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Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns

by Lawrence Tom, Brian Tom, Chinese American Museum of Northern California ...

Series series Images of America
Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were the vital factor in reclaiming land and made significant contributions to California�s agricultural industry from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, Chinese were already settled in the delta and created Chinatowns in and between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was ... Read more

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Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were the vital factor in reclaiming land and made significant contributions to California�s agricultural industry from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, Chinese were already settled in the delta and created Chinatowns in and between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was
... Read more
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The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

by Daisy Wood ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

A war-torn city. A dangerous secret. A shocking betrayal…Paris, 1940. War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée.But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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A war-torn city. A dangerous secret. A shocking betrayal…Paris, 1940. War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée.But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows
... Read more

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The Burning Men

A totally addictive and page turning police procedural thriller with a killer twist

by Will Shindler ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

THE FIRST IN A PHENOMENAL NEW PROCEDURAL SERIES FEATURING DI ALEX FINN AND DC MATTIE PAULSEN.Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson.When a high-rise development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters tackle the blaze. The building should be empty, but they find a man, unconscious, next to several cases of money.The fire crew ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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THE FIRST IN A PHENOMENAL NEW PROCEDURAL SERIES FEATURING DI ALEX FINN AND DC MATTIE PAULSEN.Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson.When a high-rise development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters tackle the blaze. The building should be empty, but they find a man, unconscious, next to several cases of money.The fire crew
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The Cold Case

A totally gripping crime thriller with a killer twist you won't see coming

by Will Shindler ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn seriesYears ago someone got away with murder... But time's up.2009During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn takes the case and fears that the disappearances are linked. In a race against the clock to find and rescue the children alive, Finn and his team are only partially successful. Two ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn seriesYears ago someone got away with murder... But time's up.2009During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn takes the case and fears that the disappearances are linked. In a race against the clock to find and rescue the children alive, Finn and his team are only partially successful. Two
... Read more

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The Blood Line

an absolutely gripping detective crime novel to keep you hooked

by Will Shindler ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

The next instalment in Will Shindler's critically acclaimed and explosive DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen series - a gripping London-set detective story full of twists and turnsAn ordinary day. An ordinary street. A gruesome delivery waiting on the doorstep that's going to set off an spine-chilling chain of events...Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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The next instalment in Will Shindler's critically acclaimed and explosive DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen series - a gripping London-set detective story full of twists and turnsAn ordinary day. An ordinary street. A gruesome delivery waiting on the doorstep that's going to set off an spine-chilling chain of events...Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no
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France

An Adventure History

by Graham Robb ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

17 hours 1 min

Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes listeners on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with the deep understanding of a scholar.Robb's own adventures and discoveries while living ... Read more

$30.99 USD

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Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes listeners on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham Robb's France combines the stylistic versatility of a novelist with the deep understanding of a scholar.Robb's own adventures and discoveries while living
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Ape that Understood the Universe, The

How the Mind and Culture Evolve

by Steve Stewart-Williams ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

15 hours 53 min

The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major
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Empire of Destruction

A History of Nazi Mass Killing

by Alex J. Kay ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

14 hours 56 min

The first integrative history of Nazi mass killing—showing how policies of mass murder were crucial to the regime’s strategy to win the warNazi Germany killed approximately thirteen million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, overwhelmingly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The first integrative history of Nazi mass killing—showing how policies of mass murder were crucial to the regime’s strategy to win the warNazi Germany killed approximately thirteen million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, overwhelmingly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the
... Read more
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Postcapitalist Desire

The Final Lectures

by Mark Fisher ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element — the classroom — outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished.Beginning with that most fundamental of questions — "Do we really want what we say we want?" — Fisher explores the relationship between desire and ... Read more

$24.95 USD

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Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element — the classroom — outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished.Beginning with that most fundamental of questions — "Do we really want what we say we want?" — Fisher explores the relationship between desire and
... Read more

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The Hunting Ground

A gripping detective novel that will give you chills

by Will Shindler ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her little boy is missing.DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen know that, in the case of a missing child, it's the first 24 hours that count. They don't have many left to find out ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her little boy is missing.DI Alex Finn and DC Mattie Paulsen know that, in the case of a missing child, it's the first 24 hours that count. They don't have many left to find out
... Read more

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When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence, Willow Nash ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, starred review) story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust—based on a true story.Three friends. One memory.Vienna. 1936.Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, starred review) story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust—based on a true story.Three friends. One memory.Vienna. 1936.Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware
... Read more

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The Killing Choice

Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month ‘Riveting'

by Will Shindler ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Series series DI Alex Finn
Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

THE SECOND NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSEN'Leave your daughter with me, or I will kill you both.'It felt like any other evening before Karl and his daughter were ambushed by a figure in a blank mask. A knife is put to her throat, and Karl is forced to make an impossible decision. Stay and die, or walk away and take this thug's word that they ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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THE SECOND NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSEN'Leave your daughter with me, or I will kill you both.'It felt like any other evening before Karl and his daughter were ambushed by a figure in a blank mask. A knife is put to her throat, and Karl is forced to make an impossible decision. Stay and die, or walk away and take this thug's word that they
... Read more

Also available as: eBook