Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life (Unabridged)
February 21, 2012
unabridged by Steve Martin. Narrated by Steve Martin
AVERAGE CUSTOMER RATING: 04. Feb
Regular Price: 29.95
Our Price: 23.93
Summary:
In the mid-70s, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. Born Standing Up is, in his own words, the story of “why I did stand-up and why I walked away”.
At age 10 Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott’s Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory.
Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times: the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late 60s, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the 70s.
Sample:
Length: 4 hour 3 min
Release date: 01. Nov 07
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Duma Key: A Novel (Unabridged)
February 21, 2012
unabridged by Stephen King. Narrated by John Slattery
AVERAGE CUSTOMER RATING: Apr 19
Regular Price: 49.95
Our Price: 39.93
Summary:
A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle’s right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn’t survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else:
“Edgar, does anything make you happy?”
“I used to sketch.”
“Take it up again. You need hedges…hedges against the night.”
Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth’s past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating.
The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory, and the nature of the supernatural: Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.
Sample:
Length: 21 hours and 1 min.
Release date: 11. Jan 08
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
You: Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty
February 21, 2012
unabridged by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.. Narrated by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
AVERAGE CUSTOMER RATING: Mrz 58
Regular Price: 29.95
Our Price: 20.97
Summary:
The body is the most fascinating machine ever created, and nobody talks about it in ways that are as illuminating and compelling as Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz do. In You: The Owner’s Manual, they showed how the human body works in general, and in You: On a Diet, they explained how bodies lose weight and stay fit; both books have sold in the millions. Now, in You: Staying Young, the doctors talk about what happens as the body ages. As with their previous titles, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz have conducted tireless research and will introduce fascinating and crucial information in an unforgettable way.
Most people think of the aging of their bodies the same way they think of the aging of their cars: “As people get older, it’s inevitable that they’re going to break down; it could be in just a few ways or it could be in dozens of ways.” Most people have the notion that once they reach 40 or so, a slow and steady decline of the mind, eyes, ears, joints, arteries, libido, and every other system that affects the quality of life begins to take effect.
However, according to Drs. Roizen and Oz, that’s a mistake. Aging isn’t a decline of the body’s systems. It’s actually very purposeful. The very systems and biological processes that cause people to age are actually designed to help people when they’re a little bit younger.
So what’s the role of those who are part of the aging population? To learn how these systems work, so they can be reprogrammed to work the way they did when they were younger. Listeners’ goals should be to die young at any age. That means living a high quality of life (with everything from working joints to working genitals) until the day they die. The doctors’ real goal isn’t just to make people live longer; it’s to allow them to maintain vibrancy throughout their entire lives.
Sample:
Length: 5 hours and 19 min.
Release date: 23-OCT-2007
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Unabridged)
February 21, 2012
unabridged by Rick Warren. Narrated by Rick Warren
AVERAGE CUSTOMER RATING: Mrz 86
Regular Price: 29.99
Our Price: 21.27
Summary:
The Purpose-Driven Life will help you understand why you are alive and God’s amazing plan for you, both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide you through a personal 40-day spiritual journey that will transform your answer to life’s most important question: What on earth am I here for? Knowing God’s purpose for creating you will reduce your stress, focus your energy, simplify your decisions, give meaning to your life, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity.
This recording offers a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st century: a lifestyle based on God’s eternal purposes, not cultural values. Using over 1,200 scriptural quotes and references, it challenges the conventional definitions of worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism. In the tradition of Oswald Chambers, Rick Warren offers distilled wisdom on the essence of what life is all about. Full of hope and challenge, The Purpose-Driven Life will be a classic treasured by generations to come.
Sample:
Length: 9 hours and 2 min.
Release date: 07. Nov 03
Publisher: Zondervan
Lady Killer (Unabridged)
February 21, 2012
unabridged by Lisa Scottoline. Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
AVERAGE CUSTOMER RATING: Mrz 85
Regular Price: 39.95
Our Price: 31.93
Summary:
Mary DiNunzio is a trademark Lisa Scottoline heroine – she’s strong, she’s smart, and she’s got plenty of attitude. In recent years, she’s become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning – in mile-high stilettos – is super sexy Trish Gambone, her high school rival. Back then, while Mary was becoming the straight-A president of the Latin Club and Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, Trish was the head Mean Girl, who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the bathroom.
As it turns out, however, Trish’s life has taken a horrifying turn. She’s terrified of her live-in boyfriend, who’s an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. There’s only one problem – Mary remembers the guy from high school too. Unbeknownst to Trish, Mary had a major crush on him.
Then Trish vanishes, a dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare, one that threatens her job, her family, and even her life. She goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on the way, finds new love in a very unexpected place.
But before the novel’s shocking surprise ending, Mary is forced to confront some very uncomfortable truths about her own past, and the profound effects of lifelong love – and hate.
Sample:
Length: 10 hours and 45 min.
Release date: 06. Feb 08
Publisher: Harper Audio
