Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin / Narrated by Elizabeth EvansRequirements: .M4B player, 127 mbOverview: In 2198, 150 years after the desperate wars that destroyed an overpopulated Earth, Man lives precariously on 100 hastily-established colony worlds and in the 7 giant Ships that once ferried men to the stars. Mia Havero’s Ship is a small […]
One Day I’ll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother’s Story by Abi MaxwellRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 306 MBOverview: A fiery, heartbreaking, riveting memoir that follows one New Hampshire family over the course of three years, unspooling a story of gender identity, class, trans youth, and a child caught in the riptide of America’s […]
Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma (Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota, by Larry Millett / Narrated by Steve HendricksonRequirements: .M4B player, 228 mbOverview: Dogged by depression, doubt, and – as a trip to the Mayo Clinic has revealed – emphysema, 66-year-old Sherlock Holmes is preparing to return to England when he receives a shock: a note […]
Berlin by Bea SettonRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 455 MBOverview: A wickedly insightful, darkly funny novel in which a young woman in the grip of an existential malaise moves to a new city for a fresh start but her attempt at reinvention doesn’t quite go to plan When Daphne arrives in Berlin, the last thing she expects […]
Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time by Helen MolesworthRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 292 MBOverview: A renowned jewelry expert recounts her career working with nature’s most extraordinary treasures—gemstones—and traces these rare jewels from ancient Egyptian records through the high-stakes auctions of today. Helen Molesworth has been captivated by precious stones since early childhood but […]