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  When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep...

  Giles Milton

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  More addictive and mind-blowing true tales from history, told by Giles Milton—one of today's most entertaining and accessible yet always intelligent and illuminating historians.This program is read by the author, the host of the popular podcast, Unknown History with Giles Milton.  
  In When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank, the second installment in his outrageously entertaining series, History's Unknown Chapters, Giles Milton shows his customary historical flair as he delves into the little-known stories from history, like when Stalin was actually assassinated with poison by one of his inner circle; the Russian scientist, dubbed the "Red Frankenstein," who attempted to produce a human-ape hybrid through ethically dubious means; the family who survived thirty-eight days at sea with almost no water or supplies after their ship was destroyed by a killer whale; or the plot that served as a template for 9/11 in which four Algerian terrorists attempted to hijack a plane and fly it into the Eiffel Tower.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Less Than Angels - A Novel

  Barbara Pym

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  A tale of a woman’s romantic entanglements with two anthropologists—and the odd mating habits of humans—from the author of Jane and Prudence. Catherine Oliphant writes for women’s magazines and lives comfortably with anthropologist Tom Mallow—although she’s starting to wonder if they’ll ever get married. Then Tom drops his bombshell: He’s leaving her for a nineteen-year-old student.   Though stunned by Tom’s betrayal, Catherine quickly becomes fascinated by another anthropologist, Alaric Lydgate, a reclusive eccentric recently returned from Africa. As Catherine starts to weigh her options, she must figure out who she is and what she really wants.   With a lively cast of characters and a witty look at the insular world of academia, this novel from the much-loved author of Excellent Women and other modern classics is filled with poignant, playful observations about the traits that separate us from our anthropological forebears—far fewer than we may imagine.  

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  Iterating Grace - Heartfelt...

  Koons Crooks, Anonymous Anonymous

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  What is this tiny audio-book? Who is this Koons Crooks? 
  With its privately-printed, anonymously-produced 140-copy first printing, Iterating Grace became the talk of summer 2015 in the tech world. From Buzzfeed to Tumblr to Fusion, people were puzzled and enthralled by the story of Koons Crooks, a young man who took the Twittered musings of the Silicon Valley elite to heart—and ended up on a profoundly unexpected path, leaving behind only the lovingly hand-calligraphed tweets that had meant so much to him. His story struck an immediate chord. 
  There were competing efforts to identify the author of Iterating Grace; blog posts and lengthy comment threads pointed finger at writers all over the country, from Robin Sloan to Susan Orlean to Dave Eggers. Other early theories supposed it was the tip of an elaborate marketing scheme, and soon all would be revealed. But gradually it became clear that it was simply this: a small piece of literary art, perfectly pitched and driven by a Twain-like bemused outrage, by a creator who did not want to be identified, and would not explain anything beyond what the satirical fable said for itself. 
  Disruptive innovators whose tweets are illustrated in Iterating Grace include: Austen Allred, cofounder of Grasswire; Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator; Marc Andreessen, coauthor of Mosaic, cofounder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz; Jeff Bussgang, VC at Flybrige Capital; Tony Conrad, cofounder and CEO of about.me; Benedict Evans, VC at Andreessen Horowitz; Brad Feld, VC at Foundry Group—and many more.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Connecticut Yankee in King...

  Mark Twain

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  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike Wells, Twain does not give any real explanation of his protagonist's traveling in time). Some early editions are entitled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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  Gheratope ek Sandhyo Ashor :...

  Suchitra Bhattacharya

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  An upper-middle-class urban household is hosting a get-together among close friends over fine dining. The attendees are representatives of the upwardly mobile, educated class who brag about their general intelligence and bask in their self-belief that they understand anything under the sky ranging from the "Perestroika" to the "Swarovski" with equal elan. The freewheeling discussions during the party oscillate between the macabre of the agrarian distress, to the mellow of fine living, in the same breath. The attendees' empathetic interjections and sarcastic finger pointing at perceived systemic faults intermittently resonate with enthusiastic hoorah over raised toasts and mouth-watering gourmet delights.  
  Does this collective empathy of the full-bellied intelligentsia find convergence towards some solution to help uplift the have-nots?? Or, does the material comfort of the haves prove to impede channeling their thoughts in a meaningful way beyond their sophisticated eloquence?? 
  Tune in to this stinging jewel on the contemporary well-healed urban milieu from one of the most revered litterateur and foremost names in social fictions - celebrated Suchitra Bhattacharya in yet another classic composition from "My StoryGenie" Bengali Audiobooks series.

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  Full Speed

  Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes

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  Jamie and Max have intense chemistry, even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she's ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small southern town. And she's after the story of a lifetime. Max Holt is right in the middle of that story, and so Jamie tracks down the millionaire playboy, forcing him to take her on as his partner. What follows is a story of a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wisecracking computer genius, and lots of love in the fast lane. Not to mention plenty of steamy action between Jamie and Max.A Macmillan Audio production.

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