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ID: 772259
Title: Last Raven
Author: Helen Glynn Jones
Narrator: Jane Fox
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:53:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, New Adult, Romantasy
Summary:
The hottest forced proximity x forbidden romance vampire story to sink your fangs into this autumn!
Perfect for fans of Twilight!
Ill be forced to take the crown, simply because of who my parents are. Never mind that my skin, my eyes, the way I move, everything will give me away for what I am.
Human.
In a world ruled by vampires.
As sole heir to the House of Raven, there is nothing Emelia cant have. The only problem is, she doesnt want it.
But when the mysterious Kyle enters her closed-off existence, she sees a way out. As rebellion and dark forces swirl around her, Emelia has a choice to make leave everyone she loves behind, or stay and accept her destiny
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ID: 698227
Title: Here One Minute
Author: Alex Lake
Narrator: Antonia Beamish
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:40:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-24-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Police Stories
Summary:
The latest electrifying thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author you wont be able to put down!
Now you see her
Julia Miller puts her teenage daughter on a plane, secure in the knowledge that she will see her again in a few days.
Now you dont
But when the plane lands, Anna is nowhere to be seen. She definitely got on the flight, but then she justvanished.
Is she gone forever?
Julias world is about to be rocked. Because when the truth comes about whats really happened to Anna, nothing will ever be the same again. And time is running out to save her daughter
Fans of Alex Lake are in for a treat although Here One Minute is a fully standalone story, devotees might recognise Anna from the authors smash hit Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller After Anna!
Praise for Alex Lake
Relentlessly fast paced and an anxiety inducing finale John Marrs, author of The One
I actually stopped breathing several times Jackie Kabler, author of The Perfect Couple
Spine-chilling and difficult to put down Daily Mail
This brilliant book will get under your skin' Sam Carrington, author of The Missing Wife
This taut thriller will have you racing for the finish Heat
A gripping page turner Closer
An expert at crafting chilling scenes that will instantly capture a readers imagination Woman & Home
A thoroughly entertaining, gripping read Cass Green, author of In a Cottage In a Wood
Youll find it hard to fall asleep when the lights go out Evening Standard
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ID: 757634
Title: Never Play It Safe: A Practical Guide to Freedom, Creativity, and a Life You Love
Author: Chase Jarvis
Narrator: Chase Jarvis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:16:48
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-24
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness
Summary:
What if your biggest risk in life is playing it safe?
In Never Play It Safe, bestselling author, award-winning photographer, and founder of CreativeLive, Chase Jarvis, reveals that safety is an illusiona comforting lie thats holding you back from true fulfillment and extraordinary success.
Discover the Bold Path to Your Most Authentic Life
Chase Jarvis has spent years in deep conversation with the worlds top entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and performers, uncovering the real secrets to living boldly and authentically. Through these powerful insights and his own transformative experiences, he invites you to shatter the dangerous comfort of the safe path and unlock your full potential.
Inside, you'll discover:
Why ''playing it safe'' is the riskiest move you can make
How to break free from the toxic voices in your head holding you back
The hidden ''attention hijackers'' silently sabotaging your dreams
The surprising link between playfulness and peak performance in any field
Practical techniques to train your attention and unlock your potential
Real-life stories of world-class performers who dared to live boldly
Are You Ready to Break Free?
If youre tired of playing small, feeling stuck, or living in fear, its time to reclaim the playful, courageous part of yourself thats been waiting to shine. Never Play It Safe will equip you with the tools, insights, and inspiration to take bold action and create the life of your dreams.
Your Life is the Ultimate Creative ActDont Settle for Safety.
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ID: 760529
Title: Turtle Moon
Author: Hannah Gold
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:49:56
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature
Summary:
Journey to the heart of the jungle in this unforgettable adventure from the author of bestselling and prize-winning The Last Bear. Beautifully illustrated by Levi Pinfold, this is perfect for readers 8+.
Silver Trevelons parents arent happy. They havent been happy since the nursery they decorated started gathering cobwebs, waiting for the baby brother or sister that never came. So when Silvers dad is invited to paint at a turtle rescue centre in Costa Rica, she hopes itll be just the adventure the family needs.
Under the hot tropical sun, Silver settles into life at the animal centre. She even witnesses a rare sighting of a leatherback turtle nesting on the beach. But when the turtles eggs are stolen, events take a dark and dangerous turn. Can Silver and her new friends track them down before it's too late? Itll mean journeying into the heart of the jungle and uncovering long-buried secrets . . .
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ID: 759732
Title: Fire in the Sky
Author: Sophie Jordan, Will Watt
Narrator: Fiona Hardingham, Joe Jameson, Karen Cass
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Romantasy
Summary:
Dragons are extinct. Witches are outcast. Magic is dying. But human lust for power is immortal.
Dragon fire no longer blisters the skies over Penterra, but inside the lavish palace, life is still perilous especially for Tamsyn. Raised in the glittering court alongside the princesses, it's her duty to be punished for their misdeeds. Treated as part of the royal family but also as the lowliest servant, Tamsyn fits nowhere. So when she is tasked with the ultimate sacrifice of pretending to be one of the true royal princesses and marry Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands, son to the great dragon slayer, Tamsyn accepts her fate even if it means tricking the deadly warrior.
The wedding night begins with unexpected passion, but ends in near violence when her trickery is exposed. Rather than start a war, Fell accepts Tamsyn as his bride but Tamsyn isnt what she seems. She harbours dark secrets, secrets buried so deep even she doesnt know they exist.
For Tamsyn is more than the false wife of a man who now sees her as his enemy. And when those secrets emerge, they will ignite a flame bright enough to burn the entire kingdom to the bone.
Magic is not dead it is only sleeping. And it will take one ordinary girl with an extraordinary destiny to awaken it.
Perfect if you love:
Enemies to lovers
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ID: 693836
Title: Bell Witches
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Narrator: Ashleigh Haddad
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:20:20
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Contemporary Fantasy, Romantasy
Summary:
The new gothic fantasy sensation from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Lindsey Kelk. PRE-ORDER NOW!
Your new obsession Cosmopolitan
YOULL WANT TO BE ONE. UNTIL YOU KNOW THEIR SECRETS.
After sixteen-year-old Emilys father tragically dies, she is forced to live with the only family she has left, an aunt and grandmother in the heart of Savannah, Georgia in a house as beautiful as it is mysterious.
But all is not what it seems with the Bell family; theyre hiding a magical secret.
When Emily meets the alluring Wyn, she forms a connection that feels like it was always meant to be. As the spark between them grows more powerful, her life takes an exhilarating and terrifying turn; but every step closer to him, takes her a step further away from her family.
Emily will find out that blood is always thicker than water
THERES NO BOND GREATER THAN MAGIC
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ID: 765793
Title: Haunted House on Hollow Hill
Author: Derek Landy
Narrator: Colin Mace, Eve Macklin, Joe Eyre, Kevin Hely, Kit Griffiths, Sam Newton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:16:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Humor
Summary:
*The audiobook version of the thrilling and innovative narrative podcast launching August 2024, including an exclusive storyline not found in the podcast*
On a dark and stormy night
Two ghost-hunting journalists arrive at the most haunted house in Britain the Hollow Hotel. Theyre here to interview the Dark King of television magic, Romeo Gideon.
Instead, they discover the body of a murdered man hanging from the rafters the work of a killer who wields actual magic as viciously as he does his blade. With the storm closing in, all exit routes cut off, and the killer taking them out one by one, their only hope lies with the two mysterious Irish detectives who seem quite at home with all this bloodshed
Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have only hours to figure out who the killer is in a hotel filled with the tortured spirits of the dead, the anguished wails of the dying, and the relentless whines of the living.
Exciting, standalone audio including characters not featured in the podcast
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ID: 644831
Title: Nightfall: And Other Stories
Author: Isaac Asimov
Narrator: William Hope
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16:13:11
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Summary:
The second volume in an extraordinary collection published shortly after the authors death. There are 23 science fiction stories, ranging from the very surprising heart-tugger 'The Ugly Little Boy' to the overwhelming vision of 'Nightfall'. In these stories, Asimov's vivid awareness of the potential of technology is translated into human dilemmas.
The definitive collection of short fiction by Isaac Asimov, supreme master of the science fiction genre continues with Volume Two of the Complete Stories. The Good Doctor was always ahead of his time and his work stands today as the clearest expression of our collective hopes and fears for the future. But the ever-expanding popularity of his stories with young and old readers alike is explained by their wit, zest and human interest.
Within this volume are stories often voted among the best science fiction stories of all time. In these stories Asimov's vivid awareness of the potential of technology is translated into human dilemmas that are more relevant today than ever before.
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ID: 783850
Title: Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul
Author: Jenna Krajeski, Saad Mohseni
Narrator: Ramiz Monsef
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:26:25
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Biography & Memoir, World, Global Politics, History & Culture
Summary:
'Saad Mohseni is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Afghanistan brave, entrepreneurial, with a knack for imagining the impossible he transformed the Afghan media landscape and brought serious news, and exceptional entertainment to millions in the most testing circumstances imaginable' Rory Stewart
The deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent media company in contemporary Afghanistan.
Saad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby Group, Afghanistans largest media company, charts a twenty-year effort to bring a free press to his country after years of Taliban rule, and how that effort persists even after the Talibans return to power in 2021.
In the heady early days of the American occupation, Mohseni returns to Kabul which he had last seen as a child before the Soviet invasion. Casting about for ways to be involved in the dawn of a new Afghanistan, Mohseni makes what seems like a quixotic decision to leave the comforts of a career in international banking to start a Kabul radio station with his three siblings. This unlikely venture quickly blossoms into a burgeoning television empire, bringing Mohseni and his family and employees into sometimes uncomfortable contact with everyone who has a stake in the country from the government of Hamid Karzai to White House officials. Moreover, their radio and television networks soon become a necessary beacon for millions of Afghans, who rely on them not just for independent news but for joyful pleasures like soap operas and Afghan Star, a beloved national singing competition in a country whose previous rulers had banned (and would again ban) music.
Mohsenis position at Moby affords him unique insights into this extraordinary yet troubled country, the youngest in the world outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, and his powerful account captures the spirit and resilience of the Afghan people notably the hundreds of men and women still working in Moby's Kabul office today, who, once again under Taliban rule, create programs, report the news, and educate the public.
Radio Free Afghanistan is a stunning, vibrant portrait of a nation in turmoil, poised between despair and hope.
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ID: 809060
Title: Eye for an Eye
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Narrator: George Blagden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:05:09
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction
Summary:
The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer Pre-order now!
In one of the most luxurious cities on earth
A billion-dollar deal is about to go badly wrong. A lavish night out is about to end in murder. And the British government is about to be plunged into crisis.
In the heart of the British establishment
Lord Hartley, the latest in a line of peers going back over two hundred years, lies dying. But his will triggers an inheritance with explosive consequences.
Two deaths. Continents apart. No obvious connection.
So why are they both at the centre of a master criminal's plot for revenge?
And can Scotland Yard's William Warwick uncover the truth before it's too late
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ID: 737705
Title: Border: A Novel
Author: Don Winslow
Narrator: Ray Porter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 29:03:11
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-24
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Thriller & Horror, International Mystery
Summary:
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Washington Post NPR Financial Times The Guardian Booklist New Statesman Daily Telegraph Irish Times Dallas Morning News Sunday Times New York Post
''A big, sprawling, ultimately stunning crime tableau.'' Janet Maslin, New York Times
''You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment.'' Stephen King
''One of the best thriller writers on the planet.'' Esquire
The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force
What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side youre on?
The war has come home.
For over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of Americas longest conflict: The War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the worlds most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin?the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera?has left him bloody and scarred, cost him the people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.
Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created thirty more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico. But not just there.
Barreras final legacy is the heroin epidemic scourging America. Throwing himself into the gap to stem the deadly flow, Keller finds himself surrounded by enemies?men who want to kill him, politicians who want to destroy him, and worse, the unimaginable?an incoming administration thats in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.
Art Keller is at war with not only the cartels, but with his own government. And the long fight has taught him more than he ever imagined. Now, he learns the final lesson?there are no borders.
In a story that moves from deserts of Mexico to Wall Street, from the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, D.C., Winslow follows a new generation of narcos, the cops who fight them, street traffickers, addicts, politicians, money-launderers, real-estate moguls, and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.
A shattering tale of vengeance, violence, corruption and justice, this last novel in Don Winslows magnificent, award-winning, internationally bestselling trilogy is packed with unforgettable, drawn-from-the-headlines scenes. Shocking in its brutality, raw in its humanity, The Border is an unflinching portrait of modern America, a story ofand forour time.
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ID: 809061
Title: Love Story
Author: Lindsey Kelk
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:15:23
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary, New Adult
Summary:
The new enemies-to-lovers romcom from Lindsey Kelk pre-order now!
'Lindsey Kelk is the Taylor Swift of romance writing she makes me PROUD to be a romance reader!' DAISY BUCHANAN
'Love Story might just be [Lindsey's] best yet. It has everything I could possibly ask for in a romcom belly laughs, relatable, real and sexy characters, and the most compelling story' LUCY VINE
Shes a small-town schoolteacher, hes a hotshot creative director. Together, its hate at first sight.
Sophie Taylor has a secret and Joe Walsh is the last person she'd tell. Hes devilishly handsome, incredibly hot and far too sure of himself.
But Sophie desperately needs his help.
Because she's not just hiding something small. She is Este Cox, the mysterious romance author the entire world is desperate to unmask.
When a trip to the countryside means sharing a cottage with only one bed, its a short step to sharing a whole lot more besides Can Sophie trust Joe with the truth and be herself?
'Love Story is Lindsey Kelks best novel yet impossibly funny, wildly romantic and extremely hot I could not have loved it more ROSIE WALSH
'I really loved it What's great about Lindsey's main characters is you stick to them like glue from the very first page, you feel you know them, you root for them from the off' JUSTIN MYERS, THE GUYLINER
READERS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE
'What a loveable five-star read'
'Such a wonderful contemporary romance that gives us not only a fab love story but is a heartfelt love letter to the genre itself'
'Just a joyous, clever, heartwarming hug of a book that I did not want to put down'
'I will be recommending Love Story to EVERYONE! Seriously. Potential Book of the Year here!!!! Perfection. Pure Perfection'
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ID: 683693
Title: Evenfall: The Golden Linnet
Author: Alexander Armstrong
Narrator: Alexander Armstrong
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:39:42
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Mystery & Fantasy
Summary:
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDRENS DEBUT FICTION BOOK *
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDRENS HARDBACK FICTION BOOK *
A Da Vinci Code for kids RICHARD OSMAN
A triumph a very modern fantasy, in which the inventive plot is balanced by a strong degree of psychological realism, and a hero to whom every young reader is likely to relate. THE TELEGRAPH
'A wild-winged adventure that soars effortlessly to the greatest heights of fantasy! BEN MILLER
A fabulous quest story a total page turner. TOPPSTA READER REVIEW
An ancient magic. A deadly enemy. A reluctant hero.
12-year-old Sams world is blown apart when he discovers that his family was once at the heart of a secret society The Order of the Evening that had long protected the world. Now a powerful enemy is closing in, destroying all in its path to find the Orders hidden palace of Bellasis and the source of its powerful magic. Only Sam can stop them. But first, he must bring the Order together again.
The clock is ticking. Dark forces are massing. Sam must undertake perilous journeys, determine friend and foe, and discover his true powers. For this boy holds the future of the world in his hands
Its time to enter a world of magic, intrigue, danger and glory if you dare!
*Evenfall reached number 5 in the TCM top 5000 Childrens chart Week w/e 14-SEP-2024
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ID: 773058
Title: Blood Debt
Author: M.K. Murphy
Narrator: Ethan Kelly
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:05:48
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories
Summary:
Praise for the DS Rick Turner series
A compulsive thriller Ann Cleeves
A terrifically tense sequel! Daniel Sellers
Justice is served
As criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive elite squad begins a campaign of action, delivering the guilty to the cops along with all the evidence they need for a conviction.
Lines are drawn
But when innocent people are shot after the vigilante crew blunders into a major police operation Detective Rick Turner among the unintended victims its clear they must be stopped. Ricks brother Sam might be able to help, but hes a fugitive from the law himself, on nobodys side but his own.
In too deep
As Sam and Rick are drawn into a vast criminal web, allegiances are tested to the limit. mistrusted by his bosses, and targeted by a deadly enemy out for revenge, Rick must decide where his true loyalties lie.
Perfect for fans of Gytha Lodge, Michael Wood and Matt Brolly.
Readers LOVE Detective Rick Turner
So many twists and surprises reader reviewer
I read it in one sitting reader reviewer
Ticked all the boxes for a great thriller reader reviewer
Had me gripped reader reviewer
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ID: 625276
Title: Bibliotherapy: Books to Guide You Through Every Chapter of Life
Author: Molly Masters
Narrator: Molly Masters
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:12:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Literary Criticism
Summary:
A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what lifes throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. your inclusive AF feminist book club
Through turbulent times, stories keep us afloat. Books, particularly, console and guide us, feed our souls, and open our eyes to worlds, possibilities and experiences we may never have considered before. Many of us have been self-medicating with books for years without identifying the practice as bibliotherapy.
This carefully curated collection will help you to identify the right reads for the right time. Whether you are in the throes of first love or the depths of heartbreak, embarking on a new beginning or questioning which path to take, use this guide to lose yourself in literature and find yourself anew, and discover the books that will always matter to you.
Includes celebrated classics, as well as overlooked modern masterpieces, with a focus on underrepresented voices. Recommended reads, include:
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelou
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Be Not Afraid of Love by Mimi Zhu
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ID: 756047
Title: Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind: In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms
Author: Richard Fortey
Narrator: Richard Attlee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:43:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Biology & Chemistry
Summary:
A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion TRISTAN GOOLEY
The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi dont obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and greens.
They do not seem of this world, yet fungi underpin all the life around us: the wood wide web links the trees by a subterranean telegraph; fungi eat the fallen trunks and leaves to recycle the nutrients that keep the wood alive; they feed a host of beetles and flies, which in turn feed birds and bats. Fungi produce the most expensive foods in the world but also offer the prospect of cheap protein for all; they cure disease, and they both cause disease and kill; they are the specialists to surpass all others; their diversity thrills and bewilders.
Professor Richard Fortey has been a devoted field mycologist all his life. He has rejoiced in the exuberant variety and profusion of mushrooms since reading as a boy of nuns driven mad by ergot (a fungus). Drawing on decades of experience doing science in the woods and fields, Fortey starts with the perfect fungus day eating ceps in Piedmont. He introduces brown rotters and the white, earthstars and death caps; fungal annuals and perennials, dung lovers and parasites, even fungi that move through the trees like mycelial monkeys. We learn that the giant puffball produces more spores than there are known stars in the universe and fetid stinkhorns begin looking like arrivals from the planet Tharg. He tells of the fungus that turns flies into zombies, the ones that clean up metallic waste the delicious subterranean fungi truffe de Perigord, the delight of gourmets.
Amongst these and many other close encounters of a fungal kind, the book attempts to answer the questions: what are fungi? Why did their means of reproduction escape discovery for so long? What role do they play in the development of life?
The vast kingdom of fungi is more diverse and species rich than plants or animals. Their glorious profusion has the starring role in this magical, deeply informed book which takes us from familiar places into strange worlds.
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ID: 772257
Title: Corkscrew You
Author: Catherine Robertson
Narrator: Brandi Margot, Heathcliff Lee
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:04:20
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Romance, Romantica, Rom-Com, Contemporary
Summary:
Could the guy she loves to hate turn out to be her perfect pairing?
If Shelby Armstrong wants to keep her late fathers beloved Flora Valley Wines in business, shell have to listen to Nathan Durants advice. But given the fact that Shelby is all heart and Nate is nothing but tough love, bringing the winery back to life quickly becomes a battle of wills.
And yet, Shelby and Nate arent incompatible in every way in fact, an unexpected (and unexpectedly hot) kiss shows Shelby that theyd make a very good team in the bedroom! But as is always the case when it comes to love and money, things quickly get complicated
Tropes:
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ID: 653665
Title: Haunting of Moscow House
Author: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:26:13
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Paranormal
Summary:
In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous and deadly to remember.
It is the summer of 1921, and a group of Bolsheviks have taken over Irina and Lili Goliteva's ancestral home in Moscow, a stately mansion falling into disrepair and decay. The remaining members of their family are ordered to move into the cramped attic, while the officials take over an entire wing of grand rooms downstairs. The sisters understand it is the way of things and know they must forget their noble upbringing to make their way in this new Soviet Russia. But the house begins to whisper of a traumatic past not as dead as they thought.
Eager to escape it and their unwelcome new landlords, Irina and Lili find jobs with the recently arrived American Relief Administration, meant to ease the post-revolutionary famine in Russia. For the sisters, the ARA provides much-needed food and employment, as well as a chance for sensible Irina to help those less fortunate and artistic Lili to express herself for a good cause. It might just lead them to love, too.
But at home, the spirits of their deceased family awaken, desperate to impart what really happened to them during the Revolution. Soon one of the officials living in the house is found dead. Was his death caused by something supernatural, or by someone all too human? And are Irina and Lili and their family next? Only unearthing the frightening secrets of Moscow House will reveal all. But this means the sisters must dig deep into a past no one in Russia except the dead are allowed to remember.
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ID: 717439
Title: Glassmaker
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Narrator: Juliet Aubrey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:22:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Coming of Age, Family Life
Summary:
'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Month
'Sparkling'OBSERVER
'A triumph beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN
'Spellbinding. Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK
A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game SPECTATOR
FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here like the glass the islands maestros spend their lives learning to handle.
Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime.
Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her?
Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
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ID: 773306
Title: Witching Hour
Author: Syd Moore
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:05:20
Language: English
Release date: 09-12-24
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Religious Fiction, Paranormal
Summary:
A chilling, haunting ghost story set in the modern day which delves into the real-life legend of a 19th century sea witch
Previously published as The Drowning Pool in 2011
Relocated to a coastal town, widowed teacher Sarah Grey is slowly rebuilding her life, along with her young son Alfie. But after an inadvertent séance one drunken night, her world is shaken when she starts to experience frightening visions.
She tries to explain them away. But Alfie sees them too and Sarah believes that they have become the targets of a haunting attack.
Convinced that the ghost is that of a 19th Century local witch, Sarah delves into local folklore and learns that the witch was thought to have been evil incarnate. And when a series of old letters surface, Sarah discovers that nothing is as it seems, not even the ghost who haunts her very home
Perfect for fans of The Midnight House, The Familiars and The Lighthouse Witches.
Previously published as The Drowning Pool in 2011
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