Bob Dunsworth has narrated 22 audiobooks on Listento.it by 30 authors, with an average listener rating of 3★ across 15 ratings. The most-rated is Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences.
Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
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The most compelling scientific evidence for life beyond death ever compiled. Evidence of the Afterlife shares the firsthand accounts of people who have died and lived to tell about it. Through their work at the Near Death Experience Research Foundation, radiation oncologist Jeffrey Long and his wife, Jody, have gathered thousands of accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) from all over the world. In addition to sharing the personal narrative of their experiences, visitors to the website are asked to fill out a one hundred-item questionnaire designed to isolate specific elements of the experience and to flag counterfeit accounts. The website has become the largest NDE research database in the world, containing over 1,600 NDE accounts. The people whose stories are captured in the database span all age groups, races, and religious affiliations and come from all over the world, yet the similarities in their stories are as awe-inspiring as they are revealing. Using this treasure trove of data, Dr. Long explains how medical evidence fails to explain these reports and why there is only one plausible explanation?that people have survived death and traveled to another dimension.
©2010 Jeffrey Long (P)2011 Christy Mirabal
The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in American history. In this dramatic narrative written especially for students and general listeners, Sheldon M. Stern, longtime historian at the John F. Kennedy Library, enables the listener to follow the often harrowing twists and turns of the crisis. Based on the author's authoritative transcriptions of the secretly recorded ExComm meetings, the book conveys the emotional ambiance of the meetings by capturing striking moments of tension and anger as well as occasional humorous intervals. Unlike today's readers, the participants did not have the luxury of knowing how this potentially catastrophic showdown would turn out, and their uncertainty often gives their discussions the nerve-racking quality of a fictional thriller. As President Kennedy told his advisers, "What we are doing is throwing down a card on the table in a game which we don't know the ending of." Stern documents that JFK and his administration bore a substantial share of the responsibility for the crisis. Covert operations in Cuba, including efforts to kill Fidel Castro, had convinced Nikita Khrushchev that only the deployment of nuclear weapons could protect Cuba from imminent attack. However, President Kennedy, a seasoned Cold Warrior in public, was deeply suspicious of military solutions to political problems and appalled by the prospect of nuclear war. He consistently steered policy makers away from an apocalyptic nuclear conflict, measuring each move and countermove with an eye to averting what he called, with stark eloquence, "the final failure." The book is published by Stanford University Press.
©2005 the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (P)2012 Redwood Audiobooks
Cross Over Box Set: Complete WJA Series: Sweet Dreams, Dream On, In Your Dreams
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New York Times and USA Today Best Seller Top 10 Amazon Best Seller Number-One Best Seller in Thriller Number-One Best Seller in Mystery/Thriller Number-One Best Seller in Hard-Boiled Thriller Number-One Barnes & Noble Best Seller Top 10 Best Seller on iTunes and Kobo Cross Over Box Set - all three books in the Mark Appleton Thriller Series together in one neat package of hard-boiled, nonstop twists and turns. Sweet Dreams Dream On In Your Dreams If you like James Patterson's thrillers and Ted Dekker's and Lee Child's suspense, you'll love Cross Over Box Set. In the first book, Sweet Dreams, Mark Appleton, a hotshot architect living in New York City, is faced with the death of his family. Life turned upside down, he must choose between revenge and justice. In the second book, Dream On, Mark embraces his new life and is working with a secret agency known as the WJA. Caught up in a tangled web of lies, he has to go up against a Russian mobster to save his beloved city. In Your Dreams finishes up the series with a deadly virus and a choice between reality and the two women he loves. Fans of Tom Clancy, Ted Bell, and Michael Connelly will love Aaron Patterson's raw, imaginative thrillers. Readers who love Alex Cross and James Patterson's Michael Bennett rave about Aaron Patterson's Mark Appleton Thriller Series.
©2008, 2009, 2010 Aaron Patterson (P)2016 Aaron Patterson
In Your Dreams
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Mark Appleton must figure out what time he is in as he fights to bring down the worst enemy he has ever faced. Himself. Kirk Weston is back and falling for Isis, the dark deadly killer he cannot stop thinking about. It is a race against time as he tries to save her life, as an enhanced virus is sweeping through the country. This is the final chapter in the WJA series, and will push you and your ideas of reality, to the limit.
©2010 Aaron Patterson (P)2014 StoneHouse audio
Launch and Grow Rich: Start Up Your Small Business Money Maker
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Do you want to launch your new business with all systems go? If so, this relentlessly practical, sure-fire guide to a successful start-up is for you. Whether you are launching a Falcon Heavy or a local accounting practice, your chances for success are directly related to the quality of the preparation. However, most small business owners hang their shingle woefully unprepared for the complexity of running a business. Launch and Grow Rich provides the needed road map and detailed tools needed to dramatically improve the chances for success. Author Randy Kirk has started up dozens of businesses and consulted with hundreds of others. There is no stone left unturned in creating a smooth path to profits. Here’s what you’ll learn: Steps to starting a small business Setting goals for yourself and your business How to plan everything for a successful opening Choosing a location How much it will cost to open Working with suppliers How to finance your company The book has 200 pages of practical steps to more sales, more profits, and more peace of mind, plus, it now includes over 100 pages of bonus material in a members’ only website: The Elon Musk method 2018 guide to social media marketing Detailed guide to website design and SEO basics How to rank number one on GoogleMyBusiness Why do you want an LLC? Why not a “C" or an “S”? Over the past 45 years, Randy Kirk has founded more than 24 small businesses, ranging from retail to manufacturing, advertising agency to business consulting, and mail order to Amazon. During the past 10 years, Kirk consulted with 180 companies including plastic surgeons, chiropractors, doctors, dentists, retailers, restaurants, importers, appliance repair, bankruptcy lawyers, personal injury attorneys, acting school, language school, chimney sweep, mortgage brokers, real estate agents. During the past year, Kirk founded SoCal MasterMinds and has worked with another 25 small businesses, including advertising agency, accounting firms, managed services, computer repair, online marketing company, and precision machine shops.
©2018 Randy Kirk (P)2019 Randy Kirk
Elevate
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Twenty-one first person stories by small business owners that will motivate you to elevate your life and business Starting and running a small business is hard! These 21 authors have done the hard work and overcome the risks. Their stories will help every listener to empathize with the challenges of being an entrepreneur and to join in and celebrate the victories. The stories provide lessons in grit, determination, and faith. Whether you have "made it" in your business, are still struggling, or have just started thinking about getting into business, these lessons will be useful in motivating you through difficult days or circumstances. Anthony Aragon had dreamed of healing others since childhood. But after years of education, he abandoned all hopes of becoming a medical doctor. His story takes a radical shift, and he creates a company that helps people in ways Anthony never expected. Kathy Hack was dragged kicking and screaming on a mission trip with her teenage son. Little did she know that this trip would determine the future direction for her life. Her experience has elevated her life in a significant way. Krista Crotty’s degree in mechanical engineering and her experience at IBM and an industrial design firm prepared her perfectly for selling wine. Or not! Celebrate with Krista as she tells about her unusual journey to a successful business. J. T. McKinney makes Elevate in business and life the core idea of his enterprise. He went from being "inward to having a global impact." What were the turning points, the lessons, and the tools that make his business so elevated? Jason and Briana Lorge are in the business of helping people overcome their fears related to downsizing. This unique niche has been immensely satisfying and financially rewarding. They explain the nature of the niche and give a case study on how to reach the market. Amy Valdivia has over 28 years of experience in an industry that has known some serious ups and downs during those years. Her contribution is really a study in how over-the-top customer attention can elevate any business. Ana Robles and Claudia Cordova are passionate about what they do because they each now use skills learned during a devastating loss to benefit their clients. Phoenix out of the ashes. Ira Hart has seen loss up-close-and-personal since changing his profession. His business includes "taking the role of an amateur detective" at times. He elevates his clients by providing peace of mind during catastrophic loss. William Blasser shares three valuable relationship lessons he has derived while seeing "good people at their worst." William’s profession is considered one of the most stressful, yet he found a way to bless others through noting trends among his clients. These are just some of the stories you’ll read about in Elevate. Shaila Chamberlain left a cushy corporate job to start her own business in 2018. Randy Kirk just started his 30th business at an age when most others are retired. Jackie Phillips teaches an acronym for five steps to accomplish your goals. Marie Russo tells a great story about truth and circumstances. Rich Kozak gives examples of professional branding from making a living to making an impact. Suzanne Jezek-Arriaga wants you to be optimistic and grateful. Wayne Hurley helps families plan for every possible financial contingency. Terilee Harrison was the force that brought all these authors together. She helps owners like these to Elevate their companies and lives through network marketing in her position as a TEAM Referral Network franchise owner. The introduction is provided by TEAM Referral Network founder and CEO, Kelli Holmes.
©2019 Randy Kirk (P)2019 Randy Kirk
Untcigahunk
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It has been five years since Kip Howard saw his mother killed horribly by a blur of "little brown things." Five years of nightmares and a terror of dark places. Five years of struggling to overcome what must have been just his imagination... But the "untcigahunk," the Indian word for "little brothers," are no one's imagination. Hideous forest creatures who feed every five years on human flesh, the little brothers are about to emerge from underground once again. Only this time, there will be no escape for the young boy who witnessed their last feast. Untcigahunk - the novel - is an updated version of Rick Hautala's classic novel Little Brothers. Also included are seven short stories about the untcigahunk: "Little Brother" "Little Brother Speaks" "Redman" "Chrysalis" "Love on the Rocks" "Deal with the Devils" "The Birch Whistle" "Oilman"
©2011 Rick Hautala (P)2013 David N. Wilson
Dream On
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Warning: The WJA series is a cross genre series and may bend or break many rules. If you are set in the traditional ways of storytelling this may not be the series for you. Please use caution and only read if you are of an open mind, and crave something off the map and mind-bending. Evil is on the hunt...and it's tracking you! Russia, June 19, 1966. There is a story about a Red Dog that is running wild, killing sheep and other livestock under the watchful eye of a full moon. One farmer, who claimed to have seen the Red Dog, said it looked like a man, but ran on all fours and foamed at the mouth. This account was never confirmed. New York, August 23, 2009. Rumors of a secret agency arise with questions about the government's involvement. Speculation is that this group, known only as the WJA, is involved in countless assassinations involving the Russian Mafia, terrorist leaders, and suspected murderers and rapists. The FBI and CIA deny any such group exist and claim the rumors are just that rumors. The battle begins in your mind.... Dream On thrusts you into the mind of a killer so tormented, that you will ask yourself if evil lies within all of us. The evil nature is like a caged monster, begging to be set free so it can come out and play. Whatever you do, don't let it! The highly anticipated second book in the WJA series will have you excited and scared, all at the same time. In this thrilling and intricate work, Aaron Patterson spins a tale of shadow and sunlight. Prepare yourself. Check the locks. Leave the lights on.
©2009 Aaron Patterson (P)2012 StoneHouse Audio
The Elon Musk Method
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What does Elon Musk know that you don’t? Elon Musk built Zip2.com from a start-up to $22 million paycheck in three years. Then Musk built X.com from a start-up to $160 million paycheck in four years. Since then, he has created SpaceX and Tesla giving Musk an estimated net worth of $20 billion. Would you like to achieve even a fraction of his success? Now you can. Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author, Randy Kirk, exposes 16 secret principles that guide Elon Musk in his entrepreneurial decisions, including: How to become a visionary that profits; How to uncover the principles of running a successful business; How Elon Musk uses networking to scale his businesses; How you should be using your passion and persistence; How to maximize the potential of any business regardless of its size; The counterintuitive thinking about quality and cost; Why The Elon Musk Method works to generate successful enterprises of any kind. Follow SpaceX’s founding member’s Jim Cantrell’s advice and listen to this audiobook now because “Randy captures the essence of what drives Elon and this gives us valuable insight into what has become one of the most influential people of our time”. Filled with dozens of Elon Musk quotes, you’ll have a rare opportunity to gain proven principles and methods that are unlike anything you’ll read elsewhere. Get your copy now to start applying time-tested wisdom to your business today!
©2019 Randy Kirk (P)2019 Randy Kirk
Dead on Instinct
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A strange case takes Dr. Jessica Coran and her team on a 70-foot dive off the Coast of Nantucket Island to do a crime scene investigation inside a sunken yacht, the Promises Fulfilled. Within the eerie confines of the underwater sepulcher, Jessica and the others discover more questions than answers. Sadly, beyond the all-important Senator's corpse, the team must deal with, there's his wife and two young children.
Even with the help of the famous undersea explorer, Dr. Bob Ballard of Titanic fame, on raising the yacht, more questions mount as there is no evidence whatsoever as to precisely how the ship went down, and later, on autopsy, Jessica discovers no one on board had saltwater in their lungs. They did not die of drowning, but were dead before the ship went under. Furthermore, they died of imploded veins, vessels, and arteries, and there is not a scratch on the hull of the ship.
This mystery is one for the books, and it cannot be solved without the help of every member of the team, all pitching in, including her faithful colleague John Thorpe (JT) as well as a dogged investigative reporter named Hunt, and a "deep throat" nameless informant.
The series began with Killer Instinct and Fatal Instinct, and is now up to 15 titles.
©2018 Robert W. Walker (P)2019 Robert W. Walker
Sweet Dreams (The Justice of Revenge)
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Warning: The WJA series is a cross-genre series and may bend or break many rules. If you are set in the traditional ways of storytelling this may not be the series for you. Please use caution and only read if you are of an open mind, and crave something off the map and mind-bending. Mark Appleton is living the American Dream: beautiful wife, loving daughter, and a high paying job in New York City. But when his family members are killed in a accident, he must reinvent himself. A year later, in the midst of putting his life back together, Mark finds out that the death of his family was was no accident. Mark will stop at nothing to hunt down the men responsible - and what he finds will change his life forever. Kirk Weston is a Detroit detective. He hates his job, his ex-wife, and his life. He is hand selected to help the FBI on a high profile case, and just when he thinks things could not get any worse... they do.
©2008 Aaron Patterson (P)2012 Aaron Patterson
Star Runners: Dark Space
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True friendship has no boundaries. Being a recruiter for the Galactic Legion of Planets is a safe and secure job for Josh Morris as he tries to re-enter a "normal" life following his captivity at the hands of Dax Rodon and the Tyral Pirates. But he is tortured by a vow he made to the smuggling group known as the Barracudas to return their ship. Once he decides to leave Earth, Josh has no idea his past is hunting him, seeking revenge. What follows is a heart-pounding adventure discovering new worlds and cultures, narrow escapes, and thrilling space battles as Josh travels to the farthest regions of the galaxy - and beyond it into the unexplored Dark Space - to keep a promise and help a friend, unknowingly sparking events leading to a conflict of terrifying scope unlike any the stars have ever seen. Star Runners: Dark Space is the electrifying fifth book in the Star Runners Universe: a collection of space adventure books.
©2018 Shadow Max Publishing (P)2019 Shadow Max Publishing
How to Be Like Mike
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Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. But his preeminence is more than just extraordinary athletic ability: The lessons of his life - such as focus, passion, hard work, perseverance, and accountability - have shaped him into one of the most revered celebrities of the 20th century. In this inspiring audiobook Pat Williams, motivational speaker and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic, reveals Jordan's method for living a life of greatness that we can all incorporate into our lives. Fascinating anecdotes and quotes from those who know Michael best provide a glimpse into a persona as sweeping and immense as any generation has ever witnessed. Peppered with examples from Williams' life and those of other star athletes and celebrities, this uplifting book shows that we are, indeed, all capable of fulfilling our full potential. Listeners from all walks of life can appreciate and aspire to living life like a champion.
©2001 Pat Williams (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
The Wall of Hell
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Crossing the US-Mexican border has become increasingly dangerous as these immigrants escape poverty to a word of kidnapping, rape, murder, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and starvation, while they are chased and hunted by drug cartels and for sex trafficking. Steve Forbes, John Walsh, Megyn Kelly, Kirk Cameron, and Matthew McConaughey are just some of the people who are reportedly intrigued by Blair London’s fictional stories. Sebastian and Enrique had become separated when a border patrol jeep came barreling down the dirt road. Lena, an attractive 18-year-old, is out with friends, and is kidnapped while waiting in line for the toilets at a nightclub, and brought into a sex harem. Ben finds his sister, as well as nine other women held hostage by a cartel leader. A young couple and a brother and sister who are trying to escape, are found and tortured. The FBI gets involved, and attempts to put an end to the Mexican Mafia; a new government is formed, and Texaca (the Middle Ground) is once again a safe place for people to enter.
©2019 Reality Today Forum (P)2019 Reality Today Forum
On the Lips of Children
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Meet Macon. Tattoo artist. Athlete. Family man. He's planning to run a marathon, but the event becomes something terrible. During a warm-up run, Macon falls prey to a bizarre man and his wife who dwell in an underground drug-smuggling tunnel. They raise their twin children in a way Macon couldn't imagine: Skinning unexpecting victims for food and money. And Macon, and his family, are next.
©2013 Mark Matthews (P)2014 Mark Matthews
Desperation Rules the Day
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Nathan, the captain of a ship, finds himself in serious trouble. Unless he can pay his gambling debts, he is liable to lose his fingers. Given this, when offered a large sum of money to accept two containers on his ship, Nathan is only too willing to agree. He later finds he has jumped from the frying pan into the fire. To his shock and horror, he finds himself the unwilling accomplice in a terrorist plot targeting America. After the authorities learn of this, Nathan makes a failed bid to escape a possible death prison sentence. As a result, he takes his own life. On the American president hearing about the failed attempt, he wants answers on who was behind the plot.
©2018 Colin Guest (P)2018 Colin Guest
League of Legends Jungle Mastery
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Here is a list of the contributions that this book will make towards your current level of game knowledge: You will learn the differences between the bad, average, and exceptionally good Junglers. In other words, all the areas which you need to target to improve massively. You will learn the thought process of the high ELO Jungler - the main component to being effective in this role. You will learn the optimal Jungler Runes, Masteries, and Summoner Spells setup for Season 7. You will learn who the top Junglers for Season 7 are and why. You will learn all you need to know about the Season 7 Jungle objectives. You will know the most optimal Jungle clear paths that provide you with the most advantages, and when to opt for each one. You will learn how to counterjungle in Season 7 and completely stomp the enemy Jungler. You will learn how to itemize optimally as a Jungler in Season 7. This includes instructions on what to buy as starting items, on your first back (depending on how much gold you have), and as the game progresses. You will learn how to develop amazing map awareness. You will learn how to make the right decisions as to which lanes you should gank and which ones you should ignore. You will learn how to properly execute ganks and what to do after that. You will also learn how to snowball a lane. There also are a ton of general game knowledge golden nuggets thrown all throughout the book to help you in your journey further. I know this is a big list of things and to some of you it might seem intimidating, but I promise you that once you learn and apply the information in this book in your own gameplay, you will transform completely as a player. Are you excited? Best of luck on the Summoner's Rift.
©2016 Stewart Petr (P)2016 Stewart Petr
The Secret of Teams
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Using the same characters as those found in Miller’s other bestseller, The Secret and one new character, a retired Special Forces Commander, this work aims to help team leaders and team members create high-performing teams. The core message is that Talent, Skills, and Community are all essential to team success, and that team leaders and leaders supervising or training team leaders, need to develop all three in order to create such teams. This work presents a radical message in the team literature and in the practice of most organizations. Most team books focus on such things as getting clear about team purpose and team member roles, not the importance of creating a sense of community in a team. Miller offers concrete suggestions for building teams where people know each other deeply, server each other willingly, and genuinely care for each other. The reader learns of the value true affection and compassion bring to a team and how crucial that bond is to any team’s success.
©2011 Original material Mark Miller. Recorded by arrangement with Berrett-Koehler Publishers (P)2011 HighBridge Company
Idaho Falls
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When asked to name the world’s first major nuclear accident, most people cite the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster. Revealed in this book is one of American history’s best-kept secrets: the world’s first nuclear reactor accident to claim fatalities happened on United States soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, a military test reactor located in Idaho’s Lost River Desert that exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three-man maintenance crew on duty. Through details uncovered in official documents, firsthand accounts from rescue workers and nuclear industry insiders, and exclusive interviews with the victims’ families and friends, this book probes intriguing questions about the devastating blast that have remained unanswered for more than 40 years. From reports of a faulty reactor design and mismanagement of the reactor’s facilities to rumors of incompetent personnel and a failed love affair that prompted deliberate sabotage of the plant, these plausible explanations for the explosion raise questions about whether the truth was deliberately suppressed to protect the nuclear energy industry.
©2003 William Thomas McKeown (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
The Structure of World History
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In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically re-evaluates Marx's version of world history, shifting the focus of critique from modes of production to modes of exchange. Karatani seeks to understand both capital-nation-state, the interlocking system that's the dominant form of modern global society, and the possibilities for superseding it. He traces different modes of exchange, including the pooling of resources that characterizes nomadic tribes, the gift exchange systems developed after the adoption of fixed-settlement agriculture, the exchange of obedience for protection that arises with the emergence of the state, the commodity exchanges that characterize capitalism, and, finally, a future mode of exchange based on the return of gift exchange, albeit modified for the contemporary moment. He argues that this final stage - marking the overcoming of capital, nation, and state - is best understood in light of Kant's writings on eternal peace. The Structure of World History is in many ways the capstone of Karatani's brilliant career, yet it also signals new directions in his thought. The book was published by Duke University Press.
©2014 Duke University Press (P)2015 Redwood Audiobooks