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New Audiobooks November 2018
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Check out what's new in Fiction:
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Forever and a Day
by Anthony Horowitz
The sea keeps its secrets. But not this time. One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It’s time for a new agent to step up. "M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. 'We have no choice. We’re just going to bring forward this other chap you’ve been preparing. But you didn’t tell me his name.' ‘It’s Bond, sir,' the Chief of Staff replied. 'James Bond.'" A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale. Read by Matthew Goode.
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The Fox
by Frederick Forsyth
A massive cybercrime has been committed and firewalls thought to be impenetrable have been breached. All indications point to a team of cyber-experts in the employ of an American enemy, but who, and why? The culprit, it turns out, is an English teenager with no agenda, just a blisteringly brilliant mind. Read by David Rintoul.
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An Irish Country Cottage
by Patrick Taylor
The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. The Christmas holidays have barely passed before a fire engulfs the humble thatched cottage housing of Donal Donnally and his family. Although the family escapes the blaze more or less unsinged, the Donnallys find themselves with nothing left but the clothes on their back. Good thing Doctors O’Reilly and Laverty are on hand to rally the good people of Ballybucklebo to come to their aid. Read by John Keating.
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Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty
Gathering at a remote health resort for a 10-day fitness program, nine strangers and their enigmatic host become subjects of interest to a brokenhearted novelist who develops uncomfortable doubts about the resort's real agenda. Read by Caroline Lee.
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The Noel Stranger
by Richard Paul Evans
Still healing from a shocking betrayal and subsequent divorce, Maggie is trying to find her Christmas spirit when she meets Andrew, the handsome man who owns the Christmas tree lot. But just when Maggie thinks she has finally found happiness, she discovers a dark secret from Andrew's past. Read by Erin Mallon.
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The Piranhas : The Boy Bosses of Naples: A Novel
by Roberto Saviano
Nicholas, a member of one of Naples' mafia-run child gangs, aspires to be more than just a lacky, but he soon finds his ambition getting him into trouble. Read by Edoardo Ballerini.
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The Witch Elm
by Tana French
| Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life: he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden. As detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed. Read by Paul Nugent. |
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Devotion : Why I Write
by Patti Smith
A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture’s beloved artists offers a detailed account of her own creative process, inspirations, and unexpected connections. Read by the author.
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Leadership
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Ordinary Time draws on five decades of scholarship to offer an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth and exercise of leadership as demonstrated by Presidents Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR and Johnson. Read by Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Thomas with an introduction and epilogue read by the author.
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