First published in the mid-1990s, Penance was David Housewright’s first novel, and won the Edgar Award for the Best First Novel. A Minnesota native and resident, Housewright has gone on to write more than ten novels to date, with about as many short stories under his belt. Penance was released under the Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio […]
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Digital Classic: Penance
October 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: audiobook·David Housewright·detective·minneapolis·mysterious press·mystery·Penance·police·R. C. Bray·St. Paul
Tara Sands to Narrate ‘The Summer of Letting Go’
September 25th, 2013 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is proud to announce that Tara Sands will be narrating The Summer of Letting Go, by Gae Polisner. Available March 2014, The Summer of Letting Go is a young adult audiobook that follows a teenage girl, still reeling from her little brother’s drowning death, who finds herself holding back—from summer trips to the ocean, […]
Tags: algonquin·audiobook·AudioFile·earphones·Gae Polisner·narrator·reader·tara sands·The Summer of Letting Go·YA·young adult
Nobody’s Perfect, But Westlake and Woodman Are Pretty Close
September 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Nobody’s Perfect by the late Donald Westlake; read by Jeff Woodman A Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio Digital Classics The saying goes “Dying is easy; comedy is hard.” Plenty of mysteries, where the body count climbs without much attention to plot or character, bear that out: all gore, no substance. And after a workday that can seem […]
Tags: audiobook·donald westlake·dortmunder·folly leads man to ruin·jeff woodman·mysterious press·mysterious press-highbridge audio classic·mystery·nobody's perfect
Coming Home
September 18th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
What is the true cost of war? How do we measure it? What are we really asking of the young men and women we send into combat? And if we can actually bring ourselves to answer that last question honestly in all its most horrifying specifics, what are the implications for the future lives of […]
Tags: audiobook·Bringing Mulligan HOme·casualties·concussive brain injury·Dale Maharidge·memoir·military·Okinawa·veterans·war·World War II
Headstone
September 13th, 2013 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
With Headstone, the ninth book in the Jack Taylor series, author Ken Bruen offers up some of the hardest-boiled, dark noir, detective/crime fiction I have ever experienced. And while it is the ninth book of what is technically a series, those not familiar with previous books won’t be lost in the least; it’s a great […]
Tags: audiobook·Audiobooks·crime fiction·dark·detective·Galway·gritty·hard-boiled·Headstone·Ireland·irish·jack taylor·John Lee·ken bruen·noir·PI·purgatory
Something about Her
August 19th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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 […]
Tags: audiobook·autobiography·Christa Parravani·Her·memoir·review·Steve's Picks
Narrator News
August 14th, 2013 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News
HighBridge is proud to announce that author Sharon Salzberg is returning to the studio with producer Paul Ruben to record her new book, Real Happiness at Work, available this December. Real Happiness at Work is a follow-up to Salzberg’s previous title, Real Happiness, which she also narrated. Real Happiness at Work offers solutions for peace […]
Tags: All Things Shining·audiobook·David Drummond·Inside the Box·Mark Billingham·meditation·Paul Ruben·Real Happiness·Scaredy Cat·Sharon Salzberg·Simon Prebble·Sleepyhead·The Tell
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 […]
Tags: Across the Nightingale Floor·audiobook·Audiobooks·Brilliance of the Moon·fantasy·fiction·Grass for His Pillow·japan·japanese·Lian Hearn·lord·ninja·Otori·samurai·sword·Takeo·Tales of the Otori
Featured Audio Giveaway – August 2013 – The Chaos Imperative (Brafman, Pollack)
August 6th, 2013 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
The Chaos Imperative How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success by Ori Brafman and Judah Pollack; read by Drew Birdseye Make chaos work for you, not against you. Ori Brafman, bestselling co-author of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior, and leadership guru Judah Pollack give us a real mind-changer as they reveal […]
Tags: audiobook·chaos imperative·Drew Birdseye·featured audio giveaway·Judah Pollack·ori brafman·sway