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“neil swidey”

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  • Trapped Under the Sea

    One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness

    by Neil Swidey ...
    The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job—with deadly resultsA quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of “black mayonnaise.” Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Assist

    Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives

    by Neil Swidey ...
    Jack O'Brien, the impossibly demanding basketball coach at Charlestown High School in Boston, has led his team to five state championship titles in six years. Less talked about is O'Brien's other winning record: Nearly every one of the players who stuck with his program -- poor kids growing up in high-crime neighborhoods and saddled with the lousy educational system available in urban America -- ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    Our Boston

    Writers Celebrate the City They Love

    by Andrew Blauner, Kevin Cullen, Mike Barnicle, E. M. Swift, Charles McGrath, Madeleine Blais, George Howe Colt, Susan Orlean, David M. Shribman, Joan Wickersham0, David Michaelis1, Katherine A. Powers2, Jabari Asim3, Lesley Visser4, Hugh Delehanty5, George Plimpton6, Leslie Epstein7, Bud Collins8, Nell Scovell9, Israel Horovitz0, Shira Springer1, Dennis Lehane2, Susan Sheehan3, James Atlas4, Leigh Montville5, Tova Mirvis6, Pagan Kennedy7, Scott Stossel8, Robert Pinsky9, Bill Littlefield0, Carlo Rotella1, Neil Swidey2, Jessica Shattuck3, John Updike4, Pico Iyer5, Sally Taylor6, André Aciman0 ...
    Narrated by various narrators7, Peter Berkrot8, Johnny Heller9, Malcolm Hillgartner0, Jim Meskimen1, Joe Barrett2, Bernadette Dunne3, Bronson Pinchot4, Carrington MacDuffie5, Susan Boyce6, Kevin Kenerly7, Meredith Mitchell8, Ralph Lister9 ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 57 min

    What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and ... Read more

    $32.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

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    Trapped Under the Sea

    One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness

    by Neil Swidey ...
    Narrated by David H. Lawrence XVII ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 29 min

    The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job—with deadly resultsA quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of “black mayonnaise.” Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Massey Murder

    A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country

    by Charlotte Gray ...
    Narrated by Susan Duerden ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 53 min

    In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles ""Bert"" Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant?When the ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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    The Professor and The Madman

    A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

    by Simon Winchester ...
    Narrated by Simon Winchester ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 21 min

    A New York Times Notable BookThe Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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    Dead Wake

    The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

    by Erik Larson ...
    Narrated by Scott Brick ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 4 min

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania“Both terrifying and enthralling.”—Entertainment Weekly“Thrilling, dramatic and powerful.”—NPR“Thoroughly engrossing.”—George R.R. MartinOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    Police

    A Harry Hole Novel

    by Jo Nesbo ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...
    Series Audiobook 10 - Harry Hole Series

    Unabridged

    16 hours 37 min

    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is now streaming on Netflix • In this “invigorating must-read” installment (Newsweek) of the New York Times bestselling series, Inspector Harry Hole investigates a serial killer targeting Oslo’s police officers.For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His brilliant insights and ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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    In the Garden of Beasts

    Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

    by Erik Larson ...
    Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 52 min

    “Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book ReviewErik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes ... Read more

    $25.50 CAD

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    David and Goliath

    Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

    by Malcolm Gladwell ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 1 min

    Audie Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2014Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    Carte Blanche

    The New James Bond Novel

    by Jeffery Deaver ...
    Narrated by Toby Stephens ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 30 min

    James Bond comes to life as you’ve never seen him before in the explosive spy thriller and international bestseller by Jeffrey Deaver.The action begins when a Night Action alert cuts short a high-end dinner with a captivating woman. Headquarters has decrypted a whispered threat—plans for a chemical disaster with casualties in the thousands, British interests squarely in its crosshairs.Now Agent ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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    The Tipping Point

    How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

    by Malcolm Gladwell ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 34 min

    From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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