New audiobook titles for April 2023
Treat your ears with these brand new audiobook titles for April 2023, free to listen to on our BorrowBox service with your library card.
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Pelé: The Autobiography, by Pelé
The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is Brazil's all-time record goalscorer.
But how did this man -- a sportsman, a mere footballer, like many others -- become a global icon? Was it just by being the best at what he did, or do people respond to some other quality?
The world's greatest footballer now gives us the full story of his incredible life and career. Told with his characteristic grace and modesty, but covering all aspects of his playing days and his subsequent careers as politician, international sporting ambassador and cultural icon, Pelé: The Autobiography is an essential volume for all sports fans, and anyone who admires true rarity of spirit.
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Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict, by Elizabeth Day
Growing up, Elizabeth Day wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined to become a Good Friend. And in many ways, she did. But in adulthood, she slowly realised that it was often to the detriment of her own boundaries and mental health.
Then when a global pandemic hit in 2020, she was one of thousands of people forced to reassess what friendship really meant to them – with the crisis came a dawning realisation: her truest friends were not the ones she had been spending most time with. Why was this? Could she rebalance it? Was there such thing as … too many friends? And was she the friend she thought she was?
In Friendaholic, Day unpacks the significance and evolution of friendship. From ghosting to frenemies, to social media and communication styles, to the impact of seismic life events, Day leaves no stone untouched.
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Sutanto
Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?
Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy 'detective' work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he's dating anybody yet).
But when Vera wakes up one morning to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it's going to take more than a strong Longjing to fix things. Knowing she'll do a better job than the police possibly could - because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands - Vera decides it's down to her to catch the killer.
Nobody spills the tea like this amateur sleuth.
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