Audiobooks narrated by Rachael Beresford

Sometimes, happily ever after requires a little chasing . . . These interconnected stand-alone fairy tale retellings are set on the continent of Solstice, where dragons do their own thing, and enchanters run amok. If you enjoy strong heroines, clean romance, and fantasy worlds with a dash of intrigue, then lose yourself in the fairy tale world of The Kingdom Tales today. Box Set 1 includes Kingdom of Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Kingdom of Slumber: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty, and Kingdom of Cinders: A Retelling of Cinderella.

Deborah Grace White (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Scarcrossed

The wolves are closing in . . . Wolves have haunted Bryn since she was a child. Now, as Bryn and Rangar return to the Baersladen, they're met with danger as a savage and cursed wolf pack terrorizes villages throughout the Eyrie. As Rangar fights to vindicate himself from those who seek to hurt him, Bryn embarks on a mage apprenticeship, utilizing her newfound skills to investigate the malevolent wolves-and which of their enemies created them to sow discord throughout the kingdoms. Will danger and politics stand in the way of the wedding that will finally bind Bryn and Rangar forever? Contains mature themes.

Evie Marceau (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Scarbound

Duty comes before love . . . or does it? Bryn has been thrust into the center of attention-and danger-as the heir to the Mir throne. She struggles with placing duty above love, as the entire Baer kingdom must reckon with Rangar's wrath at her decision. But winter brings a shocking tragedy that forces Bryn and Rangar apart. As he denies vicious accusations, Bryn must disguise herself as a commoner and flee the Baersladen, posing as newlyweds with Valenden for protection. Bryn and Rangar's paths return them separately to Castle Mir: one as a prisoner, one as a queen, on a collision course to overthrow the usurper Captain Carr and win back her kingdom. Contains mature themes.

Evie Marceau (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Scarlight

'Do you promise you haven't come to steal me away?' I whispered. He turned his head so his lips brushed my palm. 'Do you want me to?' As a child, princess Bryn was saved from a wolf attack by a prince from a rival kingdom that left them both scarred. Rangar's people believe that a life saved is a soul owned, and ten years later, Rangar returns to claim his prize: Bryn. Yet Rangar arrives on the night that Bryn's people rise against their despotic rulers. With Bryn's castle on fire and most of her family dead, she has no choice but to escape with Rangar's help. Was she rescued . . . or kidnapped? Taken to Rangar's wild kingdom, Bryn slowly finds beauty in the harsh Outlands. There, she discovers magic is not the sin she's been led to believe. As she learns the full truth of her family's tyrannical rule and plans to take back her kingdom by the sword or marriage, Bryn falls under the spell of each of the three royal brothers. But which brother will end up with her hand-and her heart-not even magic can foretell. Contains mature themes.

Evie Marceau (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Imagination: A Very Short Introduction

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing, demonstrating how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes humanity in profound ways. Examining philosophical, evolutionary, and literary perspectives on imagination, the author shows how this facility, while potentially distorting, both frees us from immediate reality and enriches our sense of it, making possible our experience of a meaningful world. Long regarded by philosophers as an elusive and mysterious capacity of the human mind, imagination has been the subject of extraordinary ambivalence, described as both dangerous and divine, as merely peripheral to rationality and as essential to all thinking. Drawing on philosophy, aesthetics, literary and cognitive theory, as well as the human sciences, this book engages the dramatic conceptual history of imagination together with contemporary explanations of its role in cognition to explain its importance in everyday life as well as the exquisite creativity of the arts, scientific discovery, and invention. Engaging examples from cave paintings to modern painting, performance art to pop art, physics to phenomenology, technological inventions to literary worlds, the Nazca geoglyphs to dramatic theater, poetry, and jazz improvisation, the author illuminates with clarity and vision the philosophy of imagination and the stakes of its involvement in human thinking.

Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Dead Investigations

Bridget Sway has been dead for seven years. She and her best friend, Sabrina, are running a wildly successful private detective agency. She gets to wear what she wants, eat what she wants, she's even made peace with her communal living situation. Everything is . . . perfect. And yet, once again, Bridget is drowning in dissatisfaction. The problem? No one is murdering anyone. Their days are filled with infidelity cases and not much else. So when a client's potentially cheating husband goes missing, Bridget and Sabrina jump at the chance to do something different. And that's when Bridget's dream of finding a dead body comes true. But it's been several years since their last murder case and they're a little out of practice. Add in the shadowy forces of IA sabotaging them, Detective Johnson pursuing his undying vendetta against them and Bridget's ex-fiance getting in the way, and suddenly investigating a murder is a lot more dangerous that Bridget remembered.

Jordaina Sydney Robinson (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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A Kingdom Restored

When the end of the world is coming, there's no time to think about your heart Merletta is out of time, and so are the triple kingdoms. She can't outswim her mistakes, and if she can't expose the Center's lies, so many will pay the price. Matters of the heart have no place-whether on land with Heath, or in her underwater search for her family. Heath has accepted that there's no simple way for him and Merletta to be together. With the wrath of the dragons hanging over Merletta, and the increasingly desperate need to clear Percival's name, Heath has never felt more torn between worlds. Merletta is ready to give everything in this final fight, and Heath's attempts to protect everyone have caused his magic to grow far beyond what he once imagined. But they both know it still won't be enough-even if they could achieve the impossible and save their two worlds, there's no future where their paths don't diverge. There's nothing to cling to but hope. And yet hope is the most tenacious and powerful ally of all . . .

Deborah Grace White (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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A Kingdom Discovered

Merletta's reality has been overturned . . . but nothing in her world has changed Merletta's enemies may think they've bested her, but she's always been a survivor. Now she has a choice to make-protect herself, or expose the Center's lies? The question only becomes more complex when she learns she's not the only one to have paid the price for her flight to Vazula. Meanwhile, Heath finally has the chance to bring the two factions of his family together. Except he can't seem to care about anything after losing Merletta. Then, just as his stirring magic ignites hope he hadn't dared to hold, a trip to Kyona threatens to overset Valoria's fragile peace. Heath and Merletta's reunion is bittersweet-so much has changed, but so much remains out of reach. As she faces her deadly second year test, Merletta's future has never been less certain. And Heath is increasingly torn between loyalties, with the lives of those dearest to him on the line. It will take every bit of determination and magic they can muster to find a way to tomorrow.

Deborah Grace White (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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A Kingdom Threatened

There's a time to play along, and there's a time to put everything on the line Merletta has survived her second-year test, but its revelations have once again upended everything she thought she knew. With so much at stake, it's hard to remember why she once cared so much about passing the program. It's time to show her true colors and face whatever comes . . . but yet again, she's failed to predict the Center's next move. And the consequences are disastrous for more than just her. Heath, meanwhile, is taking no such stand. His magic is growing stronger by the day but revealing it would only be a barrier to peace. Not to mention Reka still refuses to explain his sudden antagonism toward Merletta. When Merletta is forced to flee the triple kingdoms-straight into Heath's arms-it's easy to tell himself he has everything he's ever wanted. But the longer Heath willfully ignores the barriers between them, the higher the stakes become. Because dragons aren't as easy to deceive as humans. And the outcome of Heath and Merletta's unplanned connection will mean catastrophe on a scale they never could have imagined.

Deborah Grace White (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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A Kingdom Submerged

A determined mermaid, the powerless son of a magic-wielding line…two worlds never meant to collide In spite of being a nameless orphan, Merletta is determined to win the prestigious rank of record holder. And she has no intention of letting a little thing like universal disdain stop her. Lord Heath knows nothing of mermaids, but coming from the noble House of Dragonfriend, he's no stranger to magic. Except, in spite of having a dragon for a best friend, Heath is the only magic-less member of his family. Not that he covets the power around him. All he wants is to defuse the growing tension between the power-wielders and their royal cousins. These two worlds couldn't be further removed . . . until Heath's search for solutions takes him to the forgotten island of Vazula. Now the kingdoms of both land and sea are set on a new current, one which will carry both Heath and Merletta beyond the limit of everything they thought they knew. Because with someone underwater trying to do much worse than push Merletta from the program, and someone on land targeting Heath's family, the insurmountable barriers keeping Heath and Merletta apart might just be the least of their problems.

Deborah Grace White (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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A Little History of Art

Charlotte Mullins brings art to life through the stories of those who created it and, importantly, reframes who is included in the narrative to create a more diverse and exciting landscape of art. She shows how art can help us see the world differently and understand our place in it, how it helps us express ourselves, fuels our creativity, and contributes to our overall wellbeing and positive mental health. Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important at all? Mullins introduces listeners to the Terracotta Army and Nok sculptures, Renaissance artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo, trailblazers including Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, and contemporary artists who create art as resistance, such as Ai Weiwei and Shirin Neshat. She also restores forgotten artists such as Sofonisba Anguissola, Guan Daosheng, and Jacob Lawrence, and travels to the Niger valley, Peru, Java, Rapa Nui, and Australia, to broaden our understanding of what art is and should be. This extraordinary journey through 100,000 years celebrates art's crucial place in understanding our collective culture and history.

Charlotte Mullins (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Kingdom of Dance: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses

With eleven younger sisters, Princess Zinnia usually has little choice but to be responsible. But if she had her way, she'd spend her time exploring the seashore and cavorting with the dragons often found there. When she sees one of those dragons flying mysteriously over her castle one night, the temptation to sneak out after it is too strong to resist. Except, by the time she realizes she doesn't recognize this dragon, she's already witnessed something much bigger than she was ready for. And now she's trapped, her sisters along with her. Lieutenant Obsidian hates using his magic. But when his king specifically seeks his help to uncover the reason behind his sister's uncharacteristic deception, Obsidian has no choice but to answer the call. To his surprise, the deeper he delves into Princess Zinnia's secrets, the more he finds himself wanting to help her. And his magic might be the only way to do that. But someone else wants Obsidian's magic. Someone determined to see Entolia fall. Someone with much more power than either magic or crowns can fight. And if Zinnia and Obsidian can't find a way around the magic that binds them, and soon, more kingdoms than theirs will pay a terrible price.

Deborah Grace White (Author), Rachael Beresford (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Rachael Beresford