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How to Resist Amazon and Why

Concrete Steps for Booksellers

By: Danny Caine & Joe Biel
Narrated by: Danny Caine & Joe Biel
Length: 55 minutes

Booksellers naturally understand the dangers of Amazon and the need to resist its growing power, but what can they do about it? How do we have conversations with our customers and communities about resisting Amazon without alienating potential allies in the fight for small businesses? Join Danny Caine and Microcosm Publishing founder Joe Biel to... Read more

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The Velveteen Rabbit

By: Margery Williams
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 22 minutes

The bestselling children's classic with millions sold around the world. This version, read by Xe Sands, will delight listeners of all ages with its story of wisdom and boundless love. "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having... Read more

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Christian Mythmakers

The Gospel in the Great Stories, Vol. 1

By: George MacDonald
Narrated by: Simon Bubb
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

A collection of some of George MacDonald’s greatest short stories, this bundle brings together the lessons and delightful tales of The Golden Key & The Giant's Heart, The Light Princess, The Wise Woman, and The Day Boy and the Night Girl. Ā MacDonald is one of the most influential fiction writers and is famous for his eye-opening parables and... Read more

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Nothing to Hide

Prize of a lifetime: travel the world with a celebrity billionaire.

By: Scarlett Finn
Narrated by: Maeve York
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Come to LA with us, Roxie…
It will be so much fun!
We have tickets for a late-night talk show!
What could possibly go wrong?
My girls and I do most everything together anyway, so why not go watch this Zairn Lomond guy be interviewed? Jane and Toria are into him, seriously into him. I can shake a proverbial pom-pom for their obsession.
Of course, if... Read more

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Fire in Frost

Crystal Frost

By: Alicia Rades
Narrated by: Kim Reiko
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Crystal Frost tells herself she isn't crazy, but sane people don't see ghosts. As her psychic abilities manifest, Crystal discovers she can see into the future, witness the past, and speak with the dead. Add blackmail to the list of things she never thought would happen to her, and you basically have her sophomore year covered. After spotting... Read more

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Chosen by Grace

Divine Fate Trilogy

Davina Universe

By: Alicia Rades
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

She thought the demons were in her head… until the night they attacked.Ryn Tyler didn’t intend to kill a demon when she moved to Eagle Valley—or to become the hero of a divine race of angels. She just wants to be a normal teenager, but fate has other plans.As she prepares to attend Galen High, a magical school for angels, Ryn navigates a... Read more

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Ravenite

Vengeance and Vampires

By: Alicia Rades
Narrated by: Candace Joice
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Never mess with a witch who bites back.I'm Rachel Collins, low witch and raven shifter in hiding. I spend my days tending the cash register at a local magic shop and my nights patrolling the streets for vampires with a death wish. Until the night I spot the mark of the Soulless on some lowly vampire's wrist.The Soulless answer to Valkas, the... Read more

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The Villain Institute

Hidden Legends: Prison for Supernatural Offenders

By: Megan Linski & Alicia Rades
Narrated by: Taylor Harvey & A.J. Carter
Length: 18 hours 58 minutes

Love is even more dangerous behind bars.Ava-MarieMy name is Ava-Marie, and I love living on the dark side.Ā Getting into trouble is kind of my thing, but one night, I take revenge too far. I’m sentenced to a reform school for magical delinquents... though really, it’s a prison.Ā As the only supernatural who can control both fire and water, I’m... Read more

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The Coven's Secret

Hidden Legends: College of Witchcraft

By: Alicia Rades
Narrated by: Logan Young & Jonathan M Matthews
Length: 16 hours 33 minutes

Love is a curse when you’re a witch.NadineI thought witches were myth—until I moved to a secret town protected by magic. Turns out I’m a witch, and my powers will awaken on my nineteenth birthday.I’m sent to a magic academy, where I’ll learn about the coven and prepare to meet our goddess. It’s there that I meet Lucas, a sexy warlock with an... Read more

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The Fire Prophecy

Hidden Legends: Academy of Magical Creatures

By: Megan Linski & Alicia Rades
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya & Graham Halstead
Length: 15 hours 4 minutes

Fire and Water don’t mix.SophiaI’m Sophia Henley, your typical college freshman. I never expected a lion to be stalking me, nor for fire to come shooting out of my hands to protect my sister. Next thing I know, a drop-dead gorgeous guy shows up on my doorstep to sweep me away to a magical school, where I’ll learn to control my element and bond... Read more

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Crossings

By: Betty Lambert & Claudia Casper
Narrated by: Emma Campbell
Length: 10 hours

Vicky, a writer in Vancouver in the early 1960s doesn’t consider herself the type of woman who would end up in a bad relationship. Struggling to come to terms with herself, she navigates an emotionally abusive relationship with Mik, a violent logger and ex-con. Mik and Vicky’s physical, often violent affair offers an honest and unflinching... Read more

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Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (2024)

Sample "The Long In-Between," from the 2024 collection

By: Grist
Narrated by: Ron Butler
Length: 27 minutes

Grist's Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest celebrates stories featuring vivid, hope-filled, diverse visions of climate progress. Climate fiction can invite us to look beyond the current moment to envision the world that could be, and empower us to work toward it. The stories in this 2024 collection -- Imagine's third -- are not afraid to... Read more

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The Guy at the Wedding

By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Katherine Center
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

From Katherine Center, New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away, comes a short story, The Guy at the Wedding.

**This audio edition is read by the author**
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The Girl in the Plane

A Short Story

By: Katherine Center
Narrated by: Katherine Center
Length: 52 minutes

From Katherine Center, New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away, comes a short story The Girl in the Plane, featuring Cassie Hanwell, the courageous female firefighter at the heart of Things You Save in a Fire.

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Deathstroke

By: Richard Kelley
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 20 hours 49 minutes

*After watching the movie Jaws, you stayed out of the water. *
*After reading Deathstroke, you'll stay out of the forest.*

"Hurry! It's coming!" A desperate young mother shoves her infant son deep into a crevice between two logs. Will her baby survive? Will anyone? "Hurry! It's coming!"

That scene, and the hundreds of others like it, are everything... Read more

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What Happened to You? (16-Minute Excerpt) - Abridged

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Length: 14 minutes

"[Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry] are both capable, likable narrators who are sincerely engaged with their subject matter...The performances of these two humanitarians make this a must-hear for anyone recovering from their traumatic past." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the authors.

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far...
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Grit (44-Minute Excerpt)

By: Angela Duckworth
Narrated by: Angela Duckworth
Length: 44 minutes

In this must-listen audiobook for anyone striving to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth shows parents, educators, students, and business people—both seasoned and new—that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called ā€œgrit.ā€ Read more

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It Happened One Summer (29-Minute Excerpt) - Abridged

A Novel

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Charlotte North
Length: 29 minutes

USA TODAY BESTSELLERTessa Bailey is back with a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood ā€œIt Girlā€ who’s cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong.Ā As seen onĀ E!Online, PopSugar, CNN, EliteDaily, Vulture, Buzzfeed,... Read more

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Quarantine Session #67: Zakiya Dalila Harris + Brit Bennett

By: Zakiya Dalila Harris
Narrated by: Brit Bennett
Length: 1 hour 1 minute

AuthorĀ ZakiyaĀ Dalila Harris alights at Greenlight to launch her debut novelĀ The Other Black Girl,Ā a whip-smart thriller and crackling social commentary on the trials of being a Black woman in an overwhelmingly white industry. Harris talks with Brit Bennett (bestselling author ofĀ The MothersĀ andĀ The Vanishing Half) about navigating the whiteness... Read more

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Island Queen (37-Minute Excerpt) - Abridged

A Novel

By: Vanessa Riley
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
Length: 37 minutes

ā€œRichly detailed, vividly depicted, and sweeping in scope,Ā Island QueenĀ is historical fiction at its absolute finest. A stunning must-read!ā€ā€”Chanel Cleeton,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba
A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free woman of... Read more

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