29 Best Books on Utilitarianism
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Sidney Sheldon’s The Tides of Memory
- By: Sidney Sheldon
- Narrator: Michael Kramer
- Length: 13 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 09, 2013
- Language: English
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3.88(3530 ratings)
3.88(3530 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAn addictive, edge-of-your-seat thriller filled with the hallmark elements that made New York Times bestselling author Sidney Sheldon – ‘the master of the story-telling game’ (People) – an international legend: shockingAn addictive, edge-of-your-seat thriller filled with the hallmark elements that made New York Times bestselling author Sidney Sheldon – ‘the master of the story-telling game’ (People) – an international legend: shocking twists, money, power, and betrayal involving an influential family and the beautiful and formidable woman at its center whose dark secrets can destroy them all. The conservative party’s newest superstar, Alexia De Vere has worked hard to realize her political ambitions. The brilliant and ruthless wife of wealthy aristocrat Teddy De Vere, Alexia relishes her power and the control it gives her to shape and destroy lives. Yet success has also demanded sacrifice. Her daughter, Roxie, a bitter young woman confined to a wheelchair after a failed suicide attempt, blames Alexia for ruining her life. Alexia’s dashing son, Michael, is risking the family’s good name to jump-start his entrepreneurial dreams. Thankfully, Alexia has Teddy, her devoted husband who will stop at nothing to protect her. But ben
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Meditations
- By: Thomas Moore
- Narrator: Thomas Moore
- Length: 1 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 01, 2005
- Language: English
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3.65(160 ratings)
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3.65(160 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDThomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul and Soul Mates, draws on the twelve years he lived as a monk in this insightful book of a hundred one-page meditations. Interspersed with glimpses of the beauty and humor of the monk’s life,Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the Soul and Soul Mates, draws on the twelve years he lived as a monk in this insightful book of a hundred one-page meditations. Interspersed with glimpses of the beauty and humor of the monk’s life, each page suggests a way of finding spirituality and nurturing the soul that can be applied in any walk of life.
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Daughter of Fortune
- By: Isabel Allende
- Narrator: Isabel Allende
- Length: 13 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 19, 2020
- Language: English
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3.92(110064 ratings)
3.92(110064 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman’s quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Orphaned at birth, ElizaFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman’s quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquin Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquin takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him.
As Eliza embarks on her perilous journey north in the hold of a ship and arrives in the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, she must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But Eliza soon catches on with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi’en. What began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom.
A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende’s extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world’s leading writers.
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Dark Nights
- By: Christine Feehan
- Narrator: Jennifer Bradshaw
- Length: 15 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 30, 2012
- Language: English
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4.38(3694 ratings)
4.38(3694 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USD“The Queen of paranormal romance.”—USA Today #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan revisits and expands her classic novella Dark Descent, bringing to breathtaking new life her story of an immortal Carpathian hunter,“The Queen of paranormal romance.”
—USA Today#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan revisits and expands her classic novella Dark Descent, bringing to breathtaking new life her story of an immortal Carpathian hunter, a beautiful adventurer, and their dangerous journey toward an unforeseen destiny and an undying love.
In a cave of mystery and wonder deep in the Carpathian Mountains, bodyguard Joie Sanders encounters a most remarkable being. Proud, strong, immortal, he is called Traian–an ageless hunter locked in a life-and-death battle with enemy vampires–and he will be her salvation in a labyrinth protected by the ingenious traps of a mysterious ancient race. What awaits them in the darkness is not known, and each step could be their last–as their destined path leads them toward a fiery passion that will illuminate the perilous dark night.
Dark Nights is a special gift to her many loyal fans: a newly expanded and reimagined version of her classic novella, Dark Descent–100 pages longer than the original–combined with her breathtaking and unforgettable short story, Dark Dream.
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A History of Western Philosophy
- By: Bertrand Russell
- Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 38 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.12(34004 ratings)
4.12(34004 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, theHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
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Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages–from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth century. Written by a man who changed the history of philosophy himself, this is an account that has never been rivaled since its first publication over sixty years ago.
Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy is still unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace, and its wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century.
Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated–Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, coauthor with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica. -
Did You Ever Have A Family
- By: Bill Clegg
- Narrator: Bill Clegg
- Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.8(22239 ratings)
3.8(22239 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review,NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE * AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK
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Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review, “a brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss” (2015 Man Booker Prize Judges).
The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy.
On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is upended when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter’s fiance, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke–her entire family, all gone in a moment. June is the only survivor.
Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak.
From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding’s caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke’s mother, the shattered outcast of the town–everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light.
Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family–the ones we are born with and the ones we create. -
Between the Devil and Desire
- By: Lorraine Heath
- Narrator: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 07, 2012
- Language: English
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4.02(7272 ratings)
4.02(7272 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDInspired by Dickens’ character The Artful Dodger, Lorraine Heath has created a page-turning, passionate romance. Jack Dodger has survived London’s streets to become the owner of an exclusive gentleman’s club and one of theInspired by Dickens’ character The Artful Dodger, Lorraine Heath has created a page-turning, passionate romance. Jack Dodger has survived London’s streets to become the owner of an exclusive gentleman’s club and one of the wealthiest men in England. But when the late Duke of Lovingdon mysteriously makes him guardian of his 4 year old heir, Dodger is thrown together with Olivia, the boy’s mother, who wants to be rid of him as soon as possible. But soon Jack discovers a love that knows no bounds as he comes to care for Olivia. The young woman tames him, and he realizes he’ll give up everything he possesses to make her happy.
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A Crown Imperiled
- By: Raymond E. Feist
- Narrator: John Meagher
- Length: 12 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 13, 2012
- Language: English
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4.07(5479 ratings)
4.07(5479 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USD“Feist constantly amazes.”–SF Site “Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.” —Chicago Sun-Times The Chaoswar–the fifth and final Riftwar–is in full,“Feist constantly amazes.”
–SF Site“Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”
—Chicago Sun-TimesThe Chaoswar–the fifth and final Riftwar–is in full, explosive swing in Raymond E. Feist’s A Crown Imperiled, the second book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling fantasist’s monumental saga of courage, conflict, and bitter consequence. Once again, Midkemia, the author’s brilliantly conceived fantasy milieu, is in gravest danger from outside invaders–and from treacherous forces within–as the death of a powerful leader throws the world into chaos and threatens all hope of enduring peace. Returning in A Crown Imperiled are some of Feist’s most memorable characters–including the great sorcerer, Pug, who has been a fan favorite since his introduction in the author’s beloved classic, Magician–and the action, as always, comes fast and furious. The Chaoswar Saga is the master fantasist working at the peak of his powers, and further proof why Raymond E. Feist, like Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks, is one of the true giants of epic fantasy fiction.
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Magician’s End
- By: Raymond E. Feist
- Narrator: John Meagher
- Length: 17 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 14, 2013
- Language: English
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4.31(5133 ratings)
4.31(5133 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDThree decades…Five Riftwars…One magnificent saga: Magician’s End is the final book in New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s science fiction epic Riftwar Cycle. Thirty years ago, Feist’s first novel,Three decades…Five Riftwars…One magnificent saga: Magician’s End is the final book in New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s science fiction epic Riftwar Cycle.
Thirty years ago, Feist’s first novel, Magician, introduced us to an orphan boy named Pug, who rises from slavery to become a Master Magician, and to Midkemia and the Riftwar, an epic series of battles between Good and Evil that have scarred Pug’s world for generations.
After twenty-nine books, Feist delivers the crowning achievement of his renowned bestselling career: Magician’s End, the final chapter in The Chaos Wars, the climax of his extraordinary Riftwar Cycle.
Pug, now the greatest magician of all time, must risk everything he has fought for and everything he cherishes in the hope of destroying an evil enemy once and for all. But to achieve peace and save untold millions of lives, he will have to pay the ultimate price.
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The Blue Zone
- By: Andrew Gross
- Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin
- Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 17, 2007
- Language: English
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3.83(4236 ratings)
3.83(4236 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDFrom the number one New York Times bestselling coauthor of Judge & Jury and Lifeguard comes this electrifying solo debut, The Blue Zone. Kate Raab’s life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family . . . until her fatherFrom the number one New York Times bestselling coauthor of Judge & Jury and Lifeguard comes this electrifying solo debut, The Blue Zone.
Kate Raab’s life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family . . . until her father runs into trouble with the law. His only recourse is to testify against his former accomplices in exchange for his family’s placement in the Witness Protection Program. But one of them gets cold feet. In a flash, everything Kate can count on is gone.
Now, a year later, her worst fears have happened: Her father has disappeared–into what the WITSEC agency calls “the blue zone”–and someone close to him is found brutally murdered. With her family under surveillance, the FBI untrustworthy, and her father’s menacing “friends” circling with increasing intensity, Kate sets off to find her father–and uncover the secrets someone will kill to keep buried.
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Born to Bite
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 31, 2010
- Language: English
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4.22(11814 ratings)
4.22(11814 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USD“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.” –Katie MacAlister, USA Today Bestselling Author of A Girl’s Guide to Vampires The Argeneau vampire family is back in Born to Bite by USA Today and New York“Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.”
–Katie MacAlister, USA Today Bestselling Author of A Girl’s Guide to VampiresThe Argeneau vampire family is back in Born to Bite by USA Today and New York Times bestseller Lynsay Sands. One of the premier names in contemporary paranormal romance, the incomparable Sands blends steamy passion with mystery, as a sexy, chopper-riding Enforcer investigates a breathtaking immortal whose previous three wives all have had trouble remaining undead. Are you hooked on Charlaine Harris and her Sookie Stackhouse books? Then Lynsay Sands and Born to Bite are exactly what you’re hungry for.
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Choke
- By: Stuart Woods
- Narrator: Tony Roberts
- Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 31, 2016
- Language: English
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3.92(2532 ratings)
3.92(2532 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series… Murder is not a spectator sport. Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion–first as a pro tennisA standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series…
Murder is not a spectator sport.
Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion–first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West’s Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman–the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man–and soon he is in way over his head.
Enter Tommy Sculley, a retired New York homicide detective who has just joined the Key West force, and his young green partner, Daryl Haynes, who turns out to be smarter than he looks. Up to their necks in an investigation of a bizarre apparent homicide, the two detectives barely keep afloat in murky waters. Events take them from the Florida Keys to Los Angeles and back, as a plot emerges that involves not only the dangerous Clare, but a furious West Coast mob boss determined to get back what is his at any cost.
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Vampire, Interrupted
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Victoria McGee
- Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2009
- Language: English
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4.34(18077 ratings)
4.34(18077 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDAfter seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough,After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she’s in way over her head.
Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s his lifemate and he’s determined to woo her. It’s been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven’t changed. Now if only he can keep her alive–so to speak–so they can have that happily-ever-after.
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Reconstructing Amelia
- By: Kimberly McCreight
- Narrator: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 02, 2013
- Language: English
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3.83(109999 ratings)
3.83(109999 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.006.99 USDNew York Times Bestseller “Like Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia seamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl, it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year.” — Entertainment Weekly TheNew York Times Bestseller
“Like Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia seamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl, it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year.” — Entertainment Weekly
The stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight in which a single mother reconstructs her teenaged daughter Amelia’s tragic death, sifting through her emails, texts, and social media to piece together the shocking truth about the last days of her life.
Kate’s in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter’s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter–now. But Kate’s stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it’s already too late for Amelia. And for Kate.
An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that’s the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didn’t jump.
Reconstructing Amelia is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. But, most of all, it’s the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldn’t save.
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My Lady Jane
- By: Cynthia Hand
- Narrator: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: June 07, 2016
- Language: English
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4.05(43543 ratings)
4.05(43543 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDThis comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In My Lady Jane,This comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind YA fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history–because sometimes history needs a little help.
At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane gets to be Queen of England.
Like that could go wrong.
New York Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of the Year * Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the Year * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
And don’t miss the authors’ next fun read, My Plain Jane!
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Monstrous Regiment
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrator: Stephen Briggs
- Length: 11 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 14, 2004
- Language: English
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4.22(55225 ratings)
4.22(55225 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDWar has come to Discworld…again. And, to no one’s great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, insufferably arrogant, strictly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its ability to beat up on itsWar has come to Discworld…again.
And, to no one’s great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, insufferably arrogant, strictly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its ability to beat up on its neighbors. This time, however, it’s Borogravia that’s getting its long-overdue comeuppance, which has left the country severely drained of young men.
Ever since her brother Paul marched off to battle a year ago, Polly Perks has been running The Duchess, her family’s inn — even though the revered national deity, Nuggan, has decreed that female ownership of a business is an Abomination. To keep The Duchess in the family, Polly must find her missing sibling. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and sets out to join him in this man’s army.
Polly is afraid that someone will see through her disguise; a fear that proves groundless when the legendary Sergeant Jackrum accepts her without question. Or perhaps the sergeant is too desperate to discriminate — which would explain why a vampire, a troll, a zombie, a religious fanatic, and two uncommonly close “friends” are also eagerly welcomed into the fighting fold. Soon, Polly finds herself wondering about the myriad peculiarities of her new brothers-in-arms. It would appear that Polly “Ozzer” Perks is not the only grunt with a secret.
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A Bite to Remember
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Victoria McGee
- Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 27, 2009
- Language: English
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4.24(18751 ratings)
4.24(18751 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDRule #1: Never get involved with someone who won’t be there for you when the sun comes up. Once bitten, twice shy, and sexy PI Jackie Morrisey wasn’t going there again. Vincent Argeneau may be the hottest guy she’s ever met, livingRule #1: Never get involved with someone who won’t be there for you when the sun comes up.
Once bitten, twice shy, and sexy PI Jackie Morrisey wasn’t going there again. Vincent Argeneau may be the hottest guy she’s ever met, living or dead, but she’s here to stop a killer from turning this vampire into dust, not to jump into bed with him.
Rule #2: Never kiss a vampire . . . it can be a pain in the neck.
Okay, so Vincent’s had four hundred years to perfect his kissing skills, and he does look rather tempting when he runs around the house shirtless. He’s also charming, protective . . . did we mention he can kiss? Jackie needs to be on her guard, or else she’ll have to come up with a new rule: If you’re going to fall in love with a vampire, make sure it’s a bite to remember.
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Black Magic Sanction
- By: Kim Harrison
- Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 19 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 23, 2010
- Language: English
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4.37(42229 ratings)
4.37(42229 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USD“I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything.”–Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels Black Magic Sanction is the most complex and emotionally charged adventure yet in author Kim Harrison’s New“I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything.”
–Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novelsBlack Magic Sanction is the most complex and emotionally charged adventure yet in author Kim Harrison’s New York Times bestselling series featuring bounty hunter-witch Rachel Morgan. A spellbinding story set once again Cleveland’s vampire, demon, and other supernatural beings-infested Hollows, Black Magic Sanction has the intrepid Rachel trapped in a life-or-death battle against her own kind in a sensational urban fantasy that shows why Kim Harrison deservedly stands in the superstar ranks alongside Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, and Laurell K. Hamilton.
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For a Few Demons More
- By: Kim Harrison
- Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 17 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 04, 2012
- Language: English
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4.32(51916 ratings)
4.32(51916 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USDDespite dating one vampire and living with another, Rachel Morgan has always managed to stay just ahead of trouble . . . until now. A fiendish serial killer stalks the Hollows, and no one living in or around Cincinnati–human, inhuman, orDespite dating one vampire and living with another, Rachel Morgan has always managed to stay just ahead of trouble . . . until now.
A fiendish serial killer stalks the Hollows, and no one living in or around Cincinnati–human, inhuman, or undead–is safe.
An ancient artifact may be the key to stopping the murderer–a mysterious relic that is now in the hands of Rachel Morgan, fearless independent bounty hunter and reckless witch. But revealing it could ignite a battle to the death among the vast and varied local supernatural races.
Rachel’s been lucky so far. But even she can’t hide from catastrophe forever.
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The Pursuit of Happyness
- By: Chris Gardner
- Narrator: Andre Blake
- Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 23, 2006
- Language: English
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4.2(22837 ratings)
4.2(22837 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDThe astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Chris Gardner arrived in SanThe astounding yet true rags-to-riches saga of a homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street.
At the age of twenty, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city’s working homeless with his toddler son. Motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children, the two spent almost a year moving from shelters, “HO-tels”, and soup-lines. Never giving in to despair, Gardner makes an astonishing transformation from being part of the city’s invisible to being a powerful player in its financial district. Here is the story of a man who breaks his own family’s cycle of men abandoning their children, a story that appeals to the very essence of the American Dream.
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The Immortal Hunter
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Victoria McGee
- Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 09, 2010
- Language: English
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4.22(13627 ratings)
4.22(13627 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDEven vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau’s ends abruptly when he’s asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals — one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that,Even vampires need a vacation. But Decker Argeneau’s ends abruptly when he’s asked to help hunt the group of rogue vampires targeting mortals — one that might include a defector in his own family. Before he can worry about that, though, he’s got to rescue the latest victim. It’s all part of the job, including taking a bullet for a beautiful doctor.
Dr. Danielle McGill doesn’t know if she can trust the man who just saved her life. There are too many questions, such as what is the secret organization he says he’s part of, and why do his wounds hardly bleed? However, with her sister in the hands of some dangerous men, she doesn’t have much choice but to trust him.
Except now Decker’s talking about life mates and awakening a passion that’s taking Dani beyond anything she’s ever known. Being undead may not be half-bad…especially if it means spending forever with a man who would love her with his mind, body, and immortal soul.
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Taking Chances
- By: Molly McAdams
- Narrator: Anadelle Waters
- Length: 13 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 04, 2014
- Language: English
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3.85(43837 ratings)
3.85(43837 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDHer first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own way and toHer first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything
Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own way and to experience things she’s only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father’s unit, she’s on her way to college at San Diego State University.
Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family, and emotions. She finds herself being torn in two as she quickly falls in love with both her new boyfriend, Brandon, and her roommate’s brother, Chase. Despite their dangerous looks and histories, both men adore Harper and would do anything for her, including taking a step back if it would mean she’d be happy.
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Fluke
- By: Christopher Moore
- Narrator: Bill Irwin
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 05, 2005
- Language: English
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3.75(38150 ratings)
3.75(38150 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDMarine biologist Nate Quinn is in love with the majestic ocean-dwelling behemoths who have been singing their haunting song for twenty million years. But why do the humpback whales sing? That’s the question that has Nate and his crew filming,Marine biologist Nate Quinn is in love with the majestic ocean-dwelling behemoths who have been singing their haunting song for twenty million years. But why do the humpback whales sing? That’s the question that has Nate and his crew filming, charting, and recording every whale that crosses their path. Until one day when a whale lifts its tail to display a message spelled out in foot-high letters: Bite Me….
No one has ever seen such a thing; not Nate’s longtime partner, not world-renowned photographer Clay Demodocus, not their saucy young research assistant, Amy, not even spliff-puffing white-boy Rastaman, Kona. And when the film returns from the lab missing the crucial tail shot–and their research facility is trashed–Nate realizes that something very fishy is going on.
It only gets weirder when a call comes in from Nate’s big-bucks benefactor, saying that a whale has phoned her, asking for a hot pastrami and Swiss on rye. Suddenly the answer to the question that has driven Nate throughout his adult life is within reach. And it’s not what anyone would think.
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The Renegade Hunter
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 13, 2010
- Language: English
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4.33(13766 ratings)
4.33(13766 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDNicholas Argeneau is not your typical rogue hunter in The Renegade Hunter, the latest installment of the Rogue Hunter series from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands. Though he spent centuries targeting vampires who break the immortalNicholas Argeneau is not your typical rogue hunter in The Renegade Hunter, the latest installment of the Rogue Hunter series from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands. Though he spent centuries targeting vampires who break the immortal laws, for the past 50 years Nicholas has been a rogue himself. But then he saves a beautiful mortal from a terrifying bloodsucker, and everything changes . . .
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The Rogue Hunter
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Rick Robertson
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: January 19, 2010
- Language: English
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4.17(15674 ratings)
4.17(15674 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDSamantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She’s grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent breakup she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor.Samantha Willan is a workaholic lawyer. She’s grateful for some rest and relaxation in cottage country, and after a recent breakup she wants to stay as far away from romance as possible. Then she meets her irresistible new neighbor. There’s something strange and mysterious about his eyes. Is it just her imagination, or are they locked on her neck?
Garrett Mortimer is a rogue hunter. His last assignment united Lucian Argeneau with his lifemate, and Mortimer is hoping this one will be less . . . adventurous. He’s here to track down a reported rogue, but fun in the sun is every bloodsucker’s nightmare. Worse, he can’t seem to get his mind off Samantha, especially when he spies her skinny-dipping in the lake. After eight hundred years as a bachelor, is he ready to turn a volatile attraction into a lasting love affair?
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White Witch, Black Curse
- By: Kim Harrison
- Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 18 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 24, 2009
- Language: English
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4.34(44893 ratings)
4.34(44893 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USD“The world of the Hollows is fast-moving, funny, harrowing, and scary, and–the greatest compliment to a fantasy–absolutely real.”—New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon Kim Harrison is a New York“The world of the Hollows is fast-moving, funny, harrowing, and scary, and–the greatest compliment to a fantasy–absolutely real.”
—New York Times bestselling author Diana GabaldonKim Harrison is a New York Times-bestselling phenomenon, in the superstar pantheon along with Laurel K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris of Sookie Stackhouse fame. Return to “the Hollows” in White Witch, Black Curse, as tough-as-nails bounty hunter witch Rachel Morgan seeks vengeance for the death of her lover among the creatures of the night. Indeed, Charlaine Harris herself has nothing but praise for Harrison’s peerless protagonist, promising, “You’re going to love this bounty hunter!” White Witch, Black Curse is contemporary dark fantasy at its electrifying best.
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On Liberty and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- By: Wendy McElroy
- Narrator: Pat Childs
- Length: 2 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDThis presentation examines two eloquent arguments for human liberty: John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In On Liberty, the great philosopher John Stuart Mill rigorously defendsThis presentation examines two eloquent arguments for human liberty: John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
In On Liberty, the great philosopher John Stuart Mill rigorously defends individual liberty based on the concept of utilitarianism, or “the greatest happiness for the greatest number.” Though his theoretical foundation rejects natural rights, he reaches a similar conclusion—that diversity in individual thought and action ultimately benefits society.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a classic, pioneering work in woman’s rights which has influenced feminists for over two centuries. It is a passionate call for women to achieve independence and dignity by developing their ability to reason.
The Giants of Political Thought series is an easy and entertaining way to broaden your mind and your awareness of great ideas.
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
- By: Jesmyn Ward
- Narrator: Kelvin Harrison, Jr.
- Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.01(102495 ratings)
4.01(102495 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDWINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praisedWINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
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A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a “tour de force” (O, The Oprah Magazine) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic.
Jesmyn Ward’s historic second National Book Award-winner is “perfectly poised for the moment” (The New York Times), an intimate portrait of three generations of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. “Ward’s writing throbs with life, grief, and love… this book is the kind that makes you ache to return to it” (Buzzfeed).
Jojo is thirteen years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. He doesn’t lack in fathers to study, chief among them his Black grandfather, Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather, Big Joseph, who won’t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle, Given, who died as a teenager.
His mother, Leonie, is an inconsistent presence in his and his toddler sister’s lives. She is an imperfect mother in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is Black and her children’s father is White. She wants to be a better mother but can’t put her children above her own needs, especially her drug use. Simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she’s high, Leonie is embattled in ways that reflect the brutal reality of her circumstances.
When the children’s father is released from prison, Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm, the State Penitentiary. At Parchman, there is another thirteen-year-old boy, the ghost of a dead inmate who carries all of the ugly history of the South with him in his wandering. He too has something to teach Jojo about fathers and sons, about legacies, about violence, about love.
Rich with Ward’s distinctive, lyrical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic and unforgettable family story and “an odyssey through rural Mississippi’s past and present” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). -
Vampires Are Forever
- By: Lynsay Sands
- Narrator: Rick Robertson
- Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 08, 2009
- Language: English
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4.26(17546 ratings)
4.26(17546 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDInez Urso is beginning to have her doubts. Her business associate Thomas Argeneau has some interesting traits, like an allergic reaction to the sun, excellent night vision, and not much of an appetite for food. And to top it all off, he just triedInez Urso is beginning to have her doubts. Her business associate Thomas Argeneau has some interesting traits, like an allergic reaction to the sun, excellent night vision, and not much of an appetite for food. And to top it all off, he just tried to bite her neck . . . but maybe that was a sign of passion. If so, she’d be happy to experience more, despite her determination not to mix business with pleasure.
Well, if not forever, at least two hundred years. Inez is the most beautiful woman he’s seen in centuries. Those luscious lips, seductive curves, and her elegant neck . . . he just couldn’t resist the temptation of one little bite. Now Thomas will do anything to convince her that only an immortal like him can satisfy her all night long . . .
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