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Introducing the Full Post Hypnotic Press Catalogue

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Last year, NNELS announced a purchase of 18 audiobooks with Post Hypnotic Press. This year, we are doing it all over again, but this time we've acquired the entire Post Hypnotic Press catalogue, including titles just out of production!

The collection is almost entirely Canadian content, and it includes many titles that have been requested by readers, including books by Gail Bowen, Joel Bakan, and Gabor Maté.

Purchasing the entire catalogue means that an additional 83 professionally-produced, high-quality audiobooks are now available to libraries and users.

Post Hypnotic Press is a small, audiobook publisher founded in 2010 and based in New Westminster, BC. Their narrators record an eclectic mix of compelling, informative, and timely non-fiction titles, as well as fun and exciting fiction titles.

In these 18 highlighted titles that follow, we have tried to give you a sample of the collection, a little bit of everything: books for readers both younger and older, as well as fiction (romance, mystery, literary fiction, and classics) and non-fiction in equal measure. If you would like to find all the titles from this publisher, please search for "Post Hypnotic" in our catalogue search.

Enjoy!
 

Fiction

Torn from Troy: Odyssey of a Slave, by Patrick Bowman

(For young readers, the first book in a trilogy) In this re-creation of Homer's classic told as a young adult novel, we see the aftermath of the Trojan War through the eyes of Alexi, a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the war and enslaved by Odysseus himself, Alexi has a very different view of the conquering heroes of legend.
 

Thieves Like Us, by Edward Anderson

As the titles suggests, Thieves Like Us is about thieves: three bank robbers. At first successful, they buy nice clothes, guns, and faster cars and read about themselves in the newspapers. The central character of the three thieves, Bowie, served time for a murder he committed when he was only 16. Now on the run, he falls in love with Keechie, the cousin of one of his partners, who joins him. Saturday Review of Literature called Anderson the heir to Hemingway and Faulkner, while Raymond Chandler declared that Anderson was better than Steinbeck, and that Thieves Like Us was “one of the best stories of thieves ever written...one of the forgotten novels of the 30’s.”
 

The Law of Attraction, by N.M. Silber

It’s a legal romance! Gabrielle Ginsberg was a public defender with plenty of nerve and Braden Pierce was an assistant district attorney with a whole lot of swagger. Gabrielle wanted Braden and Braden wanted Gabrielle. Could true love overcome a lack of privacy, interference by jealous rivals, and the insanity of the criminal court system? This book contains explicit descriptions of sexual situations and mature language, and is intended for readers over the age of eighteen. Looking for more legal romances by N.M Silber? Try Holiday Man, On Any Given Sundae, The Home Court Advantage, and Legal Briefs. We've also added another romance, Double Dipping, by Marilyn Brant.
 

The Art of Adapting, by Cassandra Dunn

In this warm and winning first novel, a recently divorced woman rises to the challenge and experiences the exhilaration of independence with the unlikely help of her brother with Asperger's, who she takes in to help pay the rent. Complex, smart, and genuinely moving, The Art of Adapting is a feel-good story that celebrates the small moments and small changes that make one big life.
 

Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey

Perhaps the most popular western of all time, and first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912, this is the story of Jane Withersteen, a sincere and faithful young Mormon woman who is persecuted by members of her own church. Though still unmarried, she inherits a large and rich piece of property from her father. Though a number of friends do their best to help her, she is beset by constant troubles. Her strong adherence to her creed compels her to prevent her friends from killing the adversaries who are slowly ruining her.
 

Poor Matza: Selected Stories, by Avrom Reisen

Avrom Reisen (1876-1953) was an acclaimed and prolific Yiddish poet and short story writer for the American Yiddish dailies.This is a translation by Harvey Fink of some of Reisen's best short stories. At the time of Reisen's death, the Jewish Spectator wrote: "There are many Yiddish writers who owe their success to Reisen's encouragement. For years he published and edited, under great sacrifices, Yiddish journals with the primary aim of providing a platform for young, struggling writers... He had no arrogance, no pretensions and no personal vanity." Readers interested in this title may also be interested in That is How It Is by Moishe Nadir, also from Post Hypnotic.
 

Hard Hed: the Hoosier Chapman Papers, by Charles Tidler

In this contemporary retelling of the Johnny Appleseed story, local historian and apple orchardist Hoosier Chapman has just been released from a Northwestern Ohio jail. Having served two years for planting wild apple trees in a city park, he is dropped at the State Line by a deputy sheriff. Barefoot, he treks west into Indiana, recreating history and inventing myth, and dogged by chaos and violence the whole way.
 

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery

A charming reading of this Canadian classic for readers of all ages. Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island are also part of this collection.
 

A Colder Kind of Death, by Gail Bowen

When a prisoner is shot to death in the exercise yard of a Saskatchewan penitentiary, Joanne Kilbourn finds herself haunted by a part of her past she wished had never happened. The dead prisoner is Kevin Tarpley, the man who six years earlier had brutally killed her politician husband, Ian, in a seemingly senseless act alongside the TransCanada Highway. The haunting takes on a more menacing cast several days later when Tarpley’s sinister wife, Maureen, is discovered dead in a snow-swept Regina parking lot. Also available: more Gail Bowen mysteries.

 

Non-Fiction

Winston Churchill Reporting, by Simon Read

When his regiment was stationed in India, far from any action, young Winston Churchill became a war correspondent reporting from the front lines of Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa. Based on his private letters and war reportage, this book intertwines his adventures in combat and distant corners of the globe, with his rise as a literary talent.
 

The Woman Who Changed Her Brain, by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

Born with severe learning disabilities, Arrowsmith-Young developed brain exercises to build herself a better brain, and then turn those exercises into a “neuroplasticity” training program that has helped thousands of others do the same. Her personal story is interwoven with accounts of the clinical mysteries and stories the author encountered during her career.
 

The Time of your Life, by Margaret Trudeau

Trudeau's reflection on life and ageing offers women sage advice that is honest and straightforward, whether she’s discussing pension planning, retirement homes, sex, or "grey divorce." This book encourages baby boomers to get serious about finding joy in their "third act."
 

The Prison Book Club, by Ann Walmsley

Asked by a friend to participate in a book club in a men’s medium security prison, Walmsley agrees, and the book discussions became a launching point for conversations about loss, anger, redemption, heroism and loneliness. Recommended for anyone interested in the power of books to change lives.
 

The Drama Years: Real Girls Talk About Surviving Middle School — Bullies, Brands, Body Image and More, by Haley Kilpatrick with Whitney Joiner

The Drama Years is the definitive guide to the pressures that middle school girls experience every day. Speaking to parents of both middle school girls and high school girls alike, it is packed with the voices of girls who share their experiences, anecdotes and thoughts on everything from stress to body image, and from frenemies to getting along with parents.
 

The Coaching Habit: Say less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, by Michael Bungay Stanier

Bungay Stanier explains how to unlock peoples' potential by asking questions instead of offering advice — skills he has taught to thousands of managers from all over the world.
 

Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines, by Richard Heinberg

The 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, energy consumption and food production. As the population shifted from rural to urban lifestyles, the impact of humans on the planet has increased dramatically. Weinberg addresses many of the cultural, psychological and practical changes we will have to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits.
 

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers, by Gorden Neufeld and Gabor Maté

Like countless other parents, doctors Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté have had to confront their children becoming secretive, unreachable, and even hostile around adults. They identify the problem as peer orientation, or the tendency for young people to look to their peers for values, identity and codes of behaviour. This book aims to help parents ensure that they, the parents, continue to be a source of authority, contact, and warmth for their growing children.
 

Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer and Save the World, by Christopher M. O’Brien

This book explains how people can change the world through the simple act of having a beer. Listeners will also learn about the history of beer, the rise of craft-brewing and home breweries, and some of the improvements that large, corporate brewers are making to their environmental practices. Cheers!