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Audiobooks July 2018 Win fun prizes!
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| Not If I Save You First by Ally CarterStarring: Maddie, who's spent the last six years in a remote Alaskan cabin with no company except for her dad, a former Secret Service agent -- until Logan, Maddie's childhood friend and the President's son, brings trouble to her door.
Narration: Brittany Pressley smoothly conveys the shifting narrative tones (teen angst, life-or-death stakes) of this twisty young adult thriller.
Availability: Title is available from HooplaDigital. |
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A Higher Loyalty : Truth, Lies, and Leadership
by James Comey
What it's about: In his audiobook, A Higher Loyalty, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions.
Narration: "Comey's conversational tone instantly connects with the listener, and hearing him deliver the book's highly charged contents in his own voice brings authenticity and immediacy to the presentation...This greatly anticipated, revelatory memoir needs to be heard." -- AudioFile Magazine.
Availability: Title is available on CD or from elibraryNJ.
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| Varina by Charles Frazier; narrated by Molly ParkerWhat it’s about: Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America during the U.S. Civil War, learns that her marriage of security and comfort comes at a steep price.
Narration: Actress Molly Parker's Southern accent and gentle cadence convey the novel's atmospheric, lyrical tone.
Availability: Title is available from elibraryNJ |
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Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
What it's about: Ignoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder.
Narration: "Listen straight through--or savor slowly? That will be your struggle because Horowitz's delicious mystery-within-a-mystery is, as they say, ""fiendishly clever"" and terrifically narrated. Samantha Bond begins enticingly with her husky vibrato and fully realized performance as a contemporary book editor who's been given a murder-mystery manuscript. Soon, we're in the midst of that book, set in 1955 and performed by Allan Corduner with a delightful bow toward the storytellers of old. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award."-- AudioFile Magazine
Availability: Title is available on CD or from HooplaDigital.
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This Is Me : Loving the Person You Are Today
by Chrissy Metz
What it's about: A prescriptive book of inspirational and spiritual life lessons from the Golden Globe-nominated star of NBC's This Is Us examines the role of authenticity and sincerity in her successes, encouraging readers to claim their rightful places in a world that constantly undermines individuals.
Narration: Read by the author, who plays beloved sister Kate on This Is Us.
Availability: Title is available on CD or from HooplaDigital.
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The Perfect Mother
by Aimee Molloy
What it's about: When the group's members agree to meet for drinks at a hip local bar, they have in mind a casual evening of fun, a brief break from their daily routine. Winnie, a single mom, was reluctant to leave her six-week-old Midas with a babysitter, but the May Mothers insisted that everything would be fine. Now Midas is missing, the police are asking disturbing questions, and Winnie's very private life has become fodder for a ravenous media.
Narration: Read by Cristin Milioti.
Availability: Title is available on Playaway and from elibraryNJ.
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Elmet : a novel
by Fiona Mozley
What it's about: A reclusive former enforcer thinks he has established a peaceful existence in the remote woods of Yorkshire with his children, Cathy and Daniel, until a powerful landowner shows up, which sets off a chain of violent events.
Narration:"The dialect of northern England is a defining element in Fiona Mozley's kicker of a first novel, a finalist for this year's Man Booker Prize. In an unforgettable match of voice and text, Gareth Bennett-Ryan creates a distinctively accented and nuanced world that is equal and counterpart to Mozley's unique literary achievement. This memorable match of voice and text is a double pleasure, and a work of suspense unlike anything you've heard before. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." -- AudioFile Magazine
Availability: Title is available on CD and from elibraryNJ.
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads : A Story of War and What Comes After
by Clemantine Wamariya
What it's about: Traces the author's harrowing experiences as a young child during the Rwanda massacres and displacements, which separated her from her parents and forced the author and her older sister to endure six years as refugees in seven countries, foraging for survival and encountering unexpected acts of cruelty and kindness before she was granted asylum in a profoundly different America.
Narration: "This true of story of survival is told in a tender and aching style by narrator Robin Miles. She captures the wonder, pain, and confusion of two sisters, Clemantine and Claire Wanmariya, who survived the Rwandan genocide to become refugees in America. Listen to this with a box of tissues nearby--you'll need them." M.R. AudioFile Magazine
Availability: Title is available on CD.
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The Perfectionists : How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
by Simon Winchester
What it's about: Simon Winchester traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement: precision.
Narration: Read by the revered New York Times bestselling author.
Availability: Title is available on CD.
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