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St. Louis Noir

by Scott Phillips, Scott Phillips, various authors3 ...

Narrated by Rebecca Gibel, Adenrele Ojo, Kevin Kenerly, Lloyd James, Mirron Willis, P. J. Ochlan, Ray Chase, Donald Corren0, Traber Burns1, various narrators2 ...

Unabridged

7 hours 37 min

Edited by the bestselling author of The Ice Harvest, St. Louis Noir thickens the Midwest quotient for the Akashic Noir series.Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.In the wake of Chicago Noir, Twin Cities Noir, and Kansas City Noir—all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Edited by the bestselling author of The Ice Harvest, St. Louis Noir thickens the Midwest quotient for the Akashic Noir series.Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.In the wake of Chicago Noir, Twin Cities Noir, and Kansas City Noir—all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir
... Read more

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Play It Away

by Charlie Hoehn ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

Do you live in constant fear? Do you worry that something terrible is about to happen? Do you have trouble breathing, relaxing, and sleeping? Do you think you're losing control, and that you're going to die?Are you trapped in your own personal hell, and don't know how to get out?I've been there, and I know what it's like. Shallow breathing, tension in the gut, chest pains, rapid heartbeat... Every ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you live in constant fear? Do you worry that something terrible is about to happen? Do you have trouble breathing, relaxing, and sleeping? Do you think you're losing control, and that you're going to die?Are you trapped in your own personal hell, and don't know how to get out?I've been there, and I know what it's like. Shallow breathing, tension in the gut, chest pains, rapid heartbeat... Every
... Read more
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Mississippi Noir

by Tom Franklin, Tom Franklin, various authors, Ace Atkins, Megan Abbott, others ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Rebecca Gibel, Lloyd James, Marguerite Gavin0, Mirron Willis1, P. J. Ochlan2, Ray Chase3, Traber Burns4, various narrators5 ...

Unabridged

8 hours 49 min

In Mississippi Noir, literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin has assembled a phenomenal short-story collection that highlights a mesmerizing and diverse set of styles and subject matter. Urban, suburban, and rural settings alike unveil new shades of darkness that fall upon Mississippi’s past and present.Mississippi Noir features brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack ... Read more

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In Mississippi Noir, literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin has assembled a phenomenal short-story collection that highlights a mesmerizing and diverse set of styles and subject matter. Urban, suburban, and rural settings alike unveil new shades of darkness that fall upon Mississippi’s past and present.Mississippi Noir features brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack
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The Hunter and Other Stories

by Dashiell Hammett ...

Narrated by Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, Donna Postel, Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light. Along with the full-length screen treatments On the Make (which became the movie Mr. Dynamite, 1935) and The Kiss-Off (the basis for City Streets, starring Sylvia Sydney and Gary Cooper, 1931), this ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light. Along with the full-length screen treatments On the Make (which became the movie Mr. Dynamite, 1935) and The Kiss-Off (the basis for City Streets, starring Sylvia Sydney and Gary Cooper, 1931), this
... Read more
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To Honor You Call Us

by H. Paul Honsinger ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Man of War
Unabridged

13 hours 3 min

The Terran Union is engaged in a vast interstellar war against the Krag, ruthless aliens intent on exterminating humankind. In 2315, the wily Max Robichaux is given command of the USS Cumberland, a destroyer with state-of-the-art capabilities but a combat record so bad, she’s known as the “Cumberland Gap.”Capt. Robichaux’s first mission: to take his warship to the Free Corridor, where the Krag ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

The Terran Union is engaged in a vast interstellar war against the Krag, ruthless aliens intent on exterminating humankind. In 2315, the wily Max Robichaux is given command of the USS Cumberland, a destroyer with state-of-the-art capabilities but a combat record so bad, she’s known as the “Cumberland Gap.”Capt. Robichaux’s first mission: to take his warship to the Free Corridor, where the Krag
... Read more
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Marvel's Phase One

Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger; Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk; Marvel’s Thor

by Marvel Press, Alex Irvine ...

Narrated by Tom Taylorson, Jim Meskimen, Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

Relive the excitement of Captain America: The First Avenger!Steve Rogers was once just a scrawny kid. But after a top-secret government experiment, he became Captain America. Join the action when this Super Hero protects the free world against the Red Skull and Hydra in this complete origin story as told in Marvel’s Avengers Phase One: Captain America: The First Avenger.Relive the excitement of ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Relive the excitement of Captain America: The First Avenger!Steve Rogers was once just a scrawny kid. But after a top-secret government experiment, he became Captain America. Join the action when this Super Hero protects the free world against the Red Skull and Hydra in this complete origin story as told in Marvel’s Avengers Phase One: Captain America: The First Avenger.Relive the excitement of
... Read more
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Before We Go Live

Navigating the Abusive World of Online Entertainment

by Stephen Flavall ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

6 hours 45 min

‘Starting out, I made three dollars an hour; then I made four, then eight. After a year and a half of streaming full-time I was finally making minimum wage. A couple of years after that I was signed to a professional team and advertising products to my audience for $1,000 an hour.’Streaming video games is now a billion-dollar industry. In 2022, Twitch alone has over 140 million active monthly ... Read more

$24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

‘Starting out, I made three dollars an hour; then I made four, then eight. After a year and a half of streaming full-time I was finally making minimum wage. A couple of years after that I was signed to a professional team and advertising products to my audience for $1,000 an hour.’Streaming video games is now a billion-dollar industry. In 2022, Twitch alone has over 140 million active monthly
... Read more
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The Universe in Your Hand

A Journey through Space, Time, and Beyond

by Christophe Galfard ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

Stephen Hawking’s protégé and cowriter lifts the veil on the mysteries of our universe in a style that is wonderfully direct.Quantum physics, black holes, string theory, the big bang, dark matter, dark energy, parallel universes: even if we are interested in these fundamental concepts of our world, their language is the language of math. Which means that despite our best intentions of finally ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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Stephen Hawking’s protégé and cowriter lifts the veil on the mysteries of our universe in a style that is wonderfully direct.Quantum physics, black holes, string theory, the big bang, dark matter, dark energy, parallel universes: even if we are interested in these fundamental concepts of our world, their language is the language of math. Which means that despite our best intentions of finally
... Read more

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Edgar Allan Poe

The Complete Audio Collection, Vol. 1

by Edgar Allan Poe ...

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne, Ray Chase, Donald Corren, Grover Gardner, Cassandra Campbell, various narrators ...

Unabridged

44 hours 50 min

Gothic master Edgar Allan Poe’s complete works are collected in this multivolume set by Blackstone Audio. Here are his short stories, detective fiction, and poems in all their mysterious and macabre glory. Also included are Poe’s literary reviews and editorial musings, comprising an often caustic analysis of the poetry, drama, and fiction of the period. This collection includes Poe’s famous ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Gothic master Edgar Allan Poe’s complete works are collected in this multivolume set by Blackstone Audio. Here are his short stories, detective fiction, and poems in all their mysterious and macabre glory. Also included are Poe’s literary reviews and editorial musings, comprising an often caustic analysis of the poetry, drama, and fiction of the period. This collection includes Poe’s famous
... Read more
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

by Jason Schreier ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

7 hours 58 min

Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Also available as: eBook

Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the
... Read more

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The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok

by Ben Waggoner ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar’s story: The ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar’s story: The
... Read more
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Zeroes

A Novel

by Chuck Wendig ...

Narrated by Ray Chase ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

An exhilarating thrill-ride through the underbelly of cyber espionage in the vein of David Ignatius’s The Director and the television series Leverage, CSI: Cyber, and Person of Interest, which follows five iconoclastic hackers who are coerced into serving the U.S. government.An Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

An exhilarating thrill-ride through the underbelly of cyber espionage in the vein of David Ignatius’s The Director and the television series Leverage, CSI: Cyber, and Person of Interest, which follows five iconoclastic hackers who are coerced into serving the U.S. government.An Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online
... Read more