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The Little Locksmith

A Memoir

by Katharine Butler Hathaway, Nancy Mairs ...

Narrated by Julia Atwood ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd jobs at her family’s home. Forced to endure her confinement for ten years, Katharine remains immobile until age fifteen, only to find that none of it has ... Read more

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In 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine Hathaway, then suffering from spinal tuberculosis, to a board with halters and pulleys in a failed attempt to prevent her from becoming a “hunchback” like the “little locksmith” who does odd jobs at her family’s home. Forced to endure her confinement for ten years, Katharine remains immobile until age fifteen, only to find that none of it has
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The Little Locksmith

A Memoir

by Katharine Butler Hathaway, Nancy Mairs ...

This early 20th century memoir of a woman's faith in the face of debilitating disease is a "remarkably un-self-pitying book remains poignant and truthful" ( Publishers Weekly)."You must not miss it . . . It is the kind of book that cannot come into being without great living and great suffering and a rare spirit behind it." — The New York TimesIn 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine ... Read more

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This early 20th century memoir of a woman's faith in the face of debilitating disease is a "remarkably un-self-pitying book remains poignant and truthful" ( Publishers Weekly)."You must not miss it . . . It is the kind of book that cannot come into being without great living and great suffering and a rare spirit behind it." — The New York TimesIn 1895, a specialist straps five-year-old Katharine
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The Friendly Guide to Mythology

A Mortal's Companion to the Fantastical Realm of Gods Goddesses Monsters Heroes

by Nancy Hathaway ...

How was the world as we know it created? What does it mean to be a hero? Where do we go when we die? Why are flood myths so ubiquitous? Anyone who has pondered these and other questions about humanity's ancient beliefs will be fascinated by The Friendly Guide to Mythology. Focusing on Greek and Roman mythology but including myths from Africa, Asia, Australia, northern Europe, and the Americas, The ... Read more

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How was the world as we know it created? What does it mean to be a hero? Where do we go when we die? Why are flood myths so ubiquitous? Anyone who has pondered these and other questions about humanity's ancient beliefs will be fascinated by The Friendly Guide to Mythology. Focusing on Greek and Roman mythology but including myths from Africa, Asia, Australia, northern Europe, and the Americas, The
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Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855

Changing Perceptions of Childhood

by Nancy Hathaway Steenburg ...

Series series Studies in American Popular History and Culture
This book presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces that shaped American history in the Northeast. It draws on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies. ... Read more

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This book presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces that shaped American history in the Northeast. It draws on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies.
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A Memory of Violets

A Novel of London's Flower Sellers

by Hazel Gaynor ...

Narrated by Nicola Barber ...

Unabridged

10 hours 29 min

The author of the USA Today and New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home has once again created an unforgettable historical novel. Step into the world of Victorian London, where the wealth and poverty exist side by side. This is the story of two long-lost sisters, whose lives take different paths, and the young woman who will be transformed by their experiences.In 1912, twenty-year ... Read more

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The author of the USA Today and New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home has once again created an unforgettable historical novel. Step into the world of Victorian London, where the wealth and poverty exist side by side. This is the story of two long-lost sisters, whose lives take different paths, and the young woman who will be transformed by their experiences.In 1912, twenty-year
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My Name Is Lucy Barton

A Novel

by Elizabeth Strout ...

Narrated by Kimberly Farr ...

Unabridged

4 hours 11 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this “spectacular” (The Washington Post) novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion.”—PeopleA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, T... ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this “spectacular” (The Washington Post) novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.“An aching, illuminating look at mother-daughter devotion.”—PeopleA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, T...
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The Secret History

A Novel

by Donna Tartt ...

Narrated by Donna Tartt ...

Unabridged

22 hours 3 min

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. ... Read more

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries.
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Me Before You

A Novel

by Jojo Moyes ...

Narrated by Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, Andrew Wincott, Owen Lindsay ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Me Before You Trilogy
Unabridged

14 hours 40 min

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely ... Read more

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely
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The Goldfinch

A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

by Donna Tartt ...

Narrated by David Pittu ...

Unabridged

32 hours 26 min

A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this “extraordinary” and beloved novel that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review), named a New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century.Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by ... Read more

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A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this “extraordinary” and beloved novel that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review), named a New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century.Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by
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The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion ...

Narrated by Barbara Caruso ...

Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

Didion's journalistic skills are displayed as never before in this story of a year in her life that began with her daughter in a medically induced coma and her husband unexpectedly dead due to a heart attack.This powerful and moving work is Didion's "attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness, about marriage and children ... Read more

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Didion's journalistic skills are displayed as never before in this story of a year in her life that began with her daughter in a medically induced coma and her husband unexpectedly dead due to a heart attack.This powerful and moving work is Didion's "attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness, about marriage and children
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All the Light We Cannot See

A Novel

by Anthony Doerr ...

Narrated by Zach Appelman ...

Unabridged

16 hours 2 min

Winner of the Audie Award for Fiction*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths ... Read more

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Winner of the Audie Award for Fiction*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths
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Before We Were Yours

A Novel

by Lisa Wingate ...

Narrated by Emily Rankin, Catherine Taber ...

Unabridged

14 hours 29 min

**THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller“Poignant, engrossing.”—People • “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”—Paula McLainMemphis, 1939.** Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their ... Read more

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**THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller“Poignant, engrossing.”—People • “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”—Paula McLainMemphis, 1939.** Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their
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