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Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but bankrupt, and her sister, Sophie, will probably never speak to her again. But when a mysterious letter arrives in her mailbox, Isabel feels herself drawn to the past. After years of fighting for her independence, she dreads the thought of going back to the island.

All you need in order to get a great night’s sleep tonight is a story. See, as fast as the human race is evolving, we still haven’t discovered a more efficient way to help our brains relax and achieve a calmer mental state than good ole storytelling. If you are having trouble falling asleep, this audiobook is for you. It combines two magnificent bedtime stories with relaxing sounds of nature that will knock you out faster than any medication your doc has the authority to prescribe. Just a few minutes and you’ll be on your way to the best night’s sleep you’ve had in months.

Get rich. Wield incredible power. Get revenge. But avoid paradox, or get erased from the timestream so you never existed. Time travel offer endless possibilities and limitless dangers. What would you do if you could go back and relive your past? What if others could too? Who polices time? How do you win a time war?

Growing up, Violet was so busy helping others realize their dreams, she found little time to pursue her own. But five years ago, she took the chance of a lifetime, leaving the family bookshop on Brinkley’s Island, Maine, to attend culinary school in Paris. Now she’s working her dream job as a pâtissiere in an upscale Parisian restaurant—yet all she can think about is home.

All you need in order to get a great night’s sleep tonight is a story. See, as fast as the human race is evolving, we still haven’t discovered a more efficient way to help our brains relax and achieve a calmer mental state than good ole storytelling. If you are having trouble falling asleep, this audiobook is for you. It combines two magnificent bedtime stories with relaxing sounds of nature that will knock you out faster than any medication your doc has the authority to prescribe. Just a few minutes and you’ll be on your way to the best night’s sleep you’ve had in months.

You finally get home after a long, stressful day of work, counting down the seconds until you finally get to hug your bed. But as soon as your head hits the pillow, you get left alone with a swirling storm of thoughts and worries. You realize that another long night is in front of you. An hour later, your mind is still racing, well aware of the passing time and the unlikelihood of waking up well-rested. It’s time to put an end to this, once and for all.

The Gibson sisters weren’t expecting to speak to each other ever again after Isabel ran off to New York and left Sophie alone. But here they are, years later, running the family bookstore together on Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Isabel also thought she’d left Johnny Lenox behind, but whether or not she knew it, Johnny was always going to be there for her. Five years into their happily ever after, Isabel and Johnny are making the most of their second chance at love.

If you’re a fan of Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, you won’t be able to pause the compulsively addictive Danny Pearson thriller series.

A depressed young orphan discovers a room that changes every time someone enters. A repair store owner who seems to be able to fix everything. A dangerous imaginary friend who might not be entirely imaginary.

The debut collection of raucous, dark, strange, satirical stories from the former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer and New Yorker contributor, featuring a foreword by Stephen Colbert “Jen Spyra’s stories are shocking, silly, smart, and absurdly funny. Underline both those words, I...

Bloomsbury presents Fishing the Sloe-Black River written and read by Colum McCann. ‘A gifted and determined stylist, Colum McCann seems to have taken a vow never to write a dull line’ New York Times Book Review 'Orwell would have been proud to journey with a writer as good as Colum McCann'...

In The Bookshop with No Clock, a traveler steps through a fog-covered alley and into a quiet shop where time itself has learned to rest. There are no ticking hands, no closing hours—only the hush of turning pages, the scent of aged paper, and a shopkeeper who understands that some books find their readers when the heart is ready. This is a gentle story about discovery, memory, and the slow rhythm of calm returning to a hurried mind. Within this bookshop, every creak of the wooden floor and flicker of amber light invites the listener to slow down.

Bloomsbury presents Everything in this Country Must written and read by Colum McCann. ‘McCann returns to Ireland with this collection, turning his measured gaze and incisive prose to the country’s recent history with devastating effect’ Maggie O’Farrell 'McCann once again shows why he is...

Where Things Find Their Place is a quiet collection of contemplative stories about calm, time, attention, and the hidden wisdom of ordinary moments—now brought to life through voice. Inside the Orion Library, small stories are kept with care. These are not tales of dramatic adventures or distant worlds, but gentle reflections on everyday life: a handmade cup… a river that refuses to hurry… a lantern that was already lit… a feather carried by the wind… a fire that quietly shares its warmth.

Moon Castillo has hidden her impossible gift for thirty years. She sees what used to be, layered over what is — ancient waterways, vanished forests, people who walked this land centuries ago. She's told no one. She's built a careful, logical life to keep it buried. But when a failing dam, missing records, and a seventy-year-old cover-up threaten her town, the visions she's spent a lifetime denying become the only path to the truth.

From Ragtime and Billy Bathgate to World’s Fair, The March, and Homer & Langley, the fiction of E. L. Doctorow comprises a towering achievement in modern American letters. Now Doctorow returns with an enthralling collection of brilliant, startling short fiction about people who, as the author...

Time Wasters are short adventures based on true stories. They’re all titled Super Short Preludes because they are just that: super short stories that lead up to big life concepts or events, designed to help pass short spouts of time. Each mini-book in the series actually contains an entire story that will draw you in, make you laugh, and then allow you to move on with your life.

Scallop-like sea creatures…Supermarket pickling malfunctions…The dreadful effects of mass poisoning…The truth about darkness…A visitor from the waking world…There’s no better time to tell a horror story, than at that time of the night, long after darkness has fallen, and the hidden things have come out to play.

‘But we were having such a good time,’ I said. That was all there was, all I could say, whether or not it was enough. ‘Weren’t we? Weren’t we having such a good time?’ The first collection of short stories from the author of The Original A woman suffering an extreme allergic reaction...

Does the darkness in your bedroom at night seem a little too dark? What do you want bad enough to kill for it? Where would you run if the dead began to rise? Have you ever had a good reason to truly be afraid? In these 10 tales of terror, Russell C. Connor will ask the questions you don't want to answer. Question you can't answer. But you must. Your sanity, your life, your very soul might just depend on it.