Michael Scott has narrated 26 audiobooks on Listento.it by 31 authors, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 387 ratings. The most-rated is Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself.
Wild Flowers of the Asphalt
Summary
This collection of Poetry and Prose is an explosion of femininity, empowerment, and personal growth. Michelle celebrates her triumph over mental illness and promotes resilience and self-love in her readers.
©2018 William Dean Howells (P)2018 AB Books
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Summary
Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"was first published on 18th November, 1865, edition of The New York Saturday Press, under the title "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." The story is set in a gold-mining camp in Calaveras County, California, and has its origins in the folklore of the Gold Rush era. It was one of Twain's earliest writings, and helped establish his reputation as a humorist. He eventually included it as the title story in his first collection of tales.
©2018 Mark Twain (P)2018 AB Books
Costly Mistakes That Cost Us Our Brighter Future: Our Faults
Summary
If something is part of you, then you will only struggle to let go of it, but the reality remains that you can only attempt and not erase it because it is part of your very existence. Mistake is part of every human and that is why we can only attempt to exonerate ourselves from mistakes, but it is a task that we will continue to do until the very end. Some of the things that normally cost us our future are those things that we regard as being nothing, but in reality that is what will bring us down unexpectedly. The truth of life is such that if we believe that we can come up with a perfect decision on any issue, then we will always be a victim of illusion, because in every decision we make in life, there will certainly occur that part of which we will fail to notice and that will be a destructive part that will affect the whole of our actions until the very end. The way to lead a successful life is to be ready to accept the fact that we are prone to making mistakes and that mistake is inevitable as far as our lives are concerned so that we can guide ourselves towards making decisions as well as being able to make amends when new facts come in. The reason why many people make the worst mistakes of their lives is that they do not accept the reality that their nature is ingrained in faults. Once you cannot believe in the natural possibility of having error in any of your actions and decisions, then you will always live in a world where illusion rules. We may have everything it takes to be careful of our actions, we may have what it takes to lead a principled life, and we may be very cautious of our faults, but the truth is that all these human skills and knowledge are not enough to exonerate us from making mistakes, which is why we have to come down from that high hill and accept the reality of our own making and that mistakes are deeply rooted in us — no matter how we try to live our lives.
©2017 Tony Nwoye (P)2017 Tony Nwoye
Great American Indian Stories
Summary
The lives of the American Indian, as written by Charles Eastman, come to life as they wrestle with the intrusion of the "White Man" and their own survival. You will enjoy this glimpse into the Old West from the perspective of the 19th Century American Indian.
Volume One: "The Grave of the Dog", "The Famine", "The Chief Soldier".
Volume Two: "The Singing Spirit", "The White Man's Errand", "The Madness of Bald Eagle".
©2018 Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) (P)2018 AB Books
Don Quixote
Summary
This is a fantastical comedy about an old man who has read so many books about knights errant that he is convinced that he is one himself. He sets out on a series of adventures with his trusted and true servant Sancho Panza. But with every adventure it is amazing that he is able to survive the story itself.
©2018 Miguel de Cervantes (P)2018 AB Books
The Dead
Summary
The main character in this short story is Gabriel Conroy and the entire short story takes place during his attendance at a holiday party, annually thrown by his aunts. Near the end of the party Gabriel sees his wife, Gretta, in a new and expanded way at the same moment when she is reminiscing on a song being sung at the party. Listen as James Joyce weaves harsh realities back into this story, as is characteristic with other stories in this series, "Dubliners".
©2018 James Joyce (P)2018 AB Books