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  • Savage Blooms - S.T. Gibson

    Savage Blooms - S.T. Gibson
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: Savage Blooms
    Author: S.T. Gibson
    Narrator: James Berkwood, Rebecca Storm
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 11:26:02
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Romantasy

    Summary:
    S. T. Gibson, the queen of erotic fantasy romance, returns with this ravishingly dark trilogy of gothic manors, faery magic, and forbidden desires set in the foreboding Highlands of Scotland. For as long as Adam can remember, the legends passed down from his world-traveling grandfather have called him to a crumbling manor in the Highlands. His closest friend Nicola longs for the same adventure, as well as for Adam himself. She'll follow him just about anywhere - even to the remote wilds of Scotland - if it pushes the pair to surrender to their shared attraction. But when a storm strikes and strands them unexpectedly, Adam and Nicola find themselves at the mercy of the eccentric owner of the infamous house, Eileen, as well as her brooding groundskeeper, Finley. Trapped by the weather, and bound by ancient faery magic, Nicola and Adam get more than they bargained for as they become entangled in Eileen and Finley's world of mind games, deceit and forbidden desire. As ancestral sins are unearthed, Adam and Nicola will have to reckon with the spell Eileen and Finley have cast over them - and whether or not they even want to be free.
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    11 hrs and 26 mins
  • Rewinding The ’80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War - John Malahy

    Rewinding The ’80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War - John Malahy
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: Rewinding The ’80s: Cinema Under the Influence of Music Videos, Action Stars, and a Cold War
    Author: John Malahy
    Narrator: Michael James Bell
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 9:09:50
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

    Summary:
    Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of 80s cinema—with profiles of hundreds of films—and how Hollywood studios around the globe reflected a period of cultural change. The movies were flying blind in 1980. “New Hollywood” was over and the era of auteur-driven, personal films that had defined moviemaking since the late ‘60s came to a symbolic end with Heaven’s Gate (1980), replaced by a new world of multiplex blockbusters supported by massive marketing campaigns. But beyond the high-school comedies and hardbody action films came a new wave of cinematic excitement—an era defined by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Purple Rain, When Harry Met Sally, E.T., and Top Gun, each of which are now classics for a new generation of nostalgic movie lovers. The decade saw works that uniquely captured an era of cultural and technological change, from new indie auteurs to the highs and lows of animation, an emergent LGBTQ+ cinema, the last days of the Cold War, and the explosive impact of MTV. With wit and authority, author John Malahy provides fresh insight about the films, filmmakers, and stars who illuminated each of the exciting new facets of Hollywood throughout the decade. Rewinding the ’80s is a lively, intelligent, and immersive look at an indelible moment in modern history.
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    9 hrs and 10 mins
  • Christmas Keepsake - Annie Rains

    Christmas Keepsake - Annie Rains
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: Christmas Keepsake
    Author: Annie Rains
    Narrator: Ann Richardson
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 11:12:02
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Holiday, Small Town & Rural Fiction

    Summary:
    This heartwarming small-town holiday love story about hope and healing from USA Today bestselling author Annie Rains is perfect for fans of Susan Mallery and Jenny Hale! Sometimes the best gifts aren’t under the tree. Everyone has a story to tell. And for Mallory Blue, her grandmother Nan’s community theater and annual Christmas play has been a beloved tradition for as long as she can remember. But this year is different. With Nan losing her memories to dementia, Mallory has taken on more than she can handle—including directing this year’s show. Two things are keeping Mallory going: A journal that tells the story behind each handmade ornament on Nan’s tree. And Hollis, who volunteers to play Santa to spend time with Mallory and prove he’s no longer the rebellious boy she knew growing up. As Mallory reads through Nan’s entries, she realizes there’s so much she never knew about her grandmother. And when Mallory has big decisions to make in both her personal and professional life, it’s Nan’s wise advice and Hollis’s steadfast support that will hold the key to this year’s holiday magic.
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    11 hrs and 12 mins
  • How to Survive a Fairy Bargain: A Laugh-Out-Loud Fairytale What-If - Laura J. Mayo

    How to Survive a Fairy Bargain: A Laugh-Out-Loud Fairytale What-If - Laura J. Mayo
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: How to Survive a Fairy Bargain: A Laugh-Out-Loud Fairytale What-If
    Author: Laura J. Mayo
    Narrator: Josie Charles
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 9:44:52
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy

    Summary:
    All Theo asked for was a happy ending: a life of freedom where she could do what she wanted, when she wanted, with whom she wanted. But now that she's a familiar to the mighty Cecily of the Ash Fairies, her happily ever after feels farther away than she could possibly imagine. If only there were some way to break a fairy bargain...
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    9 hrs and 45 mins
  • Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease - Marc Lewis

    Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease - Marc Lewis
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
    Author: Marc Lewis
    Narrator: Brent Halfyard
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 7:41:27
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Psychology

    Summary:
    A renowned neuroscientist provides an “unorthodox but enlightening” (Wall Street Journal) narrative of how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist—and former addict himself—explains why the disease model of addiction is wrong and how it obstructs the path to recovery. Combining intimate human examples with clearly rendered scientific explanations, The Biology of Desire is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.
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    7 hrs and 41 mins
  • And I'll Take Out Your Eyes: A Novel - A. M. Sosa

    And I'll Take Out Your Eyes: A Novel - A. M. Sosa
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: And I'll Take Out Your Eyes: A Novel
    Author: A. M. Sosa
    Narrator: Christian Barillas
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 11:19:53
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General

    Summary:
    "An insultingly good debut" following a queer Chicano’s cannon-shot into adulthood amidst familial turmoil and the suffocating violence of Stockton, California in the early 2000s (Ruth Madievsky). Cría cuervos y te sacaran los ojos: Raise crows and they’ll take out your eyes. Since the age of seven, Christian has been under the thumb of a curse. He reads its dark signs everywhere: in his bedridden mother’s wilting plants; in his brother’s estrangement; in his father’s eager fists and glassy stare. He reads it in his nightmares, in Stockton’s soundtrack of sirens and gunshot. Above all, he reads the curse in the mirror, watching himself “turn” into the crow his father always predicted he’d become. Maddened by the city’s heatwaves and his own unthinkable desires, often high and drunk, Christian rips through his neighborhood, desperate to escape not only the city but the monster of his pain. But even when he leaves, the curse follows. Can Christian ever be absolved? Or is he condemned to be consumed by the same violence as his father? And I’ll Take Out Your Eyes is a defiant, shattering portrait of self-discovery in the face of violence, mental illness, and other dark inheritances. In a lyric, circuit-bending onslaught of ragers and laments, A. M. Sosa delivers a redemptive story—and an unforgettable debut.
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    11 hrs and 20 mins
  • Team Players: The Five Critical Roles You Need to Build a Winning Team - Mark Murphy

    Team Players: The Five Critical Roles You Need to Build a Winning Team - Mark Murphy
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: Team Players: The Five Critical Roles You Need to Build a Winning Team
    Author: Mark Murphy
    Narrator: Jonathan Beville
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 8:44:52
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

    Summary:
    A New York Times–bestselling author shows you how to build the most successful team The conventional wisdom is wrong about how great teams are built. Great teams worry less about cohesion and more about assembling the right group of people with complementary talents and personalities. No amount of teambuilding, trust, or cohesion can overcome having the wrong mix of people in the room. In Team Players, Mark Murphy argues that the best teams contain an ideal mix of five vital roles: Director, Achiever, Stabilizer, Harmonizer, and Trailblazer. Murphy’s groundbreaking research shows how to unlock each team member’s talents and position them to succeed within the team. Murphy reveals how unlocking the Directors, Achievers, Stabilizers, Harmonizers, and Trailblazers on your team solves teams’ absence of accountability, the torment of aimless meetings, the unfairness of uneven workloads, the scarcity of active participation, the chaos of clashing agendas, and the dearth of decisiveness. With a balance of hard-hitting research and compelling real-world examples, this book is a pivotal read for anyone keen on accelerating team development while allowing individual brilliance to shine through.
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    8 hrs and 45 mins
  • River and the Star - Gabriela Romero Lacruz

    River and the Star - Gabriela Romero Lacruz
    Oct 7 2025
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    Title: River and the Star
    Author: Gabriela Romero Lacruz
    Narrator: Natalia Castellanos
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 18:00:10
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-07-2025
    Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
    Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

    Summary:
    In the gripping conclusion to the Warring Gods duology, two women find themselves caught in an ancient feud between ruthless entities, and embark on an epic quest for power and liberation. Reina is full of hope. At long last, Reina has the peace she’s been searching for on the idyllic islands of Tierra’e Sol with the lover she's always wanted and in service to the god of the sun. But she can’t quite trust how long this will last. When monstrous creatures of the Void appear on the isle’s shores, she is certain she knows who is behind the attacks. Reina will stop at nothing to protect the woman she loves, but it could cost her everything she’s fought so hard for. Eva is cherished. Finally reunited with her father, the Liberator, Eva struggles to prove herself worthy of being his heir while keeping secret her alliance with the god of the Void. As destruction, both human and magical, tears across the lands, Eva is thrust into a power struggle she’s ill-prepared for. Confronted with the limits of her own ambition, Eva must fight to save herself from the powerful corruption of the Void before she loses the family she holds dear. The warring gods are returning and the only thing between them and absolute power are two young women. But for the first time in their lives, Reina and Eva have something to fight for. And they won’t back down.
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    18 hrs