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In the mid-1950s America was flush with prosperity though the West was still very much wild. In this incandescent debut novel, Brooks animates that time and untamed landscape in a tale of the clash of modern and the ancient, of love and fate, and of cultural heritage threatened by progress.

(9697) 11 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Literary 978-1-4830-1355-8 $29.95

978-1-4830-1354-1 $100.00

The Choir Director 2

I Am Malala, Young Reader’s Edition

Runaway Bride The Choir Director Series, Book 2

by Carl Weber Reader to be announced

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Carl Weber takes readers back to church in his latest drama-filled novel, the much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Choir Director.

This book will make you believe in the power of one person’s voice to inspire change in the world.

It has been three years since Aaron Mackie helped his friend and mentor, Bishop T. K. Wilson, get his ministry out of financial ruin. Aaron decides the time is right to propose to the woman he loves, but things go horribly wrong when Aaron is left at the altar.

I Am Malala is the memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school. Written for her peers with critically acclaimed author Patricia McCormick, this important book is about the value of speaking out against intolerance and hate. It’s a message of hope from one girl who dreams of education for every girl in every country.

(9686) 9 hours • 8 CDs • Fiction / African American

(9690) 7.5 hours • 6 CDs • Biography & Autobiography / Women

978-1-4789-0216-4 $69.99

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How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick Reader to be announced

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From the winner of Australia’s National Fiction Prize comes a magisterial, Rashomon-like novel of love and war that traces the life of one man from World War II to the present.

In a world of shadows, anything is possible—except escaping your fate.

(9873) 12.5 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / War & Military 978-1-4830-2144-7 $105.00

978-1-4789-0218-8 $74.99

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In Carnal, Colorado, Faye Goodknight is the town’s quiet, shy librarian. She may also be Carnal’s last remaining virgin.

For years, Faye has had a crush on Chace Keaton, but the gorgeous cop has always been unattainable. She’s resigned to live contentedly with only her books for company—until Faye suddenly meets Chace alone in the woods.

(9688) 12 hours • 10 CDs • Fiction / Romance / Adult 978-1-4789-0222-5 $84.99

All Things Possible

Lay It Down

By Andrew Cuomo Reader to be announced

The Desert Dogs Series, Book 1

by Cara McKenna Reader to be announced

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A candid and revealing memoir from New York’s fifty-sixth governor

In this f u l l and frank memoir— a personal story of duty, family, justice, politics, and resilience— New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reflects on his rise, fall, and rise in politics and recounts his defining personal and political moments and tough but necessary lessons he has learned along the way.

(bb08) 9 hours • 7 CDs • Biography & Autobiography / Political

First in the exciting new Desert Dogs series, starring hot and sexy bikers in the Southwest

Vince Grossier is the self-crowned outlaw biker king around Fortuity, Nevada. But when a shady casino development comes to town, the invaders’ cutthroat tactics quickly turn deadly.

With police turning a suspiciously blind eye, it’s up to the locals to fight back. The pretty photographer hired by the developers may be the key to infiltrating the enemy—and a temptation too good to pass up.

(9800) 11 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Romance / Contemporary

978-1-4830-0567-6 59.99

978-1-4830-2130-0 $100.00

978-1-4830-2131-7 $29.95

• New York Times and USA Today bestselling author The Private Series

by James Patterson and Michael White • Reader to be announced

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(9687) 9 hours • 7 CDs • Fiction / Romance / Contemporary

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Becca Thorpe has escaped to the beach. Now’s her chance to get away from city living, throw caution to the ocean winds, and live in the moment. Especially if the moment includes the deliciously sexy surfer she meets shortly after arriving in Lucky Harbor.

Something about the dark intensity of Sam’s eyes and the thrill she gets at his touch convinces her to stay awhile.

There’s nothing like the first time.

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978-1-4830-2145-4 $29.95

It’s in His Kiss

The Lucky Harbor Series, Book 10 byJill Shalvis • Reader to be announced

The Colorado Mountain Series, Book 4

by Kristen Ashley Reader to be announced

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In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the ThailandBurma Death Railway in 1943, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans struggles daily to save the men under his command from starvation, cholera, and pitiless beatings—until he receives a letter that will change him forever.

Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. The one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who’s bound by an ancient legacy to betray her. Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn’t mean he can change his fate, no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy. Together they search for the powerful relic that can save her sister, but Adrian knows what Ivy doesn’t: every step brings Ivy closer to the truth about her own destiny and a war that could doom the world.

Breathe

by Richard Flanagan Reader to be announced

The Broken Destiny Series, Book 1

by Jeaniene Frost Reader to be announced

978-1-4830-0972-8 $105.00 978-1-4830-0973-5 $29.95

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Painted Horses reminds us that love and ambition, tradition and the future, often make strange bedfellows—and establishes Malcolm Brooks as an extraordinary new talent.

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Private Sydney has thrown open its doors. Craig Gisto and his new team have barely raised their glasses when a young Asian man staggers into the launch party, and what looks like a botched kidnapping turns out to be a whole lot more. But it is a horrific murder in the wealthy Eastern Suburbs and the desperate search for a motive that stretches the team to the limit.

(9683) 7 hours • 6 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Thrillers 978-1-4789-0205-8 $59.99

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ALL TITLES UNABRIDGED UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED The Price of Silence

Act of Revenge

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What happens when a Navy SEAL comes home from war—with a mission?

Garrett Walker is a warrior, a Navy SEAL who has taken many lives.

So far, it has all been in the service of his country. That’s about to change. When Garrett’s estranged identical twin, Brandon, becomes the victim of a Russian Mafia organ-theft ring, the two brothers join forces and embark on a dangerous mission, putting all the rules aside to bring about the ultimate Act of Revenge.

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The next thrilling novel in the World Made by Hand series, exploring family and morality as played out in the small town of Union Grove

It is a stormy Christmas Eve in little Union Grove when Daniel Earle arrives back from his two-year sojourn. Sick and exhausted, he shares the story of the break-up of the nation into three uneasy independent regions. Meanwhile, Union Grove has been shocked by a Christmas Eve double murder.

(9644) 9 hours • 7 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Literary

(9892) 11 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Literary 978-1-4830-2347-2 $100.00

One Night: Promised

978-1-4830-2348-9 $29.95

An Unwilling Accomplice

by Jodi Ellen Malpas Reader to be announced

The Bess Crawford Mysteries, Book 6

by Charles Todd Reader to be announced

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Livy notices him the moment he walks into the coffee shop. He’s heart-stoppingly stunning. When he walks out, she thinks she’ll never see him again. Then she finds the note he left on his napkin … signed M. All he wants is one night to worship her. No feelings, no commitment, nothing but pleasure.

The fascination is so powerful, Livy can’t deny him—or herself.

A heartfelt fiction debut that will appeal to fans of Emily and Jennifer Weiner, Ca ncel the Wedding follows one woman’s journey to discover the secrets of her mother’s hidden past—and confront her own uncertain future.

Olivia is finally coming to terms with her mother Jane’s premature death from cancer. But when Jane’s final wish is revealed, Olivia is mystified. Her mother rarely spoke of her rural Southern hometown, and never went back to visit—so why does she want her to return to Huntley, Georgia, to scatter her ashes? (bc35) 12 hours • 10 CDs • Fiction / Contemporary Women

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World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford’s career is in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watch, in this absorbing and atmospheric historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.

Home on leave, Bess Crawford is asked to accompany a wounded soldier in a wheelchair to Buckingham Palace, where he’s to be decorated by the king. When Wilkins vanishes, Bess is held negligent for losing the war hero. But that isn’t nearly the end of her troubles. (bb0a) 12 hours • 10 CDs • Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths 978-1-4830-0571-3 $59.99

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In Reckless, Tom Clavin delivers a moving reminder of the unbreakable bond between people and animals, a powerful tale of courage, survival, and even love in the face of overwhelming odds.

From the racetracks of Seoul to the battlegrounds of the Korean War, Reckless was a horse whose strength, tenacity, and relentless spirit made her a hero among a regiment of US Marines fighting for their lives on the front lines.

(9848) 11.5 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • History / Military / Korean War 978-1-4830-2116-4 $100.00

978-1-4830-2117-1 $29.95

A thrilling novel of steadfast courage, intimate passions, and the profound risks that are taken in the name of love

Meg Moore’s daughter has been kidnapped, and she will do anything to save her—even kill. When Navy SEAL Lieutenant John Nilsson is summoned to Washington, DC, to help negotiate a hostage situation, the last person he expects to see holding a foreign ambassador at gunpoint is Meg. John could lose his career if he helps her escape. She will lose her life if he doesn’t.

(9693) 14 hours • 11 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Romance / Suspense 978-1-4830-2180-5 $29.95

Holidays with the Walker Brothers The Alluring Indulgence Series, Book 4

by Nicole Edwards Reader to be announced EXCLUSIVE

This book contains sexy, smoking-hot cowboys that may make your listening d e v i c e s p o n t a n e o u s ly c o m b u s t .

Consider yourself warned.

Warning! This book contains sexy, smoking-hot Texas cowboys that may melt the snow outside your window.

If nothing else, it’ll warm you up for the holidays.

Trav is Wa lker dedicates his time to building A l luring Indulgence, a resort that caters to fetishes and fantasies. But something is missing. Ten years ago, Travis had his heart broken.

Now he is learning that life has a strange way of turning things upside down before placing the pieces back together.

You are invited to spend the holidays with the Walker brothers and their families. As with any other time of the year, the seven brothers know how to heat things up while stirring up trouble, and between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, they don’t hold back.

WARNING! THIS BOOK CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.

WARNING! THIS BOOK CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL THAT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.

(9886) 23 hours • 18 CDs • 2 MP3 CDs • Fiction / Erotica

(9883) 9 hours • 7 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Erotica 978-1-4830-2354-0 $76.00

He made only three movies and became an international icon after his tragic death at the age of twenty-four. He was James Dean, and no one has told the real story of the man, the actor, or the myth as fully, as powerfully, and as intimately as the authors of James Dean: Little Boy Lost.

978-1-4829-6295-6 $59.99

978-1-4830-2593-3 $90.00

The Pecan Man

978-1-4830-2355-7 $29.95

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As beguiling as the novels of Alice Hoffman, Adriana Trigiani, Aimee Bender, and Sarah Addison Allen, Season of the Dragonflies is a story of flowers, sisters, practical magic, old secrets, and new love, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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For generations, the Lenore women have manufactured a perfume unlike any other. But trouble is brewing, and the unique flowers used in their perfume are dying. The only person who can save the company is the estranged Lucia, whose return to the mountains may be the answer they all need. (bc36) 12 hours • 10 CDs • Fiction / Occult & Supernatural 978-1-4830-2012-9 $59.99

To Kill a Mockingbird meets The Help in this work of Southern fiction whose first chapter was winner of the 2006 CNW/FF WA Florida St ate Writing Competition for unpublished novels.

(9685) 17 hours • 14 CDs • Fiction / Romance / Contemporary 978-1-4789-0215-7 $99.99

978-1-4830-2594-0 $29.95

Sanctum

Don’t Let Go

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The Persef0ne Series, Book 3

by Michelle Gagnon Reader to be announced This riveting final book in the Persef0ne trilogy ratchets up the action as Noa and Peter confront the evil that has chased them and won’t let them go.

In the summer of 1976, recently widowed Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man. Before long, he is arrested for murder. Twenty-five years later, Ora sets out to tell the truth about the Pecan Man.

Dan, Abby, and Jordan are plagued by nightmares about the traumatic summer they shared in the Brookline asylum, and it’s not over yet. Convinced the only way to end the nightmare is to return to New Hampshire College, the three teens uncover secrets darker than anything they’d imagined.

After a devastating loss, Noa Torson is out of options. On the run with the three remaining teens of Persef0ne’s Army, she is up against immeasurable odds. When Noa and Peter realize they can’t run anymore, they know they must go back to where it all began. But can they win?

(9876) 5 hours • 4 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / General

(bb0h) 10 hours • 8 CDs • Juvenile Fiction / Horror & Ghost Stories

(bb0c) 10 hours • 8 CDs • Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General

978-1-4830-2302-1 $19.95

Angel Landing

Illumination Night

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The bestselling author of Practical Magic offers “an affecting love story, laced with humor” (Booklist).

Both riveting and reflective, this is a story that brings to light the talent that has made Alice Hoffman an acclaimed bestselling author.

by Alice Hoffman Reader to be announced

978-1-4830-0585-0 $59.99

Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, a festival of lanterns held each summer on Martha’s Vineyard, this novel is a modern chronicle of a marriage and a bittersweet exploration of an extraordinary passion. Illumination Night follows the lives of several characters who, in the end, will be brought together in a web of yearning, sin, and ultimate redemption.

(9854) 11 hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / General

(9903) 9 hours • 7 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Literary 978-1-4830-2537-7 $76.00

978-1-4830-2538-4 $29.95

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978-1-4830-0575-1 $59.99

The Lost Island

By Alice Hoffman Read by Agnes Herrmann

Natalie, a therapist, is in love with Carter, but he is deeply dedicated to his environmental work, and their relationship takes a backseat to the fate of the planet. Then a new client walks into Natalie’s office. He is an intriguing man with an incredible tale to tell, and under his influence she faces questions about passion, the true meaning of commitment—and the possibility of finding the love she seeks.

978-1-4830-2075-4 $29.95

On her wedding night, Banner Coleman was a jilted bride. Jake Langston was her parents’ best friend and the toughest cowhand in Texas, yet Banner’s pain had broken down his resistance, unleashing emotions that surprised them both. Soon Jake and Banner were caught up in a scandal that could shatter a friendship and a family. But theirs wasn’t the only affair stirring up trouble.

This thrilling and creepy sequel to the New York Times bestselling photoillustrated novel Asylum features more mind-bending revelations and pageturning action—this time from real vintage carnivals.

978-1-4830-2301-4 $49.00

978-1-4830-2074-7 $100.00

A delicious romance from a master of the genre.

An Asylum Novel

by Madeleine Roux Read by Michael Goldstrom

by Cassie Dandridge Selleck Reader to be announced

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978-1-4830-2341-0 $44.95

978-1-4829-4973-5 $29.95

A Novel

by Sarah Creech Reader to be announced

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James Dean: Little Boy Lost is the definitive story of a stunning young talent who lived too fast and died too soon but whose memory will live on as long as the youth of the world dare to hope, love, and dream.

(9901) 10 hours • 8 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts

(7935) 10 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / Thrillers

Season of the Dragonflies

The Troubleshooters Series, Book 2

by Suzanne Brockmann Read by Patrick Lawlor and Melanie Ewbank

The Alluring Indulgence Series, Book 3

by Nicole Edwards Reader to be announced

978-1-4830-2340-3 $123.00

What do you do if your fiancée goes missing? If you’re Daniel Trent, a highly trained specialist in hostage negotiation, you find out who took her and you make them talk. But what if your chief suspect is kidnapped? How do you get him back quickly—and alive? Set in Marseilles, this fast-paced thriller pitches listeners into Daniel’s world as he races against the clock to get answers and rescue the woman he loves.

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The Coleman Family Saga, Book 2

by Sandra Brown Reader to be announced

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She’s gone—and time is running out.

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Another Dawn

Little Boy Lost

By Joe Hyams, with Jay Hyams Reader to be announced

by Chris Ewan • Read by Simon Vance

The Defiant Hero

Travis

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978-1-4829-4972-8 $105.00

978-1-4830-2179-9 $109.00

Dead Line

978-1-4830-2010-5 $59.99

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After going onstage for a hypnotist’s act, Arthur Friedland empties his family’s bank account and leaves his three sons to fend for themselves as he goes off to write highly lauded novels. Years later, his sons must come to terms with who they are in the world.

The new erotic series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Ellen Malpas

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The Racehorse Who Became a Marine Corps Hero

by Tom Clavin Reader to be announced

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Family. Faith. Fraud. Fate. Fiction.

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978-1-4830-0987-2 $29.95

A Novel

by Carolyn Dingman Reader to be announced

Reckless

The World Made by Hand Novels, Book 3

by James Howard Kunstler Read by to be announced

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978-1-4789-3053-2 $99.99

978-1-4830-2152-2 $29.95

A History of the Future

A Novel

by Daniel Kehlmann Translated by Carol Brown Janeway Reader to be announced

(9870) 19 hours • 15 CDs • Fiction / Erotica

Liza Long is the mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental disorder. When she wrote an emotional response to the Newtown elementary school shooting, posted online as “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother,” it went viral. Here Long takes a devastating look at how we address mental illness, especially in children, who are funneled through a system that leads far too often to prison.

978-1-4830-2151-5 $90.00

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978-1-4830-0986-5 $76.00

A powerful look at why we must end the stigma of mental illness

(9802) 10 hours • 8 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Social Science / People with Disabilities

(9793) • • • Fiction / War & Military 978-1-4830-2123-2

Cancel the Wedding

A Mom’s Perspective on Mental Illness

by Liza Long Foreword by Harold S. Koplewicz Reader to be announced

by Dick Couch Reader to be announced

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The Gideon Crew Series, Book 3

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Reader to be announced #1 New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child return with their next novel in the Gideon Crew series.

The action zigzags like an out-of-control rocket toward a double-deceptive conclusion. ­—­KIRKUS REVIEWS ON GIDEON’S CORPSE

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(9684) 11.5 hours • 10 CDs • 1 MP3 CD • Fiction / General 978-1-4789-0212-6 $79.99

978-1-4789-0214-0 $59.99

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