Maureen Murdock descreve neste audiolivro a busca mítica da mulher contemporânea por preservar os valores femininos e se realizar pessoal e profissionalmente numa sociedade construída por e para os homens.

Todos os dias, Millie limpa a casa de Nina e Andrew Winchester de cima a baixo. Pega a filha deles na escola. Prepara refeições deliciosas para a família toda antes de poder se recolher e enfim comer o próprio jantar, sozinha em seu quarto minúsculo e claustrofóbico no sótão. Quando Nina passa a sujar todos os cômodos de propósito só para assisti-la limpar, Millie tenta não perder a cabeça. Quando ela conta mentiras perturbadoras sobre a própria filha e tortura psicologicamente o marido, que parece mais e mais fragilizado, Millie tenta ignorar.

A carreira de Bee Königswasser está indo de mal a pior. Quando surge um processo seletivo para liderar um projeto de neuroengenharia da Nasa, ela se faz a pergunta que sempre guiou sua vida: o que Marie Curie faria? Participaria, é claro. Depois de conquistar a vaga, Bee descobre que precisará trabalhar com Levi Ward–um desafio que a mãe da física moderna nunca precisou enfrentar.

Mara, Sadie e Hannah são três grandes amigas e cientistas tentando equilibrar razão e emoção. Embora seus campos de estudo as tenham levado para diferentes partes do mundo, todas elas concordam com uma verdade universal: quando se trata de amor e ciência, os opostos se atraem e algumas misturas podem ser perigosas…

Olive Smith, aluna do doutorado em Biologia da Universidade Stanford, acredita na ciência–não em algo incontrolável como o amor. Depois de sair algumas vezes com Jeremy, ela percebe que sua melhor amiga gosta dele e decide juntá-los. Para mostrar que está feliz com essa escolha, Olive precisa ser convincente: afinal, cientistas exigem provas. Sem muitas opções, ela resolve inventar um namoro de mentira e, num momento de pânico, beija o primeiro homem que vê pela frente.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Compiled by intrepid journalist Neve Pride, this archive of recordings spans the months after dragons emerged on earth, chronicling the communities that sprang up amid the destruction, the scientists, military leaders, and experts searching for a defense, and those steadfastly seeking the missing. Neve and her young daughter Bex travel among the wreckage speaking to those left behind and surviving, against all odds. Neve records everything for history, and in the hopes of locating a clue as to where the dragons came from and how one might stop them.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.