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New eAudiobooks January 2021
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New eAudiobooks from OverDrive/Libby
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This Time Next Year
by Sophie Cousens
Born in the shadow of a boy who was born moments earlier and heralded as 1990 London’s first baby, Minnie encounters her more fortunate rival on various disastrous birthdays before making unexpected discoveries when they both turn 30.
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The Chicken Sisters
by K. J. Dell'Antonia
A more than three-decade feud between two Kansas families implodes when a daughter who left one of the families to marry into the other brings the story of their fried-chicken competition to the attention of a popular reality show.
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Clean Mind, Clean Body
by Tara Stiles
The founder and owner of Strala Yoga presents a life-changing 28-day detox for body and mind that adapts ancient healing practices for modern living and clean living rules for life.
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How to Fail at Flirting
by Denise Williams
Challenged by her friends to start enjoying her life when her university department is cut, a Type-A overachiever embarks on a daring to-do list that involves leaving an abusive ex and pursuing a career-risking fling with a charming stranger.
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Pretty Little Wife
by Darby Kane
Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila's husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it's discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years...
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Take it Back
by Kia Abdullah
Leaving her high-profile law position for a job at a crisis center, Zara Kaleel becomes involved in the case of a deformed teenage girl who accuses four boys in her class of rape, tearing the community apart.
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw
The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions.
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Badass Habits
by Jen Sincero
The motivational coach and best-selling author of You Are a Badass shares illustrative case studies to outline a step-by-step, 21-day guide for overcoming self-sabotaging behaviors while cultivating habits that support healthy priorities and personal goals.
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Modern Warriors
by Pete Hegseth
The Fox & Friends Weekend cohost presents inspiring stories from fifteen highly decorated members of America's military, drawing on candid conversations to discuss what inspired them to serve, the realities of war, and the difficulty of transitioning back home.
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Saving Freedom
by Joe Scarborough
The host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe examines the 33rd President’s diplomatic and military strategies to support democracy, chronicling the passage of the “Truman Doctrine” policy of containment and its ongoing role in international affairs.
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New eAudiobooks from Hoopla
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The Mermaid from Jeju
by Sumi Hahn
A talented young deep-sea diver from occupied 1948 Korea’s neighboring Jeju Island visits Mt. Halla for her family’s annual trading trip before her romance with a mountain youth is upended by family tragedy and political turbulence.
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The Wrong Family
by Tarryn Fisher
A therapist who would retire in peace after a grim diagnosis overhears a chilling conversation by the seemingly idyllic family living in her house, before taking a daring chance to make things right.
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The Chanel Sisters
by Judithe Little
Raised by pious nuns, Antoinette, the younger sister of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, escapes to Paris, where her shared effort to launch a fashion brand is challenged by discriminating conventions and the horrors of World War I.
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Wrong Alibi
by Christina Dodd
Sentenced to life in prison for a murder she did not commit, 18-year-old Evelyn escapes and works under an alias at a wilderness camp, where her chance at revenge is complicated by a former employer’s mysterious connections.
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D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
by Michel Faber
Baffled by the sudden disappearance of the letter D, a young woman is summoned to the home of a former history teacher before arriving in an enslaved, wintry land where free thinking is under threat.
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Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery
by Rosalie Knecht
A sequel to Who Is Vera Kelly? finds the ex-CIA agent tackling her first case as a private investigator when a search for a foster child takes her from the Dominican Republic to the Caribbean.
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The Last to See Her
by Courtney Evan Tate
When her sister, who was about to finalize her divorce from her cheating husband, goes missing during their getaway in the big city, Meg, an ambitious doctor falls under suspicion.
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Big Girl, Small Town
by Michelle Gallen
A U.S. debut by an award-winning writer from Ireland follows the experiences of a plucky chip-shop worker whose coming-of-age in the post-Troubles years is upended by abandonment and growing tensions between local Catholics and Protestants.
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Under the Alaskan Ice
by Karen Harper
A sequel to Deep in the Alaskan Woods finds a young widow assisting a pilot in the wake of a bush plane crash, before an unknown adversary begins sabotaging the pilot’s investigation in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Grounds for Murder
by Tara Lush
When her best but most difficult employee switches sides days before a state barista championship, coffee-shop owner Lana Lewis investigates jilted lovers, a shrimp-boat captain and a mafia-connected surfer to prove her innocence of a rival’s murder.
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New eAudiobooks from eRead Illinois/Axis360
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The Last Days of John Lennon
by James Patterson
Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Lennon’s assassination and based on insider interviews, a chronicle of the iconic music artist’s final days includes coverage of his last album and the life of Mark David Chapman.
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The Awakening
by Nora Roberts
An anxious young woman mired in student debt and working a hated job uses hidden funds to visit Ireland, where she uncovers truths about vivid dreams compelling her to embrace her destiny in a fantastical alternate world.
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A Life on Our Planet
by David Attenborough
In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, an award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.
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NYPD Red 6
by James Patterson
Detective Kylie MacDonald of NYPD Red is submerged in a PR nightmare when reality star Erin Easton is kidnapped from her wedding reception and every A-lister on the guest list becomes a target of suspicion – or just a target.
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Next to Last Stand
by Craig Johnson
Walt Longmire visits the 7th Calvalry Headquarters of 1946 Fort Bliss, Texas to investigate links between a fatal heart attack, a fire that has destroyed a high-profile work of American art and a shoebox containing a million dollars.
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Plain Bad Heroines
by Emily M. Danforth
The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls.
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Dark Tides
by Philippa Gregory
A sequel to Tidelands finds 17th-century London warehouse owner Alinor reuniting with a man from her past while reaching out to her brother in war-torn New England for proof of her son’s survival.
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The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
An Ivy League-educated DACA beneficiary reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans, from the volunteers recruited for the 9/11 Ground Zero cleanup to the homeopathy botanicas of Miami that provide limited health care to non-citizens.
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early 18th-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.
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The Best of Me
by David Sedaris
The American humorist, author and radio contributor presents shares his most memorable work in a collection of stories and essays that feature him shopping for rare taxidermy, hitchhiking with a quadriplegic and hand-feeding a carnivorous bird.
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