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    • 1984

    • By: George Orwell
    • Narrated by: Simon Prebble
    • Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56,368 ratings
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    Winston Smith, a hero with no heroic qualities, longs only for truth and decency....
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  • Socialite Gray Godfrey wakes from a night out to an empty bed. Her husband, Paul, is gone, and a thrashing hangover has wiped her memory clean. At first, she's relieved for the break; perhaps Paul needed space. But when his car is found abandoned on the highway, Gray must face the truth....

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  • Investigative journalist Laura Chambers is back in her tiny hometown of Hillsborough, North Carolina. Fired from The Boston Globe, she reluctantly takes a job with the local paper. The work is simple, unimportant, and boring - at least until a missing girl turns up dead....

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  • Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival.

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  • For over 20 years, Joanne Lee's mother kept the remains of three newborn babies hidden in her wardrobe. For the first time since exposing her mother's crimes, Joanne breaks her silence over her family's horrific ordeal....

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  • The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid memoir.
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  • iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy shares her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.

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  • For 60 years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia.
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  • Number-one New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen’s shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother’s house of horrors....

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  • From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remains of the Day comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) with an extraordinary twist—a moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic.

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  • From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....

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  • The fellowship forms and the hobbit Frodo begins his journey to destroy the One Ring. Performed by Andy Serkis
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  • Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than 20 years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace....

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  • One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)....
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  • Autumn and Finn used to be inseparable. But then something changed. Or they changed. Now, they do their best to ignore each other. Autumn has her boyfriend, Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around....

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  • In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe....

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  • From China's most beloved sci-fi author, a first-contact story that weaves politics, science, and cosmic mystery.
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  • In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days....

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  • Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler paints a stunning portrait of an all-too-believable near future....
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  • A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....

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