Some of the books I’ve recorded

Below is a list of some of the books I’ve narrated for the Library of Congress’ National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped:

AGAINST THE TIDE: THE FATE OF THE NEW ENGLAND FISHERMAN by Richard Adams Carey

AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth

AN END TO EVIL: HOW TO WIN THE WAR ON TERROR by David Frum and Richard Perle

APPLE’S AMERICA: THE DISCRIMINATING TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO FORTY GREAT CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA by R. W. Apple, Jr.

ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand

THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN by Ayi Kewi Armah

THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2001 edited by Timothy Ferris

THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2003 edited by Buzz Bissinger

THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY: AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER EXPOSES THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOBALIZATION, CORPORATE CONS, AND HIGH FINANCE FRAUDSTERS by Greg Palast

BOBOS IN PARADISE: THE NEW UPPER CLASS AND HOW THEY GOT THERE by David Brooks

BOGGS: A COMEDY OF VALUES by Lawrence Weschler

BOLTZMANN’S ATOM: THE GREAT DEBATE THAT LAUNCHED A REVOLUTION IN PHYSICS by David Lindley

THE BROTHERS GRIMM: TWO LIVES, ONE LEGACY by Donald R. Hettinga

BUGLES IN THE AFTERNOON by Ernest Haycox

CAN’T YOU HEAR ME CALLIN’:  THE LIFE OF BILL MONROE, FATHER OF BLUEGRASS by Richard D. Smith

CELEBRATING RAMADAN by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith

CELL by Stephen King

CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN: THREE GOTHIC NOVELS by Charles Brockden Brown

CITY ROOM by Arthur Gelb

THE COLLECTED TALES OF NIKOLAI GOGOL by Richard Pevear

CONAN THE REBEL by Poul Anderson

CONVERSATIONS WITH JOSEPH BRODSKY: A POET’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Solomon Volkov

CRASHING THE PARTY: TAKING ON THE CORPORATE GOVERNMENT IN AN AGE OF SURRENDER by Ralph Nader

DONNEGAN by Max Brand

DUTCH: A MEMOIR OF RONALD REAGAN by Edmund Morris

FAMILY MATTERS by Rohinton Mistry

THE FANTASIES OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN by Robert A. Heinlein

GOOD POEMS, selected by Garrison Keillor

GO TO: THE STORY OF THE MATH MAJORS, BRIDGE PLAYERS, ENGINEERS, CHESS WIZARDS, MAVERICK SCIENTISTS, AND ICONOCLASTS – THE PROGRAMMERS WHO CREATED THE SOFTWARE REVOLUTION by Steve Lohr

GORE: A POLITCAL LIFE by Bob Zelnick

HANNIBAL CROSSES THE ALPS: THE ENIGMA REEXAMINED by John Prevas

HAPPY ALCHEMY: ON THE PLEASURES OF MUSIC AND THE THEATER by Robertson Davies

HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL: AMERICA’S QUEST FOR GLOBAL DOMINANCE by Noam Chomsky

HERMAN MELVILLE: TYPEE, OMOO, MARDI by Herman Melville

HIS EXCELLENCY: GEORGE WASHINGTON by Joseph J. Ellis

IN SIBERIA by Colin Thubron

INFLATING A DOG: THE STORY OF ELLA’S LUNCH LAUNCH by Eric Kraft

JOURNEY AMONG WARRIORS: THE MEMOIRS OF A MARINE by Victor J. Croizat

JUBAL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY, CSA, DEFENDER OF THE LOST CAUSE  by Charles C. Osborne

THE KENNEDY CURSE: WHY AMERICA’S FIRST FAMILY HAS BEEN HAUNTED BY TRAGEDY FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS by Edward Klein

KILN PEOPLE by David Brin

THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN by Guy Gavriel Kay

LEGENDS: A NOVEL OF DISSIMULATION by Robert Littell

LENIN: A BIOGRAPHY by Robert Service

LOSING MY MIND: AN INTIMATE LOOK AT LIFE WITH ALZHEIMER’S by Thomas DeBaggio

THE LOST SON: A LIFE IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE by Bernard B. Kerik

MAGICAL THINKING: TRUE STORIES by Augusten Burroughs

MAKING WAVES by Mario Vargas Llosa

THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG AND OTHER SHORT WORKS by Mark Twain

THE MAN WHO LOVED ONLY NUMBERS: THE STORY OF PAUL ERDOS AND THE SEARCH FOR MATHEMATICAL TRUTH by Paul Hoffman

THE MARINES OF AUTUMN: A NOVEL OF THE KOREAN WAR by James Brady

MINDSCAN by Robert J. Sawyer

NONZERO: THE LOGIC OF HUMAN DESTINY by Robert Wright

NORTH STAR OVER MY SHOULDER: A FLYING LIFE by Bob Buck

AN OCEAN OF AIR: WHY THE WIND BLOWS AND OTHER MYSTERIES OF THE ATMOSPHERE by Gabrielle Walker

THE OPERATOR: DAVID GEFFEN BUILDS, BUYS, AND SELLS THE NEW HOLLYWOOD by Tom King

OUTSIDER, INSIDER by Andrew Heiskell

THE PATHFINDER; OR, THE INLAND SEA by James Fenimore Cooper

THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME and GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS by John Bunyan

THE PIONEERS: A LEATHERSTOCKING TALE by James Fenimore Cooper

POETS OF WORLD WAR II edited by Harvey Shapiro

PORTRAIT OF A MAN UNKNOWN by Nathalie Sarraute

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE by Paul Gallico

RAINBOW MARS by Larry Niven

RALPH BUNCHE: MODEL NEGRO OR AMERICAN OTHER? by Charles P. Henry

THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF AMERICA: THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN STORY FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO TODAY by Edwin S. Gaustad and Leigh E. Schmidt

A REPUBLIC, NOT AN EMPIRE: RECLAIMING AMERICA’S DESTINY  by Pat Buchanan

THE RIG VEDA: AN ANTHOLOGY selected by Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty

THE RIGHT MAN: THE SURPRISE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH by David Frum

ROCKNE OF NOTRE DAME: THE MAKING OF A FOOTBALL LEGEND  by Ray Robinson

ROOSEVELT’S SECRET WAR: FDR AND WORLD WAR II ESPIONAGE by Joseph E. Persico

SANCTUARY by William Faulkner

SAVING THE LOST TRIBE: THE RESCUE AND REDEMPTION OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS by Asher Naim

SENATOR MANSFIELD: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF A GREAT AMERICAN STATESMAN AND DIPLOMAT by Don Oberdorfer

SNOW MOUNTAIN PASSAGE by James D. Houston

SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN:  AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD by J. R. McNeil

THE SPACE MERCHANTS by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth

SQUARE PEG: CONFESSIONS OF A CITIZEN SENATOR by Orrin Hatch

THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN:  A YAQUI WAY OF KNOWLEDGE by Carlos Castaneda

TOURMALINE by Joanna Scott

A TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE by David Hume

TURTLE ISLAND:  TALES OF THE ALGONQUIAN NATIONS  by Jane Louise Curry

UNDER THE SAME SKY by Cynthia C. DeFelice

UTOPIA by Lincoln Child

VENUS by Ben Bova

VERA (MRS. VLADIMIR NABOKOV)  by Stacy Schiff

WALKING THE BIBLE:  A JOURNEY BY LAND THROUGH THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES by Bruce Feiler

WAR STORIES II: HEROISM IN THE PACIFIC by Oliver L. North with Joe Musser

THE WHALE WARRIORS: THE BATTLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD TO SAVE THE PLANET’S LARGEST MAMMALS by Peter Heller

WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED: A MEMIOR  by E. Lynn Harris

WHEN PRIDE STILL MATTERED:  A LIFE OF VINCE LOMBARDI  by David Marannis

WHEN YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE ROAD, TAKE IT! INSPIRATION AND WISDOM FROM ONE OF BASEBALL’S GREATEST HEROES by Yogi Berra and David Kaplan

WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? REFLECTIONS ON DEATH, REBIRTH, AND HUNGER FOR A FAITH by Studs Terkel

WOLF AT THE TABLE: A MEMOIR OF MY FATHER by by Augusten Burroughs

and these are some of the magazines I’ve recorded:

ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
EBONY
ELLERY QUEEN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MILITARY HERITAGE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
OUTDOOR LIFE
SMART COMPUTING
SOUND AND VISION
VIBE
THE WRITER

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    This site provides audio narrations of both American historical works and current government publications.
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