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2000 - The Last of Us Audiobook by Rob Ewing
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  • 2000 - The Last of Us Audiobook by Rob Ewing

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    Title: The Last of Us
    Categories: Dystopian, Female Protagonist, Fiction, Psychological
    Author: Rob Ewing
    Narrator: Angus King, Maggie Service
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
    Release date: 04-21-2016
    Language: English

    Summary:
    Selected for the QI Book of the Year Award, 2016 'Gripping and utterly believable' IAN RANKIN, Guardian Books of the Year ‘A story about the strength and fragility of human nature. Rob Ewing's writing is powerful, compassionate and brilliant. I absolutely loved it’ JOANNA CANNON, the author of THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP The island is quiet now. On a remote Scottish island, five children are the only ones left. Since the Last Adult died, sensible Elizabeth has been the group leader, testing for a radio signal, playing teacher and keeping an eye on Alex, the littlest, whose insulin can only last so long. There is ‘shopping’ to do in the houses they haven’t yet searched and wrong smells to avoid. For eight-year-old Rona each day brings fresh hope that someone will come back for them, tempered by the reality of their dwindling supplies. With no adults to rebel against, squabbles threaten the fragile family they have formed.

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    Thu, 21 Apr 2016
  • 1999 - Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet Audiobook by Edward Wilson-Lee

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    Title: Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet
    Categories: Africa, Author, Biography, East Africa
    Author: Edward Wilson-Lee
    Narrator: Gordon Griffin
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
    Release date: 04-21-2016
    Language: English

    Summary:
    Published to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in April 2016, a breathtaking exploration into Shakespeare as a global poet. Whilst travelling in Luxor, Edward Wilson-Lee encountered a man who called out to him from the summer shade with lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth: 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...' Unable to resist the temptation, Wilson-Lee responded with the next line, and so began a fascination with unexpected cultural encounters, especially those made memorable by the poignancy of discovering beauty out of place. Shakespeare may have heard of Luxor (although he would have known it as Thebes), but it is unlikely that he imagined his lines ever being spoken there, close by the feluccas sailing on the Nile and the acres of pharaonic ruins beyond. This radical, breathtaking book combines travel, history, biography and satire in an ode to Shakespeare. Wilson-Lee teaches Shakespeare at Cambridge but grew up in East Africa, and Shakespeare in Swahililand explores Shakespeare's global legacy like no other book before it.

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    Thu, 21 Apr 2016
  • 1998 - Different Class Audiobook by Joanne Harris

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    Title: Different Class
    Series: #3 in Malbry
    Categories: Crime, Crime Fiction, Dark Humor, Fiction
    Author: Joanne Harris
    Narrator: Steven Pacey, Ewan Goddard
    Publisher: Penguin Audio
    Release date: 04-21-2016
    Language: English

    Summary:
    After 30 years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. Each class has its clowns, its rebels, its underdogs, its 'Brodie' boys who, whilst of course he doesn't have favourites, hold a special place in an old teacher's heart. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy with hidden shadows inside. With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new broom has arrived at the venerable school, bringing PowerPoint, sharp suits and even sixth-form girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist this march to the future, a shadow from his past is stirring. A boy who even 20 years on haunts his teacher's dreams. A boy capable of bad things.

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    Thu, 21 Apr 2016
  • 1997 - Abigale Hall Audiobook by Lauren A. Forry

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    Title: Abigale Hall
    Categories: Family, Female Protagonist, Fiction, Supernatural
    Author: Lauren A. Forry
    Narrator: Emma Fenney
    Publisher: Audible Studios
    Release date: 04-20-2016
    Language: English

    Summary:
    Amidst the terror of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Eliza and her troubled little sister, Rebecca, have had their share of tragedy, losing their mother to the Blitz and their father to suicide. But when they are forced to leave London to work for the mysterious Mr Brownawell at Abigale Hall, they find that the worst is yet to come.... There are tales that the ghost of Mr Brownawell's bride-to-be haunts the desolate mansion, and in the village there are shocking rumours of maidservants meeting terrible fates within its walls. But is it superstition that Eliza should be afraid of, or is there something real and deadly lurking in the dark, dusty rooms of Abigale Hall? Vicious, coldhearted housekeeper Mrs Pollard will stop at nothing to keep the mansion's terrible secrets, and she exerts a twisted hold over Rebecca. To save herself and her sister from descending into madness, Eliza must wage a desperate battle to escape back to London and uncover the horrifying truth before Abigale Hall claims two more victims. Taut and suspenseful, Abigale Hall is a thrilling debut from Lauren A. Forry.

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    Wed, 20 Apr 2016
  • 1996 - The Attention Revolution Audiobook by B. Alan Wallace

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    Title: The Attention Revolution
    Subtitle: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind
    Categories: Alternative Medicin, Anger Management, Buddhism, Eastern Philosophy
    Author: B. Alan Wallace
    Narrator: Tom Pile
    Publisher: Audible Studios
    Release date: 04-20-2016
    Language: English

    Summary:
    Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly 30 years' practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. An active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists, Alan is uniquely qualified to speak intelligently to both camps, and The Attention Revolution is the definitive presentation of his knowledge. Beginning by pointing out the ill effects that follow from our inability to focus, Wallace moves on to explore a systematic path of meditation to deepen our capacity for deep concentration. The result is an exciting, rewarding "expedition of the mind", tracing everything from the confusion at the bottom of the trail to the extraordinary clarity and power that come with making it to the top. Along the way, the author also provides interludes and complementary practices for cultivating love, compassion, and clarity in our waking and dreaming lives. Attention is the key that makes personal change possible, and the good news is that it can be trained. This book shows how.

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    Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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