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The Disaster Tourist

A Novel

by Yun Ko-Eun ...

Translated by Lizzie Buehler ...

This stunning “dystopian feminist eco-thriller” from an award-winning South Korean author “takes on climate change, sexual assault, greed, and dark tourism” (Ms. Magazine).Welcome to the desert island of Mui, where a paid vacation to paradise is nothing short of a disaster in this “mordantly witty novel [that] reads like a highly literary, ultra–incisive thriller” (Refinery29).Jungle is a cutting ... Read more

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This stunning “dystopian feminist eco-thriller” from an award-winning South Korean author “takes on climate change, sexual assault, greed, and dark tourism” (Ms. Magazine).Welcome to the desert island of Mui, where a paid vacation to paradise is nothing short of a disaster in this “mordantly witty novel [that] reads like a highly literary, ultra–incisive thriller” (Refinery29).Jungle is a cutting
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Art on Fire

by Yun Ko-eun ...

Translated by Lizzie Buehler ...

A darkly comic and compelling satire of the art world from the author of The Disaster Tourist.An Yiji’s career had been stalling for some time when a representative of the illustrious Robert Foundation offers her a spot on their all-expenses-paid artist residency in California. The residency has launched many famous artists’ careers, so she knows she can’t waste this opportunity. Still, she feels ... Read more

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A darkly comic and compelling satire of the art world from the author of The Disaster Tourist.An Yiji’s career had been stalling for some time when a representative of the illustrious Robert Foundation offers her a spot on their all-expenses-paid artist residency in California. The residency has launched many famous artists’ careers, so she knows she can’t waste this opportunity. Still, she feels
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Table for One

by Yun Ko Eun, Lizzie Buehler (translator) ...

Series Book 12 - Working Titles
In contemporary South Korea, the nuclear family has given way to individual urban living. Yun Ko Eun sharply captures the dissonance of solitary life in a culture that prizes community and family. In an effort to navigate this 21st century conundrum, her narrator takes rigorous, highly structured classes to learn to eat alone in public. A sly, deeply sympathetic look at our increasingly isolated ... Read more

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In contemporary South Korea, the nuclear family has given way to individual urban living. Yun Ko Eun sharply captures the dissonance of solitary life in a culture that prizes community and family. In an effort to navigate this 21st century conundrum, her narrator takes rigorous, highly structured classes to learn to eat alone in public. A sly, deeply sympathetic look at our increasingly isolated
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The Disaster Tourist

A Novel

by Yun Ko-eun ...

Narrated by Natalie Naudus ...

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5 hours 2 min

An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist engages with the global dialog around climate activism, dark tourism, and the #MeToo movement.For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble ... Read more

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An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist engages with the global dialog around climate activism, dark tourism, and the #MeToo movement.For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble
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Andrew Johnson

The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

by Annette Gordon-Reed ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from officeAndrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed
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California Fever

A Novel

by John J. Jacobson ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

4 hours 50 min

SoCal surfer Dolphin Smoote just wanted to earn quick dough for a date with the brown-eyed beauty … what he got was G-men (and G-women), ghosts, and a Colt 45.John Jacobson’s California Fever is the compelling fusion of mystery, crime, and Southern California beach charm. Top surfer Dolphin Smoote gets more than he bargains for when he works up the nerve to ask out the brown-eyed beauty on a date. ... Read more

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SoCal surfer Dolphin Smoote just wanted to earn quick dough for a date with the brown-eyed beauty … what he got was G-men (and G-women), ghosts, and a Colt 45.John Jacobson’s California Fever is the compelling fusion of mystery, crime, and Southern California beach charm. Top surfer Dolphin Smoote gets more than he bargains for when he works up the nerve to ask out the brown-eyed beauty on a date.
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Claire Whitcomb Western Collection

Retribution, Gunslinger, Legend

by D.V. Berkom ...

Narrated by Kristi Alsip ...

Series Audiobook box set - Claire Whitcomb Western Collection
Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

Grab the action-packed Claire Whitcomb Western Collection listeners can’t put down:★★★★★Retribution: They took everything. Now she wants revenge. Claire Whitcomb's gunning for the men who destroyed her life—and won't settle for anything less than retribution.★★★★★Gunslinger: On her way to start a new life in tough-as-nails Tombstone, Claire meets Isabella, an actress and a railroad magnate’s ... Read more

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Grab the action-packed Claire Whitcomb Western Collection listeners can’t put down:★★★★★Retribution: They took everything. Now she wants revenge. Claire Whitcomb's gunning for the men who destroyed her life—and won't settle for anything less than retribution.★★★★★Gunslinger: On her way to start a new life in tough-as-nails Tombstone, Claire meets Isabella, an actress and a railroad magnate’s
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And in the End

The Last Days of The Beatles

by Ken McNab ...

Narrated by Peter Kenny ...

Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

Ken McNab's in-depth look at The Beatles' acrimonious final year is a detailed account of the breakup featuring the perspectives of all four band members and their roles. A must to add to the collection of Beatles fans, And In the End is full of fascinating information available for the first time.McNab reconstructs for the first time the seismic events of 1969, when The Beatles reached new highs ... Read more

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Ken McNab's in-depth look at The Beatles' acrimonious final year is a detailed account of the breakup featuring the perspectives of all four band members and their roles. A must to add to the collection of Beatles fans, And In the End is full of fascinating information available for the first time.McNab reconstructs for the first time the seismic events of 1969, when The Beatles reached new highs
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Clark and Division

by Naomi Hirahara ...

Narrated by Allison Hiroto ...

Series series Japantown Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 56 min

Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans.The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki’s older sister, ... Read more

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Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans.The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki’s older sister,
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The Pity of War

Explaining World War I

by Niall Ferguson ...

Narrated by Graeme Malcolm ...

Unabridged

21 hours 38 min

**From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — Atlantic**The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a ... Read more

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**From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — Atlantic**The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a
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The Seamstress of New Orleans

A Fascinating Novel of Southern Historical Fiction

by Diane C. McPhail ...

Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the acclaimed author’s mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret—and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other.“An undercurrent of New Orleans’s dark side propels the story, heightening the tension and ... Read more

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Set against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe at the turn-of-the-century, the acclaimed author’s mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret—and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other.“An undercurrent of New Orleans’s dark side propels the story, heightening the tension and
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Never Far Away

by Michael Koryta ...

**The New York Times bestselling master of American thriller writing returns with an electrifying novel about a mother seeking to reconnect with her children after a terrible trial tears their family apart.“In this complex, surprising, and totally satisfying suspense novel, all of the moving parts, every character, every scene leads to one of the best showdowns I’ve read in years.” ―James ... Read more

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**The New York Times bestselling master of American thriller writing returns with an electrifying novel about a mother seeking to reconnect with her children after a terrible trial tears their family apart.“In this complex, surprising, and totally satisfying suspense novel, all of the moving parts, every character, every scene leads to one of the best showdowns I’ve read in years.” ―James
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