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Paris, 1660. As the daughter of itinerant actors, Claudette always thought her future lay in the theater. But a series of chance encounters pulls her into the orbit of Athénaïs de Montespan, the mistress to Louis XIV. Impetuous Athénaïs wields a disconcerting amount of power—a fact that has ruffled many of the Sun King’s key advisors. Needing someone to act as her eyes and ears, Athénaïs hires Claudette as a personal attendant. She fears political enemies are plotting her ruin while young courtesans angle to take the coveted spot in the king’s bed. As Athénaïs begins to lose her grip on the Sun King, her plots and fascination with the magical arts take a dark turn.
April 2014
The Will Robie Series, Book 3 by David Baldacci Reader to be announced The next blockbuster thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci, featuring assassin Will Robie
(9253) 11 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Historical 978-1-4829-7021-0 $100.00
978-1-4829-7022-7 $29.95
The Curse of Lono
Silence for the Dead
By Hunter S. Thompson Reader to be announced
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From an accl aime d author comes a chilling ghost story set in post–World War I England.
This enormously eccentric book takes listeners on a crazy journey with renowned gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
978-1-4829-6994-8 $29.95
978-1-4829-9737-8 $69.00
978-1-4789-0002-3 $54.99
978-1-4829-9738-5 $29.95
A Mystery The Buck Schatz Series, Book 2 by Daniel Friedman Read by Nick Sullivan
Simultaneous Release 4/8
(9322) 6 hours • 5 CDs • Religion / Christian Life / Personal Growth
978-1-4789-8252-4 $59.99
Don’t Ever Look Back
No Matter What, It’s Never Too Late by Joyce Meyer Reader to be announced
It’s never too late for grace. You’ll see that theme all through the Bible. In You Can Begin Again, Joyce Meyer powerfully demonstrates that God isn’t done with you yet. If you’re stuck in a rut or disappointed by an outcome, don’t give up. Don’t give up on yourself, and don’t give up on the God who loves you.
(b8s4) 12.5 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD 978-1-4789-8251-7 $79.99
(9519) 7 hours • 6 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
You Can Begin Again
Bestselling author Joyce Meyer explores the beauty of new beginnings through God’s inexhaustible grace.
Fiction / Thrillers
Simultaneous Release 4/22 • Exclusive
Wr i t te n i n a u ni q u e voi ce a n d featuring a mystery that will knock your socks off, Don’t Ever Look Back is another home run by an author with a long and starstudded career ahead of him.
Eighty-eight-year-old retired detective Buck Schatz, having sustained injuries, is living at a retirement home, and he’s miserable. Then a man from his past pays Buck a visit and asks for a favor. Buck is eager to close the book on a series of robberies, but things soon go downhill. (7489) 10 hours • 8 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural 978-1-4829-7129-3 $90.00
978-1-4829-7130-9 $29.95
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The President knows it’s a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel. Together, Robie and Reel’s talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don’t trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive. As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets—a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.
Simultaneous Release 4/15 • Exclusive
—WASHINGTON POST, PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
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A scientific thriller by six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova
Luke Abramson, a brilliant cellular biologist battling lung cancer, has an enzyme he believes will kill the tumor growing in his young granddaughter’s brain. Abducting her from the hospital with plans to take her to a private research lab in Oregon, he flees across the country, the FBI close behind. In order to outrun them, Luke will need a genetic boost—which could be deadly.
A l a n d m a r k wo r k of A m e r i c a n photojournalism “renowned for its fusion of social conscience and artistic radicality” (New York Times)
In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans set out on assignment for Fortune magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event. This unsparing record of place and of the people who shaped the land is intensely moving and unrelentingly honest. (8857) 14 hours • 11 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • History / United States / 20th Century
(9144) 12 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Thrillers / Medical 978-1-4829-7027-2 $29.95
978-1-4829-7028-9 $105.00
978-1-4829-7000-5 $109.00
by Rick Santorum Reader to be announced
The Payback Series, Book 4 by Wahida Clark Produced by Buck 50 Productions Reader to be announced
Simultaneous Release 4/28 • Exclusive
This inspiring and challenging new book is sure to make a splash this midterm election year and beyond.
Simultaneous Release 4/22 • Exclusive
From New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark comes the highly anticipated next installment in the Queen’s notorious Payback series.
Someone wants every member of the consortium dead, and they’ll stop at nothing to make that happen. Everyone is gunning for Dark, and with The List in the hands of Cisco’s wife, Joy, Dark’s chances of taking over Detroit are threatened more than ever before. Everyone is fueled by fire and seeking the ultimate revenge. (9303) 10.5 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Urban Life 978-1-4829-7121-7 $100.00
978-1-4829-7001-2 $29.95
Blue Collar Conservatives
Blood, Sweat, and Payback
Working class voters are staying home in droves instead of going to the polls for Republicans because they don’t think Republicans speak for them and their interests. Here former presidential candidate Rick Santorum explains how we can reenergize the Republican base by showing these Americans just how much Republican policies support their personal welfare. (9522) 8 hours • 7 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
978-1-4829-7122-4 $29.95
978-1-4829-9744-6 $76.00
978-1-4829-9745-3 $29.95
The Cold Nowhere
The Jonathan Stride Series, Book 6 by Brian Freeman • Reader to be announced The next psychological suspense novel by international bestselling author Brian Freeman brings the long-awaited return of Lieutenant Jonathan Stride to the bitter cold of Duluth, Minnesota.
Baldacci is a master when it comes to writing about small-town conspiracies and a lone hero who fights against all odds to clean up corruption.
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978-1-4829-6993-1 $105.00
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(8763) 12 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Historical
The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist’s “coverage” of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, The Curse of Lono features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay for which Hunter S. Thompson became known and loved. This curious book, considered an oddity among Hunter’s œuvre, is a widely sought-after treasure.
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In 1919 Kitty Weekes falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers suffering from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams. But something more is going on at Portis House. The former occupants left abruptly, but where did they go? And why do the patients all seem to share the same, horrific nightmare?
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The Target
by James Agee Photographs by Walker Evans Reader to be announced
by Ben Bova Read by Stefan Rudnicki
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The Shadow Queen is a seductive, gripping novel about lust, power, loyalty, and the increasingly uneasy relationship between two strongwilled women whose actions could shape the future of France.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Transhuman
Blackstone Monthly, April 2014
by Sandra Gulland • Reader to be announced
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Ten years ago, six-year-old Catalina Mateo hid while a knife butchered her mother and a bullet killed her father. Now a rough-sleeping orphan, Cat arrives at the house of Detective Jonathan Stride, pleading for protection. Covered in blood and drenched in the icy waters of Lake Superior, she claims to have narrowly escaped a killer. Stride’s instinct is to protect Cat, whose parents’ case still sends a shiver down his spine. As a result, he takes the troubled teenager under his wing without a second thought. But Stride’s partner, Maggie, is not convinced. As Stride continues to care for Cat, Maggie’s suspicions solidify, and a single question arises: Should Stride be afraid for, or of, this terribly damaged girl? (7474) 13 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense 978-1-4708-8011-8 $105.00
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