James Sullivan has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Unsinkable.
Seven Dirty Words
Summary
In Seven Dirty Words, journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. A critical biography, Seven Dirty Words is an insightful (and, of course, hilarious) examination of Carlin's body of work as it pertained to the cultural times and the man who created it, from his early days as a more-or-less conventional comedian to his stunning transformation into the subversive comedic voice of the emerging counterculture. Sullivan also chronicles Carlin's struggles with censorship and drugs, as well as the full-blown renaissance he experienced in the 1990s, both personally and professionally, when he became an elder statesman to a younger generation of comics who revered him. Seven Dirty Words is nothing less than the definitive biography of an American master who changed the world and also a work of cultural commentary that frames George Carlin's extraordinary legacy.
©2010 Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff (P)2010 Tantor
Ella-Grace in Hyperspace
Summary
Ella-Grace lives in a boring town in England where nothing interesting ever happens. Looking for an adventure one evening, Ella wishes on a shooting star from her bedroom window and is instantly transported onto a spaceship where her intergalactic adventure through hyperspace begins. Life just got a little more exciting! "Such a brilliant story. All little boys and girls will love this!" (Joanna Pemberton, Kids Weekly) Ella-Grace in Hyperspace is a story by James Sullivan, author of other popular children's titles such as Undercover Kevin Saves the World.
©2021 Lee Brickley (P)2021 Lee Brickley
Unsinkable
Summary
“Certain stories we need to tell regardless of their size. One of Mr. Sullivan’s achievements is to remind us why.” (The Wall Street Journal) In the best-selling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a thrilling and vividly told account of the USS Plunkett - a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, that gave as good as it got, and that was later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk. More than the story of a single, savage engagement, Unsinkable traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to Plunkett’s defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what Plunkett had. After a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the “fightin’est ship” in the Navy, Plunkett (DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and once again into battle during the invasion of Southern France - perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre. Featuring five incredibly brave men - the indomitable skipper, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant, who’s desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a 17-year-old water tender, who’s trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds, and another water tender, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault - the dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the Plunkett as the ship’s story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean. Based on Navy logs, war diaries, action reports, letters, journals, memoirs, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families, Unsinkable transcends historical appreciation of a single military ship to become a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives.
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