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From the internationally bestselling author of The Club comes a new novel of love and betrayal, set in Berlin in 1942 In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the beautiful model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet enigmatic guide to the bustling and cosmopolitan city, escorting him to underground jazz clubs where they drink cognac, dance, and kiss. The war feels far away to Friedrich, who falls in love with Kristin as they spend time together in his rooms at the Grand Hotel, but as the months pass, the mood in the city darkens as the Nazis tighten their hold on Berlin, terrorizing any who are deemed foes of the Reich. One day, Kristin comes back to Friedrich's rooms in tears, battered and bruised. She tells him that her real name is Stella, and that she is Jewish, passing for Aryan. More disturbing still, she has troubling connections with the Gestapo that Friedrich does not fully understand. As Friedrich confronts Stella's unimaginable choices, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the history he is living through. Based in part on a real historical character, Stella sets a tortured love story against the backdrop of wartime Berlin, and powerfully explores questions of naiveté, young love, betrayal, and the horrors of history.

Takis Würger (Author), Shayna Small, Will Damron (Narrator)

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Sunflower Sisters: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Martha Hall Kelly's million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday's ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse during the Civil War whose calling leads her to cross paths with Jemma, a young enslaved girl who is sold off and conscripted into the army, and Anne-May Wilson, a Southern plantation mistress whose husband enlists. "An exquisite tapestry of women determined to defy the molds the world has for them."-Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Georgeanna "Georgey" Woolsey isn't meant for the world of lavish parties and the demure attitudes of women of her stature. So when war ignites the nation, Georgey follows her passion for nursing during a time when doctors considered women on the battlefront a bother. In proving them wrong, she and her sister Eliza venture from New York to Washington, D.C., to Gettysburg and witness the unparalleled horrors of slavery as they become involved in the war effort. In the South, Jemma is enslaved on the Peeler Plantation in Maryland, where she lives with her mother and father. Her sister, Patience, is enslaved on the plantation next door, and both live in fear of LeBaron, an abusive overseer who tracks their every move. When Jemma is sold by the cruel plantation mistress Anne-May at the same time the Union army comes through, she sees a chance to finally escape-but only by abandoning the family she loves. Anne-May is left behind to run Peeler Plantation when her husband joins the Union army and her cherished brother enlists with the Confederates. In charge of the household, she uses the opportunity to follow her own ambitions and is drawn into a secret Southern network of spies, finally exposing herself to the fate she deserves. Inspired by true accounts, Sunflower Sisters provides a vivid, detailed look at the Civil War experience, from the barbaric and inhumane plantations, to a war-torn New York City, to the horrors of the battlefield. It's a sweeping story of women caught in a country on the brink of collapse, in a society grappling with nationalism and unthinkable racial cruelty, a story still so relevant today.

Martha Hall Kelly (Author), Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Martha Hall Kelly, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayna Small (Narrator)

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Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Lov

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K, an inclusive guide to all things money—from managing debt to investing and voting with your dollars Tori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. But she quickly discovered that her experience with money was pretty unusual, especially among her female friends. It wasn’t our fault. Investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, Tori found that girls are significantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education; we’re taught to restrain our spending, while boys are taught about investing and rewarded for pursuing wealth. In adulthood, women are hounded by the unfounded stereotype of the frivolous spenders whose lattes are to blame for the wealth gap. And when something like, say, a global pandemic happens, we’re the first to have jobs cut and the last to re-enter the workforce. It's no wonder money is a source of anxiety and a barrier to equality for so many of us. But what if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it? Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation, and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum. Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything money—from predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollars—Financial Feminist is the ultimate guide to making your money work harder for you (rather than the other way around.) Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Tori Dunlap (Author), Graham Halstead, Jaime Lamchick, Samantha Tan, Shayna Small, Tori Dunlap (Narrator)

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Dies the Fire (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times bestselling post-apocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless. The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable-and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face... Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane's engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper Mackenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family's cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest...

S.M. Stirling (Author), A Full Cast, Alejandro Ruiz, Andrew Quilpa, Bradley Smith, Colleen Delany, Dani Stoller, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, Eva Wilhelm, Evan Casey, Holly Vagley, Jacob Yeh, James Lewis, Jonathon Church, Karen Novak, Ken Jackson, Laura C. Harris, Lawrence Redmond, Marni Penning, Marty Lodge, Matthew Pauli, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Ren Casey, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Scott Bruffey, Scott Mccormick, Shayna Small, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer, Tuyet Thi Pham, Zeke Alton (Narrator)

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The Street: A Novel

As much a historical document as it is a novel, this 1946 winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award is the poignant and unblinkingly honest story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to live and raise her son by herself amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s. Originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, a beloved bestseller with more than a million copies in print. Its haunting tale still resonates today. "A major literary invention...A truly great book."-Los Angeles Times

Ann Petry (Author), Shayna Small (Narrator)

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Dies the Fire (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

S.M. Stirling (Author), A Full Cast, Andrew Quilpa, Andy Brownstein, Bill Gillett, Catherine Aselford, Chris Davenport, Colleen Delany, Dani Stoller, Dave Jourdan, David Harris, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eva Wilhelm, Evan Casey, Jacob Yeh, James Lewis, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Laura C. Harris, Lawrence Redmond, Marni Penning, Marty Lodge, Matthew Mcgee, Michael Glenn, Mort Shelby, Nick Depinto, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Scott Bruffey, Scott Mccormick, Shayna Small, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer (Narrator)

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Dies the Fire (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

S.M. Stirling (Author), A Full Cast, Andrew Quilpa, Bradley Smith, Colleen Delany, Dani Stoller, David Fernandez, David Zitney, Dawn Ursula, Dylan Lynch, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, Eva Wilhelm, Jacob Yeh, James Lewis, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Laura C. Harris, Marni Penning, Marty Lodge, Matthew Pauli, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Paul Reisman, Richard Rohan, Scott Bruffey, Scott Mccormick, Shayna Small, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer, Tim Carlin, Tuyet Thi Pham (Narrator)

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The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories

A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR An O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORKER BOOK CRITIC'S FAVORITE FICTION OF THE YEAR "Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging…an extraordinary new collection…"-The New Yorker "Evans's new stories present rich plots reflecting on race relations, grief and love..."-The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice "Danielle Evans demonstrates, once again, that she is the finest short story writer working today."-Roxane Gay, New York Times-bestselling author of Difficult Women and Bad Feminist The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief-all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history-about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington, DC, is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.

Danielle Evans (Author), Adenrele Ojo, Brittany Pressley, Janina Edwards, January Lavoy, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nicole Lewis, Shayna Small (Narrator)

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The Order War [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Saga Of Recluce 4

'The Order War illuminates great figures and major events in the historic war between order and chaos that is the central focus of the saga of Recluce. The deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient matriarchy of Sarronnyn, the last bastion of order in Candar. When Sarronnyn falls despite the assistance of the Black Order mages, Justen, a young Black Engineer, must escape the city and master forbidden technology that harness chaos itself. Even so, it may not be enough to halt conquest of the White Wizards.'

L.E. Modesitt Jr., L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Author), Amanda Forstrom, Andy Brownstein, Bradley Smith, Chris Genebach, Christopher Walker, Colleen Delany, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, Eva Wilhelm, Evan Casey, Holly Vagley, Jacob Yeh, Joe Mallon, Karen Novak, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Laura C. Harris, Matthew Mcgee, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nick Depinto, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Scott Bruffey, Scott Mccormick, Shayna Small, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer, Tracy Olivera (Narrator)

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Naamah: A Novel

'A dreamy and transgressive feminist retelling of the Great Flood from the perspective of Noah's wife as she wrestles with the mysterious metaphysics of womanhood at the end of the world.' --O, The Oprah Magazine With the coming of the Great Flood--the mother of all disasters--only one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape. Now, in a work of astounding invention, acclaimed writer Sarah Blake reclaims the story of his wife, Naamah, the matriarch who kept them alive. Here is the woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures, silently mourning the lover she left behind. Here is the woman escaping into the unreceded waters, where a seductive angel tempts her to join a strange and haunted world. Here is the woman tormented by dreams and questions of her own--questions of service and self-determination, of history and memory, of the kindness or cruelty of fate. In fresh and modern language, Blake revisits the story of the Ark that rescued life on earth, and rediscovers the agonizing burdens endured by the woman at the heart of the story. Naamah is a parable for our time: a provocative fable of body, spirit, and resilience.

Sarah Blake (Author), Shayna Small (Narrator)

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Money Hacks: 275+ Ways to Decrease Spending, Increase Savings, and Make Your Money Work for You!

Achieve all of your financial goals with these 300 easy solutions to all your personal finance questions—from paying off your student loans to managing investments. Are you looking for ways to decrease your spending…and start increasing your savings? Need some simple advice for maximizing your investments? Want to start planning for your retirement but don't know where to start? It's now easier than ever to achieve all your financial goals! Many people are afraid to talk about money, which means that you might be missing some of the best money-saving skills out there! In Money Hacks you will learn the basics of your finances so you can start making every penny count. Whether you're trying to pay down debt, start an emergency fund, or make the smartest choice on a major purchase, this book is chock-full of all the useful hacks to make your money work for you in every situation!

Lisa Rowan (Author), Shayna Small (Narrator)

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Harriet Tubman :The Road to Freedom

Celebrated for her courageous exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harpers Ferry slave uprising, she was General Tubman. For the many slaves she led north to freedom, she was Moses. To the slaveholders who sought her capture, she was a thief and a trickster. To abolitionists, she was a prophet. Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization.

Catherine Clinton (Author), Shayna Small (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Shayna Small