexpected friends, a sweet romance, strength she didn’t know she had—and herself, Lola, at last.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For senior high and older readers. 2023.
DB114880 Lola at Last

The Seven Year Slip
DB115943 9 hours 46 minutes
by Ashley Poston
read by Brittany Pressley
“Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again. Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed. After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115943 The Seven Year Slip

The Lineup
DB113903 12 hours 40 minutes
by Meghan Quinn
read by Andy Pyle
“Want to know a secret? It’s about that girl over there. Don’t look, but she’s the one in the power suit—with the long, black hair and the serious expression, the one I’m about to go on a date with... Yeah, according to her, she “accidentally” donated an obscene amount of money to my charity — The Lineup — to win said date but I found out the truth. Miss. Button Up Blouse has a secret, passionate crush on me. I didn’t know her name until two days ago, despite the friends we have in common. Was I oblivious? Probably. Was I blind to it? Definitely. But I’m no fool, I see it now. The High Heel Harlot wants more than just a date with Jason Orson, she wants to be able to claim the best butt in baseball as hers. Here’s another secret . . . she has no idea I know.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2019.
DB113903 The Lineup

Before I Let Go
DB111356 13 hours 48 minutes
by Kennedy Ryan
read by Jakobi Diem
“Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything. It couldn’t save their marriage. Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they’re always drawn back to each other, and now they’re beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had. Soon, one stolen kiss leads to another…and then more. It’s hot. It’s illicit. It’s all good—until old wounds reopen. Is it too late for them to find forever? Or could they even be better, the second time around?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB111356 Before I Let Go

Mr. Fixer Upper
DB114642 12 hours 13 minutes
by Lucy Score
read by Kimberly Schraf
“Gannon came from loud, passionate Italian stock that wasn’t afraid to smash a plate to make a statement. Paige, on the other hand, systematically choked down any temper and, with frosty efficiency, made him dance like a damn puppet. From the Wall Street Journal and Amazon best-selling author comes a new standalone novel. Gannon King is great with his hands and - if you believe what you read on Twitter - he’s sex in a toolbelt.” The reality TV star learned his lesson about falling for pretty packages the hard, painful, humiliating way and he’s not making that mistake again. Sure, ‘Legs’ is gorgeous as hell and smart-mouthed - two of his favorite qualities in a woman. But she’s an icy network kiss-ass. At least, that’s what he thinks until he catches her being human. Field producer Paige St. James has zero time for temperamental stars, especially Gannon who does his best to get under her skin. She’s got plans to get out of reality TV and do something that matters. But ratings are king and, when Paige and Gannon’s sparks are captured by cameras, the network smells a time slot victory. After an on-set accident and a vindictive celebrity “girlfriend,” Paige finds her reputation in tatters and her job hanging by a thread. She never should have trusted him... But now that he’s gotten those talented hands on her, Gannon’s never letting go.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017.
DB114642 Mr. Fixer Upper

Tempting Lies: A Hot Fake-Relationship Romance
DB114608 8 hours 26 minutes
by Sara Whitney
read by Jill Fox
“Everyone in town knows about me and my wild past. God, I’m sick of it. So when my childhood friend asks for help renovating her tumble-down house, I hatch a risky plan: I’ll fix up her dream property if she’ll fix up my playboy reputation. She’s shocked by my proposal, so I promise her we’ll keep it simple. I had no idea things could get so complicated, so fast. Our hearts are supposed to be off-limits. So why are all of these for-show kisses starting to feel all-too real?” — Provided by publisher. 2020.
DB114608 Tempting Lies: A Hot Fake-Relationship Romance

Science Fiction

Hell’s March
DB112243 22 hours 7 minutes
by Taylor Anderson
read by P.J. Ochlan
“It is 1847, and almost a full year after being shipwrecked on another, far stranger and more dangerous Earth on their way to fight Santa Anna in the Mexican-American War, Lewis Cayce and his small group of artillerymen, infantrymen, and dragoons have made friends in the Yucatán, helped build an army, and repulsed the first efforts of the blood-drenched Holy Dominion to wipe their new friends out. As an even more radical cult of Blood Priests arises and begins to pursue its own path to power, the Dominion can’t let its defeat stand. It must crush the heretics and expel them from the land it has claimed. Fortunately, Lewis Cayce is a professional. He understands defense can only result in a stalemate at best, and a stalemate with the more populous Dominion will only lead to defeat in the end. The lucky few will be enslaved. The rest will be sacrificed in the most horrific way imaginable. The only hope his new allies have is to win—and to do that, his little army must attack the most powerful and diabolical enemy on the planet in its own territory. Achieving victory will take all Lewis’s imagination, the courage and trust of his soldiers—and all the round shot and canister his tiny band of artillerymen can slam out.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112243 Hell’s March

Hastur Lord
DB113618 14 hours 31 minutes
by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross
read by Max Bellmore
“A gripping fantasy novel set in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover universe. Regis Hastur was the heir to the most powerful domain on Darkover. When his grandfather died, he would inherit the title Hastur of Hastur, Regent of Darkover—king in everything but name. But ironically, this mantle was the last thing Regis had ever wanted. For he dreamed of a different kind of life—a life with the freedom to live and love like an ordinary man, without the expectations and responsibilities of his position. Yet even Regis recognized Darkover’s desperate need for strong, rational leadership—leadership only he had been trained to provide. But now that his time was at hand, was Regis willing to make the personal sacrifices necessary to lead his world? Or would he turn away from his destiny and finally make his real dreams come true? For on his grandfather’s deathbed Regis learns that he has a brother—an older half-brother who could finally relieve Regis of the burden of title he had never wanted. Would Regis finally let himself be free to be the man he had always dreamed of being?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2010.
DB113618 Hastur Lord

Thunderlord
DB113619 17 hours 43 minutes
by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross
read by Alyssa Bresnahan
“A follow-up to The Ages of Chaos omnibus, Thunderlord is a brand-new novel of the genre-bending Darkover universe, expanded by Marion Zimmer Bradley’s collaborator Deborah J. Ross. Far in Darkover’s past, the Ages of Chaos were a time of constant warfare, when immensely powerful psychic weapons ravaged the land and slaughtered entire armies. Perhaps none was more dangerous and unpredictable than the mental Gift to sense—and control—thunderstorms. When the realm of Aldaran and their Scathfell cousins came to blows, that Gift turned the tide of battle, and Aldaran prevailed. A generation later, the heir to Scathfell, Gwynn, has grown up in the shadow of that conflict, his life shaped by the loss of his entire family. Now he plots his revenge for his family’s humiliating defeat by seeking to marry a woman who carries the storm control Gift, so that his sons will be able to wield the terrible power of storms against Aldaran. Since childhood, Kyria has been able to sense approaching storms. She had never expected to marry a rich man; independent and athletic, she defied tradition by donning her brother’s castoff clothing and trapping small game to keep her family from starvation. When Gwynn’s emissary arrives with a marriage proposal that will secure her family’s financial future, she agrees. Along with her younger sister as her companion, she sets out for Scathfell, where she will be formally wed. During their passage through rugged mountains, a blizzard drives them to seek shelter in a traveler’s hut, where they meet Edric, the young heir to Aldaran. Edric has inherited the storm control, but he has never dared to use it. His whole life, he has been warned against the consequences, not just to his enemies but to everyone he loves. Now, disguised as an ordinary traveler, he journeys home after years of study, disciplining himself to control his powers. When he meets Kyria, he senses the presence of the same storm power, but unschooled and dormant. They know each other only as Edric and Kyria—for under shelter truth, all identities are concealed—and are drawn to one another. Thus begins the saga of two kingdoms, divided by bitter history and present-day suspicions, one armed with devastating power and the other determined to overcome it, no matter what the price. Can their love and resourcefulness overcome even the overwhelming power of a Thunderlord?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
DB113619 Thunderlord

Thendara House
DB113617 21 hours 1 minute
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
read by Alyssa Bresnahan
“Jaelle has been raised in the harsh patriarchal environment of the Dry Towns. Her mother Mellora is a Comyn woman who has been kidnapped in order to breed laran-gifted offspring for her barbarian ‘husband.’ But when a desperate, pregnant Mellora dies in childbirth following a daring escape aided by a band of Renunciates, the still young Jaelle is adopted into the Guild, and becomes the Free Amazon Jaelle n’ha Mellora, a woman who has never known kindness from a man.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 1983.
DB113617 Thendara House

The Ferryman: A Novel
DB114064 19 hours 59 minutes
by Justin Cronin
read by Scott Brick
“Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process—and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he’s been dreaming—which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry. Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group—known as ‘Arrivalists’—who may be fomenting revolution. Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized—and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114064 The Ferryman: A Novel

Upgrade: A Novel
DB110164 9 hours 51 minutes
by Blake Crouch
read by Henry Leyva
“At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy. Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost. Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution? Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity—and our boundless potential.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB110164 Upgrade: A Novel

The Last Watch
DB116206 16 hours 33 minutes
by J.S. Dewes
read by Nicol Zanzarella
“The Divide. It’s the edge of the universe. Now it’s collapsing—and taking everyone and everything with it. The only ones who can stop it are the Sentinels—the recruits, exiles, and court-martialed dregs of the military. At the Divide, Adequin Rake commands the Argus. She has no resources, no comms—nothing, except for the soldiers that no one wanted. Her ace in the hole could be Cavalon Mercer—genius, asshole, and exiled prince who nuked his grandfather’s genetic facility for ‘reasons.’ She knows they’re humanity’s last chance.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB116206 The Last Watch

Furious Heaven
DB116538 31 hours 50 minutes
by Kate Elliott
read by Natalie Naudus
“The Republic of Chaonia fleets, under the joint command of Princess Sun and her formidable mother, Queen-Marshal Eirene, have defeated and driven out an invading fleet of the Phene Empire, though not without heavy losses. But the Empire remains undeterred. While Chaonia scrambles to rebuild its military, the Empire’s rulers are determined to squash Chaonia once and for all. They believe their military might is strong enough to defeat the enemy, but they also secure a secret alliance with a deadly religious sect skilled in the use of assassination and covert ops, to destabilize the republic. On the eve of Eirene’s bold attack on the rich and populous Karnos System, an unexpected tragedy strikes the republic. Sun must take charge or lose the throne. Will Sun be content with the pragmatic path laid out by her mother for Chaonia’s future? Or will she choose to forge her own legend? Can she succeed despite all the forces arrayed against her?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116538 Furious Heaven

What Makes Us Mighty: Firefly Series, Book 7
DB112629 7 hours 26 minutes
by M.K. England
read by James Anderson Foster
“A simple job... Serenity is bound for the planet Kerry with a hold full of sealed, unidentified cargo for the planet’s highest-ranking nobleman. The duke is a surprisingly genial man whose court brings all the fanciness and fun of Persephone’s high society but little of the pretension—and, most importantly, he’s got the promise of more work. Some fine hospitality... Obliged to stick around while Inara is with a client—and hoping to score future employment—the crew settles in. The liquor flows freely at court, and there’s food, entertainment, and comfortable lodgings to enjoy. Everyone is thrilled but Zoë. Her gut says something is off. A vicious massacre... When the duke’s estate is attacked in the middle of the night, Mal sends Serenity to safety while he and Zoë investigate. What they find turns the whole story of Kerry upside-down. Revolution is brewing, and each of them will have to decide where to make their stand, even if it lands them on opposite sides.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112629 What Makes Us Mighty: Firefly Series, Book 7

Ralph 124C 41+
DB110216 5 hours 8 minutes
by Hugo Gernsback
read by Michael Kramer
“By the year 2660, science has transformed and conquered the world, rescuing humanity from itself. Spectacular inventions from the farthest reaches of space and deep beneath the earth are available to meet every need, providing antidotes to individual troubles and social ills. Inventors are highly prized and respected, and they are jealously protected and lavishly cared for by world governments. That support and acclaim, however—as the most brilliant of scientists, Ralph 124C 41+, discovers—is not without its price. This visionary novel of the twenty-seventh century was written by Hugo Gernsback (1887–1964), founder of the influential magazine Amazing Stories. Marvelously prophetic and creative, Ralph 124C 41+ celebrates technological advances and entrances readers with an exuberant, unforgettable vision of what our world might become.” — Goodreads. Originally published as a serial beginning in 1911. Violence and some strong language. 2020.
DB110216 Ralph 124C 41+

The Immortality Thief: The Kystrom Chronicles, Book 1
DB113455 14 hours 32 minutes
by Taran Hunt
read by Guy Williams
“Far off the edge of human existence, beside a dying star lies a nameless ship abandoned and hidden, lost for a millennium. But there are secrets there, terrible secrets that would change the fate of humanity, and eventually someone will come looking. Refugee, criminal and linguist Sean Wren is made an offer he knows he can’t refuse: life in prison, voluntary” military service – or salvaging data in a long-dead language from an abandoned ship filled with traps and monsters, just days before it’s destroyed in a supernova. Data connected to the Philosopher’s Stone experiments, into unlocking the secrets of immortality. And he’s not the only one looking for the derelict ship. The Ministers, mysterious undying aliens that have ruled over humanity for centuries, want the data – as does The Republic, humanity’s last free government. And time is running out. In the bowels of the derelict ship, surrounded by horrors and dead men, Sean slowly uncovers the truth of what happened on the ship, in its final days... and the terrible secret it’s hiding.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and strong language. 2022.
DB113455 The Immortality Thief: The Kystrom Chronicles, Book 1

The Deep Sky: A Novel
DB115190 12 hours 19 minutes
by Yume Kitasei
read by Sarah Skaer
“It is the eve of Earth’s environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity’s last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect. As the mystery unfolds on the ship, poignant flashbacks reveal how Asuka came to be picked for the mission. Despite struggling through training back on Earth, she was chosen to represent Japan, a country she only partly knows as a half-Japanese girl raised in America. But estranged from her mother back home, The Phoenix is all she has left. With the crew turning on each other, Asuka is determined to find the culprit before they all lose faith in the mission—or worse, the bomber strikes again.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115190 The Deep Sky: A Novel

Generations: Firefly Series, Book 4
DB112628 7 hours 21 minutes
by Tim Lebbon
read by James Anderson Foster
“A mysterious star map. On an Outer Rim moon, Captain Malcolm Reynolds ends a card game the lucky winner of an old map covered in mysterious symbols. The former owner insists it’s worthless; back on Serenity, River Tam is able to interpret it. An ancient legend. River claims the map points the way to one of the Arks: legendary generation ships that brought humans from Earth-That-Was to the ‘Verse. The salvage potential alone is staggering. A drifting relic. As the crew approach the aged floating ship, they find it isn’t quite as dead as it first seemed. The closer they get, the more agitated River becomes. She claims something is waiting on board, something powerful, and very angry.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB112628 Generations: Firefly Series, Book 4

Translation State
DB116532 12 hours 8 minutes
by Ann Leckie
read by Adjoa Andoh
“Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn’t ‘optimal behavior.’ It’s the type of behavior that results in elimination. But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots—or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him. As a Conclave of the various species approaches—and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line—the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars. Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in Leckie’s celebrated Imperial Radch universe.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116532 Translation State

Agent of Change
DB115433 11 hours 1 minute
by Sharon Lee and Steve
read by Jack Garrett
“Introducing Val Con yos’Phelium—interstellar spy, starship pilot, musician, and incidentally, a brother to Clutch Turtles. Running from an assassination he comes upon Miri Robertson, a not-so-retired mercenary soldier born to trouble on a back world and facing disastrously uneven odds in a firefight with her former employer’s enemies. Forced to intervene, Val Con becomes a target himself, and the pair are hunted, hounded across space, becoming unwilling partners of necessity. Facing terrible danger from within and without, their own skills and training argue that one of them must die if either is to survive. But Val Con has faced tricky situations before, and he’s not about to let something like impossible odds get him down.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and some strong language. 1988.
DB115433 Agent of Change

Big Damn Hero: Firefly Series, Book 1
DB112626 9 hours 35 minutes
by James Lovegrove
read by James Anderson Foster
“The Battle of Serenity Valley was the turning point that led the Independents to their defeat at the hands of the Alliance. Yet the Browncoats had held the valley for weeks against all odds, before being ordered to lay down their arms. Command stated they refused to send in airpower because the ground war was too hot. But the soldiers who were there insist that was not true. While picking up a new cargo on Persephone, Captain Malcolm Reynolds is kidnapped by a bunch of embittered veteran Browncoats who suspect him of sabotaging the Independents during the war. As the rest of the crew struggle to locate him, Mal is placed on trial for his life, fighting compelling evidence that someone did indeed betray them to the Alliance all those years ago. As old comrades and old rivals crawl out of the woodwork, Mal must prove his innocence, but his captors are desperate and destitute, and will settle for nothing less than the culprit’s blood.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB112626 Big Damn Hero: Firefly Series, Book 1

The Ghost Machine: Firefly Series, Book 3
DB112627 8 hours 19 minutes
by James Lovegrove
read by James Anderson Foster
“Some hot property. Mal’s crew desperately need another payday, but not desperately enough to transport a Blue Sun flightcase to Badger, no questions asked, when the area is swarming with Alliance spacecraft equally keen to regain the stolen property. Yet Jayne refuses to miss out, and sneaks the case aboard Serenity. Lucid Dreams. Within hours of secreting the case Jayne suddenly finds himself back on the Cobb homestead with his brother Matty miraculously cured of the damplung. Wash is at the controls of the highest-spec cruiser money can buy, the billionaire head of a ‘verse-spanning business empire. All of the crew but River are soon immersed in vivid hallucinations of their deepest desires, while their bodies lie insensible on the ship. Fantasies gone sour. Wash’s empire begins to crumble; the Cobb ranch is under attack by merciless bandits. As everyone’s daydreams turn nightmare, Serenity floats on a crash course towards a barren moon, with only River standing between the crew and certain oblivion.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB112627 The Ghost Machine: Firefly Series, Book 3

Rabbits: A Novel
DB116207 14 hours 9 minutes
by Terry Miles
read by Christine Lakin
“It’s an average work day. You’ve been wrapped up in a task, and you check the clock when you come up for air—4:44 p.m. You check your email, and 44 unread messages have built up. With a shock, you realize the date is April 4—4/4. And when you get in your car to drive home, your odometer reads 44,444. Coincidence? Or have you just seen the edge of a rabbit hole? Rabbits is a mysterious alternate reality game so vast it uses the entire world as its canvas. Since the game started in 1959, ten iterations have appeared and nine winners have been declared. The identities of these winners are unknown. So is their reward, which is whispered to be NSA or CIA recruitment, vast wealth, immortality, or perhaps even the key to the secrets of the universe itself. But the deeper you get, the more dangerous the game becomes. Players have died in the past—and the body count is rising. And now the eleventh round is about to begin. Enter K—a Rabbits obsessive who has been trying to find a way into the game for years. That path opens when K is approached by billionaire Alan Scarpio, rumored to be the winner of the sixth iteration. Scarpio says that something has gone wrong with the game and that K needs to fix it before Eleven starts, or the whole world will pay the price. Five days later, Scarpio is declared missing. Two weeks after that, K blows the deadline: Eleven begins. And suddenly, the fate of the entire universe is at stake.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB116207 Rabbits: A Novel

Thirteen
DB110357 22 hours 33 minutes
by Richard K. Morgan
read by Simon. Vance
“Richard K. Morgan’s Thirteen is near-future science fiction, very much in the vein of Bladerunner. A failed government program to produce a more violent, aggressive form of military fighter has resulted in the U.S. rounding up most of the test subjects and isolating them on Mars, a place where no one with any sense would wish to spend their days. But not all of the government subjects have been caught and shipped out to Mars. Enter Carl Marsalis, a hit man who would like nothing more than to stop killing and put his past behind him—and when he’s eventually captured in Miami, it seems like the government might take care of his problems for him. Unfortunately, around the same time a transport from Mars arrives back on earth. The entire crew has been killed by a stowaway who turns out to be one of these violent superhumans—and maybe something worse. Now Marsalis is given a choice: use his heightened powers to hunt down the killer, or face a fate worse than death.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2008.
DB110357 Thirteen

Riot Baby
DB115410 3 hours 49 minutes
by Tochi Onyebuchi
read by Tochi Onyebuchi
“Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor’s son murdered in a drive-by shooting. Things that haven’t happened yet. Kev, born while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella must decide what it means to watch her brother suffer while holding the ability to wreck cities in her hands. Rooted in the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian narrative. It burns fearlessly toward revolution and has quietly devastating things to say about love, fury, and the black American experience. Ella and Kev are both shockingly human and immeasurably powerful. Their childhoods are defined and destroyed by racism. Their futures might alter the world.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB115410 Riot Baby

Fractal Noise
DB115188 10 hours 0 minutes
by Christopher Paolini
read by Jennifer Hale
“July 25, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a risk not worth taking, and for one it is a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe. Each step they take toward the mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last. And the ghosts of their past follow.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2023.
DB115188 Fractal Noise

A House between Earth and the Moon: A Novel
DB110351 11 hours 43 minutes
by Rebecca Scherm
read by Xe Sands
“For twenty years, Alex has believed that his gene-edited super-algae will slow and even reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When the Son sisters, founders of the colossal tech company Sensus, offer him a chance to complete his research, he seizes the opportunity. The catch? His lab will be in outer space on Parallaxis, the first-ever luxury residential space station built for billionaires. Alex and six other scientists leave Earth and their loved ones to become Pioneers, the beta tenants of Parallaxis. But Parallaxis is not the space palace they were sold. Day and night, the embittered crew builds the facility under pressure from Sensus, motivated by the promise that their families will join them. At home on Earth, much of the country is ablaze in wildfires and battered by storms. In Michigan, Alex’s teenage daughter, Mary Agnes, struggles through high school with the help of the ubiquitous Sensus phones implanted in everyone’s ears, archiving each humiliation, and wishing she could go to Parallaxis with her father—but her mother will never allow it. The Pioneers are the beta testers of another program, too: Sensus is designing an algorithm that will predict human behavior. Katherine Son hires Tess, a young social psychologist, to watch the experiment’s subjects through their phones—including not only the Pioneers, but Katherine’s sister, Rachel. Tess begins to develop an intimate, obsessive relationship with her subjects. When Tess and Rachel travel to Parallaxis, the controlled experiment begins to unravel. Prescient and insightful, A House Between Earth and the Moon is at once a captivating epic about the machinations of big tech and a profoundly intimate meditation on the unmistakably human bonds that hold us together.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB110351 A House between Earth and the Moon: A Novel

Q-Ship Chameleon
DB114117 10 hours 12 minutes
by Glynn Stewart
read by Eric Michael Summerer
“Captain Kyle Roberts has commanded the carrier Avalon through the most vicious battles of the war against the Terran Commonwealth—but with Avalon in for repair, his political enemies deny him a new ship. Unwilling to accept a desk, he takes command of a covert operation using a captured Commonwealth warship to strike at the very heart of their enemy, drawing away the reinforcements that could destroy the Alliance’s recent gains. But the spies who planned the operation have secrets they haven’t shared. Their allies have their own agendas—and the Commonwealth has surprises of its own.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
DB114117 Q-Ship Chameleon

Eyes of the Void
DB116537 20 hours 50 minutes
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
read by Sophie Aldred
“After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts—vestiges of a long-vanished civilization—could save a world from annihilation. This time, the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe. Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer. Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade. What Idris discovers there will change everything.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116537 Eyes of the Void

Shards of Earth
DB116209 18 hours 45 minutes
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
read by Sophie Aldred
“The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery. Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared—and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It’s clearly the work of the Architects—but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB116209 Shards of Earth

Mockingbird
DB113623 9 hours 45 minutes
by Walter Tevis
read by Robert Fass
“In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden. And a strange love triangle: Spofforth, who runs the world, the most perfect machine ever created, whose only wish is to die; and Paul and Mary Lou, a man and a woman whose passion for each other is the only hope for the future of human beings on earth. An elegiac dystopia of mankind coming to terms with its own imminent extinction, Mockingbird was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
DB113623 Mockingbird

Short Stories

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
DB113247 8 hours 47 minutes
by Margaret Atwood
read by Dan Stevens
“Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine—explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight, wit and intellect. The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; “Impatient Griselda” explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and “My Evil Mother” touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love—and what comes after. Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection Stone Mattress, Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB113247 Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

Suspense and Thrillers

Trust No One: A Mac Davis Thriller, #1
DB114187 12 hours 44 minutes
by L.J. Breedlove
read by Andy Pyle
“Howard Parker wants to be Secretary of Homeland Security. And he isn’t going to let a bunch of Marines who were in the wrong place at the wrong time stand in his way — even if one of them is now a reporter in Seattle, his home town. What are the odds? Former Marine Mac Davis likes being a cop reporter. He gets a regular paycheck, and no one is shooting at him. What’s not to like? Then someone tries to kill him. Roughs up his aunt. Kidnaps an old Marine buddy. And Mac is going to find out why. And then? He’ll put a stop to it. One way or another. If the tools of a reporter won’t get the job done? Well then, he’s got other tools to use.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and strong language. 2013.
DB114187 Trust No One: A Mac Davis Thriller, #1

North of Nowhere
DB116126 11 hours 43 minutes
by Allison Brennan
read by Eliza Foss
“After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has at last tracked his kids to a small Montana town and is minutes away from kidnapping them. They barely escape in a small plane, but gunfire hits the fuel line. The pilot, a man who has been raising them as his own, manages to crash land in the middle of the Montana wilderness. The siblings hike deep into the woods, searching desperately for safety—unaware of the severity of the approaching storm. Boyd’s sister Ruby left Los Angeles for the Army years ago, cutting off contact in order to help keep her niece and nephew safe and free from the horrors of the McIntyre clan. So when she gets an emergency call that the plane has gone down with the kids inside, she drops everything to try to save them. As the storm builds, Ruby isn’t the only person looking for them. Boyd has hired an expert tracker to find and bring them home. And rancher Nick Lorenzo, who knows these mountains better than anyone and doesn’t understand why the kids are running, is on their trail too. But there is a greater threat to Kristen and Ryan out there. More volatile than the incoming blizzard, more dangerous than the family they ran from or the natural predators they could encounter. Who finds them first could determine if they live or die. . .” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116126 North of Nowhere

Out of Nowhere
DB116127 10 hours 4 minutes
by Sandra Brown
read by Kyf Brewer
“At a Texas county fair, amidst carousels and a bustling midway, children’s book author Elle Portman is enjoying a rare night out with her favorite cowboy: her two-year-old son, Charlie. But just as they’re about to head home, the unthinkable happens: a shooter opens fire into the crowd, causing widespread panic to erupt all around them. Also caught in the melee was corporate consultant Calder Hudson. Arrogant, self-centered, and high off his latest career win, he’s frustrated and confused when he wakes up in the hospital after undergoing emergency surgery on his arm. The doctor tells him that he was lucky—that as far as gunshot wounds go, he pulled through remarkably well. Others weren’t so lucky, which instills in Calder a furious determination to get justice . . . a goal shared by Elle. Their chance encounter at the police station leads to a surprising and inexplicable gravitation to one another, but even as the attraction grows, Elle and Calder can’t help but wonder if the unimaginable tragedy that brought them together is too painful and too complicated to sustain—especially while the shooter remains at large.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116127 Out of Nowhere

Deadlock: A Thriller
DB116125 11 hours 2 minutes
by James Byrne
read by John Keating
“Desmond Aloysius Limerick (‘Dez’ to his friends and close personal enemies) is a man with a shadowy past, certain useful hard-won skills, and, if one digs deep enough, a reputation as a good man to have at your back. Now retired from his previous life, Dez is just a bloke with a winning smile, a bass guitar, and bullet wounds that paint a road map of past lives. Jaleh Swann, a business journalist hot on the trail of an auditor who was mugged and killed, lands in the hospital just one day after her Portland apartment is ransacked. When Jaleh’s sister, Raziah, reaches out to an old friend for help, Dez has no choice but to answer. The Swann sisters have been pulled into a dizzying web of cover-ups and danger. At the center lies an insidious Oregon-based tech corporation, Clockjack, which has enough money and hired guns to silence just about anyone—including this rag-tag trio. Luckily, Dez’s speciality is not just to open doors, but keep them open—and protect those working to expose Clockjack’s secrets. More stands in the way of the truth than just one corporation. When hired thugs come to the finish the job and attack the Swann sisters at the hospital, Dez does what he does best. Now, the two captured men (and the corpse Dez left behind) attract the attention of not just Clockjack, but of the Portland police, the D.E.A, and the U.S. Marshalls. Dez and the Swann sisters are on the run from powers beyond their control and means. Outnumbered, under resourced and outgunned, Dez must use all his skills to keep his friends safe and stand up to corporate conniving. After all, the one thing Clockjack didn’t count on? A good man with a simple job to do.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116125 Deadlock: A Thriller

Central Park West: A Crime Novel
DB116279 10 hours 39 minutes
by James Comey
read by Cassandra Campbell
“In the thrilling first crime novel from former FBI director James Comey, a murder investigation reveals deadly connections between high-ranking politicians and the mafia When a years-long case against a powerful mobster finally cracks and an unimpeachable witness takes the stand, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton is looking forward to putting the defendant away for good. The mobster, though, has other plans. As the witness’s testimony concludes, a note is passed to the prosecution offering up information into the assassination of a disgraced former New York governor, murdered in his penthouse apartment just days before. It’s enough to blow the case wide open, and to send Nora into a high-stakes investigation of conspiracy, corruption, and danger. Drawing from the author’s decades in federal law enforcement, including his years in Manhattan as a mob prosecutor and later the chief federal prosecutor, Central Park West is a fast-paced legal thriller with an intriguing plot enriched by real-life details and experiences. That unique perspective gives the novel much of its allure, but it’s the unforgettable characters, shocking twists, and courtroom scenes as authentic as they are dramatic that will leave listeners looking forward to more from this bold new talent in the genre.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116279 Central Park West: A Crime Novel

The Senator’s Wife
DB114454 9 hours 12 minutes
by Liv Constantine
read by Kirsten Potter
“In this town, anyone is replaceable. . . . After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on. The horrifying ordeal drew them together, and now they’re ready to settle down again—with each other. As Sloane returns to the world of White House dinners and political small talk, this time with her new husband, she’s also preparing for an upcoming hip replacement—the latest reminder of the lupus she’s managed since her twenties. With their hectic schedules, they decide that hiring a home health aide will give Sloane the support and independence she needs postsurgery. And they find the perfect fit in Athena Karras. Seemingly a godsend, Athena tends to Sloane and even helps her run her charitable foundation. But Sloane slowly begins to deteriorate—a complication, Athena explains, of Sloane’s lupus. As weeks go by, Sloane becomes sicker, and her uncertainty quickly turns to paranoia as she begins to suspect the worst. Why is Athena asking her so many probing questions about her foundation—as well as about her past? And could Sloane be imagining the sultry looks between Athena and her new husband? Riveting, fast-paced, and full of unbelievable twists, The Senator’s Wife is a psychological thriller that upends the private lives of those who walk the halls of power. Because when you have it all, you have everything to lose.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114454 The Senator’s Wife

Quantum
DB112397 11 hours 33 minutes
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
read by Gabriella Cavallero
“On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide?a series of disturbing clues point to Calli’s twin sister, Carme, who’s been MIA for days. Desperate to halt the countdown to disaster and to clear her sister’s name, Captain Chase digs deep into her vast cyber security knowledge and her painful past, probing for answers to her twin’s erratic conduct. As time is running out, she realizes that failure means catastrophe?not just for the space program but for the safety of the whole nation. Brilliantly crafted, gripping, and smart, Patricia Cornwell’s cliffhanger ending will keep readers wondering what’s next for Captain Calli Chase.” — Provided by publisher. Some violence and some strong language. 2019.
DB112397 Quantum

The Party
DB116071 10 hours 50 minutes
by Elizabeth Day
read by Greg Wagland
“Ben, who hails from old money, and Martin, who grew up poor but is slowly carving out a successful career as an art critic, have been inseparable since childhood. Ben’s wife Serena likes to jokingly refer to Martin as Ben’s dutiful Little Shadow. Lucy is a devoted wife to Martin, even as she knows she’ll always be second best to his sacred friendship. When Ben throws a lavish 40th birthday party at his new palatial country home, Martin and Lucy attend, mixing with the very upper echelons of London society. But why, the next morning, is Martin in a police station being interviewed about the events of last night? Why is Lucy being forced to answer questions about her husband and his past? What exactly happened at the party? And what has bound these two very different men together for so many years? A cleverly built tour of intrigue, The Party reads like a novelistic board game of Clue, taking us through the various half-truths and lies its characters weave, as the past and present collide in a way that its protagonists could never have anticipated.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
DB116071 The Party

The Block Party
DB115396 12 hours 35 minutes
by Jamie Day
read by Megan Tusing
“This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of the annual summer block party, there has been a murder. But, who did it, and why, takes listeners back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold. The real danger lies within their own block and nothing—and no one—is ever as it seems.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115396 The Block Party

Device Free Weekend
DB112675 8 hours 44 minutes
by Sean Doolittle
read by Zachary Webber
“Ryan Cloverhill, founder and CEO of the world’s most popular social media platform, invites his six best friends from college to his home on his private island near Puget Sound. For Stephen, Emma, Perry, Will, Beau, and Lainie, day one is just what the doctor ordered: amazing food, many drinks, lots of laughter, and a sunset cruise around the island aboard their host’s custom Van Dutch 55. Day Two, however, takes a bewildering turn when the six hungover guests wake up to find that their host has disappeared, along with all connection to the mainland. A touchscreen tablet of unknown make awaits them, blatantly defying the rules of the weekend with its on-screen challenge: Unlock Me! The passcode to the tablet is hidden somewhere in the group’s shared history. But what seems at first like just another silly game turns deadly serious when the group discovers what unlocking the tablet really means. Is it the key to their futures, a Pandora’s box none of them will ever be able to close, or both? Only one thing is clear: their old friend Ryan has something unthinkable planned. Now it’s up to the six of them to stop him. And when this weekend is over, the world will never be the same.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB112675 Device Free Weekend

Happiness Falls: A Novel
DB116360 13 hours 8 minutes
by Angie Kim
read by Angie Kim
“‘We didn’t call the police right away.’ Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing. Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia’s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak. What follows is both a ticking-clock investigation into the whereabouts of a father and an emotionally rich portrait of a family whose most personal secrets just may be at the heart of his disappearance. Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, and human connection, Happiness Falls is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116360 Happiness Falls: A Novel

Stone Cold Fox
DB112362 11 hours 35 minutes
by Rachel Koller Croft
read by Carlotta Brentan
“Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she’s worth and is determined to get all she deserves—it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. Filthy rich. After years of forced instruction by her mother in the art of swindling men, a now-solo Bea wants nothing more than to close and lock the door on their sordid partnership so she can disappear safely into old-money domesticity, sealing the final phase of her escape. When Bea chooses her ultimate target in the fully loaded, thoroughly dull and blue-blooded Collin Case, she’s ready to deploy all of her tricks one last time. The challenge isn’t getting the ring, but rather the approval of Collin’s family and everyone else in their 1 percent tax bracket, particularly his childhood best friend, Gale Wallace-Leicester. Going toe-to-toe with Gale isn’t a threat to an expert like Bea, but what begins as an amusing cat-and-mouse game quickly develops into a dangerous pursuit of the grisly truth. Finding herself at a literal life-and-death crossroads with everything on the line, Bea must finally decide who she really wants to be. Like mother, like daughter?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB112362 Stone Cold Fox

An Honest Man
DB115982 11 hours 24 minutes
by Michael Koryta
read by Robert Petkoff
“Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest man. They were not mutually exclusive. After discovering seven men murdered aboard their yacht – including two Senate rivals – Israel Pike is regarded as a prime suspect. A troubled man infamous on Salvation Point Island for killing his own father a decade before, Israel has few options, no friends, and a life-threatening secret. Elsewhere on the island, 12-year-old Lyman Rankin seeks shelter from his alcoholic father in an abandoned house only to discover that he is not alone. A mysterious woman greets him with a hatchet and a promise: ‘Make a sound and I’ll kill you.’ As the investigation barrels forward, Lyman, Israel, and the fate of the case collide in immutable ways.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115982 An Honest Man

Everyone Here Is Lying: A Novel
DB115978 9 hours 31 minutes
by Shari Lapena
read by January LaVoy
“Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery’s family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery’s neighbors become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115978 Everyone Here Is Lying: A Novel

What Lies in the Woods: A Novel
DB112656 11 hours 19 minutes
by Kate Alice Marshall
read by Karissa Vacker
“Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes. And they were liars. For decades, the friends have kept a secret worth killing for. But now Olivia wants to tell, and Naomi sets out to find out what really happened in the woods—no matter how dangerous the truth turns out to be.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB112656 What Lies in the Woods: A Novel

The Coworker
DB116357 8 hours 15 minutes
by Freida McFadden
read by Alyson Krawchuk
“Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can’t be taken back. Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn’t show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell—beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running—is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything... It turns out Dawn wasn’t just an awkward outsider—she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who’s the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116357 The Coworker

The Murder Rule: A Novel
DB115983 9 hours 22 minutes
by Dervla McTiernan
read by Michael Crouch
“First Rule: Make them like you. Second Rule: Make them need you. Third Rule: Make them pay. They think I’m a young, idealistic law student, that I’m passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system. They think I’m working hard to impress them. They think I’m here to save an innocent man on death row. They’re wrong. I’m going to bury him.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115983 The Murder Rule: A Novel

Secrets
DB110378 8 hours 58 minutes
by Fern Michaels
read by Eva Kaminsky
“Even though Luna and her brother Cullen seem like complete opposites, they’re identical in two ways: they’ll never let injustice stand and they always have each other’s back. #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels blends mystery, drama, and a touch of romance for the second Lost and Found novel, as the siblings set out to uncover the secrets behind a long-lost diary. Every antique tells a story. Cullen and Luna Bodman learned that through their parents’ furniture business. Now, with their restoration shop and café, they often find themselves at the center of those stories, unraveling mysteries for their clients. The old steamer chest that Cullen receives from an anonymous source is fascinating in its own right. But inside, Cullen discovers more—a locked diary accompanied by a letter, asking for the diary to be restored to its rightful owner. Also in the trunk is a wooden box containing ticket stubs and an undated carnival flyer. But everyone isn’t thrilled with Luna’s quest. Her budding relationship with U.S. Marshal Christopher Gaines comes under strain as he tries to talk her out of a wild goose chase. But intuition pushes her on, unveiling a surprising modern-day connection, and leading Cullen and Luna to wonder if the diary’s secrets still hold power today.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB110378 Secrets

Take No Names: A Novel
DB115186 8 hours 8 minutes
by Daniel Nieh
read by Ewan Chung
“Victor Li is a man without a past. To his new employer, Mark, he’s just an anonymous hired hand to help with the dirty work. Together, they break into storage units that contain the possessions of the recently deported, pocketing whatever is worth selling. Only Victor and his sister, Jules, know that he’s a wanted man. Amid the backpacks and suitcases, Victor makes the find of a lifetime: a gem rare and valuable enough to change his fortunes in an instant. But selling it on the sly? Nearly impossible. Thankfully, its former owner, a woman named Song Fei, also left a book of cryptic notes—including the name of a gemstone dealer in Mexico City. When Victor and Mark cross the southern border, they quickly realize that this gem is wrapped up in a much larger scheme than they imagined. In Mexico City, shadowy international interests are jockeying for power, and they may need someone with Victor’s talents—the same ones that got him in trouble in the first place. On the heels of his knockout debut Beijing Payback, Daniel Nieh delivers Take No Names, a white-knuckled and whip-smart thriller that races to an electrifying finish.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115186 Take No Names: A Novel

Fallout
DB114160 7 hours 22 minutes
by Carrie Stuart Parks
read by Talon David
“Her carefully crafted life is about to be demolished. After a difficult childhood, Samantha Williams craves simplicity: jigsaw puzzles, lectures at the library, and the students she adores in her role as an elementary school art teacher in the dusty farming community of LaCrosse, Washington. But when an SUV crashes into the building where she teaches, her entire world is upended. Samantha manages to keep the children safe, but her car isn’t so lucky. Oddly, her purse—with her driver’s license, credit cards, and other identification—is missing from the wreckage. After authorities discover that the driver in the accident was shot seconds before the crash, Samantha quickly becomes entangled in increasingly strange events that have her constantly looking over her shoulder. Samantha has long tried to forget the tragedy of her past, but the twisting connections she discovers between the murdered driver, a deadly secret government project, and an abandoned town can’t be ignored. Those involved are determined to keep these secrets buried, and they’ll use any means necessary to stop Samantha’s search for truth.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB114160 Fallout

Gone Tonight: A Novel
DB116294 10 hours 11 minutes
by Sarah Pekkanen
read by Kate Mara
“Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it’s been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening. Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never question anything about her mother’s past or background. But when Ruth’s desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in Ruth’s carefully-constructed world, both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116294 Gone Tonight: A Novel

Her One Mistake
DB115162 10 hours 1 minute
by Heidi Perks
read by Julie Maisey
“Charlotte was supposed to be looking after the children, and she swears she was. But while her three kids are all safe and sound at the school fair, Alice, her best friend Harriet’s daughter, is nowhere to be found. Frantically searching everywhere, Charlotte knows she must find the courage to tell Harriet that her beloved only child is missing—and admit that she’s solely to blame. Harriet, devastated by this unbearable loss, can no longer bring herself to speak to Charlotte again, much less trust her. Struggling to keep her marriage afloat, Harriet is more isolated than ever. But as the police bear down on both women, trying to piece together the puzzle of what happened to this little girl, dark secrets begin to surface—and Harriet discovers that trusting Charlotte again may be the only thing that will reunite her with her daughter.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB115162 Her One Mistake

Sandblast
DB112655 10 hours 31 minutes
by Al Pessin
read by Neil Hellegers
“The plane carrying the Secretary of Defense is blown out of the sky. The Defense Intelligence Agency greenlights an unprecedented response—Operation: Sandblast. Pentagon Covert Ops runner Bridget Davenport must find someone to infiltrate the Taliban, get to the terrorist mastermind, and at all costs stop his plan for an attack more destructive than 9/11. Bridget finds young California-raised Afghan-American Lieutenant Faraz Abdallah. His heritage and military training make him the perfect undercover agent, but no one knows whether he can do the job. Success depends on Faraz’s ability to fool the Taliban’s top leaders and become a terrorist, while remembering why he’s really there. Bridget believes in him, but it will take everything she has to keep the president and the top brass from pulling the plug . . . .” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB112655 Sandblast

A Line in the Sand
DB115402 10 hours 57 minutes
by Kevin Powers
read by Christine Lakin
“One early morning on a Norfolk beach in Virginia, a dead body is discovered by a man taking his daily swim—Arman Bajalan, formerly an interpreter in Iraq. After narrowly surviving an assassination attempt that killed his wife and child, Arman has been given lonely sanctuary in the US as a maintenance worker at the Sea Breeze Motel. Now, convinced that the body is connected to his past, he knows he is still not safe. Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her newly minted partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the dead man’s pocket. It leads them to Sally Ewell, a local journalist as grief-stricken as Arman is by the Iraq War, who is investigating a corporation on the cusp of landing a multi-billion-dollar government defense contract. As victims mount around Arman, taking the team down wrong turns and towards startling evidence, they find themselves in a race, committed to unraveling the truth and keeping Arman alive—even if it costs them absolutely everything.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115402 A Line in the Sand

The Wonder Test: A Novel
DB112342 11 hours 44 minutes
by Michelle Richmond
read by Thérèse Plummer
“Escaping New York City and the espionage case that made her question everything, recently widowed FBI Agent Lina Connerly returns home to sell the house she has inherited in Greenfield, California. With her teenage son Rory, Lina hopes to reassemble her life, reevaluate her career, and find a clear way forward. Adrift and battling insomnia, she discovers that her father’s sleepy hometown has been transformed into a Silicon Valley suburb on steroids, obsessed with an annual exam called the Wonder Test. When students at her son’s high school go missing, reappearing under mysterious circumstances on abandoned beaches, Lina must summon her strength and her investigative instincts, pushing her own ethical boundaries to the limits in order to solve the crimes. Meanwhile, an old espionage case called Red Vine keeps calling her back into the fold. While Lina struggles to balance her new role as a single mother and the complex counterintelligence puzzles she is so adept at solving, Greenfield’s shadowy dangers creep closer to her own home.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB112342 The Wonder Test: A Novel

Ghosts of Harvard: A Novel
DB116230 16 hours 50 minutes
by Francesca Serritella
read by Karissa Vacker
“Cadence Archer arrives on Harvard’s campus desperate to understand why her brother, Eric, a genius who developed paranoid schizophrenia took his own life there the year before. Losing Eric has left a black hole in Cady’s life, and while her decision to follow in her brother’s footsteps threatens to break her family apart, she is haunted by questions of what she might have missed. And there’s only one place to find answers. As Cady struggles under the enormous pressure at Harvard, she investigates her brother’s final year, armed only with a blue notebook of Eric’s cryptic scribblings. She knew he had been struggling with paranoia, delusions, and illusory enemies—but what tipped him over the edge? Voices fill her head, seemingly belonging to three ghosts who passed through the university in life, or death, and whose voices, dreams, and terrors still echo the halls. Among them is a person whose name has been buried for centuries, and another whose name mankind will never forget. Does she share Eric’s illness, or is she tapping into something else? Cady doesn’t know how or why these ghosts are contacting her, but as she is drawn deeper into their worlds, she believes they’re moving her closer to the truth about Eric, even as keeping them secret isolates her further. Will listening to these voices lead her to the one voice she craves—her brother’s—or will she follow them down a path to her own destruction?” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB116230 Ghosts of Harvard: A Novel

Circle of Death: The Shadow Thriller
DB115369 7 hours 19 minutes
by Brian Sitts and James Patterson
read by Maya Aoki Tuttle
“Doomsday is coming as an evil mastermind plots to destroy all of humankind. Not even The Shadow knows the enemy’s true identity. But the clock is ticking with people all over the world dropping dead each and every day. As The Shadow gathers a small band of allies, he knows this is one fight he cannot lose. Because anything else means the end of all life.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115369 Circle of Death: The Shadow Thriller

Westerns

The Fall of Abilene
DB115958 7 hours 10 minutes
by Johnny D. Boggs
read by Nick (Nick James) Sullivan
“Noah Benton, a teenager with a great memory, a head for arithmetic, and dreams of excitement, is hired along with his older brother to help drive a herd of Texas longhorns to Abilene, Kansas. But Noah’s trail boss happens to be John Wesley Hardin, a notorious killer who thinks Texas lawmen won’t look for a fugitive in a crew of hardworking cowboys. After Hardin sees a profit in Noah’s ability to count and memorize cards in gambling dens, Noah’s dreams of excitement quickly turn into nightmares—for Hardin will kill with little provocation. Earning the nicknames Counting Boy,” “The Abilene Kid,” and “Abilene,” Noah survives the bloody journey to Kansas, only to learn that Abilene rightfully deserves its nickname as a Sodom or Gomorrah. In a town where anything goes, the marshal, legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, reluctantly forms a truce with Hardin—leaving Noah caught in the middle. As summer stretches into fall, Noah finds another friend, a special deputy named Mike Williams, who tries to keep Noah from stumbling on his way to manhood. In this well-researched historical novel, eight-time Spur Award–winning author Johnny D. Boggs chronicles Abilene’s last year as a cattle town, 1871, while humanizing Hardin and Hickok and painting sobering portraits of a city undergoing rapid change, and the never-changing challenges teenagers face on their path to adulthood.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB115958 The Fall of Abilene

The Intruders: Buck Trammel Series, Book 3
DB110051 9 hours 45 minutes
by J.A. Johnstone
read by Jack Garrett
“Blackstone, Wyoming, belongs to ‘King’ Charles Hagen. The rancher bought land, built businesses, and employed most of the townsfolk. Unfortunately Sheriff Buck Trammel is not on His Majesty’s payroll. The lawdog won’t be tamed or trained to accept the king’s position as master of the territory, but neither will he threaten his empire. Adam Hagen, the king’s oldest son, is vying to take control of his father’s violent empire in Blackstone. Sidling up with the notorious criminal Lucien Clay, Adam is adding professional hired guns who perform his dirty deeds without question. But moving against his father means crossing paths with his former friend Buck—the man who once saved Adam’s life. A civil war is coming to Blackstone. And when the gunsmoke clears, Buck Trammel is determined to be the last man standing.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB110051 The Intruders: Buck Trammel Series, Book 3

Adult Nonfiction

Animals and Wildlife

Super Dog Tricks: Make Your Dog a Super Dog with Step-by-Step Tricks and Training Tips
DB114653 2 hours 53 minutes
by Sara Carson
read by Laura Hatch
“Whether you have a new puppy or have an ‘old dog’ ready to learn some new tricks, Sara will get you and your dog working together in no time. Learn fundamentals like food and toy drive, leash walking, and crate training, as well as tips for important day-to-day bonding and behavior. Whenever you’re ready, dive into the tricks! Chapters and tricks include: Super Simple Tricks: Sit, down, shake a paw, wave, take a bow, footsies, hand target, leg weaves, sit pretty, over arms, back up, crawl, and more. Super Impressive Tricks: Cross paws, hide in a suitcase, turn lights on (and off), take a selfie, orbit, footstall, fake pee, limp, open (and close) a door, and more. The Super Trick Dog: Jump rope, skateboard, hold an object, retrieve and put toys away, dance, hug, walking on hind legs, and more. Sara also includes a home version of canine freestyle (the choreographed routines she is famous for and that you may have seen at competitions). With information for finding the right music, safely selecting costumes, and how to transition between one trick and another in a routine, you’ll have all you need to craft a fun routine of your own. It’s not only a fun way to impress the neighborhood, it’s a great way to build a deeper relationship with your dog. Every dog has a super dog within…unleash your dog’s potential with Super Dog Tricks!” — Provided by publisher. 2021.
DB114653 Super Dog Tricks: Make Your Dog a Super Dog with Step-by-Step Tricks and Training Tips

Adventure Dogs: Activities to Share with Your Dog—from Comfy Couches to Mountain Tops
DB114197 2 hours 35 minutes
by Fern Watt
read by Shawn Hertel
“Grab your four-legged best friend and start making the most of every day, and every dog year. In Adventure Dogs: Activities to Share with Your Dog—from Comfy Couches to Mountain Tops, author Fern Watt teams up with canine experts to offer more than 50 surprising new ways to strengthen the connection you share with your dog. Captured in vibrant, full-color photography, activities range from simple to epic. What would make your dog’s bucket list” of must-see and -do adventures? Find out together as you uncover your pup’s special interests and skills using this adventure book. Follow your pup into a world of herding, sniffing, playing, howling, and walking! From hiking a mountain or taking a smell walk in your own neighborhood to training like a Navy SEAL or practicing “doga” poses, Adventure Dogs has an activity or experience for every breed, personality, energy level, age, and dog parent. Our Dogs remind us that great adventures don’t always require a passport—there are tons of wonders right outside our front doors. Perfect for dog lovers, armchair travelers, and active pet parents alike, Adventure Dogs reveals inspirational and practical ways for us humans to understand, appreciate, and live in the moment with our furry companions. PRACTICAL ADVENTURES: Features more than 50 real, everyday activities to engage with your dog in scientifically-backed ways. With a range of prices, activity levels, and time investments, there’s something in this animal activity book for everyone and every pup. BACKED BY RESEARCH: Author Fern Watt traveled and did her own research with her rescue dog, Bette. She’s also consulted renowned scientists and behaviorists (Alexandra Horowitz), bestselling dog-book authors (Seth Casteel), Instagram-famous dog owners (@tunameltsmyheart), and people who have expanded the limits of what we thought dogs could do, whether it’s surf, skateboard, paint, do yoga, run for mayor, or graduate from an Ivy League school. INSPIRATIONAL LOCATIONS: Features pet-friendly destinations (hotels, beaches, dog parks, hikes, and more!) around the United States and abroad. OVERFLOWING WITH IDEAS: Watt consults a range of experts to add stories, tips, and photography to the book. The result is a vibrant collection of voices and perspectives.” — Provided by publisher. 2021.
DB114197 Adventure Dogs: Activities to Share with Your Dog—from Comfy Couches to Mountain Tops

Arts

Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
DB110062 40 hours 17 minutes
by Mary Gabriel
read by Lisa Stathoplos
“Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of twentieth-century abstract painting—not as muses but as artists. From their cold-water lofts, where they worked, drank, fought, and loved, these pioneers burst open the door to the art world for themselves and countless others to come. Gutsy and indomitable, Lee Krasner was a hell-raising leader among artists long before she became part of the modern art world’s first celebrity couple by marrying Jackson Pollock. Elaine de Kooning, whose brilliant mind and peerless charm made her the emotional center of the New York School, used her work and words to build a bridge between the avant-garde and a public that scorned abstract art as a hoax. Grace Hartigan fearlessly abandoned life as a New Jersey housewife and mother to achieve stardom as one of the boldest painters of her generation. Joan Mitchell, whose notoriously tough exterior shielded a vulnerable artist within, escaped a privileged but emotionally damaging Chicago childhood to translate her fierce vision into magnificent canvases. And Helen Frankenthaler, the beautiful daughter of a prominent New York family, chose the difficult path of the creative life. Her gamble paid off: At twenty-three she created a work so original it launched a new school of painting. These women changed American art and society, tearing up the prevailing social code and replacing it with a doctrine of liberation. In Ninth Street Women, acclaimed author Mary Gabriel tells a remarkable and inspiring story of the power of art and artists in shaping not just postwar America but the future.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB110062 Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

Astronomy

The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto
DB114077 3 hours 12 minutes
by Ron Miller
read by Andrew Randall
“Deep space holds materials left over from the formation of the solar system. Astronomers have been making exciting discoveries on the outermost fringes and the New Horizons spacecraft brings new insights into the origins of the sun and planets. The cold, dark world that lies at the farthest reaches of our solar system holds a vast collection of secrets. For the most of human history, we had no idea anything was out there. Utilizing photographs from NASA probes and telescopes, Miller takes us on a tour into the darkest corners of the solar system, to places beyond the limits of the human eye. Discover answers to age-old questions—and encounter new mysteries—at the edge of the solar system.” — Provided by publisher. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2023.
DB114077 The Big Backyard: The Solar System beyond Pluto

Biography

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay
DB115201 2 hours 26 minutes
by Julian Aguon
read by Michael Ignacio
“Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon’s No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a coming-of-age story and a call for justice—for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples. In bracing poetry and compelling prose, Aguon weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary about matters ranging from nuclear weapons to global warming. Undertaking the work of bearing witness, wrestling with the most pressing questions of the modern day, and reckoning with the challenge of truth-telling in an era of rampant obfuscation, he culls from his own life experiences—from losing his father to pancreatic cancer to working for Mother Teresa to an edifying chance encounter with Sherman Alexie—to illuminate a collective path out of the darkness. A powerful, bold, new voice writing at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, Julian Aguon is entrenched in the struggles of the people of the Pacific to liberate themselves from colonial rule, defend their sacred sites, and obtain justice for generations of harm. In No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies, Aguon shares his wisdom and reflections on love, grief, joy, and triumph and extends an offer to join him in a hard-earned hope for a better world.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115201 No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay

Tailspin
DB115416 12 hours 1 minute
by John Armbruster
read by Brandon Pollock
“World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived. Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years. His nine children knew little of their dad’s war story. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene’s amazing fall, he’s desperate to learn more. Finally, Gene agrees. So begins a series of “Thursdays with Gene” interviews. Gene, nearing his ninetieth birthday, recounts incredible tales. But John has no idea what wounds he’s reopening. Gene’s nightmares and grief return. But both men persevere, bonded by their close and growing friendship. As the interviews go on, John faces an ordeal of his own. His wife is fighting brain cancer. What will happen to his wife and his two young children? John must continue uncovering Gene’s story of survival as he himself confronts the greatest trial of his life. Tailspin is more than a war story. It’s a story of two men’s separate journeys confronting trauma and loss. It’s a story of resilience and hope.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115416 Tailspin

Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
DB113621 8 hours 20 minutes
by Beverly J. Armento
read by Lauren Ezzo
“As the ‘Seeing Eye Girl’ for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. She was Strong Beverly at school—excellent in academics and mentored by caring teachers—but at home she was Weak Beverly, cowed by her mother’s rage and delusions. Beverly’s mother regained her sight with two corneal transplants in 1950 and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into her delusional world of communists, radiation, and lurking Italians. To survive, Beverly had to be resilient and hopeful that better days could be ahead. But first, she had to confront essential ethical issues about her caregiving role in her family. In this emotional memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey. Breaking the psychological chains that bound her to her mother would prove to be the most difficult challenge of her life—and, ultimately, the most liberating one.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB113621 Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope

I Am the Storm: Inspiring Stories of People Who Fight against Overwhelming Odds
DB115418 9 hours 4 minutes
by Janice Dean
read by Janice Dean
“After her acclaimed memoir, Mostly Sunny, Janice Dean figured she was done trying to survive or bring down awful men. Then she found herself taking on Governor Andrew Cuomo on social media and then at rallies. What at first seemed like a futile fight ended with Cuomo’s historic resignation. But it caused Janice to wonder: What fuels someone’s resolve to go up against a powerful opponent? And how can ordinary people make the world a better place? In I Am the Storm, Janice shares the stories of others who stood like David against Goliath, choosing to fight for what was right rather than take the easy path. In the book, she shares stories from ordinary people doing extraordinary things, such as: a California chef who went up against the government to help restaurants and restaurant workers; an American college hockey team that beat Soviet champions; a mother taking on the opioid crisis after her daughter dies; a gymnast working to reform a broken and abusive system; a courageous southern nurse who headed to NYC at the height of the pandemic. These and other true stories will reveal what it takes for real people to go through life’s storms. And sometimes, those storms leave permanent damage. You may need a box of tissues as you read about a veteran who lost his hearing and sight to an IED, or a Minnesota mom who took up the fight against the opioid epidemic after losing her own daughter. But even in our darkest seasons, Janice shows, we can still have hope, resilience, and perseverance. I Am the Storm is an uplifting call to be brave like David no matter what Goliaths we face.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115418 I Am the Storm: Inspiring Stories of People Who Fight against Overwhelming Odds

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
DB112241 8 hours 47 minutes
by Akwaeke Emezi
read by Akwaeke Emezi
“In three critically acclaimed novels, Akwaeke Emezi has introduced readers to a landscape marked by familial tensions, Igbo belief systems, and a boundless search for what it means to be free. Now, in this extraordinary memoir, the bestselling author of The Death of Vivek Oji reveals the harrowing yet resolute truths of their own life. Through candid, intimate correspondence with friends, lovers, and family, Emezi traces the unfolding of a self and the unforgettable journey of a creative spirit stepping into power in the human world. Their story weaves through transformative decisions about their gender and body, their precipitous path to success as a writer, and the turmoil of relationships on an emotional, romantic, and spiritual plane, culminating in a book that is as tender as it is brutal. Electrifying and inspiring, animated by the same voracious intelligence that distinguishes Emezi’s fiction, Dear Senthuran is a revelatory account of storytelling, self, and survival.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB112241 Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling through the Land of My Ancestors
DB115437 3 hours 56 minutes
by Louise Erdrich
read by Catherine Byers
“In Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country, Erdrich takes us on an illuminating tour through the terrain her ancestors have inhabited for centuries: the lakes and islands of southern Ontario. Summoning to life the Ojibwe’s sacred spirits and songs, their language and sorrows, she considers the many ways in which her tribe—whose name derives from the word ozhibii’ige, to write—have influenced her. Her journey links ancient stone paintings with a magical island where a bookish recluse built an extraordinary library, and she reveals how both have transformed her. A blend of history, mythology, and memoir, Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country is an enchanting meditation on modern life, natural splendor, and the ancient spirituality and creativity of Erdrich’s native homeland—a long, elemental tradition of storytelling that is in her blood.” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2014.
DB115437 Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Traveling through the Land of My Ancestors

The Years
DB116078 8 hours 15 minutes
by Annie Ernaux
read by Anna Bentinck
“The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present—even projections into the future—photos, books, songs, radio, television, and decades of advertising and headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and written notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect, words of the time, slogans, brands, and names for ever-proliferating objects are given a voice here. The voice we recognize as the author’s continually dissolves and re-emerges. Ernaux makes the passage of time palpable. Time itself, inexorable, narrates its own course, consigning all other narrators to anonymity. A new kind of autobiography emerges, at once subjective and impersonal, private and collective. On its 2008 publication in France, The Years came as a surprise. Although Ernaux had, for years, been hailed as a beloved bestselling and award-winning author, The Years was in many ways a departure: both an intimate memoir written by entire generations and a story of generations telling a very personal story.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Translated from the 2008 French edition. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
DB116078 The Years

Shackleton: How the Captain of the Newly Discovered Endurance Saved His Crew in the Antarctic
DB115413 11 hours 54 minutes
by Ranulph Fiennes
read by Jonathan Keeble
“To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history. Shackleton is an engaging new account of the adventurer, his life and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances. Written by polar adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who followed in Shackleton’s footsteps, he brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions. Shackleton is both re-appraisal and a valediction, separating the man from the myth he has become.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB115413 Shackleton: How the Captain of the Newly Discovered Endurance Saved His Crew in the Antarctic

Warrior: My Path to Being Brave
DB115176 8 hours 56 minutes
by Lisa Guerrero
read by Lisa Guerrero
“‘I’ve been a cheerleader. A corporate executive. A Barbie Doll. A sportscaster. A soap opera vixen. A sideline reporter. A Playboy cover model. A Diamond Diva. A red-carpet correspondent. An investigative journalist. A disrupter. I made Dennis Rodman cry. I’ve interviewed three presidents and hundreds of athletes. I costarred in a viral video that has one billion views. I sued the New England Patriots—and won. I tracked down a murderer. I was hit by a car. I butted heads with Barbara Walters. I even played myself in a movie starring Brad Pitt.’ During her career in sports broadcasting, Guerrero covered Super Bowls, Worlds Series, NBA Finals, and interviewed sports superstars. From the outside it seemed glamourous, but often she was miserable, told to smile more, argue less, and show a lot of leg and cleavage. Colleagues would joke—sometimes on national TV—that she clinched big interviews because of sexual acts rather than talent. She made a mistake on air during the opening game on Monday Night Football that cost her her sportscasting career... and almost her life. Fast forward a few years, and Guerrero has achieved phenomenal success as Inside Edition’s Chief Investigative Correspondent. Her stories have led to arrests, changed federal legislation and policies at Fortune 500 companies, and helped shine a light on crime, scams, child abuse, and even cold case murders. And in the last decade alone, she has won over thirty-five national journalism honors and awards. Today, Guerrero is bombarded with emails and direct messages from people of every generation who all want to know the same thing: ‘How are you so brave? How can I be brave too?’ Women dealing with husbands, friends, in-laws, co-workers, and bosses ask for the courage to request raises, be taken seriously at meetings, and stand up to abusive spouses. Teens and pre-teens ask for advice on dealing with bullies, teachers, and parents. Warrior—filled with the incisive stories of failure, struggles, challenges, perseverance, and finally, success—is her answer.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115176 Warrior: My Path to Being Brave

Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter
DB116214 7 hours 24 minutes
by John Hendrickson
read by George Newbern
“In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden’s decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson’s life. Overnight, he was forced to publicly confront an element of himself that still caused him great pain. He soon learned he wasn’t alone with his feelings: strangers who stutter began sending him their own personal stories, something that continues to this day. Now, in this reported memoir, Hendrickson takes us deep inside the mind and heart of a stutterer as he sets out to answer lingering questions about himself and his condition that he was often too afraid to ask. In Life on Delay, Hendrickson writes candidly about bullying, substance abuse, depression, isolation, and other issues stutterers like him face daily. He explores the intricate family dynamics surrounding his own stutter and revisits key people from his past in unguarded interviews. Readers get an over-the-shoulder view of his childhood; his career as a journalist, which once seemed impossible; and his search for a romantic partner. Along the way, Hendrickson guides us through the evolution of speech therapy, the controversial quest for a ‘magic pill’ to end stuttering, and the burgeoning self-help movement within the stuttering community. Beyond his own experiences, he shares portraits of fellow stutterers who have changed his life, and he writes about a pioneering doctor who is upending the field of speech therapy. Life on Delay is an indelible account of perseverance, a soulful narrative about not giving up, and a glimpse into the process of making peace with our past and present selves.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116214 Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter

Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey through the Deep State
DB114156 7 hours 4 minutes
by Kerry Howley
read by Nikki Massoud
“Who are you? You are data about data. You are a map of connections—a culmination of everything you have ever posted, searched, emailed, liked, and followed. In this groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction, Kerry Howley investigates the curious implications of living in the age of the indelible. Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs tells the true story of intelligence specialist Reality Winner, a lone young woman who stuffs a state secret under her skirt and trusts the wrong people to help. After printing five pages of dangerous information she was never supposed to see, Winner finds herself at the mercy of forces more invasive than she could have possibly imagined. Following Winner’s unlikely journey from rural Texas to a federal courtroom, Howley maps a hidden world, drawing in John Walker Lindh, Lady Gaga, Edward Snowden, a rescue dog named Outlaw Babyface Nelson, and a mother who will do whatever it takes to get her daughter out of jail. Howley’s subjects face a challenge new to history: they are imprisoned by their past selves, trapped for as long as the Internet endures. A soap opera set in the deep state, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs is a free fall into a world where everything is recorded and nothing is sacred, from a singular writer unafraid to ask essential questions about the strangeness of modern life.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114156 Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey through the Deep State

The Wreck: A Daughter’s Memoir of Becoming a Mother
DB115198 10 hours 27 minutes
by Cassandra Jackson
read by Karen Murray
“There is a secret that young Cassandra Jackson doesn’t know, and it’s evident in the way her father cries her name out in his sleep. Through awkward encounters with family, she comes to realize that she is named after her father’s niece, and looks eerily like the child’s mother, both of whom were killed in a car wreck along with her father’s beloved mother, and—as she soon discovers—his first wife. Cassandra learns to keep silent about the wreck, but soon learns there is no way to outpace the claw-like grip of her family’s past trauma. In this luminous memoir, Jackson attempts to unearth her lost family, while also creating a new one—only to discover little progress separates the past from the present. As she moves back and forth between her girlhood and her journey to motherhood, Jackson reveals the chilling parallels between the harrowing inhumanity of Jim Crow medical care and the toxic discrimination that undergirds healthcare in the United States today. But as she traces the cascading effects of loss punctuated by racism, she also discovers a powerful legacy of fearless love and furious perseverance that she hopes to extend to a new generation. Lyrical, urgent, and wise, this is an unforgettable story of reclaiming the past to reclaim ourselves.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115198 The Wreck: A Daughter’s Memoir of Becoming a Mother

My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole
DB116068 7 hours 40 minutes
by Will Jawando
read by Will Jawando
“Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. As a boy growing up outside DC, Will, who went by his Nigerian name, Yemi, was shunted from school to school, never quite fitting in. He was a Black kid with a divorced white mother, a frayed relationship with his biological father, and teachers who scolded him for being disruptive in class and on the playground. Eventually, he became close to Kalfani, a kid he looked up to on the basketball court. Years after he got the call telling him that Kalfani was dead, another sickening casualty of gun violence, Will looks back on the relationships with an extraordinary series of mentors that enabled him to thrive. Among them were Mr. Williams, the rare Black male grade school teacher, who found a way to bolster Will’s self-esteem when he discovered he was being bullied; Jay Fletcher, the openly gay colleague of his mother who got him off junk food and took him to his first play; Mr. Holmes, the high school coach and chorus director who saw him through a crushing disappointment; Deen Sanwoola, the businessman who helped him bridge the gap between his American upbringing and his Nigerian heritage, eventually leading to a dramatic reconciliation with his biological father; and President Barack Obama, who made Will his associate director of public engagement at the White House—and who invited him to play basketball on more than one occasion. Without the influence of these men, Will knows he would not be who he is today: a civil rights and education policy attorney, a civic leader, a husband, and a father. Drawing on Will’s inspiring personal story and involvement in My Brother’s Keeper, President Obama’s national initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color, My Seven Black Fathers offers a transformative way for Black men to shape the next generation.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116068 My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole

Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir
DB115953 9 hours 0 minutes
by Carolyn Jourdan
read by Kate Forbes
“Carolyn Jourdan spent many years as a congressional lawyer in Washington, D.C. Then she was called home to fill in for her mother as receptionist at her father’s rural Tennessee doctor’s office—assured it would only be for a few days.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2008.
DB115953 Heart in the Right Place: A Memoir

Making It Up as I Go Along
DB115412 12 hours 53 minutes
by Marian Keyes
read by Aoife McMahon
“Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up as I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian Keyes™—A bold and brilliant collection of Marian’s hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between. From a guide to breaking up with your hairdresser to entering the fifties-zone, the joys of her nail varnish museum to singing her way through insomnia, Marian will have you laughing with delight and gasping with recognition throughout—because at the end of the day, each and every one of us is clearly making it up as we go along.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
DB115412 Making It Up as I Go Along

Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table): Essays
DB112842 5 hours 56 minutes
by Nora McInerny
read by Kristin Allison
“Nora McInerny does not dance like no one is watching. In fact, she dances like everyone is watching, which is to say, she does not dance at all. A bestselling author and host of the beloved podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, which the New York Times called “a gift,” she has captured the hearts of millions with her disarming and earnest approach to discussing grief and loss. Now, with Bad Vibes Only, she turns her eye on our aggressively, oppressively optimistic culture, our obsession with self-improvement, and what it really means to live authentically in the online age. In essays that revisit her cringey past and anticipate her rapidly approaching, early middle-aged future, McInerny lays bare her own chaos, inviting us to drop the facade of perfection and embrace the truth: that we are all—at best—slightly unhinged. Socrates claimed that the unexamined life is not worth living. Bad Vibes Only is for the people who have taken that dictum a bit too far—the overthinkers, the analyzers, the recovering Girl Bosses, and the burned-out personal brand—reminding us that a life worth living is about more than just ‘good vibes.’“ — Provided by publisher. Some strong language. 2022.
DB112842 Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table): Essays

Brace for Impact: A Memoir
DB116069 12 hours 7 minutes
by Gabe Montesanti
read by Gabe Montesanti
“Growing up queer in a conservative Midwestern town, Gabe Montesanti never felt comfortable in her own skin. A competitive swimmer, she turned to perfectionism and self-control to create a sense of safety, only to develop an eating disorder and constantly second-guess her instincts. When she enters graduate school in St. Louis, she is determined to put the baggage of her childhood behind her. With no prior experience, she joins Arch Rival, one of the top-ranked roller derby leagues in the world. Gabe instantly falls in love with the sport’s roughness, intensity, and open embrace of people who are literally and figuratively scarred. She soon finds community and a sense of belonging, reveling in the tattoos, glitter, and campiness. But when Gabe suffers a catastrophic injury, she can no longer ignore the parallels between the physicality of roller derby and the unresolved trauma of her upbringing. Rendered inactive, forced to be still, Gabe realizes she needs to heal her emotional wounds as much as her physical ones; she must confront her fear and self-diminishment in order to feel truly alive. Told with unflinching honesty and a giant dose of wonder, Brace for Impact is a tender, inspiring memoir about the everyday heroism of pursuing a life less ordinary, and the deeply human need to be at peace with who you are.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116069 Brace for Impact: A Memoir

The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country in the World
DB112198 12 hours 31 minutes
by Jessica Nabongo
read by Jessica Nabongo
“In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections. It was a daunting task, but Jessica Nabongo, the beloved voice behind the popular website The Catch Me if You Can, made it happen, completing her journey to all 195 UN-recognized countries in the world in October 2019. Now, in this one-of-a-kind memoir, she reveals her top 100 destinations from her global adventure. Beautifully illustrated with many of Nabongo’s own photographs, the book documents her remarkable experiences in each country, including: a harrowing scooter accident in Nauru, the world’s least visited country; seeing the life and community swarming around the Hazrat Ali Mazar mosque in Afghanistan; horseback riding and learning to lasso with Black cowboys in Oklahoma; playing dominoes with men on the streets of Havana; learning to make traditional takoyaki (octopus balls) from locals in Japan; dog sledding in Norway and swimming with humpback whales in Tonga; a late night adventure with strangers to cross a border in Guinea Bissau; and sunbathing on the sandy shores of Los Roques in Venezuela. Along with beloved destinations like Peru and South Africa, you’ll also find tales from far-flung corners and seldom visited destinations, including Tuvalu, North Korea, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Nabongo’s stories are love letters to diversity, beauty, and culture—and most of all, to the people she meets along the way. Throughout, she offers bucket-list experiences for other travel-lovers looking to follow in her footsteps. For armchair travelers or readers planning a trip around the globe, this arresting collection will awe and inspire.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112198 The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country in the World

Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag
DB115294 3 hours 8 minutes
by Sigrid Nunez
read by Erin Jones
“Sigrid Nunez was an aspiring writer when she first met Susan Sontag, already a legendary figure known for her polemical essays, blinding intelligence, and edgy personal style. Sontag introduced Nunez to her son, the writer David Rieff, and the two began dating. Soon Nunez moved into the apartment that Rieff and Sontag shared. As Sontag told Nunez, ‘Who says we have to live like everyone else?’ Sontag’s influence on Nunez, who went on to become a successful novelist, would be profound. Described by Nunez as ‘a natural mentor/ who saw educating others as both a moral obligation and a source of endless pleasure, Sontag inevitably infected those around her with her many cultural and intellectual passions. In this poignant, intimate memoir, Nunez speaks of her gratitude for having had, as an early model, ‘someone who held such an exalted, unironic view of the writer’s vocation.’ Published more than six years after Sontag’s death, Sempre Susan is a startlingly truthful portrait of this outsized personality, who made being an intellectual a glamorous occupation.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language. 2011.
DB115294 Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag

Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide
DB115202 6 hours 28 minutes
by Juliet Patterson
read by Lindsey Dorcus
“A sublimely elegant, fractured reckoning with the legacy and inheritance of suicide in one American family. This stunning elegy that vividly enacts Emily Dickinson’s dictum to ‘tell it slant,’ Sinkhole richly layers personal, familial, political, and environmental histories to provide not answers but essential, heartbreaking truth. In 2009, Juliet Patterson was recovering from a serious car accident when she learned her father had died by suicide. His death was part of a disturbing pattern in her family. Her father’s father had taken his own life; so had her mother’s. Over the weeks and months that followed, grieving and in physical pain, Patterson kept returning to one question: Why? Why had her family lost so many men, so many fathers, and what lay beneath the silence that had taken hold? In three graceful movements, Patterson explores these questions. In the winter of her father’s death, she struggles to make sense of the loss—sifting through the few belongings he left behind, looking to signs and symbols for meaning. As the spring thaw comes, she and her mother depart Minnesota for her father’s burial in her parents’ hometown of Pittsburg, Kansas. A once-prosperous town of promise and of violence, against people and the land, Pittsburg is now literally undermined by abandoned claims and sinkholes. There, Patterson carefully gathers evidence and radically imagines the final days of the grandfathers—one a fiery pro-labor politician, the other a melancholy businessman—she never knew. And finally, she returns to her father: to the haunting subjects of goodbyes, of loss, and of how to break the cycle.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115202 Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide

Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem
DB113682 6 hours 9 minutes
by April Ryan
read by April Ryan
“‘I am keenly aware that everyone and everything has a story,’ April D. Ryan acknowledges. ‘Also, I have always marveled at Black women and how we work to move mountains and are never really thanked or recognized.’ In Black Women Will Save the World, she melds these two truths, creating an inspiring and heart-tugging portrait of one of the momentous years in America, 2020—when America elected its first Black woman Vice President—and celebrates the tenacity, power, and impact of Black women across America. From the beginning of the nation to today, Black women have transformed their pain into progress and have been at the frontlines of the nation’s political, social, and economic struggles. These “Sheroes” as Ryan calls them, include current political leaders such as Maxine Waters, Valerie Jarrett, and Kamala Harris; Brittany Packnett Cunningham, LaTosha Brown, and other activists; and artists like Regina King. Combining profiles and in-depth interviews with these influential movers and shakers and many more, Ryan explores the challenges Black women endure, and how the lessons they’ve learned can help us shape our own stories. Ryan also chronicles her personal journey from working-class Baltimore to the elite echelons of journalism and speaks out about the hurdles she faced in becoming one of the most well-connected members of the Washington press corps—while raising two daughters as a single mother in the aftermath of a messy divorce. It is time for everyone to acknowledge Black women’s unrivaled contributions to America. Yet our democracy remains in peril, and their work is far from done. Black Women Will Save the World presents a vital kaleidoscopic look at women of different ages and from diverse backgrounds who devote their lives to making the world a better place—even if that means stepping out of their place.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB113682 Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem

We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
DB113625 9 hours 47 minutes
by Will Schwalbe
read by Will Schwalbe
“By the time Will Schwalbe was a junior at college, he had already met everyone he cared to know: the theater people, writers, visual artists and comp lit majors, and various other quirky characters including the handful of students who shared his own major, Latin and Greek. He also knew exactly who he wanted to avoid: the jocks. The jocks wore baseball caps and moved in packs, filling boisterous tables in the dining hall, and on the whole seemed to be another species entirely, one Will might encounter only at his own peril. All this changed dramatically when Will collided with Chris Maxey, known to just about everyone as Maxey. Maxey was physically imposing, loud, and a star wrestler who was determined to become a Navy SEAL (where he would later serve for six years). Thanks to the strangely liberating circumstances of a little-known secret society at Yale, the two forged a bond that would become a mainstay of each other’s lives as they repeatedly lost and found each other and themselves in the years after graduation. From New Haven to New York City, from Hong Kong and Panama to a remarkable school on an island in the Bahamas—through marriages and a divorce, triumphs and devastating losses—We Should Not Be Friends tracks an extraordinary friendship over decades of challenge and change. Schwalbe’s marvelous new work is, at its heart, a joyful testament to the miracle of human connection—and how if we can just get past our preconceptions, we may find some of our greatest friends.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB113625 We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship

Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived along the Border
DB115954 5 hours 13 minutes
by Octavio Solis
read by Octavio Solis
“Seminal moments, rites of passage, crystalline vignettes—a memoir about growing up brown at the US/Mexico border. The tradition of retablo painting dates back to the Spanish Conquest in both Mexico and the US Southwest. Humble ex-votos, retablos are usually painted on repurposed metal, and in one small tableau they tell the story of a crisis and offer thanks for its successful resolution. In this uniquely framed memoir, playwright Octavio Solis channels his youth in El Paso, Texas. Like traditional retablos, the rituals of childhood and rites of passage are remembered as singular, dramatic events, self-contained episodes with life-changing reverberations. Living in a home just a mile from the Rio Grande, Octavio is a skinny brown kid on the border, growing up among those who live there, and those passing through on their way north. From the first terrible self-awareness of racism to inspired afternoons playing air trumpet with Herb Alpert, from an innocent game of hide-and-seek to the discovery of a Mexican girl hiding in the cotton fields, Solis reflects on the moments of trauma and transformation that shaped him into a man.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB115954 Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived along the Border

Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go
DB113610 8 hours 20 minutes
by Kelly S. Thompson
read by Kelly S. Thompson
“Kelly Thompson and her older sister, Meghan, are proof that sisterhood doesn’t always equate to friendship. Growing up within a military family, the girls were close despite being temperamental opposites—Kelly, anxious and studious, looked to her big sister for comfort, and Meghan, who battled kidney cancer as a toddler, was gregarious and protective. But as she approached adulthood, Meghan spi­ralled into a cocaine and opioid addiction, and Kelly’s relationship with her sister was torn apart. Their paths diverge as they live their own lives, and it is only when Meghan becomes a mother that she and Kelly tentatively face past hurts and reexamine what sisterhood really means. But their reunion is threatened when Meghan receives a shocking new diagnosis on a day that should be one for celebration. Now, as the family reels at the prospect of the biggest loss imaginable, Kelly and Meghan must share all that they can in the time that they have, using their mutual sense of humour to chart a course through the darkest of days. At once funny and heartbreaking, Still, I Cannot Save You is a story about addiction, abuse, and tragedy, but above all, it is a powerful portrait of an enduring love between sisters.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB113610 Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

Esmond and Ilia: An Unreliable Memoir
DB110336 12 hours 20 minutes
by Marina Warner
read by Kristin Allison
“Marina Warner’s father, Esmond, met her mother, Ilia, while serving as an officer in the British Army during the Second World War. As Allied forces fought their way north through Italy, Esmond found himself in the southern town of Bari, where Ilia had grown up, one of four girls of a widowed mother. The Englishman approaching middle age and the twenty-one-year-old Italian were soon married. Before the war had come to an end, Ilia was on her way alone to London to wait for her husband’s return and to learn how to be Mrs. Esmond Warner, an Englishwoman. Ilia begins to learn the world of cricket, riding, canned food, and distant relations she has landed in, while Esmond, in spite of his connections, struggles to support his wife and young daughter. He comes up with the idea of opening a bookshop, a branch of W.H. Smith’s, in Cairo, where he had spent happy times during the North African campaign. In Egypt, however, nationalists are challenging foreign influences, especially British ones, and before long Cairo is on fire. Deeply felt, closely observed, rich with strange lore, Esmond and Ilia is a picture of vanished worlds, a portrait of two people struggling to know each other and themselves, a daughter’s story of trying to come to terms with a past that is both hers and unknowable to her. It is an ‘unreliable memoir’—what memoir isn’t?—and a lasting work of literature, lyrical, sorrowful, shaped by love and wonder.” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language. 2021.
DB110336 Esmond and Ilia: An Unreliable Memoir

Why Didn’t You Tell Me? A Memoir
DB113664 8 hours 20 minutes
by Carmen Rita Wong
read by Carmen Rita Wong
“Carmen Rita Wong has always craved a sense of belonging: First as a toddler in a warm room full of Black and brown Latina women, like her mother, Lupe, cheering her dancing during her childhood in Harlem. And in Chinatown, where her immigrant father, “Papi” Wong, a hustler, would show her and her older brother off in opulent restaurants decorated in red and gold. Then came the almost exclusively white playgrounds of New Hampshire after her mother married her stepfather, Marty, who seemed to be the ideal of the white American dad. As Carmen entered this new world with her new family—Lupe and Marty quickly had four more children—her relationship with her mother became fraught with tension, suspicion, and conflict, explained only years later by the secrets her mother had kept for so long. And when those secrets were revealed, bringing clarity to so much of Carmen’s life, it was too late for answers. When her mother passed away, Carmen wanted to shake her soul by its shoulders and demand: Why didn’t you tell me? A former national television host, advice columnist, and professor, Carmen searches to understand who she really is as she discovers her mother’s hidden history, facing the revelations that seep out. Why Didn’t You Tell Me? is a riveting and poignant story of Carmen’s experience of race and culture in America and how they shape who we think we are.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB113664 Why Didn’t You Tell Me? A Memoir

Blindness and Disabilities

Within Reach: The Rehabilitation Journey After Upper Limb Amputation
DB110588 3 hours 4 minutes
by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense (DoD)
read by Celeste Lawson
“A collaboration of Rehabilitation Specialists and members of Healthcare Teams from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) have written this handbook to help the individual with limb loss through the rehabilitation process and to answer questions about living with an amputation. This book is based on the VA/DoD Upper Limb Amputation Rehabilitation (ULAR) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) which describes the best methods for treating Veterans and Service members with amputation. This CPG is based on the latest research and expert opinion, and is designed to guide Healthcare Teams in providing the best possible care.” — Provided by publisher. 2022.
DB110588 Within Reach: The Rehabilitation Journey After Upper Limb Amputation

Russell C. Williams: A Journey Well Traveled
DB109995 12 hours 10 minutes
by J.J. Whitehead and Robert L. Gockman
read by David Hartley-Margolin
“This book tells the story of one man’s exceptional courage and determination in not only coping with blindness, but attaining greatness while in the service of humanity. When WWII broke out, Williams entered the Army. In France, he was severely wounded in combat in the shoulder and face, rendering him totally blind and without a sense of smell.During the remainder of his life, Williams would not only adapt to his blindness, but would become an international leader in reshaping the field of blind rehabilitation. In 1948, he became the Chief of the first VA Blind Rehabilitation Center at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital. A valued speaker, educator, writer, statesman, and articulate historian, he was a major force in raising society’s awareness of the needs and potential of its severely visually impaired citizens. Predisposed by the blending of extraordinary world events and, at times, personal tragedies, Russell C. Williams’ life is a tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit.” — Provided by publisher. 2019.
DB109995 Russell C. Williams: A Journey Well Traveled

Computers

Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
DB116251 11 hours 23 minutes
by Mo Gawdat
read by Mo Gawdat
“Artificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain focused on specific tasks without distraction. AI can see into the future, predicting outcomes and even use sensors to see around physical and virtual corners. So why does AI frequently get it so wrong? The answer is us. Humans design the algorithms that define the way that AI works, and the processed information reflects an imperfect world. Does that mean we are doomed? In Scary Smart, Mo Gawdat, the internationally bestselling author of Solve for Happy, draws on his considerable expertise to answer this question and to show what we can all do now to teach ourselves and our machines how to live better. With more than thirty years’ experience working at the cutting-edge of technology and his former role as chief business officer of Google [X], no one is better placed than Mo Gawdat to explain how the Artificial Intelligence of the future works. By 2049 AI will be a billion times more intelligent than humans. Scary Smart explains how to fix the current trajectory now, to make sure that the AI of the future can preserve our species. This book offers a blueprint, pointing the way to what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love and the planet itself.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB116251 Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

Cooking

My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water
DB108400 9 hours 17 minutes
by Betty Liu
read by Kristin Allison
“Experience the sublime beauty and flavor of one of the oldest and most delicious cuisines on earth: the food of Shanghai, China’s most exciting city, in this evocative, colorful gastronomic tour that features 100 recipes, stories, and more than 150 spectacular color photographs. Filled with galleries, museums, and gleaming skyscrapers, Shanghai is a modern metropolis and the world’s largest city proper, the home to twenty-four million inhabitants and host to eight million visitors a year. ‘China’s crown jewel’ (Vogue), Shanghai is an up-and-coming food destination, filled with restaurants that specialize in international cuisines, fusion dishes, and chefs on the verge of the next big thing. It is also home to some of the oldest and most flavorful cooking on the planet. Betty Liu, whose family has deep roots in Shanghai and grew up eating homestyle Shanghainese food, provides an enchanting and intimate look at this city and its abundant cuisine. In this sumptuous book, part cookbook, part travelogue, part cultural study, she cuts to the heart of what makes Chinese food Chinese—the people, their stories, and their family traditions. Organized by season, My Shanghai takes us through a year in the Shanghai culinary calendar, with flavorful recipes that go beyond the standard, well-known fare, and stories that illuminate diverse communities and their food rituals. Chinese food is rarely associated with seasonality. Yet as Liu reveals, the way the Shanghainese interact with the seasons is the essence of their cooking: what is on a dinner table is dictated by what is available in the surrounding waters and fields. Live seafood, fresh meat, and ripe vegetables and fruits are used in harmony with spices to create a variety of refined dishes all through the year. My Shanghai allows everyone to enjoy the homestyle food Chinese people have eaten for centuries, in the context of how we cook today. Liu demystifies Chinese cuisine for home cooks, providing recipes for family favorites that have been passed down through generations as well as authentic street food: her mother’s lion’s head meatballs, mung bean soup, and weekday stir-fries; her father-in-law’s pride and joy, the Nanjing salted duck; the classic red-braised pork belly (as well as a riff to turn them into gua bao!); and core basics like high stock, wontons, and fried rice. In My Shanghai, there is something for everyone—beloved noodle and dumpling dishes, as well as surprisingly light fare. Though they harken back centuries, the dishes in this outstanding book are thoroughly modern—fresh and vibrant, sophisticated yet understated, and all bursting with complex flavors that will please even the most discriminating or adventurous palate.” — Provided by publisher. 2020.
DB108400 My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water

Debbie Macomber’s Christmas Cookbook
DB114666 6 hours 36 minutes
by Debbie Macomber
read by Halley Kim
“We call her the Official Storyteller of Christmas—but Debbie Macomber is more than that. She’s someone who loves the holiday and all its traditions. Now she shares more than one hundred of her favorite recipes to help you enjoy this most joyous of seasons. You’ll also find easy-to-follow instructions for crafts, decorations and gift wrapping—everything you need to create a beautiful and festive holiday. What makes this cookbook unique is Debbie’s personal memories and observations. Join her as she reminisces about traditions past and present, and discover the craft ideas she herself uses. As she says, ‘The holidays are about being with others. They’re about celebrating and sustaining our personal community of family and friends.’ In this beautifully illustrated book, she shows you how to serve a memorable meal, whether it’s a sit-down Christmas dinner for a crowd, entertaining a group of friends at an open house or tea, or spending time with your children or grandchildren baking cookies and making gifts.” — Provided by publisher. 2011.
DB114666 Debbie Macomber’s Christmas Cookbook

Crime

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
DB114060 7 hours 38 minutes
by Roxanna Asgarian
read by Suehyla El-Attar
“On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and several children at the bottom of a cliff beside the Pacific Coast Highway. Investigators soon concluded that the crash was a murder-suicide, but there was more to the story: Jennifer and Sarah Hart, it turned out, were a white married couple who had adopted the six Black children from two different Texas families in 2006 and 2008. Behind the family’s loving facade, however, was a pattern of abuse and neglect that went ignored as the couple withdrew the children from school and moved across the country. It soon became apparent that the State of Texas knew very little about the two individuals to whom it had given custody of six children—with fateful consequences. In the manner of Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Random Family and other classic works of investigative journalism, Roxanna Asgarian’s We Were Once a Family is a revelation of vulnerable lives; it is also a shattering exposé of the foster care and adoption systems that produced this tragedy. As a journalist in Houston, Asgarian became the first reporter to put the children’s birth families at the center of the story. We follow the author as she runs up against the intransigence of a state agency that removes tens of thousands of kids from homes each year in the name of child welfare, while often failing to consider alternatives. Her reporting uncovers persistent racial biases and corruption as children of color are separated from birth parents without proper cause. The result is a riveting narrative and a deeply reported indictment of a system that continues to fail America’s most vulnerable children while upending the lives of their families.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114060 We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader
DB114913 10 hours 10 minutes
by Mark Bowden
read by L.J. Ganser
“In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigation that landed eight of its members in prison. Sandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world; it earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notorious by David Simon’s classic HBO series The Wire. Drug deals dominate street corners, and ruthless, casual violence abounds. Montana Barronette grew up in the center of it all. He was the leader of the gang ‘Trained to Go,’ or TTG, and when he was finally arrested and sentenced to life in prison, he had been labeled ‘Baltimore’s Number One Trigger Puller.’ Under Tana’s reign, TTG dominated Sandtown. After a string of murders are linked to TTG, each with dozens of witnesses too intimidated to testify, three detectives set out to put Tana in prison for life. For them, this was never about drugs: it was about serial murder. An acclaimed journalist who spent his youth in the white suburbs of Baltimore, Mark Bowden returns to the city with exclusive access to the FBI files and unprecedented insight into one of the city’s deadliest gangs and its notorious leader. As he traces the rise and fall of TTG, Bowden uses wiretapped drug buys, police interviews, undercover videos, text messages, social media posts, trial transcripts, and his own ongoing conversations with Tana’s family and community to create the most in-depth account of an inner-city gang ever written. With his signature precision and propulsive narrative, Mark Bowden positions Tana—as a boy, a gang leader, a killer, and now a prisoner—in the context of Baltimore and America, illuminating his path for what it really was: a life sentence.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114913 Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader

A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc.
DB110279 12 hours 45 minutes
by Michael Cannell
read by Gary Galone
“The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a turning point in Mob history. In the fall of 1941, a momentous trial was underway that threatened to end the careers and lives of New York’s most brutal mob kingpins. The lead witness, Abe Reles, had been a trusted executioner for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of a coast-to-coast mob network known as the Commission. But the man responsible for coolly silencing hundreds of informants was about to become the most talkative snitch of all. In exchange for police protection, Reles was prepared to rat out his murderous friends, from Albert Anastasia to Bugsy Siegel—but before he could testify, his shattered body was discovered on a rooftop outside his heavily-guarded hotel room. Was it a botched escape, or punishment for betraying the loyalty of the country’s most powerful mobsters? Michael Cannell’s A Brotherhood Betrayed traces the history of Murder, Inc. through Reles’ rise from street punk to murder chieftain to stool pigeon, ending with his fateful death on a Coney Island rooftop. It resurrects a time when crime became organized crime: a world of money and power, depravity and corruption, street corner ambushes and elaborately choreographed hits by wise-cracking foot soldiers with names like Buggsy Goldstein and Tick Tock Tannenbaum. For a brief moment before World War II erupted, America fixated on the delicate balance of trust and betrayal on the Brooklyn streets. This is the story of the one man who tipped the balance.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB110279 A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc.

A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy
DB115399 10 hours 32 minutes
by Andy Kroll
read by Greg D. Barnett
“In the early hours of July 10, 2016, gunshots rang out and a young man lay fatally wounded on a quiet Washington, DC, street. But who killed Seth Rich? When he was buried in his hometown, his rabbi declared: ‘There are no answers for a young man gunned down in the prime of his life.’ The rabbi was wrong. There were in fact many answers, way too many. In the absence of an arrest, a howling mob filled the void. Wild speculation and fantastical theories surfaced on social media and gained traction thanks to a high-level cast of provocateurs. But it wasn’t until Fox News took the rumors from the fringes to the mainstream that Seth Rich’s life and death grew into something altogether unexpected—one of the foundational conspiracy theories of modern times. A Death on W Street unravels this gripping saga of murder, madness, and political chicanery, one that would ensnare Hillary Clinton and Steve Bannon, a popular pizzeria in northwest DC and the most powerful voices in American media. It’s the story of an idealistic twenty-seven-year-old political staffer who became a tragic victim of the culture wars, until his family decided that they had no choice but to defend his name and put an end to the cruel deceptions that surrounded his death. This is the definitive story of Seth Rich, of those who tried to weaponize his memory in a war of words unlike any other, and of one family’s crusade to protect the truth against all odds.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115399 A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy

Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy
DB115183 13 hours 8 minutes
by Alex Mar
read by Alex Mar
“On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old girl kills an elderly woman in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tensions and white flight, the girl, Paula Cooper, is Black, and her victim, Ruth Pelke, is white and a beloved Bible teacher. The press swoops in. When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth grader. But the tide begins to shift when the victim’s grandson Bill forgives the girl, against the wishes of his family, and campaigns to spare her life. This tragedy in a midwestern steel town soon reverberates across the United States and around the world—reaching as far away as the Vatican—as newspapers cover the story on their front pages and millions sign petitions in support of Paula. As Paula waits on death row, her fate sparks a debate that not only animates legal circles but raises vital questions about the value of human life: What are we demanding when we call for justice? Is forgiveness an act of desperation or of profound bravery? As Bill and Paula’s friendship deepens, and as Bill discovers others who have chosen to forgive after terrible violence, their story asks us to consider what radical acts of empathy we might be capable of. In Seventy Times Seven, Alex Mar weaves an unforgettable narrative of an act of violence and its aftermath. This is a story about the will to live—to survive, to grow, to change—and about what we are willing to accept as justice. Tirelessly researched and told with intimacy and precision, this book brings a haunting chapter in the history of our criminal justice system to astonishing life.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115183 Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy

Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
DB114157 10 hours 8 minutes
by Joe Pompeo
read by Robert Petkoff
“On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The killer had arranged the bodies in a pose conveying intimacy. The murder of Hall, a prominent clergyman whose wife, Frances Hall, was a proud heiress with illustrious ancestors and ties to the Johnson & Johnson dynasty, would have made headlines on its own. But when authorities identified Eleanor Mills as a choir singer from his church married to the church sexton, the story shocked locals and sent the scandal ricocheting around the country, fueling the nascent tabloid industry. This provincial double murder on a lonely lover’s lane would soon become one of the most famous killings in American history—a veritable crime of the century. The bumbling local authorities failed to secure any indictments, however, and it took a swashbuckling crusade by the editor of a circulation-hungry Hearst tabloid to revive the case and bring it to trial at last. Blood & Ink freshly chronicles what remains one of the most electrifying but forgotten murder mysteries in U.S. history. It also traces the birth of American tabloid journalism, pandering to the masses with sordid tales of love, sex, money, and murder.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB114157 Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings That Stunned the Nation
DB116103 11 hours 6 minutes
by Robert Rand
read by Eric Martin
“Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the source material for NBC’s Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders. A successful entertainment executive making $2 million a year. His former beauty queen wife. Their two sons on the fast track to success. Until tragedy struck. Married for twenty-six years, Jose and Kitty Menendez appeared to be a happy couple and proud parents. Twenty-one-year-old Lyle Menendez was enrolled at Princeton, where he was a star on the tennis team. Eighteen-year-old Erik Menendez had just graduated from Beverly Hills High and was about to start college at UCLA. The Menendezes appeared to be living the American dream. But it was all a façade. The Menendez saga has captivated and fascinated people since 1989. The killing of Jose and Kitty Menendez on a quiet Sunday evening in Beverly Hills didn’t make the cover of People magazine until the arrest of their sons seven months after the murders, and the case developed an intense cult following. When the first Menendez trial began in July 1993, the public was convinced that Lyle and Erik—’the boys,’ as they would become known—were a pair of greedy rich kids who had killed loving, devoted parents. But the real story remained buried beneath years of dark secrets—until now.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB116103 The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings That Stunned the Nation

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
DB114107 16 hours 48 minutes
by Jonathan Rosen
read by Jonathan Rosen
“When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Both children of college professors, the boys were best friends and keen competitors, and, when they both got into Yale University, seemed set to join the American meritocratic elite. Michael blazed through college in three years, graduating summa cum laude and landing a top-flight consulting job. But all wasn’t as it seemed. One day, Jonathan received the call: Michael had suffered a serious psychotic break and was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Michael was still in the hospital when he learned he’d been accepted to Yale Law School, and still battling delusions when he decided to trade his halfway house for the top law school in the country. He not only managed to graduate, but after his extraordinary story was featured in The New York Times, sold a memoir for a large sum. Ron Howard bought film rights, completing the dream for Michael and his tirelessly supportive girlfriend Carrie. But then Michael, in the grip of an unshakeable paranoid fantasy, stabbed Carrie to death with a kitchen knife and became a front-page story of an entirely different sort. The Best Minds is Jonathan Rosen’s brilliant and heartbreaking account of an American tragedy. It is a story about the bonds of family, friendship, and community; the promise of intellectual achievement; and the lure of utopian solutions. Tender, funny, and harrowing by turns, at times almost unbearably sad, The Best Minds is an extreme version of a story that is tragically familiar to all too many. In the hands of a writer of Jonathan Rosen’s gifts and dedication, its significance will echo widely.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114107 The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
DB112184 13 hours 27 minutes
by Hugh Ryan
read by Metzger Janet
“This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century. The Women’s House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women’s imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City’s Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people who inhabited its crowded cells. Some of these inmates—Angela Davis, Andrea Dworkin, Afeni Shakur—were famous, but the vast majority were incarcerated for the crimes of being poor and improperly feminine. Today, approximately 40 percent of the people in women’s prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, that percentage was almost certainly higher. Historian Hugh Ryan explores the roots of this crisis and reconstructs the little-known lives of incarcerated New Yorkers, making a uniquely queer case for prison abolition—and demonstrating that by queering the Village, the House of D helped defined queerness for the rest of America. From the lesbian communities forged through the Women’s House of Detention to the turbulent prison riots that presaged Stonewall, this is the story of one building and much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112184 The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Family

Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents
DB111312 22 hours 1 minute
by Russell A. Barkley
read by Bill Wallace
“The leading parent resource about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment has now been revised and updated with the latest information and resources. Prominent authority Russell A. Barkley compassionately guides you to: *Understand why kids with ADHD act the way they do. *Get an accurate diagnosis. *Work with school and health care professionals to find needed support. *Implement a proven eight-step behavior management plan. *Build your child’s academic and social skills. *Restore harmony at home. New to the fourth edition are a chapter on health risks associated with ADHD, the latest information on the causes of the disorder, current facts on medications, a new discussion of sibling issues, advice for parents who might have ADHD themselves, downloadable practical tools, and much more.” — Provided by publisher. 2020.
DB111312 Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents

The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence
DB115919 8 hours 33 minutes
by Jessica Lahey
read by Jessica Lahey
“Jessica Lahey was born into a family with a long history of alcoholism and drug abuse. Despite her desire to thwart her genetic legacy, she became an alcoholic and didn’t find her way out until her early forties. Jessica has worked as a teacher in substance abuse programs for teens, and was determined to inoculate her two adolescent sons against their most dangerous inheritance. All children, regardless of their genetics, are at some risk for substance abuse. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, teen drug addiction is the nation’s largest preventable and costly health problem. Despite the existence of proven preventive strategies, nine out of ten adults with substance use disorder report they began drinking and taking drugs before age eighteen. The Addiction Inoculation is a comprehensive resource parents and educators can use to prevent substance abuse in children. Based on research in child welfare, psychology, substance abuse, and developmental neuroscience, this essential guide provides evidence-based strategies and practical tools adults need to understand, support, and educate resilient, addiction-resistant children. The guidelines are age-appropriate and actionable—from navigating a child’s risk for addiction, to interpreting signs of early abuse, to advice for broaching difficult conversations with children. The Addiction Inoculation is an empathetic, accessible resource for anyone who plays a vital role in children’s lives—parents, teachers, coaches, or pediatricians—to help them raise kids who will grow up healthy, happy, and addiction-free.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB115919 The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence

Gardening

We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature through Acts of Restorative Kindness
DB112616 4 hours 24 minutes
by Mary Reynolds
read by Mary Reynolds
“Individuals can’t save the world alone. But if millions of us work together to save our own patch of earth—then we really have a shot. How do we do it? With Acts of Restorative Kindness (ARK). An ARK is a restored, native ecosystem. It’s a thriving patch of native plants and creatures that have been allowed and supported to re-establish in the earth’s intelligent, successional process of natural restoration. Over time, this becomes a pantry and a habitat for our pollinators and wild creatures who are in desperate need of support. These ARKs will become the seeding grounds for our planet’s new story. They will be sanctuaries for our shared kin—the rooted and unrooted—and safe havens for the magic and abundance of the natural world. Most importantly, the ARK-building actions are within our control and laid out here in We Are the ARK. In these inspiring pages, discover how one person’s actions can effect big change in this world. Even the tiniest postage stamp patch of land matters! Together we are building a patchwork quilt of life that will wrap its way around this planet.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112616 We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature through Acts of Restorative Kindness

Government and Politics

The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
DB115916 1 hour 56 minutes
by Stephen Breyer
read by Jim Seybert
“A growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view, the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than ‘politicians in robes,’ their ostensibly neutral judicial philosophies mere camouflage for conservative or liberal convictions. Stephen Breyer, drawing upon his experience as a Supreme Court justice, sounds a cautionary note. Mindful of the Court’s history, he suggests that the judiciary’s hard-won authority could be marred by reforms premised on the assumption of ideological bias. Having, as Hamilton observed, ‘no influence over either the sword or the purse,’ the Court earned its authority by making decisions that have, over time, increased the public’s trust. If public trust is now in decline, one part of the solution is to promote better understandings of how the judiciary actually works: how judges adhere to their oaths and how they try to avoid considerations of politics and popularity. Breyer warns that political intervention could itself further erode public trust. Without the public’s trust, the Court would no longer be able to act as a check on the other branches of government or as a guarantor of the rule of law, risking serious harm to our constitutional system.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB115916 The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics

The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th
DB115111 9 hours 5 minutes
by Denver Riggleman and Hunter
read by Denver Riggleman
“Make no mistake: modern information warfare is here and January 6th was just the first battle. That day, an unhinged mindset led to an attack on the Capitol, the most serious assault on American democracy since the end of the Civil War. And that thinking portends even darker days ahead. In The Breach, a former House Republican and the first member of Congress to sound the alarm about QAnon, Denver Riggleman, provides listeners with an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the January 6th select committee’s investigation. Riggleman, who joined the committee as senior technical advisor after he was asked to help, lays out the full intent and scope of the plot to overturn the election. The book includes previously unpublished texts from key political leaders. And it also contains shocking details about the Trump White House’s links to militant extremist groups—even during the almost-eight-hour period on January 6th when the White House supposedly had no phone calls. The man responsible for unearthing Mark Meadows’s infamous texts shows how data analysis shapes the contours of our new war, telling how the committee uncovered many of its explosive findings and sharing revealing stories from his time in the Trump-era GOP. With unique insights from within the far-right movement and from the front lines of the courageous team investigating it, Riggleman shows how our democracy is balanced on a knife’s edge between disinformation and truth. Here is a revelatory peek at the inner workings of the January 6th committee and a clear-eyed look at the existential threats facing our republic—and a blueprint for how America can fight to survive the darkest night before the dawn.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115111 The Breach: The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th

The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Four Presidents and Race in America
DB115434 9 hours 24 minutes
by April Ryan and Elijah Cummings
read by Susan Spain
“When the award-winning The Presidency in Black and White first appeared, readers were captivated by journalist April Ryan’s compelling behind-the-scenes look at race relations from the epicenter of American power and policy making—the White House. As a White House correspondent since 1997, Ryan provides unique insights on the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. In the updated paperback edition, Ryan contributes a new afterword, chronicling the country’s growing racial divide, the end of the Obama era, the increasingly contentious Trump White House, and prospects for race relations in the Trump presidency.” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language. 2015.
DB115434 The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Four Presidents and Race in America

American Playbook: A Guide to Winning Back the Country from the Democrats
DB116355 8 hours 42 minutes
by Clay Travis
read by Clay Travis
“Republicans are in a losing period. The last election should have been a wake-up call for the current moment. If the GOP wants to turn its luck around, it’s time to toss the old playbook and find new ways to win elections and attract enthusiastic voters. Like a well-timed coaching hire, Clay Travis is here to break down exactly how the Republican party can turn a few losing seasons into a championship run. Whether it’s advice on how to exploit the weakest link on the opposing team, or how to capitalize on fast break opportunities in the press, Travis provides a surefire gameplan inspired by winning strategies in sports that will finally give conservatives an edge over the competition.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2023.
DB116355 American Playbook: A Guide to Winning Back the Country from the Democrats

Inspiration

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
DB115195 5 hours 24 minutes
by John Mark Comer
read by Kris Koscheski
“‘Who am I becoming?’ That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren’t pretty. So he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words: ‘Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life.’ It wasn’t the response he expected, but it was—and continues to be—the answer he needs. Too often we treat the symptoms of toxicity in our modern world instead of trying to pinpoint the cause. A growing number of voices are pointing at hurry, or busyness, as a root of much evil. Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a fascinating roadmap to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB115195 The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

Literature

How to Read Now: Essays
DB113659 9 hours 8 minutes
by Elaine Castillo
read by Elaine Castillo
“How many times have we heard that reading builds empathy? That we can travel through books? How often have we were heard about the importance of diversifying our bookshelves? Or claimed that books saved our lives? These familiar words—beautiful, aspirational—are sometimes even true. But award-winning novelist Elaine Castillo has more ambitious hopes for our reading culture, and in this collection of linked essays, ‘she moves to wrest reading away from the cotton-candy aspirations of uniting people in empathetic harmony and reposition it as thornier, ultimately more rewarding work.’ (Vulture) How to Read Now explores the politics and ethics of reading, and insists that we are capable of something better: a more engaged relationship not just with our fiction and our art, but with our buried and entangled histories. Smart, funny, galvanizing, and sometimes profane, Castillo attacks the stale questions and less-than-critical proclamations that masquerade as vital discussion: reimagining the cartography of the classics, building a moral case against the settler colonialism of lauded writers like Joan Didion, taking aim at Nobel Prize winners and toppling indie filmmakers, and celebrating glorious moments in everything from popular TV like The Watchmen to the films of Wong Kar-wai and the work of contemporary poets like Tommy Pico. At once a deeply personal and searching history of one woman’s reading life, and a wide-ranging and urgent intervention into our globalized conversations about why reading matters today, How to Read Now empowers us to embrace a more complicated, embodied form of reading, inviting us to acknowledge complicated truths, ignite surprising connections, imagine a more daring solidarity, and create space for a riskier intimacy—within ourselves, and with each other.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB113659 How to Read Now: Essays

The Origin of Others
DB113900 2 hours 17 minutes
by Toni Morrison
read by Joy Jones
“America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison takes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist considers her own memories as well as history, politics, and especially literature. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, and Camara Laye are among the authors she examines. Readers of Morrison’s fiction will welcome her discussions of some of her most celebrated books—Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. If we learn racism by example, then literature plays an important part in the history of race in America, both negatively and positively. Morrison writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samuel Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin color to reveal character or drive narrative. Expanding the scope of her concern, she also addresses globalization and the mass movement of peoples in this century. National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates provides a foreword to Morrison’s most personal work of nonfiction to date.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language. 2017.
DB113900 The Origin of Others

Medicine and Health

On Being Ill
DB113875 0 hours 32 minutes
by Virginia Woolf
read by Kristin Allison
“The essay seeks to establish illness as a serious subject of literature along the lines of love, jealousy and battle. Woolf writes, ‘Considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings, how astonishing, when the lights of health go down, the undiscovered countries that are then disclosed, what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to light...it becomes strange indeed that illness has not taken its place with love, battle, and jealousy among the prime themes of literature.’ Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay “A Room of One’s Own” (1929), with its famous dictum, ‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.’“ — Provided by publisher. 2022.
DB113875 On Being Ill

Music

Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways
DB113214 14 hours 21 minutes
by Richard Carlin
read by Laura Giannarelli
“‘A man, a microphone, and a dream.’ When he opened his tiny recording studio in New York in 1940, Moses Asch had a larger-than-life dream: To document and record all the sounds of his time. He created Folkways Records to achieve his goal, not just a record label but a statement that all sounds are equal and every voice deserves to be heard. The Folkways catalog grew to include a myriad of voices, from world- and roots-music to political speeches; the voices of contemporary poets and steam engines; folk singers Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie and jazz pianists Mary Lou Williams and James P. Johnson; Haitian vodoun singers and Javanese court musicians; deep-sea sounds and sounds from the outer ring of Earth’s atmosphere. Until his death in 1986, Asch—with the help of collaborators ranging from the eccentric visionary Harry Smith to academic musicologists—created more than 2000 albums, a sound-scape of the contemporary world still unequalled in breadth and scope. Worlds of Sound documents this improbable journey. Along the way you’ll meet: a young Pete Seeger, revolutionizing the world with his five-string banjo; the amazing vocal ensembles of the Ituri Pygmies North American tree frogs; Ella Jenkins’s children’s music; Lead Belly singing ‘The Midnight Special’; The nueva canción of Suni Paz. Folkways became a part of the Smithsonian Institution’s collections shortly after Asch’s death. Today Smithsonian Folkways continues to make the ‘worlds of sound’ Moe Asch first dreamed of 60 years ago available to all. The Folkways vision is expansive and all-inclusive, and Worlds of Sound advances its rich and lively spirit.” — Provided by publisher. 2010.
DB113214 Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
DB113719 11 hours 10 minutes
by Greg Laurie and Marshall Terrill
read by Joe Avellar
“At the peak of his career, Cash had done it all—living the ultimate rags-to-riches story of growing up on a cotton farm in the Deep South to becoming a Nashville and Hollywood sensation, singing alongside heroes like Elvis Presley and performing for several American presidents. But through all of this, Cash was troubled. By the time he released the iconic Man in Black album in 1971, the middle-aged icon was broken down, hollow-eyed, and wrung out. In his search for peace, Cash became embroiled in controversy. He was arrested five times in seven years. His drug- and alcohol-induced escapades led to car accidents and a forest fire that devastated 508 acres. His time was divided between Jesus and jail, gospel tunes and the ‘Cocaine Blues.’ But by the end of his life, Cash was speaking openly about his ‘unshakeable faith.’ What caused the superstar to turn from his conflicting passions to embrace a life in Christ? Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon dives deep into the singer’s inner demons, triumphs, and gradual return to faith. Laurie interviews Cash’s family, friends, and business associates to reveal how the singer’s true success came through finding the only Person whose star was bigger than his own.” — Provided by publisher. 2019.
DB113719 Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon

Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You
DB115116 6 hours 19 minutes
by Lucinda Williams
read by Lucinda Williams
“The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, her years of being overlooked in the music industry, and the stories that inspired her enduring songs. Lucinda Williams’s rise to fame was anything but easy. Raised in a working-class family in the Deep South, she moved from town to town each time her father—a poet, a textbook salesman, a professor, a lover of parties—got a new job, totaling twelve different places by the time she was eighteen. Her mother suffered from severe mental illness and was in and out of hospitals. And when Williams was about a year old, she had to have an emergency tracheotomy—an inauspicious start for a singing career. But she was also born a fighter, and she would develop a voice that has captivated millions. In Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, Williams takes listeners through the events that shaped her music—from performing for family friends in her living room to singing at local high schools and colleges in Mexico City, to recording her first album with Folkway Records and headlining a sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall. She reveals the inspirations for her unforgettable lyrics, including the doomed love affairs with ‘poets on motorcycles’ and the gothic southern landscapes of the many different towns of her youth, including Macon, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Williams spent years working at health food stores and record stores during the day so she could play her music at night, and faced record companies who told her that her music was not ‘finished,’ that it was ‘too country for rock and too rock for country.’ But her fighting spirit persevered, leading to a hard-won success that spans seventeen Grammy nominations and a legacy as one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of our time.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115116 Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You

Nature and the Environment

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
DB114109 29 hours 15 minutes
by Peter Frankopan
read by Peter Frankopan
“Global warming is one of the greatest dangers mankind faces today. Even as temperatures increase, sea levels rise, and natural disasters escalate, our current environmental crisis feels difficult to predict and understand. But climate change and its effects on us are not new. In a bold narrative that spans centuries and continents, Peter Frankopan argues that nature has always played a fundamental role in the writing of history. From the fall of the Moche civilization in South America that came about because of the cyclical pressures of El Niño to volcanic eruptions in Iceland that affected Egypt and helped bring the Ottoman empire to its knees, climate change and its influences have always been with us. Frankopan explains how the Vikings emerged thanks to catastrophic crop failure, why the roots of regime change in eleventh-century Baghdad lay in the collapse of cotton prices resulting from unusual climate patterns, and why the western expansion of the frontiers in North America was directly affected by solar flare activity in the eighteenth century. Again and again, Frankopan shows that when past empires have failed to act sustainably, they have been met with catastrophe. Blending brilliant historical writing and cutting-edge scientific research, The Earth Transformed will radically reframe the way we look at the world and our future.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114109 The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
DB114915 6 hours 43 minutes
edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua
read by Hillary Huber
“An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit, climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late brings strong climate voices from around the world to address the political, scientific, social, and emotional dimensions of the most urgent issue human beings have ever faced. Accessible, encouraging, and engaging, it’s an invitation to everyone to understand the issue more deeply, participate more boldly, and imagine the future more creatively. In concise, illuminating essays and interviews, this book features the voices of Indigenous activists, such as Guam-based attorney and writer Julian Aguon; climate scientists, among them Jacquelyn Gill and Edward Carr; artists, such as Marshall Islands poet and activist Kathy Jeñtil-Kijiner; and longtime organizers, including The Tyranny of Oil author Antonia Juhasz and Emergent Strategy author adrienne maree brown. Shaped by the clear-eyed wisdom of editors Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, Not Too Late is a guide to take us from climate crisis to climate hope. Contributors include Julian Aguon, Jade Begay, adrienne maree brown, Edward Carr, Renato Redantor Constantino, Joelle Gergis, Jacquelyn Gill, Mary Annaise Heglar, Mary Anne Hitt, Roshi Joan Halifax, Nikayla Jefferson, Antonia Juhasz, Kathy Jetnil Kijiner, Fenton Lutunatabua & Joseph ‘Sikulu, Yotam Marom, Denali Nalamalapu, Leah Stokes, Farhana Sultana, and Gloria Walton.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114915 Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

Philosophy

In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility
DB114695 8 hours 34 minutes
by Costica Bradatan
read by Shawn Hertel
“Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. Yet this relentless drive to be the best blinds us to something vitally important: the need to be humble in the face of life’s challenges. Costica Bradatan mounts his case for failure through the stories of four historical figures who led lives of impact and meaning—and assiduously courted failure. Their struggles show that engaging with our limitations can be not just therapeutic but transformative. In Praise of Failure explores several arenas of failure, from the social and political to the spiritual and biological. It begins by examining the defiant choices of the French mystic Simone Weil, who, in sympathy with exploited workers, took up factory jobs that her frail body could not sustain. From there we turn to Mahatma Gandhi, whose punishing quest for purity drove him to ever more extreme acts of self-abnegation. Next we meet the self-styled loser E. M. Cioran, who deliberately turned his back on social acceptability, and Yukio Mishima, who reveled in a distinctly Japanese preoccupation with the noble failure, before looking to Seneca to tease out the ingredients of a good life. Gleefully breaching the boundaries between argument and storytelling, scholarship and spiritual quest, Bradatan concludes that while success can make us shallow, our failures can lead us to humbler, more attentive, and better lived lives. We can do without success, but we are much poorer without the gifts of failure.” — Provided by publisher. 2023.
DB114695 In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility

Psychology and Self-Help

Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self
DB116117 9 hours 38 minutes
by Thema Bryant
read by Thema Bryant
“In the aftermath of stress, disappointment, and trauma, people often fall into survival mode, even while a part of them longs for more. Juggling multiple demands and responsibilities keeps them busy, but not healed. As a survivor of sexual assault, racism, and evacuation from a civil war in Liberia, Dr. Thema Bryant knows intimately the work involved in healing. Having made the journey herself, in addition to guiding others as a clinical psychologist and ordained minister, Dr. Thema shows you how to reconnect with your authentic self and reclaim your time, your voice, your life. Signs of disconnection from self can take many forms, including people-pleasing, depression, anxiety, and resentment. Healing starts with recognizing and expressing emotions in an honest way and reconnecting with the neglected parts of yourself, but it can’t be done in a vacuum. Dr. Thema gives you the tools to meaningfully connect with your larger community, even if you face racism and sexism, heartbreak, grief, and trauma. Rather than shrinking in the face of life’s difficulties, you will discover in Homecoming the therapeutic approaches and spiritual practices to live a more expansive life characterized by empowerment, healthier relationships, gratitude, and a deeper sense of purpose.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB116117 Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self

Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
DB110600 10 hours 25 minutes
by Ingrid Fetell Lee
read by Laura Giannarelli
“A groundbreaking look at how small changes to our surroundings can lead us to happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason that people—regardless of gender, age, culture, or ethnicity—are mesmerized by infants, and can’t help but smile when they see a burst of confetti or a cluster of colorful balloons? We are often taught that our external environment has little or no impact on our inner joy. Increasingly, experts urge us to find balance and calm by looking inward—through mindfulness or meditation—and muting the outside world. But what if the natural vibrancy of our surroundings is actually our most renewable and easily accessible joy? In Joyful, renowned designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explores how the mundane spaces and objects we interact with every day have surprising and powerful effects on our mood. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, she explains why one setting makes us feel anxious or competitive, while another fosters acceptance and sharing—and, most importantly, she reveals how we can harness the power of our surroundings to live fuller, healthier, and truly joyful lives.” — Provided by publisher. Includes supplemental material. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB110600 Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

Religion

Brave by Faith: God-Sized Confidence in a Post-Christian World
DB112917 3 hours 0 minutes
by Alistair Begg
read by David Hartley-Margolin
“Learn from the Book of Daniel how to live confidently for Christ today. What does it look like to live with joy in a society that does not like what Christians believe, say or do? It’s tempting to grow angry, keep our heads down, retreat or just give up altogether. But this isn’t the first time that God’s people have had to learn how to live in a pagan world that opposes God’s rule. In this realistic yet positive book, renowned Bible teacher Alistair Begg examines the first seven chapters of Daniel to show us how to live bravely, confidently and obediently in an increasingly secular society. Readers will see that God is powerful and God is sovereign, and even in the face of circumstances that appear to be prevailing against his people, we may trust him entirely. We can be as brave as Daniel if we have faith in Daniel’s God.” — Provided by publisher. 2021.
DB112917 Brave by Faith: God-Sized Confidence in a Post-Christian World

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation
DB115132 13 hours 56 minutes
edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa
read by Graham Coleman
“One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety. Now, in one of the year’s most important publishing events, the entire text has not only been made available in English but in a translation of quite remarkable clarity and beauty. With an introductory commentary by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who calls this translation ‘an extraordinary accomplishment undertaken with great care over many years’ this complete edition faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, exquisitely written practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement. Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters, including HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and learned scholars such as Khamtrul Rinpoche and Zenkar Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, ‘I hope that the profound insights contained in this work will be a source of inspiration and support to many interested people around the world.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115132 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation

18 Minutes with Jesus: Straight Talk from the Savior about the Things That Matter Most
DB115157 6 hours 33 minutes
by Robert Jeffress
read by Lyle Blaker
“Did you know you can read Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount in about eighteen minutes? Yet packed into this short talk are more life-changing and startlingly original teachings than anywhere else in Scripture. In it, Jesus dives past the surface into the heart of what we need and desire—from God, ourselves, and one another. It’s the spiritual straight talk we need about the things that matter most in life. Drawing from decades of study, Dr. Robert Jeffress breaks down Jesus’s most well-known (yet least-followed) teachings about happiness, faith, relationships, sex, reconciliation, prayer, money, and more. He shows how we often misunderstand and misapply these verses and unpacks exactly what Jesus was teaching us about our own hearts and minds. If you long to take your Christian walk to the next level, it’s time to grasp these biblical truths that have the power to change your life.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB115157 18 Minutes with Jesus: Straight Talk from the Savior about the Things That Matter Most

Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
DB114163 9 hours 7 minutes
by Rainn Wilson
read by Rainn Wilson
“The trauma that our world experienced in recent years—as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us—has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution, a ‘Soul Boom’ in order to address today’s greatest issues—mental health, racism and sexism, climate change, and economic injustice. ? For Wilson, this is very serious and essential pursuit, but he brings great humor and his own unique perspective to the conversation. He feels that, culturally, we’ve thrown the baby out with the bathwater—and that bathwater is spirituality, Faith and the Sacred. The baby is us, and we are in need of profound healing and a unifying understanding of the world that religion provides. Sharing his experience of losing his father during the summer of 2020 as well as his personal struggles with addiction and mental health, Wilson is an empathetic narrator and thinker who readers will appreciate and trust. Wilson’s approach to spirituality—the non-physical, eternal aspects of ourselves—is relatable and will apply to people of all beliefs, even the skeptics. Filled with genuine insight—not to mention enlightening Kung Fu and Star Trek references—the book offers the keys to delving into ancient wisdom and seeking out practical, transformative answers to life’s biggest questions.” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114163 Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Science and Technology

Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
DB114116 10 hours 17 minutes
by Robin George Andrews
read by Mike Cooper
“An exhilarating, time-traveling journey to the solar system’s strangest and most awe-inspiring volcanoes. Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon, and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of our planet. Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earth-bound and otherwise, and explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which volcanoes can sculpt the sea, land, and sky, and even influence the machinery that makes or breaks the existence of life. Traveling from Hawaii, Tanzania, Yellowstone, and the ocean floor to the moon, Venus, and Mars, Andrews explores cutting-edge discoveries and lingering scientific mysteries surrounding these phenomenal forces of nature.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.
DB114116 Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond

Social Sciences

American Slavery as It Is: Selections from the Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
DB108675 13 hours 4 minutes
by Theodore Dwight Weld
read by Jake Williams
“The stories of hundreds of African Americans who lived in bondage are preserved in this powerful 1839 chronicle. Compiled by a prominent abolitionist, the accounts include personal narratives from freed slaves as well as testimonials from active and former slave owners, presenting a condemnation of slavery from both those who experienced it and those who perpetuated it. Detailing the overall conditions of slaves across multiple states and several years, the book includes information on their diet, clothing, housing, and working hours as well as their punishments and suffering. Connecticut farmer-turned-abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) was a central leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society and traveled the country lecturing against slavery. Weld took great pains to document the trustworthiness of contributors to American Slavery so that there could be no doubt as to its authenticity. A major influence on Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the book sold 100,000 copies in its first year of publication and remains a valuable historical testament. This edited selection presents these powerful first-person accounts to a new generation.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and strong language. 2017.
DB108675 American Slavery as It Is: Selections from the Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

Sports and Recreation

Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own
DB114803 5 hours 54 minutes
by Mike Greenberg and Paul Hembekides
read by Mike Greenberg
“Sports and numbers go hand in hand. Sports and loud, assertive debate? Even better. Cheering on, agonizing over, and being in plain awe of your favorite players has left you with a deep and intricate memory of their greatness, not to mention well-honed arguments as to why your favorites are really the best. In arenas, in front of your TV, and in bars, you’ve debated friends and strangers alike. You’ve joyfully mocked your friends’ (sometimes laughable) favorites. You’ve spouted accomplishments, statistics: Yours won six titles, batted .350 in the clutch, or generated 82% of their team’s scoring. But not all numbers are created equal. Some are accomplishments. Others are identity. Looming large over any image you have of an athlete: the number on their jersey. Numbers often provide the most visceral parts of any sports legend’s identity. They are what people remember—worldwide. Jordan, Jeter, Brady—to fans, they are as much their number as they are anything else. Sure, 1 through 100 might seem like a large range, but fierce competition across the ages has blessed only a lucky few to claim one of these as their own. For some, the victors may not be so obvious. That’s why Greeny’s here to help. Ascend into discussion, fans of all stripes. Come away enlightened. Or maybe a little enraged. Either way, you are sure to be occasionally surprised—and endlessly entertained. Whatever your sport, welcome to the place where all the arguments are finally decided, once and for all.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB114803 Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own

Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me; a Memoir
DB116112 6 hours 52 minutes
by Kenny Smith
read by Kenny Smith
“Kenny Smith was a star at the University of North Carolina before his storied NBA run, in which he won two championships with the Houston Rockets. His tremendous popularity skyrocketed when he joined TNT’s new show, Inside the NBA, which has thrived for twenty-four years and won multiple Emmy awards, receiving enormous acclaim for the insight, humor, social commentary, and unrivaled basketball coverage from Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Ernie Johnson, Jr. Kenny is known to fans for his laser-sharp analysis and eloquent observations of the basketball scene and culture. In this honest and deep memoir, Kenny writes chapters about each of the extraordinary people who taught him invaluable life lessons. He illuminates the personalities, affections and quirks of friends such as Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kobe Bryant, among others, and what he learned from each of them. He writes about his legendary UNC coach, Dean Smith, and other indelible role models through his career. And he interweaves poignant material about his upbringing in Queens, NY, his parents, his children, and his marriage, explaining the rich knowledge he obtained from the important figures around him. Kenny is also a strong, intelligent voice on race, as his fans and TV viewers will know. Ultimately this is a revealing, humorous, powerful memoir, offering a candid glimpse inside the rarified world of elite sports and broadcasting, with inspiring takeaways.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB116112 Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me; a Memoir

Stage and Screen

Gene Tierney: Star of Hollywood’s Home Front
DB113901 9 hours 53 minutes
by Will Scheibel
read by Erin Jones
“Gene Tierney may be one of the most recognizable faces of studio-era Hollywood: she starred in numerous classics, including Leave Her to Heaven, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and Laura, with the latter featuring her most iconic role. While Tierney was considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, she personified ordinariness” both on- and off-screen. Tierney portrayed roles such as a pinup type, a wartime worker, a wife, a mother, and, finally, a psychiatric patient—the last of which may have hit close to home for her, as she would soon leave Hollywood to pursue treatment for mental illness and later attempted suicide in the 1950s. After her release from psychiatric clinics, Tierney sought a comeback as one of the first stars whose treatment for mental illness became public knowledge. In this book, Will Scheibel not only examines her promotion, publicity, and reception as a star but also offers an alternative history of the United States wartime efforts demonstrated through the arc of Tierney’s career as a star working on the home front. Scheibel’s analysis aims to showcase that Tierney was more than just ‘the most beautiful woman in movie history,’ as stated by the head of production at Twentieth Century Fox in the 1940s and 1950s. He does this through an examination of her making, unmaking, and remaking at Twentieth Century Fox, rediscovering what she means as a movie legend both in past and up to the present. Film studies scholars, film students, and those interested in Hollywood history and the legacy of Gene Tierney will be delighted by this read.” — Provided by publisher. 2022.
DB113901 Gene Tierney: Star of Hollywood’s Home Front

Travel

Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know about Air Travel; Questions, Answers, and Reflections
DB113756 13 hours 29 minutes
by Patrick Smith
read by Vaan Solis
“For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport architecture to the logistics of inflight service, here is everything you need to know about flying. Commercial airlines like to hide the truth from customers and do nothing to comfort nervous fliers. And what’s scarier than the unknown? In this aviation book, pilot Patrick Smith breaks down that barrier and tells you everything you need to know about flying, including: How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly them Straight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safety; The real story on delays, congestion, and the dysfunction of the modern airport; The myths and misconceptions of cabin air and cockpit automation; Terrorism in perspective, and a provocative look at security; Airfare, seating woes, and the pitfalls of airline customer service; The true colors and cultures of the airlines we love to hate. Cockpit Confidential is a thoughtful, funny, and at times deeply personal look into the strange and misunderstood world of commercial flying. If you liked other books about airplanes for adults, including Soar by Tom Bunn or Skyfaring, you’ll find reassurance, humor, and guidance in Cockpit Confidential.” — Provided by publisher. Strong language and some violence. 2018.
DB113756 Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know about Air Travel; Questions, Answers, and Reflections

U.S. History

Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
DB112358 17 hours 15 minutes
by H.W. Brands
read by Matt Kugler
“In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor’s fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants’ dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame—and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner’s persistence, the cattleman’s courage, the railroad man’s enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB112358 Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution
DB114078 9 hours 22 minutes
by Benjamin L. Carp
read by Mark Ashby
“New York City, the strategic center of the Revolutionary War, was the most important place in North America in 1776. That summer, an unruly rebel army under George Washington repeatedly threatened to burn the city rather than let the British take it. Shortly after the Crown’s forces took New York City, much of it mysteriously burned to the ground. This is the first book to fully explore the Great Fire of 1776 and why its origins remained a mystery even after the British investigated it in 1776 and 1783. Uncovering stories of espionage, terror, and radicalism, Benjamin L. Carp paints a vivid picture of the chaos, passions, and unresolved tragedies that define a historical moment we usually associate with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” — Provided by publisher. Some strong language. 2023.
DB114078 The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution

Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
DB114121 14 hours 33 minutes
by S.C. Gwynne
read by Robert Petkoff
“The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of the most compelling narratives and one of history’s great turning points. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist S.C. Gwynne breathes new life into the epic battle between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant; the advent of 180,000 black soldiers in the Union army; William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea; the rise of Clara Barton; the election of 1864 (which Lincoln nearly lost); the wild and violent guerrilla war in Missouri; and the dramatic final events of the war, including Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and the murder of Abraham Lincoln. A must-read for Civil War enthusiasts (Publishers Weekly), Hymns of the Republic offers many surprising angles and insights. Robert E. Lee, known as a great general and Southern hero, is presented here as a man dealing with frustration, failure, and loss. Ulysses S. Grant is known for his prowess as a field commander, but in the final year of the war he largely fails at that. His most amazing accomplishments actually began the moment he stopped fighting. William Tecumseh Sherman, Gwynne argues, was a lousy general, but probably the single most brilliant man in the war. We also meet a different Clara Barton, one of the greatest and most compelling characters, who redefined the idea of medical care in wartime. And proper attention is paid to the role played by large numbers of black union soldiers—most of them former slaves. Popular history at its best, Hymns of the Republic reveals the creation that arose from destruction in this “engrossing...riveting” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) read.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB114121 Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
DB116216 18 hours 7 minutes
by Daniel J. Sharfstein
read by Joe Barrett
“Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen’s Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era’s most crucial task: helping millions of former slaves claim the rights of citizens. He was energized by the belief that abolition and Reconstruction, the country’s great struggles for liberty and equality, were God’s plan for himself and the nation. But as the nation’s politics curdled in the 1870s, General Howard exiled himself from Washington, D.C., rejoined the army, and was sent across the continent to command forces in the Pacific Northwest. Shattered by Reconstruction’s collapse, he assumed a new mission: forcing Native Americans to become Christian farmers on government reservations. Howard’s plans for redemption in the West ran headlong into the resistance of Chief Joseph, a young Nez Perce leader in northeastern Oregon who refused to leave his ancestral land. Claiming equal rights for Native Americans, Joseph was determined to find his way to the center of American power and convince the government to acknowledge his people’s humanity and capacity for citizenship.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
DB116216 Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War

World History

The Lion House: The Coming of a King
DB112623 9 hours 5 minutes
by Christopher de Bellaigue
read by Barnaby Edwards
“Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him: the Greek slave who becomes his Grand Vizier, the Venetian jewel dealer who acts as his go-between, the Russian consort who becomes his most beloved wife. Within a decade and a half, Suleyman held dominion over twenty-five million souls, from Baghdad to the walls of Vienna, and with the help of his brilliant pirate commander Barbarossa placed more Christians than ever before or since under Muslim rule. And yet the real drama takes place in close-up: in small rooms and whispered conversations, behind the curtain of power, where the sultan sleeps head to toe with his best friend and eats from wooden spoons with his baby boy. In The Lion House, Christopher de Bellaigue tells not just the story of rival superpowers in an existential duel, nor of one of the most consequential lives in human history, but of what it means to live in a time when a few men get to decide the fate of the world.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.
DB112623 The Lion House: The Coming of a King

Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid
DB115414 9 hours 19 minutes
by Martin Caidin
read by David Colacci
“‘On Thursday, October 14, 1943, two hundred and ninety one B-17 Flying Fortresses set out for a strategic bombing raid on the factories in Schweinfurt. Sixty of those planes never returned and six hundred and fifty men were lost during the course of that mission. It was the greatest failure that the United States Air Force had ever suffered and became known as Black Thursday.’ Martin Caidin’s Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid is a brilliant account of that day that should never be forgotten. This book uncovers in thrilling detail the build-up to that fateful raid as the ground crew prepare the aircraft and the aviators are briefed on their mission ahead. By consulting with first-hand accounts and interviewing survivors Caidin’s book takes the listener to the heart of the action as the planes burst into battle in the skies above Western Europe.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.
DB115414 Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid

The Washington War: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II
DB109364 19 hours 39 minutes
by James Lacey
read by James Lacey
“The Washington War is the story of how the Second World War was fought and won in the capital’s halls of power—and how the United States, which in December 1941 had a nominal army and a decimated naval fleet, was able in only thirty months to fling huge forces onto the European continent and shortly thereafter shatter Imperial Japan’s Pacific strongholds. Three quarters of a century after the overwhelming defeat of the totalitarian Axis forces, the terrifying, razor-thin calculus on which so many critical decisions turned has been forgotten—but had any of these debates gone the other way, the outcome of the war could have been far different: The army in August 1941, about to be disbanded, saved by a single vote. Production plans that would have delayed adequate war matériel for years after Pearl Harbor, circumvented by one uncompromising man’s courage and drive. The delicate ballet that precluded a separate peace between Stalin and Hitler. The almost-adopted strategy to stage D-Day at a fatally different time and place. It was all a breathtakingly close-run thing, again and again. Renowned historian James Lacey takes readers behind the scenes in the cabinet rooms, the Pentagon, the Oval Office, and Hyde Park, and at the pivotal conferences—Campobello Island, Casablanca, Tehran—as these disputes raged. Here are colorful portraits of the great figures—and forgotten geniuses—of the day: New Dealers versus industrialists, political power brokers versus the generals, Churchill and the British high command versus the U.S. chiefs of staff, innovators versus entrenched bureaucrats . . . with the master manipulator, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, at the center, setting his brawling patriots one against the other and promoting and capitalizing on the furious turf wars. Based on years of research and extensive, previously untapped archival resources, The Washington War is the first integrated, comprehensive chronicle of how all these elements—and towering personalities—clashed and ultimately coalesced at each vital turning point, the definitive account of Washington at real war and the titanic political and bureaucratic infighting that miraculously led to final victory.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB109364 The Washington War: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II

Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
DB115920 10 hours 8 minutes
by Eric Metaxas
read by Johnny Heller
“Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce’s extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833. Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong. To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film. This account of Wilberforce’s life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2007.
DB115920 Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400 – 1066
DB114217 15 hours 22 minutes
by Marc Morris
read by Mark Ashby
“Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings. It explores how they abandoned their old gods for Christianity, established hundreds of churches and created dazzlingly intricate works of art. It charts the revival of towns and trade, and the origins of a familiar landscape of shires, boroughs and bishoprics. It is a tale of famous figures like King Offa, Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor, but also features a host of lesser known characters—ambitious queens, revolutionary saints, intolerant monks and grasping nobles. Through their remarkable careers we see how a new society, a new culture and a single unified nation came into being. Drawing on a vast range of original evidence—chronicles, letters, archaeology and artefacts—renowned historian Marc Morris illuminates a period of history that is only dimly understood, separates the truth from the legend, and tells the extraordinary story of how the foundations of England were laid.” — Provided by publisher. 2021.
DB114217 The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400 – 1066

Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction
DB115193 13 hours 47 minutes
by Lynne Olson
read by Lisa Flanagan
“In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs’ rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the massive new Aswan High Dam. But the extensive press coverage at the time overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. It was an unimaginably large and complex project that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. A willful real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. During World War II she joined the French Resistance and was held by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she challenged two of the postwar world’s most daunting leaders, Egypt’s President Nasser and France’s President de Gaulle. As she told a reporter, ‘You don’t get anywhere without a fight, you know.’ Yet Desroches-Noblecourt was not the only woman who played an essential role in the historic endeavor. The other was Jacqueline Kennedy, who persuaded her husband to call on Congress to help fund the rescue effort. After years of Western plunder of Egypt’s ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt did the opposite. She helped preserve a crucial part of Egypt’s cultural heritage, and made sure it remained in its homeland.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2023.
DB115193 Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction

Books for Children

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Books are listed alphabetically within the headings Children's Fiction and Children's Nonfiction by subject category, author last name, and title. For example, the title Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown would be listed in Children's Fiction under the Classics subject category and by the last name Brown.

Children’s Fiction

Adventure

Treasure Tracks
DB114762 4 hours 1 minute
by S.A. Rodriguez
read by Giordan Diaz
“Twelve-year-old Fin drags his reluctant father on a diving hunt for a missing treasure, hoping that finding the family legacy will help his ailing Abuelo.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2022.
DB114762 Treasure Tracks

Animals and Wildlife

Evergreen
DB113434 0 hours 20 minutes
by Matthew Cordell
read by Jill Ferris
“To deliver her mother’s delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup.” — Provided by publisher. For grades K-3. 2023.
DB113434 Evergreen

Hide and Go Beak: The Great Mathemachicken
DB114692 0 hours 25 minutes
by Nancy Krulik
read by Mary March
“A chicken hops a ride to school to see what the humans do there all day and unlocks the superpowers of math and science, which she uses to save the coop.” — Provided by publisher. For grades K-3. 2022.
DB114692 Hide and Go Beak: The Great Mathemachicken

Blindness and Disabilities Fiction

I Will Dance
DB113433 0 hours 16 minutes
by Bo Flood
read by Jill Ferris
“Eva’s cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to do many things, but she longs to dance and, finally, her dream is realized. Includes author’s note and information about Young Dance Company.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2020.
DB113433 I Will Dance

Family

You Will Do Great Things
DB114036 0 hours 6 minutes
by Amerie
read by Amerie
“A young boy’s imagination takes off as he gazes at family photos, whisking him off on a fantastical journey. Along the way, the boy tries exciting and bold new things, ventures into unexplored worlds, and forms deep connections with his multicultural heritage and the ancestors who imbue him with the strength and courage to make a difference.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB114036 You Will Do Great Things

The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story
DB115430 0 hours 7 minutes
by Dezh Azaad
read by Suzanne Toren
“A day in the life of an Afghan refugee child and their family, where every moment revolves around love, family, and the carpet that connects them to home.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB115430 The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story

Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love
DB113068 0 hours 13 minutes
by Michelle Edwards and April Harrison
read by Dwayne Glapion
“Six-year-old Lee will not give up until he can show his big sister Zora, a.k.a. the boss, how good he can sew. Includes instructions on how to make Lee’s smiling moon.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB113068 Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love

Nana, Nenek & Nina
DB113456 0 hours 8 minutes
by Liza Ferneyhough
read by Lindsey Pierce
“Nina’s visits to her two faraway grandmothers—one in Malaysia and one in England—unfold side-by-side, featuring similarities and differences between the two.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB113456 Nana, Nenek & Nina

When Sea Becomes Sky
DB113927 4 hours 14 minutes
by Gillian McDunn
read by Brenna Larsen
“As Pelican Island’s history-making drought wears on, the water level on Bex and Davey’s beloved marsh reveals the hand of a statue that has been underneath the water for who knows how long, and the siblings are determined to find out more.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 5-8. 2023.
DB113927 When Sea Becomes Sky

I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
DB114139 0 hours 8 minutes
by Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson
read by Leslie Odom Jr.
“All different parents watch their children grow, and profess that they love them more than they could ever know.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For Preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB114139 I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know

Fantasy

A Witch Alone
DB113696 7 hours 48 minutes
by James Nicol
read by Elizabeth Knowelden
“During an eventful holiday in Kingsport, Arianwyn is recruited for an important mission: to retrieve the Book of Quiet Glyphs from its hiding place in the Great Wood. But as she returns home to Lull, feyling refugees gather outside the town walls and the hex plagues the forest. As tensions lead to fall-outs with her friends, town squabbles and magical mishaps, Arianwyn faces a sobering truth: she alone can find the book and wield its secrets...her hardest decision yet is whether she is brave enough for it.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2018.
DB113696 A Witch Alone

If Your Babysitter Is a Bruja
DB113863 0 hours 6 minutes
by Ana Siqueira
read by Gabriella Cavallero
“If you get a new babysitter, and it’s almost Halloween, be wary...for she might just be a bruja!” — Provided by publisher. For grades K-3. 2022.
DB113863 If Your Babysitter Is a Bruja

Friendship

All of Us
DB112573 0 hours 4 minutes
by Kathryn Erskine
read by Elizabeth Rose
“Friends can help us understand the world and ourselves, opening our eyes to unique cultures and ideas. In a story that travels the globe, it’s easy to see how the world is a community made up of people who are more similar than we are different.” — Provided by publisher. For grades K-3. 2021.
DB112573 All of Us

The Princesses and the Dragon
DB116526 0 hours 20 minutes
by Valerie Tripp
read by Cassandra Morris
“‘Let’s pretend we live in a castle,’ says Ashlyn. The five friends have great fun being princesses until one day a grumpy dragon appears! The girls try wishes and spells to make the dragon go away. Then Willa, who understands animals, points out that there’s one thing they haven’t tried. But will it work?” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB116526 The Princesses and the Dragon

Ready to Be Royal
DB116529 0 hours 23 minutes
by Valerie Tripp
read by Cassandra Morris
“The WellieWishers’ castle has become a school for royalty! Camille is teaching the others how to curtsy with a crown, ride a unicorn, and make wishes come true. But being princes and princesses takes some practice. Luckily, the mistakes are magical, too.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB116529 Ready to Be Royal

General

We Are Here
DB115894 0 hours 20 minutes
by Tami Charles
read by Tami Charles
“Lyrical, affirmational, and bursting with love, We Are Here is a poignant story about Black and brown heritage and community. Full of assurance, tenderness, and triumph, this much-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling picture book All Because You Matter offers an equally inspirational and arresting ode to all of the Black women and men throughout history who have made momentous contributions from the beginning of time.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB115894 We Are Here

Night in the City
DB115293 0 hours 4 minutes
by Julie Downing
read by Erin Jones
“When children are fast asleep, some people are hard at work keeping the city safe and clean, and when daylight comes they go home to sleep.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB115293 Night in the City

Three Little Engines
DB116136 0 hours 9 minutes
by Bob McKinnon
read by Ulka Simone Mohanty
“Graduation day is finally here! The Little Blue Engine, the Yellow Passenger Engine, and the Red Freight Engine are excited to take their final test of Engine School: making their first solo trip over the mountain. But each engine encounters different challenges and obstacles on their journey.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2021.
DB116136 Three Little Engines

Bulldozer’s Shapes: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
DB113428 0 hours 6 minutes
by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Ethan Long
read by Jill Ferris
“In rhyming text, Bulldozer and Crane work at the construction site circling around the dirt, clearing away triangles of rocks until the perfect building spot has been squared off.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2019.
DB113428 Bulldozer’s Shapes: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Historical Fiction

Meet Claudie
DB116135 1 hour 47 minutes
by Brit Bennett
read by Shayna Small
“Claudie Wells is growing up in 1920s Harlem and is in awe of the artists all around her. Her father is a talented baker, her mother is a reporter for a renowned newspaper, and her boardinghouse mates include a jazz singer, cornet player, and painter. Claudie dreams of having a special talent all her own but struggles to find her calling. When an eviction notice threatens her beloved home, Claudie takes a risk to pursue an idea that just might turn things around. Her story is richly illustrated and includes an introduction from the author.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2022.
DB116135 Meet Claudie

The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Adapted for Young Readers
DB115120 7 hours 23 minutes
by Heather B. Moore and Allison Hong
read by Nancy Wu
“Adapted for young readers. When Tien Fu Wu, a young Chinese girl, is sold into slavery by her gambler father, she is rescued by the women of the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, where she befriends missionary Dolly Cameron.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2023.
DB115120 The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Adapted for Young Readers

Holidays

Love from Llama Llama
DB115990 0 hours 4 minutes
by Anna Dewdney
read by Cassandra Campbell
“Llama Llama talks about all the reasons why love is great and how that special someone makes every day a little brighter.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB115990 Love from Llama Llama

Green Is for Christmas
DB111516 0 hours 4 minutes
by Drew Daywalt
read by Ron Butler
“The crayons fight over who is the true color of Christmas.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB111516 Green Is for Christmas

Mystery and Detective

The Underdogs Fake It Till They Make It
DB113358 1 hour 5 minutes
by Kate Temple and Jol Temple
read by Alexandra Ryan
“Follows a group of bumbling dog detectives and their newest cat recruit as they sniff out the identity of an art forger.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 2-4. 2022.
DB113358 The Underdogs Fake It Till They Make It

The Underdogs Serve It Up
DB113357 1 hour 9 minutes
by Kate Temple and Jol Temple
read by Alexandra Ryan
“In their latest case, the Underdogs must fetch the identity of a tennis ball thief.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 2-4. 2023.
DB113357 The Underdogs Serve It Up

Religious Themes

I’m So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are
DB111957 0 hours 18 minutes
by Ainsley Earhardt
read by Kim Barnes
“Inspired by Scripture, a parent shares their hopes, dreams, and joy for their extraordinary child.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB111957 I’m So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating Who You Are

Scary Stories

The Haunted Car
DB115793 2 hours 34 minutes
by R.L. Stine
read by Crystian Wiltshire
“When his father gets a new car, Mitchell wasn’t prepared for the evil ghost that haunted it.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 4-7. 1999.
DB115793 The Haunted Car

School

The Bright Side
DB113928 0 hours 6 minutes
by Chad Otis
read by Kirby Heyborne
“Sometimes it’s hard to stay positive. Like when you live in an old school bus instead of a normal house. Or when you have mostly just bread and ketchup to eat. And especially when you have to go to a new school where all the other kids already have friends. But the sweet and imaginative boy in this book discovers that he has a tremendous talent he can use: he knows how to look on the bright side! And when he does, he can accomplish just about anything.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB113928 The Bright Side

Not an Easy Win
DB113356 5 hours 25 minutes
by Chrystal D. Giles
read by Nile Bullock
“Nothing has gone right for twelve-year-old Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6. 2023.
DB113356 Not an Easy Win

Science Fiction

The Android: Animorphs
DB115196 3 hours 38 minutes
by Katherine Applegate
read by Ramón de Ocampo
“When Marco runs into his old friend Erek he doesn’t think too much of it. He’s got more important things to do, like helping to save the world. But then Marco finds out Erek’s been hanging with some of the kids at the Sharing, and he starts to think that something just a little weird is going on. So Marco, Jake, and Ax decide to morph and check old Erek out.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2020.
DB115196 The Android: Animorphs

Sports

Joss: Touch the Sky
DB115913 2 hours 54 minutes
by Erin Falligant
read by Rebecca Soler
“Joss Kendrick is always looking for new ways to soar. So when her cheer team needs a new flyer, she can’t wait to step up (literally). Her high-flying skills on her surfboard and skateboard make her a natural for the role. But when her skateboarding act at the talent show turns into a total catastrophe—make that a dog-tastrophe—Joss loses her confidence all around, even at the cheer gym. A big cheer competition is coming up fast, though, and her team is depending on her to nail a tricky stunt. If only Joss could trust them not to drop her. She wants to do an easier stunt, but if she plays it safe, can her team still win? And if they don’t, will her team ever forgive her?” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2022.
DB115913 Joss: Touch the Sky

Children’s Nonfiction

Adventure

To Fly among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts
DB115995 7 hours 6 minutes
by Rebecca Siegel
read by Saskia Maarleveld
“In the 1960s, locked in a heated race to launch the first human into space, the United States selected seven superstar test pilots and former military air fighters to NASA’s astronaut class — the Mercury 7. The men endured grueling training and constant media attention for the honor of becoming America’s first space heroes. But a group of 13 women — accomplished air racers, test pilots, and flight instructors — were enduring those same astronaut tests in secret, hoping to defy social norms and earn a spot among the stars. With thrilling stories of aviation feats, frustrating tales of the fight against sexism, and historical photos, To Fly among the Stars recounts an incredible era of US innovation, and the audacious hope of the women who took their fight for space flight all the way to Washington, DC.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2020.
DB115995 To Fly among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts

Animals and Wildlife

Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer
DB115907 0 hours 14 minutes
by Lynne Cox
read by Kimberly Woods
“A picture book about a sea turtle named Yoshi who has traveled further than any other living animal.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2023.
DB115907 Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer

Horses!
DB116303 0 hours 24 minutes
by Gail Gibbons
read by Corey Pierno
“Presents information on horses, including their physical characteristics, behavior, and how to ride a horse.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades K-3. 2011.
DB116303 Horses!

Biography

El Deafo
DB115388 2 hours 36 minutes
by Cece Bell
read by Avi Roque
“Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the schoo?” — in the hallway ... in the teacher’s lounge ... in the bathroom! This is power, maybe even superpower. Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, listener for all. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different...and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. Newberry Honor; Young Reader’s Choice Award. For grades 4-7. 2023.
DB115388 El Deafo

Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero
DB109168 0 hours 36 minutes
by Megan Hoyt
read by Gabriella Cavallero
“Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders declared that Jewish people should be arrested. To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino’s greatest achievement was something he never told a soul—that he secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death, using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 2-4. 2021.
DB109168 Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero

I Am Walt Disney
DB116298 0 hours 23 minutes
by Brad Meltzer
read by Donté Bonner
“A biography of Walt Disney with a focus on his work making dreams come true for himself and for generations of children.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For preschool-grade 2. 2019.
DB116298 I Am Walt Disney

Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers
DB111953 4 hours 26 minutes
by Juliet Menéndez
read by Gabriella Cavallero
“A celebration of Latinas and Latin American women who followed their dreams, with portraits and short bios.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 3-6. 2021.
DB111953 Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers

Folk and Fairy Tales

Hanging with Vampires
DB114641 2 hours 6 minutes
by Insha Fitzpatrick
read by Paige O’Malley
“An illustrated nonfiction guide to vampires in history, legend, and pop culture.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 4-7. 2023.
DB114641 Hanging with Vampires

Kapaemahu
DB109628 0 hours 26 minutes
by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu and others
read by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
“Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 2-4. 2022.
DB109628 Kapaemahu

Government and Politics

Get Out and Vote! How You Can Shape the Future
DB114205 2 hours 5 minutes
by Elizabeth MacLeod
read by Caroline Hewitt
“Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book introduces readers to voting around the world and discusses why it matters, and challenges young people to exercise their democratic right to cast a ballot.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 4-7. 2023.
DB114205 Get Out and Vote! How You Can Shape the Future

Literature

What Is the Story of Nancy Drew?
DB113931 0 hours 58 minutes
by Dana Meachen Rau
read by Jorjeana Marie
“When the very modern character of Nancy Drew first appeared in 1930, no one had a clue that she would remain a star for the next century! To this day, Nancy is still the main character in new TV shows, movies, and books. What makes her so interesting to so many generations of readers? Nancy can do it all! She’s a daring teenage girl who solves mysteries, expertly drives her famous blue car, cooks like a gourmet chef, swims like a pro, and more! Since her first appearance, the prodigy detective has inspired young readers to believe that they can do it all, too.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6. 2023.
DB113931 What Is the Story of Nancy Drew?

Medicine and Health

Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience
DB116282 4 hours 6 minutes
by Renee Jain and Shefali Tsabary
read by Caren Baruch-Feldman
“An anti-anxiety toolkit of easy-to-understand methods for recognizing anxious behaviors and identifying the causes of worried thinking.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2020.
DB116282 Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience

Music

King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
DB111560 0 hours 33 minutes
by Stephen Costanza
read by Jake Williams
“A picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.” — Provided by publisher. For grades K-3. 2021.
DB111560 King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin

Nature and the Environment

How Does a Seed Sprout? Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
DB113066 0 hours 4 minutes
by Eric Carle
read by Mary March
“In this nonfiction story, young readers explore the transformation of a seed into a tree.” — Provided by publisher. For preschool-grade 2. 2022.
DB113066 How Does a Seed Sprout? Life Cycles with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Can I Recycle This? A Kid’s Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics
DB114204 0 hours 25 minutes
by Jennie Romer
read by Eva Wilhelm
“When you throw something away, it might feel like it simply disappears, but actually, it’s only just starting its journey. In this book, pollution expert Jennie Romer introduces all the smart machines and conveyor belts, cameras, and magnets that make recycling work. You’ll discover not only why we recycle, but also how—and then how to do it better. This book will give you the tools you need to be a recycling expert and a plastic pollution warrior.” — Provided by publisher. For grades K-3. 2023.
DB114204 Can I Recycle This? A Kid’s Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics

Poetry

Remember
DB115904 0 hours 7 minutes
by Joy Harjo
read by Joy Harjo
“Picture book adaptation of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s iconic poem, Remember.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades K-3. 2023.
DB115904 Remember

Science

The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey
DB111901 0 hours 57 minutes
by Jason Chin
read by Joy Jones
“A book exploring the world of the very small, delving deep into the microscopic spaces just beneath our skin.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 2-4. 2022.
DB111901 The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey

Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World
DB116119 3 hours 54 minutes
by Yuval Noah Harari
read by Rosa Howard
“This illustrated book for middle-grade readers looks at the early history of humankind. Even though we’ll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive — and we’re the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become unstoppable? From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2022.
DB116119 Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World

Sports and Recreation

Miracle Moments in Sports
DB115138 0 hours 18 minutes
by Kenny Abdo
read by Nicole Gose
“Have your mind blown by sport’s biggest miracles with these thrilling and informative books. Young readers will learn about the most unbelievable moments in the history of baseball, hockey, football, and more! These books will have readers ready to believe! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO. Includes Miracle Moments in Baseball, Miracle Moments in Basketball, Miracle Moments in Football, Miracle Moments in Hockey, Miracle Moments in Soccer, and Miracle Moments in Tennis.” — Provided by publisher. Commercial audiobook. For grades 2-4. 2023.
DB115138 Miracle Moments in Sports

Are We Having Fun Yet? The Human Quest for a Good Time
DB114202 1 hours 58 minutes
by Maria Birmingham
read by Mark Ashby
“This nonfiction illustrated book for middle-grade readers explores how and why people have had fun over the course of human history.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 4-7. 2023.
DB114202 Are We Having Fun Yet? The Human Quest for a Good Time

U.S. History

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
DB111947 1 hours 10 minutes
by Ebony Joy Wilkins
read by Jake Williams
“What do you know about the Underground Railroad? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic’s If You Lived...series answers all of kids’ most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is the perfect partner for the classroom and for history-loving readers. How did the Underground Railroad get its name? Why is it called a railroad? How did people find it? Who operated it? Ebony Joy Wilkins answers all these questions and more in this comprehensive guide to the Underground Railroad. A great choice for Civil War units, and for teaching children about this important part of American history.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 2-4. 2022.
DB111947 If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad

World History

Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
DB114182 0 hours 20 minutes
by Elisa Boxer
read by Erin Jones
“During World War II, families all across Europe huddled together in basements, attics, and closets as Nazi soldiers rounded up anyone Jewish. The Star of David, a symbol of faith and pride, became a tool of hate when the Nazis forced Jewish people to carry papers stamped with that star, so that it was clear who to capture. But many brave souls dared to help them. Jewish teenager Jacqueline Gauthier, a member of the French Resistance who had to conceal her identity, was one who risked her life in secret workshops, forging papers with new names and without stars in order to help others escape. But how to get these life-saving papers to families in hiding? An ordinary wooden toy duck held the answer, a hidden compartment: hope in a hollow.” — Provided by publisher. For grades 2-4. 2023.
DB114182 Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust

International Language

Los libros presentes en esta edición de Talking Book Topics (Temas de Libros Parlantes) se enviaron recientemente a las bibliotecas de cooperación. La colección completa contiene una amplia gama de libros de ficción y no ficción, incluyendo biografías, clásicos, de vaqueros, misterio, romance y otros.

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Nota: Puede aparecer un aviso inmediatamente a continuación de la descripción del libro para indicar escenas de violencia, lenguaje violento o descripciones de sexo. La palabra “algunas” antes de cualquiera de estos términos indica un hecho ocasional o poco frecuente, como por ejemplo “lenguaje violento poco frecuente”. Los audiolibros comerciales de los cuales el NLS no tiene acceso al libro impreso, pueden presentar el aviso “sin calificación”, lo que significa que el libro puede contener o no violencia, lenguaje violento o descripciones de sexo.

Spanish

A Contraluz
DB114082 7 hours 7 minutes
by Rachel Cusk
read by Cecilia Anaya
“A novel in ten conversations between a novelist and the various people she encounters while teaching a creative writing course in Athens, Greece. She mostly listens, but her responses slowly reveal truths about her.” — Provided by NLS. Spanish language. 2016.

“Una escritora inglesa llega a Atenas en pleno verano para impartir unos cursos de escritura. Durante su estancia en la capital griega, la gente que va encontrándose decide sincerarse con ella y contarle aspectos importantes sobre sus propias vidas. En el calor sofocante de la ciudad, los diferentes interlocutores confiesan sus amores, sus ambiciones y miedos a la narradora, de quien apenas sabemos que está separada y es madre de dos hijos. De este modo, una secuencia de voces ajenas va trazando un complejo tapiz humano que acabará perfilando por contraste la personalidad de la narradora y los sucesos más decisivos de su vida: el sentimiento de la pérdida, la búsqueda de un sentido a la vida familiar, la dificultad de establecer lazos de confianza o el misterio de la creatividad. A contraluz nos habla de cómo construimos nuestra identidad a partir de nuestra propia vida y de la de los demás.” — Goodreads. Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2014. 2016
DB114082 A Contraluz

Fortuna
DB114667 12 hours 8 minutes
by Hernán Díaz
read by Luis Alberto Orozco
“Everyone in 1920s New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune?” — Provided by NLS. Pulitzer Prize. Spanish language. 2023.

“En los triunfales años veinte, Benjamin Rask y su esposa Helen dominan Nueva York: él, un magnate financiero que ha amasado una fortuna; ella, la hija de unos excéntricos aristócratas. Pero a medida que la década se acerca a su fin, y sus excesos revelan un lado oscuro, a los Rask empiezan a rodearlos las sospechas...Ese es el punto de partida de Obligaciones, una exitosa novela de 1937 que todo Nueva York parece haber lei?do y que cuenta una historia que puede, sin embargo, contarse de algunas otras formas.” — Proporcionada por la editorial. Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2022. Premio Pulitzer. 2023
DB114667 Fortuna

Winterness
DB114241 3 hours 50 minutes
by Juan Dicent
read by Reynaldo Infante
“Combining a lively satirical wit and an pitch-perfect ear for the inflections and nuances of the immigrants’ spanglish, the short stories of Juan Dicent, Dominican short story writer and poet and newyorker by residence, manage to elicit both rawness and tenderness in their portrayal of latin families building a new world, very much their own, in New York City. Both cultured and streetwise, Dicent’s impeccable technique of indirectly illuminating emotions while still retaining a thoroughly fresh and inventive approach to story telling manages to pack quite an emotional wallop in stories just a few pages long, delivering a wildly innovative take on a culture previously portrayed by his compatriot Junot Díaz. — Provided by publisher. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2012.

“Winterness es como una montaña rusa que conecta Nueva York y Bonao, ciudades nevadas y cálidos parajes, el inglés y el español. Por esa estructura de metal con subidas y bajadas se deslizan 18 textos en prosa y 3 poemas que nos hablan de la vida del Dominicano en Estados Unidos. Con sus pinceladas nerviosas, Juan Dicent describe la alienación del inmigrante y la nostalgia del país de origen.” — Proporcionada por la editorial. Contiene lenguaje ofensivo y algunas descripciones de índole sexual. 2012
DB114241 Winterness

Me quiero, te quiero: Una guía para desarrollar relaciones sanas (y mejorar las que ya tienes)
DB114992 5 hours 22 minutes
by María Esclapez
read by María Esclapez
“María Esclapez, a psychologist with a great social media following, offers this helpful guide to improve your relationships. A toxic relationship is one that generates discomfort. Something toxic, as its name indicates, is something that is bad or harmful to us. Reading this book will help you detect harmful or toxic situations that may be happening in your relationships, and you will learn to set limits for your own well-being, thus strengthening your self-esteem.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Spanish language. 2023.

“Una guía para mejorar tus relaciones, de la mano de María Esclapez, la psicóloga y divulgadora que arrasa en redes. Un vínculo tóxico es aquel que genera malestar. Algo tóxico, como indica su nombre, es algo malo o dañino para nosotros. Con este libro podrás detectar las situaciones dañinas o tóxicas que puedan darse en tus relaciones y aprenderás a poner límites para tu bienestar, reforzando así tu autoestima. Porque te quiero, pero primero me quiero a mí.” — Proporcionada por la editorial. Sin calificación. Audiolibro comercial. 2023
DB114992 Me quiero, te quiero: Una guía para desarrollar relaciones sanas (y mejorar las que ya tienes)

La Sombra de Miztlán
DB113602 5 hours 11 minutes
by Jesús Escudero
read by Tenoch Huerta
“This Anahuaca fantasy novel brings us closer to the magic of the pre-Columbian world. To the winged serpents, the chaneques, the quinametzin of the mountains and the witches of the lakes. To the capricious gods and, of course, the heroes willing to go against their dark designs. The story follows the journey of Centéotl in his quest to rescue the princess Xúchitl from the clutches of a camazotz (bat demon). On his journey he will be aided by Chalchihuitl, the princess’s winged serpent, who will help him traverse the skies of the One World, passing through the mountains of flower and song, the lakes of Astlán, the mountains of Mitla, and even the depths of Miztlán, the realm of death.” — Translation provided by NLS.; Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Spanish language. 2022.

“Esta novela de fantasía anahuaca nos acerca a la magia del mundo precolombino. A las serpientes aladas, los chaneques, los quinametzin de la montaña y las brujas de los lagos. A los dioses caprichosos y, desde luego, los héroes dispuestos a ir en contra de sus oscuros designios. La historia sigue el viaje de Centéotl en su búsqueda por rescatar a la princesa Xúchitl de las garras de un camazotz (demonio murciélago). En su travesía contará con la ayuda de Chalchihuitl, la serpiente alada de la princesa, quien lo ayudará a recorrer los cielos del Único Mundo, pasando por los montes de la flor y el canto, los lagos de Astlán, las montañas de Mitla e incluso las profundidades del Miztlán, el reino de la muerte.” — Amazon.com.; Sin calificación. Audiolibro comercial. 2022
DB113602 La Sombra de Miztlán

La Otra Isabel
DB114380 20 hours 0 minutes
by Laura Martínez-Belli
read by Gabriela Betancourt
“In 1521, the Aztec empire collapses. Tecuixpo, Montezuma’s favorite daughter, is taken prisoner by the Spanish conquistadors, who are responsible for the death of her father and the bloody defeat of her people. Now, baptized as Isabel, she is forced to live according to the customs and religion of her captors. Immersed in a world of intrigue, betrayal and death, life has a final blow in store for her: her first daughter will be taken from her by Hernán Cortés, the man she hates the most. Decades later, a young mestiza orphan named Leonor will have to confront all those who, upon her return to New Spain, want to keep her subjugated in order to hide from her the extraordinary inheritance that is rightfully hers. — Translation provided by NLS. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Spanish language. 2021.

“1521, el imperio azteca se derrumba. Tecuixpo, la hija favorita de Moctezuma, es hecha prisionera por los conquistadores españoles, quienes son responsables de la muerte de su padre y la sangrienta derrota de su pueblo. Ahora, bautizada como Isabel, se ve obligada a vivir según las costumbres y la religión de sus captores. Inmersa en un mundo de intriga, traición y muerte, la vida le tiene reservado un golpe final: su primera hija le será arrebatada por Hernán Cortés, el hombre al que más odia. Décadas más tarde, Leonor, una joven huérfana y mestiza, tendrá que enfrentarse a todos los que a su regreso a la Nueva España quieren mantenerla sometida para ocultarle la extraordinaria herencia que le corresponde.” — Proporcionada por la editorial. Sin calificación. Audiolibro comercial. 2021
DB114380 La Otra Isabel