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The Bell Jar
- By: Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer....
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This is not unabridged
- By Mr N J Filer on 01-08-15
By: Sylvia Plath
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Tales of the City
- Tales of the City, Book 1
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than three decades Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture....
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Return to this old favourite
- By Jockette61 on 31-07-15
By: Armistead Maupin
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Appassionata
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
- By: Jilly Cooper
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world....
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Audio narration oddly stilted
- By Amazon Customer on 23-05-20
By: Jilly Cooper
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Cabin Pressure
- Zurich: The BBC Radio 4 airline
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Full Cast, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
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The complete finale of the hit BBC Radio 4 sitcom- 2 episodes. Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and prayer world of a tiny, one-plane airline....
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Brilliant!!!!!!
- By SARA JANE RATHBONE on 01-02-15
By: John Finnemore
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Other People's Children
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When a man and a woman get married, things can get complicated....
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disappointing
- By Mrs on 15-08-13
By: Joanna Trollope
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Wicked!
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 8
- By: Jilly Cooper
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 36 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot....
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I am no prude but this is all about under age sex
- By Bella H on 22-11-19
By: Jilly Cooper
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The Bell Jar
- By: Sylvia Plath
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer....
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This is not unabridged
- By Mr N J Filer on 01-08-15
By: Sylvia Plath
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Tales of the City
- Tales of the City, Book 1
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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For more than three decades Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture....
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Return to this old favourite
- By Jockette61 on 31-07-15
By: Armistead Maupin
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Appassionata
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
- By: Jilly Cooper
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world....
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Audio narration oddly stilted
- By Amazon Customer on 23-05-20
By: Jilly Cooper
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Cabin Pressure
- Zurich: The BBC Radio 4 airline
- By: John Finnemore
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cole, Full Cast, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 55 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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The complete finale of the hit BBC Radio 4 sitcom- 2 episodes. Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and prayer world of a tiny, one-plane airline....
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Brilliant!!!!!!
- By SARA JANE RATHBONE on 01-02-15
By: John Finnemore
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Other People's Children
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When a man and a woman get married, things can get complicated....
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disappointing
- By Mrs on 15-08-13
By: Joanna Trollope
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Wicked!
- Rutshire Chronicles, Book 8
- By: Jilly Cooper
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 36 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot....
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I am no prude but this is all about under age sex
- By Bella H on 22-11-19
By: Jilly Cooper
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Austerlitz
- By: W. G. Sebald
- Narrated by: Michael Krüger, W. G. Sebald
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Antwerpen, Hauptbahnhof, Salle des pas perdus im Jahr 1967. Dem Erzähler fällt ein Mann auf, der eingehend die Architektur des Gebäudes betrachtet...
By: W. G. Sebald
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The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew
- By: Milly Johnson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Sophie Mayhew looks like she has the perfect life. Wife of rising political star John F Mayhew, a man who is one step away from the top job in the government, her glamour matches his looks, power, breeding and money....
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Absolutely fabulous
- By Mrs J ramsdale on 09-03-19
By: Milly Johnson
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Monkey Grip
- By: Helen Garner
- Narrated by: Helen Garner
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Inner-suburban Melbourne in the 1970s: a world of communal living, drugs, music and love - Garner captures the fluid relationships of a community of friends....
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Best author narration I’ve heard
- By Anonymous User on 26-06-21
By: Helen Garner
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Skin
- By: E.M. Reapy
- Narrated by: Amy McAllister
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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This pertinent, timely, intelligent and incredibly compelling exploration of the relationship we have with our own bodies opens in Bali....
By: E.M. Reapy
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The Joy Luck Club
- By: Amy Tan
- Narrated by: Gwendoline Yeo
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Four Chinese women, drawn together by the shadow of their past, meet in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and to "say" stories to each other....
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struggled to keep up
- By Laura Jones on 09-04-21
By: Amy Tan
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The Italian Matchmaker
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Gianluca's life is empty. His City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends - all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over, and he barely knows his young daughters....
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gripping & very atmospheric
- By Marianna on 13-04-13
By: Santa Montefiore
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A Short Stay in Hell
- By: Steven L. Peck
- Narrated by: Sergei Burbank
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter....
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Meaning in chaos?
- By Linguistic Mystic on 05-09-22
By: Steven L. Peck
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A Cornish Secret
- Tremarnock Book 4
- By: Emma Burstall
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Esme Posorsky is an enigma. For as long as people can remember, she has been part of community life in the quaint Cornish fishing village of Tremarnock, but does anyone really know her? She is usually to be found working in her pottery studio or at home with her beloved cat, Rasputin....
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There's definitely a few chapters missing
- By Mrs R Lawson on 27-01-19
By: Emma Burstall
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The Beating of His Wings
- By: Paul Hoffman
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas Cale has been running from the truth....
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Satisfying ending...
- By Robyn on 12-01-14
By: Paul Hoffman
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This is Me
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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This is... Denise. Married to Ray, her first and only love, Denise has never, for one moment, regretted putting the husband she idolised on...
By: Shari Low
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Melody (German edition)
- By: Martin Suter
- Narrated by: Andreas Fröhlich
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In einer Villa am Zürichberg wohnt Alt-Nationalrat Dr. Stotz, umgeben von Porträts einer jungen Frau. Melody war einst seine Verlobte, doch kurz vor...
By: Martin Suter
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In Just One Day
- The Seaside Girls, Book 1
- By: Helen McGinn
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Everything can change - in just one day. Flora has always adored her brother Billy. Born just 18 months apart, their childhood was spent like two peas in a pod - no one could separate them....
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Reality based so recognizable
- By Eugenie on 10-11-23
By: Helen McGinn
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A Room at the Manor
- By: Julie Shackman
- Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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When her Maltese love affair turns sour, Lara McDonald returns to her quiet Scottish hometown of Fairview, heartbroken yet determined....
By: Julie Shackman
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The Country Girls
- By: Edna O'Brien
- Narrated by: Edna O'Brien
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the early 1960s in a country village in Ireland. Caithleen Brady and her attractive friend, Baba, are on the verge of womanhood and dreaming of spreading their wings....
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Authors should not read there own books
- By Jules on 19-04-20
By: Edna O'Brien
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Tell Me Your Secret
- By: Dorothy Koomson
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Heather Long, Jennifer Saayeng, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Pieta has a secret. Ten years ago, Pieta was kidnapped by a man calling himself The Blindfolder who said he wouldn't kill her if she kept her eyes closed for 48 hours. She never told anyone what happened to her, vowing to move on with her life....
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ANOTHER DYNAMITE KOOMSON THRILLER
- By PODENCOS ROCK! on 21-08-19
By: Dorothy Koomson
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An Imaginative Experience
- By: Mary Wesley
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A traveller on a train returning to London....
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Remarkable narration...
- By Restorationwoman on 24-11-22
By: Mary Wesley
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Bay Tree Cottage
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The houses in Saffron Lane are being filled with artists thanks to the efforts of Nell and Angus. Ginger doesn’t win a place there but gets a job running the small café/art gallery, taking refuge there from her abusive bully of a son....
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excellent narration
- By Amazon Customer on 13-12-23
By: Anna Jacobs
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The Scarlet Nightingale
- A thrilling wartime love story, perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Tracy Rees
- By: Alan Titchmarsh
- Narrated by: Alan Titchmarsh
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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As war rages across Europe, one young woman faces an impossible choice. Will she save her country...or the man she loves? Find out....
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Captivating
- By The wandering wayfarers on 12-12-18
By: Alan Titchmarsh
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Das Café ohne Namen
- By: Robert Seethaler
- Narrated by: Matthias Brandt
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Wien im Jahr 1966. Robert Simon verdient sein Brot als Gelegenheitsarbeiter auf dem Karmelitermarkt. Er ist zufrieden mit seinem Leben, doch zwanzig...
By: Robert Seethaler
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And Then it Happened
- By: Linda Green
- Narrated by: Suzie Aitcheson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found her Mr Right....
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And then it happened
- By Judy on 07-04-12
By: Linda Green
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Holding the Man
- By: Timothy Conigrave
- Narrated by: Stephen Phillips
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The mid-'70s: at an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave falls wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team....
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Have the tissues at the ready
- By Andy Hall on 04-11-19
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Midnight Falcon
- Rigante, Book 2
- By: David Gemmell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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They called him Bane the Bastard - though none said it to his face. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante....
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Heroic Fantasy at its best
- By Northern Boy on 07-04-18
By: David Gemmell
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The Days of Anna Madrigal
- A Novel (Tales of the City)
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The Days of Anna Madrigal, the suspenseful, comic, and touching novel, follows one of modern literature’s most unforgettable and enduring characters as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past....
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Read the book
- By Ken on 20-04-14
By: Armistead Maupin
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A Bend in the River
- By: V. S. Naipaul
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history....
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A flowing history from the heart of Africa
- By Nigel on 03-05-06
By: V. S. Naipaul
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Bye, Baby
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- By: Carola Lovering
- Narrated by: Helen Laser, Karissa Vacker
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering—with a jolt of fear—that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered Cassie’s world.
By: Carola Lovering
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became.
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The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices
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Loyal country girl Libby Levine lives a golden life with her financier husband Carl and their two children. When Carl is jailed for financial fraud, Libby feels agonizingly complicit for hosting the final investor pitch in their home. She's also horrified to discover that her brother lost money as well - and with it his last chance at IVF. Matters go from atrocious to worse when her family's possessions and home are repossessed, Libby is sacked and Harrison's priceless violin is wrecked. They have no other option but to move to the rural goat farm where Libby was raised and start again.
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Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team. But when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds that the group has been infiltrated by a mysterious intruder: Annelise Tattinger. A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the enigmatic Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met. But when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question.
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This audiobook Fonging for the World, narrated by five time Grammy winner Roy 'Futureman' Wooten, tells the fictional story of several musicians traveling around the globe attempting to bring peace to the world through a crazy musical and spiritual practice called fonging, i.e., by tapping into the healing sounds of the universe through the use of oven racks and other implements.
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Sara Sanders is a successful clinical psychologist who often testifies as an expert witness in court. While walking out of the courtroom, she has an extraordinary encounter unlike anything she's ever experienced. No one else seems to see it. She felt as though she was being watched. She convinces herself that her mind is playing tricks on her. When she awakens the following morning, her body was achy, and she felt fatigued. Today is the final day of the hearing she has been involved with. As she leaves the courtroom, she feels as though she is still being watched.
By: Robin Peddieson
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Bye, Baby
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On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering—with a jolt of fear—that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered Cassie’s world.
By: Carola Lovering
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Brooklyn
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The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices
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Loyal country girl Libby Levine lives a golden life with her financier husband Carl and their two children. When Carl is jailed for financial fraud, Libby feels agonizingly complicit for hosting the final investor pitch in their home. She's also horrified to discover that her brother lost money as well - and with it his last chance at IVF. Matters go from atrocious to worse when her family's possessions and home are repossessed, Libby is sacked and Harrison's priceless violin is wrecked. They have no other option but to move to the rural goat farm where Libby was raised and start again.
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The Fortune Seller
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- By: Rachel Kapelke-Dale
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Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team. But when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds that the group has been infiltrated by a mysterious intruder: Annelise Tattinger. A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the enigmatic Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met. But when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question.
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Fonging for the World
- Read by Roy 'Futureman' Wooten
- By: Jefferson Glassie
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This audiobook Fonging for the World, narrated by five time Grammy winner Roy 'Futureman' Wooten, tells the fictional story of several musicians traveling around the globe attempting to bring peace to the world through a crazy musical and spiritual practice called fonging, i.e., by tapping into the healing sounds of the universe through the use of oven racks and other implements.
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Sara Sanders is a successful clinical psychologist who often testifies as an expert witness in court. While walking out of the courtroom, she has an extraordinary encounter unlike anything she's ever experienced. No one else seems to see it. She felt as though she was being watched. She convinces herself that her mind is playing tricks on her. When she awakens the following morning, her body was achy, and she felt fatigued. Today is the final day of the hearing she has been involved with. As she leaves the courtroom, she feels as though she is still being watched.
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