Marni Penning has narrated 33 audiobooks on Listento.it by 26 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 28 ratings. The most-rated is Red Rising: Sons of Ares: Volume 2: Wrath (Dramatized Adaptation).
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The Magic Engineer (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge - the working of machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it. "An intriguing fantasy in a fascinating world." (Robert Jordan, New York Times best-selling author of The Wheel of Time series) Performed by Terence Aselford, Chris Stinson, Yasmin Tuazon, Jacob Yeh, Nora Achrati, Christopher Walker, Marni Penning, Eva Wilhelm, Tony Nam, Nanette Savard, Ken Jackson, Carolyn Kashner, Steve Wannall, Elizabeth Jernigan, KenYatta Rogers, Jason B McIntosh, Alejandro Ruiz, Matthew Bassett, Bradley Smith, Tia Shearer, Eric Messner, Paul Reisman, Amanda Forstrom, Evan Casey, Michael Glenn, Joy Jones, Andy Clemence, Tracy Olivera, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Chris Davenport, Andy Brownstein, Michael John Casey, Nick DePinto, Dylan Lynch, Frank Britton, Holly Vagley, David Jourdan, Chris Genebach, Dawn Ursula, Lise Bruneau, Drew Kopas, Colleen Delany, Dani Stoller, James Lewis, Scott McCormick, Joe Mallon, Tim Carlin, Jeff Allin.
©2014 L.E. Modesitt Jr. (P)2019 Graphic Audio, LLC
Other People's Children
Summary
A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother reclaims her child. What makes a family? Gail and Jon Durbin moved to the Chicago suburbs to set up house as soon as Gail got pregnant. But then she miscarried - once, twice, three times. Determined to expand their family, the Durbins turn to adoption. When several adoptions fall through, Gail’s desire for a child overwhelms her. Carli is a pregnant teenager from a blue-collar town nearby, with dreams of going to college and getting out of her mother’s home. When she makes the gut-wrenching decision to give her baby up for adoption, she chooses the Durbins. But Carli’s mother, Marla, has other plans for her grandbaby. In Other People’s Children, three mothers make excruciating choices to protect their families and their dreams - choices that put them at decided odds against one another. You will root for each one of them and wonder just how far you’d go in the same situation. This riveting debut is a thoughtful exploration of love and family, and a heart-pounding pause-resister you’ll find impossible to put down.
©2021 Hoffmann Ventures LLC. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Barren [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
New York Times best-selling author Peter V. Brett returns to his groundbreaking Demon Cycle series with this enthralling novella - the latest story set in his much-loved fantasy world. Each night, the world is overrun by bloodthirsty demons. For centuries, humanity survived only by hiding behind defensive wards - magical symbols with the power to repel the demons. Now, the rediscovery of long-forgotten combat wards has given them the magic they need to fight back. In Tibbet’s Brook, the fighting wards have brought change, but the factions and grudges of a troubled past remain. Selia Square, the woman they call Barren, has long been the force that holds the Brook together. As a terrifying new threat emerges, she rallies her people once again. But Selia has a past of her own. And in a small community the personal and the political can never be divided. If Tibbet’s Brook is to survive, Selia must uncover memories she has buried deep - the woman she once was, the woman she once loved - and retell their story. Performed by Colleen Delany, Yasmin Tuazon, Terence Aselford, Nora Achrati, Ren Kasey, Henry Kramer, Alexander Strain, Marni Penning, Carolyn Kashner, Bruce Alan Rauscher, Thomas Keegan, Danny Gavigan, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Ken Jackson, Nick DePinto, Chris Stinson, Gwen Grastorf, Nanette Savard, Katy Carkuff, Christopher Scheeren, James Lewis, Bradley Smith, Lawrence Redmond, Ryan Carlo Dalusung.
©2018 Peter V. Brett (P)2019 Graphic Audio, LLC
Federation and Earth
Summary
Federation and Earth is book two in the Federation Trilogy. Listening to Federation first is absolutely essential. After the dramatic and unexpected turn of events at the end of the first book, planet Earth is left with several factions trying to resolve the situation. The new president of the USA is trying to secure his hold on power, while a new group - who have named themselves Free America - is taking steps to overthrow what it considers an illegitimate regime. Elsewhere, the new secretary general of the United Nations is working with the smaller Security Council to try to bring the rest of the world together after the events at the end of the book one. Can the aliens be convinced to provide help, or are they just going to watch from orbit? Note: You won't enjoy this story unless you are open to political concepts which could never work on Earth as it is before the trilogy begins, i.e. now. If you like speculative fiction, open your mind and enjoy the adventure. This book is like Marmite (look it up). You will either love it or hate it!
©2019 Tony Harmsworth (P)2020 Tony Harmsworth
15 Minutes Outside
Summary
In just 15 minutes your kids can be unplugged from their screens and outside on an adventure, all thanks to the ultimate parenting resource to help you connect with your kids and get out of the house! A creative collection of activities for families, 15 Minutes Outside is filled with 365 days of quality time, outdoor adventures, and unplugged activities that require little time, cash, or patience. Perfect for parents, daycare workers, babysitters, and more, this audiobook will keep kids busy and stop the dreaded "I'm bored!" from escaping their mouths, particularly in a cabin-fever-laden pandemic.
©2011 Rebecca P. Cohen (P)2021 Rebecca P. Cohen
Wild Monsters Dance About: Stories from an Unruly Mind
Summary
Wild Monsters Dance About is a collection of 21 short stories that will take into author M.J. Sewall’s unruly mind. These finely tuned tales jump through genres, concepts and characters, predicaments, adventures, and conundrums. Whether about everyday-science going terribly wrong in "Unintended Science" to animal evolution suddenly speeding up in "It Finally happened" or the prickly family politics of road trips in "Sibling Warfare", these stories will thrill, delight, and discombobulate your imagination. Not all these tales are wild monsters, but some may bite. You have been warned!
©2018 M.J. Sewall (P)2019 M.J. Sewall
The Good Mother
Summary
"A tour de force. Sue Miller goes straight to the dark heart of the matter of modern sexual morality." (Russell Banks) Sue Miller’s critically acclaimed New York Times best seller about a woman torn between motherhood and sexual freedom, sacrifice and responsibility After an amicable divorce, piano teacher Anna Dunlap has built an independent life in New England for herself and her four-year-old daughter, Molly. It's all Anna thinks she needs. Until she meets Leo Cutter, an artist who makes her feel desired, unabashedly sexual, and filled with certitude and passion for the first time. All it takes is a single unguarded moment for Anna's perfect world to implode. Leveling shocking charges against Leo, Anna's ex-husband crashes back into Anna's life and takes Molly with him. When it thrusts Anna into a public and ugly custody battle, she is forced to defend her choices, to confront the damage done by the choices of others, and to prove herself, against seemingly unpardonable odds, a good mother.
©2016 Sue Miller (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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An Easy Death [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. They’re searching through the small border towns near Mexico, trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner, Oleg Karkarov. The wizards believe Oleg is a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin, and that Oleg’s blood can save the young tsar’s life. As the trio journey through an altered America, shattered into several countries by the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, they’re set on by enemies. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. Lizbeth Rose is a gunnie who has never failed a client, but her oath will test all of her skills and resolve to get them all out alive. Performed by Colleen Delany, Robbie Gay, Carolyn Kashner, Marni Penning, Dani Stoller, Bradley Smith, Kimberly Gilbert, Jessica Lauren Ball, Harley Gordon, Michael John Casey, Yasmin Tuazon, Stephon Walker, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Nanette Savard, Scott McCormick, Laura C Harris, Tracy Olivera, Cameron McNary, Sasha Olinick, Dawn Ursula, Alejandro Ruiz, Tim Getman, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Lawrence Redmond, Chris Davenport, Ken Jackson, Nathanial Perry, Deidra Starnes, Jessica Lefkow, Elizabeth Jernigan.
©2018 Charlaine Harris (P)2018 Graphic Audio, LLC
The Bible with and Without Jesus
Summary
The editors of The Jewish Annotated New Testament show how and why Jews and Christians study many of the same Biblical texts - including passages from the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Psalms - differently. Exploring and explaining these diverse perspectives, they reveal more clearly Scripture’s beauty and power. Esteemed Bible scholars and teachers Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler take listeners on a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament to show what the texts meant in their original contexts and then how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. Passages include the creation of the world, the role of Adam and Eve, the Suffering Servant of Isiah, the book of Jonah, and Psalm 22, whose words, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”, Jesus quotes as he dies on the cross. Comparing various interpretations - historical, literary, and theological - of each ancient text, Levine and Brettler offer deeper understandings of the original narratives and their many afterlives. They show how the text speaks to different generations under changed circumstances and so illuminate the Bible’s ongoing significance. By understanding the depth and variety by which these passages have been, and can be, understood, The Bible With and Without Jesus does more than enhance our religious understandings, it helps us to see the Bible as a source of inspiration for any and all listeners. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Amy-Jill Levine (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Federation
Summary
Federation - political, near-future science fiction for the listeners who enjoys imagining how the world would react to alien contact. Author's Note: "This novel has attracted some strange and unexpected reactions - science fiction readers are usually open-minded individuals, but some seem to have trouble understanding that this is a story - fiction. In a few reviews, Federation has been castigated by narrow-minded individuals who think it is some sort of socialist or communist manifesto. Surely, that would be like accusing George Orwell of promoting totalitarianism because he wrote 1984! If you are open-minded, you will love this for being what it is - a science fiction 'what-if' trilogy, not a political treatise. Please don't buy it if you find social justice offensive." Federation takes close encounters to a whole new level. A galactic empire of a quarter of a million worlds stumbles across the earth. When they ask, "take me to your leader", the world is thrown into panic. We have no world leader, only many who might like to be. With elements of a political thriller, there is an intriguing storyline which addresses the environmental and myriad social problems faced by the world today. The aliens’ philosophy on life is totally unexpected. With the help of intelligent automatons, they've turned what many on earth believe to be a reviled political system into a utopia for the masses, but are they a force for good or evil, and will the wealthy make the compromises needed for a successful outcome? The story is told by a Daragnen University Graduate, Rummy Breganin. He discovers that earth failed in its attempt to join the federation, and, for some unknown reason, members are forever banned from visiting or contacting the planet. Rummy had never heard of a whole world being outlawed. Perhaps it would be sensible to leave well enough alone but no, he decides to investigate. Submerge yourself in humankind’s cultural and economic dilemma. Get Federation today.
©2019 Tony Harmsworth (P)2020 Tony Harmsworth
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Pray For The Dead [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
The American frontier comes alive in this blazing saga of Chet Byrnes and his family empire by Western Heritage and Spur award-winning author Dusty Richards.... The Byrnes family has fought fiercely for its ranching empire. And with success comes the fate of empires: The Byrnes have taken in far-flung family members, hired hands, and folks looking for another chance at life. The Byrnes clan has taken their fair share of hurt, too, taking on outlaws too deadly and powerful for the law. When a stage is robbed of a fortune in gold, the Byrnes boys set off on a wild race through the wilderness. But who are the men they are chasing? And where have they stashed the gold? In a harsh, unforgiving land, the Byrnes men face a mystery of gold and death - that could explode like a bomb in their hands.... Performed by Scott McCormick, Helen Pafumi, Lincoln Zada, Steve Wannall, Steven Carpenter, Colleen Delany, Nora Achrati, KenYatta Rogers, Marni Penning, Brian Hemmingsen, Matthew Schleigh, Dylan Lynch, Terence Aselford, Evan Casey, Chris Stinson, Michael Glenn, Patrick Bussink, Jonathon Church, Rex Anderson, Casie Platt, Laura C Harris, Alyssa Wilmoth, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Amanda Forstrom, Christopher Scheeren, Kimberly Gilbert, Yasmin Tuazon, Drew Kopas, Chris Graybill, Gary Telles, Joe Mallon, Christopher Walker, Andy Brownstein, Dani Stoller, Paul Reisman, Michael John Casey, Bradley Smith, James Lewis, Sasha Olinick, J W Rone, Tim Pabon, Alejandro Ruiz, Nanette Savard, Nick DePinto, Jacob Yeh, Matthew McGee, Deidra Starnes, Siobhan Casey, Mort Shelby.
©2016 Dusty Richards (P)2016 Graphic Audio, LLC
Hidden Federation
Summary
Warning: It is essential to listen to the trilogy in the correct order – Federation; Federation & Earth; and finally Hidden Federation. Alien university professor and author, Yol Rummy Blin Breganin, continues his research on the planet Earth. He introduces, into this final volume, some stories from the distant past of the Federation, which provide a greater insight into the vast alien empire. In the only free and independent part of the planet Earth – the United States of America – the populace is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the growing authoritarianism. With California in revolt, can the USA retain its own independence in this rebellious climate? Elsewhere on Earth, in the Federation territories, is life becoming too comfortable for the ordinary humans? Will the world be allowed to settle down to its life of luxury or will it turn the new utopia into hell as it has always done in the past? The final part of the Federation Trilogy contains the answers.
©2020 Harmsworth.net (P)2020 Harmsworth.net
Bloody Acquisitions (Dramatized Adaptation)
Summary
With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred’s undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was. Unfortunately, it also seems that he’s no longer the only vampire to appreciate the up-and-coming city of Winslow, Colorado. A new clan of vampires is moving in, and they aren’t well known for tolerating outsiders in their territory. Now, Fred must cope with the growing presence - and threat - of other vampires even as he struggles to keep up with his business’s demands and make time for his friends. Between hidden parahuman towns, crazed vampire hunters, quarreling mages, and the world’s least subtle spy, it will take all of Fred’s wiles just to keep his head above water. And as the new clan sinks their fangs deeper and deeper into his city, the undead accountant is faced with a choice between two equally unappealing options: flee his home, or stand against an entire clan of fellow vampires. Performed by Christopher Walker, Nora Achrati, Marni Penning, Yasmin Tuazon, Shanta Parasuraman, Steven Carpenter, Carolyn Kashner, Christopher Graybill, Anthony Palmini, Laura C Harris, Danny Gavigan, Matthew Bassett, Scott McCormick, Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Smith, Colleen Delany, Holly Adams, Michael John Casey, Terence Aselford, and Zeke Alton.
©2016 Drew Hayes (P)2021 GraphicAudio