Audiobooks narrated by Carol Monda

Renegade Girls (A Graphic Novel): A Queer Tale of Romance and Rabble-Rousing

"A swoonworthy queer romance set against a riveting story of social change in the 1880s, this historical novel reimagines the life of America's first stunt girl-a young undercover reporter-and her whirlwind summer of romance and fighting injustice. Seventeen-year-old Helena "Nell" Cusack came to New York this summer looking for a story-a real story. She dreams of one day writing hard-hitting articles for the New York Chronicle, but so far she's only managed to land a job as a lowly society reporter. That is, until Alice Austen strolls into her life, an audacious street photographer who encourages Nell to shake up polite society…and maybe also take a chance on love. When her best friend, Lucia, is injured while working in a garment factory, Nell is determined to crack the story wide open. Posing as a seamstress, she reports on the conditions from the inside, making a name for herself as the Chronicle's first ever stunt girl. But as Nell's reporting gains momentum, so do the objections of those who oppose her. Will Nell continue to seek justice-even if it hurts her in the end? Based on real-life stunt girl Nell Nelson and photographer Alice Austen, this tenderly drawn narrative is about bringing buried stories to light and the bravery of first love."

Nora Neus (Author), Carol Monda, Gail Shalan, Greg D. Barnett, Jess Nahikian, Jordan Cobb, Mia Hutchinson Shaw, Robert Fass, VyVy Nguyen (Narrator)

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Saint of the Narrows Street

"Gravesend, Brooklyn, 1986: Risa Franzone lives in a ground-floor apartment on Saint of the Narrows Street with her bad-seed husband, Saverio, and their eight-month-old baby, Fabrizio. Risa is a loving mother, a faithful wife, a saintly neighbour - but lately, her husband’s slow dive into criminality and abuse has threatened her peace, raising concerns about her and her baby’s safety. On the night her younger sister, Giulia, moves in with Risa to recover from a bad break-up, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on the spot. The sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for selfdefense, or bury the man’s body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Sav’s childhood friend?the sweet, loyal Christopher “Chooch” Gardini?to help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this. Over the vast, dramatic expanse of the next eighteen years, life goes on in the working-class Italian neighbourhood of Gravesend as Risa, Giulia, and Chooch grapple with the choice they made that night?and each forge a different path when the cracks of a supposedly seamless cover-up begin to reveal themselves."

William Boyle (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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Sea Legs

"Set sail for adventure! Dive in to this hilarious audiobook about friendship, growing up, and life at sea. Janey's family is about to set sail for the adventure of a lifetime! The only problem? Janey must leave her school, her life, her best friend, the entire country behind for new adventures - coral reefs, colorful markets, and new cultures. Life at sea is exhilarating, but there's a major downside: when you're raising anchor every few days with sights on a new harbor, it's almost impossible to make new friends. Finally, Janey meets the cool and aloof Astrid - a fellow boat kid who's equally starved for friendship. But Astrid can be a challenging friend to navigate, and beyond that, hurricane season has only just begun . . . . At turns laugh-out-loud hilarious and heartbreakingly poignant, this stunning middle grade audiobook charts both the turbulence and joys of growing up."

Jules Bakes (Author), Ashley J. Hobbs, Carol Monda, Jesse Vilinsky, Lincoln Hoppe, Rachel Jacobs, Ron Butler, Selina Scott-Bennin, Stephen Graybill, Xe Sands (Narrator)

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Weird Tales Magazine No. 369: The Bram Stoker Awards Issue

"Welcome to a very special issue of Weird Tales. This issue celebrates the Bram Stoker Awards, the “Oscars” of the horror trade. They are presented every year by the Horror Writers Association (www.horror.org), a group founded in 1985 (and incorporated in 1987) by a collective of masters of that genre, including Joe R. Lansdale, Karen Lansdale, Robert McCammon, and Dean Koontz. This issue is packed with short stories, flash fiction, poems, and an essay—all written by past winners of the Bram Stoker Award. Whether you are familiar with horror at its finest or are a longstanding fan, you’ll find much to love here. Familiar and unfamiliar faces, inventive storytelling approaches, and a whole lot of creepy fun. “The Eyrie” by Jonathan Maberry“Cannibal Dwight’s Last Chance” by Nancy Holder“REM Sleep” a poem by Bruce Boston“Under the Fang, Then and Now” by Maxwell I. Gold“It Was the Night of the Demon” by Gabino Iglesias“The Want” by Yvonne Navarro“Brought Back” by Ramsey Campbell“The Time Less Gambit” by Linda D. Addison“The Real Trends Jen” by Lee Murray“Cul-de-Sac” by Del Howison“When the Masks Come Off” by Tim Waggoner“The Gathering Time” a poem by Marge Simon“On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks” by Joe R. Lansdale“Places My Father Left” by Mercedes M. Yardley“The Telephone Game” by Eric J. Guignard“Imaginary Beings” a poem by Cynthia Pelayo"

Jonathan Maberry (Author), André Santana, Carol Monda, Chelsea Stephens, Eunice Wong, Gail Shalan, Hillary Huber, Jodie Harris, Joe Hempel, Scott Brick, Simon Vance (Narrator)

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Assemble Artifacts Short Story Magazine: Fall 2023 (Issue #5)

"Assemble Artifacts A short story magazine that assembles a thrilling new mix of stories from genres including horror, science-fiction, comedy, and suspense. Buried at the heart of every story in the magazine is a unique artifact, an object that has inspired our storytellers to create a big idea, an irresistible question, a new immersive world, or a sense of wonder. Unearth your next great read with Assemble Artifacts. “The Faithful” by Nick KolakowskiHoping to flip an aging house and fund their dream home, a couple faces more than renovation challenges. Outside, faithful fans of a decades-old horror film lay siege, while inside, buried secrets threaten to turn their dream into a true renovation nightmare. “The Muse” by Lindz McLeodSeduced by stardom, a struggling actress lands her dream role but falls prey to the star of the film’s dark mentorship. Soon, her coveted big break spirals into a nightmarish reality, threatening to devour her. “Blanks” by Jason PinterA year after the residents of Bailey’s Island lose their memories, they mysteriously resurface. But as they grapple with their returned memories under a watchful organization, one woman’s unsettling discovery sparks a desperate search for the truth. “Malevolent Mindy” by Elizabeth DavisA play-by-the-rules lawyer, fed up with life’s injustices, is endowed with the devil’s powers to serve cosmic justice but soon discovers her newfound abilities might not be worth the price of her heart and soul. “Walled In” by Clara MadriganoWhen a struggling writer finds an arcane puzzle, her mundane world spirals into a series of malevolent labyrinths. Now, ensnared in a realm of her darkest fears, she must confront them head-on or be consumed by them."

Artifacts Magazine (Author), Bernadette Dunne, Carol Monda, Erica Sullivan, Grover Gardner, Marguerite Gavin, Natasha Soudek (Narrator)

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The Buccaneers: A Novel

"Edith Wharton's spellbinding final novel tells a story of love in the gilded age that crosses the boundaries of society-now an original series on AppleTV+! "Brave, lively, engaging...a fairy-tale novel, miraculouly returned to life."-The New York Times Book Review Set in the 1870s, the same period as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents' money is too new. At the suggestion of their clever governess, the girls sail to London, where they marry lords, earls, and dukes who find their beauty charming-and their wealth extremely useful. After Wharton's death in 1937, The Christian Science Monitor said, 'If it could have been completed, The Buccaneers would doubtless stand among the richest and most sophisticated of Wharton's novels.' Now, with wit and imagination, Marion Mainwaring has finished the story, taking her cue from Wharton's own synopsis. It is a novel any Wharton fan will celebrate and any romantic reader will love. This is the richly engaging story of Nan St. George and Guy Thwarte, an American heiress and an English aristocrat, whose love breaks the rules of both their societies."

Edith Wharton, Marion Mainwaring (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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I Ran Into Some Trouble

"Peggy Caserta, founder of the famous Haight-Ashbury hippie boutique Mnasidika and lover and girlfriend of Janis Joplin, was a Louisiana homecoming queen turned airsick stewardess who eventually landed in 1960s San Francisco and set up shop. Her store was a hang-out for the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company; it was where Wes Wilson’s posters hung, where Bill Graham sold concert tickets, and where Owsley’s LSD was enjoyed. Caserta’s world of psychedelic peace, love, LSD, and rock kaleidoscoped into bereavement, heroin addiction, prison, and desperation. She was hated, betrayed, and self-exiled, and after many, many years has recovered, returning home to the bayou to care for her mother with dementia. Now Caserta is giving a new generation an inside look into a revolution—both countercultural and personal—in her new memoir. It’s the celebration of a transitional time in history and an attempt at redemption."

Maggie Falcon, Peggy Caserta (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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Dispatches from the Gilded Age: A Few More Thoughts on Interesting People, Far-Flung Places, and the

"Dispatches from the Gilded Age is a collection of essays by Julia Reed, one of America’s greatest chroniclers. In the middle of the night on March eleventh, 1980, the phone rang in Julia Reed’s Georgetown dorm. It was her boss at Newsweek, where she was an intern. He told her to get in her car and drive to her alma mater, the Madeira School. Her former headmistress, Jean Harris, had just shot Dr. Herman Tarnower, The Scarsdale Diet Doctor. Julia didn’t flinch. She dressed, drove to Madeira, got the story—and her first byline—and the new American Gilded Age was off and running. The end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first was a time in which the high and the low bubbled furiously together and Julia was there with her sharp eye, keen wit, and uproariously clear-eyed way of seeing the world to chronicle this truly spectacular era. Dispatches from the Gilded Age is Julia at her best as she profiles Andre Leon Talley, Sister Helen Prejean, President George and Laura Bush, Madeleine Albright, and others. Listeners will travel to Africa and Cuba with Julia, dine at Le Bernardin, savor steaks at Doe’s Eat Place, consider the fashions of the day, get the recipes for her hot cheese olives and end up with the ride of their lives through Julia’s beloved South. With a foreword by Roy Blount, Jr. and edited by Julia’s longtime assistant, Everett Bexley."

Julia Reed (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It

"Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It explains what’s behind the worst inflationary storm in more than forty years—one that is dominating the headlines and shaking Americans by their pocketbooks. The cost-of-living explosion since the COVID pandemic has raised alarms about a possible return of a 1970’s-style “Great Inflation.” Some observers even fear a descent into the kind of Weimar-style hyperinflation that has torn apart so many nations. Is this true? If so, what should be done? How should we prepare for the future? Inflation answers these and other questions in an engaging discussion that draws on the singular expertise of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Media, acclaimed for his insights on money and the economy; Nathan Lewis, internationally renowned expert on money and taxation; and author and journalist Elizabeth Ames. The authors say that today’s problems can be solved by discarding longstanding beliefs that helped bring on the current crisis. They include the notion that central banks can create prosperity through artificially creating money “out of thin air,” and also that economic “stability” requires “a little inflation.” Such ideas for decades have been Holy Writ in official Washington. Inflation shows why they are misguided. The book also explains why the current rage for heedless money-printing advocated by left-wing advocates of so-called Modern Monetary Theory is likely to lead the nation—and the world—down the road to disaster. Packed with examples from the headlines and from history, Inflation is a unique, real-world exploration of the subject that addresses everyday concerns of Americans under siege by rising prices, including steps you should take to protect your wealth. Inflation is essential listening for everyone seeking to navigate these tumultuous times."

Elizabeth Ames, Nathan Lewis, Steve Forbes (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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The Book of the Most Precious Substance: A Novel

"The highly anticipated thriller from internationally renowned author Sara Gran, author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series A mysterious book that promises unlimited power and unrivaled sexual pleasure. A down-on-her-luck book dealer hoping for the sale of a lifetime. And a twist so shocking, no one will come out unscathed. After a tragedy too painful to bear, former novelist Lily Albrecht has resigned herself to a dull, sexless life as a rare-book dealer—until she gets a lead on a book that just might turn everything around. The Book of the Most Precious Substance is a seventeenth-century manual on sex magic, rumored to be the most powerful occult book ever written—if it really exists at all. And some of the wealthiest people in the world are willing to pay Lily a fortune to find it, if she can. Her search for the book takes her from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, searching the dark corners of power where the world’s wealthiest people use black magic to fulfill their desires. Will Lily fulfill her own desires and join them? Or will she lose it all searching for a ghost? The Book of the Most Precious Substance is an addictive erotic thriller about the lengths we will go to get what we need—and what we want."

Sara Gran (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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Rock Point: A Sharpe & Donovan Series Prequel Novella

"New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers enthralls readers with her suspenseful Sharpe & Donovan series. Read the untold story of one of her most beloved characters in this special prequel novella, Rock Point. Seven years after suffering an unspeakable loss, Finian Bracken is recently out of seminary and leaving Ireland to serve a small parish in the quaint but struggling fishing village of Rock Point, Maine. Here he meets FBI agent Colin Donovan for the first time … and discovers the dangerous secrets he left back home in Ireland. Smugglers are using the Bracken family’s old whiskey distillery as cover for their illicit activities—and the violent group isn’t going down without a fight."

Carla Neggers (Author), Carol Monda (Narrator)

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The Second Helping (Lunch Lady Books 3 & 4): The Author Visit Vendetta and the Summer Camp Shakedown

"Perfect for fans of Dogman and The Bad Guys, the popular Lunch Lady graphic novels are now available as two adventures in one audiobook...from the author of National Book Award finalist Hey, Kiddo! Lunch Lady has villains to fight at school and camp in this action-packed book. First, Dee, Terrence, and Hector come face to face with a very special guest on Author Visit Day--but there's something a little off about the world-famous writer. What evil designs does he have on his agenda? Then, the kids take a sigh of relief and are relaxing at summer camp. What evils could befall them there? Of course, there is the legendary swamp monster. Stories say he haunts the camp at night. But that's just a legend. Or is it? This audiobook adaptation of the graphic novels Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta and Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown includes an author's note."

Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Author), Carol Monda, Cary Hite, Davu Smith, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jim Frangione, Johnny Heller, Kate Flannery, Kevin R. Free, Kyan Samuels, Lauren Fortgang, Neil Hellegers, Trey Murphy, Zoe Krosoczka (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Carol Monda

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