Alan Taylor has narrated 48 audiobooks on Listento.it by 22 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 36 ratings. The most-rated is The Madhouse Effect.
The Madhouse Effect
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The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's climate. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books, and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of sound science.
©2016 Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles (P)2017 Wetware Media
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters Written by John Graham
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George Horace Lorimer is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post, where he was credited with promoting and discovering authors like Jack London. Lorimer compiled his life advice into the fictional letters from John "Old Gorgon" Graham to his son Pierrepont. John Graham is a Chicago-based pork and finance baron. In the letters Pierrepont receives advice for his different stages of life. Old Gorgon's advice is packed throughout the book, easy to understand, and still rings true today.
Public Domain (P)2017 Erik Holland
Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle: Resolve the Power Struggle and Build Trust, Responsibility, and Respect
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Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist Neil Brown, these battles occur as the result of self-perpetuating negative relationship patterns. Chock-full of powerful and easy-to-use evidence-based tools, this book will help you understand and end the painful tug-of-war with your teen and foster a peaceful and loving home environment. In virtually all families, there are moments when teens are unhappy with parental limits, rules, and requests - as well as times when those kids are disobedient or noncompliant, or get caught up in the moment and make bad decisions. But the parent-teen control battle goes beyond this; it’s a chronic relationship pattern that uses up the family’s emotional resources and can seriously impact child identity, self-esteem, and development, resulting in destructive behavior and causing stress for everyone around. This book offers a thorough understanding of the control battle and a clear prescription to end it. With Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle, you’ll learn about the three elements that support this chronic conflict - reactivity, negative emotional tone, and being “other-person focused” - and discover the two key changes that can be made to address the underlying issues, allowing you to move toward a more positive way of seeing your teen while creating vital behavioral change. Using tools based in structural family therapy (SFT), which targets the core relationship pattern driving the control battle, you’ll be able to address specific issues and create a healthier pattern. If you’re tired of the constant battle for control and you’re ready to cultivate a more loving, peaceful, and supportive environment for the whole family, this book has the skills and understanding you need to be successful, no matter what you and your teen face.
©2016 Neil D Brown, LCSW (P)2018 I'm Hearing Stories
A Hard Man to Forget
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A USA Today best-selling book. This is book one in The Jack Reacher Cases. Former FBI agent Lauren Pauling met Jack Reacher in the hard way, in the 10th Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. In A Hard Man to Forget, Pauling is a private investigator in New York who receives a mysterious letter with Jack Reacher's name along with a phone number. Pauling calls the number and reaches a woman whose husband has gone missing. Even stranger, the woman claims she didn't contact Pauling, and has no idea who Jack Reacher is. Intrigued, he begins to investigate, and when the woman becomes the target of the same men who may have abducted her husband, Pauling recruits Michael Tallon, a former special ops soldier. Pauling and Tallon quickly realize they're dealing with much more than a missing persons case, and soon, they're in a deadly race to stop a terrifying act of mass murder. Praise for the book: "Fast-paced, engaging, original." (The New York Times best-selling author Thomas Perry) "Engrossing!" (USA Today best-selling author Rick Murcer) "Furiously paced. Great action." (The New York Times best-selling author Ben Lieberman) "Swept me along for the ride." (Edgar-nominated author Craig McDonald)
©2017 Dan Ames (P)2020 Dan Ames
Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set, Books 19-21
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Books 19-21 in the series that critics describe as "a wonderful blend of hope, humor, passion, romance, and forgiveness". Book 19: Westward Fate Edwina Bradbury, sole heiress of a vast fortune has finally agreed to come to Dawson to visit her family. She has been further enticed by an advertisement from a handsome English butler, Randall Cranston, who works for Dawson's mayor, Joe Dwyer. Randall is instantly charmed by Edwina's wit and independence. Each of them are at a point in their lives when they feel they may be ready to settle down - with the right person, of course. Their attraction is immediate and they embark on a romance that blossoms even amid tragedy and shocking events with the community of Dawson. Will their relationship survive or will they be torn asunder by the horrible truths and stunning secrets learned? Book 20: Westward Hope Penny Winslow, a divorced woman comes to Dawson under strange circumstances, meeting Matt Mackenzie, the town preacher. They embark on a romance, hoping for a bright future. Fear intrudes on that hope. Can they secure the happy future they seek? Book 21: Westward Wild When refined, handsome Tom Sebastian and wild child Ivy Danvers meet, their attraction is immediate. They don't care about social class, but others do. Can they battle outside influences or will lack of faith doom their love?
©2015 Beldene Publishing (P)2017 Beldene Publishing
Her Cowboy Billionaire Best Friend: A Whittaker Brothers Novel
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A cowboy returning to his hometown - and the best friend he left a dozen years before. She's divorced with a child now...can they build a family and find their happily ever after? Graham Whittaker returns to Coral Canyon a few days after Christmas - after the death of his father. He's just found out his longtime girlfriend in Seattle has been cheating on him, and while Coral Canyon isn't his first choice of where to live, it's certainly the friendliest. He takes over the energy company his dad built from the ground up and buys a high-end lodge to live in - only a mile from the home of his once-best friend, Laney McAllister. Laney returned to her family ranch after college, but her husband wasn't cut out for the country lifestyle on the land at the base of the Grand Teton National Forest. He left Laney and their daughter, Bailey, to work the ranch themselves, which they've been trying to do. But with her furnace on the brink of failure and the snow falling faster than ever, Laney agrees to bring Bailey up to Graham's lodge for the holidays. They were best friends once, but Laney's always entertained feelings for him, and spending so much time with him while they make Christmas memories puts her heart in danger of getting broken again. Can they take their friendship to the next level and build a family? Or will Laney be risking her heart only to remain in the friend zone?
©2018 Elana Johnson (P)2019 Elana Johnson
Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set, Books 13 - 15
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Westward Secrets, Book 13 Gina Silvetti comes to Dawson to find that the man she was to marry has died. Handsome, Deputy Rick Westlake helps her and the two begin a romance. But secrets and family strife threaten any future they may have together. Westward Changes, Book 14 Deena has wanted Eddie for her own for almost two years and she means to have him however she can get him. Amid upheaval in Dawson and an unusual start, their love will be tested. Can they weather whatever changes come? Westward Heartbeat, Book 15 Zoe Fontaine comes to Dawson, Montana, to wed Will, a very good man. Unfortunately, there is no chemistry between them. Enter, Raven, a young Lakota brave who seeks to win Zoe's heart and make her his own.
©2015 Beldene Publishing (P)2017 Beldene Publishing
Airliner Down
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Flight 2262 is bound for paradise, but a rogue terrorist could send it to the bottom of the ocean.... Kevin can't wait to land in Hawaii for a romantic getaway. But when the off-duty pilot takes a glance at his GPS, he's in for a surprise: the plane is headed to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And he's the only one who knows it. Expecting the worst, Kevin heads to the cockpit. Before he can take the controls, he's got a rookie air marshal, a stewardess with a grudge, and a barricade to get through. With a storm on the way and limited fuel, Kevin must recruit the support of the frightened passengers to save the day. As long as he can survive the one person on board who won't rest until all of them are dead. Airliner Down is a fast-paced tech thriller that brings terror to the friendly skies. If you like pulse-pounding listens with compelling characters and chillingly real plots, then you'll love John Etzil's turbulent tale. Buy Airliner Down today to experience the flight of your life!
©2017 John Etzil (P)2017 John Etzil
Healing the Angry Brain
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Do you find yourself: Becoming so angry you have trouble thinking? Acting impulsively during angry outbursts? Getting so mad that you feel out of control of your actions? If these strong, sudden bursts of anger sound all too familiar, you know the impact they have over your life. Over time, these responses can actually hard-wire our brains to respond angrily in situations that normally wouldn't cause us to lose our cool. These anger pathways in the brain can eventually disrupt your work, strain your relationships, and even damage your health. Written by anger management expert Ronald Potter-Efron, Healing the Angry Brain can help you short-circuit the anger cycle and learn to calmly handle even the most stressful interactions. You will learn which areas of your brain are causing your reactions and discover how to take control of your emotions by rewiring your brain for greater patience and perspective. This fascinating, scientific approach to anger management will yield long-term results, helping you develop greater empathy and put effective conflict resolution skills into practice for years to come.
©2012 Ronald Potter-Efron (P)2017 Wetware Media
Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set Books 16-18
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Books 16-18 in the series that critics describe as "a wonderful blend of hope, humor, passion, romance, suspense, and forgiveness". Westward Joy (book 16) Rachel returns to Dawson after running away amid scandal and shame. Will Foster is the main reason she comes home. Instantly, they are attracted to one another, but jealousy and anger may pull them apart as the holiday season approaches. Westward Courage (book 17) Cassie Sebastian is a rich socialite - until the sudden deaths of her family. Forced to find a rich husband to support herself, she answers an advertisement from Caleb Benson, whom she thinks is well-to-do. Their unlikely romance seems to thrive until tragedy strikes and threatens to tear the two lovers apart forever. Westward Spirit (book 18) When Bryn Maddox and Dr. Mike Samuels meet, their attraction is immediate. He's more than she could ever have hoped for in a man and she's everything he ever dreamed of in a woman. Their relationship seems as though destiny has brought them together, but family strife, conceit and anger threaten to break the shining spirit of their romance.
©2015 Beldene Publishing (P)2017 Beldene Publishing
The Pain Relief Secret
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You Can Heal from Chronic Pain We’ve been sold a lie: The world tells us that pain is inevitable, that our bodies must break down as we age, and that there’s nothing we can do about it. Researchers develop new drugs to manage our pain; surgeons dream up new techniques to repair worn-out joints. But we never truly feel better. Here’s the shocking truth: The vast majority of the pain that plagues our aging bodies is self-inflicted. It’s caused by the way we use our bodies every day - the way we sit, the way we stand, the way we walk and run. But with simple exercises, anybody can learn to heal their chronic musculoskeletal pain, and prevent future pain, injury, and joint problems from developing. The Pain Relief Secret explores the fascinating science of pain, and instructs readers in Clinical Somatics, a method of neuromuscular education that relieves chronic muscle tightness, restores natural posture and movement, and eliminates pain - all without medication or surgery. Students of Clinical Somatics have healed from chronic back pain, joint and nerve pain, scoliosis, and many other common pain conditions - all without medication or surgery. Best of all, Clinical Somatics puts the power in your hands. You don’t need special training or expensive repeat visits to a physical therapist. Clinical Somatics exercises are practiced on your own and in your very own home. This is The Pain Relief Secret - your key to taking back your body from a lifetime of pain. This book is great for anyone who has tried chiropractic treatments, naturopathy, yoga, physiotherapy, or massage therapy and still experiences chronic pain. You will love this book if you are interested in: Yoga, Pilates, massage, or meditation Natural healing Curing sciatica, TMJ, iliopsoas syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis pain, and other common pain conditions Lower back pain relief CARS (Controlled Articular Rotations) or FRC (Functional Range Conditioning) Thomas Hanna or Moshe Feldenkrais
©2019 Sarah Warren (P)2019 Sarah Warren
A Faithful Bride for the Wounded Sheriff
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An injured lawman. A nervous young woman. Can love help tame this wild frontier? Sheriff Jacob Benning longs for the pitter-patter of tiny feet. But after placing a mail-order bride ad, he breaks his arm and ruins his penmanship so that any educated lady would dismiss his correspondence. So, when a delightful maid from Boston seems taken with his haphazard prose, he clings to hope that his dreams of fatherhood might still come true. Rosa Casey wishes her anxiety would stop extinguishing her ambitions. But when her mistress encourages her to travel west to meet the charming sheriff with the bad handwriting, she swallows her fear and packs her bags. Though, after losing her beloved cat on the train, she worries she’s made a terrible mistake. Comforted by the lawman’s sweet attention, Rosa begins to build a life and a partnership in the small Montana town. And although Jacob falls hard for the Boston beauty, he fears his ruined arm means he can’t defend her from the frontier’s ruthless bandits. Will Jacob and Rosa survive the dusty dangers to live happily ever after? A Faithful Bride for the Wounded Sheriff is the second book in the enchanting Bear Creek Brides historical Western romance series. If you like devoted couples, rugged settings, and heart-racing endings, then you’ll adore Amelia Rose’s captivating tale. Buy A Faithful Bride for the Wounded Sheriff to ride into passion today!
©2020 Amelia Rose (P)2020 Amelia Rose
The Innocent Wife
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Joshua... As the Sheriff of Little Creede, Joshua Lang, has had his hands full more than once. Protecting his town from a criminal bent on destructive revenge. Keeping the peace when Little Creede grows too fast for its own good during the height of the silver mining boom. Trying to remember a certain beautiful, shy, and sheltered young woman is off-limits because she’s the baby sister of his two best friends. Vivian... For Vivian Carter, it’s not easy being the younger sister of the Carter brothers, two of the strongest, most honorable men she has ever known. But she’s a grown woman now, ready for a life - and love - of her own. In trying to assert her independence and claim her womanhood, she finds herself stymied by not only her brothers’ overbearing opinions, but the maddening habit Joshua Lang has, of pushing her away just as things between them start to get “interesting.” The sheriff and the virgin... Everyone seems to be finding love in Little Creede, marrying and building their families. As Colorado grows larger and richer, will Vivian and Joshua find their way to each other?
©2019 Soul Mate Publishing (P)2019 CiCi Cordelia
His Heart for the Trusting
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From New York Times best-selling author Lisa Mondello - A Western Romance Ever since Mitch Broader set foot in Texas, he dreamed of owning his own ranch. Now that he's bought a share in the Double T Ranch, he's one step closer to the dream. Then his past greets him in the form of a baby basket, complete with infant and birth certificate naming him as the father. He can't change diapers and work toward his dream at the same time. When Sara Lightfoot, "Miss Hollywood" in Mitch's eyes, rescues him with her particular knack for handling his precocious son, he hires her on the spot as a temporary nanny. No matter how much Sara's dark eyes and warm heart make this bachelor think of making their arrangement permanent, she's made it perfectly clear she has other plans that don't include him or his dreams. Sara Lightfoot never thought she'd return to her home on the reservation. Now she plans to reclaim the life she left by going back to the reservation as a Native American storyteller, teaching the Apache children stories of their culture. She didn't expect Mitch Broader's sexy smile or job offer as a live-in nanny to derail those plans. After all she's been through to come home, can she open up her heart once again to love?
©2002 Lisa Mondello (P)2015 Lisa Mondello
Marketers, Tear Down These Walls!
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We change our identities faster than a chameleon changes color. On Monday, you may be a Hugo Boss suit-wearing salesman who listens to Adele, reads The Wall Street Journal, quaffs a greasy burger for lunch, and tunes in to Fox News. Come Saturday, out come the tats from underneath the starched collar, you ditch the suit for a Kid Dangerous tee and Vans kicks, you down a sushi taco with a craft beer, and listen to Imagine Dragons while you check out the latest issue of High Times. Just what lifestyle category do you belong to? Good luck to the marketer who tries to describe you. Today's postmodern consumer defies categorization -- sometimes deliberately. S/he yearns to be liberated from cubicles, labels, market segments, and especially those confining walls that restrict him or her from expressing the unique self that s/he has constructed out of all the lifestyle materials that marketers of many stripes have to offer. The postmodern revolution requires marketers to revisit the walls they have erected over many years. That's not an easy thing to do. Conventional marketing strategies are built upon predictability, stability, and the comfort in knowing that we can understand our customer yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We love to put people into categories, and often into super-neat dichotomies, and call it a day. Those walls used to be solid, and marketers relied upon them to build a structure that formed the basis of their traditional strategic worldview. But now many of these walls are crumbling and fast. They are like safety hazards that threaten successful brands from thriving in the postmodern revolution. And they obstruct our view of the marketing possibilities that lie beyond them. In this audiobook, I describe many familiar walls that form the bedrock of marketing strategy and thought today. Then I demolish them.
©2018 Michael Robert Solomon (P)2018 Michael Robert Solomon
Her Cowboy Billionaire Boss
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A man who's traded his power suits for cowboy boots has feelings for his nanny. Can they find love this Christmas? Since the death of his wife a few years ago, Eli Whittaker has been running from one job to another. He has decided to brave the snow in Coral Canyon, Wyoming. Now that his older brother is back in their hometown and running the energy company, Eli wants his son Stockton to have a closer connection to family. Meg Palmer is Stockton's nanny, and she comes with her boss Eli to the lodge, her long-time crush on the man no different in Wyoming than it was on the beach. When she confesses her feelings for him and gets nothing in return, she's crushed, embarrassed, and unsure if she can stay in Coral Canyon for Christmas. Then, Eli starts to show some feelings for her, too. Meg's fantasies of making a family with Eli and Stockton grow and grow, especially when she sees how Eli is kind and patient with her difficult and demanding mother. Can Eli move past his first wife and find the faith he needs to build a new family with Meg? Or, will she finally admit it's time for her to take her heart and find someone else to give it to?
©2018 Elana Johnson (P)2020 Elana Johnson
How We Fall
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Ingredients: One seriously hot chef for a boss plus one sassy employee who always says what's on her mind equals a sexy and flirty romance about trying to resist the irresistible.... Finn King. He's sexy, single, successful, and hotter than anything that comes out of his kitchen. His focus lies on the perfection of his food and becoming a celebrity chef. Women and love aren't on his list of priorities until in walks Hailee with her smart mouth and flaming red hair. She challenges him at every turn, and he just can't get enough of it. Hailee Ferris doesn't believe in fairy tales or happily ever afters. She learned that the hard way a long time ago. All she wants is to save up enough money to move away from the small town she's felt trapped in her whole life. When she lies to get the job at Finn's restaurant, the one thing she wasn't counting on was falling for her boss. When one accidental kiss turns their worlds upside down, cooking isn't the only thing heating up the kitchen.... (This audiobook is a stand-alone romance in the Men of Evansdale County series. No cheating, no cliff-hangers, and a guaranteed HEA. Bonus content included: extra epilogue and sneak peek chapter for the next title in this series)
©2018 Alyne Hart (P)2018 Alyne Hart
Urgent Justice
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A small-town sheriff will catch a predator, come hell or high water.... Nothing raises Sheriff Jack Lamburt’s hackles like a child in danger. After a local orphaned teen disappears under suspicious circumstances, he vows to bring her home safe. And there'll be no escape from the world of pain he’ll leave in his wake.... To track down the missing girl’s abductor, Jack teams up with the only resident who can spot the culprit out of a crowd - a feisty 90-year-old with a taste for rye whiskey and revenge. But what was supposed to be a recon-only road trip soon takes a treacherous turn. And the two traveling companions find themselves fighting for survival in a crooked town overrun with the vicious disciples of a sexual predator and self-proclaimed prophet. To save the girl, Jack will have to bring the entire unholy criminal network to its day of reckoning.... Urgent Justice is the stand-alone spin-off book in the best-selling series of vigilante thrillers starring Sheriff Jack Lamburt. If you like non-stop action, high-tech crime solving, and brutal violence, then you’ll love John Etzil’s gritty tale. Buy Urgent Justice, and buckle up for a wild road trip to revenge, today!
©2018 John Etzil (P)2018 John Etzil
The Dance Hall Wife
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Cat... Cat Purdue has come a long way from the days when her father used her as partial payment for a gambling debt to a ruthless man. Reacquiring the saloon Father had lost and turning it into a successful restaurant is only the beginning of her drive for success. Frank... Unable to reconcile the new, sophisticated Catherine Purdue from the saloon girl he once dallied with and foolishly spurned, Frank Carter finds himself blocking his growing attraction with sharp words and sarcasm. But when the Carters’ old nemesis escapes prison and comes back to Little Creede for vengeance, Frank’s only thought is to protect Cat, as well as his family. A pair of hearts... Determined to lead separate lives yet bound together by danger and their growing desire, Frank and Cat will leave their mark in the new state of Colorado.
©2018 Cheryl Yeko & Char Chaffin (P)2018 Cheryl Yeko & Char Chaffin
Fast Justice
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A small-town sheriff’s is about to discover some shocking details about his girlfriend’s past.... Jack Lamburt’s looking forward to a relaxing night at home after a long day of sheriffing in his sleepy little town, but a cryptic late night text sends him racing to Debbie’s aid. Will he arrive in time? Lamburt doesn’t take threats to loved ones lightly, and he’s forced to go all-in when he discovers that a cold-blooded tavern owner is responsible for the nightmare that awaits him at Debbie’s house. Now he’s racing against the clock, and he must remove the threat the only way he knows how...with extreme prejudice. If you like no holds barred justice, then you’ll love Fast Justice. Buy Fast Justice for a fast paced vigilante justice story today!
©2017 John Etzil (P)2018 John Etzil