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Written By: Dan Brown Narrated By: Paul Michael Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: April 2006 Duration: 17 hours 3 minutes Summary: While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdo...

Written By: Kevin Kwan Narrated By: Lynn Chen Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: June 2013 Duration: 13 hours 54 minutess Summary: Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, t...

Written By: Stephen King Narrated By: Santino Fontana Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Date: September 2019 Duration: 19 hours 0 minutes Summary: 2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It. In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” K...

Written By: Suzanne Collins Narrated By: Tatiana Maslany Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Date: June 2019 Duration: 11 hours 5 minutes Summary: Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany narrates a brand-new special edition recording of the first audiobook in the worldwide best-selling trilogy from Suzanne Collins! In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before - and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.. Listen Free to Cat...

Written By: Robert T. Kiyosaki Narrated By: Tim Wheeler Publisher: Brilliance Audio Date: July 2012 Duration: 8 hours 0 minutes Summary: Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant reveals how some people work less, earn more, pay less in taxes, and learn to become financially free. Have you ever asked yourself:•Why do some investors make money with little risk while most other investors just break even? •Why do most employees go from job to job while others quit their jobs and go on to build business empires? •What does the shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age mean to me and my family? •How can I use this change to my best advantage and chart my path to financial freedom?CASHFLOW Quadrant was written for you if you are ready to…•Move beyond job security and begin to find your own world of financial freedom •Make significant changes in your life •Take control of your financial future“The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned not...

Written By: James Clear Narrated By: James Clear Publisher: Penguin Audio Date: October 2018 Duration: 5 hours 35 minutes Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 1 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics...

Written By: Robert T. Kiyosaki Narrated By: Tim Wheeler Publisher: Brilliance Audio Date: June 2012 Duration: 6 hours 10 minutes Summary: Rich Dad Poor Dad will…. - Explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich - Challenge the belief that your house is an asset - Show parents why they can’t rely on the school system to teach their kids about money - Define once and for all an asset and a liability - Teach you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial success Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence, and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education. 'The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is that people learn to work for...