Steve Williams has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 12 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.1★ across 134 ratings. The most-rated is Black Autumn.
Black Autumn
Summary
A rogue Russian nuke sails toward the harbors of Los Angeles in the hull of a ramshackle sailboat. Without destroying a single building, the bomb shatters the latticework of the American dream, toppling one piece of the economy after another. A group of Special Forces veterans and their prepper friends scramble for survival in a worldwide catastrophe so psychologically disruptive they are left questioning everything they ever believed to be true.
©2018 Jeff Kirkham and Jason Ross (P)2018 Defiance Press & Publishing LLC
28 Basic Rules of Small Talk and Conversation: For Asperger's Syndrome, Schizoid Personality Disorder, OCPD, and Introverts
Summary
You may watch in awe as others participate in small talk and casual conversation, but you have no idea how to go about it. There must be rules and specific behaviors that are expected during small talk. You struggle to understand the skills that are necessary in order to initiate, participate in and end a conversation in the manner that others do. If this describes you, then you might find this guide useful! In this book, we will discuss the different rules of engagement when you are conversing with others in a small talk situation. We will tailor the rules in easy steps for those who feel socially inept or awkward. The book is written to target any skill level and to improve social skills at any age. We will explain what to do when you are uncomfortable or when there is an uncomfortable silence. We will explain how to exit the conversation at the end without giving others the impression that you are bored or boring. We will give you ways to communicate with others so that they experience you as being a great conversationalist and a good listener. As with anything, engaging in conversation and small talk is a skill that needs to be practiced over and over until you start to get the hang of it. By using these easy to master skills listed in this guide, you will be able to invite yourself into a conversation and participate, which will start to build your confidence with each successful step in interacting with others. People aren't naturally born with socializing skills - every baby must learn them from their role models and their caregivers in the early parts of their life. Small talk skills are just like learning skills to ride a bike or to tie your shoelaces! But it's never too late to get started!
©2015 Jamie Keller (P)2015 Jamie Keller
Curse of the Coins
Summary
In Curse of the Coins, when a professor and his team of college students explore the basement of an old burned-out church, they discover artifacts, including a leather pouch filled with silver Roman coins from the time of Jesus Christ - there are 30 of them. When the professor is unable to continue the research, the students, who are left in charge of the find, wonder if they are the same coins paid to Judas Iscariot for the capture of Jesus. The first squabble between the students begins when Robert wants to sell the coins, and Sheila argues that they belong to the church or should be in a museum. The other students also disagree about what to do with the coins. It soon becomes clear that bad things happen to anyone who handles the coins - or separates one coin from the others. When several of the coins go missing from the leather pouch, the students fall prey to the coins' curse of greed - and worse - that seems to befall whoever touches them. Or covets them. As the evil power of the coins courses through them, someone flees with the pouch of the remaining coins. As the competition heats up for recovery and possession of the cursed coins, all hell breaks loose when they rush to intercept the thief before the coins are lost. Forever. The clock is ticking on the recovery of the cursed coins in this suspenseful, fast-paced standalone adventure thriller, which springs from the Biblical account of the 30 pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot received for the betrayal of Jesus Christ. But even if they recover the coins before it's too late, what if they, too, succumb to the temptation of the cursed coins of Judas? And, will it be their last temptation?
©2014 K.T. Tomb (P)2015 K.T. Tomb
Mythical
Summary
An urban fantasy short Marcus is venturing out of his permanent shelter to check the day's traps and possibly hunt seals on the ice, when he discovers a nearly dead, young female whale researcher out on the ice alone and unconscious. After bringing her back from the frozen brink, she reveals some disturbing details of an armed takeover of her research facility, sounding like the earmarks of a terrorist attack, though nothing up here was of any strategic or political value. Upon inspecting the scene for himself, Marcus uncovers an ongoing struggle that has lasted for thousands of years, much worse than any terror plot, holding mankind's future in the balance. With time running out, limited resources, and only a frozen stranger to help, he must stop a terrible bloodline of ancient tyrants and evil men bent on world domination and total destruction, before they kill the last magical creatures on Earth.
©2011, 2014 William Petersen (P)2014 William Petersen
International Rock Star
Summary
Center stage can't last forever. Even a rock band as talented as Buxton Peak can come crashing down. Protecting his bride from cameras and scandals is the least of Ian's worries. While he is blinded by love, his band is torn apart by distractions, temptations, and drug abuse. Will Ian stand beside his mates, letting their problems become his problems? Can they pull together as a rock band? Or will the pressures of stardom rip them apart? Note from Julie: Thank you for taking the time to get to know the rock stars from Buxton Peak. I hope you love them just as much as I do. Even the bad boys still have good hearts. They are raw, real, flawed, down to earth characters and, although the books are clean, they have been described as edgy. Multiple times. That's why I included edgy in the title. I want you, the listener, to know what you're getting. I mean, what could possibly go wrong when you throw together a youth pastor from an inner-city church, an atheist womanizer, a Christian boy who served as a missionary for two years, and two recovering addicts, one of whom experiences a heartbreaking overdose. Cry with them. Hate them. Forgive them. Walk beside them as they fall in love, and sometimes out of love. And let me know what you think. I love feedback from my listeners, and I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Julie L. Spencer Note: This book was originally published under the title Buxton Peak Book Two: Center Stage. The author gave it a new title and cover to more accurately reflect the story.
©2020 Julie L. Spencer (P)2020 Julie L. Spencer
Billionaire Rock Star
Summary
Billionaire rock star Ian Taylor controls everything in his life...except love. His girlfriend dumped him on New Year’s Eve, and everyone else gets close to him for his money and fame. His best chance at finding love is to meet a girl who has no idea he’s a rock star. Quiet, unassuming Megan wants nothing to do with love. Her goal is to finish her last year of college and focus on her studies. Having a boyfriend can wait until after graduation. When they meet in the most unlikely place for romance, Ian’s ready to win Megan’s hesitant heart, but not ready to reveal his superstar identity. Once she learns the truth, Megan finds she doesn’t fit into Ian’s world of private jets, backstage parties, and star-crazed girls throwing themselves at him. Can Megan see past Ian’s dishonesty and lifestyle? Or, will their love song end before it’s begun? Note: This book was originally published under the title Who Is Ian Taylor? (Buxton Peak, Book One) and Billionaire Rock Star Romance (A Buxton Peak clean romance). The author gave it a new title and cover to more accurately reflect the content of the book.
©2020 Julie L. Spencer (P)2020 Julie L. Spencer
Almost a Rock Star (Christian Edgy Contemporary Fiction)
Summary
Note: This book was originally published under the title Buxton Peak: The Early Years. The author gave it a new title and cover to more accurately reflect the content of the book. In the beginning, it was all about the music...until that wasn’t enough. Child Prodigy and devoted musician, Ian Taylor, is torn between the teachings of his youth and the temptations of music and the stage. He forms a rock band with his three best friends, helping them rocket to stardom and all the spoils that come with it. But Ian’s heart is called to serve as a missionary. When he disappears for two years, Buxton Peak falls apart. Returning to center stages brings its own challenges, and life as a rock star is not as easy as it once was. The guys have grown up, and the original dynamic of the band is lost in the distractions of substance abuse and women. Can they pull their lives, and their music, back together? Can Ian learn forgiveness as he fights to become the man God wants him to be? See where it all began....
©2020 Julie L. Spencer (P)2020 Julie L. Spencer
Photoshop Handbook
Summary
Want to learn the basics of Photoshop in two weeks? This is the perfect program for you!
©2016 David Maxwell (P)2016 David Maxwell
The Chandian Effect
Summary
The Chandian Effect describes subjective visionary manifestations in which a devotee has a transpersonal encounter involving a sacred figure or form, of which the object of devotion is unaware. The term was first coined by David C. Lane, and so called because Faqir Chand was the first Sant Mat guru to speak at length about the unknowing aspects of such encounters. The effect designates two major factors in these manifestations: The overwhelming experience of certainty that is associated with religious ecstasies. The subjective projection of sacred forms by a meditator or devotee without the conscious knowledge of the object beheld as the center of the experience. Faqir Chand revealed that all gurus are ignorant about the real cause of the visions and miracles attributed to them, and that because of this ignorance, the gurus gained power and devotion from followers that accredited omnipresence and omniscience to them even though these gurus possessed neither.
©1984, 2008, 2015 David Christopher Lane (P)2016 David Christopher Lane
Harry's War
Summary
Harry's War is a well-written, insightful description of how our fighter pilot warriors think, and the challenges they face when they come back down to earth. Harry's War fully brings to life war in both its literal and metaphorical sense. It explores an air battle that takes place over Iraq along the Iraq-Iranian border. It doesn't take long before this story has Harry in the middle of a crazy dogfight with four Su-27 Flanker fighter planes in the Iraqi skies. Harry is flying an F-15, which is the inferior craft of the two, but he is the superior pilot, and his skills are pushed to the limit in this life or death battle. The dogfight scene will entertain you better than any other Air Force driven novel you have ever read. You will not be able to stop listening to this book. But then things change. As the story morphs seamlessly into a new scene, a second war unfolds, which is equally as hard as the one Harry fought in the skies. Heartfelt emotion is now on the table in these closing chapters, as Harry has to deal with demons from his past and fight for his survival in a new and very different future. "Being a fighter pilot is not just about flying planes!" - Brigadier General James "Bulldog" Rippenger. This book is not a Top Gun BS story. This is the real deal. And if you're looking for real entertainment from a flyboy's perspective, then Harry's War is a must.
©2012 Ed Benjamin (P)2014 Ed Benjamin