Carolyn Jourdan has 13 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.1★ across 11 ratings. The most-rated is Bear in the Back Seat.
Bear in the Back Seat
Summary
This is the first volume in a series of true stories from "[a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are clueless". In Kim DeLozier’s world, when sedated wild black bears wake up unexpectedly in the back seat of a helicopter in mid-flight, or in his car as he’s driving down the highway, or in his office while he’s talking on the phone, it’s just another day in the park. You’ll love seeing Kim and a fellow ranger tested as they bravely take on the task of relocating 77 live skunks by sedating them with darts from homemade blowguns, especially when the pickup truck load of stinkers wakes up while still in transit. A hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking memoir by the chief wildlife ranger in the number-one most popular family vacation destination in the USA, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For over 30 years, Kim DeLozier acted as a referee in the wild, trying to protect millions of park visitors from one of the densest populations of wild black bears in America - and the bears from tourists who get too close. Written with Wall Street Journal best-selling author Carolyn Jourdan, who has several highly-regarded number-one Amazon best-sellers about the Smoky Mountains and Appalachia.
©2013 Kim DeLozier & Carolyn Jourdan (P)2014 Kim DeLozier & Carolyn Jourdan
Bear in the Back Seat, Book 2
Summary
Six-time Wall Street Journal Top-10 best-selling author, Audible Top-10 best-selling audiobook, and Amazon All Star! This is the second volume in a best-selling series of true stories from "[a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are clueless." In Kim DeLozier's world, when sedated wild black bears wake up unexpectedly in the back seat of a helicopter in mid-flight, or in his car as he's driving down the highway, or in his office while he's talking on the phone, it's just another day in the park. You'll love seeing Kim and a fellow ranger tested as they bravely take on the task of dealing with enraged wild boars, elk, and more. A hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking memoir by the chief wildlife ranger in the number-one most popular family vacation destination in the USA, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For over 30 years, Kim DeLozier acted as a referee in the wild, trying to protect millions of park visitors from one of the densest populations of wild black bears in America - and the bears from tourists who get too close.
©2014 Kim DeLozier and Carolyn Jourdan (P)2017 Kim DeLozier and Carolyn Jourdan
Medicine Men
Summary
A collection of the most memorable moments from old-school rural physicians who each practiced medicine for more than 50 years in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Hilarious, heroic, heartwarming true stories of miracle cures, ghost dogs, and much madcap medical mayhem. Jourdan's work is often compared to James Herriot and Bill Bryson. Her first book is on hundreds of lists of best books of the year, best book club books, and funniest books.
©2012 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2013 Carolyn Jourdan
Radiologists at Work
Summary
Four-time Wall Street Journal top-10 best-selling author and number seven New York Times-Audible audiobook author. Is it cancer or just a bad pixel? Radiologists are the physicians we rarely get to see. Radiologists at Work contains the most memorable moments from the careers of 20 radiologists who practiced from the 1940s to the present day. These true stories are told with the trademark wit and warmth that has earned Carolyn Jourdan five national best-sellers. They give a rare glimpse at hidden heroes who work behind the scenes. Jourdan's first-rate medical writing illuminates the mysterious black-and-white world that stands at the front lines of modern healthcare. If you like Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande, you will enjoy this book.
©2015 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2017 Carolyn Jourdan
Bear Bloopers
Summary
A collection of hilarious, heartbreaking, and terrifying encounters with wild black bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rangers, scientists, wildlife photographers, wilderness guides, tourists, and others do all the wrong things when meeting one of the world famous icons of the Smokies. Wake up from a nap and discover a bear sleeping next to you, see a bear driving a car through the park, or hear a ranger whisper a warning that there's a bear in the stall next to you in the ladies room. It's all so emBEARrassing.
©2014 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2017 Carolyn Jourdan
Talking to Skeletons: Behind the Scenes with a Radiologist
Summary
Four-time Wall Street Journal Top-10 best-selling author! Is it cancer or just a bad pixel? Talking to Skeletons chronicles seven extraordinary nights Jourdan spent shadowing a radiologist in a teaching hospital. Told with the wit and warmth that have earned Jourdan five national best sellers, this book paints an insightful portrait of one man's life and work. It's a uniquely personal tour of a private world that, as a bonus, gives listeners an intimate peek at how Jourdan creates her best-selling medical narratives. In essence, it is a biography, and at the same time, a lovely and intelligent medical selfie. Jourdan's first-rate medical writing illuminates the mysterious black and white world that stands at the front lines of modern healthcare.
©2015 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2017 Carolyn Jourdan
How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Memoir: Advice from a Best-Selling Memoirist
Summary
For everyone who's ever wanted to write a memoir but is having trouble starting, finishing, or is stuck somewhere in between. Here's the place to get the answers to your questions (and to the questions you didn't know to ask) in one concise volume.
Learn the ropes from a USA Today, Audible, and five-time Wall Street Journal best-selling memoirist and get tips from six of her friends and colleagues. Jourdan’s trademark blend of wit and wisdom, humor and humanity have earned her high praise from Dolly Parton and Fannie Flagg, as well as major national newspapers, the New York Public Library, Elle, Family Circle Magazine, and put her work at the top of hundreds of lists of best books of the year and funniest books ever.
©2018 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2019 Carolyn Jourdan
The School for Psychics: A Midlife Fairy Tale Adventure
Summary
Adventure, suspense, and romantic comedy with paranormal elements make for a charming romp from the tiny island of Lanai, Hawaii, to the vast Chateau of Versailles. A grown-up fairy tale and fantasy version of Da Vinci Code meets Murder She Wrote by six-time Wall Street Journal best-selling author Carolyn Jourdan, whose previous cozy mysteries with romantic suspense are Out on a Limb and The School for Mysteries. Phoebe, a private duty nurse, has a gift for knowing certain kinds of information that are none of her business, so when her new boss asks her to help him find and retrieve some extremely valuable items that have gone missing, she's happy to try to help. What the boss failed to disclose was who she'd have to work with and what they'd be up against. A fun, action-packed romp through the Loire Valley, Paris, and Normandy.
©2014, 2016 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2018 Carolyn Jourdan
Out on a Limb
Summary
Phoebe McFarland has just moved back to her hometown of White Oak, Tennessee, a sleepy rural community nestled in the mist-shrouded ridges and isolated hollows of the Smoky Mountains. Now she spends her days working as a rural home health care nurse, making calls on a quirky roster of housebound characters she's determined to take care of whether they cooperate or not.
She applies this same optimism to her love life, despite the fact that she's been dating for 38 years without locating any husband material. When she runs into her childhood sweetheart, Henry Matthews, a wildlife ranger for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it looks like she might've found her man.
But Phoebe and Henry's chance for romance has to be put on hold while they undertake a desperate search for a young woman who mysteriously vanished from the park during a gathering of world famous biologists and botanists, including a charismatic Frog Whisperer.
©2013 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2017 Carolyn Jourdan
Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain
Summary
Seven European tourists set off on the trip of a lifetime - a grand circle tour of the American West. They are unaware that a desperate journalist has hidden evidence in their van that could bring down a high-level criminal conspiracy. Nor do they know that they are being pursued by ruthless thugs determined to retrieve the proof at any cost, as the innocent visitors travel from one scenic stop to another. The blistering heat, freezing cold, flash flooding, and a vast desert wilderness crammed with menacing wildlife are the least of their problems. A comic mystery set amid the dangerous beauties of Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, and Zion. Listen to Breakdown on Blowhard Mountain from USA Today, Audible, and five-time Wall Street Journal best-selling author Carolyn Jourdan, whose previous mystery Out on a Limb was voted a Best Kindle Book of the Year. Ludger Dominic Bracht, the coauthor, is an experienced guide and owner of Personal Scout Tours.
©2019 Carolyn Jourdan and Ludger Dominic Bracht (P)2020 Carolyn Jourdan and Ludger Dominic Bracht
The School for Mysteries
Summary
By USA Today, Audible, and five-time Wall Street Journal best-selling author Carolyn Jourdan. This fun romp with supernatural elements, witty banter, suspense, romantic comedy, and a few paranormal elements make for an entertaining adventure set in the present day but touching on history from medieval Chartres to the Civil War. Phoebe McFarland has just lost her job as a rural home health care nurse in White Oak, Tennessee, a sleepy rural community nestled in the mist-shrouded Smoky Mountains. But then she's unexpectedly offered a ritzy-sounding position as a private duty nurse to an enigmatic scholar. Unfortunately before she can start her upscale new life, Phoebe is unwittingly caught up in a medical emergency with Nick, a total stranger. The mismatched couple is forced to cooperate as they flee professional killers who now have Phoebe in their crosshairs, as well. Will Phoebe and friends be able to prevent some scary guys from killing her and Nick over a mysterious book that's not even finished?
©2014 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2018 Carolyn Jourdan
Nurse: The Art of Caring
Summary
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a nurse? From a 6-time Top 10 in the USA author, this book is a collection of the most memorable moments from the careers of over sixty nurses. It covers nearly seventy years of practice from World War II to the present day. The extraordinary situations described here are the result of more than 1,000 years of hands-on bedside knowledge. The vignettes contain wisdom and insight gained the hard way, from long experience in the trenches (sometimes in actual trenches) performing tasks that range from the most humble to the most skilled. These true stories run the gamut from birth to death. They deal with everything from war, ER, ICU, to childbirth, pediatrics, adult care, surgery, home and homeless healthcare, the psych ward, oncology, the nursing home, and finally hospice. The sacrifice and service of these nurses--their courage, kindness, and determination--is breathtaking. If you've ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of a hospital, you've come to the right place.
©2016 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2018 Carolyn Jourdan
Heart in the Right Place
Summary
Carolyn Jourdan spent many years as a congressional lawyer in Washington, D.C. Then she was called home to fill in for her mother as receptionist at her father's rural Tennessee doctor's office - assured it would only be for a few days.
©2007 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2008 Recorded Books