Entries Tagged as 'audiobook'

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Xe Sands to Read The Transcriptionist

January 29th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

HighBridge is pleased to announce that Xe Sands will narrate The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland. When Lena, the transcriptionist for big-city newspaper the Record, reads a shocking piece in the paper about a Jane Doe mauled to death by a lion, she recognizes the woman in the picture. Obsessed with understanding what caused the woman […]

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The 48 Laws of Power

January 10th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power is an international bestseller and has served as inspiration for a number of musicians, entrepreneurs, athletes, and actors, and “regular” folks such as myself. Read by Don Leslie, the audiobook is, at its core, a practical guide for anyone who wants power, observes power, or wants to arm […]

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Multiple Talents for The Art of Secrets

January 8th, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

HighBridge is pleased to announce that The Art of Secrets by James Klise will be narrated by Dan Bittner, Denise Ashlynd, Josh Rivedal, Heather Corrigan, and Anne Twomey. In The Art of Secrets, a  young girl’s life is changed as the town rallies around her in the wake of a mysterious fire that destroys her […]

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Featured Audio Giveaway – Jan 2014 – Sleepyhead

January 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways

Sleepyhead A Tom Thorne Novel by Mark Billingham Read by Simon Prebble   Mark Billingham’s Sleepyhead, an international bestseller, is a mesmerizing, psychological thriller and it introduces a stunning new talent in detective fiction. Read why this is a HighBridge Staff Pick. See what the reviewers have to say: “Who would have thought a stand-up […]

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Mark Turetsky to Read The One Safe Place

January 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News

HighBridge is proud to announce that Mark Turetsky will narrate The One Safe Place, a new young adult title by Tania Unsworth. Set in a near-future dystopia, The One Safe Place is a haunting page-turner about a young boy named Devin who thinks he’s finally found a safe haven, but soon realizes that it’s no […]

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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 […]

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47 Ronin: Serving a Cold Dish of Honorable Revenge

December 13th, 2013 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies

Now a major motion picture starring Keanu Reeves (release date December 25), John Allyn’s definitive telling of this unforgettable tale has been the gold standard of this story for almost 50 years. Allyn lived in Japan for a number of years studying Japanese literature and theater, later earing his PhD in theater history (with an […]

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