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Contains the unabridged audiobook and an educational audio guide.
The 'Educational Editions' from Naxos AudioBooks allow listeners to enjoy important works of fiction and learn about their key elements. Each 'Educational Edition' combines the unabridged audiobook with an indispensable audio guide that gives background and author detail and explores the book's themes, structure, key passages and critical perspectives - stimulating content for students...
2) Cut
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Cut is a thrilling, provocative novel set against the backdrop of a major Melbourne hospital's surgical team in the time before #metoo blew the lid off institutionalised misogyny and sexism. Carla is a young doctor striving to become the first female surgeon at a prestigious Melbourne hospital. When a consultant post opens up, she competes with her lover for the job and thinks she can be judged on merit. But an assault after a boozy workplace dinner...
3) Dark Heir
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In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark's first assault, but at a terrible cost.
A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.
But...
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As war rages in the Soviet Union, is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front. She has witnessed so many soldiers go to war and never return, and with her father already on the battlefield, her brother is her only family left. Sick of feeling helpless and determined to fight for her motherland, Nina and her best friend decide to volunteer for the first female-only aviation regiment, led by the legendary pilot Marina...
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Inspector Gary Wagner hated getting called out at night. The only thing he hated more was the senseless, sudden death of an innocent human being. He didn't know the woman lying in the filthy, blood-soaked alley – but it was his job to learn everything about her, her family, and her killer.
A crime novelist, David Corey was used to plot twists, police investigations, and the wheels of justice. He wasn't used to real-life police work or the massive...
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This thirty-one day devotional will remind you of the awesome power of the Lord to come through for us even when things seem hopeless.
The author, who has been a devoted Christian for more than thirty years, focuses on key themes from the Bible that will ignite your faith. Topics include:
• how to praise your way to victory;
• ways to make mountains flat;
• why Jesus is our multiplier;
• how to dress yourself for battle.
With God, all we need...
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions is a prose work published in 1624. It consists of a series of meditations, prayers and reflections that Donne wrote while he was recovering from a serious illness. It is divided into 23 sections, each representing a different meditation on various aspects of life, death and spirituality. Donne explores themes such as the fragility and uncertainty of life, the interconnectedness of humanity, and the presence of God...
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From the perspective of Protestant America, nineteenth-century Mormons were the victims of a peculiar zealotry, a population deranged––socially, sexually, even racially––by the extravagances of belief they called "religion." Make Yourselves Gods offers a counter-history of early Mormon theology and practice, tracking the Saints from their emergence as a dissident sect to their renunciation of polygamy at century's end.
Over these turbulent...
9) Easy Money
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A sweeping history of the American invention of modern money.
Economists endlessly debate the nature of legal tender monetary systems-coins and bills issued by a government or other authority. Yet the origins of these currencies have received little attention.
Dror Goldberg tells the story of modern money in North America through the Massachusetts colony during the seventeenth century. As the young settlement transitioned to self-governance and...
10) What Not
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Rose Macaulay was a fascinating and influential British writer, known for her wit and intellect. She wrote numerous novels, essays and biographies, and she was highly regarded for her versatility as a writer. Her works often explored themes of social change, women's rights and the complexities of human relationships. She had a unique ability to capture the essence of her characters and the world they inhabited, making her a much-admired figure in...
11) Vaccine Nation
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With employers offering free flu shots and pharmacies expanding into one-stop shops to prevent everything from shingles to tetanus, vaccines are ubiquitous in contemporary life. The past fifty years have witnessed an enormous upsurge in vaccines and immunization in the United States: American children now receive more vaccines than any previous generation, and laws requiring their immunization against a litany of diseases are standard. Yet, while...
12) Final Call
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Heading home after a conference, the senior leadership of a global corporation relax on their private jet ahead of their Christmas break. But their peace is shattered when they realise their jet isn't taking them home. Instead, it's heading east-out over the Atlantic Ocean. And things go from bad to worse when their pilot tells them she is going to crash into the ocean if one of them doesn't confess to murder…
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In "Along Came Hell, or So I Thought," witness a profound journey of spiritual transformation as one woman grapples with the shocking revelation of her husband's betrayal after forty-four years of marriage. This heart-wrenching narrative delves deep into the core of family trauma, shedding light on the dark corners of sexual abuse within a seemingly normal household. It's a poignant growth book that doesn't just tell a story; it escorts readers through...
14) Eden's Everdark
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Hailed by Newbery winner Kelly Barnhill as "stunning, moving, and marvelously strange," this tale of a young girl who stumbles into a magical realm ruled by a wicked witch is a haunting and ultimately uplifting middle grade novel about grief, family, and decades-old magic.
Still grieving the loss of her mother, Eden visits Safina Island, her ancestral home, as a healing balm. But when she discovers an old sketchbook that belonged to her mother, she's...
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Despite a childhood in the care system, has beaten the odds and built for herself the perfect life, complete with beautiful seaside home, devoted husband and a job she loves. Then a policeman appears at Anna's door: her estranged brother is a wanted serial killer, and the police need Anna's help to catch him before he strikes again. When an envelope turns up on her doorstep, 'Loved every second of this. . And the twist…Didn't see that coming!' Real...
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I Say Your Name in the Dark Nights is Jonathan Maberry's never-before published adventure that blends swordplay, action, adventure and horror.
Kagen Vale-disgraced former palace guard, damned by his own gods, on the run from bounty hunters and assassins-discovers that no matter where you try to hide, evil can find you. In this standalone short story, Kagen the Damned squares off against a clan of ferocious supernatural predators in service to the...
18) Ava
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In this steamy romance novel set just as WWI is ending, Ava, a beautiful young woman, and Irish immigrant, initially explores her irresistible and alluring power over men with Alistar, a handsome sailor. Soon Ava learns she is pregnant, but before she can tell Alistar, his ship sets sail. Ava finds herself desperate growing up poor in America as an Irish immigrant during prohibition with little to no support from her family.
Struggling to overcome...
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In September 2000, I was sitting on a bench facing the Mediterranean Sea in the French Riviera town of Nice. I had flown there during a three-day break in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in Camp Ziest, Netherlands, where I was expected to testify. As I sat on this bench eating lunch, I suddenly found myself overwhelmed by emotion. It was an awakening: I realized that my being there was the fulfillment of one of my many life dreams and goals that...
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An evil queen can't stand that she's only the second most beautiful person in her kingdom. Her magic mirror tells her that her stepdaughter, Snow White, is even more beautiful, so the queen orders a huntsman to take Snow White away and kill her. Unable to go through with it, he lets her escape, but what will she do now? Thankfully, she makes friends with seven dwarfs who might be able to help.