Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 798098 Title: Defy the Future Author: Keira Andrews Narrator: Tristan James Format: Unabridged Length: 08:23:19 Language: English Release date: 09-10-24 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, LGBTQ, Paranormal Summary: To protect their pack, they must risk everything. Adam and Parker are finally safe. As safe as they can be in a world where the zombie-like infected still roam the night. With other survivors, they've built a community—a pack. Until that peace is shattered. How far will Adam and Parker go for family—and each other? Defy the Future is a steamy gay romance from Keira Andrews featuring werewolves, found family, and of course a happy ending. Contains mature themes. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 798117 Title: French Cinema: A Very Short Introduction Author: Dudley Andrew Narrator: Alex Mortensen Format: Unabridged Length: 06:09:29 Language: English Release date: 07-30-24 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: History, Europe Summary: It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until WWI, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to avant-garde practice. This Very Short Introduction opens up French cinema through focusing on some of its most notable works, using the lens of the New Wave decade (1958-1968) that changed cinema worldwide. Exploring the entire French cinematic oeuvre, Dudley Andrew teases out distinguishing themes, tendencies, and lineages, to bring what is most crucial about French Cinema into alignment. He discusses how style has shaped the look of female stars and film form alike, analyzing the 'made up' aesthetic of many films, and the paradoxical penchant for French cinema to cruelly unmask surface beauty in quests for authenticity. Discussing how French cinema as a whole pits strong-willed characters against auteurs with high-minded ideas of film art, funded by French cinema's close rapport to literature, painting, and music, Dudley considers how the New Wave emerged from these struggles, becoming an emblem of ambition for cinema that persists today. He goes on to show how the values promulgated by the New Wave directors brought the three decades that preceded it into focus, and explores the deep resonance of those values today. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 728451 Title: Lesser of Two Evils Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 07:42:46 Language: English Release date: 07-02-24 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: Another conspiracy discovered . . . Another threat on the horizon . . . Another world they can help . . . An idea that could change the galaxy . . . The Korsan have declared themselves an empire, and have their sights set on the destruction of the Free Fleet. Now, Nathan Scott must figure out how to hold the Korsan fleet at bay while they repair their ships and get their newly acquired battle platforms out of danger. Lesser of Two Evils is the 9th episode in Part 3 of the Frontiers Saga: Fringe Worlds. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 714313 Title: Few Against Many Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 07:49:22 Language: English Release date: 06-18-24 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: Part 3: Episode 8 . . . Forced to trust a captured crew . . . A pair of assets in need of repair . . . An enemy pursuing them across the galaxy . . . An ambush ahead that they cannot avoid. The Free Fleet has captured two of the largest assets ever created, but those they took them from will not give them up without a fight. Unfortunately, there is only one way to shake the pursuit, and their enemy knows this. The Free Fleet is about to face their biggest battle yet, and the odds will not be in their favor. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 700773 Title: Birth of an Empire Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 08:22:54 Language: English Release date: 03-05-24 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: Part 3: Episode 7 Getting to know old friends again . . . Getting their hands on improved tech . . . Unchaining the limits of their ability to protect . . . A chance at a pair of assets that could change things forever . . . The Free Fleet now has a powerful partner in the Ghatazhak. Together, they will finally be able to bring peace and prosperity to the fringe, and beyond. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 603318 Title: Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture Author: Angela Y. Davis Narrator: Angela Y. Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 04:30:00 Language: English Release date: 10-24-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, North America, Social Science, Political Advocacy Summary: Revelations about U.S. policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world's leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America's most remarkable political figures, gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics, and prison. Davis talks about her own incarceration, as well as her experiences as 'enemy of the state,' and about having been put on the FBI's 'most wanted' list. She talks about the crucial role that international activism played in her case and the case of many other political prisoners. Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the disavowed 'chain of command,' and the formal reports by the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 692743 Title: Bound by Temptation Author: Ryan Michele Narrator: Samantha Summers, Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Length: 09:26:46 Language: English Release date: 10-17-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Romance, Contemporary Summary: Every day like clockwork I entered into Fallon's Bakery. Coffee. That was what I told myself. I was just coming for coffee. It had absolutely nothing to do with the woman who always had flour on her face, her hair in a messy bun on the top of her head, and a wide smile to greet every single person who entered the store. Even for me. The man who ripped out her heart and walked away, never to look back. I was an a$$hole. I'd thought I'd done it for good reasons. But now, all I could do was order my coffee, smile at her, and leave. No way she'd ever give me a shot again. Too bad considering all I could think about was her. She would forgive me. No matter what I had to do. I was Axton a brother of the Ravage Motorcycle Club and we never gave up. She didn't know what was going to hit her because I was coming . . . for her. Contains mature themes. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 652024 Title: Escape of the Free Fleet Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 08:13:10 Language: English Release date: 08-31-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: Part 3: Episode 5 Three antique ships freshly liberated . . . Three different organizations hunting them . . . Thirty thousand light years to reach safe harbor . . . Twenty worlds depending on them for protection . . . With both the Alliance and the Korsan hunting them, the newly formed Free Fleet's only hope is escape. But it's a long way to Libertara, and their pursuers are relentless. The Aurora has only been in the fortieth century for a few months, and is already stirring up trouble. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 673123 Title: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Author: Terry Tempest Williams Narrator: Terry Tempest Williams Format: Unabridged Length: 08:51:05 Language: English Release date: 07-25-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Death & Bereavement Summary: In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 603352 Title: Liberty and Truth, Peace and Prosperity Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 08:40:27 Language: English Release date: 04-11-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: Episode 3.3 A new foe arises . . . An ugly truth emerges . . . A long lost friend returns . . . An iconic ship flies into battle . . . Captain Scott and the crew of the Aurora face the reality of a galaxy that is, in many ways, worse off than the one they left behind. But in doing so, they discover a new mission for the Aurora's namesake, her captain, and her crew. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 640476 Title: All the Time in the World Author: John Gierach Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Length: 06:55:00 Language: English Release date: 03-21-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Sports & Recreation, Outdoor Recreation Summary: Discover the answer to life's most pressing problems through the joy of fly-fishing from master philosopher John Gierach. Once again, John Gierach tells the world why the pastime of fly-fishing makes so much sense-except when it doesn't. In sparkling prose, with more than a touch of humor, he recalls the joys of landing that trout he's been watching for the last hour-and then losing an even fatter one a little later. Joy and frustration mix in Gierach's latest appreciation of the fly-fishing life as he takes us from his home waters on the Front Range of the Rockies in Colorado to fishing meccas all over North America. From fishing lodges in Alaska to memories of the local creek in the Midwest where he grew up, Gierach reminds us about the indispensability of the natural world around us. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 646589 Title: North of America: Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, and the Borders of the Long American Revolution Author: Jeffers Lennox Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Length: 12:35:37 Language: English Release date: 02-21-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: History, World, North America Summary: The story of the Thirteen Colonies' struggle for independence from Britain is well known to every American schoolchild. But at the start of the Revolutionary War, there were more than thirteen British colonies in North America. Patriots were surrounded by Indigenous homelands and loyal provinces. Independence had its limits. Upper Canada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and especially the homelands that straddled colonial borders, were far less foreign to the men and women who established the United States than Canada is to those who live here now. These northern neighbors were far from inactive during the Revolution. The participation of the loyal British provinces and Indigenous nations that largely rejected the Revolution-as antagonists, opponents, or bystanders-shaped the progress of the conflict and influenced the American nation's early development. In this book, historian Jeffers Lennox looks north, as so many Americans at that time did, and describes how Loyalists and Indigenous leaders frustrated Patriot ambitions, defended their territory, and acted as midwives to the birth of the United States while restricting and redirecting its continental aspirations. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 640399 Title: Infinity Control Author: Marc Alan Edelheit Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Length: 13:04:27 Language: English Release date: 02-07-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: The war is over. The First Galactic Empire has collapsed into ruin and ash. Or has it? Keira, having been hunted and almost killed by the Unified Planetary Government's regulators, for reasons she does not fully understand, finds herself rescued by Marines and stranded on the Imperial Starship Seringapatam. More confusing, Keira has developed a strange power she cannot seem to control, let alone understand, the ability to interact with the machine in ways that are unexplainable. Her father passes the responsibility for his critical mission, what the Seri was dispatched to accomplish . . . to her, instructing Keira to travel to the planet's core and find the precursor ruins. There she must somehow locate the Infinity Controller, a powerful and mysterious artifact. But what is the Controller? She has been named a princess of the empire, and potential heir to the throne. But does the empire still exist? More troubling . . . can she even trust the crew of the Seri, or do they, like the UPG, want to use her ability to interact with the machine for their own nefarious purposes? The empire's ancient enemy has returned in strength. They want the Controller too and will stop at nothing to get it. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 634463 Title: British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction Author: Charles Barr Narrator: Kevin E. Green Format: Unabridged Length: 04:07:37 Language: English Release date: 01-26-23 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Europe, Art & Music Summary: Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial-often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios and sponsorship, against the wider view of changing artistic, socio-political, and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century. Considering British cinema in the wake of one of the most familiar of cinematic reference points-Alfred Hitchcock-Barr traces how British cinema has developed its own unique path, and has since been celebrated for its innovative approaches and distinctive artistic language. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 580202 Title: No Risk Too Great Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 07:35:01 Language: English Release date: 12-27-22 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: Stranded on an inhospitable planet . . . Lost in an unknown time . . . Faced with an unfamiliar galaxy . . . And a dear friend nearing death . . . Nathan Scott and the crew of the Aurora must make alliances quickly, or they will lose one of their own. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 629506 Title: Conditioned Reflex Therapy: The Practical Keys to Unlocking Your Confidence, Authenticity and Happiness and Leaving Anxiety, Loneliness and Depression Behind Author: Andrew Salter Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Length: 12:07:26 Language: English Release date: 12-27-22 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology Summary: As we change what you say and do, we will change what you think and feel. -Andrew Salter Welcomed as a revolutionary and effective approach to improve people's mental health and help them find happiness when it was first published in 1949, Andrew Salter's Conditioned Reflex Therapy introduced both the fundamental ideas of behavior therapy and many techniques still practiced today. This classic guide, which is perhaps the first self-help book, includes specific methods for assertion, getting in touch with your feelings, relaxation, and using imagery to overcome phobias, anxieties, and depression. Captivating and direct, it still seems fresh, though it also conveys the spirit of New York City in the late 1940s. It vividly evokes the timeless concerns of people striving for happiness and self-actualization amid the energy of post-war America, the hum of traffic, the buzz of restaurants and cocktail parties. It will teach you how to be more aware of your feelings and more authentic in your life, and thereby to be happier and more fulfilled in your relationships and career. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 613900 Title: Isabel Puddles Abroad Author: M.V. Byrne Narrator: Angie Hickman Format: Unabridged Length: 10:00:40 Language: English Release date: 11-29-22 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery Summary: Feisty senior sleuth Isabel Puddles-Lake Michigan's answer to Miss Marple-strikes out for new territory across the pond in the newest cozy mystery by veteran TV writer M. V. Byrne. Isabel has crafted a life she loves in her Lake Michigan hometown, but she's eager to use her golden years to make up for missed opportunities. That's why she's traveling to England for the first time to visit her pen pal, Teddy Mansfield, an acclaimed mystery writer who lives just outside the village of Mousehole, Cornwall. First impressions are charming-Isabel is staying in the guest cottage on the grounds of Teddy's beautiful country manor, and Mousehole is home to an assortment of characters as colorful as any in Teddy's books. Teddy's housekeeper, Tuppence, is a dab hand at baking-her scones are regularly runner-up in the village bake-off, and this year she's determined to scoop top prize. But it appears that other, possibly more dangerous rivalries have been brewing in Mousehole. And when a resident is found pushing up daisies in a flowerbed, Isabel is drawn into an investigation that will require all of her newly honed skills to solve-and to survive . . . Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 603317 Title: Are Prisons Obsolete? Author: Angela Y. Davis Narrator: Angela Y. Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 04:56:45 Language: English Release date: 08-23-22 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science Summary: With her characteristic brilliance, grace, and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. For generations of Americans, the abolition of slavery was sheerest illusion. Similarly, the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom. The brutal, exploitative (dare one say lucrative?) convict-lease system that succeeded formal slavery reaped millions to southern jurisdictions (and untold miseries for tens of thousands of men, and women). Few predicted its passing from the American penal landscape. Davis expertly argues how social movements transformed these social, political, and cultural institutions, and made such practices untenable. In Are Prisons Obsolete?, Professor Davis seeks to illustrate that the time for the prison is approaching an end. She argues forthrightly for 'decarceration,' and argues for the transformation of the society as a whole. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 562767 Title: Warrior King Author: Abigail Owen Narrator: Alexandre Steele, Sarah Puckett Format: Unabridged Length: 10:48:31 Language: English Release date: 08-16-22 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Romance, Romantasy Summary: Meira Amon is the most reserved of the phoenixes, finding computers easier to deal with than people and their messy emotions. But she wants revenge against the Rotting King Pytheios for the murder of her parents just as much as her sisters. Offering herself as a queen for their ally, dragon shifter King Gorgon of the Black Clan, only makes sense. Just one problem . . . Samael Veles worked his lowborn ass off to become the fiercest warrior of the Black Clan. He has pledged his life to protect his king at all costs. Yet somehow, in the middle of war, he took one look at a woman in a reflection and gave up his heart. When that woman turns out to be the phoenix promised to mate his king and help bring peace to their kind, he has no choice but to accept it. Until her fire unexpectedly destroys the king after they've wed. Now Samael must choose between his loyalty to his clan and protecting the queen who might be his mate from his people's wrath, one of which will unlock a destiny no one could have ever imagined . . . Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 570976 Title: Aurora: EV-01 Author: Ryk Brown Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer Format: Unabridged Length: 08:00:13 Language: English Release date: 08-09-22 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera Summary: A new ship . . . A new crew . . . A new crisis . . . A friend at risk . . . The Confederated Systems Alliance has spread to dozens of systems, creating the first true interstellar alliance dedicated to bringing peace and prosperity to all inhabited worlds. Unfortunately, some see this new alliance as a threat to their own seats of power, and would do anything to stop it. After a well deserved rest, Captain Nathan Scott is once again called into action. This time, it is not the fate of the galaxy that is on his shoulders, but the life of one of his dearest friends. But not all is as it appears. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com