Matthew Lyon has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is The Moorstone Sickness.
Simply Freud
Summary
Born into a Jewish family in the Moravian town of Freiberg, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) entered the University of Vienna at the age of 17 and began his medical career in 1882. Following an 1885 fellowship in Paris, during which he learned about the use of hypnosis to treat hysteria, he embarked on the incredible journey of discovery that would lead to the creation of the “talking cure” and, ultimately, a whole new way to think about human consciousness and experience. In Simply Freud, Professor Stephen Frosh offers an engaging and accessible introduction to Freud and his major ideas, including the unconscious, sexual repression, free association, and the interpretation of dreams. At the same time, he reminds us that Freud was also a person - ambitious, conflicted, amorous, irritable, blind about some things, prophetically insightful about others. His personality shaped the way psychoanalysis developed, and Professor Frosh shows how the dreams he had, the jokes he told, and the patients he worked with all contributed to the formation of his landmark work. With its vivid portrait of life in 19th-century Vienna - and the enormous social and political upheavals that provided the context for Freud’s work - Simply Freud is an invaluable overview of the life and times of the man whose revolutionary insights remain crucial for our understanding of central aspects of our world.
©2018 Stephen Frosh (P)2018 Simply Charly
The Moorstone Sickness
Summary
After the death of their infant son, Hal and Rowan Graham decide to leave the mad bustle of London and move to a quiet country refuge. And the rustic village of Moorstone seems perfect. Too perfect? Lying beneath a hill capped by an enormous stone, Moorstone hides mysterious secrets. Why does such a small town need such a large insane asylum? Why do the village's elderly residents leave everything they own to young newcomers they barely know? And why is everyone so friendly, so handsome, and so preoccupied with Hal and Rowan's health?
Before the Grahams can piece the insidious puzzle together, they are plunged into a spiraling terror of ancient mysteries reborn, people who are not quite what they seem, and a village that is quaint, charming - and deadly!
When it comes to spine-chilling tales of quiet horror, no one surpasses Bernard Taylor, the best-selling author of the classic novels, The Godsend and Sweetheart, Sweetheart.
"Reaches its horrifying climax with seductive grace." (Library Journal)
"A fine atmosphere of terror." (New York Times)
"Slow-building occult horror." (Kirkus Reviews)
"His fiction grips and holds the reader.... Taylor is a master." (Publishers Weekly)
©1982, 2018 Bernard Taylor (P)2018 Valancourt Books
In the Eyes of Mr Fury
Summary
On the day Concord Webster turned eighteen, the Devil died. The Devil's real name was Judge Martin, but Concord's mother called him the Devil. She said he boiled babies for dinner and made lampshades out of human skin. So why did she, who hated him so venomously, have a key to his house? The key will unlock more than just Judge's front door. It will also unlock a multitude of stories - where magic children talk to crows, men disappear in piles of leaves, and James Dean lookalikes kiss in dark alleys - and reveal a secret history that will change Concord's life forever. Philip Ridley's second novel (following the sexually charged tour de force Crocodilia) was an instant cult classic when originally published in 1989. Now, for this new edition, Ridley has reimagined the story, expanding the original novel into the world's first LGBT magical realist epic. A vast, labyrinthine, hall-of-mirrors saga, its breathtaking imagery and stunning plot twists - covering over a hundred years - reveal Ridley to be one of the most distinctive and innovative voices in contemporary fiction.
©1989, 2016 Philip Ridley (P)2017 Valancourt Books, LLC
Fae Song
Summary
Her music is magic, but power comes with a price. Can she defeat her own inner demons and the dark forces that have hijacked her past? Gwynn has finally joined the ranks of the most prestigious guild of bards. Eager to explore the world and create her musical legacy, she heads to the dazzling city to impress with her skills. On the road, she encounters an elite warrior wounded in an ambush. She is forced to turn her peaceful journey into a dangerous quest. Can she free her world from enchantment before she loses everything? Fae Song is book one of the enchanting magical fantasy series Ballads of Balahar. A magical world of mysterious forces, splendid Celtic mythology, and a friendship stronger than time.
©2020 Deonne Williams (P)2021 Deonne Williams
Squashed Possums
Summary
2016 Award Finalist - Travel Non-Fiction - Readers' Favorite Awards "Terrific." (Bill Bryson, author of Notes from a Small Island) Ten years after returning from the New Zealand outback, Jon receives a mysterious manuscript in the post. Narrated by Jon's former home, the lone caravan, Squashed Possums reveals what it's like to live in the wild through four seasons, including New Zealand's coldest winter in decades. Discover how Jon finds himself reversing off the edge of a cliff, meet the Maori chef who survived 9/11, the pioneers who paved the way, and catch sight of the elusive kiwi bird. Encounter hedgehogs that fly, possums that scream, and perhaps most importantly, the lone caravan with a story to tell.... "I thoroughly enjoyed it! What an interesting story." (Dr. Jock Phillips, NZ historian and author) “The caravan narrator - yes, a first. May it sell in the millions.” (Giles Milton, author of White Gold and Nathaniel's Nutmeg)
©2015 Jonathan Tindale (P)2018 Jonathan Tindale