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Mother and Daughter

by James Caine ...

Narrated by Alex Picard, Scott Merriman ...

Unabridged

4 hours 55 min

Her mother's rules were simple, but Annie Meadows rarely followed them.The rules were required, though, if they didn't want to get caught.Sometimes Annie believed what she and her mother did was wrong, but she was told they were helping the children in the basement. When Annie heard them cry in their locked rooms, it didn't feel that way.As she got older, Annie reflected on what she had done and ... Read more

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Her mother's rules were simple, but Annie Meadows rarely followed them.The rules were required, though, if they didn't want to get caught.Sometimes Annie believed what she and her mother did was wrong, but she was told they were helping the children in the basement. When Annie heard them cry in their locked rooms, it didn't feel that way.As she got older, Annie reflected on what she had done and
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Aether Beyond the Binary

by Ellen Faye, Scarlett Gale, Catherine E. Green, Elior Haley, Zel Howland, ilgaksu, Bettina Juszak, Nicola Kapron, Sebastian Marie, Alec J. Marsh, Flore Picard, S. J. Ralston, Em Rowntree, Terra P. Waters, Lyonel Loy, Kelas Lloyd, Mikki Madison ...

How would Earth look if the very atoms around us were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who lived with this magic explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors who contributed to Aether Beyond the Binary. Their inventive answers ... Read more

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How would Earth look if the very atoms around us were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who lived with this magic explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors who contributed to Aether Beyond the Binary. Their inventive answers
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Empire of Shadows

by Jacquelyn Benson ...

Narrated by Alex Picard ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Raiders of the Arcana
Unabridged

16 hours 39 min

Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities.One trifling little arrest shouldn’t have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it’s only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one ... Read more

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Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities.One trifling little arrest shouldn’t have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it’s only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one
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Falling Darkness

Izzy Llewellyn Small Town Suspense, Book 1

by Zara Evans ...

Narrated by Alex Picard, Joe Knezevich ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Izzy Llewellyn Small Town Suspense
Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

She came home to face her past. She stayed to fight for her future.Former FBI agent Izar "Izzy" Llewellyn never wanted to return to Darkness, California. But when she's offered the position of sheriff in her hometown—the same role her father held before his death—she sees it as a chance to rebuild her life after her husband's betrayal and death.The last thing she needs is the town's handsome ... Read more

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She came home to face her past. She stayed to fight for her future.Former FBI agent Izar "Izzy" Llewellyn never wanted to return to Darkness, California. But when she's offered the position of sheriff in her hometown—the same role her father held before his death—she sees it as a chance to rebuild her life after her husband's betrayal and death.The last thing she needs is the town's handsome
... Read more
Iconizing of Literature, Art, Humanities, and Science

Intermediality and Value in Popular Culture

Edited by Paula Wojcik, Sophie Picard, Hannes Höfer ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Why do people wear shirts with the Shakespeare quote “to be or not be?” or a portrait of philosopher Slavoj Žižek? How does popular and mass media adaptation and appropriation influence theoretical or literary concepts like ‘deconstruction’ or the ‘Kafkaesque’? Why are Lolita, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and Einstein ubiquitous and yet Leopold Bloom, Francisco de Goya’s The Naked Maja, and Leó ... Read more

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Why do people wear shirts with the Shakespeare quote “to be or not be?” or a portrait of philosopher Slavoj Žižek? How does popular and mass media adaptation and appropriation influence theoretical or literary concepts like ‘deconstruction’ or the ‘Kafkaesque’? Why are Lolita, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and Einstein ubiquitous and yet Leopold Bloom, Francisco de Goya’s The Naked Maja, and Leó
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Making the Rounds

Defying Norms in Love and Medicine

by Patricia Grayhall ...

Narrated by Alex Picard ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

What was it like to survive an illegal abortion, come out as a lesbian, and train to become a doctor in the late 1960s and early '70s—before Roe v. Wade, before Title IX, and in a largely homophobic nation?“Inspiring, heartfelt, and brutally honest at times, this is a book that will give women and those who care about them the strength and motivation to persevere . . .”—Seattle Book ReviewIn 1960s ... Read more

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What was it like to survive an illegal abortion, come out as a lesbian, and train to become a doctor in the late 1960s and early '70s—before Roe v. Wade, before Title IX, and in a largely homophobic nation?“Inspiring, heartfelt, and brutally honest at times, this is a book that will give women and those who care about them the strength and motivation to persevere . . .”—Seattle Book ReviewIn 1960s
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Mediating Interpersonal and Small Group Conflict

by Cheryl A. Picard ...

This is a guide to the theory and practice of mediation. It sets out a systematic approach to the use of mediation and to assuming the role of mediator. This book will be one of value to individuals interested in becoming mediators, to parties in conflict considering recourse to mediation to resolve issues, to students studying mediation as a dispute resolution alternative, to professionals who ... Read more

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This is a guide to the theory and practice of mediation. It sets out a systematic approach to the use of mediation and to assuming the role of mediator. This book will be one of value to individuals interested in becoming mediators, to parties in conflict considering recourse to mediation to resolve issues, to students studying mediation as a dispute resolution alternative, to professionals who
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Arrow of Fortune

by Jacquelyn Benson ...

Narrated by Alex Picard ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Raiders of the Arcana
Unabridged

16 hours

A well-behaved lady historian ought to avoid haunted forests… not plunge into them seeking an invincible weapon of the gods.Ellie Mallory didn't exactly volunteer to prevent the most dangerous artifact of the Ramayana from falling into the wrong hands—but if one has been coerced into an adventure, the least one can do is bring along a few friends.Constance Tyrrell has new daggers stuffed in her ... Read more

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A well-behaved lady historian ought to avoid haunted forests… not plunge into them seeking an invincible weapon of the gods.Ellie Mallory didn't exactly volunteer to prevent the most dangerous artifact of the Ramayana from falling into the wrong hands—but if one has been coerced into an adventure, the least one can do is bring along a few friends.Constance Tyrrell has new daggers stuffed in her
... Read more
Dr Johnson's London

by Liza Picard ...

Series Book 3 - Life of London
'A Baedeker of the past, absorbing and revealing in equal measure' Peter Ackroyd'Brings the age's tortuous splendours and profound murkiness vividly to life' ObserverWhen Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary in 1755, London was the biggest city in Europe. The opulence of the rich and the comfort of the 'middling' sort contrasted sharply with the back-breaking labour and pitiful wages of the ... Read more

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'A Baedeker of the past, absorbing and revealing in equal measure' Peter Ackroyd'Brings the age's tortuous splendours and profound murkiness vividly to life' ObserverWhen Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary in 1755, London was the biggest city in Europe. The opulence of the rich and the comfort of the 'middling' sort contrasted sharply with the back-breaking labour and pitiful wages of the
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What the Ravens Sing

by Jacquelyn Benson ...

Narrated by Alex Picard ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The London Charismatics
Unabridged

16 hours 51 min

An arcane horror emerges from battle and blood. To stop it, Lily must risk becoming everything she fears.In a Europe devastated by four years of war, a platoon of elite Italian soldiers is horrifically and mysteriously slaughtered. Strangford's occult ability can uncover the truth behind the massacre, but a violent fate stalks him from the trenches. Only Lily stands a chance of changing its course ... Read more

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An arcane horror emerges from battle and blood. To stop it, Lily must risk becoming everything she fears.In a Europe devastated by four years of war, a platoon of elite Italian soldiers is horrifically and mysteriously slaughtered. Strangford's occult ability can uncover the truth behind the massacre, but a violent fate stalks him from the trenches. Only Lily stands a chance of changing its course
... Read more
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You Deserve to Know

by Aggie Blum Thompson ...

Narrated by Alex Picard ...

Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

A brand new suspense novel from "the master of the suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson.Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest secrets, navigate the challenges of motherhood together, and provide a support system that seems unbreakable.But when Gwen's husband is found ... Read more

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A brand new suspense novel from "the master of the suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson.Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest secrets, navigate the challenges of motherhood together, and provide a support system that seems unbreakable.But when Gwen's husband is found
... Read more

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Tomb of the Sun King

by Jacquelyn Benson ...

Narrated by Alex Picard ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Raiders of the Arcana
Unabridged

17 hours 35 min

Archivist and suffragette Ellie Mallory always dreamed of putting her scholarly skills to work in the ancient sands of Egypt. She never imagined she would be doing so in order to save an object of legendary power from a batch of ruthless villains.Racing baddies to an arcanum of Biblical proportions is only one of Ellie’s problems. Her hopelessly academic and perpetually mortified step-brother, Dr. ... Read more

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Archivist and suffragette Ellie Mallory always dreamed of putting her scholarly skills to work in the ancient sands of Egypt. She never imagined she would be doing so in order to save an object of legendary power from a batch of ruthless villains.Racing baddies to an arcanum of Biblical proportions is only one of Ellie’s problems. Her hopelessly academic and perpetually mortified step-brother, Dr.
... Read more

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