Brett McKay has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 13 ratings. The most-rated is The Art of Manliness.
The Art of Manliness
Summary
Man Up! While it's definitely more than just monster trucks, grilling and six-pack abs, true manliness is hard to define. The words macho and manly are not synonymous. Taking lessons from classic gentlemen such as Benjamin Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, authors Brett and Kate McKay have created a collection of the most useful advice every man needs to know to live life to its full potential. This book contains a wealth of information that ranges from survival skills to social skills to advice on how to improve your character. Whether you are braving the wilds with your friends, courting your girlfriend or raising a family, inside you'll find practical information and inspiration for every area of life. You'll learn the basics all modern men should know, including how to: Shave like your grandpa Be a perfect houseguest Fight like a gentleman using the art of bartitsu Help a friend with a problem Give a man hug Perform a fireman's carry Ask for a woman’s hand in marriage Raise resilient kids Predict the weather like a frontiersman Start a fire without matches Give a dynamic speech Live a well-balanced life So jump in today and gain the skills and knowledge you need to be a real man in the 21st century.
©2009 Brett and Kate McKay (P)2011 Tantor
Damage Inc.
Summary
"Imagine demon assassins who kill their victims by creating their worst fears.... Now imagine they’re after you!" Link Balsey is working on a better life for himself after making stupid mistakes that cost him his long-time girlfriend of five years and turns his focus into his carpet cleaning business and best friend, Dante. When he arrives at the mansion of his next customer, he’s instantly attracted to the woman of the house, Becca Falco. She continues to order services from him over the next three days, and she’s as into him as he is her. The only thing in the way is her abusive husband who happens to be a mob boss. He’s got connections to assassins and the police, and as his suspicions of their affair escalates, Link realizes it’s either kill or be killed. But hiring Damage Inc., a company of demon hit men from a parallel world, could be opening Pandora’s box, and unleashing a string of nightmares come to life that may be impossible to put back.
©2017 Brett McKay (P)2019 Brett McKay
The Other Side of Elsewhere
Summary
Ret McCoy was always the new kid, but after three years in the small town of Riverton, he thinks his family may have finally settled. He and his friends have the perfect summer planned before they start seventh grade, and his new job at the local mortuary promises enough pocket money for all the sodas they can drink. A dare from an older boy quickly ruins their plans. Everyone knows to stay away from the Crooked House, but after Ret and his friends take on the dare to spend the night in the abandoned house, they become caught up in the house’s dark history. Later, an outsider buys the house. When people start to disappear, Ret is determined to solve the mystery before it swallows the entire town. His obsession with the Crooked House and its strange new owner threatens to put him and his friends in danger more terrifying than anything they could have imagined.
©2018 Brett McKay (P)2019 Brett McKay
Tree of Souls: A Collection of Dark Tales
Summary
“It is not science that opens doors to other worlds. It is desire.” (My Third Eye) Includes the 2018 Crypticon winner "Ol' Betsy". Eleven stories of horror, dark fiction, and fantasy that will take the listener into worlds where a centuries old hanging tree feeds on the living, and a lovecraft inspired tale of a mad genius opens a portal to another world filled with hideous creatures, and a pretentious travelling salesman is haunted by ghosts who have come to make him pay for the sins of his past. In “Broken City”, a young man living life on the dangerous edge of drugs and violence is tracked by demons with a hideous agenda. In “The Lake”, a widowed man seeks solace during a two-week reteat in a cabin, but what lies hidden in the lake is about to wash ashore, and propel him into solving a mystery that will unearth unimaginable horrors. Finally, “Deadman’s Pass” plunges you into an old western town, where a sheriff is tasked with rescuing a carriage of innocent people trapped in a winter blizzard, but the cold is the least of his worries. The beasts waiting in the dark and howling at the moon are hungry.
©2020 Brett McKay (P)2020 Brett McKay
The Art of Manliness - Manvotionals
Summary
What makes a man manly? Master the art of manliness by learning about the seven manly virtues in this essential guide from authors Brett and Kate McKay. Each chapter covers one of the seven virtues (Manliness, Courage, Industry, Resolution, Self-Reliance, Discipline, Honor) and is packed with the best classic advice ever written down for men. From the philosophy of Aristotle to the speeches and essays of Theodore Roosevelt, these pages contain the manly wisdom of the ages - poems, quotes, and essays that will inspire you to live life to the fullest and realize your complete potential. Learn the art. Change your life. Become a man.
©2011 Brett McKay and Kate McKay (P)2011 Tantor