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People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations

NPR · HighBridge Company; Unabridged,Original radio broadcast; 2 hours edition
Format: Audio CD

Nationally known NPR on-air personalitiesincluding Melissa Block, David Greene, Rachel Martin, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and many moreshare the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host...
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A time of torment

John Connolly · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings, and in doing so destroyed himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized. But in his final days, with the hunters circling, he tells his story to private detective Charlie Parker. He speaks of the girl...
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Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger

Jon Scieszka · Amulet Paperbacks
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

"Huge laughs and great science - the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend." - Mac Barnett, author of Battle Bunny and The Terrible TwoMore clever science experiments, funny jokes, and robot hijinks await readers in book two of the New York Times bestselling...
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Steven Pinker · Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

The follow-up to Pinker's pathbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature argues that despite the rampant pessimism about the state of the world today, the facts prove that we are on a significant path upward and can continue that way, but only if we understand the ideals (and embrace the tools)...
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Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady

Susan Quinn · Penguin Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok - a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American historyIn 1932,...
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The Book of Life: A Novel

Deborah Harkness · Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

The highly anticipated finale to the 1 New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Discovery of Witches After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harknesss enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont...
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The Fourteenth Goldfish.

Jennifer L Holm · Listening Library
Format: Audio CD

Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.
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An Unwanted Guest

Shari Lapena · Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

The twisty new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and A Stranger in the HouseA weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting awayIt's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's...
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Fates and furies : a novel

Lauren Groff · Penguin Audio
Pages: n/a
Format: Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINALIST FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NPR MORNING EDITION BOOK CLUB PICKNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE"Lauren Groff is a writer...
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The Skin Collector

Jeffery Deaver · Grand Central Publishing; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective. Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues...
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A Duke in the Night

Kelly Bowen · Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook

Duke. Scoundrel. Titan of business. August Faulkner is a man of many talents, not the least of which is enticing women into his bedchamber. He's known-and reviled-for buying and selling companies, accumulating scads of money, and breaking hearts. It's a reputation he wears like...
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One Perfect Lie

Lisa Scottoline · Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

On paper, Chris Brennan looks perfect. He's applying for a job as a high school government teacher, he's ready to step in as an assistant baseball coach, and his references are impeccable.But everything about Chris Brennan is a lie.Susan Sematov is proud of her son Raz, a high school pitcher...
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The Awkward Age: A Novel

Francesca Segal · Penguin Random House
Format: Audiobook

A wry, tender novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary choices. Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households...
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The Keeper: A Novel

John Lescroart · Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting novel featuring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky on the hunt for clues about a woman who has gone missing.On the evening before Thanksgiving, Hal Chase, a guard in the San Francisco County Jail, drives to the airport to pick...
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I am Princess X

Cherie Priest · Scholastic Audiobooks
Format: Audiobook

Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures; May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure. Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom,...
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