Amy Shearn
Amy Shearn is the author of the critically acclaimed novels How Far Is the Ocean from Here and The Mermaid of Brooklyn. A fiction editor for Joyland Magazine, she earned her MFA from the University of Minnesota, has received a Promise Award grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, has had her writing featured in a wide range of publications, and has participated in several residencies, including at SPACE on Ryder Farm. She currently resides with her two children in New York City.
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The Mermaid of Brooklyn
- By: Amy Shearn
- Narrator: Hillary Huber
- Length: 12 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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In this beautifully written novel that blends the whimsy of The Time Traveler’s Wife with an indelible portrait of motherhood, a young woman strives to pick up the pieces after her husband mysteriously leaves–and she finds strength from... Read more
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Unseen City
- By: Amy Shearn
- Narrator: Kimberly M. Wetherell
- Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 29, 2020
- Language: English
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In a city teeming with stories, how do lost souls find one another? It’s a question Meg Rhys doesn’t think she’s asking. Meg is a self-identified spinster librarian, satisfied with living with her cat, stacks of books, and her dead... Read more
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Voices Carry
FBI agent Genna Snow’s successful career cannot fully erase the heartache of a shattered childhood. After breaking the silence surrounding the abusive acts of a summer camp counselor, young Genna was abandoned by her family even as justice was being served in the courtroom. Years later, Genna was forced to relive the pain of abandonment when the man she loved, special agent John Mancini, walked ...
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The Thriller Zone Podcast (TheThrillerZone.com), Vol. 1
Looking for a thrilling podcast to add to your listening list? Look no further than TheThrillerZone.com. Hosted by David Temple, a former radio personality with over twenty-five years of experience creating #1 morning shows in major US cities, this weekly hour-long podcast features captivating interviews with the world’s best thriller, mystery, and suspense fiction writers, as well as writers ...
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Hidden Defendant
A murdered priest. A defendant with disassociative identity disorder. He might have killed the priest, and if he did, it will devastate Harper. Because he’s her uncle. Harper’s uncle, Jack Calhoun, has been charged with murdering a priest. Jack has no idea if he killed the priest or not. All that he knows is that he woke up in the rectory, holding a knife, with a priest covered in blood at ...
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His Study in Scandal
Megan Frampton’s deliciously witty A School for Scoundrels series follows the adventures of five gentlemen who navigate life—and love—in London. Here, a dashing young businessman enters into a liaison with a widowed Duchess. Perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean and anyone who loves Bridgerton!
Alexandra, Duchess of Chelmsworth, is tired of pretending to mourn a husband who squandered a ...
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Who Is Michael Jordan?
Grab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael Jordan.
Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive–even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him become an NBA legend, both for his skills and his endorsements. His Nike ...
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Babylon Rising
Tim LaHaye created the Left Behind Series, which has become one of the most popular fiction series of all time. Those novels, with more that 50 million copies sold, presented a unique combination of suspense and substance drawn from his lifelong study of Biblical prophecy.
Now Tim LaHaye has created a new series that begins with Babylon Rising. The novels in this new series are even faster-paced ...
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Deeds of Darkness
When Bampton’s coroner, Hubert Shillside, does not return from a trip to Oxford, Master Hugh de Singleton is called. Concerned for his old friend, Hugh takes to the road to investigate. Travel is safer than in times hence but, out of sight of prying eyes, it is still unwise to travel alone.
Hugh finds a body, stabbed and left to rot, but it is not the body he was expecting to find. Indeed, ...
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Dream Dark: A Beautiful Creatures Story
Dream Dark: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!
When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina was just the beginning . . .
Wounded during a climactic ...
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To Explain the World
In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato’s Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we ...
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The Summer of 1876
This program features a preface and acknowledgments read by the author.
From the creator of the “Legends of the Old West” podcast, an audiobook exploring the overlapping narratives of the biggest legends in frontier mythology.
The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern listeners were ...
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