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On the Stack podcast for the week of May 7, 2025, we've got new comic book reviews for Star Wars #1, Absolute Superman #7, and so many more!

The Stack: Star Wars, Absolute Superman, And More

In a race against time and nature, there’s only one man you want on your side. 

 In northern California a small town teeters on the brink of disaster as flood waters bear down on it. Colter Shaw, however, is on an even more urgent rescue mission – a family swept away in the initial deluge.

The clock is ticking, and their survival window is rapidly closing.

However, the impending disaster raises questions – is the town’s vulnerability a natural occurrence, or is there a more human element at work?

Teaming up with his sister, Dorion, Shaw must uncover the truth, and quickly, otherwise there will be no town, and no one, left to save.

South of Nowhere, By Jeffery Deaver, Read by Kaleo Griffith

Women’s healthcare is in crisis. It’s time to empower women to fight for the care they deserve.  

 Female health issues have been an afterthought and sidelined for too long. It’s Probably Nothing exposes the truth about how women seeking help with their health have been repeatedly failed.

Drawing on her own experience of being dismissed, undiagnosed and misdiagnosed, Naga Munchetty explores the devastating outcome of decades of ingrained medical misogyny. She hears from dozens of women and their loved ones who have sought care only to be told that their symptoms are normal or all in their head. These testimonies highlight the consequences of not being heard, which has left so many living in pain, with chronic and life-changing conditions.

This book illustrates the common problems women face and offers insights from doctors and experts on what we’re entitled to at every stage. It will arm women and their loved ones with the information and confidence to successfully advocate for the best health outcomes.

Women want to be listened to. Women want to be healthy. Women deserve to live their best lives now. It’s Probably Nothing highlights the urgent need for change.

It’s Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It), By Naga Munchetty, Read by Naga Munchetty

'Kathy Biggs reminds me of Alan Bennett… she walks the fine line between humour and utter sadness in a way that is very rare' JAN NEWTON

When you're feeling lost at sea, what will it take to guide you home? 

 Grace lives with her father Jack on their crumbling family farm in Wales. Jack, who has dementia, lost his son Michael in a tragic accident at sea many years ago. Each night he is soothed by an old recording of the shipping forecast, lulled to sleep by the belief that Michael is safe.

And while he sleeps, Grace wonders how she ended up back here, caring for her father rather than living her own life.

One day, a young woman turns up on their farm, claiming to be Michael’s daughter. But how can this be, seeing as he died before she was born?

United by this shared flicker of hope, the unlikely trio embark on a journey from the Welsh valleys to Whitby, which will change all their lives forever…

Attention All Shipping, By Kathy Biggs, Read by Kate Jarman and Nico Mirallegro

*Now with an exclusive bonus chapter!*

Escape to Willow Ridge with a deliciously addictive, grumpy x sunshine, sizzling cowboy romance!  

 'I am gonna say it Willow Ridge is on the same level as Chestnut Springs!' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'This book was like when you first put a piece of galaxy on your tongue and it melts knowing it's going to be pure joy' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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She’s here to sell his ranch, but he might steal her heart…

When English wellness influencer Rory Jones inherits her great aunt’s ranch in Colorado, her plan to fix-up and sell-up ASAP hits a snag.

Grumpy head rancher Wyatt Hensley isn’t willing to let a yoga-loving, manifestation guru who doesn’t even know how to ride a horse ruin his ranch.

But when Rory faces up to the fact she hasn’t got anything to rush home for, they strike up a deal that might just save both their jobs.

Can they keep things strictly business, or will their hearts take the reins instead?

Readers adore LIVE, RANCH, LOVE!
‘I devoured this book in a few hours! I love a grumpy cowboy and fiery FMC, especially when it’s a small town romance with such a great amount of spicy' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'So so perfect. Everything you want from a romance and more.' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'It is sweet, and spicy, and heartwarming, and everything I needed right now' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘Wyatt and Aurora have so much chemistry from the get go and when it explodes it’s so hottttt’ Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'This is the quickest I have read a book in so long (the slump has been real). I am well and truly obsessed with Rory and Wyatt’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Live, Ranch, Love, By Emma Lucy, Read by Eleanor Bennett and Greg Stylianou-Burns

‘The compelling stories in this book are funny, uplifting and at times poignant and sad, but always honest. I learned such a lot.’ – Lorraine Kelly

‘A beautifully heartfelt and poignant collection of wisdom, wit, and reflection.’ – William Hanson, author of Just Good Manners 

 If you could write a letter to your younger queer self, what would you say? What advice would you share? And what would you have really wanted, or needed, to hear?

This heartfelt collection of letters written by eminent queer people across music, television, activism, comedy and politics, is a celebration of self-acceptance and an inspiring resource for anyone who has ever struggled with ‘growing up different’. Each letter is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and a powerful reminder that love transcends all.

Contributors include comedian Suzi Ruffell, concert pianist Cyrill Ibrahim, Nadia Whittome MP, Olympic gymnast Andrew Stamp, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Alaska, HIV activist Philip Baldwin, TV personality Ella Morgan and gallery director Robert Diament, to name a few.

Letters to My Younger Queer Self: Inspiring, influential voices from the LGBTQIA+ community, By Edited by Daniel Harding, Read by Daniel Harding

Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection, By Isaac Asimov, Read by William Hope

'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable' Rose Tremain, Absolutely and Forever
What will it take to uncover her past? 

 A lost child.

When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world.

A displaced mother.

Belle came to England upon her marriage, a whirlwind romance from the beaches of Mombasa to the English suburbs. But far from friends and family, her life and love affair began to crumble.

A family secret.

As Mivvi grows up in the shadow of her mother's illnesses and her father's absences, she must reconnect the pieces that her mother scattered. Can she uncover the secrets clouding their past – and in doing so rewrite her own story?

Travelling from the beaches of Mombasa to the suburbs of England and then on to the teeming streets of Kolkata, a powerful story of mothers and daughters, betrayal and madness and a child who must forge her own identity.

Finding Belle, By Reeta Chakrabarti, Read by Dinita Gohil

Escape to Cornwall this summer with the latest heart-warming and uplifting novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton! 

 Set by the wild Atlantic coast of Cornwall comes a story about finding home in the most unlikely places.

Cordelia Jago has lost everything. Her mother, her father, her career, her husband and her best friend, her trust. All she has left is a legacy she never expected – and would never have wanted.

Wilder Hoo – The Wild House – is a crumbling Cornish Manor House which she hates, full of unhappy memories for her. It is falling down to the brink of ruin.

Determined to sell-up and forget the past forever, she begins to spruce up its echoing rooms – but the house seems to speak to her and to pull her back to happier times in Cornwall.

With the help of the locals, Cordelia breathes new life into the home, But will she find a way to heal her heart too?

A Cornish Legacy, By Fern Britton, Read by Fern Britton

The last Isaac Asimov science fiction collection which contains all of his previously uncollected stories. 

 Gold is Isaac Asimov's last science fiction collection‚ one containing all of his uncollected SF stories that had never before appeared in book form. Gold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-five year career of science fiction's transcendent genius‚ the world-famous author who defined the field of SF for its practitioners‚ for its millions of readers‚ and for the world at large.

The stories collected here for the first time range from the humorous to the profound‚ for Asimov was engaged until the end of his days in the work of redefining and expanding the boundaries of the literature he loved‚ and indeed‚ helped create. And there is more. For at the heart of this extraordinary compendium is the title story‚ "Gold‚" a moving and revealing drama about a writer who gambles everything on a chance at immortality-a gamble Asimov himself made. And won.

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