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  • Best, First and Last - Amy T Matthews

    Best, First and Last - Amy T Matthews
    Mar 4 2025
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    Title: Best, First and Last
    Author: Amy T Matthews
    Narrator: Charlotte North
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 10:27:02
    Language: English
    Release date: 03-04-2025
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
    Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary Women, Family Life

    Summary:
    A young woman stuck in a rut is dragged by her grieving grandmother to hike the Inca Trail – but can a holiday heal heartbreak, or will longtime secrets tear them apart? A heartwarming novel from the acclaimed author of Someone Else’s Bucket List. Twenty-five-year-old Heather Russo is miserable – work is non-stop, her love life is in tatters and she’s in a total rut. But Heather’s not the only struggling woman in her family. Her mother, Sandy, is finally separating from Heather’s womanising father, while her grandmother, Bonnie, is grieving her third husband by carrying his urn everywhere she goes… even the supermarket. She’s had enough of wallowing, though, and plans a surprise girls’ trip: they’re going to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu! Heather is a reluctant hiker – until she meets charming Owen on the trail and things start to get interesting. But, of course, that’s when Bonnie decides to share some long-held secrets that just might send Heather and Sandy over the edge. Will they even make it to the summit? With every twist in the trail, Heather learns more about her family – and herself – than she anticipated. And as her time with Owen becomes precious, she’s forced to reconsider what she really wants for her future.
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    10 ore e 27 min
  • Prophecy: Fractured Kingdom, Book 1 - M.L. Fergus Fergus

    Prophecy: Fractured Kingdom, Book 1 - M.L. Fergus Fergus
    Jan 14 2025
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    Title: Prophecy: Fractured Kingdom, Book 1
    Author: M.L. Fergus Fergus
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-14-2025
    Publisher: Tundra Books
    Genres: Fiction, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

    Summary:
    A girl who yearns for freedom, a handsome thief . . . and the start of an epic romantic adventure that will change the course of history, combining the romance and adventure of The Princess Bride with the political intrigue of Game of Thrones. For fans of Stephanie Garber, Leigh Bardugo, Shelby Mahurin and Jennifer L. Armentrout. The only life Persephone has ever known has been one of servitude, and she dreams of freedom, buoyed by a spirit and sense of humor that have never wavered. When a chance encounter with a handsome thief offers her a chance to leave, she grabs it with both hands . . . and the thief, Azriel, will just have to keep up. But Azriel is not everything he seems, and he believes Persephone holds the key to a greater freedom for himself and his people, who have been hunted for years by the king's regent, an evil and sadistic man who will stop at nothing in his quest for power. Azriel has a plan to defeat him, and he needs Persephone — but does Persephone need him? As her journey brings her deeper and deeper into a cruel and dangerous world, Persephone must quickly learn who to trust . . . and whether an impossibly broad-shouldered thief holds the key to her future, or her ruin. Once Upon a Broken Heart meets The Queen's Thief in Prophecy, the first book in The Fractured Kingdom trilogy — filled with heart-pounding romance and epic adventure.
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  • Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia - Santilla Chingaipe

    Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia - Santilla Chingaipe
    Oct 29 2024
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    Title: Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia
    Author: Santilla Chingaipe
    Narrator: Unknown
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 8:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-29-2024
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
    Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Australia & Oceania

    Summary:
    The story of Australia’s Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. In this deeply researched and illuminating book, Santilla Chingaipe offers a fresh understanding of this fatal shore, showing how empire, slavery, race and memory have shaped this nation. On the First Fleet of 1788, at least 15 convicts were of African descent. By 1840 the number of Black transportees had risen to over 500. Among them were John Caesar, who became Australia’s first bushranger, and Billy Blue – the stylishly dressed ferryman who gave his name to Sydney’s Blues Point. There was also David Stuurman, a revered South African chief transported for anti-colonial insurrection, and William Cuffay – a prominent London Chartist who led the development of Australia’s labour movement. Two of the youngest were cousins from Mauritius – girls aged just 9 and 12 – sentenced over a failed attempt to poison their mistress. But although some of these lives were documented and their likenesses depicted (including in the National Portrait Gallery and a sketch of those acquitted of treason after the Eureka stockade), their stories have been erased from history: even their descendants are often unaware of their ancestry. In these stories spanning Africa, the Americas and Europe, Black Convicts also uncovers Australia’s hidden links to slavery, which both powered the British Empire and inspired the convict system itself. Situating European settlement in its global context, Chingaipe shows the injustice of dispossession was powered by the engine of labour exploitation. By uncovering lives whitewashed out of our story, Black Convicts will change the way we think about who we are.
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    8 ore
  • Madam: A memoir - Antonia Murphy

    Madam: A memoir - Antonia Murphy
    Oct 29 2024
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    Title: Madam: A memoir
    Author: Antonia Murphy
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 7:50:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-29-2024
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
    Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Women

    Summary:
    What would you do if your husband suddenly left you with two kids to support? Go back to school? Go into real estate? Or start a new career as a pimp? Upon discovering that sex work is decriminalised in New Zealand, Antonia Murphy decides to build her own business: an ethical escort agency. It seems like a good idea, but she isn’t sure how it’s done, so she connects with the online sex worker community. MadamAntonia: Hi! I’m new to all this, and I was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about being a sex worker? phryne: Well. There’s sex and there’s sex. What do you plan to offer? These smart, sassy women teach her more than she could have dreamed of – the importance of pineapple juice, how to remove chilli oil from, ahem, sensitive places, and what ‘Greek’ means (hint: there are no togas). Clueless but hopeful, Antonia launches The Bach: a healthy, safe place where women can earn great money and provide compassionate, shame-free pleasure for clients. At least, that’s the idea . . . A poignant and darkly comedic memoir from a mother who opened an ethical escort agency in small town New Zealand – and dared to make a difference. Now a major international TV series starring Rachel Griffiths and Martin Henderson.
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    7 ore e 50 min
  • Chairman's Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out - Joe Aston

    Chairman's Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out - Joe Aston
    Oct 29 2024
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    Title: Chairman's Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out
    Author: Joe Aston
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 9:30:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-29-2024
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
    Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Business Development

    Summary:
    From the must-read journalist on how power, money and influence work in this country, the full story of how one of the nation’s favourite brands brought itself to ground. Before Covid, both Qantas and its CEO Alan Joyce were flying high, the darlings of customers, staff and investors. After Covid hit, only money mattered – in particular, the company’s share price and extraordinary executive bonuses. Illegally redundant workers, unethical flight credits, abysmal customer service, antique aircraft: these became Qantas’ new brand. How did things go so badly wrong? Why were customers at the end of the queue? And how did an increasingly autocratic Joyce constantly get his own way, with the Qantas board and with both Liberal and Labor governments, which handed over billions in subsidies and protected lucrative flight routes from foreign competition? For the first time, The Chairman’s Lounge tells the full story of how one company banked the nation’s loyalty and then cashed in on it. In his celebrated column Rear Window for the Australian Financial Review, Joe Aston’s reporting of the ethical failings of Qantas spurred the early retirement of its CEO and the resignation of its chairman. With fresh interviews and revelations, written in Aston’s trademark swashbuckling style, The Chairman’s Lounge is the definitive account of how Qantas was brought to ground and who did it. It is a parable of our times. ‘A masterclass in investigative journalism … A scathing, unflinching takedown of greed, delusion and a shameless abuse of power, both jaw-dropping and brilliantly incisive’ Adele Ferguson
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    9 ore e 30 min
  • Reasons to Look at the Night Sky - Danielle Daniel

    Reasons to Look at the Night Sky - Danielle Daniel
    Oct 29 2024
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    Title: Reasons to Look at the Night Sky
    Author: Danielle Daniel
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 0:00:00
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-29-2024
    Publisher: Tundra Books
    Genres: Kids, General, Action & Adventure, Health & Family

    Summary:
    A sensitive middle grade novel in verse about a space-obsessed girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut — and begins to see the world differently when a substitute teacher enters her orbit. Luna has always loved the night sky. She's an eleven-year-old who knows everything there is to know about space, and dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. The first step in her plan to get there is to ace the space unit in her science class and secure a spot in NASA's summer space camp. But when Luna's teacher is unexpectedly replaced with a substitute, Ms. Manitowabi, who is looking to shake up science class by bringing in art, Luna's carefully laid plans are crushed. And that's not all that's shifting in Luna's life — changes at home and in her friendships have her feeling topsy-turvy. What on Planet Earth is happening? Reasons to Look at the Night Sky is an endearing, poetic look at the inner world of a middle schooler grappling with change from acclaimed author and illustrator Danielle Daniel.
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  • You Don't Have to Quit: 20 Science-Backed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less - Maureen Palmer

    You Don't Have to Quit: 20 Science-Backed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less - Maureen Palmer
    Oct 8 2024
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    Title: You Don't Have to Quit: 20 Science-Backed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less
    Author: Maureen Palmer
    Narrator: TBD
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 4:59:45
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-08-2024
    Publisher: Macmillan Audio
    Genres: Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Marriage & Family

    Summary:
    Help your loved one drink less, reduce your stress, save your relationship In a world that glorifies alcohol—from signature cocktails to craft beer—helping a loved one with a drinking problem feels like a losing battle. You’ve begged, bargained, and demanded they stop, only to see consumption ramp up and your relationship break down. This approach enforces a vicious cycle of confrontation, shame, and more drinking. Author and filmmaker Maureen Palmer has been there, and she’s found a better way. In You Don’t Have to Quit, Palmer shifts the conventional abstinence-only mindset to one that encourages positive change and harm reduction. She interviews world experts who’ve created successful tools, techniques, and resources to help reduce or stop drinking entirely. Her twenty practical, science-backed strategies operationalize compassion and empathy—and healthy boundaries—to help your loved one drink less. With refreshing candor, Palmer shares her hard-won experience to debunk powerful myths that breed shame and secrecy and lead to relationship-killing conflict. This is the road map out of combat into collaboration and reduced consumption: harm reduction for the relationship too. Whether drinking less is a shared goal, or you want to influence your loved one in that direction, this book shows you how.
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    5 ore
  • Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers - Steve Pratt

    Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers - Steve Pratt
    Oct 1 2024
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    Title: Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers
    Author: Steve Pratt
    Narrator: Lee Goettl
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 6:26:30
    Language: English
    Release date: 10-01-2024
    Publisher: Macmillan Audio
    Genres: Business & Economics, Marketing & Advertising

    Summary:
    Stand out from the crowd to find your unique audience In a world where content is everywhere, consumer attention is a valuable commodity. Every marketer, creator, and communication professional is vying to get eyes on their brand. But the old marketing techniques—paying for ad space and trying to pop up on the “right” platforms—aren’t cutting it to get the attention you require to grow your business. If this sounds familiar, you need to shake up your process and start earning the attention you’re asking for. In Earn It, entrepreneur and innovator Steve Pratt delivers his forward-thinking approach with passion and humour to help you see why your marketing strategy needs to be as unique as your business. Drawing on his own expertise as well as insights from other leading experts in creativity, marketing, and media, Steve outlines the reasons you need to abandon the status-quo and get creative. He warns that there is no shortcut and no hack, but if you’re ready to do the work and find the sweet spot between your Commitment and Creative Bravery then your audience is waiting. Walking the talk about 'doing the opposite' and 'earning' your audience, Steve Pratt's audiobook truly stands out from the crowd and embraces the full and rich powers of the audio medium to give you groundbreaking insights on revamping your content creation, communication, and marketing skills.' The strategies in this book may surprise you. The thinking and the techniques are unconventional. But if you embrace them, you will change the way you market your brand and your business, creating value for your consumers and reaping the benefits.
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    6 ore e 27 min