Audiobooks narrated by Davis Brooks

Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

This audiobook narrated by Davis Brooks reveals how the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun-from lower test scores to higher crime rates-and how we might tackle them today It's hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn, R. Jisung Park encourages us to view climate change through a different lens: one that focuses less on the possibility of mass climate extinction in a theoretical future, and more on the everyday implications of climate change here and now. Drawing on a wealth of new data and cutting-edge economics, Park shows how climate change headlines often miss some of the most important costs. When wildfires blaze, what happens to people downwind of the smoke? When natural disasters destroy buildings and bridges, what happens to educational outcomes? Park explains how climate change operates as the silent accumulation of a thousand tiny conflagrations: imperceptibly elevated health risks spread across billions of people; pennies off the dollar of productivity; fewer opportunities for upward mobility. By investigating how the physical phenomenon of climate change interacts with social and economic institutions, Park illustrates how climate change already affects everyone, and may act as an amplifier of inequality. Wealthier households and corporations may adapt quickly, but, without targeted interventions, less advantaged communities may not. Viewing climate change as a slow and unequal burn comes with an important silver lining. It puts dollars and cents behind the case for aggressive emissions cuts and helps identify concrete steps that can be taken to better manage its adverse effects. We can begin to overcome our climate anxiety, Park shows us, when we begin to tackle these problems locally.

Robert Jisung Park (Author), Davis Brooks (Narrator)

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Playlist for the Dead

Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note:For Sam - listen and you'll understand.Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note: For Sam - listen and you'll understand.As he listens to song after song, Sam tries to face up to what happened the night Hayden killed himself. But it's only by taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he will finally be able to piece together his best friend's story. And maybe have a chance to change his own.Part mystery, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale in the vein of Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Playlist for the Dead is an honest and gut-wrenching first novel about loss, rage, what it feels like to outgrow a friendship that's always defined you - and the struggle to redefine yourself.

Michelle Falkoff (Author), Davis Brooks (Narrator)

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One Night on the Island

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER ONE DAY IN DECEMBER, COMES A BRAND NEW LOVE STORY One cottage. Two strangers. Every great love story starts somewhere... Cleo writes about love stories every day. She just isn't living one of her own. When the editor of her dating column asks her to marry herself on a remote Irish island - a sensational piece to mark Cleo's thirtieth birthday - Cleo agrees. She's alone but not lonely, right? She can handle a solo adventure. Cleo arrives at her luxury cabin to find a tall, dark, stubborn American who insists it's actually his. Mack refuses to leave, and Cleo won't budge either. With a storm fast approaching, they reluctantly hunker down together. It's just one night, after all . . . But what if one night on the island is just the beginning? Following Cleo and Mack through heartbreak, self growth and friendship, One Night on the Island is an uplifting and immensely moving love story for fans of The Holiday, Lucy Diamond and Jojo Moyes. 'What a gorgeous warm hug of a novel!' Beth O'Leary 'Both the perfect romance and the story of self-empowerment every woman deserves' Jodi Picoult 'The sweetest love story . . . you're going to LOVE it' MARIAN KEYES, Grown Ups 'You'll fall head over heels for this book' REESE WITHERSPOON 'Fans of P.S. I Love You will adore this new romantic novel from Josie Silver' COSMOPOLITAN 'A beautiful, emotional gift' JODI PICOULT, The Book of Two Ways 'Butterfly-inducing, laugh-out-loud funny' PAIGE TOON, The Minute I Saw You 'Sucked me in and didn't let go. It made me laugh, cry, ache and shout at the characters. Utterly captivating...one of my favourite books' HOLLY MARTIN, Autumn Skies Over Ruby Falls 'The number one feel-good read' DINAH JEFFERIES, The Tuscan Contessa 'The love story you've been waiting for ... I loved it!' MIRANDA DICKINSON, The Day We Meet Again 'Original, emotional and utterly absorbing' HEIDI SWAIN, The Cherry Tree Café 'Josie has done it again! This is heart-warming and heart-felt... Beautiful. Generous. Hopeful' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS, Our Stop 'Funny, wise and profoundly comforting' KEITH STUART, The Frequency of Us © Josie Silver 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Josie Silver (Author), Davis Brooks, Eleanor Tomlinson (Narrator)

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Less than Zero

A disturbing portrayal of privileged and immoral LA teenagers, Less Than Zero is a cult classic. In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed with his debut novel, Less Than Zero. Filled with relentless drinking in seamy bars and glamorous nightclubs, wild, drug-fuelled parties, and dispassionate sexual encounters, Less Than Zero - narrated by Clay, an eighteen-year-old student returning home to Los Angeles for Christmas - is a fierce coming-of-age story, justifiably celebrated for its unflinching depiction of hedonistic youth, its brutal portrayal of the inexorable consequences of such moral depravity, and its author's refusal to condone or chastise such behaviour. "The Catcher in the Rye for the MTV generation." USA TODAY

Bret Easton Ellis (Author), Davis Brooks (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Davis Brooks