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In a twist of absurd irony, Chris Kyle, the most decorated U.S. military sniper in history, was murdered on Saturday in his home state of Texas by a fellow war veteran. The New York Times reports that Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were scheduled to meet suspect Eddie Ray Routh, a Marine combat vet, [...]
Bestselling author Jonny Bowden is a nationally recognized expert on weight loss, nutrition, and health. He is a board-certified nutritionist with a master’s degree in psychology. His new book, The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease – And the Statin-Free Plan That Will, written with Dr. Stephen Sinatra, reveals the real culprits of the disease and gives listeners expert advice for effectively preventing, managing, and reversing heart disease. Tantorious is a semi-monthly podcast series featuring interviews with well-known authors, hosted by Allan Hoving and presented by Tantor Audio.
Experience the brilliance of audiobook narrator Simon Prebble in his own voice, listen-alikes, listen-arounds, and listen-agains. Readers’ advisory recommends Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell; Morgenstern’s The Night Circus; Eliot’s Middlemarch, Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities among others to get reading patrons listening.
Baker & Taylor (B&T) has announced the launch of Acoustik, a mobile platform “that allows consumers to buy and download digital audiobooks on their Apple and Android devices” using a free app powered by Findaway World, LLC. While Acoustik, which currently provides consumers access to nearly 40,000 titles from a variety of publishers, is available at select retailers, B&T will [...]
Reviews of James M. Cain’s The Cocktail Waitress, Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue, and Fangoria’s Dreadtime Stories, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the Feb. 1 issue.
AudioGo will be marketing the ebook and audiobook editions of Kathleen Sharp’s update to her 2004 biography of Hollywood power couple Lew and Edie Wasserman, who operated both the MCA talent agency and Universal Studios. In Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire, journalist Sharp, who covered the movies/TV for [...]
Review of Galaxy Audio Readers Theater Performance Kit.
Reviews of the audiobooks of Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone, Rachel Maddow’s Drift, and Alex Grecian’s The Yard, plus a full list of audiobook reviews in the January issue.
Furthering a relationship begun in 2008, AudioGO and Karin Slaughter have signed an agreement granting the publisher exclusive North American audiobook rights to the bestselling thriller writer’s next ten titles. AudioGO previously released Slaughter’s Martin Misunderstood, which snagged a 2009 Audie Award nomination in the humor category. The publisher since has released Slaughter’s novels Criminal [...]
Ashley Prentice Norton is a graduate of Exeter, Georgetown, and the Creative Writing Program at New York University. The Chocolate Money is her first novel. It explores the relationship between an heiress and her sensitive young daughter. Tantorious is a semi-monthly podcast series featuring interviews with well-known authors, hosted by Allan Hoving and presented by Tantor Audio.
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