Have you ever had to periodically stop listening to an audiobook because it was so intense you just needed a break? Probably not all that uncommon with good thrillers. But with a memoir? That’s what my wife and I had to do on a recent road trip during which we tuned in to Her by […]
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Something about Her
August 19th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: audiobook·autobiography·Christa Parravani·Her·memoir·review·Steve's Picks
What a Trip! Philip Caputo’s The Longest Road
August 12th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I knew Philip Caputo’s The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean (read by Pete Larkin) would be my kind of “listen.” I love to travel and when I’m stuck at home, I love traveling vicariously through others’ stories and photos. And the more adventurous, the better. Acclaimed journalist […]
Tags: airstream·audiobook·longest road·pete larkin·philip caputo·road trip·travel
Across the Nightingale Floor
August 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
It’s like Harry Potter, but with ninjas instead of wizards. That’s the best and easiest way I can describe Across the Nightingale Floor. Lian Hearn’s Tales of the Otori trilogy is fantasy with the slightest twinge of history. Set in a fictional feudal Japan, Across the Nightingale Floor takes place immediately after the events of […]
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Stamberg and Co. Break Down Barriers – NPR American Chronicles: Women’s Equality
August 5th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
As part of the NPR American Chronicles series, listeners might be fearful of an over-academic treatment of a subject that is very personal to many. Women’s Equality is nothing of the sort. I can’t recommend this audio enough as an example of essential, inspiring, primary audio content presented in an artistic and entertaining manner. Susan […]
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The Word Smith – Ali Smith and There But For The
July 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
How to describe Ali Smith’s There But For The? For me, the trick to describing or defining Ali Smith’s writing is simply not to. It’s more fruitful and pleasurable to just sit back, accept her simply but dynamically drawn characters, let the language and wordplay wash over you, then in the end enjoy the slightly […]
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A Claire DeWitt Bohemian Rhapsody
July 15th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
With the publication of Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway (Sara Gran; read by Carol Monda) more and more people are catching on to the Claire DeWitt phenomenon, and I couldn’t be more pleased. I knew a quarter of the way into the first book, Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, that 1) […]
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Featured Audio Giveaway – Oct 2012 – The Gun Seller, autographed!
September 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Win a Hugh Laurie-autographed copy! The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie; read by Simon Prebble How to Win This Audio CD 1. Be an active* subscriber to our newsletter. Just enter your email address below: 2. Send an email to newsletter@highbridgeaudio.com 3. Put the words “Gun Seller” in the subject line. Entries must be received […]
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Next time you’re in the LA area…
April 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Some HighBridge staff, including acquisitions manager Steve Lehman, had the distinct pleasure of hearing Homeboy Industries founder and author/narrator of Tattoos on the Heart Father Gregory Boyle speak when he was in the Twin Cities earlier this spring. Later this spring, Steve also had the chance to stop by the Homegirl Cafe when he was in […]
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On the Road – The Trailer
March 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
At last, the official film trailer for On the Road is available! Though the film does not yet have a US release date, it will premiere (according to reports) at the Cannes film festival this year. While you wait for the film to come to a theater near you, brush up on your Kerouac with our audio of On […]
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Another Hobbit teaser
March 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
There’s a new production video blog on The Hobbit. This one again focuses on location shooting. The scenery is just breathtaking!
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