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Lindsey Davis drops by the Audible Studios to talk about her career as a historical novelist; how she develop her characters, how historically accurate are they, where her inspiration come from and more.

A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D-and the biochip he's perfected-out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties-some of whom aren't remotely human.

Bloomsbury presents Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, read by Hope Davis. 'Dazzling … life-affirming and compulsively readable' Sunday Times 'Patchett blends wisdom and humanity jointly with the icy forensic gaze of someone not afraid to expose the frailties of human behaviour ... Read it' Jojo...

Bloomsbury presents A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer, read by Davis Brooks, Kate Handford and Matt Reeves. A New York Times bestseller! "Has everything you'd want in a retelling of a classic fairy tale." – Jodi Picoult In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the...

In the 1970s, the behavioral psychologist Herbert S. Terrace led a remarkable experiment to see if a chimpanzee could be taught to use language. A young ape, named “Nim Chimpsky” in a nod to the linguist whose theories Terrace challenged, was raised by a family in New York and instructed in American Sign Language. Initially, Terrace thought that Nim could create sentences but later discovered that Nim’s teachers inadvertently cued his signing. Terrace concluded that Project Nim failed - not because Nim couldn’t create sentences but because he couldn’t even learn words.

Bloomsbury presents State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, read by Hope Davis. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could...

When Mollie Babcock stepped off the train in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890, she knew she had to start a new life. She'd left her husband and their medical practice in Iowa, and with only a few hundred dollars in her pocket and a great deal of pride, she set out to find a new position as a physician. She was offered a job as doctor to the miners at Bannack, Montana, and thus began her epic adventures in the Rocky Mountain West.

Naomi’s dating life is a slow-motion car crash, equal parts tragic and hilarious. One bad date, one blocked number, and one more reminder that maybe “happily ever after” was never written for her.

A brother is out for revenge and he's closing in…Imprint, book three of The Red Thread Saga, brings Jason's quest to find the fruit of his brother's labor to the forefront in this thrilling mystery woven within the fabric of a tortured love story. But Mia, Nikhil, and Lathan don't know anything about that. All they know is that their lives have been ruined and that one of them is gone forever. And there's someone else nosing around… someone with a taste for blood.

Charlie is a little boy with big dreams of becoming a cowboy just like his heroes! Determined to learn everything he needs to be the best cowboy in the business, he decides to spend the day with his grandparents on their working cattle ranch. He arrives ready to tackle the day’s challenges and learn how to be strong, tough and resilient…but will he find there’s much more to being a cowboy than that?

They say the grass isn't always greener on the other side but what if God's grass really is? This book takes you on a raw, unfiltered, and spiritual journey through pain, purpose, and personal growth. God's Grass is Greener: The Other Side isn't about pretending life is perfect it's about realizing that what feels like loss, betrayal, or delay might actually be God's protection and preparation.

In our hyper-connected world, our brains have become prisoners to ancient programming—default settings designed for survival that now sabotage our happiness. We chase external validation, fixate on threats that no longer exist, and operate on autopilot through lives that feel increasingly hollow. Despite countless self-help strategies, we remain stuck in patterns of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and emotional exhaustion, unable to break free from the very neurological wiring that once protected us.

The Marriage of a Marquis is the inaugural volume of the Palik series from the North American Jules Verne Society and BearManor Media. It includes two of Jules Verne’s early humorous stories in their first English translation: “The Marriage of Mr. Anselme des Tilleuls” (translated by...

Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever. In The Art of Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the listener through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. 

Have you ever looked at a pile of dishes in the sink and wanted to crawl back into bed? Or found yourself staring at the overflowing recycling bin thinking, why is my life such a mess? But what if we stopped seeing a clean house as a reflection of our worth and instead as a kindness to our future self? How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles to revolutionise the way you approach domestic work, all without a single to-do list.

Brought to you by Penguin. The definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize For more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban...

Death is a rather sinister and taboo topic but for Christians, it is one of relief. The Bible teaches us all how to die, and William Nicholson stresses the importance of life as a preparation. In order to gain the glory promised after death, Christ must always be present before it and be a prevailing force in our lives.

We tend to leave a will to divide goods and possessions, but Christ left a will as well. William Nicholson explains to us the nature of Christ’s will. He states how this will is a gracious one and will be constituted once we accept the life and teachings of Christ.

The harrowing story of one of history's most compelling military campaigns. In An Army at Dawn—winner of the Pulitzer Prize—Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies...

We are surrounded by bold claims and quick fixes for improving our immune systems. In this expert guide, leading immunologist Daniel M. Davis sorts the fact from fiction. Is it true that orange juice can help ward off colds? How does age affect our immune system? Is mental health really...