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NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel) Vol. 1, The

by Hirukuma, Namako ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel)
Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

What IS Real?Yoshio is thirty years old, and his life is a mess. A shut-in living with his parents, he has no job, no relationship, and no prospects. When he receives a new sim computer game that boasts characters created with a new kind of A.I., he doesn't think much of it--until he gets drawn into a fantasy world so vibrant and lifelike that its residents can't just be game characters. Suddenly ... Read more

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What IS Real?Yoshio is thirty years old, and his life is a mess. A shut-in living with his parents, he has no job, no relationship, and no prospects. When he receives a new sim computer game that boasts characters created with a new kind of A.I., he doesn't think much of it--until he gets drawn into a fantasy world so vibrant and lifelike that its residents can't just be game characters. Suddenly
... Read more
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Light Novel)

by Yoru Sumino, loundraw ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

A Story of Secrets, Love, and LossA high school boy finds the diary of his classmate--only to discover that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story ... Read more

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A Story of Secrets, Love, and LossA high school boy finds the diary of his classmate--only to discover that she's dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won't tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story
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Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 1

by Motoo Nakanishi ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel)
Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

Blade of the GuardianFor generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation the shrine has had an Itsukihime--its shrine maiden--and the maiden has had her guardian. During the Edo period, a young man named Jinta protects the town and the Itsukihime. When he confronts a strange demon in the nearby forest, it tells him that in the distant future a Demon God ... Read more

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Blade of the GuardianFor generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation the shrine has had an Itsukihime--its shrine maiden--and the maiden has had her guardian. During the Edo period, a young man named Jinta protects the town and the Itsukihime. When he confronts a strange demon in the nearby forest, it tells him that in the distant future a Demon God
... Read more

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I Have a Secret (Light Novel)

by Yoru Sumino ...

Narrated by Sara Matsui-Colby, Paul Dateh ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Swear You'll Never TellFive high school classmates hold secrets close to their hearts--hidden talents, unspoken feelings, and buried pain. As they collide with each other on the path to growing up, they might jostle some of those secrets free. From Yoru Sumino, acclaimed author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and I Had That Same Dream Again comes a gentle, intriguing tale about love, life, and the ... Read more

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Swear You'll Never TellFive high school classmates hold secrets close to their hearts--hidden talents, unspoken feelings, and buried pain. As they collide with each other on the path to growing up, they might jostle some of those secrets free. From Yoru Sumino, acclaimed author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and I Had That Same Dream Again comes a gentle, intriguing tale about love, life, and the
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Until I Meet My Husband (Memoir)

by Ryousuke Nanasaki ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

The memoir of gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki on the road to his historic marriageRyousuke Nanasaki married his husband in 2016 in the first religiously recognized same-sex wedding in Japanese history. This collection of essays follows Ryousuke's search for love on the journey to his extraordinary marriage. From unrequited junior high crushes to awkward dating sites to finally finding a community, ... Read more

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The memoir of gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki on the road to his historic marriageRyousuke Nanasaki married his husband in 2016 in the first religiously recognized same-sex wedding in Japanese history. This collection of essays follows Ryousuke's search for love on the journey to his extraordinary marriage. From unrequited junior high crushes to awkward dating sites to finally finding a community,
... Read more
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NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel) Vol. 2, The

by Hirukuma, Namako ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel)
Unabridged

5 hours 50 min

When Fantasy Invades RealityYoshio was a thirty-year-old unemployed shut-in when a mysterious village-building sim, The Village of Fate, showed up at his door. Through watching and caring for the game's intensely realistic NPCs, Yoshio has started getting his life back on track--getting a job to pay for microtransactions, and using the villagers' care for each other as inspiration to reconnect ... Read more

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When Fantasy Invades RealityYoshio was a thirty-year-old unemployed shut-in when a mysterious village-building sim, The Village of Fate, showed up at his door. Through watching and caring for the game's intensely realistic NPCs, Yoshio has started getting his life back on track--getting a job to pay for microtransactions, and using the villagers' care for each other as inspiration to reconnect
... Read more
Audiobook

NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel) Vol. 3, The

by Hirukuma, Namako ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel)
Unabridged

7 hours 37 min

THE SHUT-IN'S JOURNEYThe game is over for Yoshio. His villagers are gone, all dead as far as he can tell. But just as he is overcome with despair, one final gift arrives from the Village of Fate--a package containing the NPC Carol, and she's clearly a real, live girl. With Carol in tow, Yoshio leaves the safety of his home to travel to Hokkaido, where the developers are located. He will uncover ... Read more

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THE SHUT-IN'S JOURNEYThe game is over for Yoshio. His villagers are gone, all dead as far as he can tell. But just as he is overcome with despair, one final gift arrives from the Village of Fate--a package containing the NPC Carol, and she's clearly a real, live girl. With Carol in tow, Yoshio leaves the safety of his home to travel to Hokkaido, where the developers are located. He will uncover
... Read more
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If Something Happens to Me

A Novel

by Alex Finlay ...

Narrated by Helen Laser, John Pirhalla, Paul Dateh ...

Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

This program features multicast narration.**A USA Today Bestseller!From “one of the genre’s most exciting voices” (E! News) comes one of the year’s most-anticipated thrillers.**For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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This program features multicast narration.**A USA Today Bestseller!From “one of the genre’s most exciting voices” (E! News) comes one of the year’s most-anticipated thrillers.**For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is
... Read more

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Audiobook

Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 2

by Motoo Nakanishi ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel)
Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

STALKING SPIRITS IN THE RESTLESS CITYJinta's path is set: in one hundred and seventy years, he will face the Demon God and attempt to prevent a catastrophe. He has changed his name to Jinya and left his adopted home behind. It is the Bakumatsu period, and the city of Edo is bristling with unease. As a demon hunter in the city, Jinya encounters a warrior in search of his missing brother and finds ... Read more

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STALKING SPIRITS IN THE RESTLESS CITYJinta's path is set: in one hundred and seventy years, he will face the Demon God and attempt to prevent a catastrophe. He has changed his name to Jinya and left his adopted home behind. It is the Bakumatsu period, and the city of Edo is bristling with unease. As a demon hunter in the city, Jinya encounters a warrior in search of his missing brother and finds
... Read more

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Audiobook

Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 3

by Motoo Nakanishi ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel)
Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

HAZY DREAMS, HONEYED SNOWEdo, the winter of 1856. The city is abuzz over a liquor known as Snow's Memory. The craze sparks an incident, and demon hunter Jinya finds himself embroiled in intoxicating affairs. Amid the intrigue and rumor, he uncovers signs that point to his long-lost younger sister. But does Jinya want to find her, when their future looms and their past is inescapable? ... Read more

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HAZY DREAMS, HONEYED SNOWEdo, the winter of 1856. The city is abuzz over a liquor known as Snow's Memory. The craze sparks an incident, and demon hunter Jinya finds himself embroiled in intoxicating affairs. Amid the intrigue and rumor, he uncovers signs that point to his long-lost younger sister. But does Jinya want to find her, when their future looms and their past is inescapable?
... Read more

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Audiobook

Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 10

by Motoo Nakanishi ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel)
Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

A POWER FROM THE PASTWith his allies by his side, Jinya manages to bring an end to Nagumo Eizen's schemes. But while the lives of those dear to him are safe, the demonic sword he sought, Demon Wail, is taken by Yonabari amid the chaos. Yonabari is secretly after a power hidden in the blade--a power with deep ties to Jinya's memory of Kadono... Is the sword lost to Jinya forever? And as the sun ... Read more

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A POWER FROM THE PASTWith his allies by his side, Jinya manages to bring an end to Nagumo Eizen's schemes. But while the lives of those dear to him are safe, the demonic sword he sought, Demon Wail, is taken by Yonabari amid the chaos. Yonabari is secretly after a power hidden in the blade--a power with deep ties to Jinya's memory of Kadono... Is the sword lost to Jinya forever? And as the sun
... Read more

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Audiobook

Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel) Vol. 7

by Motoo Nakanishi ...

Narrated by Paul Dateh ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho (Light Novel)
Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

FAMILY REUNIONIt is now year 16 of the Meiji era (1883 AD). 43 years have passed since Jinya left all he knew in Kadono and set off on a journey to grow stronger. In that time, he's forged a somewhat peaceful life for himself at Demon Soba with his daughter and friends.But if Jinya's many years have taught him anything, it's that nothing lasts forever--a lesson made all too clear as he once again ... Read more

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FAMILY REUNIONIt is now year 16 of the Meiji era (1883 AD). 43 years have passed since Jinya left all he knew in Kadono and set off on a journey to grow stronger. In that time, he's forged a somewhat peaceful life for himself at Demon Soba with his daughter and friends.But if Jinya's many years have taught him anything, it's that nothing lasts forever--a lesson made all too clear as he once again
... Read more

Also available as: eBook