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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Soul of An Octopus

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Soul of An Octopus

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/18/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Soul of An Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of ConsciousnessSoul of An Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
    by Sy Montgomery

    Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    Sy Montgomery’s popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect", about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death, went viral, indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious, almost alien-like creatures. Since then Sy has practiced true immersion journalism, from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, pursuing these wild, solitary shape-shifters.

    Octopuses have varied personalities and intelligence they show in myriad ways: endless trickery to escape enclosures and get food; jetting water playfully to bounce objects like balls; and evading caretakers by using a scoop net as a trampoline and running around the floor on eight arms. But with a beak like a parrot, venom like a snake, and a tongue covered with teeth, how can such a being know anything? And what sort of thoughts could it think?

    The intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees was only recently accepted by scientists, who now are establishing the intelligence of the octopus, watching them solve problems and deciphering the meaning of their color-changing camouflage techniques. Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus, but also tells a love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about consciousness and the meeting of two very different minds.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Listener

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Listener

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/17/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The ListenerThe Listener by Robert McCammon

    It’s 1934. Businesses went under by the hundreds, debt and foreclosures boomed, and breadlines grew in many American cities. In the midst of this misery, some folks explored unscrupulous ways to make money. Angel-faced John Partlow and carnival huckster Ginger LaFrance are among the worst of this lot. Joining together they leave their small-time confidence scams behind to attempt an elaborate kidnapping-for-ransom scheme in New Orleans.

    In a different part of town, Curtis Mayhew, a young black man who works as a redcap for the Union Railroad Station, has a reputation for mending quarrels and misunderstandings among his friends. What those friends don’t know is that Curtis has a special talent for listening…and he can sometimes hear things that aren’t spoken aloud.

    One day, Curtis Mayhew’s special talent allows him to overhear a child’s cry for help (THIS MAN IN THE CAR HE’S GOT A GUN), which draws him into the dangerous world of Partlow and LaFrance.

    This gritty Depression-era crime thriller is a complex tale enriched by powerfully observed social commentary and hints of the supernatural, and it represents Robert McCammon writing at the very top of his game.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Romeo and Juliet: A Novel

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Romeo and Juliet: A Novel

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/16/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Romeo and Juliet: A NovelRomeo and Juliet: A Novel by David Hewson

    Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    It’s a story you think you know: the age-old tale of "star-cross’d lovers"; two families at war; a romance, so pure and absolute, fated for a tragic end. It’s a story so thoroughly embedded in our culture, and so frequently retold. Yet, nothing captures the spark, the possibility, and the surprise of Shakespeare’s work quite like this…

    In Romeo and Juliet: A Novel, author David Hewson reworks and expands on the classic story so that it becomes something richer, something new and entirely its own. Much more than a simple love story, it is a brilliant examination of young versus old, hope against despair, and, for Juliet, the search for individual identity at a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel.

    Hewson’s talent for writing for audio is undeniable, and he finds his perfect vocal foil in Armitage, an actor of immense range and absorbing intensity. Together, they bring you a familiar story told in a surprising way – with an ending you might not expect.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 On Intelligence

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 On Intelligence

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/15/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    On IntelligenceOn Intelligence
    by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

    Over 900 5-Star Reviews!

    Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.

    Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.

    The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness.

    In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways.

    Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Sometimes Sisters

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Sometimes Sisters

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/14/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Sometimes SistersThe Sometimes Sisters by Carolyn Brown

    Over 600 5-Star Reviews!

    A bittersweet inheritance reunites three estranged sisters in a novel of family, trust, and forgiveness from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.

    When they were growing up, Dana, Harper, and Tawny thought of themselves as "sometimes sisters." They connected only during the summer month they’d all spend at their grandmother’s rustic lakeside resort in north Texas. But secrets started building, and ten years have passed since they’ve all been together-in fact, they’ve rarely spoken, and it broke their grandmother’s heart.

    Now she’s gone, leaving Annie’s Place to her granddaughters-twelve cabins, a small house, a café, a convenience store, and a lot of family memories. It’s where Dana, Harper, and Tawny once shared so many good times. They’ve returned, sharing only hidden regrets, a guarded mistrust, and haunting guilt. But now, in this healing summer place, the secrets that once drove them apart could bring them back together-especially when they discover that their grandmother may have been hiding something, too…

    To overcome the past and find future happiness, these "sometimes sisters" have one more chance to realize they are always family.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Worst Hard Time

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Worst Hard Time

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/13/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust BowlThe Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
    by Timothy Egan

    ⭐ Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews ⭐

    The dust storms that terrorized America’s High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod huts to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out.

    He follows their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Drawing on the voices of those who stayed and survived, those who, now in their eighties and nineties, will soon carry their memories to the grave, Egan tells a story of endurance and heroism against the backdrop of the Great Depression.

    Egan captures the very voice of the time, its grit, pathos, and abiding heroism, as only great history can. Combining the human drama of Isaac’s Storm with the sweep of The American People in the Great Depression, The Worst Hard Time is a lasting and important work of American history.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/12/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do
    by Amy Morin

    Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Everyone knows that regular exercise and weight training lead to physical strength. But how do we strengthen ourselves mentally for the truly tough times? And what should we do when we face these challenges? Or as psychotherapist Amy Morin asks, what should we avoid when we encounter adversity?

    Through her years counseling others and her own experiences navigating personal loss, Morin realized it is often the habits we cannot break that are holding us back from true success and happiness. Indulging in self-pity or agonizing over things beyond our control, obsessing over past events, resenting the achievements of others, or expecting immediate positive results all hold us back.

    Now, for the first time, Morin expands upon the 13 Things from her viral post and shares her tried-and-true practices for increasing mental strength. Increasing your mental strength can change your entire attitude. It takes practice and hard work, but with Morin’s specific tips, exercises, and troubleshooting advice, it is possible to not only fortify your mental muscle but also drastically improve the quality of your life.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 An American Marriage

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 An American Marriage

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/11/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    An American MarriageAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones

    Oprah’s Book Club 2018 Selection
    Over 4,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit.

    Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.

    This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward – with hope and pain – into the future.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/10/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Secret Diary of Laura PalmerThe Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
    by Jennifer Lynch

    Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    Lifeless and wrapped in plastic. This is how Sheryl Lee was first introduced as "Laura Palmer" in the cult television classic, Twin Peaks.

    Now, Sheryl returns to voice Laura’s darkest secrets in the audiobook event that fans of the show have long awaited. Commissioned by series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch and written by Lynch’s daughter, Jennifer – who was told she was one of "three air breathing mammals to know the identity of Laura’s killer" – The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer became an integral part of the Twin Peaks canon.

    The diary chronicles Laura’s life from age 12 to her death at 17 and provides a harrowing backstory to the event that set the entire series in motion. In intimate diary entries, Laura goes from a happy and naïve tween to a tormented soul posing behind the phony smile of homecoming queen. Plagued by visions of a creepy man with long hair – a demonic presence she comes to know as "BOB" – Laura falls into a world of drug addiction, sexual promiscuity, and prostitution to escape. But as she’s swallowed deeper and deeper into the abyss, Laura is forced to question the reality of who and what BOB really is.

    With hidden Easter eggs, glimpses at the origins of principal characters, and clues to the identity of her eventual killer, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is required listening for diehard fans of the original show, and essential background for the 2017 revival.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Freshwater

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Freshwater

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 08/09/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    FreshwaterFreshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

    An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side". Unsettling, heart-wrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our identities.

    Ada begins her life in the south of Nigeria as a troubled baby and a source of deep concern to her family. Her parents, Saul and Saachi, successfully prayed her into existence, but as she grows into a volatile and splintered child, it becomes clear that something went terribly awry. When Ada comes of age and moves to America for college, the group of selves within her grows in power and agency.

    A traumatic assault leads to a crystallization of her alternate selves: Asụghara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves – now protective, now hedonistic – move into control, Ada’s life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction.

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