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What Gentlemen Do

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he ... Read more

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A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he
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The Spirits Up

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too ... Read more

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Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too
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Just Getting Started

Edmonton Public Library's First 100 Years, 1913-2013

by Todd Babiak ...

"The contribution made by the Edmonton libraries to the sanity and support of the citizens cannot be estimated. No Annual Report can gauge things of this sort." -Annual Report of the Edmonton Public Library, 1931 The Edmonton Public Library turns 100 in 2013! Novelist, journalist, and Edmontonian Todd Babiak tells the story of EPL's birth and coming of age within the bustling narrative of the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

"The contribution made by the Edmonton libraries to the sanity and support of the citizens cannot be estimated. No Annual Report can gauge things of this sort." -Annual Report of the Edmonton Public Library, 1931 The Edmonton Public Library turns 100 in 2013! Novelist, journalist, and Edmontonian Todd Babiak tells the story of EPL's birth and coming of age within the bustling narrative of the
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The Spirits Up

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

Narrated by Jennifer Wigmore ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too ... Read more

$16.95 USD

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Warm, witty, and unsettling all at once, here is an unforgettable story of a family desperate for something to believe in.Benedict is an inventor whose life’s work is a clean energy machine. It has just made him an overnight sensation and his family is suddenly wealthy. Benedict’s wife, Karen, and his teenage daughters, Charlotte and Poppy, are proud of him. But there are problems Benedict is too
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What Gentlemen Do

A Novel

by Todd Babiak ...

Narrated by Joshua Browne ...

Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he ... Read more

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A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he
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Hovel

A Novel

by Ailsa Ross ...

Narrated by Rebecca Auerbach ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

**A CBC and Globe and Mail Spring Book PickIn this debut novel, a young woman in the Rocky Mountains, separated from the ancestral rhythms of her home in Scotland, turns to ancient rituals to find solace and connection. With shades of Olga Tokarczuk, Ali Smith, and Rachel Cusk, Hovel is a book for those fascinated by female interiority.**Homesickness takes many forms. Alone in the mountains ... Read more

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**A CBC and Globe and Mail Spring Book PickIn this debut novel, a young woman in the Rocky Mountains, separated from the ancestral rhythms of her home in Scotland, turns to ancient rituals to find solace and connection. With shades of Olga Tokarczuk, Ali Smith, and Rachel Cusk, Hovel is a book for those fascinated by female interiority.**Homesickness takes many forms. Alone in the mountains
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My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

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by Deborah Levy ...

Narrated by Kristin Atherton ...

Unabridged

3 hours 55 min

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist.This program is read by Audie Award–winning narrator Kristin Atherton."[Narrator Kristin] Atherton's delivery of [author Deborah] Levy's curious turns of phrase and characteristic repetition are served well by the audio format, their quirky ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist.This program is read by Audie Award–winning narrator Kristin Atherton."[Narrator Kristin] Atherton's delivery of [author Deborah] Levy's curious turns of phrase and characteristic repetition are served well by the audio format, their quirky
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Little Wonder: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

by Sophie Chen Keller ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Series series Thousand Voices
Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

**OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women).A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother ... Read more

$24.00 USD

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**OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women).A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother
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Little Wonder: Oprah's Book Club

A Novel

by Sophie Chen Keller ...

Series series Thousand Voices
**OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women).A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother ... Read more

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**OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women).A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother
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The Shock of the Light

A Novel

by Lori Inglis Hall ...

Narrated by Susie Riddell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

**“[An] impressive debut.”—The New York Times“A wonderfully conceived and remarkably assured first novel, rich in emotion and with a truly compelling narrative drive. A brilliant success.”—William Boyd, bestselling author of Any Human HeartFor readers of The Nightingale, In Memoriam, and The Postcard, a sweeping novel of siblings, steeped in love, heart-rending loss, and sacrifice, the story of ... Read more

$24.00 USD

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**“[An] impressive debut.”—The New York Times“A wonderfully conceived and remarkably assured first novel, rich in emotion and with a truly compelling narrative drive. A brilliant success.”—William Boyd, bestselling author of Any Human HeartFor readers of The Nightingale, In Memoriam, and The Postcard, a sweeping novel of siblings, steeped in love, heart-rending loss, and sacrifice, the story of
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Someone Else's Husband: Katie Couric Book Club

A Novel

by Kimberly McCreight ...

Narrated by Elena Rey, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Samantha Desz, Jonathan Todd Ross, Dan Bittner, Will Damron, Leanne Woodward, Chris Andrew Ciulla, George Newbern, Giordan Diaz, Max Meyers, Jane Oppenheimer, Kristen DiMercurio ...

Unabridged

11 hours 57 min

**A KATIE COURIC BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle.“McCreight’s new stunner Someone Else’s Husband takes readers from the peaks of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the streets of Soho and finally to the most ... Read more

$23.00 USD

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**A KATIE COURIC BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle.“McCreight’s new stunner Someone Else’s Husband takes readers from the peaks of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the streets of Soho and finally to the most
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Tell Me Something Good

A Novel

by Court Stevens ...

Narrated by Marin Ireland, Charlie Thurston, Annalee Scott ...

Unabridged

8 hours 44 min

"This is a writer that understands people down to the bones. Her characters are fallible and hopeful, flawed and loving, and so real they have stayed with me." --Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author"A knockout." --Booklist Starred ReviewThis is a story of the rich and the very poor. This is a story of an illegal auction with dire consequences. This is a story of murders past and ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"This is a writer that understands people down to the bones. Her characters are fallible and hopeful, flawed and loving, and so real they have stayed with me." --Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author"A knockout." --Booklist Starred ReviewThis is a story of the rich and the very poor. This is a story of an illegal auction with dire consequences. This is a story of murders past and
... Read more

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