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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Island of the Lost

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Island of the Lost

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/18/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the WorldIsland of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett

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    Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death.

    In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense coastal forest, plagued by stinging blowflies and relentless rain, Captain Musgrave inspires his men to take action. With barely more than their bare hands, they build a cabin and, remarkably, a forge where they manufacture their tools.

    Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, the Invercauld wrecks during a horrible storm. Nineteen men stagger ashore. Unlike Captain Musgrave, the captain of the Invercauld falls apart given the same dismal circumstances. His men fight and split up; some die of starvation, others turn to cannibalism. Only three survive. Musgrave and all of his men not only endure for nearly two years, but they also plan their own astonishing escape, setting off on one of the most courageous sea voyages in history.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Off the Record

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Off the Record

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/17/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Off the RecordOff the Record by K. A. Linde

    Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    It all started with a question…

    When Liz Dougherty’s first reporting assignment for her North Carolina college newspaper finds her covering a state senator’s impromptu press conference, she has no idea how drastically her life is about to change. Senator Brady Maxwell may look the part with his devastating good looks and impeccable style, but his politics rub Liz the wrong way, and she’s not going to let him off easy.

    Liz’s hardball question catches Brady off guard and shows her editor, Hayden Lane, that she’s headed places as journalist. But to Liz’s surprise, she’s also headed for a secret, high-stakes romance with Brady Maxwell that could destroy the careers they each hold dear.

    Unsatisfied with sneaking around and realizing things with Hayden might not be strictly platonic, Liz faces a difficult decision: Should she take things with Brady to the next level or call the whole thing off? They soon discover that in love, unlike politics, there’s rarely a clear winner.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Past Imperfect

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Past Imperfect

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/16/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Past ImperfectPast Imperfect by Julian Fellowes

    Damian Baxter is hugely wealthy and dying. He lives alone in a big house in Surrey, England, looked after by a chauffeur, butler, cook, and housemaid. He has but one concern–his fortune in excess of five hundred million and who should inherit it on his death.

    Past Imperfect is the story of a quest. Damian Baxter wishes to know if he has a living heir. By the time he married in his late thirties he was sterile (the result of adult mumps), but what about before that unfortunate illness? Had he sired a child? He sets himself (and others) to the task of finding his heir.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Duplicity

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Duplicity

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/15/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    DuplicityDuplicity by Sibel Hodge

    There are three sides to every story: Yours. Mine. And the truth…

    Max and Alissa have a fairy tale life – newlywed, madly in love and enviously rich. Then Max is brutally stabbed to death at their home and Alissa, miraculously, escapes with her life. But why was she spared?

    The hunt for the killer begins, uncovering a number of leads – was Max’s incredible wealth the motive? Had his shady business practices finally caught up with him? Or was it a stalker with a dangerous obsession?

    Devoted friends rally around gentle, sweet Alissa as she is left to mourn the loss of her husband and pick up her life. But not everyone is who they seem… Deep-rooted jealousies, secrets and twisted love lie just beneath the surface, and not all fairy tales have a happy ending.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Girl Walks Out of a Bar

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Girl Walks Out of a Bar

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/14/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Girl Walks Out of a Bar: A MemoirGirl Walks Out of a Bar: A Memoir by Lisa F. Smith

    Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in New York City when alcoholism and drug addiction took over her life. What was once a way she escaped her insecurity and negativity as a teenager became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of an impossible workload.

    Girl Walks Out of a Bar explores Smith’s formative years, her decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery. In this darkly comic and wrenchingly honest story, Smith describes how her circumstances conspired with her predisposition to depression and self-medication in an environment ripe for addiction to flourish. When her close-knit group of high-achieving friends celebrate the end of their grueling workdays with alcohol-fueled nights at the city’s clubs and summer weekends partying at the beach, the feel-good times can spiral wildly out of control.

    Girl Walks Out of a Bar is a candid portrait of alcoholism through the lens of gritty New York realism. Beneath the façade of success lies the reality of addiction.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 More Happy Than Not

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 More Happy Than Not

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/13/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    More Happy Than NotMore Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

    Happiness shouldn’t be this hard…

    When it first gets announced, the Leteo Institute’s memory-alteration procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto; miracle cure-alls don’t tend to pop up in the Bronx projects. Aaron can’t forget how he’s grown up poor, how his friends all seem to shrug him off, and how his father committed suicide in their one-bedroom apartment. He has the support of his patient girlfriend, if not necessarily his distant brother and overworked mother, but it’s not enough.

    Then Thomas shows up. He doesn’t mind Aaron’s obsession over the Scorpius Hawthorne books and has a sweet movie setup on his roof. There are nicknames. Aaron’s not only able to be himself, but happiness feels easy with Thomas. The love Aaron discovers may cost him what’s left of his life. But since Aaron can’t suddenly stop being gay, Leteo may be the only way out.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Fixer

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Fixer

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/12/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The FixerThe Fixer by T. E. Woods

    Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    Never a doubt. Never a mistake. Always for justice. Never for revenge. She’s the person you hire when you need something fixed — permanently. With a strict set of criteria, she evaluates every request and chooses only a few. No more than one job per country, per year. She will only step in if it’s clear that justice will not be served any other way. Her jobs are completed with skill and precision, and never result in inquiry or police investigation. The Fixer is invisible – and quite deadly.

    In the office of a clinical psychologist in Olympia, Washington, a beautiful young woman is in terrible emotional pain. She puts up walls, tells lies, and seems to speak in riddles, but the doctor is determined to help her heal, despite the fact that she claims to have hurt many people. As their sessions escalate, the psychologist feels compelled to reach out to the police, but it might be too late.

    In Seattle, a detective gets a call from his son. A dedicated journalist, he wants his father’s expertise as he looks into a suspicious death. Together they follow the trail of leads toward a stone-cold hired killer – only to find that death has been closer than either could have imagined.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Go Down Together

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Go Down Together

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/11/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and ClydeGo Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn

    ⭐ Over 200 5-Star Reviews ⭐

    Forget everything you think you know about Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Previous books and films, including the brilliant 1967 movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have emphasized the supposed glamour of America’s most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different — and far more fascinating.

    In Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, bestselling author Jeff Guinn combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame…

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Words on the Move

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Words on the Move

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/10/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)Words on the Move: Why English Won’t – and Can’t – Sit Still (Like, Literally) by John McWhorter

    A best-selling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes – and why we should embrace this transformation and not fight it.

    Language is always changing – but we tend not to like it. We understand that new words must be created for new things, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean "figuratively" rather than "by the letter" or the way young people use LOL and like, or business jargon like what’s the ask? – it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes.

    But the truth is different and a lot less scary, as John McWhorter shows in this delightful and eye-opening exploration of how English has always been in motion and continues to evolve today. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, he shows that these shifts are a natural process common to all languages and that we should embrace and appreciate these changes, not condemn them.

    Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed"? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn?

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Picture of Dorian Gray

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Picture of Dorian Gray

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 06/09/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

    Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    The dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty.

    The man who remains forever unchanged–petulant, hedonistic, vain, and amoral–while a painting of him ages and grows increasingly hideous with the years, has been horrifying and enchanting readers for more than 100 years.

    Taking the reader in and out of London drawing rooms, to the heights of aestheticism, and to the depths of decadence, The Picture of Dorian Gray is not simply a melodrama about moral corruption. Laced with bon mots and vivid depictions of upper-class refinement, it is also a fascinating look at the milieu of Wilde’s fin-de-siècle world and a manifesto of the creed “Art for Art’s Sake.”

    The ever-quotable Wilde, who once delighted London with his scintillating plays, scandalized readers with this, his only novel. Upon publication, Dorian was condemned as dangerous, poisonous, stupid, vulgar, and immoral, and Wilde as a “driveling pedant.” The novel, in fact, was used against Wilde at his much-publicized trials for “gross indecency,” which led to his imprisonment and exile on the European continent.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray firmly established Wilde as one of the great voices of the Aesthetic movement and endures as a classic that is as timeless as its hero.

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