Pat Grimes has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 12 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.1★ across 14 ratings. The most-rated is Cause of Death.
Cause of Death
Summary
On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered near the Inactive Naval Shipyard. As the police begin searching for clues, the wallet of investigative reporter Ted Eddings is found. Unnerved by the possible identity of the victim, Scarpetta orders the crime scene roped off and left alone until she arrives. What was he doing there, searching for Civil War relics as the officer suggested, or was there a bigger story? As she rifles through the multitude of clues, a second murder hits much closer to home. This new development puts Scarpetta and her colleagues hot on the trail of a military conspiracy. Filled with lurid details that Cornwell's legions of fans have come to expect, Cause of Death is a breathtaking mystery further enhanced by C. J. Critt's gripping narration. Cause of Death is the 7th book in the Kay Scarpetta series.
©1996 Patricia Daniels Cornwell (P)2002 Recorded Books, LLC
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
Summary
This is the one guide that anyone who writes - whether student, business person, or professional writer - should keep with them whenever they begin to write. Filled with professional tips and a wealth of instructive examples and prompts, this valuable, easy-to-use audio handbook can help solve any and all writing problems.
©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
The Art of Social Excellence
Summary
Research has increasingly shown that nonverbal communication prowess is absolutely essential in seemingly unrelated areas of our lives (investment decisions, salary levels, etc.). However, as our society becomes more modernized and we incorporate new forms of technology into our daily interactions, we are becoming less and less capable of understanding one another as well as we should be. In The Art of Social Excellence, Henrik Fexeus combines his own expert knowledge as a mentalist with psychology studies to create a complete guide to social interaction. He covers it all: from overcoming your conversational fears in a large group of people to excelling in the workplace and winning an argument with your partner. He breaks down various rhetorical strategies in detail and provides helpful steps and checklists for checking progress during a social encounter. Anyone who has ever felt awkward or misunderstood in social situations will benefit from listening to this book and, with proper implementation of Fexeus's principles, can achieve superior social skills.
©2020 Henrik Fexeus (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Cooperation and Coercion
Summary
There are only two ways that humans work together: They cooperate with one another or they coerce one another. And once you realize this fundamental fact, it will change how you see the world. In this myth-busting book, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan display their wisdom and talent for explaining complex topics; these skills have attracted a devoted audience to their weekly podcast, Words & Numbers, and made them popular speakers around the country. By looking for cooperation and coercion in everyday life, they help make sense of a wide range of issues that dominate the public debate. You'll come away from this book with a clear understanding of everything from the minimum wage to taxes, from gun control to government regulations, from the War on Terror to the War on Drugs to the War on Poverty. It turns out that coercion is necessary...sometimes. Even in a democracy, we all abide by rules, including plenty that we don’t agree with, in the name of getting along. But in the end, Davies and Harrigan show that cooperation, without question, is the key to human happiness and progress. The more we encourage it, the better off we all are.
©2020 Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Dying for a Paycheck
Summary
You don't have to do a dangerous job to endure a health-destroying, possibly life-threatening workplace. Just ask the manager in a senior finance role whose immense workload required frequent all-nighters, leading to alcohol and drug addiction. Or the dedicated news media producer whose commitment to getting the story resulted in a 60-pound weight gain thanks to having no down time to eat properly or exercise. These individuals are not exceptions. Every industry is filled with them, and the costs, to both employees and their companies, is enormous. In Dying for a Paycheck, Jeffrey Pfeffer reveals that the management practices that literally sicken and sometimes kill employees do not enhance productivity or the bottom line. Instead, they diminish employee engagement, increase turnover, reduce job performance, and drive up health costs. Offering guidance and practical solutions for enhancing workplace wellbeing, Dying for a Paycheck is a clarion call for a social movement focused on human sustainability.
©2018 Jeffrey Pfeffer (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Invasion Diary
Summary
The Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1943 were bloody and pivotal, securing the Mediterranean, capitalizing on the overthrow of Mussolini, and pinning down German troops that could have been used on the Russian Front or in France after D-Day. The men who made the Allied victories in Sicily and Italy possible - soldiers and officers, bombardiers and drivers, doctors and generals - are honored and remembered in these minutes by famed war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. His experiences take him from bomb-bay doors over Rome, to the chaotic front lines in Italy, where he nearly died from a shrapnel wound. The uniquely American features of the Second World War are unforgettably inscribed through the pen of Richard Tregaskis.
©2004 Richard Tregaskis (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Fight House
Summary
Washington Post best-selling presidential historian and former senior White House aide Tevi Troy examines some of the juiciest, nastiest, and most consequential internecine administration struggles in modern American history. In doing so, he not only provides context on the administrations, the players, and their in-fighting but also show how those fights shaped the administrations in question, the presidents’ historical reputations, and the policy landscape of modern America. In showing these fights, the book highlights tough tactics used by sharp-elbowed operatives to prevail in bureaucratic disputes, from leaks to delays in submitting items for review to moving rivals out of cherished office spaces. Fight House also looks at the presidents’ role in all of this and questions long-standing assumptions about whether creative tension is really the best method of governing. Troy employs both his historical knowledge as well as his own high-level White House experience to inform his recommendations for the best ways to staff and organize a White House to ensure the best results for the president - and the American people. Part riveting interpersonal history, part case study, and part analysis of the commanders in chief and their teams, Fight House is essential listening for students of the presidency and of the nation as a whole.
©2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Death in a Promised Land
Summary
Widely believed to be the most extreme incidence of white racial violence against African Americans in modern United States history, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resulted in the destruction of more than 1,000 Black-owned businesses and homes as well as the murder of between 50 and 300 Black residents. Exhaustively researched and critically acclaimed, Death in a Promised Land is the definitive account of the Tulsa race riot and its aftermath, in which much of the history of the destruction and violence was covered up. It is the compelling story of racial ideologies, Southwestern politics, incendiary journalism, and an embattled Black community’s struggle to hold onto its land and freedom. More than just the chronicle of one of the nation’s most devastating racial pogroms, this critically acclaimed study of American race relations is, above all, a gripping story of terror and lawlessness and of courage, heroism, and human perseverance.
©1982 Louisiana State University Press (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC
The Little Book of Prosperity
Summary
This book provides a blueprint for a life beyond your wildest dreams. It is a primer for achieving wealth, loaded with the most salient prosperity wisdom of the last hundred years. The content is further enhanced by thoughtful exercises that will aid listeners in their personal-success journeys. Each of the chapters focuses on one of 12 principles, including Dreams, Goals, Taking Action, and Decisions‚ and includes selections of writings from the world's greatest prosperity teachers, including Napoleon Hill, James Allen, Norman Vincent Peale, Maxwell Maltz, Neville, and many more.
©2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC
How to Keep Your Brain Young
Summary
How healthy is your brain? You may feel your mind and temperament shifting as you age, but it’s not always clear why these changes are happening or if they can be stopped. In How to Keep Your Brain Young, best-selling Christian counselor H. Norman Wright explores the basics of how the brain operates and provides helpful strategies for bettering your brain. You’ll learn ways to improve your memory, overcome stress, and transform negative-thought habits into positive ones. Make the most of the incredible gift God has given you! Whether you’re young or old, right-brained or left, How to Keep Your Brain Young is packed full of simple yet invaluable tips to help you stay sharp for a lifetime.
©2021 H. Norman Wright (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC