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See picks from all bookstoresCome Again
By: Robert Webb
Narrated by: Olivia Colman
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Can you fall in love for the first time twice? A recently widowed women is about to find out when she wakes up and finds herself eighteen again in this "highly entertaining" story of second chances (Guardian) by the star of Peep Show
Kate's husband Luke -- the man she loved from the moment she met him twenty-eight years ago -- died suddenly.... Read more
Dear Emmie Blue
By: Lia Louis
Narrated by: Katy Sobey
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
In this charming and poignant novel that “oozes charm and wit and speaks beautifully about friendship and love, and the differences between the two” (Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You to Know), teenager Emmie Blue releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the sky, only to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it.... Read more
View audiobookWhat You Wish For
By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Katherine Center & Thérèse Plummer
Length: 11 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
"Joyfully and warmly narrated by [Therese] Plummer, this is a beautiful story about grasping happiness and joy alongside immense sorrow and pain...This warm-hearted listen with an energetic narrator is sure to please." -- Booklist
This program includes an author's note, read by the author
From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk... Read more
The Well-Gardened Mind
By: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrated by: Sue Stuart-Smith
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents “a truly uplifting book on the power of gardening—and how it can change people’s lives” (Stylist, UK).
The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the “real” life that lies outside. When we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life... Read more
Building Resilience in Children and Teens, 4th ed
By: Kenneth R. Ginsburg
Narrated by: Miles Meili
Length: 15 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Help prepare the children and teens in your life to face life's challenges with grace and grit. In this award-winning guide, author and pediatrician Dr. Ken Ginsburg shares his 7 crucial Cs: competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control. You'll discover how to incorporate these concepts into your parenting... Read more
View audiobookDeep Delta Justice
By: Matthew Van Meter
Narrated by: Brad Sanders
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Finalist for 2021 Audie Award in History/Biography
The book that inspired the documentary A Crime on the Bayou
2021 Chautauqua Prize Finalist
The "arresting, astonishing history" of one lawyer and his defendant who together achieved a "civil rights milestone" (Justin Driver).
In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary... Read more
A Star Is Bored
By: Byron Lane
Narrated by: Noah Galvin
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by Noah Galvin, who starred in The Good Doctor, Dear Evan Hansen, The Real O'Neals, and Booksmart.
"A Star is Bored is an absolute knockout. Riotously funny and wickedly tender."
— Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six
People Magazine Best Book of Summer 2020 - Named a Must-Read... Read more
A Good Apology
By: Molly Howes
Narrated by: Molly Howes & Maggi-Meg Reed
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Through its four essential steps, A GOOD APOLOGY gives groundbreaking advice on how best to make an effective apology toward rebuilding any relationship, for readers of The Body Keeps the Score.
We've all done something wrong or made a mistake or insulted someone -- even if by accident. We've all been hurt and wanted the other person to help us... Read more
The House in the Woods
By: Mark Dawson
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Four murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime.
On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it's clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy.
At first it seems like an open and shut... Read more
The Eagle Huntress
By: Aisholpan Nurgaiv
Narrated by: Alexa Khan
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in—and win—one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions.
In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York... Read more
Strange Hotel
By: Eimear McBride
Narrated by: Eimear McBride
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
"The narrative is complex, but McBride's indulgent tone, modulated voice, and on-point pacing carry it forward and make it appeal to listeners' emotions. This poignant story of love, loss, and self-exploration will linger in listeners' minds." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
From Eimear McBride, author of the award-winning A Girl... Read more
Kent State
By: Deborah Wiles
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged: No
From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.May 4, 1970.Kent State University.As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen are called in. In the chaos of what happens next,... Read more
View audiobookThink Like a Rocket Scientist
By: Ozan Varol
Narrated by: Ozan Varol
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
* One of Inc.com's "6 Books You Need to Read in 2020 (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)"* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of 2020* One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020 (according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant).
A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies... Read more
Suggested Reading
By: Dave Connis
Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In this hilarious and thought-provoking contemporary teen standalone that’s perfect for fans of Moxie, a bookworm finds a way to fight back when her school bans dozens of classic and meaningful books.Clara Evans is horrified when she discovers her principal’s “prohibited media” hit list. The iconic books on the list have been pulled from the... Read more
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