Joe Simpson has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 217 ratings. The most-rated is Shacking Up.
Shacking Up
Summary
Ruby Scott is months behind on rent and can't seem to land a steady job. She has one chance to turn things around with a big audition. But instead of getting her big break, she gets sick as a dog and completely bombs it in the most humiliating fashion. All thanks to a mysterious, gorgeous guy who kissed - and then coughed on - her at a party the night before. Luckily, her best friend might have found the perfect opportunity: a job staying at the lavish penthouse apartment of hotel magnate Bancroft Mills while he's out of town, taking care of his exotic pets. But when the newly evicted Ruby arrives to meet her new employer, it turns out Bane is the same guy who got her sick. Seeing his role in Ruby's dilemma, Bane offers her a permanent job as his live-in pet sitter until she can get back on her feet. Filled with hilariously awkward encounters and enough sexual tension to heat a New York City block, Shacking Up, from NYT and USA Today best-selling author Helena Hunting, is sure to keep you laughing and swooning all night long.
©2017 Helena Hunting (P)2017 Macmillan Audio
Touching the Void
Summary
Joe Simpson, with just his partner, Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000-foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June of 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm in a delirium. Far from causing Joe's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his friend's life. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.
©1988 Joe Simpson (P)2012 Random House Audiobooks
La mort suspendue
Summary
Joe Simpson et Simon Yates, deux jeunes alpinistes britanniques, tentent la première et ambitieuse ascension de la face ouest du Siula Grande dans les Andes du Pérou. Ils atteignent le sommet, mais c'est à la descente que se produit le drame. Dans la tempête, Joe tombe à travers une corniche de neige et se blesse gravement à la jambe. À 6000 mètres, sur cette montagne isolée du monde, il n'a aucune chance de s'en sortir. Il le sent. Et Simon sait qu'en voulant porter secours à son compagnon, il n'en réchappera pas non plus. Que se passe-t-il dans la tête d'un homme condamné à trancher la corde au bout de laquelle est suspendue la vie de son ami ? À quoi peut penser celui dont l'existence ne tient plus qu'à un fil ? Comment peut-on trouver la force de lutter encore, contre toute raison, alors que la mort semble déjà avoir gagné ? Cette expérience effroyable et exceptionnelle, Joe Simpson l'a racontée dans un livre ( Touching the Void), traduit en une quinzaine de langues et devenu un best-seller international. Son récit est d'une intensité dramatique exceptionnelle. Car au-delà du combat pour survivre qu'aucun romancier n'aurait osé imaginer, La mort suspendue est un témoignage bouleversant sur la souffrance, physique et psychique, mais aussi sur l'amitié. Cet ouvrage, Joe Simpson l'a rédigé avec une maîtrise littéraire étonnante. Le drame qui aurait dû lui coûter la vie lui a ainsi ouvert une carrière d'écrivain. En effet, il a depuis publié cinq autres ouvrages, tous traduits en plusieurs langues. >> Ce livre audio en version intégrale vous est proposé en exclusivité par Audible et est uniquement disponible en téléchargement.
©2004 Glénat / Jeff, affiche du film de Kevin MacDonald, distribué en France par Diaphana (P)2018 Audible Studios
Touching the Void
Summary
A Radio 4 Book Club Selection. Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed west face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June of 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into base camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm in a delirium. Far from causing Joe's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his friend's life. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological trauma that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.
©2004 Joe Simpson (P)2004 Random House Audiobooks