Mike Vendetti has narrated 44 audiobooks on Listento.it by 31 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 10 ratings. The most-rated is The Sound of Things Falling.
The Depths
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When Jen Adams' son is kidnapped and her boss is brutally murdered, she and her husband are thrown into a hunt to find out why. The mystery takes her and a team of soldiers and scientists deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean - to a research station lying under five miles of water one of the deepest oceanic trenches on the planet. The station has been abandoned for over thirty years, and no one knows what to expect when they get there. As they begin to learn more about the station, however, they find out there's something the base is trying to hide - something that could prove devastating for the rest of the world...
©2014 Nick Thacker (P)2014 Nick Thacker
The Book of Revelation
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The last book of the Christian Bible, Revelation, read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, could leave one wondering, "Should I repent now?"
Public Domain (P)2019 Mike Vendetti
The Sound of Things Falling
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Juan Gabriel Vsquez has been hailed not only as one of South America’s greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this gorgeously wrought, award-winning novel, Vsquez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia. In the city of Bogot, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The article transports Antonio back to when the war between Escobar’s Medelln cartel and government forces played out violently in Colombia’s streets and in the skies above. Back then, Antonio witnessed a friend’s murder, an event that haunts him still. As he investigates, he discovers the many ways in which his own life and his friend’s family have been shaped by his country’s recent violent past. His journey leads him all the way back to the 1960s and a world on the brink of change: a time before narco-trafficking trapped a whole generation in a living nightmare. Vsquez is “one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature” according to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and The Sound of Things Falling is his most personal, most contemporary novel to date, a masterpiece that takes his writing - and will take his literary star - even higher.
©2012 Juan Gabriel Vasquez (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
The Richest Man in Babylon
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Listen and be inspired by the soothing baritone of award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti as he reads George Samuel Clason's classic The Richest Man in Babylon. Unless you were born wealthy or hit the lottery, this audiobook can be your path to financial security and success. The parables set in ancient Babylon and originally published in 1926 are as applicable today as they were in ancient times.
Public Domain (P)2016 Mike Vendetti
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a poem written in 1922 by Robert Frost and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. Imagery, personification, and repetition are prominent in the work. In a letter to Louis Untermeyer, Frost called it "my best bid for remembrance".
Public Domain (P)2019 Mike Vendetti
The Cremation of Sam McGee
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Cap the narrator makes a deal with his pal Sam McGee that he will cremate him when he dies. Now the problem is where to do this deed in the frozen Yukon. Award-winning audiobook narrator and producer Mike Vendetti reads Robert Service's humorous poem.
Public Domain (P)2020 Mike Vendetti
The Interlopers
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Imagine you are hunting an enemy who happens to be your neighbor, and suppose that your neighbor is hunting you. What makes people who should be friends become fierce enemies? Who is the loser in this deadly fight? The answer may shock you.
Public Domain (P)2013 Audio Books by Mike Vendetti
Canto 27 from In Memoriam AAH
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Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti. "Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." Comes from this poem.
Public Domain (P)2019 Mike Vendetti
Keeping Christmas
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Henry van Dyke was a member of the clergy; this story reads like a sermon for good reason. Its full title is "A Short Christmas Sermon: Keeping Christmas". Read by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti, this lovely piece reminds us what Christianity is about.
Public Domain (P)2020 Mike Vendetti
A Soldier's Home
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No experience has a deeper and longer-lasting impression upon a young man than engaging in a war. Krebs, Hemingway's protagonist, leaves home a college kid and returns a very changed man. This story explores the extremely changed family dynamics within the Krebs family when Harold returns home. Roles switch from parent-child to adult/adult. Professional voice actors Mike Vendetti and Kathy Verduin bring this timeless classic story to life. Krebs' return is not unlike that of the Vietnam veteran. Veterans returning from Vietnam did not return in mass, but as changed individuals to a country that did not fully understand them. Many of them witnessed and took part in activities that only fellow soldiers understand.
Public Domain (P)2021 Mike Vendetti
Shell Game
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None of them had captured or killed a single enemy! Then whom were they at war with? When a group of men crash on the surface of an alien planet, they are hemmed in on every side by a deadly, impenetrable bog and attacked by an unknown, unseen enemy.
Public Domain (P)2017 Mike Vendetti
Jump Commander
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Col. Mark James Alexander was the only airborne officer to lead three different battalions into combat in World War II, successively commanding the 2nd and 1st Battalions, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 508 PIR, of the 82nd Airborne Division. A legend in his own time, he fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France, and even after being seriously wounded in Normandy, insisted on playing a role in the Battle of the Bulge. Airborne Generals Gavin and Ridgway recognized Alexander’s superior battle skills and were more than happy to use him to plug holes in the ranks. His reputation excelled among the rank and file, right down to the lowest private. He led from the front, pressing the attack while simultaneously looking out for his men. In Sicily, Alexander’s battalion landed 25 miles from its drop zone, into a network of Italian pillboxes, upon which the Colonel personally directed fire, thence captured hundreds of prisoners. Dropped into the desperate inferno at Salerno, he refused to give ground against German counterattacks, forming his paratroopers against enemy efforts to push Allied forces back into the sea. At Normandy one seasoned lieutenant, John “Red Dog” Dolan, 505 PIR, called him "the finest battalion commander I ever served under", after Alexander had led the 1/505 for 10 days through the bloody battle for La Fire Bridge and Causeway. Alexander’s passion and truest talent was leading men in the field, and he insisted on sharing their risks. On one occasion in Normandy he and his runner (he went through several) were caught behind German lines and encountered a platoon of SS. Opening fire, the Colonel killed or wounded several and brought the rest in as prisoners. An 88mm shell finally got the best of him, shrapnel tearing through his lungs, and while the 82nd was engaged in the Bulge, Alexander was only allowed to run its base camps in France - despite his protests - as General Gavin noted that he was still coughing up blood. This memoir is based on the transcription of hundreds of hours of recorded interviews made by Alexander’s grandson, John Sparry, over a period of years late in his life. Providing valuable insight into the beloved commander who led three of the most storied battalions in the US Army, Jump Commander also contains a wealth of new detail on 82nd Airborne operations, and casts insight on some of the most crucial battles in the ETO. This action-packed narrative may well be the last remaining memoir to be written in the voice of a major airborne officer of the Greatest Generation.
©2010 John Sparry (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Foster, You're Dead
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"Foster You're Dead" was published in the 1950s at the height of the cold war anxiety. In this P. K. Dick short story read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti almost everyone had a bomb shelter, but if they didn't have the latest model, chances where they wouldn't survive a nuclear attack. Mike Foster's dad wouldn't be bullied into buying a shelter until finally one Christmas he signed up for the easy payment plan and.... Recently this short story has been the basis for a portion of "Phillip K. Dicks Electronic Dreams".
©1955 Philip K. Dick (P)2018 Mike Vendetti
Feral Nation: Tribulation
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When nothing is easy. Deception, trickery, and ambush threaten to derail Eric Branson's plans shortly after his arrival in South Louisiana. Eric soon learns that the sheriff's department Keith works for has been decimated by riots and terror attacks. The infrastructure here has also been severely crippled by the same hurricane that devastated South Florida, leaving the survivors hungry and desperate in a world where law and order is impossible to enforce. For Eric, reaching Louisiana is just another step in a difficult quest that will take him overland to the Colorado Rockies in search of his daughter. And getting there will take everything he's learned in a decade and a half of fighting wars all over the world. Will the new plan he puts together with his brother's help work? Feral Nation: Tribulation is the third book in the latest post-apocalyptic thriller series from Scott B. Williams.
©2017 Scott B. Williams (P)2019 Scott B. Williams
Harvey Bennett Thrillers: Books 1-3
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Harvey Bennett is just a park ranger...
Harvey Bennett is an unassuming everyman, the kind of guy who likes to be left alone. But when a bomb goes off at his park, he can't help but get involved.
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Books in this box set:
The Enigma Strain
The Amazon Code
The Ice Chasm
The Enigma Strain: When a bomb goes off at Yellowstone National Park, threatening the stability of the world's largest active volcano, the reclusive park ranger Harvey "Ben" Bennett is startled to realize that the blast itself wasn't the only threat: the bomb released a virus into the air, and the outbreak is beginning to infect and kill more and more people.
The Amazon Code: When her company discovers a remarkable hidden message in the dreaming brains of her subjects, Dr. Amanda Meron unknowingly invites disaster unto her company. She enlists the help of some old friends to find out what the clues are pointing her toward, but they seem to be pointing her to one of the remote places on the planet. The Amazon Rainforest.
The Ice Chasm: Near the McMurdo Station on the continent of Antarctica, a signal is seen and intercepted by a telecommunications company. They don't understand what the signal means, but whoever sent it is illegally using the company's restricted technology and satellites. Harvey "Ben" Bennett and Juliette Richardson are approached to join an expedition to Antarctica to find the source of the signal, and bring back whatever technology is hidden there.
©2017 Turtleshell Press, Nick Thacker (P)2017 Turtleshell Press, Nick Thacker
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
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Award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti reads "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the second Virginia convention on March 23, 1775 at St. John's Church in Richmond Virginia. Henry is credited with having swung the balance in convincing the convention to pass a resolution delivering Virginian troops to the Revolutionary war.
Public Domain (P)2020 Mike Vendetti
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A series of very plain talks on very practical politics by George Washington Plunkitt. Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti. "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." (George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall) There's honest graft and dishonest graft, according to Plunkitt. Listen to this candid discourse from a 19th-century politician and decide for yourself if things have changed.
Public Domain (P)2018 Mike Vendetti
Androclus and the Lion
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Androclus, a runaway Roman slave, befriends a lion with a thorn in his paw. They meet again in a Roman arena where the attraction consists of watching a lion devour a human. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. A story told by award-winning audiobook narrator and storyteller Mike Vendetti.
Public Domain (P)2020 Mike Vendetti
How Brer Rabbit Got a House
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This short story is taken from Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore collected from southern black Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and Jean de La Fontaine's stories. Uncle Remus is a freedman who serves as a story-telling device, passing on the folktales like the traditional African griot to children gathered around him. Award-winning audiobook narrator and producer Mike Vendetti portrays the kindly old gentleman telling the story.
Public Domain (P)2020 Mike Vendetti
The Monkey's Paw
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"The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs first published in England in 1902. Three wishes are granted to the owner of the monkey's paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.
Public Domain (P)2014 Mike Vendetti