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DB 96133 Novels and Essays: Vandover and the Brute; McTeague; The Octopus; Essays – by Frank Norris – Three novels and collected literary essays by naturalist writer Frank Norris (1870-1902). The twenty-two essays include book reviews, articles, literary columns, and – in “Perverted Tales” – parodies of popular authors. 1986.
DB 97733 The Siberian Dilemma: An Arkady Renko Novel – by Martin Cruz Smith – When journalist Tatiana Petrovna doesn’t arrive from a month-long assignment on her scheduled train, her part-time lover, Moscow investigator Arkady Renko, travels deep into Siberia. He learns that Tatiana has been profiling a political dissident who poses the first true threat to Putin’s rule in over a decade. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB 97739 Dark Clouds over Nuala: An Inspector de Silva Mystery – by Harriet Steel – Inspector de Silva’s back with a new case to solve when the arrival in the hill town of Nuala of the heir to an English earldom leads to a mysterious death. Thrown into the mix are a mega-rich Romanian count, his glamorous countess and an enigmatic British army officer. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
DB 97946 A Place Called Hope – by Philip Gulley – Quaker pastor Sam Gardner is asked by the ill Unitarian minister to oversee a wedding in his place. When Sam discovers the couple to be married is two women, his reaction causes hurt feelings and endangers his job. He contemplates change and is offered a new beginning. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2014.
DB 98141 Hunter Killer: A Pike Logan Novel – by Brad Taylor – Just as Pike Logan and the Taskforce are preparing for a mission, a friend is killed in an attak meant for Pike. When team members on the mission vanish, Pike heads to
Brazil to investigate and winds up tracking a crew of Russian assassins. Sequel to Daughter of War (DB 93985). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB 98146 American Dirt – by Jeanine Cummins – Lydia Quixano Pérez runs a bookstore in Acapulco. When her journalist husband writes an exposé about Javier, the head of the newest drug cartel in the city, her life changes forever. Lydia and her eight-year-old son flee for their lives, hoping to make it to the United States. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
DB 98149 Butterfly – by Ashley Antoinette – Morgan Atkins, born deaf and unofficially adopted into a family, feels as if she has never belonged. A single mother of twins, she has built a comfortable life with a man who is not their father. But a ghost from her past comes to town and she begins an affair. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
DB 97849 Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better – by Brant Hansen – Christian radio host presents the idea that the choice to the unoffendable provides a path for one to live a healthier life, and that making this choice is supported in the bible. Discusses the emotional and health impacts of anger and balancing a sense of injustice. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2015.
DB 98145 Rachel Maddow: A Biography – by Lisa Rogak – An examination of the life and career of liberal cable news anchor Rachel Maddow. Describes her upbringing in a conservative town, her early work in radio, her eventual move into television, her coming out as a lesbian, and the impact of her career up through the early twenty-first century. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
