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  COP Corner

  J.J. Zerr

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  Gregory George Notso Normal, and five of his buds, after a couple of beers at the American Legion Post, decide to take on the woke, politically correct crowd. These woke, politically incorrect whippersnappers fill the World Wide Web with their truth. Which in most cases is not the truth at all. Notso and the five form COPs, Curmudgeonly Old Poops. They decide to put the real truth, COP-truth out there. That will set the whippersnappers straight. It doesn’t take long, though, before the COPs run into trouble with the American Legion Post Commander, the police (real cops), and their own spouses, The Hermudgeons. 
  On the other side of the ledger, the Old Poops develop a required reading list for membership in COPs. The Hermudgeons are amazed to discover their Poop husbands will turn off Gunsmoke to read books. The Hers read the books, too, and are even more amazed.

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  My Men

  Victoria Kielland

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  Based on the true story of Norwegian maid turned Midwestern farmwife Belle Gunness, the first female serial killer in American history. My Men is a fictional account of one broken woman’s descent into inescapable madness. 
   
  Among thousands of other Norwegian immigrants seeking freedom, Brynhild Størset emigrated to the American Upper Midwest in the late nineteenth century, changing her name and her life. As Bella, later Belle Gunness, she came in search of not only fortune and true faith but, most of all, love. 
   
  From Victoria Kielland, a rising star of Norwegian literature, comes My Men, a literary reimagining of the harrowing true story of Belle Gunness, who slowly but irreversibly turned to senseless murder for release from her pain, becoming America’s first known female serial killer. In pursuit of her American  
  dream, Kielland’s Belle grows increasingly alienated, ruthless, and perversely compelling.Raw, visceral, and altogether hypnotic, My Men is a brutal yet radically empathetic glimpse into the world of a woman consumed by desire.

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  The Secret World of Connie Starr

  Robbi Neal

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  A stunning evocation of Australian life through the war to the 1950s, this novel is intimate and sweeping, immediate and dreamlike - a magical rendering of darkness and joy, and the beauty inherent in difference. For readers of Sarah Winman's Still Life, Trent Dalton's All Our Shimmering Skies and Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker. 
    
  Connie Starr was always a difficult child. Her mother knew as soon as Connie entered the world that day in Ballarat in 1934 and opened her lungs to scream, there was more chaos in the world than before and it wouldn't leave until Connie did. From the safety of a branch high in her lemon tree where she speaks to angels, she sees the world for what it is - a swirling mass of beauty and darkness, of trauma and family, of love and war and truth and lies - lies that might just undo her and drive her to a desperate act. 
  This ambitious, complex and insightful novel intertwines numerous stories of lives from before World War II and beyond, recreating with intimacy and breadth a world that is now lost to us. This book is a brightly coloured patchwork quilt of everything from shoes to polio, lemon trees to rivers, death to life that melds into one beautiful, luminous work of art. 
  'The Secret World of Connie Starr will set the literary firmament ablaze. This brilliant, quintessentially Australian ode to difference, transcends time and place - it's an achingly lovely tale that shines long after the last page.' Karen Brooks, author of The Good Wife of Bath

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  Gardens in the Dunes

  Leslie Marmon Silko

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  A sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink of extinction and an encroaching white culture, Gardens in the Dunes is the powerful story of one woman’s quest to reconcile two worlds that are diametrically opposed. 
   
  At the center of this struggle is Indigo, who is ripped from her tribe, the Sand Lizard people, by white soldiers who destroy her home and family. Placed in a government school to learn the ways of a white child, Indigo is rescued by the kind-hearted Hattie and her worldly husband, Edward, who undertake to transform this complex, spirited girl into a “proper” young lady. Bit by bit, and through a wondrous journey that spans the European continent, traipses through the jungles of Brazil, and returns to the rich desert of Southwest America, Indigo bridges the gap between the two forces in her life and teaches her adoptive parents as much as, if not more than, she learns from them.

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  The Great Gatsby - The Great...

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  A shimmering masterwork of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s definitive novel explores the hollow core of the American Dream. 
  It is the summer of 1922, and the stock market is booming. In the wealthy enclave of Long Island, a mysterious young millionaire named Jay Gatsby throws extravagant, decadent parties that run until the break of dawn. But amid the bootleg champagne, the restless jazz, and the dizzying glamour, Gatsby himself stands apart—a solitary figure driven by a single, desperate desire: to win back the heart of the beautiful, married Daisy Buchanan. 
  Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, Gatsby’s neighbor and Daisy’s cousin, we are pulled into a mesmerizing world of old money and new fortunes, careless aristocrats and devastating secrets. As Gatsby’s obsessive pursuit collides with the arrogant entitlement of Tom Buchanan, the summer threatens to unravel in tragedy. 
  The Great Gatsby is an unparalleled portrait of a lost generation, laced with lyricism, melancholy, and a sharp critique of materialism. In this stunning new audiobook production, listeners will be swept up by a masterpiece that remains as piercing and prophetic today as when the first notes of jazz echoed across the Sound.

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  The Wretched and Undone

  J. E. Weiner

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  A searing Southern Gothic saga comes to life in this immersive audiobook experience, where whispered histories echo through the Texas Hill Country and a family’s fate hangs in the balance. 
  On the eve of the Civil War, Polish immigrants Marcin and Agnieszka Anderwald arrive in Bandera, Texas, longing for a new beginning in a land they hope will offer faith, fertile soil, and freedom. But their hopes curdle into dread when Marcin stirs a vengeful presence—an ancient specter determined to claim the hearts, minds, and souls of the Anderwalds and all who stand with them. 
  Across generations, the family and their community of immigrant outsiders, Arab camel wranglers, battle-scarred soldiers, and a songstress slipping into madness face their own reckonings with an evil that refuses to die. As dark forces tighten their grip, one question remains: can the Anderwalds free themselves from the curse that binds them, or are they destined to remain forever wretched and undone? 
  Hailed as “a genre-bending thrill ride through Old Texas” with “characters so well-crafted they crawl off the page,” The Wretched and Undone was named a Killer Nashville Top Pick for 2024 and a Claymore Award Finalist for Best Southern Gothic. 
  This haunting tale is brought vividly to life by Scott Fleming, a seasoned performer with more than 30 years in professional theatre, television, voice acting, and vocal coaching. With over 100 audiobooks to his name—including works by Colin Forbes, Morgan Greene, Jack Probyn, and Richard Doyle—Fleming delivers a captivating, atmospheric performance that amplifies every chilling turn. Listeners may also recognize him from his powerful narration of Reclaiming Mni Sota by Colin Mustful. 
  Step into a world where history, horror, and humanity collide—told with spellbinding intensity in a performance you won’t soon forget.

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