Kate’s 2¢: “The oceans: a deep history” by Eelco J. Rohling

“The oceans: a deep history” by Eelco J. Rohling

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   Ken Kliban did a good job of narrating this learned story. Rohling knows what he’s talking about and presented his research in a readable format for all of us to understand.

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 EELCO J. ROHLING is Professor of Ocean and Climate Change at the Australian National University. He is secondarily affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on ocean and climate change, in particular sea level, climate sensitivity, and past episodes of enhanced carbon burial in ocean sediments.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The oceans: a deep history DB94383

Rohling, Eelco J Reading time: 11 hours, 38 minutes.

Ken Kliban A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Science and Technology

Oceanographer provides a history of the world’s oceans and their role in Earth’s climate systems over the past 4. 4 billion years. Discusses the oceans’ origins, change agents, climate swings, the impacts of life on Earth, acidification, and prospects for the future. 2017.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Teacher” by Freida McFadden

“The Teacher” by Freida McFadden

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   Wow. Another good one from McFadden. By having Leslie Howard and Danny Montooth read various parts added to the listening experience of this suspenseful, though disturbing, story.  

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Freida McFadden (born May 1) is an American author and practicing physician specializing in brain injury from New York City.

Biography[edit]

McFadden self-published her first book through Amazon KDP in 2013. Her 2022 book The Housemaid was an international bestseller. A movie adaptation of the book is set to be adapted for Lionsgate with Rebecca Sonnenshine to pen the screenplay, and Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young to produce.[1]

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www.freidamcfadden.com

Freida McFadden (born May 1) is an American author and practicing physician specializing in brain injury from New York City.

Biography[edit]

McFadden self-published her first book through Amazon KDP in 2013. Her 2022 book The Housemaid was an international bestseller. A movie adaptation of the book is set to be adapted for Lionsgate with Rebecca Sonnenshine to pen the screenplay, and Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young to produce.[1]

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The teacher DB119661

McFadden, Freida. Reading time: 9 hours, 38 minutes.

Read by Leslie Howard; Danny Montooth.

Suspense Fiction

School Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Psychological Fiction

Bestsellers

“Something isn’t right at Caseham High School. Last year, the school was rocked by scandal: a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Now, Addie is a pariah and will do anything to get through the year. More than that, she’s desperate to keep the truth from coming to light. Evie, a colleague of the disgraced teacher, is horrified to find Addie in her class. She knows the girl can’t be trusted and soon realizes she’s being watched – which is dangerous, considering she’s hiding something from her husband. But each has secrets about what happened last year. And someone in this school will do anything to keep them silent”– Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.

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Kate’s 2¢:” A calamity of souls” by David Baldacci

”A calamity of souls” by David Baldacci

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   One day I heard a PODcast “Books in Three Bytes” when David Baldacci was being interviewed. It was anew book and hadn’t been recorded by NLS at that time. Eventually, I was hooked on reading Baldacci’s books.

   Sometimes, a court drama is long and rather boring, but Baldacci’s court room scenes move right along and get to the point. He is a cameo narrator along with Kiiri Sandy,  Sisi Aisha Johnson, Cary Hite,  and MacLeod Andrews. Having multiple readers enhanced my listening pleasure, not to mention how the story kept me glued to my Victor Trek Reader  until the twist at the end.

www.davidbaldacci.com

David Baldacci, known by his pseudonym David Baldacci Ford (born August 5, 1960) is an American novelist. An attorney by education, Baldacci writes mainly suspense novels and legal thrillers.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

David Baldacci was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Henrico High School and earned a B.A. in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, after which he practiced law for nine years in Washington, D.C.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

A calamity of souls DB120798

Baldacci, David. Reading time: 14 hours, 31 minutes.

Read by Kiiri Sandy; Sisi Aisha Johnson; David Baldacci; Cary Hite; MacLeod Andrews.

Suspense Fiction

Legal Fiction

“Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial. Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era. Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecutions deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice. Over a decade in the writing, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will seem both foreign and familiar.”– OCLC. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Locked Door” by Freida McFadden

“The Locked Door” by Freida McFadden

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   Whether your fear is of being on the outside of a locked door or on the inside of a locked door, it is a universal fear issue. Although this story was a bit gory, it was quite suspenseful and will keep you reading to find out the surprise ending.

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www.freidamcfadden.com

Freida McFadden (born May 1) is an American author and practicing physician specializing in brain injury from New York City.

Biography[edit]

McFadden self-published her first book through Amazon KDP in 2013. Her 2022 book The Housemaid was an international bestseller. A movie adaptation of the book is set to be adapted for Lionsgate with Rebecca Sonnenshine to pen the screenplay, and Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young to produce.[1]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The locked door DB119313

McFadden, Freida. Reading time: 8 hours, 19 minutes.

Read by Shaina Summerville.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Psychological Fiction

“Some doors are locked for a reason . . . While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way. Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims. Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she’s not a killer like her father. The police can’t pin anything on her. As long as they don’t look in her basement.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Beloved beasts: fighting for life in an age of extinction” by Michelle Nijhuis

“Beloved beasts: fighting for life in an age of extinction” by Michelle Nijhuis

ISBN 9781324001690)

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   I enjoyed this well researched and written story read by Christina Delaine.

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Nijhuis was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated from Reed College in 1996[2] and began interning at High Country News, in Paonia, Colorado, in January 1998.

Career[edit]

Nijhuis is the Contributing Editor of High Country News.[3] She also holds the title of Contributing Writer for Smithsonian magazine.[4] She has also published in The New York Times,[5] Nature,[6] Scientific American,[7] National Geographic, Audubon, and Orion, among many other outlets. She gave the 2008 commencement address at her alma mater, Reed College.[8]

With journalist Thomas Hayden, Nijhuis is the co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook, released in spring 2013.[9] Nijhuis blogs regularly at The Last Word on Nothing.[10] In her book, Beloved Beasts, published in 2021, she traces key turning points in the development of conservation biology that considers the restoration of ecological processes with an emphasis on the impact of an animal upon the ecosystem beyond the importance of an individual species.[11] Beginning with the conservation of American bison, the book describes chronologically both well known campaigns and obscure efforts to protect animals along with key people and organizations.[12] Turning points in the history of the conservation movement are told through the biographies of interesting, often flawed and contradictory people.[13] She doesn’t avoid the realities of where conservation was built on a foundation of nationalism, sexism, and racism.[14] The movement, with roots in elite circles in North America and Europe, often overlooked the ability of people to manage the species they live alongside.[15]

Nijhuis appeared in the 2023 Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo.[16]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Beloved beasts: fighting for life in an age of extinction DB114556

Nijhuis, Michelle Reading time: 10 hours, 31 minutes.

Christina Delaine

Nature and the Environment

“In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement’s history: from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale. She describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson as well as lesser-known figures in conservation history; she reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund; she explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros; and she confronts the darker side of conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change escalate, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species–including our own.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Killer Instinct” by Howard Roughan with James Patterson

“Killer Instinct” by Howard Roughan with James Patterson

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   Blend together a  beautiful, straight,  white gal, two white, gay guys, and a sweet little, adopted South African girl; add in a few huge lies between friends; stir in terrorists with their bombs and drones; shake, and try to figure out which end is up.

   Edoardo Ballerini did a good job of reading this novel.

From Wikipedia:

Howard Roughan is an American author. He has two novels in print: The Up and Comer (2001) and The Promise of a Lie (2004). Roughan also co-wrote the novels Honeymoon , You’ve Been Warned , Sail , and Don’t Blink with best-selling author James Patterson .

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James Patterson books have sold more than 300 million copies and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes’s list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million. His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.

   In November 2015, Patterson received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, which cited him as a “passionate campaigner to make books and reading a national priority. A generous supporter of universities, teachers colleges, independent bookstores, school libraries, and college students, Patterson has donated millions of dollars in grants and scholarships with the purpose of encouraging Americans of all ages to read more books.”

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Killer instinct DB96850

Patterson, James; Roughan, Howard. Reading time: 7 hours, 28 minutes.

Read by Edoardo Ballerini.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Bestsellers

Dr. Dylan Reinhart and Detective Elizabeth Needham, from Murder Games (DB 88443), reunite to stop the most sinister terrorist plot against New York City since 9/11. As it unfolds, Needham does something courageous that makes her a prime target for the ruthless murderer behind the attack. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019.

Kate’s 2¢: “The best American science & nature writing 2023” edited by Carl Zimmer

“The best American science & nature writing 2023” edited by Carl Zimmer

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   These essays were read by a variety of narrators, which gave each essay a special vibe. I didn’t necessarily agree with all of the issues, and I started to bookmark points of interest to list as ‘take-aways’. I found I made so many notes that I think you’ll have to read this book to make up your own mind without my suggestions.

www.carlzimmer.com:

Carl Zimmer reports from the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. New York has called him “the country’s most respected science journalist.” 

Zimmer has contributed reporting to the New York Times since 2004, and has been a columnist since 2013. In his “Origins” column, he explores how life’s diversity came to be. His journalism has won many awards, including the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution to recognize individuals whose sustained efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science.

In addition to his reporting, Zimmer is the author of fourteen books about science. His latest book is Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive.  The New York Times named it a Notable Book of 2021, and it was a finalist for the 2021 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna praised the book, saying, “Carl Zimmer shows what a great suspense novel science can be. Life’s Edge is a timely exploration in an age when modern Dr. Frankensteins are hard at work, but Carl’s artful, vivid, irresistible writing transcends the moment in these twisting chapters of intellectual revelation. Prepare to be enthralled.” 

Zimmer started his journalism career at Discover, where he went on to serve for five years as a senior editor. He has also written for other magazines including National Geographic, Wired, and The Atlantic. In 2003, Zimmer launched “The Loom,” an award-winning blog which has been hosted by Discover and National Geographic. 

Zimmer is a two-time winner of an Online Journalism Award. He won in 2017 for his reporting on genomes for STAT. In 2021, his Covid-19 vaccine coverage was part of the package that earned the New York Times  an award for general excellence. Zimmer is a three-time winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Journalism Award, twice for his work for The New York Times and once for the Loom. Zimmer won the National Academies Science Communication Award in 2007 for “his diverse and consistently interesting coverage of evolution and unexpected biology.” In 2015, the National Association of Biology Teachers awarded Zimmer with their Distinguished Service Award. His work has been anthologized in both The Best American Science Writing series and The Best American Science and Nature Writing series.  In 2023, Zimmer served as the editor of The Best of American Science and Nature Writing. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he contributed to the coverage that won the New York Times the public service Pulitzer Prize in 2021. 

In 1998, Zimmer published his first book, At the Water’s Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore and Then Went Back to Sea.

He is, to his knowledge, the only writer after whom both a species of tapeworm and an asteroid have been named.  

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The best American science & nature writing 2023 / DB119248

Read by Nikki Massoud; Em Grosland; Shahjehan Khan; Johnny Rey Diaz; Jeena Yi; Katharine Chin. Reading time: 11 hours, 16 minutes.

Science and Technology

Health and Medicine

Literature

Nature and the Environment

“The essays in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us. From a hopeful portrait of a future for people with Alzheimer’s disease, to a fascinating exploration of the rise of nearsightedness in children, to the heroic story of a herd of cows that evaded a hurricane, these selections reveal how science and nature shape our everyday lives. With tremendous intelligence, clarity, and insight, this anthology offers an expansive look at where we are and where we are headed.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Kate’s 2¢: “The Great Longing” by Marcele Möring

Translated by Stacey Knecht

“The Great Longing” by Marcele Möring

Translated by Stacey Knecht

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   Phil Regensdorf did a good job of reading this translation by Stacey Knecht of  Marcele Möring’s book. I like reading stories by authors from all countries. They usually have a different take of issues they write about.

   I suggest that, if the readers pay attention to Sam’s dreams, they will come to what really happened when the children’s parents died.

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Marcel Möring. Marcel Möring (born 5 September 1957, in Enschede) is a Dutch writer. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2007 for his novel Dis, translated into English under the title In A Dark Wood. He received the Anna Blaman Prijs in 1996.

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Stacey Knecht – Wikipedia

WEBStacey Knecht (born 1957 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American translator and editor. She translates literary works from Hungarian, Czech, Dutch and Flemish into English and is Editorial Director at Sticking Place Books.

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The great longing: a novel DB43531

Möring, Marcel. Reading time: 7 hours, 47 minutes.

Read by Phil Regensdorf. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Psychological Fiction

Sam van Dijk lost all memory of his childhood up to age twelve, when his parents died in a car wreck. Now, as a young adult, Sam is reunited with his brother and sister, who help him recover his past. With that, Sam is able to pursue his “great longing” for identity and love. Strong language and descriptions of sex.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Bathysphere book: effects of the luminous ocean depths” by Bradley Fox  

“The Bathysphere book: effects of the luminous ocean depths” by Bradley Fox  

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   This was one of seven books on a cartridge NLS sent me, so I read it. I didn’t think it would hold my interest, however, Fox included fairly detailed biographies of each person as they appeared during the journey to the bottom of the ocean in the Bathysphere. Doug Tisdale Jr. did a good job of reading this book.

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Brad Fox is a writer, journalist, translator, and former relief contractor living in New York. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, Guernica, and other venues. His novel To Remain Nameless was a finalist for the Big Other Book Award for Fiction and a staff pick at The Paris Review.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The Bathysphere book: effects of the luminous ocean depths DB115305

Fox, Brad, (Bradley) Reading time: 7 hours, 49 minutes.

Doug Tisdale Jr.

Science and Technology

Biography

Nature and the Environment

“A gorgeous account of William Beebe’s 1934 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level.” — Provided by publisher.

Kate’s 2¢: “Bluebottle: a Lew Griffin novel” by James Sallis

“Bluebottle: a Lew Griffin novel” by James Sallis

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   Chuck Young did a good job of narrating this story. I appreciated his clear enunciation.  I enjoyed the ins and outs of this story and how the author wove it together in the end.

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James Sallis (born December 21, 1944) is an American crime writer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name . Sallis began writing science fiction for magazines in the late 1960s.

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Bluebottle: a Lew Griffin novel DB58288

Sallis, James. Reading time: 4 hours, 22 minutes.

Read by Chuck Young.

Mystery and Detective Stories

Psychological Fiction

New Orleans, 1960s. African American private detective Lew Griffin is shot while leaving a downtown bar with a white woman he just met. Lew had been on his way to meet Eddie Bone–who later turned up dead. Lew recovers and looks for answers. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1999.

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