Noah Adams has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is NPR Road Trips: Fairs and Festivals.
The Flyers
Summary
Noah Adams's adventure in search of Wilbur and Orville Wright is a journey that takes him across the country as he follows in the footsteps of the famous brothers in an attempt to know them more deeply, not just as inventors and pilots but as individuals as well. Adams, one of our most distinctive and talented storytellers, traveled thousands of miles and interviewed scores of experts and individuals to piece together his story. He finds a local boat captain to ferry him to Kitty Hawk, along the same route that Wilbur took in 1900, and spends several days talking with descendants of the families who first welcomed the Wright brothers a century ago and helped them conduct their gliding experiments. To experience first-hand the thrill of being in the air, Adams himself goes hang-gliding in the Outer Banks. To understand the aerodynamics of lift and drag and how the famous 1903 plane was constructed, he visits the Virginia pilot and vintage aircraft builder who is creating the world's most accurate reproduction of the 1903 Wright Flyer. He also travels to France to visit the old racetrack at Le Mans where Wilbur startled the European aviation community with his demonstration flights in 1908. In Adams's book we encounter the Wright brothers in a way that no writer has introduced them before. Through the lens of his own experiences as well as original reporting, letters, diaries and other primary source material, he helps us understand the talent and intensity of the brothers and their family, including the fascinating, deeply complex, and at times tragic bond between Orville and Katharine, his younger sister. The Flyers is a wonderfully rich narrative that brings an unprecedented spirit of immediacy to one of history's most dramatic stories.
©2003 Noah Adams (P)2003 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, A Division of Random House, Inc.
NPR Road Trips: National Park Adventures
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With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve come to expect from NPR. Grand Canyon National Park is one of the planet’s Seven Natural Wonders, with 4.4 million visitors each year. Who keeps them safe, fed, and happy? When the wind blows at White Sands National Monument, legend says the centuries-old ghost of a Mexican maiden appears in the shifting sands. In Yosemite National Park, there’s a guy who tracks road kill with a clipboard and a shovel to pry flattened victims from the blacktop. This colorful collection goes behind the scenery at America’s most popular national parks. It also visits lesser-known parks with thought-provoking tales to tell. Includes “Cast of Thousands Keeps Grand Canyon Humming” “Old Army Friends, Divided At Gettysburg” “Climbers Reclaim World Record on El Capitan” And more.
©2005-2009 National Public Radio, Inc. (P)2009 National Public Radio, Inc.
NPR Road Trips: Family Vacations
Summary
With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. We all have memories of family vacations - some successful, some less so, and some gone terribly awry. When it comes to reporting colorful, compelling tales of family vacations, no one does it better than National Public Radio. The stories gathered on this collection are entertaining, provocative and moving. Like Laura Lorson's "Hard-Earned Lessons from the Family Road Trip" in which she recalls endless hours in a hot car, eating junk food and listening to AM radio. And "Setting Sail with Family, Imperfections in Tow", Marion Winik's account of a not-so-perfect family reunion at sea. And "Family Camping" in which commentator Joel Achenbach points out that camping is a serious sport. NPR knows that everyone has a dream vacation, but many of us are settling for economic-reality vacations. So Tom Goldman asks, "Who Needs a Fancy Cruise If You've Got Inner Tubes?" And when Robert Smith learns the price of Broadway tickets to The Little Mermaid ($121 each!), he takes a more frugal route, piling the family into his Honda Civic and heading to the drive-in. Warmly remembered, richly detailed, these stories invite you to share in the journey of others and may inspire you to plan your own. Contents: Introduction by Noah Adams Hard-Learned Lessons from the Family Road Trip Family Camping Educational Vacations The History of the Vacation The Low-Cost Glories of the Drive-In Theater Pink Jeep Chronicles Taking the Great American Road Trip, Google-Style A Summer Outing to Chincoteague Island Who Needs a Fancy Cruise If You've Got Inner Tubes? Pirates of the Caribbean The Discomfort Zone Setting Sail with Family, Imperfections in Tow Memories of Going on Staycation Lost and Found Sound: A Partridge Family Vacation
©1999-2010 National Public Radio, Inc. (P)2010 National Public Radio, Inc.
NPR Road Trips Collection
Summary
With frequent stops at pop culture meccas and unforgettable encounters with humans of singular interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative, and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. Includes five unique collections assembled especially for the family drive to Yellowstone - and for armchair travelers as well: Family Vacations Roadside Attractions Postcards from Around the Globe National Park Adventures Fairs and Festivals
©2016 National Public Radio, Inc. (P)2016 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
NPR Road Trips: Fairs and Festivals
Summary
Step right up as the gates swing open at fairgrounds across the USA. This delightful collection explores the unique joys of the public gatherings that take place in cities and small towns, when people of all stripes and sizes meet to gawk at cows, ponder seed art, get hypnotized, compete in husband-calling contests, and eat virtually anything on a stick. Farming, food, politics, parades, shilling, glad-handing, people-watching, and silliness are celebrated here. If you've been to a fair or festival, you'll love this collection. If you haven't, here's what you've been missing. Contents: Introduction by Noah Adams Garrison Keillor at the Minnesota State Fair Postcard: Texas State Fair A Break from Politics at the County Fair Hard Work, Some Play at the Iowa State Fair Swine Bring "Olympig" Racing to County Fairs Postcard: Collectibles at the Fair "Lovey" Replaces "Sooey" in Husband-Calling Contest The Minnesota State Fair on a Stick Voices from the National Cornbread Festival Iowa's Butter Cow Lady Competitive Wood Chopping in West Virginia Mountain View Folk Festival Melvin the Human Blockhead The Phelps of Food Canning The Funnel Cake King On the Midway: A Fairbanks Carnival Lost and Found Sound: Carnival Talkers
©1999-2012 National Public Radio, Inc. (P)2012 National Public Radio, Inc.