Whales in the City - Nancy F. Castaldo

Seeker of Lost Paintings - Sarah Freethy

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial : https://esound.space/full [https://esound.space/full] Title: Seeker of Lost Paintings Author: Sarah Freethy Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 10:00:00 Language: English Release date: 06-05-2025 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction Summary: A sophisticated and thrilling historical page-turner about love and art spanning Geneva, Rome and London - perfect for fans of Christy Lefteri and Victoria Hislop.  Three love stories told across four centuries A search for a missing masterpiece . . .    A scorching sunshine has been burning the streets of central London for days but apart from a handful of West End spots heaving with tourists, the city is empty. Just behind Piccadilly, the streets of St James are deserted. The grand, imposing Georgian facades sit in perfect stillness.   Jude Montague prepares to close his art gallery at the end of another ordinary day but just as he is about to leave, a woman arrives. Bianca Fremont is beautiful and intriguing, and when Jude discovers Bianca owns a torn fragment of what could be a genuine Caravaggio, Jude is caught in a search that takes him across Europe.  For Bianca, her quest for the missing painting is her chance to uncover the story of her parents' passionate love affair and a shocking secret that has stayed hidden for hundreds of years.   Praise for Sarah Freethy's The Porcelain Maker:  ‘A page-turning journey to uncover a past of heroism, betrayal, love, and loss’ Heather Morris, bestselling author of Sisters under the Rising Sun 'So compelling' Sunday Times 'A gorgeous debut' Heat

Whales in the City - Nancy F. Castaldo

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial : https://esound.space/full [https://esound.space/full] Title: Whales in the City Author: Nancy F. Castaldo Narrator: Tara Novie Format: Unabridged Length: 0:16:00 Language: English Release date: 03-18-2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family Summary: For fans of If Sharks Disappeared, this kid-friendly picture book is a true story about how community action saved the whales of New York Harbor and reversed the effects of climate change. Spanning from pre-colonization to today, learn how the industrial revolution, overfishing, and pollution drove whales away from New York Harbor and the Hudson River by the early 20th Century. But the story doesn’t end there. Passionate citizens were able to band together and clean up the harbor through activism and legislation. The first whales were spotted in the Hudson after over 100 years in 2019! Here is an uplifting environmental success story full of towering skyscrapers and underwater dramatics that highlights the power of community – voicing to readers of all ages that each of us can make a difference. Also includes backmatter on whales and water pollution around the country.

Haunting of Room 904: A Novel - Erika T. Wurth

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial : https://esound.space/full [https://esound.space/full] Title: Haunting of Room 904: A Novel Author: Erika T. Wurth Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 9:46:00 Language: English Release date: 03-18-2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror Summary: From the author of White Horse (“Twisty and electric.” —The New York Times Book Review) comes a terrifying and resonant novel about a woman who uses her unique gift to learn the truth about her sister’s death. Olivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her sister, Naiche. But when Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances, somehow Olivia suddenly can’t stop seeing and hearing from spirits. A few years later, she’s the most in-demand paranormal investigator in Denver. She’s good at her job, but the loss of Naiche haunts her. That’s when she hears from the Brown Palace, a landmark Denver hotel. The owner can’t explain it, but every few years, a girl is found dead in room 904, no matter what room she checked into the night before. As Olivia tries to understand these disturbing deaths, the past and the present collide as Olivia’s investigation forces her to confront a mysterious and possibly dangerous cult, a vindictive journalist, betrayal by her friends, and shocking revelations about her sister’s secret life. The Haunting of Room 904 is a paranormal thriller that is as edgy as it is heartfelt and simmers with intensity and longing. Erika T. Wurth lives up to her reputation as “a gritty new punkish outsider voice in American horror.”

Pure Innocent Fun: Essays - Ira Madison

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial : https://esound.space/full [https://esound.space/full] Title: Pure Innocent Fun: Essays Author: Ira Madison Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 9:00:00 Language: English Release date: 02-04-2025 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science Summary: In this nostalgic and raucous collection of sixteen original essays, Ira Madison III—critic, television writer, and host of the beloved Keep It podcast—combines memoir and criticism to offer a brand-new pop-culture manifesto. Most of us can recall the first TV show, movie, book, or song that made you feel understood—that shaped how you live, what you love, and who you would become. It gave us an entire worldview. For Ira Madison, that book was Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which cemented the idea that pop culture could be a rigorous subject—and that, for better or worse, it shapes all of us. Here, Madison explores the key cultural moments that inspired his career as a critic and guided his coming of age as a Black, gay man in Milwaukee.  In this hilarious, full throttle trip through the '90s and 2000s, he recounts learning about sex from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his mom's Lil' Kim CDs; facing the most heartbreaking election of his youth (not George W. Bush's 2004 re-election, but Jennifer Hudson losing American Idol); observing how Jerry Springer accidentally shaped queer representation; and how never getting his driver’s license in high school made him just like Cher Horowitz in Clueless: “A virgin who can’t drive.” Brimming with a profound love for a bygone culture and alternating between irreverence and heartfelt insight, Pure Innocent Fun, like all the best products of pop culture, will leave you entertained and surprisingly enlightened.

Arranged Marriage with A BBW 1-3 Omnibus - B. Payne

Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day free trial : https://esound.space/full [https://esound.space/full] Title: Arranged Marriage with A BBW 1-3 Omnibus Author: B. Payne Narrator: TBD Format: Unabridged Length: 3:30:00 Language: English Release date: 10-28-2024 Publisher: Recorded Books Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature Summary: Imagine being the only witness to a murder, then falling in love with the killer. This ain’t your typical love story… Nadia never thought that she’d fit in so quickly when she transferred to her new school. Nobody wants to be the new girl during senior year. Luckily love steps in & she suddenly becomes the it girl. But she never imagined she’d lose that love just as quickly as she found it. When Nadia and Mahlik first meet neither of them have any idea how seriously their futures are connected and that they’re fated to be together for reasons beyond both of their control. But can Mahlik manage self-control in order to keep Nadia under control? Can Nadia truly love a man she once saw as a monster? Will any of it matter when all the secrets are laid out on the table and they’re both given an ultimatum?