HighBridge is pleased to announce that the new short story collection from Joyce Carol Oates, High Crime Area, will be narrated by an all-star cast: Julia Whelan, Ray Chase, Donna Postel, Luci Christian, Tamara Marston, and Chris Patton. Julia Whelan will narrate the title story, “High Crime Area,” as well as “The Rescuer.” Julia is […]
Entries from February 26th, 2014
Greed Is Green: McKenzie Funk’s WINDFALL
February 24th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
When I first watched the documentary An Inside Job, which is about the global financial meltdown, I remember my sense of disbelief at the essentially willful self-deception on the one hand and the sheer willingness to put personal gain ahead of massive destruction to the entire world economy on the other. And the world has […]
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In Like a Lion: Smith’s LION PLAYS ROUGH
February 14th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Lion Plays Rough by Lachlan Smith, read by R. C. Bray, is Smith’s second entry in his Leo Maxwell Series, and proves that the series definitely has staying power. Publishers Weekly called the novel a “finely paced mystery” and went on to say it is “full of intelligent plot twists and should appeal to any […]
Tags: audiobook·Bear is Broken·Lachlan Smith·Leo Maxwell·Lion Plays Rough·mysterious press·mystery·narrator·noir·R. C. Bray·thriller
Simon Vance to Read The Zhivago Affair
February 12th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that Award-winning audiobook narrator Simon Vance will be reading The Zhivago Affair by Peter Finn and Petra Couvée. The Zhivago Affair is the dramatic real-life story of how Russian poet Boris Pasternak’s first novel, Doctor Zhivago, became a CIA secret weapon and the centerpiece of an ideological battle between East […]
Tags: audie·audiobook·AudioFile·CIA·Cold War·Doctor Zhivago·mystery·narrator·Simon Vance·thriller·Zhivago
Bob & Ray Legends of Comedy CD Set
February 11th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
According to the Radio Hall of Fame, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were a comedy team of early radio and masters of deadpan satirical dialogue. They hailed out of Boston and started in radio news. Famous for their comedy sketches from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s they were known throughout America for their fake serious […]
Tags: Bob & Ray·Bob Elliott·comedy·deadpan·fake news·Komodo Dragon·ostensibly serious news·Ray Goulding·Slow Talkers of America·Wally Ballou
STORIED LIFE OF AJ FIKRY: “Top of my list of absolute favorites”
February 10th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin has certainly struck a chord with many advance readers of this Algonquin title, available from HighBridge on audio April 1—and one of them happens to be the audiobook’s narrator, AudioFile “Golden Voice” Scott Brick. HighBridge always strives to select only those stories that really speak to […]
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When Books Could Change the World: The Travail and Triumph of Doctor Zhivago
February 6th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
I’m excited to announce that HighBridge will produce the audio edition of The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book by Peter Finn & Petra Couvée, a story that is part Cold War spy thriller, part mesmerizing literary biography, part secret history of the blockbuster book that shook the […]
Tags: audiobook·Boris Pasternak·Cold War·Doctor Zhivago·literary history·Perter Finn·Petra Couvée·Russian history·Russian literature·Simon Vance
Celebrating Mandela: An Audio History
February 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The life of Nelson Mandela – a life that faced oppression, sparked revolution, survived prison, rebuilt a nation, and transformed the world’s view of justice, continues to inspire. Upon his death in December of 2013, at age 95, the world celebrated his unwavering dedication to “the idea of a democratic and free society in which […]
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Featured Audio Giveaway – Feb 2014 – Mandela: An Audio History
February 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
Mandela: An Audio History Produced by Radio Diaries Hosted by Desmond Tutu Commentary by Nelson Mandela Foreword by Joe Richman In honor of Black History Month, this month’s giveaway is the duPont-Columbia and Robert F. Kennedy Award-winning audio documentary Mandela: An Audio History. Recognized as one of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid […]
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