THE BURNING ROOM (A Harry Bosch Novel)* Pub Date: November 3
By Michael Connelly Read by Titus Welliver
In the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet nine years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but all other evidence is virtually nonexistent. Now Bosch and rookie Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving what turns out to be a highly charged, politically sensitive case. In this gripping new novel, read by the star of the new series, Bosch, Michael Connelly shows once again why Harry Bosch is “one of the greats of crime fiction” (New York Daily News).
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-6196-9426-2 ▪ 8 CD/10 hours ▪ $40.00/$44.00 Can.
Abridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8291-3 ▪ 6 CD/7 hours ▪ $30.00/$33.00 Can.
JJ VIRGIN’S SUGAR IMPACT DIET* Pub Date: November 4
By JJ Virgin, CNS, CHFS Read by Tara Ochs
Most people know sugar is bad for them, but few people know the sugar impact of seven common foods – grains, roots, fruit, low-fat and no-fat diet and dairy foods, sugary sauces and condiments, alcohol and sugary drinks, and natural and artificial sweeteners – can be the real cause of inflammation, bloating, metabolic disorders, fatigue, and weight gain. JJ VIRGIN’S SUGAR IMPACT DIET will revolutionize how listeners think about (and eat) sugar.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8286-9 ▪ 6 CD/7 hours ▪ $30.00/$33.00 Can.
THE UNIVERSAL TONE* Pub Date: November 4
By Carlos Santana, with Ashley Kahn Read by Carlos Santana
In the realm of guitar gods, Santana stands alone for what’s come to be called his “universal tone”– both the fact that you can recognize a Santana song from just one note and the fact that Santana is well known to believe music and soul are interconnected. From growing up dirt poor in Mexico and suffering abuse, to a person whom you might almost think is perpetually in a state of nirvana or at least bliss, this is the story of a fascinating man who brings the ideal combination of storytelling gold and a major marketing machine.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-6196-9876-5 ▪ 16 CD/19.5 hours ▪ $35.00/$39.00 Can.
BLUE LABYRINTH (A Pendergast Novel)* Pub Date: November 11
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Read by René Auberjonois
A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast’s most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for a clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. Pendergast learns there is more at work than a ghastly episode of family history: he is soon stalked by a subtle killer bent on vengeance over an ancient transgression. In short order, Pendergast is caught in a wickedly clever plot, which will leave him stricken in mind and body…and may well end with his death.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8284-5 ▪ 12 CD/14 hours ▪ $40.00/$44.00 Can.
THE ART OF ASKING Pub Date: November 11
By Amanda Palmer, Foreword by Brené Brown Read by the Author
Imagine standing on a box in the middle of a busy city, dressed as a white-faced bride, and silently using your eyes to ask people for money. For Amanda Palmer, actions like this have gone beyond satisfying her basic needs for food and shelter – they’ve taught her how to turn strangers into friends, build communities, and discover her own giving impulses. In THE ART OF ASKING, Palmer expands upon her popular TED talk to reveal how ordinary people, those of us without thousands of Twitter followers and adoring fans, can use these same principles in our own lives.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8288-3 ▪ 10 CD/11.5 hours ▪ $30.00/$33.00 Can.
PRIVATE INDIA: CITY ON FIRE* Pub Date: November 11
By James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi Read by Amerjit Deu and Raj Ghatak
When Santosh Wagh isn’t struggling out of a bottle of whisky he’s head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world’s finest PI agency. But now someone is killing women – seemingly unconnected women murdered in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes. As Santosh and his team race to find the killer, an even greater danger faces Private India – a danger that could threaten the lives of thousands of innocent Mumbai citizens.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8541-9 ▪ 7 CD/8 hours ▪ $26.00/$29.00 Can.
THE STRANGER* Pub Date: November 11
By Chuck Todd Read by the Author
Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if he’d come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture, he soon discovered just how difficult it was. In THE STRANGER, Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama’s White House tenure, from the early days of drift and helplessness to a final stand against the GOP in which an Obama, at last liberated from his political future, finally triumphs.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-6002-4970-9 ▪ 14 CD/16.5 hours ▪ $30.00/$33.00 Can.
LEARNING FROM THE GIANTS Pub Date: November 11
By John C. Maxwell Read by Chris Sorensen
If you could spend a few minutes with the giants of faith in the Old Testament in person, what lessons would they share with you? In LEARNING FROM THE GIANTS John C. Maxwell draws on fifty years of studying the Bible to share the stories of Elijah, Elisha, Job, Jacob, Deborah, Isaiah, Jonah, Joshua and Daniel. Through them Maxwell explores timeless lessons we can learn about leadership, ourselves, and our relationship with God.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8297-5 ▪ 3 CD/3 hours ▪ $22.00/$24.00 Can.
THE ESCAPE* Pub Date: November 18
By David BaldacciRead by Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy
John Puller’s older brother, Robert, was convicted of treason and national security crimes. His inexplicable escape from prison makes him the most wanted criminal in the country. Some in the government believe that John Puller represents their best chance at capturing Robert alive, and so Puller takes on the burden of bringing his brother in to face justice. But Puller quickly discovers that there are others pursuing his brother, who only see Robert as a traitor and are unconcerned if he survives. As the nation-wide manhunt for Robert grows more urgent, Puller’s masterful skills as an investigator and strength as a fighter may not be enough to save his brother – or himself.
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8282-1 ▪ 13 CD/15 hours ▪ $40.00/$44.00 Can.
Abridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8280-7 ▪ 9 CD/9.5 hours ▪ $30.00/$33.00 Can.
HOPE TO DIE* Pub Date: November 24
By James Patterson Read by Michael Boatman and Scott Sower
In this gripping follow-up to the bestselling, Cross My Heart, Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross’s family – his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children – have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-6111-3036-2 ▪ 8 CD/9.5 hours ▪ $35.00/$39.00 Can.
Abridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8289-0 ▪ 6 CD/7 hours ▪ $25.00/$28.00 Can.
HOUSE OF ROBOTS* Pub Date: November 24
By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein Read by Jack Patterson
It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he’s dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring her newest invention to school: a walking, talking robot he calls E – for “Error”. Sammy’s no stranger to robots – his house is full of a colorful cast of them. But this one not only thinks it’s Sammy’s brother… it’s actually even nerdier than Sammy. Will E be Sammy’s one-way ticket to Loserville? Or will he prove to the world that it’s cool to be square? It’s a roller-coaster ride for Sammy to discover the amazing secret E holds that could change
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-5585-6 ▪ 3 CD/3 hours ▪ $18.00/$20.00 Can.
CHAIN OF EVENTS Pub Date: November 4
By Fredrik T. Olsson Read by Paul Michael
William Sandberg, once a well-respected military cryptologist pursuing cutting-edge research, is a ruined man. His career is in shambles, and he’s succumbed to a dark depression. But William’s talents haven’t gone unnoticed. A nameless, top-secret organization abducts him and tasks him with a daunting mission: decode a message that will reveal the disastrous prophecies hidden in our DNA before it is too late. A thrilling novel about humanity on the verge of crisis, CHAIN OF EVENTS explodes and then reconfigures the ties that bind us to one another: marriage, politics, and our DNA.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8381-1 ▪ 15.5 hours ▪ $25.98/$28.98 Can.
MEET PARIS OYSTER* Pub Date: November 4
By Mireille Guiliano Read by the Author
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of French Women Don’t Get Fat comes a memorable look at the French appetite for oysters, the characters who harvest and serve them, and the compelling reasons why we should all enjoy them. MEET PARIS OYSTER is an engaging exploration of the Parisian love affair with the world’s most sensuous shellfish. Part cultural journey, part cookbook, and part slice-of-life play, this audiobook introduces listeners to the appetites (gastronomic and otherwise) of Paris and its people.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8302-6 ▪ 4 hours ▪ $21.98/$23.98 Can.
THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER Pub Date: November 4
By Mr. Peter Zeihan Read by the Author
International strategist Peter Zeihan examines how geography, combined with demography and energy independence, will pave the way for one of the great turning points in history, and one in which America reasserts its global dominance. Zeihan argues that the future is undoubtedly bright for America. THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER also explores shale oil and its key role in America’s move towards energy independence and how it will shape American life for the next fifty years.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8311-8 ▪ 12.5 hours ▪ $25.98/$28.98 Can.
ALL HE DESIRES (All or Nothing, #3) Pub Date: November 4
By C.C. Gibbs Read by Elena Wolfe
Kate Hart and Dominic Knight’s volatile love affair continues in the last book in the All or Nothing trilogy from C.C. Gibbs. Being tied down to just one woman was the last thing Dominic wanted. But from the moment he laid eyes on Kate, he couldn’t deny his overwhelming desire for her or his need to possess her.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8301-9 ▪ 11 hours ▪ $19.98/$21.98 Can.
BEFORE WE FALL (Beautifully Broken, #3) Pub Date: November 4
By Courtney Cole Read by Shannon Gunn and Bunny Warren
One dark moment was all it took to turn twenty-four-year-old Dominic Kinkaide’s world black. Now all he cares about is losing himself in the roles that he plays. At twenty-three years old, Jacey Vincent doesn’t realize how much her father’s indifference has affected her. She tries to find acceptance in the arms of men to fill the void-a plan that has worked just fine for her, until she meets Dominic. When jaded Dominic and strong-willed Jacey are thrown together, the combination of his secrets and her issues turns their attraction into the perfect storm.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-5377-7 ▪ 12 hours ▪ $19.98/$21.98 Can.
WAISTCOATS & WEAPONRY (Finishing School, #3)* Pub Date: November 4
By Gail Carriger Read by Moira Quirk
Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style – with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to throw all of London into chaos and she must decide where her loyalties lie, once and for all.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-5584-9 ▪ 9 hours ▪ $19.98/$21.98 Can.
THE WALLED CITY* Pub Date: November 4
By Ryan Graudin Read by Eugene Kim, Kim Mai Guest, and Janet Song
There are three rules in the Walled City: Run fast. Trust no one. Always carry your knife. Right now, my life depends completely on the first. Run, run, run. Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai all live in the Walled City, a lawless labyrinth run by crime lords and overrun by street gangs. Teens there traffic drugs or work in brothels – or, like Jin, hide under the radar. But when Dai offers Jin a chance to find her lost sister, Mei Yee, she begins a breathtaking race against the clock to escape the Walled City itself.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-5583-2 ▪ 10.5 hours ▪ $22.98/$24.98 Can.
THE MAP TO EVERYWHERE Pub Date: November 4
By Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis Read by John Glouchevitch
To Master Thief Fin, the Map is the key to finding his mother. To suburban schoolgirl Marrill, it’s her only way home after getting stranded on the Pirate Stream, the magical waterway which connects every world in creation. They must scour the many worlds of the Pirate Stream to gather the pieces of the Map to Everywhere, but they aren’t the only ones looking. A dark and sinister figure is hot on their tail, and if they can’t beat his ghostly ship to find the Map, it could mean the destruction of everything they hold dear – not least of all themselves!
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-5582-5 ▪ 10.5 hours ▪ $22.98/$24.98 Can.
ONE NIGHT: DENIED* Pub Date: November 11
By Jodi Ellen Malpas Read by Edita Brychta
He’s amazingly wealthy, sinfully gorgeous, and can bring her to heights of pleasure she’s never before known. For Livy, there’s no turning back. But as their insatiable affair intensifies, the two attract the attention of an obsessive – and dangerous – third party. Discovering new revelations about M that rock her to the core, Livy will have to decide whether he’s ruined beyond repair. And he must face his fear that in order to save her, he may have to lose her after all . . .
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-2980-2 ▪ 19 hours ▪ $24.98/$27.98 Can.
THE DAVID FOSTER WALLACE READER* Pub Date: November 11
By David Foster Wallace
Read by Robert Petkoff, David Foster Wallace, Sally Foster Wallace, Sean Pratt, Kristine Hvam, Ben Shenkman, Bobby Cannavale, and Paul Michael Garcia
Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here – with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work – essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again,” excerpts from his novels The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, and The Pale King, and legendary stories like “The Depressed Person.”
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8307-1▪ 48.5 hours ▪ $40.00/$44.00 Can.
LING & TING: TWICE AS SILLY Pub Date: November 11
By Grace Lin Read by Tara Sands
Ling & Ting are twins. They like to be silly. They like to tell jokes. Most of all, they like to laugh together. Laugh with Ling & Ting! The beloved twins from the Geisel Honor book Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! and Ling & Ting Share a Birthday are back to share their favorite funny stories with beginning listeners. This collection of six laugh-out-loud stories is sure to tickle the funny bone of fans and new listeners alike.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8533-4 ▪ 12 minutes ▪ $3.98/$4.98 Can.
A DANCE OF GHOSTS (Shadowdance, #5) Pub Date: November 11
By David Dalglish Read by Elijah Alexander
A night of fire and blood heralds Muzien the Darkhand’s arrival to Veldaren. With him comes the might of the Sun Guild, eager to spread their criminal empire. Left blind after being attacked by the Widow, Alyssa Gemcroft struggles to hold together the remnants of the Trifect as the Sun Guild’s arrival threatens to shatter whatever future her son might have left. Fantasy author David Dalglish continues his tale of retribution and darkness, and an underworld reaching for ultimate power in this never-before-released novel in the Shadowdance series.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8526-6 ▪ 15 hours ▪ $19.98/$21.98 Can.
FORTY DAYS WITHOUT SHADOW Pub Date: November 18
By Olivier Truc Read by Malcolm Hilgartner
The international award-winning, bestselling phenomenon, now available in English for the first time. Tomorrow, the sun will rise for the first time in 40 days. Thirty minutes of daylight will herald the end of the polar night in Kautokeino, a small village in northern Norway, home to the indigenous Sami people. But in the last hours of darkness, a precious artifact is stolen: an ancient Sami drum. Hours later, a man is murdered. Are the two crimes connected? In a town fraught with tension, it falls to two local police officers to solve the crimes.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8300-2 ▪ 15.5 hours ▪ $21.98/$23.98 Can.
SUGAR’S TWICE AS SWEET (Sugar, Georgia, #1) Pub Date: November 25
By Marina AdairRead by Chelsea Hatfield
Thanks to a cheating fiancé, Josephina Harrington’s perfect life just crashed and burned. She needs to prove she can make it on her own. And she will – by turning her great-aunt’s old plantation house into a destination getaway. She’s just not expecting her contractor to be so hands-on – and so totally irresistible. Bad-boy golf champion Brett McGraw figured his hometown of Sugar, Georgia was the perfect place to lay low and get his life back up to par. Can he convince Josephina that his womanizing ways are in the past and he’s ready for forever?
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-2959-8 ▪ 11.5 hours ▪ $19.98/$21.98 Can.
SYMBIONT (Parasitology, #2)* Pub Date: November 25
By Mira Grant Read by Christine Lakin
The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world’s population began attacking their hosts turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped.
Unabridged DL ▪ 978-1-4789-8304-0 ▪ 17 hours ▪ $26.98/$29.98 Can.
THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS Pub Date: November 25
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Read by Rene Auberjonois
“Auberjonois’s deceptively ordinary voice pulls listeners into Preston and Child’s world, where science, mysticism, and melodrama reign supreme. Lots of fun!” – AudioFile Magazine
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8373-6 ▪ 12 CD/13 hours ▪ $20.00/$22.00 Can.
THE NARROWS Pub Date: November 25
By Michael Connelly Read by Len Cariou
“Cariou deftly handles the Bosch scenes in the first person and Walling’s in the third. This constant switch might have been daunting to a lesser reader. Cariou milks it for all it’s worth.”
–AudioFile Magazine
Unabridged CD ▪ 978-1-4789-8374-3 ▪ 9 CD/11 hours ▪ $20.00/$22.00 Can
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