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  Don't Get Close

  Matt Miksa

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  Special Agent Vera Taggart walked away from a promising career as an artist to join the FBI, and she impresses her new colleagues with her eerie ability to divine conclusions from the grisliest crime scenes. Taggart’s first assignment is a decades-old cold case centered on a cult of suicide bombers known as the Sons of Elijah who believe they’ve been reborn hundreds of times. It seems like a low-risk assignment until a bomb tears apart a crowded restaurant. The Sons of Elijah have returned—and now it’s up to Taggart to stop their modern-day reign of terror. Taggart’s investigation begins with Dr. Seth Jacobson, a renowned psychiatrist who claims to help people remember past lives through hypnotherapy. Jacobson had treated two of the Sons of Elijah’s founders before they’d gone on to commit a series of horrific murders. Desperate to understand how these ordinary patients could have taken such a violent path, Taggart agrees to undergo similar treatment with Jacobson. Through her hypnosis sessions, Taggart comes to suspect the Sons of Elijah are targeting a high-tech government laboratory that could expose the group’s greatest secret with a controversial experiment. To save millions of innocent lives, she must come to grips with the shocking truth about the cult and her own puzzling role in its timeless mission. The fate of humanity rests on her ability to determine which threats are real and which exist only in her mind—and to decide whose side she’s really fighting for.

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  From the Earth to the Moon and...

  Jules Verne

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  From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel, Around the Moon, present Jules Verne’s 19th century vision of space travel. Because rockets at the time were seriously limited in range and payload, he launches his three travellers from a gigantic cannon instead. In a voyage with striking parallels to the Apollo space program, they leave in a conical projectile from South Florida, experience weightlessness, orbit the Moon, conduct experiments, and end up splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. There are certainly fanciful aspects to the novel, but Verne worked out the math and science in meticulous detail, and his work inspired many people involved in the American and European space programs in the 20th century. And he managed to do all this while combining the story with an often hilarious satire on the American obsession with guns, firepower, and commercialization.This audio version is the first one in English to make use of a new, complete, and accurate translation. Many of the mistakes Verne has been accused of making over the years were in fact made by his translators, and every effort has been made here to scrupulously follow his original text. Verne’s passion, his astonishing research, and his surprising humor are all on display. The translation is by Verne expert and space illustrator Ron Miller; the narration is by Tad Davis, who has previously narrated the Verne novels Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Mysterious Island. The audiobook includes two essays by Ron Miller. One analyzes the science Verne used in the novel; the other describes Miller’s series of books The Conquest of Space — new editions, both reprints and new translations, of many long out-of-print books and stories on the subject of space exploration. This translation originally appeared as part of that series.

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  The Seven Dials Mystery

  Agatha Christie

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  From the Queen of Crime, a Golden Age detective mystery featuring friends sharing a country house and the practical joke that becomes a heinous crime. During a weekend party at The Chimneys, a historic English country house, a group of friends decide to play a prank on a friend infamous for oversleeping. Only the eight alarm clocks they set up in his room don't wake him up and, in the morning, they discover Gerald isn't just dead asleep. He's dead. Was it an overdose of the sleeping draught beside his bed? Or is there a murderer afoot? Led by Lady Eileen Brent, the houseguests investigate. But their efforts have them stumbling on a spy plot. What sort of killer are they after? And will they find him before he strikes again?

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  The Prancing Pony

  Kelly Johnson

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  In the serene Clover Valley, a spirited pony named Pippin spreads joy with his prancing. One day, he helps a worried rabbit named Remy by moving a branch blocking his burrow, earning the gratitude of Remy's family. Word of Pippin's kindness spreads, and he becomes the valley's go-to helper. A wise deer named Diana advises him to take care of himself, leading Pippin to balance rest with his good deeds. Pippin organizes a Harvest Festival, uniting the valley's animals in celebration. His acts of kindness make him beloved, and he lives a long, joyful life surrounded by friends.

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  Howl at the Moon - An Urban...

  Deborah Wilde

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  Dr. Raisa Montefiore has based her life on science, but at the moment, only three facts are relevant: A) werewolves don't exist, B) she may have created the one standing in front of her, C) revisit fact A. 
  She's a magic scientist with a mission to heal, but when her passion project is twisted to create the world's first wolf shifter and her entire world comes crashing down, she's thrown from the lab and onto a path filled with changing—and dangerous—unknowns. 
  With her life's research on the line, she's forced to work with the wolf, an infuriating man who was bossy enough before he went furry. Worse still is their cover story: fake dating. Their deadly pursuers are looking pretty good in comparison.  
  She's trusting the Big Bad Wolf to protect her from the perils of the forest, while hoping he's not the biggest danger of them all. Or that she won't give in to the urge to throw his corpse in a vat of strong acid, leaving no trace of his remains. 
  Either way, Raisa is redeeming her life's work and no man—or wolf—is going to stop her. 
  This snarky, sexy paranormal fairy tale is perfect for fans of Mercy Thompson, Rouen Chronicles, Lost Library, Alice Worth, the Golden Wolf, and the Sundance Series. 
  The fun of the Jezebel Files world continues! Love, danger, and magic collide in this action-packed urban fantasy featuring witty banter, a shifter romance, and a clever Red Riding Hood retelling. (Plus, more of Ash and the gang.) 
  Binge the complete audiobook series now!

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  The Jade Stratagem

  Steve P. Vincent

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  Enjoy this explosive, pulse-pounding action thriller series by USA Today Bestselling author Steve P. Vincent… 
  One shot to stop an empire. 
  Mitch Herron has a bullet in his gut and a cell to call home. But when a problem arises that only Herron’s unique brand of carnage can solve, he’s put to work for his captor in return for the chance to keep breathing. 
  As he plays his part in a gambit that will kill thousands and enslave millions, Herron baulks when the mission gets personal. But extracting himself from this mess will mean defying an empire. 
  If he fails, there’s a hole with his name on it.

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