James Wright has narrated 7 audiobooks on Listento.it by 11 authors. The most-rated is The Clowns of God.
The Survivor
Summary
Alec Ramsey is the survivor of a disastrous Antarctic expedition which abandoned his revered friend and leader of the party, Stephen Leeming. For 40 years, in the security of academia, Ramsey has nurtured with guilt his doubts about this incident. Now Leeming's body is, against all odds, to be exhumed from the Antarctic icecap, and Ramsey must confront his obsession and decide whether he really did - or can continue to - survive at all.
©1969 Thomas Keneally (P)2000 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Uncertain Fate
Summary
The gripping story of an Australian SAS patrol in Vietnam, based upon real events. The slight movement beneath the bamboo toward the creek distracted Dobel from his meagre meal of biscuits and water. At first he was unsure what it was. As the shadow came closer, it materialised into the unmistakable form of an NVA soldier moving from the creek toward the area of the LUP occupied by Collier and the wounded Wilkins. The enemy moved silently, an AK-47 held directly in front of his body, ready for action. In an instant, Dobel noted the soldier wore no hat and his grey, khaki-green uniform was dark with perspiration. He wore standard NVA canvas boots and chest webbing, and a small rice sack hung from the left side of his belt. Fear gripped Gary Dobel. He felt the blood drain from his body and begin to pound in his temples. The back of his throat was dry in spite of the long drink of water he had just taken. A huge knot of fear built quickly in his stomach, and his body began to tremble slightly.... His right hand reached cautiously for the pistol grip of his M16. From the moment the five-man SAS patrol begins its behind-the-scenes reconnaissance mission, there is tension in the thick jungle air - it would not be an uneventful patrol. By the time they are extracted under fire by helicopter five days later, their skills and teamwork have been tested again and again. This is the gripping story of an Australian SAS patrol in Vietnam.
©1997 Graham J. Brammer (P)2018 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
In the Winter Dark
Summary
Night falls. In a lonely valley called the Sink, four people prepare for a quiet evening. Murray Jaccob sees a moving shadow in his orchard. Across the swamp, his neighbour Ronnie watches her lover leave and feels her baby roll inside her. And on the verandah of the Stubbses house, a small dog is torn screaming from its leash by something unseen. Nothing will ever be the same again.
©2003 Tim Winton (P)2004 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
The Second Victory
Summary
From one of the 20th century's most acclaimed and popular authors. Winter, 1945. The Second World War is over, but it is a time of armistice, not peace. Austria is grieving its defeat and the loss of a generation of men; it is a land without leaders. To men like Major Mark Hanlon, Occupation Commander of the alpine town of Bad Quellenberg, falls the task of destroying the legacy of the Nazis once and for all. When his driver is murdered by an Austrian soldier, Hanlon is determined to bring the man to justice. But investigating the crime proves difficult in a community where nearly everyone has something to hide. Morris West’s fast-moving story brilliantly evokes the atmosphere of occupation in a traumatised postwar Europe.
©1958 The Morris West Collection (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Sunburnt Country
Summary
Sunburnt Country is an outstanding selection of autobiographical stories and short fiction about Australia and Australians. From childhood, through adolescence, work and marriage, to old age, these stories provide a lively, at times moving, sometimes funny, glimpse into many aspects of life in Australia.
©1996 Individual contributors, 1996. this selection Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1996. (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Lazarus
Summary
From one of the 20th century's most acclaimed and popular authors. Iron-fisted Pope Leo XIV emerges from open-heart surgery with the chilling realisation that his reforms have devastated the Church. As he struggles to overcome the policies he himself put in place, he must battle enemies from within the Vatican, as well as Islamic terrorists determined to assassinate him. Amid political intrigue and counterespionage, his brilliant Surgeon, Salviati, becomes a target, too, along with Salviati’s beautiful mistress, Tove, and her fragile daughter, as the plot builds to a dramatic climax. Lazarus completes Morris West’s best-selling Vatican trilogy, following The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God. It can also stand alone as a gripping exploration of Church politics in a world of crises.
©1990 The Morris West Collection (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
The Clowns of God
Summary
Pope Gregory XVII has spent a lifetime quietly serving the church he loves - until he announces a prophecy so alarming that it threatens to tear the Vatican apart. Terrified, the Vatican cardinals imprison him in a monastery. Is he mad, as they believe, or is it all an elaborate plot? An old friend of the pope sets out on a risky quest to find out. On the way, he discovers the power of love and faith, while terrorists and politicians use every deadly and unholy means to stop him. The Clowns of God spent 22 weeks on the New York Times best seller list and is the second novel in Morris West’s Vatican trilogy.
©1981 The Morris West Collection (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd