by Robert Hilland & John Edward ; Read by John Edward & Robert Hilland ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 2, 2025
Former FBI Agent Robert Hilland and world-famous psychic John Edward narrate the story of their longstanding collaboration in solving cold cases. Their partnership--first distrusting and then blossoming into a true brotherhood--spanned two-and-a-half decades. Most of the story focuses on the famous John Smith murders, but it covers other fascinating cases, as well. Hilland narrates the bulk of the story, taking listeners from his skepticism toward John Edward to his developing awareness of his own psychic energy and spirit guides. Edward narrates dialogue so naturally that listeners will hear his conviction and picture his thoughtful gaze as he directs Hilland's focus. Hilland becomes a strong believer, and listeners will as well.
Pub Date: Sept. 2, 2025
Duration: 11 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9781250381569
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
by Elizabeth Gilbert ; Read by Elizabeth Gilbert ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 9, 2025
This author-narrated audiobook blends memories and poems with some mind-bending moments--as Elizabeth Gilbert talks with her late lover and converses with God. A practiced speaker, Gilbert performs this excruciatingly honest work with passion and restraint. The memoir is about addiction and how Gilbert healed after the death of her friend, lover, global-traveling companion, and one-time hairdresser, Rayya, a "badass," streetwise recovering addict until not long before her death from cancer. Composed in fragments--stories, recollections, poems, aphorisms--that are connected by guitar bridges, it ends in the present. Gilbert describes herself as a "sex and love addict," and much of the text reveals her struggles. She's been in a 12-step program for five years, stayed celibate, stopped drinking and drugs, and has buzz cut her hair.
Pub Date: Sept. 9, 2025
Duration: 10 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217156726
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
by Lindsey Stewart ; Read by Adenrele Ojo ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 29, 2025
Adenrele Ojo narrates this important history of Black women whose magic and spirituality permeates the roots of American culture. Blue jeans, pancake mix, and even Vicks VapoRub all have their origins in these "conjure women," but a culture of misogyny and racism capitalized on them, at the same time ignoring their sacred elements. From the lore of the goddess Oshun through modern writers and pop culture, this audiobook explores the often hidden contributions of Black women and their sacred culture. Ojo's passionate delivery shines as she narrates this exploration of how conjure continued as a cultural and sacred thread from the time of enslavement to the modern day. Her smart performance keeps listeners engaged even when these women's stories may be hard to hear.
Pub Date: July 29, 2025
Duration: 10 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668650103
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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