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I'm Not Wonder Woman: But God Made Me Wonderful

Heartfelt and delightful, I'm Not Wonder Woman encourages, inspires, and challenges women to 'discover the real you.' Best-selling author Sheila Walsh then invites readers to embrace life and celebrate the joy of being a wonderful woman! Somewhere between being Wonder Woman and wondering what is wrong with you is a greater reality: God created you to be a wonderful woman. Instead of trying to live up to an unrealistic role, best-selling author Sheila Walsh invites you to take off your cape and boots, set aside your crumpled suit, and discover the authentic woman, beloved and valued by God. In this book, Sheila helps you understand that in God's eyes, you are already a beautiful and creative woman.

Sheila Walsh (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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5 Minutes with Jesus

Five Minutes with Jesus provides bursts of inspiration for every reader's relationship with Jesus. Brief but profound, these daily readings from Sheila Walsh will help busy people draw close to Him and walk with Him throughout the day. It will become clear that, even in the midst of a busy lifestyle, every minute we spend in the powerful presence of Jesus makes a difference in our lives!

Sheila Walsh (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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City of Sin: Pimps, Police and Politics on the Vegas Strip

CITY OF SIN is a deep dive into the American heart of darkness, a much-needed outing of a society that allows its most vulnerable to be trampled by unchecked desire and greed. Brian Joseph has done a remarkable and undaunted job of investigative journalism. Michael Connelly, best-selling author and executive producer of Bosch CITY OF SIN tells the inside story of how the biggest sex trafficking investigation in Las Vegas history careened off the rails, ending law enforcement careers and harming hundreds of vulnerable women, but resulted in its target, Mally Mall, a Hip Hop music producer who has worked with stars ranging from Drake to Justin Bieber, receiving only 33 months in prison. This layered saga spans more than a decade, and incorporates an array of captivating characters, including world-famous musicians, violent pimps, unscrupulous journalists, and crooked cops. It takes readers from the streets of Las Vegas to its most exclusive hotel suites, from police raids to newsrooms, and from recording studios to one of the biggest party pads in all of Sin City, complete with a veritable zoo of exotic animals. Drawing on confidential records and exclusive interviews, CITY OF SIN opens with Angela Delgado, a Houston woman who gets sucked into Mally’s sprawling empire and becomes one of his elite “priority girls.” The focus then shifts to law enforcement’s investigation of Mally, which is hopelessly mismanaged. While Vice Sgt. Don Hoier watches in horror as police officers and then later FBI agents trip all over themselves, Mally’s star steadily rises as he produces bigger and bigger records and lands a role on a weekly VH1 reality show. CITY OF SIN sheds light on domestic sex trafficking and American society’s disregard for its victims, and the price of fame and celebrity and the intersection of Hip Hop and pimping. It will appeal to readers of true crime, current events, pop culture, even politics. Long-time investigative reporter Brian Joseph is uniquely positioned to tackle this ambitious story as he investigated sex trafficking in Las Vegas for more than two years for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and has developed countless sources in this hard-to-penetrate subculture.

Brian Joseph (Author), Angela Williams, Brian Joseph, Don Hoier, TBD (Narrator)

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Thraldom: A History of Slavery in the Viking Age

Nordic slavery is an elusive phenomenon, with few similarities to the systematic exploitation of slaves in households, mines, and amphitheaters in the ancient Mediterranean or the widespread slavery at American plantations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Scandinavians in the early Middle Ages lived in a society foreign to us, characterized by different and shifting social statuses. A person could be at once socially respected and unfree. It was possible to hand oneself over as a slave to someone else in exchange for protection and food. One could be sentenced temporarily to enslavement for some offense but later purchase his manumission. Young men could enter into a kind of “contract' with a king or chieftain to join his retinue, accepting his authority, patronage, and jurisdiction, while at the same time making a quick social elevation. Slavery was widespread all over Europe during the early Middle Ages and Scandinavians, as Stefan Brink illustrates in this book, became a major player in the northern slave trade. However, the Vikings were not particularly interested in taking slaves to Scandinavia; instead, their “business model” seems to have been to raid, abduct, and then sell captured people at major slave markets. Their goal was not laborers but silver. Using a wide variety of source materials, including archaeology, runes, Icelandic sagas, early law, place names, personal names, and not least etymological and semantic analyses of the terminology of slaves, Thraldom provides the most comprehensive survey of slavery in the Viking Age.

Stefan Brink (Author), Tim Fannon (Narrator)

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We Called it a War

We Called It A War is Sargent Shriver’s first-hand account of leading President Johnson’s War on Poverty. Written on the cusp of the 1970s, the manuscript was recently rediscovered among Shriver’s personal papers and subsequently edited by long-time friend and law partner, David Birenbaum. The book recounts Shriver’s role in translating President Johnson’s audacious pledge to end poverty into a working set of social programs that continue to uplift and empower communities across the United States today. In leading this effort, Shriver was tasked with drafting the requisite legislation, ushering it through a skeptical Congress, creating the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), and recruiting the talented anti-poverty warriors who would take the OEO from concept to implementation. Shriver’s words reveal a public administrator skilled at creating major social policy; a global citizen driven by his Catholic faith and commitment to social justice; a principled pragmatist who successfully executed grand ideas; a social entrepreneur whose skeptical approach to bureaucracy enabled him to liberate the creative energies of the diverse individuals who collaborated with him; and a politician who earned the trust and respect of his adversaries. Shriver’s anti-poverty efforts continues to resonate. Virtually all of the War on Poverty programs, many of them conceived personally by Shriver, continue to deliver tangible, consequential benefits to millions of people in all stages of life. These programs include Head start, Community Action, Legal Services, Job Corps, Americorps VISTA, Foster Grandparents, Upward Bound, and Neighborhood Health Services. Fifty years on, Shriver’s words remind us that to achieve equal opportunity and justice for all of our sisters and brothers, we must again create an environment that nurtures bold ideas and empowers decisive, community-based action.

Sargent Shriver (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Alecto the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness

ESPN's Tim MacMahon examines the pressure of building around a prodigy in the NBA, through the prism of the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic. THE WONDER BOY chronicles Doncic's journey from the most hyped European teen prospect in basketball history to a generational NBA star -- and all the madness that ensues as the Mavericks attempt to avoid blowing the golden opportunity of having a young, perennial MVP candidate as the franchise centerpiece. The book digs behind the scenes of the drama and dysfunction in Dallas during the early years of Doncic's career, when owner Mark Cuban's front office focused as much on internal power struggles as actually improving the basketball team. And it covers the new regime's effort to earn Doncic's loyalty, which requires putting the ruthless competitor in position to win. Readers will learn never-before-reported details about the blockbuster deal for Kristaps Porzingis that blew up in the Mavs' faces, the divorces with coach Rick Carlisle and GM Donnie Nelson, the series of mistakes that led to Jalen Brunson leaving after a run to the Western Conference finals, the new pairing with mercurial Kyrie Irving, roster moves that could have been made and much more. As the clock ticks on the Mavs' search for a co-star, THE WONDER BOY dives into how the Mavericks have handled a dilemma every NBA team would love to have.

Tim Macmahon (Author), Charles Constant, TBD, Tim MacMahon (Narrator)

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Too Precious to Lose

A moving and inspiring memoir from a former Obama White House staffer, about his rural Maryland family's untold history, the merger of three churches-one Black, two white-and how a radical embrace of community became their salvation, and his. Jason Green was raised on fellowship-literally. Fellowship Lane, the once unpaved road he grew up on, served as a spiritual metaphor throughout his coming of age. A precocious preacher's kid, Green felt a call to the ministry but ultimately devoted himself to the people in a different way-through public service. After working on Barack Obama's presidential campaign, he spent four and a half years working in the White House as special assistant to President Obama. However, Green's government career was cut short by a devastating call that it appeared his ninety-five-year-old grandmother was on her presumptive deathbed. At her side, he listened while she detailed her life story dating back to her 1918 birth in Quince Orchard, a town that no longer exists. He was preoccupied with disbelief; how could he have never known the true legacy of his tiny community? How could a whole town's existence be erased but for the memory of a few surviving elders? Green's historical research uncovered a surprising trove of tales about the determination of his newly freed ancestors to build an African American house of worship, and how generations later, on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, their progeny would be at the center of a brave decision to create an integrated church. Quince Orchard's lost story is part of what Green calls the texture in the American fabric: the moral leadership of the Black church, the longstanding resilience of the Black community, and the transformative love of the Black family. Fueled by a new understanding of where he comes from, Green traces one family through a century of life in a single community, asking deeply personal questions about belonging and finding answers from the compassionate, communal-led lives of his forebears.

Jason Green (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Walk In My Classroom

Brought to you by Penguin. Teaching is among the most admirable professions. However, today’s teachers face unprecedented challenges – from limited funding to book banning. In classrooms across the world, teachers demonstrate resilience and ingenuity as they dedicate their lives to improving those of future generations. Featuring a range of first-hand accounts, James Patterson explores the creative and noble work of teachers across America. While the future may be in doubt, one thing is certain. Teachers change students’ lives. PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD 'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN 'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON 'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL 'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN © James Patterson 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

James Patterson (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Lewis Hamilton: Still I Rise: The Complete Story

Jonathan Mcevoy (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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7,000 Universes: How the Languages We Speak Shape the Way We Think

Lera Boroditsky (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Anne Neilson's Christmas Angels: Devotions and Art of Hope and Joy for the Christmas Season

Are you looking to focus your heart amid the bustle and preparation leading up to Christmas? Are you seeking the peace, hope, love, and joy at the heart of the holiday? Anne Neilson's Christmas Angels invites you to quiet your spirit as you focus on the wonder of the Savior's birth and the messengers who heralded the good news to the shepherds that first Christmas. Fine artist and bestselling author Anne Neilson beautifully captures the angels' essence in this devotional designed especially for Advent. Gorgeous original art throughout showcases Anne's iconic angels alongside daily devotions that will usher you into the sacredness and beauty of the Christmas season. This stunning and inspirational book: - Weaves all-new art from Anne with Bible verses, poetry, prayers, and personal reflections - Offers devotions for each day of Advent, organized weekly in the themes of hope, love, joy, and peace - Makes a perfect hostess gift for holiday parties, Christmas gift for fans of Anne's art and previous books, or self-purchase to include as part of your own Christmas traditions Through 28 entries that include Scripture, poetry, and ethereal art, Anne reflects on the angels' special role in the Christmas story through devotions and stories that will bring your heart to the reason for our hope-born as a baby in a manger. Let Anne Neilson's Christmas Angels prepare your heart for the Savior who is the best gift we could ever offer or receive. Look for other inspirational, art-filled books from Anne, such as: - Anne Neilson's Angels - Entertaining Angels - The Brushstrokes of Life (coming 4/18/2023)

Anne Neilson (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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