This Is Audible is a journey on the wings of imagination, an audio odyssey into the world of spoken word. In each episode we spotlight the best performances and narratives through provocative interviews with authors, narrators, actors, producers, and directors. We invite the listening audience to experience classic and bestselling audio through compelling soundscapes of dramatic productions and unforgettable readings by some of the world's most engaging voices.
Today, Josephine Reed speaks to the authors of two books that recently had their paperback release, Claire Messud, who wrote the highly acclaimed, The Emperor's Children, and Scott Smith, author of The Ruins - the book Stephen King calls "your basic long scream of horror." Then, if you're a parent and your kids are making you nuts, Maggie Linton has a book for you called Scream-Free Parenting. But we begin with Maggie and today's top science downloads from audible.com.
This Is Audible is a journey on the wings of imagination, an audio odyssey into the world of spoken word. In each episode we spotlight the best performances and narratives through provocative interviews with authors, narrators, actors, producers, and directors. We invite the listening audience to experience classic and bestselling audio through compelling soundscapes of dramatic productions and unforgettable readings by some of the world's most engaging voices.
Today we’ll meet one of the most interesting, powerful, maligned women in history, Catherine the Great, with introductions made by her latest biographer, Robert K. Massie. Next, Maggie Linton looks back at a gilded age with author Amor Towles and his book Rules of Civility. And finally, a story about another girl with a dream – this one starts in Illinois and ends up on the TV show Glee. Jane Lynch tells her own story in her memoir, Happy Accidents.
The Best of This Is Audible is a monthly program combining the finest performances, narratives, and interviews from This Is Audible. We invite the listening audience to experience classic and best-selling audio through compelling soundscapes of dramatic productions and unforgettable readings by some of the world's most engaging voices.
It's science fiction with the masters! We hear Orson Scott Card and Ben Bova in conversation about their work. Then, William Gibson talks about his latest book, Spook Country. And, we celebrate the birthday of one of the greats, Ray Bradbury. We begin with Maggie Linton and today's top ten science fiction downloads from audible.com®.
Today, we're celebrating the birthday of Orson Scott Card who was born in August 1951. Best known for his science fiction novels Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, Orson Scott Card has written in many other forms and genres, from contemporary fantasies to biblical novels, from books on writing to plays and scripts. His Tales of Alvin Maker series (beginning with Seventh Son) reinvented medieval fantasy in an American frontier setting....
We wrap up the dog days of summer with a salute to our best friends, dogs. We'll get the scoop on Marley of Marley and Me, tips on training from the Monks of New Skete and Cesar Millan, hear dog stories from James Herriot, listen to a dog's view of the world with Buster's Diaries, and find out how falling in love is like owning a dog.
We begin our salute to Black History Month. We start off with a conversation with Stephan Carter, Yale law professor turned novelist who writes about the black elite. His book is called New England White Then, Maggie Linton talks to Jeremy Schaap about Triumph, his penetrating history about Jesse Owens. And we celebrate a literary birthday: the great African-American sociologist and writer W.E.B. Dubois.
Today, crime fiction is the name of the game. We begin by marking the birth month of the grande dame of the genre, Dorothy L. Sayers, born in June 1893. Her most famous detective was Lord Peter Wimsey, who appeared in 11 of her novels and 21 short stories. Partly a satire of the British upper class and partly a comedy of manners, the Peter Wimsey series reinvented the British mystery story in the 1920s.
August is the birth month of science fiction writer Orson Scott Card. We celebrate it by listening to clips from a full-cast production of his classic, Ender's Shadow. Then, food historian Mark Kurlansky talks with Josephine about his book The Big Oyster, the delicious and complicated relationship between New York and oysters. Also, National Book Award winner Louis Sachar talks about Small Steps.
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 59 mins)
By Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
Narrated By Sean Pratt
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Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing - and recovering -their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different" - claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. This book proves that premise wrong.
David says:
"A poor choice for an audio book presentation"
Today, we get a history lesson from Jon Stewart and a skit from Chicago's Second City. Then, we get to hear the comedy of George Carlin and Ellen Degeneres. Next, we listen to short stories from Dave Barry and Kevin Neelan, then to clips from Gary Shteyngart's funny satirical novel, Absurdistan. Finally, we take an excursion with Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.
Today, we're on the road. All our books are great summer listens that deal with travel, either travel for travel's sake or changing geographic locations as a way of changing your life. Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her journey to Italy, India, and Indonesia in Eat Pray Love. Then, Maggie Linton speaks with Dorothea Benton Frank about her latest novel, The Land of Mango Sunsets.
Chills and thrillers are the name of the game today. M.J. Rose talks about her historical thriller The Reincarnationist. And David Baldacci is back with a new mystery called Simple Genius. But it's not so simple - Maggie Linton fills you in. Then, we celebrate the birthday of the master of horror and suspense, Stephen King. But we begin with Maggie and today's top ten mystery downloads from audible.com®.
Author Lynne Truss wants to know whatever happened to manners. Then, in his latest book, National Book Award winner Louis Sachar revisits some characters from his classic, Holes. Also, an extensive interview with novelist Paul Auster on his new book, The Brooklyn Follies.
The Best of This Is Audible is a monthly program combining the finest performances, narratives, and interviews from our biweekly show, This Is Audible. We invite the listening audience to experience classic and best-selling audio through compelling soundscapes of dramatic productions and unforgettable readings by some of the world's most engaging voices.
Paul Auster talks about his latest book, Travels in the Scriptorium. Then, novelist A.M. Homes tells her real-life story of reuniting with her birth mother in The Mistress's Daughter. Finally, we celebrate the birthday of an American classic, the man who gave us The Wizards of Oz, and we take a trip to the Polo Grounds. But first, we begin with Maggie Linton and today's top-selling romance downloads from audible.com®.
Michelle Richmond's novel, The Year of Fog, explores what remains when a child goes missing. Then, a behavioral economist's new book explains our Predictable Irrationality. And we celebrate a March literary birthday: Newberry Medal winner Lois Lowry. But we begin with Maggie Linton and the top ten downloads in science from audible.com®.
