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The Foghorn Echoes

by Danny Ramadan ...

Narrated by Danny Ramadan, Hani Mefta, Noor Hamdi ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTIONHussam and Wassim are teenage boys living in Syria during America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. When a surprise discovery results in tragedy, their lives, and those of their families, are shattered. Wassim promises Hussam his protection, but ten years into the future, he has failed to keep his promise. Wassim is on the streets, seeking shelter from ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTIONHussam and Wassim are teenage boys living in Syria during America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq. When a surprise discovery results in tragedy, their lives, and those of their families, are shattered. Wassim promises Hussam his protection, but ten years into the future, he has failed to keep his promise. Wassim is on the streets, seeking shelter from
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The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames

A Memoir

by Justine Cowan ...

Narrated by Lisa Flanagan ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

A riveting family drama evocative of Angela’s Ashes and The Glass Castle**, about a woman who discovers the shocking secret at the center of her mother’s life.**Justine had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. The proof could be found in her mother’s elegance, her uppercrust London accent—and in a cryptic letter hinting at her claim to a country estate. But beneath the polished ... Read more

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A riveting family drama evocative of Angela’s Ashes and The Glass Castle**, about a woman who discovers the shocking secret at the center of her mother’s life.**Justine had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. The proof could be found in her mother’s elegance, her uppercrust London accent—and in a cryptic letter hinting at her claim to a country estate. But beneath the polished
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Daughter in Exile

A Novel

by Bisi Adjapon ...

Narrated by Anniwaa Buachie ...

Unabridged

11 hours 59 min

The acclaimed author of The Teller of Secrets returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, story about a young Ghanaian woman’s struggle to make a life in the US, and the challenges she must overcome.Lola is twenty-one, and her life in Senegal couldn’t be better. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a nice apartment, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with ... Read more

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The acclaimed author of The Teller of Secrets returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, story about a young Ghanaian woman’s struggle to make a life in the US, and the challenges she must overcome.Lola is twenty-one, and her life in Senegal couldn’t be better. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a nice apartment, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with
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This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart

A Memoir in Halves

by Madhur Anand ...

Narrated by Ellora Patnaik, Asha Vijayasingham, Raoul Bhaneja ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

**WINNER OF THE 2020 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION“Wondrously and elegantly written in language that astonishes and moves the reader…This is an important book: an emotional and intellectual tour de force.” —Jane Urquhart**An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2020 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION“Wondrously and elegantly written in language that astonishes and moves the reader…This is an important book: an emotional and intellectual tour de force.” —Jane Urquhart**An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of
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Self-Portrait with Nothing

by Aimee Pokwatka ...

Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky ...

Unabridged

11 hours 8 min

"Narrator Jesse Vilinsky creates plenty of suspense in this quirky mystery-sci-fi mix." - AudioFile Magazine**For fans of David Mitchell and Joanne Harris, Aimee Pokwatka's Self-Portrait with Nothing reminds us that living our best life sometimes means embracing the imperfect one we already have."Fraught and deeply moving...the work of a genuinely exciting new talent." —Booker Prize winner, George ... Read more

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"Narrator Jesse Vilinsky creates plenty of suspense in this quirky mystery-sci-fi mix." - AudioFile Magazine**For fans of David Mitchell and Joanne Harris, Aimee Pokwatka's Self-Portrait with Nothing reminds us that living our best life sometimes means embracing the imperfect one we already have."Fraught and deeply moving...the work of a genuinely exciting new talent." —Booker Prize winner, George
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Farewell Waltz

A Novel

by Milan Kundera ...

Narrated by Richmond Hoxie ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

""After Farewell Waltz there cannot be any doubt. Kundera is a master of contemporary literature. This novel is both an an example of virtuosity and a descent into the human soul."" —L'UniteSet in an old-fashioned Central European spa town, Farewell Waltz poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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""After Farewell Waltz there cannot be any doubt. Kundera is a master of contemporary literature. This novel is both an an example of virtuosity and a descent into the human soul."" —L'UniteSet in an old-fashioned Central European spa town, Farewell Waltz poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to
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The Island of Forgetting

A Novel

by Jasmine Sealy ...

Narrated by Varia Williams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

WINNER of the Amazon First Novel AwardFinalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer AwardFinalist for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean LiteratureShortlisted for the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society AwardsHow does memory become myth? How do lies become family lore? How do we escape the trauma of the past when the truth has been forgotten?Barbados, 1962... ... Read more

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WINNER of the Amazon First Novel AwardFinalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer AwardFinalist for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean LiteratureShortlisted for the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society AwardsHow does memory become myth? How do lies become family lore? How do we escape the trauma of the past when the truth has been forgotten?Barbados, 1962...
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My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird

New Fiction by Afghan Women

by Afghan Women ...

Narrated by Sitara Attaie ...

Unabridged

6 hours 1 min

A landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women that are "powerful, profound, and deeply moving" (Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick)"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream."Eighteen Afghan women living in, speaking about, and writing ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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A landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women that are "powerful, profound, and deeply moving" (Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick)"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream."Eighteen Afghan women living in, speaking about, and writing
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The Wonders

by Elena Medel ...

Narrated by Rebecca Gibel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 37 min

“The Wonders is a poet’s novel, delicate but strong, impressing its images firmly on the imagination.” —Hilary MantelNOW TRANSLATED INTO FIFTEEN LANGUAGESFrom award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel comes a mesmerizing new novel of class, sex, and desire.Already an international sensation, The Wonders follows Maria and Alicia through the streets of Madrid, from job to job and apartment to apartment ... Read more

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“The Wonders is a poet’s novel, delicate but strong, impressing its images firmly on the imagination.” —Hilary MantelNOW TRANSLATED INTO FIFTEEN LANGUAGESFrom award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel comes a mesmerizing new novel of class, sex, and desire.Already an international sensation, The Wonders follows Maria and Alicia through the streets of Madrid, from job to job and apartment to apartment
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Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

by Maddie Mortimer ...

Narrated by Tamsin Greig, Lydia Wilson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 20 min

**A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick · Named a Best Book of 2022 by Time, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street JournalLonglisted for the Booker Prize · Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize · Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize · Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize · Shortlisted for the Sunday Times PrizeThis lyrical debut novel is at once a passionate coming-of-age story, a meditation on illness and ... Read more

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**A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick · Named a Best Book of 2022 by Time, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street JournalLonglisted for the Booker Prize · Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize · Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize · Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize · Shortlisted for the Sunday Times PrizeThis lyrical debut novel is at once a passionate coming-of-age story, a meditation on illness and
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The Half Life of Valery K

by Natasha Pulley ...

Narrated by Jot Davies ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

Bloomsbury presents The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley, read by Jot Davies.From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia with a slow burn romance at its heart.In 1963, in a Siberian prison, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the ... Read more

$27.00 USD

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Bloomsbury presents The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley, read by Jot Davies.From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Kingdoms, an epic Cold War novel set in a mysterious town in Soviet Russia with a slow burn romance at its heart.In 1963, in a Siberian prison, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the
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Life in the City of Dirty Water

A Memoir of Healing

by Clayton Thomas-Muller ...

Narrated by Clayton Thomas-Muller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 11 min

***FINALIST FOR 2022 CANADA READS**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 J.W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*NATIONAL BESTSELLERA gritty and inspiring memoir from renowned Cree environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Muller, who escaped the world of drugs and gang life to take up the warrior’s fight against the assault on Indigenous ... Read more

$28.00 USD

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***FINALIST FOR 2022 CANADA READS**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 J.W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*NATIONAL BESTSELLERA gritty and inspiring memoir from renowned Cree environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Muller, who escaped the world of drugs and gang life to take up the warrior’s fight against the assault on Indigenous
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