It’s COLD, really really COLD in many parts of the country, and particularly in our neck of the prairie (a balmy -18F, as I write this). We’ve put together a short list of audiobooks suitable for either facing or avoiding the weather. Keep warm and keep safe! Face it: South with the Sun: Roald Amundsen, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Uncategorized'
Audiobooks for a Polar Vortex
January 6th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: cold·polar vortex·suggestions·winter
Fooled Me Twice: Mark Billingham’s SCAREDY CAT
December 30th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Oh, Mr. Billingham, you fooled me again. You seem so forthcoming in Scaredy Cat, your follow-up to the Tom Thorne series opener Sleepyhead. And narrator Simon Prebble has such a trustworthy voice, doesn’t he? Yet I don’t even get through the prologue before I see you’re up to your tricks again—and Mr. Prebble is clearly in […]
Tags:
Hot Stuff: Robert Olen Butler’s THE HOT COUNTRY
December 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I confess that I’ve read (or listened to) almost nothing in the historical thriller genre, but if The Hot Country by Robert Olen Butler is in any way indicative of the quality of work to be found there, I need to get busy. Because this novel is as well-written, with characters as three-dimensional and interesting […]
Tags: audiobook·Chirstopher Marlowe Cobb·HighBridge·historical thriller·Mexican Civil War·mysterious press·Ray Chase·Robert Olen Butler·The Hot Country·war correspondent
From a shameless dog lover: Spend some pleasant moments listening to Songs of the Cat
December 16th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I have been listening to the old scout since I was a boomer kid. Prairie Home has been a part of my life. Well, a big part of my radio listening life. In the early 1970’s I listened to the King Biscuit Flour Hour and National Lampoon’s short-lived radio program. Then a family member told […]
Tags: A Prairie Home Companion·cat video festival·frederica von stade·garrison keillor·npr driveway moments cat tales·prairie home·songs of the cat
Billingham’s Sleepyhead: A First-in-Series That Will Keep You Awake
December 9th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Having listened to Mark Billingham’s Sleepyhead, read by Simon Prebble, I believe I may have discovered the perfect way to determine whether you’ve come across a truly outstanding mystery: Try to explain what you like about it to someone. If you realize you can’t without the explanation being a spoiler of some kind, you’ve got […]
Tags: Mark Billingham·mystery·Scaredy Cat·Simon Prebble·Sleepyhead·thomas thorne·Tom Thorne
The Unforgettable Tom Keith: Sound Effects Man
December 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
With the second anniversary of Tom Keith’s unexpected passing retreating all too quietly as winter approaches, I’m reminded there’s one CD in our home that keeps both my eight year old son and my sixty-nine year old mother-in-law in stitches, consistently, and on any given listen. And by “in stitches” I mean unbridled laughter – […]
Tags: A Prairie Home Companion·garrison keillor·HighBridge·loon·public radio·sound effects·Tom Keith
Artist-autographed copies of Star Wars: A New Hope Radio Drama auctioned for charity
November 15th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
HighBridge has teamed up with Knights’ Archive to offer a set of the new Star Wars: A New Hope – The Original Radio Drama Topps Collector’s Editions signed by the artists, Matt Busch and Randy Martinez. All proceeds from the auction will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. To view the auction or make a bid, […]
Tags: auction·charity·ebay·knights archive·make-a-wish·matt busch·radio·radio drama·randy martines·star wars·topps
Survival Lessons: A little gem…wise, witty and wonderful.
November 11th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I was drawn to Survival Lessons, the little gem of a book by celebrated fiction author Alice Hoffman, as family members and friends of mine endured trauma and health challenges this past year. A cancer survivor herself, Hoffman’s impulse for writing this book was her need for a “guidebook” to help cope with long-term illness, to […]
Tags: Alice Hoffman·cancer·health·illness·love·personal development·recovery·Survival Lessons·Xe Sands
Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama Topps Collector’s Editions
November 8th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Force is with us here at HighBridge. This month marks something very exciting: the launch of our Topps Collector’s Editions of the Original Star Wars Radio Drama. First hitting airwaves in 1981, the thirteen part, 6-hour drama was immensely popular. NPR replayed the drama a couple times, but the audio drama was otherwise unavailable […]
Tags: A. C. Crispin·art·dark·dark horse·jedi·light·matt busch·mp3·NPR·organa·radio·radio drama·randy martinez·skywalker·star wars·topps·wookie
Ties That Bind Finds Value in People and Their Stories
November 5th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The photo says it all. Legendary oral historian Studs Terkel passing the torch to StoryCorps founder Dave Isay at the 2003 launch of the StoryCorps recording booth in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. The great work of StoryCorps – to chronicle and celebrate the rich and compelling lives of average Americans in their own voices […]
Tags: Danny Perasa·Dave Isay·HighBridge·Mary Johnson·Monique Ferrer·Scott Simon·StoryCorps·Studs Terkel·Ties That Bind