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| Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; narrated by Marin IrelandWhat happens: A white family staying in a rented Hamptons home finds their idyllic vacation cut short by the arrival of the owners, an older Black couple hoping to take refuge from a blackout in New York City.
Narration: In this AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording, narrator Marin Ireland's nuanced reading captures the tensions between the two families as they try to understand the cause of the blackout.
E-availability: This title can be found on elibraryNJ. |
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The Goals Program
by Zig Ziglar; narrated by Scott Hogle
What it is: The Goals Program provides you with clear goal setting techniques to set and achieve goals from the motivational master himself, Zig Ziglar. In this book you will discover these simple, yet powerful discoveries: Why goals are so important, Why so many people don’t have goals,The 4 reasons people don’t set goals, The questions you need to ask yourself to determine if you have the right goal, The 7-step goal setting process that will help you achieve your goals faster and How to build “Want-To’s” from your “How-To’s."
E-availability: This title is available from Hoopla Digital.
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The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones; narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Summary: Four American Indian men from the Blackfeet Nation, who were childhood friends, find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives, against an entity that wants to exact revenge upon them for what they did during an elk hunt ten years earlier by killing them, their families, and friends.
Book buzz: "One of the most anticipated horror titles of 2020, Jones's latest does not disappoint. While fully entrenched within the genre, its well-developed cast, lyrical language, and heightened suspense will have broad appeal." --
For fans of: Paul Tremblay, Victor LaValle, and Samanta Schweblin
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The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+ : Winning Strategies to Make Your Money Last a Lifetime
by Suze Orman; narrated by Suze Orman
What it's about: Finance expert Suze Orman gives listeners the no-nonsense advice and practical tools needed to plan wisely for retirement in today’s ever-changing landscape. She presents new rules for downsizing, spending wisely, delaying Social Security benefits, and more, starting now.
Book buzz: "In her newest book, popular TV personality and recognized expert on personal finance Orman (The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom) points out that it's never too late to plan for retirement. As readers might expect, she advises them to embrace living below their means, prioritize paying off debt, and create a will, financial power of attorney, and other important end-of-life documents. Of particular help during the current financial climate are tips on how to cope with a bear market in retirement." -- Library Journal, May 1, 2020
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| The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab; narrated by Julia WhelanWhat it's about: Three centuries after she makes a Faustian bargain to live forever but to be unremembered, adventurous young French woman Addie Larue discovers that one person, New York bookstore owner Henry, may be the exception.
Narration: Award-winning narrator Julia Whelan wields an impressive array of character accents (including French and New York) in her leisurely-paced reading of this sweeping fantasy.
E-availability: This title is available from elibraryNJ. |
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The Playground : a novel
by Jane Shemilt; narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
What it is: A follow-up to The Daughter finds the lives of three very different couples upended by illicit affairs and shocking violence when their children join the same tutoring circle during a hot London summer.
Book buzz: "“Countless psychological thrillers get compared to Big Little Lies, Shemilt's is the real deal.”-- People
About the author: While working as a GP, Jane Shemilt completed a postgraduate diploma in Creative Writing at Bristol University and went on to study for the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa, gaining both with distinction. Her first novel, Daughter, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, and went on to become the bestselling debut novel of 2014. She and her husband, a professor of neurosurgery, have five children and live in Bristol.
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The Last to See Her
by Courtney Evan Tate; narrated by Vivienne Leheny
What it's about: 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.
Book buzz: An Amazon Best Book of December 2020.
E-availability: This title is available from Hoopla Digital.
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The Book of Lost Friends : a novel
by Lisa Wingate; narrated by Sophie Amoss
What happens: A modern-day teacher discovers the story of three Reconstruction-era young women--freed slave Hannie, impoverished plantation heiress Lavinia, and Lavinia's Creole half-sister Juneau Jane--traveling from Louisiana to Texas in 1875, and how it connects to her own students' lives.
Book buzz: "Emphasizing throughout that stories matter and should never go untold, Wingate has written an absorbing historical for many reader." -- Library Journal Reviews, March 2020
E-availability: This title is available from elibraryNJ.
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