Amy Waldman
Amy Waldman’s first novel, The Submission, was a national bestseller, a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist, and the #1 Book of the Year for Entertainment Weekly and Esquire. A former bureau chief for The New York Times and national correspondent for The Atlantic as well as a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute and the American Academy in Berlin, she lives with her family in Brooklyn.
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A Door in the Earth
- By: Amy Waldman
- Narrator: Roxanna Hope Radja
- Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 27, 2019
- Language: English
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From the bestselling author of The Submission: A young Afghan-American woman is trapped between her ideals and the complicated truth in this “penetrating” (O, Oprah Magazine), “stealthily suspenseful,” (Booklist, starred... Read more
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The Submission
- By: Amy Waldman
- Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 12 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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Claire Harwell hasn’t settled into grief; events haven’t let her. Cool, eloquent, raising two fatherless children, Claire has emerged as the most visible of the widows who became a potent political force in the aftermath of the... Read more
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Your Kindness Affirmations: The Rain Sounds Version with Binaural Beats
Imagine how great you’ll feel when you will experience a loving and kind energy from yourself. It’s good to realize you can change for the better, isn’t it? One of the things you are going to love about this program is how it will help you become a kinder person to yourself and others. As you consider the benefits of becoming kinder, you might like to think of how your life will improve ...
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DNA USA
Having worked on numerous high-profile genetic investigations, including one focused on the famed Iceman of the Italian Alps, Bryan Sykes has become a premier authority on human genetics. In DNA USA, Sykes examines the unique fabric of the U.S. population-one of the world’s most genetically variegated countries. His fascinating discoveries offer new insights into the biological profile of the ...
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Rules of Protection
It’s rule breaker Emily Foster’s birthday, and like everyone at The Jungle Room, she just wants to get some action. Unfortunately, she stumbles on the wrong kind, witnessing a mob hit. To protect her, she’s entered into the Witness Protection Program with by-the-book Special Agent Jake Ward as her chaperone.When the location of their safe house is compromised, Jake stashes Emily deep in the ...
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Dragnet: Big Odd
A gang of truck hijackers has been working in Los Angeles. They’ve stolen 14 loaded trucks. They’ve kidnapped and beaten one of the drivers.
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Honeybee Democracy
Honeybees make decisions collectively-and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes ...
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End Times Survival Guide
We live in a world that seems to be on the verge of coming apart. Shootings. Killer viruses. The threat of nuclear war. All of it is just too real. Why does the apocalypse craze in movies and video games appeal to so many people so strongly? One answer is it shows us the primal foundations of our existence. In the same way, what’s happening in our world today is moving Christians to return to ...
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The Garden of Sparta
Only Everlasting love can end the pandemic of violence against women.But this violence carries through the ages, from the time of ancient Sparta into Australia today.Just as when she was the Oracle in Ancie, the modern-day energy healer Grace sees this ongoing struggle.It is a challenge for those who don’t fit the strong, powerful male persona.A battle that traverses space and time, impacting ...
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Practicing at Loving You
For two years, Kayla worked her fingers to the bone to prove she wasn’t a helpless case. Mistakes in her youth earned her a bad reputation in her small town, but now, she’s made it. A high-price hair and makeup artist on the number-one sitcom
has seemed to cover a multitude of sins. Posed to return home as the local celebrity, her competitive sister decides to upstage her by announcing her ...
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Reading the Silver Screen
From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film.
No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect magic. While we’re being exhilarated and ...
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Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet
Kitty Hayward and her mother are ready to experience the spectacles of Coney Island’s newest attraction, the Dreamland amusement park. But when Kitty’s mother vanishes from their hotel, she finds herself penniless, alone, and far from her native England. The last people she expects to help are the cast of characters at Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet, a museum of oddities. From con men to ...
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