to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of Diamonds: A Novel Series: #3 of Queen of Thieves Author: Beezy Marsh Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 14, 2025 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Peaky Blinders—but with women! In the thrilling final installment of Beezy Marsh’s riveting crime trilogy about a real-life London gang that began with Queen of Thieves, we go back to crime queen Alice Diamond’s bold beginnings in 1920s Soho. London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams of more than toiling long hours in Pink’s jam factory. Inspired by stories about the legendary Queen of Thieves, Mary Carr, who terrorized the streets of Victorian London, Alice decides to set up her own gang: the Forty Thieves. She has an accomplice too: sly seamstress Kate Felix from Whitechapel persuades Alice they’d make the perfect team. Before long, the pair are making headlines in the glitzy world of 1920s Soho, known for their daring heists and for the row of heavy diamond rings that Alice uses like brass knuckles in her frequent brawls. What Alice soon discovers is that a life of crime makes her powerful enemies, including some who are closer to home than they’d like. Alice must sacrifice more than she ever imagined—but the toughest and most beautiful diamonds are formed under pressure. From squalid slums and the grim confines of Holloway Prison to the glittering nightclubs of London in the roaring twenties, Queen of Diamonds is a fast-paced, gritty story of love, loss, and loyalty to the gang. Women’s fiction with brass knuckles on!

to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Traumreisen für Erwachsene und Kinder, Folge 4: Eine Übernachtung in der Almhütte (ungekürzt) Author: Claudia Schröder Narrator: Synthesized Voice - Female Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 27, 2024 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Willkommen bei unseren Traumreisen - der perfekte Weg, um nach einem aufregenden Tag zur Ruhe zu kommen und sanft in den Schlaf zu gleiten. Jede Reise entführt euch in eine magische Welt voller Fantasie, Abenteuer und Entspannung. In dieser Traumreise verbringst du eine friedliche Nacht in einer gemütlichen Almhütte hoch oben in den Bergen. Nach einer erfrischenden Wanderung erreichst du die Hütte, die dich mit ihrer warmen, holzigen Atmosphäre empfängt. Du genießt eine einfache Mahlzeit, schaust den Sternenhimmel von der Veranda aus und fühlst die Ruhe und Weite der Natur. Eingehüllt in warme Decken lauscht du dem Knistern des Kamins und dem sanften Rauschen des Windes, während du entspannt in einen tiefen, erholsamen Schlaf gleitest.

to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord of Darkness Author: Robert Silverberg Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 6 minutes Release date: December 24, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: From Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Robert Silverberg, Lord of Darkness is a classic swashbuckling adventure. Captured by pirates and brought to the west coast of Africa, young British seaman Andrew Battell longs for his home in seventeenth-century England. His only hope of returning is to work hard and be awarded freedom by his Portuguese captors—a freedom he is consistently denied. As he is moved farther and farther inland, away from the coast and any hope of a boat back to England, Battell’s dreams of freedom begin to dwindle. Finally, taking matters into his own hands, he escapes and takes sanctuary among the Jaqqas, a tribe of cannibalistic warriors lead by the sinister Lord of Darkness … Battell recounts his own story in a vivid novel of furious force, singular passion, and intimate detail.

to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lion Women of Tehran: The life-affirming BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick Author: Marjan Kamali Narrator: Mozhan Navabi, Nikki Massoud Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 21, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love – this novel has everything' Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes From the author of The Stationery Shop of Tehran, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions for becoming 'lion women.' But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives. Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences. Praise for Marjan Kamali ‘Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful’ Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light ‘A beautifully immersive tale’ Jasmin Darznik, author of The Good Daughter and Song of a Captive Bird ‘At once masterfully plotted, beautifully written, and populated by characters who are arresting, lovable and so real’ Elinor Lipman, author of Turpentine Lane ‘A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love’ Kirkus Reviews ‘Enchanting’  My Weekly

to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trunk: A Novel Author: Kim Ryeo-Ryeong Narrator: Greta Jung Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 19, 2024 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: NOW A NETFLIX TV SERIES The English language debut from bestselling Korean author Kim Ryeo-ryeong – an edgy, arresting drama about a secret marriage service for Korea’s wealthy elite, and one unlikely couple in the thick of it all. Meet Noh Inji: almost thirty years old, with five wedding rings and counting, she's never once been in love. When Inji first accepted a job at Wedding & Life, the popular matchmaking service that’s taken Korea by a storm, she never imagined her role would be with NM, their secret marriage division that rents out “husbands” and “wives” to their wealthiest clientele. Just like a real marriage, Inji's assignments involve a wedding, some sex and a bit of housework, all tailored exactly to the client’s desires and length of time before they go their separate ways – no legal battles, no fights, no emotional baggage. After several marriages, Inji has become an old hand. She certainly isn’t interested in finding real love, despite everyone trying to convince her otherwise (her brazen neighbor Granny, her flirtatious best friend Shi-jeong, and her failed blind date, Tae-seong, who won’t take no for an answer). Then one of Inji's old husbands, a mysterious high profile music producer, requests her back for another year. Over the course of their marriage, the secrets of Inji’s past begin to unravel – as well as the dark, sinister underbelly of NM’s management team, who will stop at nothing to preserve their reputation… and their clients…

to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wake Up, Nat & Darcy Author: Kate Cochrane Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin Ex-lovers. Ex-rivals. New cohosts. Oh, puck. Cut from the US women's hockey team right before her third chance at gold, Natalie Carpenter is scrambling for a plan that'll help her avoid moving back home. The answer: a guest-hosting gig on Wake Up, USA's winter games coverage. Her cohost: Darcy LaCroix, Nat's ex-girlfriend, one-time college teammate turned adversary. Since leaving Team Canada, Darcy has worked hard to make a name in broadcasting. If her big break requires sharing screen time with the former cocky freshman who turned her world upside down, so be it. At this point, there's nothing between them except history. But audiences disagree. #PuckingHotties is trending hard, and Nat and Darcy agree to lean into it--for ratings, obviously. It's not like Nat can forget the way Darcy broke her heart or their bitter team rivalry. Between working, traveling together and that irresistible spark, it's getting hard to separate what's real and what's for the camera. Because somewhere underneath everything that went wrong is the sneaking suspicion that nothing will ever feel quite this right again. The perfect read for fans of ICEBREAKER, BEHIND THE NET and RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE! This is your next sizzling sports romance addiction... © Kate Cochrane 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Know Your Secret Series: Part of Secrets & Lies Novel Author: Daphne Benedis-Grab Narrator: Sarah Welborn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Mystery & Fantasy Publisher's Summary: 'A compulsive middle grade thriller.' —Book Riot The email arrives Sunday night: Do exactly what I say, when I say it, or I will reveal your secret. On Monday morning, seventh graders Owen, Gemma, Ally, and Todd, who have nothing in common and barely know each other, must work together and follow the instructions of an anonymous blackmailer. None of them want to go along with the blackmailer's strange instructions, but each of them have a secret they must protect at all costs. Set during a single day of school, the students race against the clock to complete a unsettling list of tasks. They'll do whatever it takes to keep their secrets hidden . . . but when they discover what the blackmailer has in mind, they realize things may have just gone too far. Can they put a stop to the plan, or is it too late?

to listen full audiobooks. Title: Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success Series: #2 of The Original Self-Help Guru Author: James Allen Narrator: Charles Featherstone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 28, 2024 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: 'THIS is one of the last manuscripts written by James Allen. Like all his works it is eminently practical. He never wrote theories, or for the sake of writing; but he wrote when he had a message, and it became a message only when he had lived it out in his own life, and knew that it was good. Thus he wrote facts, which he had proven by practice. To live out the teaching of this book faithfully in every detail of life will lead one to more than happiness and success—even to Blessedness, Satisfaction and Peace.' - Lily L Allen 'How does a man begin the building of a house? He first secures a plan of the proposed edifice, and then proceeds to build according to the plan, scrupulously following it in every detail, beginning with the foundation. Should he neglect the beginning—the beginning on a mathematical plan—his labour would be wasted, and his building, should it reach completion without tumbling to pieces, would be insecure and worthless. The same law holds good in any important work; the right beginning and first essential is a definite mental plan on which to build. Nature will have no slipshod work, no slovenliness and she annihilates confusion, or rather, confusion is in itself annihilated. Order, definiteness, purpose, eternally prevail, and he who in his operations ignores these mathematical elements at once deprives himself of substantiality, completeness, happiness and success.' A guide to life from one of the very first self-help authors, deeply immersed in both humble Christian living and Buddhism.

to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Children of Jocasta: A Novel Author: Natalie Haynes Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: “Reinterprets two of Sophocles’ Theban plays, Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone. . . . the alternating structure proves powerful.”—The New Yorker “A passionate and gripping account of a famously dysfunctional family. Haynes balances a fresh take on the material with a deep love for her sources, wearing her scholarship with grace, and giving new voice to the often-overlooked but fascinating Jocasta and Ismene.”—Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe The New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Jar and Stone Blind returns with a powerful retelling of Oedipus and Antigone from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked. When you have grown up as I have, there is no security in not knowing things, in avoiding the ugliest truths because they can't be faced . . . Because that is what happened the last time, and that is why my siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be, unless she outlives her strange, absent husband. Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths a decade earlier, she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change. With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as we’ve known it.

to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Neue Hoffnung am Horizont: Rosenstrassen-Saga Series: #2 of Rosenstraßen-Saga Author: Marion Kummerow Narrator: Funda Vanroy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Berlin, 1939. „Ich liebe dich mehr, als du ahnst. Aber du bist nicht sicher mit mir. Wenn wir nicht verheiratet wären, müsstest du nicht so leiden, terrorisiert von dem gelben Stern auf meiner Brust. Ich könnte niemals wieder glücklich sein, wenn dir meinetwegen etwas zustieße.“ Edith Falkenstein führte einst ein Leben wie aus einem Märchenbuch. Als sie sich in Julius verliebte, öffnete er ihr eine Welt voller Glanz und Pracht. Sie schmückte sich mit den feinsten Juwelen und veranstaltete legendäre Feiern in ihrem prächtigen Herrenhaus. Doch diese Tage sind nur noch eine ferne Erinnerung. Unter der Naziherrschaft hat ihr jüdischer Ehemann alles verloren: seine Firma, sein Vermögen und beinahe sein Leben. Heute teilen sie sich eine Wohnung mit anderen mittellosen Familien. Die kostbaren Schmuckstücke, die einst Ediths Eleganz unterstrichen, wurden auf dem Schwarzmarkt gegen Lebensmittel eingetauscht. Sie fleht Julius an, auszuwandern, solange es noch möglich ist. Doch der ausbrechende Krieg macht alles schwieriger. Können sie dennoch den Nazis entkommen und ein unbehelligtes Leben im Ausland führen?