Hopper Stone has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is Jewish Conquistadors in the New World.
Tales of the Barranco Lagarto
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A faux history of the people and events of the Palm Springs area from 1916-1930.
©2010 Steven Levi (P)2020 Steven Levi
Key Horizon
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The wife of the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister is missing. The circumstantial evidence implicates her husband as a plausible suspect. The sordid details are complicated by the fact that they are on vacation in the South of France when the incident occurs. Despite the fact that the Deputy Prime Minister emphatically denies having anything to do with his own wife’s disappearance, French authorities have suspended the customary political courtesies normally extended to him in an unprecedented move to secure the only suspect and to initiate a formal investigation. In a bold move, the Israeli government launches an independent cooperative clandestine investigation with the assistance of the United States to find the Deputy Prime Minister’s wife, and if possible, to punish those responsible for her abduction. The Israeli Mossad - one of the most capable covert agencies on the planet - is commissioned to come up with a plan to achieve the objective. Together with the collaborative efforts of the United States, they form a highly capable team of operatives to pursue the leads and follow the evidence, wherever it takes them; among them, American operative Joey G. Weston - an agent with an ability to look beyond the typical veil of psychological distraction and criminal mind games. Unofficially sanctioned under the code name Operation Key Horizon, the American’s paths soon cross with the beautiful and highly capable Israeli Agent Tzofiya Kalev in the South of France as they join forces to discover the truth. Following the clues and Weston’s unconventional insight ultimately lead the team to the epicenter of terrorism operations deep inside the borders of Yemen and to the sordid web of one of the most radical and influential terrorist networks. It is there where they continue to uncover information leading to the network’s involvement and are surprised by what they find when they are faced with a decision that may ultimately determine the success of the entire operation and the fate of their own survival.
©2017 G-Life Enterprises Corp. (P)2021 G-Life Enterprises Corp.
Where the Demon Is
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After years of mourning the death of his beloved father, Lord Donahue finds himself trapped in a state of drunken despair in his family’s castle. He wishes for nothing more than to speak with his father one last time, but when his wish is granted by a witchy medium, he finds himself faced with a terror stronger than any he’s ever known before it. As a demon freshly released from Hell torments him within his own home, Lord Donahue must do everything in his power to survive while still holding on to what sanity still remains with him. A classic gothic horror tale like no other, Where the Demon Is will leave you breathless...if it leaves you at all.
©2012 Jae El Foster (P)2020 Jae El Foster
Jewish Conquistadors in the New World
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Three events transpired in 1492 in the Iberian Peninsula, which had tremendous ramifications for years to come. The first was the conquest of Granada, i.e., the last Muslim stronghold, by Castilian and Aragonese forces. The victory ended eight hundred years of Islam-ic rule. The conquest of Granada eventually also led to the conversions of many Muslims to Christianity, the phenomenon of Crypto-Islam, and the eventual expulsion of the descendants of these converts in 1609. The second event was the Edict of Expulsion, which ended a thousand years of Jewish life in the Peninsula. Jews were given a choice between exile or conversion. Those who converted joined the already significant ranks of the existing Converso class, which by this time numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The Conversos, i.e., Jewish converts to Christianity typically under duress, had been at the center of a religious and political crisis that had lasted for more than a century. Many Conversos had been met with discrimination and violence as their true loyalties were often disputed. The last event of note was the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus. The encounter ultimately led to the conquest of the New World and the rise of the Spanish empire. The New World provided many Conversos with a new frontier where many thrived, and others continued to practice Jewish observances clandestinely. Amidst the momentous events of 1492, the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were looking to the future. The Crown endorsed Christopher Columbus’ adventure and an uncharted voyage across the Atlantic ocean began. Columbus’ journeys and the subsequent Spanish conquest of the New World included many Conversos who were at various times legally ineligible to travel and settle in the New World. Despite the prohibitions, the history of the Spanish conquest in the Caribbean and eventually Mexico was full of Spanish adventurers, soldiers, and merchants whom all heralded from Converso backgrounds. Some of them were Judaizers, while others were indifferent to their Jewish pasts. We must remind ourselves that we are only highlighting the cases of known Conversos. The latter were adept at hiding, and the falsification of documents and identities often became a requisite for leaving the Peninsula. Spain’s discovery and conquest of the New World provided a venue for Conversos to find refuge and avoid the Inquisitional authority, though this proved short-lived.
©2020 Juan Marcos Gutierrez (P)2021 Juan Marcos Gutierrez