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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....
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Breathtaking!
- By Sally M. on 14-06-23
By: Abraham Verghese
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The New York Trilogy
- By: Paul Auster
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels....
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Not very enjoyable
- By Grace on 17-05-10
By: Paul Auster
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.
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Life changing
- By Thomas on 14-04-15
By: Paulo Coelho
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The Moon Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 5
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland....
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I've been looking forward to this
- By Kittykins on 31-01-19
By: Lucinda Riley
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Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier....
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Visionary, violent, yet redemptive. A masterpiece.
- By Peter Kettle on 07-04-13
By: Cormac McCarthy
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Charlotte
- By: Helen Moffett
- Narrated by: Isabella Inchbald
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Everybody thinks that Charlotte Lucas has no prospects. She is 27 years old, unmarried, plain and seemingly without ambition....
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A SATURDAY LISTEN
- By Amazon Customer on 14-11-20
By: Helen Moffett
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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....
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Breathtaking!
- By Sally M. on 14-06-23
By: Abraham Verghese
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The New York Trilogy
- By: Paul Auster
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels....
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Not very enjoyable
- By Grace on 17-05-10
By: Paul Auster
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The Alchemist
- A Fable About Following Your Dream
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Combining magic, wisdom, and wonder into an inspiring tale of discovery, this is a modern classic narrated by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.
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Life changing
- By Thomas on 14-04-15
By: Paulo Coelho
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The Moon Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 5
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland....
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I've been looking forward to this
- By Kittykins on 31-01-19
By: Lucinda Riley
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Blood Meridian
- Or the Evening Redness in the West
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier....
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Visionary, violent, yet redemptive. A masterpiece.
- By Peter Kettle on 07-04-13
By: Cormac McCarthy
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Charlotte
- By: Helen Moffett
- Narrated by: Isabella Inchbald
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Everybody thinks that Charlotte Lucas has no prospects. She is 27 years old, unmarried, plain and seemingly without ambition....
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A SATURDAY LISTEN
- By Amazon Customer on 14-11-20
By: Helen Moffett
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The Split
- By: S.E. Lynes
- Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Last night, we celebrated our anniversary. Over candlelight, we talked about the children, our work, and I was so happy, and felt so loved. But the next morning, when I check my phone, there is a message. From a friend.
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A fantastic story about communication
- By Angi Booksnbanter on 20-03-24
By: S.E. Lynes
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The Kite Runner
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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The movie adaptation of The Kite Runner has been nominated for a 2008 Academy Award.
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
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Touching and gripping.
- By Laura on 02-07-05
By: Khaled Hosseini
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Never Let Me Go
- 20th anniversary edition
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Kerry Fox
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In one of the most acclaimed novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England....
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Haunting and thought provoking
- By Stephibobz on 08-09-15
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
- By: John Irving
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 27 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended.....
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An amazing and memorable book
- By Kirstine on 17-05-14
By: John Irving
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A Clock Stopped Dead
- By: J.M. Hall
- Narrated by: Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Retired teachers Pat, Liz and Thelma are happiest whiling away their hours over coffee, cake and chat at the Thirsk Garden Centre café. But when their good friend tells them about unsettling experience she had in a sinister-feeling charity shop, they simply can’t resist investigating....
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Jarring in places
- By Happy Shopper on 22-04-24
By: J.M. Hall
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The Poisonwood Bible
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Dean Robertson
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
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The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959....
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Read this book to get the most out of it!
- By Kerry on 16-03-11
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Neverwhere
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Christopher Lee, James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
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Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere....
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Amazing Story, Amazing Cast, Amazing Soundscape..
- By James on 05-09-13
By: Neil Gaiman
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The Secret of Crickley Hall
- By: James Herbert
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 18 hrs
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There is an old, empty house in Devil's Cleave, a deep gorge that leads from the high moors down to the harbour village of Hollow Bay....
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swish-THWACK
- By h on 23-12-12
By: James Herbert
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Piranesi
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has....
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Slow grind, for me
- By indigoblue on 22-10-20
By: Susanna Clarke
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Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of 20th-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future, narrated here by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins....
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Fantastic story, worth getting into...
- By Mr on 27-02-17
By: Ray Bradbury
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Silent Victims
- Prime Suspect, Book 3
- By: Lynda La Plante
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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When a body is found in one of London's poorest districts, the coroner's report identifies the victim as young, black and female, but impossibly anonymous....
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whispering and shouting
- By Molly on 19-07-22
By: Lynda La Plante
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The Woman I Was Before
- By: Kerry Fisher
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Gisela, Sally and Kate become close when they move into the same new housing estate. But behind their shiny front doors, each has something to hide....
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Beautiful - Kerry, thank you so much
- By DD on 24-05-19
By: Kerry Fisher
New Releases
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Polyamorous Love Song
- By: Jacob Wren
- Narrated by: Alex MacDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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From interdisciplinary writer and performer Jacob Wren comes Polyamorous Love Song, a novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. Shot through with unexpected moments of sex and violence, listeners will become acquainted with a world that is at once the same and opposite from the one in which they live.
By: Jacob Wren
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The Book Wanderer
- By: Nata Leah
- Narrated by: Helena Alice Monger
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The political turmoil of the 1990s in Georgia compels Liza Adamia,15, to relocate to England in pursuit of a better future. To escape her thorny life, Liza seeks solace in the world of books, where the outside fades away, allowing her to lose herself in the flow of time and surroundings. As an ardent reader, she decides to study British Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, where she encounters Daniel Davis, an enthusiastic writer who sparks the love that faces adversities.
By: Nata Leah
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Naked Girl
- By: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Narrated by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up motherless in 1980's Miami Beach, Sienna and her little brother Siddhartha get by with their charismatic and capricious father, Jackson Jones. When a small windfall relocates them to a condemned mansion on the water, the siblings are forbidden traditional schooling and left to live off the land. As Jackson uses their new home to create a communal cult, the siblings are forced to raise themselves in a carefree, chaotic oasis. Living amidst the vagrant seekers who take up residence in Jackson's utopia, Sienna and Siddhartha strive to protect their unconventional family.
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Lost in Perdition
- By: Shana Mavournin
- Narrated by: Mark Torres
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack Harper, a former drug addict living on the streets of Lincoln Nebraska, is no ordinary homeless man. Self-deprecating, humble, and searching for answers, Jack spends his days in complete anonymity and is content in his solitary existence until he meets Kate and her young son, Jacky. The child is instantly smitten with Jack which endears his young mother to the bedraggled man. As their friendship grows, it becomes clear to Jack that things are not always as they seem and life works in mysterious ways.
By: Shana Mavournin
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Detached
- By: Alisa Burris
- Narrated by: Samantha Christine
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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After a sudden fire almost burns down one of their units, neighbors Wanda Lindstrom, Charlotte Murray, and Marcy Seele are thrust into immediate turmoil. But the trauma only worsens when a brutal murder is discovered within the ashes. As details of the homicide unfold, white nationalism and the various relationships to this controversial victim intertwine, heightening the women's complicated reactions.
By: Alisa Burris
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The Last Bird of Paradise
- By: Clifford Garstang
- Narrated by: Amelie Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Two women, nearly a century apart, seek to rebuild their lives when they reluctantly leave their homelands. Arriving in Singapore, they find romance in a tropical paradise, but also find they haven't left behind the dangers that caused them to flee.
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Polyamorous Love Song
- By: Jacob Wren
- Narrated by: Alex MacDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From interdisciplinary writer and performer Jacob Wren comes Polyamorous Love Song, a novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. Shot through with unexpected moments of sex and violence, listeners will become acquainted with a world that is at once the same and opposite from the one in which they live.
By: Jacob Wren
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The Book Wanderer
- By: Nata Leah
- Narrated by: Helena Alice Monger
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The political turmoil of the 1990s in Georgia compels Liza Adamia,15, to relocate to England in pursuit of a better future. To escape her thorny life, Liza seeks solace in the world of books, where the outside fades away, allowing her to lose herself in the flow of time and surroundings. As an ardent reader, she decides to study British Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, where she encounters Daniel Davis, an enthusiastic writer who sparks the love that faces adversities.
By: Nata Leah
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Naked Girl
- By: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Narrated by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up motherless in 1980's Miami Beach, Sienna and her little brother Siddhartha get by with their charismatic and capricious father, Jackson Jones. When a small windfall relocates them to a condemned mansion on the water, the siblings are forbidden traditional schooling and left to live off the land. As Jackson uses their new home to create a communal cult, the siblings are forced to raise themselves in a carefree, chaotic oasis. Living amidst the vagrant seekers who take up residence in Jackson's utopia, Sienna and Siddhartha strive to protect their unconventional family.
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Lost in Perdition
- By: Shana Mavournin
- Narrated by: Mark Torres
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Jack Harper, a former drug addict living on the streets of Lincoln Nebraska, is no ordinary homeless man. Self-deprecating, humble, and searching for answers, Jack spends his days in complete anonymity and is content in his solitary existence until he meets Kate and her young son, Jacky. The child is instantly smitten with Jack which endears his young mother to the bedraggled man. As their friendship grows, it becomes clear to Jack that things are not always as they seem and life works in mysterious ways.
By: Shana Mavournin
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Detached
- By: Alisa Burris
- Narrated by: Samantha Christine
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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After a sudden fire almost burns down one of their units, neighbors Wanda Lindstrom, Charlotte Murray, and Marcy Seele are thrust into immediate turmoil. But the trauma only worsens when a brutal murder is discovered within the ashes. As details of the homicide unfold, white nationalism and the various relationships to this controversial victim intertwine, heightening the women's complicated reactions.
By: Alisa Burris
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The Last Bird of Paradise
- By: Clifford Garstang
- Narrated by: Amelie Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Two women, nearly a century apart, seek to rebuild their lives when they reluctantly leave their homelands. Arriving in Singapore, they find romance in a tropical paradise, but also find they haven't left behind the dangers that caused them to flee.
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Involuntary Bliss
- By: Devon Code
- Narrated by: Hugh Gunz
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Intense and densely layered, Involuntary Bliss is the latest intriguing story from the award-winning young Canadian writer Devon Code. Situated in modern-day Montreal during a weekend in late August, two young men attempt to restore their friendship.
By: Devon Code
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Broken Parts Included
- By: Alyson Root
- Narrated by: Lillia Green
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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For as long as Lydia Archer can remember, her life has been a balancing act between a tireless battle with her health and the tireless search for "the one." She's put herself out there time and again, yet still, has found nobody prepared for the rollercoaster of her mystery ailment. Persistent pain and dismissive doctors are Lydia’s constant shadow. Just as Lydia begins to think that her beloved pup Monty is the only one who can handle her brokenness, her sister’s best friend, Halle, steps in to save her health and quite possibly, her heart.
By: Alyson Root
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What Happened in the Forest
- By: Rudolph Bader
- Narrated by: Colette Redgrave
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Philomena Webster, a quiet woman in her late forties, is seen as a dry old hag by most people in her village. She forms a friendship with a father and his son in the same village, but otherwise keeps to herself. Yet, there is much more to Philomena than meets the eye. She has had love affairs, is knowledgeable about music and literature and has written a series of best-selling novels under a pen-name, which gives her financial independence.
By: Rudolph Bader
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Bystander
- By: Mike Steeves
- Narrated by: Greg Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Bystander is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the listener to examine what it means to be a good neighbor.
By: Mike Steeves
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A Storm Does This Way Come
- By: J. C. Fields
- Narrated by: Paul J McSorley
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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Late one evening, on a fog-shrouded suspension footbridge, Dakota Storm stares into the abyss below. The din of rushing water over boulders seventy-five feet below intensifies the pain he feels over the loss of his wife and toddler son. How simple would it be to step off the bridge and end his unrelenting grief? Through the clamor of his thoughts and a roaring stream, he recognizes the yelp of a wounded dog. With his original purpose for being on the bridge forgotten, he rushes toward the sound. He finds a trapped and starving border collie. Rescuing the canine becomes his focus.
By: J. C. Fields
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The Alternatives
- By: Caoilinn Hughes
- Narrated by: Sarah Bolger, Aisling Franciosi, Caoilinn Hughes, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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The Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties – all single, all with PhDs – they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London’s Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth’s future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home.
By: Caoilinn Hughes
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Enlightenment
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
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Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits - torn between their commitment to religion and their desire for more. But their friendship is threatened by the arrival of romantic love. Thomas falls for James Bower, who runs the local museum. Together they develop an obsession with the vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and whose identity might finally be revealed when a startling discovery is made.
By: Sarah Perry
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Three Burials
- By: Anders Lustgarten
- Narrated by: Louise Mai Newberry
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Meet Cherry, a bandit queen on the run, driving a pink soft-top convertible through the Badlands of Southeast England. She's never felt more Thelma and Louise in her life - except there are three of them in the car and one of them is dead. How did a head nurse and mother of two end up driving a handcuffed policeman and the corpse of a murdered refugee on a journey to find justice? Pursued by a racist, roid-raged, shaven-headed officer of the law - not to mention by her husband and daughter - what else can a woman with a conscience do in modern Britain?
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Mission
- By: Paul Forrester-O'Neill
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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After being separated by an unforgivable lie, a dying father tells his son about the con men who cheated him of all he had - and the small North western town called Mission that spurned him. Now it is time for revenge. What follows is a twisting story of guile and brutality, mud and gold, as the old man's enemies are played by a young man who has nothing to lose and everything to gain
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My Heart Cries for Justice
- By: Folashade Ajiboye
- Narrated by: Claire Glover
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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My Heart Cries for Justice is a book that dives into the tough reality of a young girl named Tife in Nigeria. Tife dreams of a future, but her world crumbles when she faces assault. The story unveils the struggles familiar to many girls globally, shedding light on a broken system and a society that often ignores survivors' pain. Tife fights for justice, finding strength in connections and community.
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Sewing Moonlight
- By: Kyle Mewburn
- Narrated by: Toby Webster
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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New Zealand, 1928. When Wilhelm Erdinger arrives in the sleepy village of Falters Mill, claiming to want nothing more than to be left alone to pursue a self-sufficient life, the locals are more than happy to oblige. Against all expectations, his life flourishes, and he discovers both unexpected friendship and love. But as war marches ever closer, it is not the locals' growing antipathy against the German in their midst that threatens to bring his tenuous happiness crashing down, but a dark secret from his past.
By: Kyle Mewburn
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The Deed
- By: Susannah Begbie
- Narrated by: Sibylla Budd
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Edwards is dying, and cranky. He's made his peace with the dying part. But he'd bet his property - the whole ten thousand acres of it - that there'd be no wailing at his funeral. His kids wouldn't be able to chop down a tree, let alone build a coffin to bury him in. Then Tom has an idea ...Christine is furious, David ashen-faced, and Sophie distracted. Only Jenny listens carefully as Vince Barton, of Barton & Sons, reads their father's will. Either they build his coffin - in four days - or they lose their inheritance. All of it.
By: Susannah Begbie