Chris & Nancy
Summary
Exploring the steroid-fueled world of professional wrestling, this riveting chronicle lays bare the devastating events that led to the 2007 murder-suicide of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son, Daniel. Benoit's performance-enhancing drug addiction - massive amounts of doctor-prescribed human growth hormone were found in Benoits home - and subsequent suicide proved to be the tipping point for the professional wrestling world, resulting in unprecedented scrutiny of the sports subpar health and safety standards. Using public records, dozen of interviews with those inside and outside of wrestling, and investigative results, this authoritative analysis provides an uncompromising look at the price athletes pay in this rough-and-tumble world.
©2009 Irvin Muchnick (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Rutger Bregman
Summary
Rutger Bregman joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to discuss his latest best-selling publication, Utopia for Realists. Rutger Bregman is one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers. At 29, he is a historian and an author with four books already under his belt, not to mention a regular spot on the revered online journalism platform The Correspondent and publications in The Washington Post and The Guardian.
©2017 Audible Studios (P)2017 Audible Studios
Admiral William McRaven
Summary
A former United States Navy admiral with a distinguished and extraordinary career, Admiral William McRaven retired from the Navy in 2014 after more than 37 years of service. During the last few years of his career he was also 'Bull Frog', the longest serving Navy SEAL still on duty. Admiral McRaven has written a book which shares the most important principles he learned during his career - it's called Make Your Bed: Small things that can change your life...and maybe the world. He visits the Audible Studios to tell us more.
©2017 Audible Ltd (P)2017 Audible Ltd
Bettany Hughes
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Bettany Hughes is a historian, an author and a broadcaster whose many TV and radio documentaries have toured ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. Her critically acclaimed writing has explored the lives and worlds of Helen of Troy and Socrates, and today she visits the Audible Studios to tell us more about her new book, Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities.
©2017 Audible Studios (P)2017 Audible Studios
The Shadow Saint
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Thieves, dangerous magic, and a weapon built with the power to destroy a god clash in this second novel of Gareth Hanrahan's acclaimed epic fantasy series, The Black Iron Legacy. "This is genre-defying fantasy at its very best.... Insanely inventive and deeply twisted." (Michael R. Fletcher) Enter a city of spires and shadows.... The Gutter Miracle changed the landscape of Guerdon forever. Six months after it was conjured into being, the labyrinthine New City has become a haven for criminals and refugees. Rumors have spread of a devastating new weapon buried beneath the streets - a weapon with the power to destroy a god. As Guerdon strives to remain neutral, two of the most powerful factions in the godswar send agents into the city to find it. As tensions escalate and armies gather at the borders, how long will Guerdon be able to keep its enemies at bay? "A groundbreaking and extraordinary novel.... Hanrahan has an astonishing imagination." (Peter McLean) The Shadow Saint continues the gripping tale of dark gods and dangerous magic that began with Hanrahan's acclaimed debut The Gutter Prayer.
©2020 Gareth Hanrahan (P)2020 Orbit
Ben Collins
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Ben Collins, the championship winning racing driver, Hollywood stuntman, best-selling author and the legend that is The Stig from Top Gear visits the Audible Studios to chat about his new book How To Drive.
©2017 Audible Ltd (P)2017 Audible Ltd
Victoria Hislop
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Victoria Hislop joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest novel.
©2016 Audible, Ltd. (P)2016 Audible, Ltd.
Ruth Fitzmaurice
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Ruth Fitzmaurice is the author of I Found My Tribe, a critically acclaimed memoir which came about as the result of an article in the Irish Times that hit a real nerve with the public. In the book she writes about how her passion for swimming has helped her cope with the challenges of caring for a large family and a husband with motor neurone disease. Ruth visits the Audible Studios to tell us a bit more about the book.
©2017 Audible Ltd (P)2017 Audible Ltd
Kathryn Hughes - August 2017
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Best-selling author of The Letter and The Secret Kathryn Hughes joins Audible for a second time to discuss her third novel, The Key. With a dual time line, listeners are transported between scenes of a 1950s operational insane asylum and those taking place in the aged and now abandoned building 50 years on in a story about forgotten tragedy, lost love and the pursuit of justice. Kathryn discusses her new thrilling instalment and her hopes for future works.
©2017 Audible Ltd (P)2017 Audible Ltd
Julia Samuel
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Julia Samuel joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book, Grief Works.
©2017 Audible Studios (P)2017 Audible Studios
Jane Corry
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Jane Corry joins Gabriel Fleming to talk about her latest novel, My Husband's Wife.
©2016 Audible Ltd (P)2016 Audible Ltd
Ian Wright
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Legendary footballer Ian Wright joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to discuss his autobiography, A Life in Football.
©2016 Audible, Ltd (P)2016 Audible, Ltd
Elizabeth Bear
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Sci-fi writer Elizabeth Bear joins Gabriel Fleming in the Audible Studios to talk about her work.
©2016 Audible Ltd (P)2016 Audible Ltd