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'Tamara’s lovely words just flow in stunning sentences, just a lovely guide back to yourself. I really am impressed with Tamara’s view into the wellness world.' 5/5 stars - Listener review.

The world outside can be brash, loud, and leave us feeling bruised. Affirmation is your spiritual audio guide to quietening external noise, focusing your mind and harnessing your positive energy so you can figure out what you want. And get it. 

Using positive quotes, positive affirmations and mindfulness meditation, Tamara Driessen creates a space to retreat to for moments of calm and self-care throughout your day. 

Affirmation is here to reconnect you with your inner being and learn self-trust, so you can go out into the world with confidence.

Affirmation, read by Tamara Driessen

The intricacy of modern life has created a false dichotomy between things that are 'hard and important' and those that are 'easy and trivial'. Everything has become so much harder than it ought to be. But, Greg McKeown, best-selling author of Essentialism, says, there is a third alternative. In Effortless, he offers practical strategies for making the most vital tasks the easiest ones.

Effortless, written and read by Greg McKeown

Sorrowland - Rivers Solomon

Think of any problem that we face and there is already a solution out there. We just need to know where to look – and have the courage to think big.

All around the world, people are successfully putting into action ingenious ways to tackle everything from inequality and climate crisis to the challenges of housing, technology and demographic change. 

In his award-winning podcast Reasons to Be Cheerful, Ed Miliband has captured the imagination of millions by investigating how these schemes came about and why they work. In Go Big, he shows that a different world is entirely possible and how to get there by combining the best and most ambitious of these solutions – on a large scale.

Go Big, written and read by Ed Miliband

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making - from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

A Promised Land, Chapter 1, read by Barack Obama

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.

Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same.

Becoming, Chapter 1, read by Michelle Obama

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, read by Stephen Hogan.

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he?

Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.

At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from – and over his three score years and ten, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much more.

In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.


Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109577/the-heart-s-invisible-furies/#AQTFYJCxQKL3lclk.99

The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne (audiobook extract) read by Stephen Hogan

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of All Our Wrong Todays, written and read by Elan Mastai.

Tom lives in a perfect world: no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocados. . . oh, and time travel. When he loses the love of his life, going back to fix it seems like the only answer. . . what could possibly go wrong?

Elan Mastai's breakthrough novel brings a whole new dimension to a classic love story

So, the thing is, I come from the world we were supposed to have.

That means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have.

But it never should've turned out like this. And it's all my fault - well, me and to a lesser extent my father.

And, yeah, I guess a little bit Penelope.

In both worlds, she's the love of my life. But only a single version of her can exist.

I have one impossible chance to fix history's greatest mistake and save this broken world.

Except it means saving one Penelope and losing the other forever - and I have absolutely no idea which to choose . . .
Praise for All Our Wrong Todays

'A thrilling tale of time travel and alternate timelines with a refreshingly optimistic view of humanity's future'
Andy Weir, author of international bestseller The Martian

'A novel about time travel has no right to be this engaging. A novel this engaging has no right to be this smart. And a novel this smart has no right to be this funny. Or insightful. Or immersive. Basically, this novel has no right to exist."
Jonathan Tropper, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where I Leave You and One Last Thing Before I Go

'Elan Mastai has conjured up a witty and freewheeling time-traveling romance that packs an emotional wallop.All Our Wrong Todays is a page-turning delight' 
Maria Semple, author of Today Will Be Different and Where'd You Go, Bernadette


Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/295240/all-our-wrong-todays/#ueIXAEDMjXRO4wsd.99

All Our Wrong Todays written and read by Elan Mastai (audiobook extract)

This is a signed edition. Limited quantities available. &#160; #1 bestselling author John Green returns with his first new novel since&#160;The Fault in Our Stars! &#160; Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there&rsquo;s a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett&rsquo;s son, Davis. &#160;&#160;&#160; Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within&#160;the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.&#160; &#160; In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of&#160;Looking for Alaska&#160;and&#160;The Fault in Our Stars,&#160;shares Aza&rsquo;s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525591028?tag=randohouseinc7911-20">Amazon - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-8373827-11819508?sid=PRHD39095A662&url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=9780525591023">Barnes & Noble - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-8373827-10876509?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525591023&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/9780525591023">Books A Million - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9780525555360?utm_source=prh&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=301&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780525555360&utm_campaign=9780525555360">Hudson Booksellers</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525591023?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/book/-9780525591023?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=PRHD39095A662--9780525591023">Powell's - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://goto.target.com/c/128773/81938/2092?subId1=PRHD39095A662--9780525555360&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3D9780525555360">Target</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780525591023&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9780525591023%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="https://google.prf.hn/click/camref:1011ld4r/pubref:PRHD39095A662--9780525555353/destination:https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9780525555353&c=books">Google Play Store</a><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1292023265?at=11l3IH&ct=PRHD39095A662--9780525591030">iBooks - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&offerid=258185.12829781935712206&type=2&u1=PRHD39095A662--9780525555353}&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobo.com%2Fsearch%3FQuery%3D9780525555353">Kobo</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-8373827-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=Turtles+All+the+Way+Down+John+Green&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525591030">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-8373827-11117375?SID=PRHD39095A662--9780525591030&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/9780525591030">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, read by Kate Rudd

Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. But these reactions only serve to silence people of colour, who cannot give honest feedback to 'liberal' white people lest they provoke a dangerous emotional reaction.

Robin DiAngelo coined the term 'White Fragility' in 2011 to describe this process and is here to show us how it serves to uphold the system of white supremacy. Using knowledge and insight gained over decades of running racial awareness workshops and working on this idea as a Professor of Whiteness Studies, she shows us how we can start having more honest conversations, listen to each other better and react to feedback with grace and humility. It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical, granular level, and it is time for all white people to take responsibility for relinquishing their own racial supremacy.

'With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to "bad people." In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward. This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change' Claudia Rankine

'An important book' Nikesh Shukla

'By turns mordant and then inspirational, an argument that powerful forces and tragic histories stack the deck fully against racial justice alongside one that we need only to be clearer, try harder, and do better' David Roediger, Los Angeles Review of Books

'The value in White Fragility lies in its methodical, irrefutable exposure of racism in thought and action, and its call for humility and vigilance' Katy Waldman, New Yorker

'A vital, necessary, and beautiful book' Michael Eric Dyson

Narrated by Amy Landon.

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo - extract

An instant New York Times and USA Today best seller! 

"A deft, fascinating page-turner replete with richly drawn characters and plot twists that would stump Hercule Poirot." (Kate Quinn, New York Times best-selling author of The Alice Network, The Huntress, and The Rose Code)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of The Only Woman in the Room returns with a thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926.

In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.

The puzzle of those missing 11 days has persisted. With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries.

What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?

Agatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie's masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all.

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The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict, Narrated by Nicola Barber

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Affirmation, read by Tamara Driessen

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