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Keep it moving : lessons for the rest of your life
by Twyla Tharp
The best-selling author of The Creative Habit shares her secrets for harnessing vitality and finding purpose as one ages, offering a guidebook for expanding one’s possibilities over the course of a lifetime.
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| Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar; narrated by Maggie SiffWhat it's about: Years after a sinister gift-giving box wreaked havoc on her childhood, 37-year-old Gwendy finds it in her possession again.
Narration: Sons of Anarchy actress Maggie Siff's warm reading belies the escalating dread in this sequel to Gwendy's Button Box (which nabbed Siff an AudioFile Earphones Award). |
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| Highfire by Eoin Colfer; narrated by Johnny Heller Introducing: Wyvern, Lord Highfire -- "Vern" for short. This 3,000-year-old dragon, the last of his kind, spends his days drinking vodka and watching TV in the Louisiana bayou.
Narration: AudioFile Golden Voice narrator Johnny Heller imbues this quirky yet violent fantasy with a playful reading. |
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| Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin; narrated by Robin Miles What it is: a sweeping family saga set in the real-life Nova Scotia community founded in the 18th century by black people displaced by British imperial ambitions. The story follows two families through a century of racism, identity struggles, deprivation, and resilience.
Narration: Robin Miles' lively yet measured tone grounds the episodic nature of the multigenerational storyline. |
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Mobituaries : great lives worth reliving
by Mo Rocca
The popular television correspondent and writer presents an irreverent celebration of the dead people who made life worth living, chronicling the stories of less-remembered notables, from political families and sitcom characters to a forgotten Founding Father.
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A long petal of the sea : a novel
by Isabel Allende
Sponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.
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When We Were Vikings
by Andrew David Macdonald
Discovering that her brother has rationalized unethical measures to keep them afloat, rule-driven Zelda follows examples from Viking culture to pursue a legendary life that tests the limits of her courage.
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The Other Mrs.
by Mary Kubica
Unnerved by her husband’s inheritance of a decrepit coastal property and the presence of a disturbed relative, community newcomer Sadie uncovers harrowing facts about her family’s possible role in a neighbor’s murder.
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The whispers of war
by Julia Kelly
Three friends struggle between their loyalties to England and each other when one of them is threatened with internment by the British government for her German heritage during World War II. By the award-winning author of The Light Over London.
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