Robert Isenberg has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Why Men Are Suspicious of Yoga: And Other Very, Very Funny Stories.
The Green Season
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A dynamic collection of essays and reportage, The Green Season illustrates daily life in Costa Rica, a tiny Central American nation dedicated to peace and teeming with tropical life. With his trademark humor and observation, Robert Isenberg describes the people, culture, and biodiversity that make Costa Rica so unique, from a centuries-old indigenous ceremony to a remote jungle crisscrossed by crocodile-filled canals. Isenberg explores the country head-on, fighting his way through San Jose traffic, mingling with venomous snakes, and even making a cameo in an epic soccer film at the height of World Cup fever. Richly detailed and tenderly written, The Green Season is one expat's love letter to his adoptive homeland.
©2015 Robert Isenberg (P)2016 Robert Isenberg
The Iron Mountain
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In 1226 a young German noble plotted the unthinkable: to kidnap the archbishop of Cologne. What followed was a cavalcade of murder, exile, torture, and vengeance. The noble was named Friedrich von Isenberg. Eight centuries later writer Robert Isenberg traveled to Germany to explore Friedrich's legacy. Picking through the ruins of Castle Isenberg and surveying scant documentation, he began to reassemble Friedrich's tragic tale. Part travelogue, part historical mystery, The Iron Mountain explores the bloody landscape of medieval Europe and its ghostly echoes in a small German town.
©2008 Robert Isenberg (P)2014 Robert Isenberg
The Mysterious Tongue of Dr. Vermillion
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It’s 1921, and the Jazz Age is in full swing. But behind the boisterous veneer, malevolence lurks: An airship overrun by seductive killers. An asylum filled with living dead. A mysterious doctor with a secret language. Only one hero has the guts and gusto to face these horrors - Elizabeth Crowne, Uncannologist. Based on the hit podcast, The Mysterious Tongue of Dr. Vermilion collects five Elizabeth Crowne stories, plunging the listener into kaleidoscopic mystery and Radium Age adventure. From the sultry nightclubs of Cuba to the cobblestone streets of Pittsburgh, Elizabeth probes the paranormal - and gives death a run for its money.
©2015 Robert Isenberg (P)2019 Robert Isenberg
Wander
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Journeying by foot, train, boat, and bicycle, Robert Isenberg chronicles the sights and sounds of four continents, from windswept outback to teeming megacities. Here we meet drifters, cavaliers, streetwalkers, and saints, observed with the eye of a journalist and the soul of a playwright. Written over the course of a decade, Wander celebrates the global family in all its horror and beauty.
©2010 Robert Isenberg (P)2014 Robert Isenberg
Curse of the Qattara
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It’s 1914, and Elizabeth Crowne is ready for action. The emboldened young investigator arrives in Cairo with simple instructions: Journey into the Egyptian desert and find Dr. Archibald Franklin. But Elizabeth is getting more than she bargained for. A band of rogue archaeologists is on the brink of an unspeakable discovery - that is, unless the discovery finds them first. Based on the hit podcast series, Curse of the Qattara is drawn from Elizabeth’s own diary. Hear her innermost thoughts as the rookie uncannologist descends into a world of colonial avarice and ancient vendettas. Who will unravel the mystery of the Saharan tomb? Indeed, who will even live to tell about it? Robert Isenberg is an award-winning journalist and multimedia producer based in Rhode Island. Visit him at robertisenberg.net
©2020 Robert Isenberg (P)2021 Robert Isenberg
Why Men Are Suspicious of Yoga: And Other Very, Very Funny Stories
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We live in a world where smart fridges are more articulate than most politicians, where the leaders of two nuclear powers engage in a battle of elementary school wits, and where every fact can be dismissed as fake news. Sometimes it seems like the only humor left is tinged with bitterness and despair. Robert Isenberg doesn’t believe that’s true. He knows it’s possible to find humor - true humor - everywhere. Why is it that a politician’s choice of food makes or breaks his or her career, and why should we care? How important is it to attend a funeral if it means canceling your regular Sunday tennis game? What drives a man’s suspicions of yoga, and, perhaps more importantly, why are wives so determined to overcome such reservations? Robert, aka “robear”, has two wives. Esther is his real-life wife. Esther doesn’t want to have anything to do with his imaginary wife, Dana, who is featured in his essays. Robert created Dana to do and say what he wants, but Dana says and does whatever pleases Dana. Isenberg is an affable guy - the kind of man who tries to get along with automated help systems. From his obsession with “As seen on TV!” products to his exploration of the differences between the sexes, he’s instantly recognizable to listeners. We all have a Robert Isenberg in our life, and that’s a good thing - because we need to laugh. Judge this book by its cover! We all have a Robert Isenberg in our lives. He's the one who sees things a little differently than the rest of us. He's the one who makes you laugh when he tells you what he's thinking. Robert actually asserts that elections are won and lost once the public discovers what the candidates are eating. He insists that had Hillary Clinton had said, "Hold the kale and bring on the iceberg," she would definitely have won by a landslide!
©2018 Robert Isenberg (P)2018 Robert Isenberg