Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/345484 Title: Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians Author: Ian Frisch Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs 24 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-02-26 Publisher: HarperAudio Genres: Biography & Memoir, Memoir Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man’s colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from around the world. Magic Is Dead is Ian Frisch’s head-first dive into a hidden world full of extraordinary characters and highly guarded secrets. It is a story of imagination, deception, and art that spotlights today’s most brilliant young magicians—a mysterious club known as the52, who are revolutionizing an ancient artform under the mantra Magic Is Dead. Ian brings us with him as he not only gets to know this fascinating world, but also becomes an integral part of it. We meet the52’s founding members—Laura London, Daniel Madison, and Chris Ramsay—and explore their personal demons, professional aspirations, and what drew them to their craft. We join them at private gatherings of the most extraordinary magicians working today, follow them to magic conventions in Las Vegas and England, and discover some of the best tricks of the trade. We also encounter David Blaine; hang out with Penn Jillette; meet Dynamo, the U.K.’s most famous magician; and go behind the scenes of a Netflix magic show. Magic Is Dead is also a chronicle of magic’s rich history and how it has changed in the internet age, as the young guns embrace social media and move away from the old-school take on the craft. As he tells the story of the52, and his role as its most unlikely member, Ian reveals his own connection with trickery and deceit and how he first learned the elements that make magic work from his poker-playing mother. He recalls their adventures in card rooms and casinos after his father’s sudden death, and shares a touching moment that he had, as a working journalist, with his childhood idol Shaquille O’Neal. “Magic—the romanticism of the inexplicable, the awe and admiration of the unexpected—is an underlying force in how we view the world and its myriad possibilities,” Ian writes. As his journey continues, Ian not only becomes a performer and creator of magic—even fooling the late Anthony Bourdain during a chance encounter—he also cements a new brotherhood, and begins to understand his relationship with his father, fifteen years after his death. Written with psychological acuity and a keen eye for detail, Magic Is Dead is an engrossing tale full of wonder and surprise. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/359894 Title: Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Author: Adam Higginbotham Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs 55 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-02-14 Publisher: Transworld Digital Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham, read by Jacques Roy. The dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history's worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers not only its own citizens, but all of humanity. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a masterful non-fiction thriller, and the definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Midnight In Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, of human resilience and ingenuity, and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will--lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats-remain not just vital but necessary. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/364679 Title: Dare to Desire Author: Carly Phillips Narrator: Sophie Eastlake Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs 2 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-02-05 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Genres: Erotica, Modern Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips turns up the heat in her newest sexy contemporary romance series, and introduces you to the Dare family ... siblings shaped by a father's secrets and betrayal. Quarterback Alex Dare had it all-an all-star football career and his choice of willing women-until injury forces him into early retirement. When he is offered a groundbreaking position with a rival team, he's intrigued, but there's a catch. He'll be working alongside the same woman he callously hurt when she got too close for comfort. Social worker Madison Evans grew up in foster homes and knows what it means to have-not. She isn't impressed by Alex Dare's wealth or charm. Not since she fell hard for him once before, only to discover she was just one of his too-easy conquests. This time around Madison refuses to succumb to Alex so easily. But Alex wants Madison. And if there is one thing Alex does well, it's to get what he wants. Can he convince Madison to take a risk and dare to love? Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/369922 Title: Ricocheting Regrets: Sadness in my Positivity Author: Joseph Batte Narrator: Joseph Batte Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs 52 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-01-31 Publisher: Findaway Voices Genres: Fiction & Literature, Comedy, Poetry, General Comedy Publisher's Summary: Appreciate a rare genre:Twenty-four poetic short stories, embedded with sparks of life drama and humor, based on a true life story. Extreme imagery is used, in some of the stories, to entice further thinking, enabling oneto tap deeper, into their inner most subconscious. Better captureunderlying life insights... Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/356572 Title: Front Runner (All the Truth Is Out Movie Tie-in) Author: Matt Bai Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs 39 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-01-10 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture starring Hugh Jackman. When politics went tabloid... In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart seemed like a no-brainer for the Democratic party's presidential nomination. He was articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive and led George H. W. Bush by double digits in the polls. However, he was also a deeply private man, uneasy when attention moved away from his political views to his personal life. Then, in one tumultuous week, it all came crashing down. Rumours of marital infidelity, a photo of Hart and a model snapped near a fatefully-named yacht, and a newspaper's stakeout of Hart's home resulted in a media frenzy the likes of which had never been seen before. Through the spellbindingly reported story of the Senator's fall from grace, Matt Bai, Yahoo News columnist and former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, revisits the Gary Hart affair and unpicks how one man's tragedy forever changed the nature of political media and, by extension, politics itself. This was the moment when the paradigm shifted - private lives became public; news became entertainment; and politics became tabloid. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/367121 Title: Dangerous Liaisons Elvis Presley's Hidden Heart - The Lost Interviews Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Length: 53 mins Language: English Release date: 2019-01-08 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: They never should've been an Elvis Presley. It's unlikely he was ever even born as his twin brother Jesse died at birth. Elvis was the backwoods son of a poverty stricken, uneducated family and was only a middle of the road student all the way through high school. Sure he was good looking, but that got him into trouble with the other boys and the girls, despite his finely sculpted features, found the teen Elvis somewhat shy and awkward. But then one day, while working an odd job, he stopped by a now iconic recording studio and cut a demo for his mother as a present and the Elvis we all know, love and will never forget came into being. In this ultra rare set of interviews with the king narrated by author actor Geoffrey Giuliano here is the perfect addition to the collection of every Elvis fans, pop historian, casual listener, curious commuter, as well,as all school and university systems. Ladies and gentlemen meet the real Elvis Presley! Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/354197 Title: Watch: A Novel Author: Keith Buckley Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs Language: English Release date: 2018-12-04 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: When John Harvey’s watch stops working on the morning of February 3rd, 1987, he has an epiphany. It occurs to him that every personal trauma he is trying to forget has had one thing in common: they all occurred at some point on the face of that very watch. The loss of his job, the death of his child, Zola’s suicide, all contained right there in that tiny circle of finite numbers. So he smashes the watch. Problem solved. But when John steps out the door to make his daily trek to the local bar as a man newly freed from the tyrannies of time, he is met by a snowstorm that renders him completely blind, and a walk that should have taken just a few minutes begins to feel like years. Because as John Harvey wanders alone through the snow with no sun nor sign to guide him, the twenty-eight year old misanthrope is confronted by the vivid manifestation of every ghost he has devoted his lonely life to avoiding. In the storm he is forced to finally accept the suffering he has been hiding from. In the storm he is forced to understand that the only thing worse than never truly seeing is never truly being seen. In the storm he is forced, for once, to watch. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/335414 Title: Of Blood and Bone Author: Nora Roberts Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs Language: English Release date: 2018-12-04 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world. They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before—the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted—and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden. In a mysterious shelter in the forest, her training is about to begin under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries. She will learn the old ways of healing; study and spar; encounter faeries and elves and shifters; and find powers within herself she never imagined. And when the time is right, she will take up the sword, and fight. For until she grows into the woman she was born to be, the world outside will never be whole again. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/365472 Title: My First Summer in the Sierra Author: John Muir Narrator: Adrian Praetzellis Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs 8 mins Language: English Release date: 2018-11-30 Publisher: Svenska Ljud Audioförlag Genres: Biography & Memoir, General Publisher's Summary: The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California's Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest insect people amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com
Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/365524 Title: Elizabeth and her German Garden Author: Elizabeth Von Arnim Narrator: Ashleigh Jane Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs 51 mins Language: English Release date: 2018-11-30 Publisher: Svenska Ljud Audioförlag Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898; it was very popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. The story is a year's diary written by the protagonist Elizabeth about her experiences learning gardening and interacting with her friends. It includes commentary on the beauty of nature and on society, but is primarily humorous due to Elizabeth's frequent mistakes and her idiosyncratic outlook on life. She looked down upon the frivolous fashions of her time writing I believe all needlework and dressmaking is of the devil, designed to keep women from study.' The book is the first in a series about the same character. It is noteworthy for being published without a named author. Contact: inforeq17@gmail.com