Audiobooks narrated by Zehra Jane Naqvi

"A sweeping tale of secrets and survival set against the mystical backdrop of Nepal, and the tropical heat of 1940s Malaya. In the heart of bustling Kathmandu, Chloe Rai's quaint bookshop is a sanctuary for those seeking solace within the pages of timeworn stories. But when she discovers a collection of letters hidden within the crumbling walls of a forgotten Rana palace, her world begins to intertwine with a narrative from a different time and place. Penned in the 1940s by a woman named Alice Lacey, the letters tell the story of the Malayan Emergency, a time of turmoil and conflict. As Alice's life becomes intertwined with that of Anil, a Gurkha officer, their bond is tested by the chaos and violence surrounding them. Chloe's discoveries not only reveal family secrets, but also mirror her own struggles in the present. As she delves deeper into Alice's story, she begins to understand the power of the past in shaping the present. With a rich cultural backdrop and a poignant exploration of friendship, resilience, and truth, The Bookseller of Kathmandu is a beautifully woven tale that showcases the enduring power of storytelling. Join Chloe on a journey through time as she uncovers the truth and learns to navigate the complexities of her own life. If you enjoy captivating storytelling, then you won't want to miss The Bookseller of Kathmandu. And if you loved The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu, then you will be enthralled by Chloe and Alice's intertwined stories . . ."

Ann Bennett (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Splintered Path

"Viv thought that her life was gaining some sort of equilibrium. Yeah, there's something dodgy in her family tree, and yeah, she's living in a magic Tea House in Melbourne that has fae residents and feathered-and-or-tentacled visitors; but at least she's starting to get the hang of it. She's been keeping an eye on her not-quite-sane and perennially murderous coworker Luca (while convincing him not to kill quite everyone who looked at him sideways), getting closer to her mysterious and probably-fae-royalty boss Jasper, and catching humans and behindkind causing trouble between the worlds. But now one of her housemates has kissed her—and she may have accidentally kissed him back. Romance wasn't meant to be a part of Viv's new life at the Tea House: she's still just trying to figure out how her mother connected with the world in which Viv now lives, and making sure she doesn't get killed either outside or inside the Tea House. She would also settle for just figuring out what her father is hiding from her and why he has what he has in his safe at home. She doesn't have the bandwidth for romance as well. Meanwhile, outside the Tea House, the 'men' from Forex have begun to take a closer interest in her . . ."

W.R. Gingell (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu

"A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Himalayas to the steamy heat of battle in the Burmese jungle. Hampshire, UK, 2015. When Chloe Harper's beloved grandmother Lena dies, a stranger hands her Lena's wartime diary. Chloe sets out to uncover deep family secrets that Lena guarded to her grave. Darjeeling, India, 1943. Lena Chatterjee leaves the confines of a strict boarding school to work as assistant to Lieutenant George Harper, an officer in the British Indian Army. She accompanies him to Nepal and deep into the Himalayas to recruit Gurkhas for the failing Burma Campaign. There, she discovers that Lieutenant Harper has a secret. In Kathmandu, the prophecy of a mysterious fortune teller sets Lena on a dangerous course. She joins the Women's Auxiliary Service Burma, risking her life to follow the man she loves to the front line. What happens there changes the course of her life. On her quest to uncover her grandmother's hidden past, Chloe herself encounters mystery and romance. Helped by young Nepalese tour guide, Kiran Rai, she finds history repeating itself when she is swept up in events that spiral out of control . . ."

Ann Bennett (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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The Orb of Cairado

"Set in the world of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominee The Goblin Emperor, The Orb of Cairado offers an unlikely hero in historian Ulcetha Zhorvena. Five years ago, Ulcetha was studying at the University of Cairado, working his way toward becoming a scholar first-class in the Department of History. Then a prize artifact disappeared and Ulcetha, deftly framed, was kicked out. Now he works for a crooked importer, using his knowledge of elven history to write provenances for the fake artifacts Salathgarad sells. When the airship Wisdom of Choharo explodes, killing the emperor and three of his four sons, it takes with it Ulcetha's best friend, Mara Lilana. But Mara leaves behind a puzzle—the one thing Ulcetha can't resist. And the puzzle leads Ulcetha back to the Department of History . . . and maybe the chance to clear his name."

Katherine Addison (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Splintered Sight

"Viv has been living alongside behindkind and fae in the Historic Renner Tea House in Melbourne for nearly a month now. In that time, she's been almost killed by friends and enemies alike, discovered that the human world is not the only world on the edges of her reality, and become a glorified babysitter for Luca, an unstable assassin of otherworldly creatures who has nightmares that are a bit too . . . real. She has uncovered mysteries and murderers—and discovered just a bit too much about herself into the bargain. Now a small selkie has turned up on her windowsill, while a nightmare has begun stalking the floors of the Tea House, and Viv is certain the two things are connected. The selkie's human sponsor has disappeared, as has his pelt, and there's no help to be had from the selkies, who won't interfere with a traditional sojourn of one of their own on solid land. Between her boss Jasper's dislike of doing anything he doesn't get paid for, and Luca's disinclination to do anything to help behindkind rather than humans, Viv is finding it hard to get to the bottom of the disappearance. But if she doesn't, the nightmare that has infiltrated the Tea House might burgeon into daylight reality, and the little selkie won't get his pelt back. And without his pelt, it's just a matter of time before Kyma crumbles away into dust . . ."

W.R. Gingell (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Project Hanuman

"The Arcology is a pan-galactic utopia whose people live entirely online. Tired of paradise, Praveenthi 'Prab' Saal had herself printed into the physical world of Sirajah's Reach, working as an Interlocutor—a go-between for the Arcology and the cultures it meets in flesh and blood. One evening after a call with her family, who are pressuring her to abandon her body and rejoin the Arcology, the city stops completely. Nothing electronic works anymore. Terrified that the Arcology has just up and disappeared, she receives a call for help from a ship in dock whose pilot, Kercher, is a prisoner printed into a body to serve out his sentence in the physical world. Between them, they discover it's not just her planet, but the entire Arcology that's gone missing. If they don't find out what's going on, it could be the end of everyone and everything that calls the Arcology home. Their only resource is their living ship, into which all the knowledge and culture of the Arcology has been downloaded. Asked to be a life raft for the Arcology, the ship, a frigate without a name, is dying—slowly being swallowed whole by the literal universe of information it's been asked to carry. Prab and Kercher will need to put aside their dislike of each other and the Arcology if they're to help their ship and save anything at all. Can they restore the possibility of hope to their lives? Blending Indian mythology and classic space opera, Project Hanuman is a bold new science-fiction novel from Stewart Hotston, perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky."

Stewart Hotston (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Ninshubar

"'A god is nothing without a good story.' It has been six months since the fall of the great cities of Ancient Sumer. Six months since war and chaos scattered everyone to the wind. Ereshkigal, the queen of the underworld, finds herself trapped in the rubble of her realm with only one thought: to rescue the man she loves. In the realm of light, Harga and Marduk mount a hopeless resistance against the vast Akkadian forces, whilst Gilgamesh, once king of Uruk, travels to Egypt in search of a legend that could save them. High above them all, in the kingdom of Heaven, a goddess with no memory lies imprisoned and helpless whilst a faint voice on the wind whispers a name . . . Inanna. And, wandering between the realms, a lost and lonely spirit named Ninshubar desperately tries to find her lost mistress. But as their search for one another begins to draw them closer, Tiamat, the many-headed dragon-queen of Heaven, is preparing for an assault on the realm of light that could crush all life on Earth."

Emily H. Wilson (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Eva Reddy's Trip of a Lifetime

"Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Where'd You Go Bernadette in this witty novel about coming of (middle) age and discovering that you don't have to be who you've become. How hard can it be to find a pair of Bollywood-dancing septuagenarians? When Eva Moore wakes up on her fiftieth birthday, her drab middle-class life immediately starts to unravel. First, she receives an anonymous Facebook message claiming her husband is having an affair. Next, she is restructured out of her job by her obnoxiously young boss. Then, just when she thinks her life can't get any worse, her elderly parents wilfully go missing from their group tour of India. All they've left behind is an increasingly bizarre series of TikTok videos. Eager to put some distance between herself and her failing marriage, Eva undertakes a rescue mission, determined to save her parents from certain disaster. She wants to find them. But what Eva really needs is to find herself. If she can do that, she might get a second chance at life and love - and, along the way, become an inspiration to anyone who fears their best days are behind them ... Witty, warm and acutely observed - a book club book from an extraordinary new Australian voice about taking life, and adventure, by the horns. A funny, defiant shout into the face of society's expectations around ageing. PRAISE: 'Eva Reddy took me on a wild, comical ride through India with a dash of romance on the side as she discovered friends and family may shape our lives but being true to yourself is the most important thing. I loved being along for the journey.' - Tricia Stringer, bestselling Australian author 'Fiona has taken the gritty challenges of infidelity, middle age, dementia, unemployment - not to mention traveling in India - and wrapped them up in a charming fairytale that tells you all is not lost.' - Tracy Grimshaw 'An important message delivered with humour and warmth. So much I could relate to!' - Tracy Bowden 'It's a funny, irreverent rollick, filled with likeable crazies. Proof that you really can 'kickstart' life - at any age - as long as you're a certain kind of woman.' - Ray Martin 'Every serious journalist thinks they will one day write a book - most don't. Fiona continues to demonstrates that she has not only the skill, but the drive and courage to write very clever fiction. Eva Reddy's Trip of a Lifetime is a terrific holiday read.' - Sandra Odorisio 'What a wild ride! Funny, poignant ... much of it hilariously relatable. Eva is the pin up girl of the sandwich generation.' - Melissa Doyle 'Laugh-out-loud funny from the very first page. Eva Reddy is immediately relatable and likeable as a main character. A fast paced, easy read - funny, and insightful - with a lovely dash of nostalgia for women of a certain age. Brava!' - Angela Cox 'A warm, amusing and adventurous tale of one woman's search for answers ... and herself.' - Kim Lock, author of The Other Side of Beautiful 'A coming of (middle) age romp that has an abundance of wit and pathos. Finding destiny through desperation gives us all hope, and in this delightful novel, many laughs along the way. Eva speaks for and to millions of women who share her experiences, fears and triumphs, beautifully distilled into an addictive read.' - Tara Brown"

Fiona McKenzie Kekic (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Splintered Mind

"Viv just wants work—any work. Well, not quite any work. But she's desperate enough to accept a job offer as personal assistant to Jasper Renner—the rich and mysterious owner of the Renner Tea House—even though odd things happen whenever he's around. She expects to deal with rich, entitled Melbournians and a full business schedule. Instead, Viv finds herself following Jasper into a strange new world where a murderous madman has been incarcerated in a secret floor at the old Kew Asylum that may or may not exist in the human world as she knows it. Reality is just as worryingly soft at the old tea house itself, which hides a few too many not-quite-human secrets. In one of the downstairs rooms, there's a little girl who has been a little girl for a suspiciously long time; in the uppermost floor, there are a few windows that show a view that doesn't exist in Melbourne. And then there are the giant cephalopod tentacles that appear from nowhere and disappear again, seemingly at will . . . Now Viv isn't sure if she's going mad, or if the world itself has gone mad and the lunatic in Kew Asylum is the only sane person she knows."

W.R. Gingell (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Splintered Life

"The world isn't the same as it was yesterday. In fact, Viv is no longer sure that she is the same as she was yesterday. She can do something she never knew was possible—and Luca tried to kill her, just like Jasper said he would if she let him get too close. At the teahouse, it's business as usual, however: tentacles in the top floor, an invasion of not-quite-real-but-nevertheless-terrifying spiders . . . and a new murderer to catch, of course. Someone is trying to make sure a Greek-Australian couple never makes it to the altar, and it's not just perfume they're sneaking into the bride's room. But Luca isn't talking to Viv; not since she stopped him from escaping. That shouldn't be surprising—and the last thing Viv should be doing is trying to talk to him more than she has to—but there's another murderer on the loose, and they're going to need Luca's help to catch him. Life was already hard, but now Viv has to somehow stop the wilder side of that life from spilling over into her normal life. Her human life. But if the two halves begin to split apart, which should she try to hold onto?"

W.R. Gingell (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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The Lost Trident of Poseidon

"Agana Taitano Hofstadter is a brilliant expert in cryptanalysis. She is working, under the Clean Blue Project of the Great Restoration, to rid the seas of Earth-Ocean of the last of the chemical weapons that were dumped there over two hundred years ago. Taitano’s dolphin mentor and professor informs her that, for unknown reasons, she has been summoned by the United Nations Commission for Ennean Cross-Cultural Exchange to the dark and inhospitable planet Ennea, whose only inhabitants are the enigmatic Enneans. Over one hundred years ago, the Enneans arrived in their interstellar vessel and saved Earth-Ocean from a massive solar flare; and yet communication with them is still a mystery. Despite Taitano’s ongoing struggle to manage a debilitating psychological condition, she is persuaded by her cantankerous grandfather to follow her destiny and undertake this journey across the stars. Included in her team are an arrogant cybernetically enhanced human, an irrepressible dolphin doctoral student, and an artificial intelligence with a proclivity for holographic antics. When they arrive and begin their work deep beneath the sub-terranean Ocean of Ennea, this group of intrepid scientist-explorers uncovers a world-changing conspiracy. In a race against time, Taitano and her colleagues must work together to save the Enneans—and themselves—from certain destruction."

Grant Dawson (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Palestine in a World on Fire

"As more and more people align themselves with the Palestinian people, Palestine in a World on Fire provides the global perspective and analysis needed to inform how we forge ahead on this path of newfound solidarity. Editors Ilan Pappé and Katherine Natanel have gathered a collection of interviews that are intimate, challenging, and rigorous—many of them conducted before October 7th but still startlingly prescient. The interviewees connect the struggle for Palestinian liberation to various liberatory movements around the world, simultaneously interrogating and recontextualizing their own positions given the ongoing aggression in Palestine. This incredible group includes Angela Y. Davis, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Nadine El-Enany, Gabor Mate, Mustafa Barghouti, Yanis Varoufakis, Paul Gilroy, Elias Khoury, Gayatri Spivak, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. Palestine in a World on Fire highlights the centrality of Palestine in struggles shared across the world: capitalism, imperialism, misogyny, neocolonialism, racism, and more. Each conversation tackles urgent events and unfolding dynamics, and the scholar-activists interviewed here provide invaluable perspectives and insights, illuminating the richness and relevance of recent scholarship on Palestine."

Ilan Pappe, Katherine Natanel (Author), Zehra Jane Naqvi (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Zehra Jane Naqvi

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