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Are They Dead Yet?

The Art of the Obit

by Sam Roberts ...

"Goes down like a dirgeful beach read." -Harper's Magazine"I almost died laughing." -ROZ CHAST"My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" -KAI BIRDFrom celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find the true meaning in a life.After nearly a decade be... ... Read more

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"Goes down like a dirgeful beach read." -Harper's Magazine"I almost died laughing." -ROZ CHAST"My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" -KAI BIRDFrom celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find the true meaning in a life.After nearly a decade be...
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The New Yorkers

31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City

by Sam Roberts ...

Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in NonfictionFrom award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world's most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it —now in paperback.In Sam Roberts's pulsating history of the world's most exceptional metropolis, greet the city anew through thirty-one unique New Yorkers ... Read more

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Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in NonfictionFrom award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world's most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it —now in paperback.In Sam Roberts's pulsating history of the world's most exceptional metropolis, greet the city anew through thirty-one unique New Yorkers
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A History of New York in 27 Buildings

The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis

by Sam Roberts ...

**From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it.As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and mortar, revealing why and how it evolved into the nation's biggest and most influential.From the seven ... Read more

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**From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it.As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and mortar, revealing why and how it evolved into the nation's biggest and most influential.From the seven
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Are They Dead Yet?

The Art of the Obit

by Sam Roberts ...

Narrated by Nathan Osgood ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

Bloomsbury presents Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit by Sam Roberts, read by Nathan Osgood"Mordantly wonderful." —CARL HIAASEN"I almost died laughing." —ROZ CHAST"My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" —KAI BIRDFrom celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find th... ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit by Sam Roberts, read by Nathan Osgood"Mordantly wonderful." —CARL HIAASEN"I almost died laughing." —ROZ CHAST"My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" —KAI BIRDFrom celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find th...
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Only in New York

An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City

by Sam Roberts ...

A "street-smart, informative and occasionally hilarious" look at the places, personalities, and history that make New York one of a kind ( Publishers Weekly).Reporter Sam Roberts has covered the city in all its quirkiness, both in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts. In Only in New York, now updated with new stories, he writes about what makes this city tick and why things are the way ... Read more

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A "street-smart, informative and occasionally hilarious" look at the places, personalities, and history that make New York one of a kind ( Publishers Weekly).Reporter Sam Roberts has covered the city in all its quirkiness, both in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts. In Only in New York, now updated with new stories, he writes about what makes this city tick and why things are the way
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The Hotwife Hooker

by Thomas Roberts ...

Narrated by Sam Logsdon ...

Unabridged

2 hours 7 min

Jennifer has no idea how her life will change when she discovers some racy hotwife movies and books. Suddenly she’s obsessed with becoming a hotwife! But things get way out of control when her husband uneasily suggests she pretend to be a hooker and he’ll be her eager john. Instead of meeting him as planned, why has she taken off with three huge black men?~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~I’d stopped in a bar ... Read more

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Jennifer has no idea how her life will change when she discovers some racy hotwife movies and books. Suddenly she’s obsessed with becoming a hotwife! But things get way out of control when her husband uneasily suggests she pretend to be a hooker and he’ll be her eager john. Instead of meeting him as planned, why has she taken off with three huge black men?~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~I’d stopped in a bar
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Night Terrors Vol. 5

Short Horror Stories Anthology

by David Turton, Bob Johnston, Bryan Wolford, Drew Starling, Justin Boote, Karl Melton, Mark Towse, Matias Travieso-Diaz, Nicholas Paschall, Peter Cronsberry, Richard Beauchamp, Robert Douglas, Ron Ripley, Sam Lesek, Samuel Thomas Fraser, Scare Street ...

Narrated by Johnny Raven, Stephanie Shade ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Night Terrors
Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

The dark side is waiting…Fish N’ Chips lead a curious traveler to a sinister island, where the residents are more than they seem. Forbidden occult knowledge strands a pair of friends in a terrifying nexus of evil. And an ancient ice storm forces a wandering tribe to choose between following a bloodthirsty shaman, or the glowing lights in the sky…Venture into new realms of terror with Scare Street ... Read more

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The dark side is waiting…Fish N’ Chips lead a curious traveler to a sinister island, where the residents are more than they seem. Forbidden occult knowledge strands a pair of friends in a terrifying nexus of evil. And an ancient ice storm forces a wandering tribe to choose between following a bloodthirsty shaman, or the glowing lights in the sky…Venture into new realms of terror with Scare Street
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Tower of the Elephant, The

Conan

by Robert E Howard ...

Narrated by Sam Carnes ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Hyborean Project
Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

A full cast Audiobook production of Robert E Howard's classic Conan story The Tower of the Elephant with added sound effects to enhance the story telling.Conan is drinking ale in the Maul (the dangerous side of Zamora) where he hears about the fabulous treasure hidden inside the sorcerer Yara's tower. After a brief scuffle in the tavern he sets out to try to break in and steal this treasure, but ... Read more

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A full cast Audiobook production of Robert E Howard's classic Conan story The Tower of the Elephant with added sound effects to enhance the story telling.Conan is drinking ale in the Maul (the dangerous side of Zamora) where he hears about the fabulous treasure hidden inside the sorcerer Yara's tower. After a brief scuffle in the tavern he sets out to try to break in and steal this treasure, but
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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Sam Taylor ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of ... Read more

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"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of
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The Brother

The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case

by Sam Roberts ...

“A fresh and fast-paced study of one of the most important crimes of the twentieth century” (The Washington Post), The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003—including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet spy and a confession to the author by the Rosenbergs’ co-defendant.Sixty years after their execution in June 1953 for ... Read more

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“A fresh and fast-paced study of one of the most important crimes of the twentieth century” (The Washington Post), The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003—including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet spy and a confession to the author by the Rosenbergs’ co-defendant.Sixty years after their execution in June 1953 for
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A Kind of Genius

Herb Sturz and Society's Toughest Problems

by Sam Roberts ...

In A Kind of Genius, Sam Roberts offers a window onto Herb Sturz's extraordinary life's work. Sturz began his long career in social entrepreneurship by reforming the bail system and founding the Vera Institute of Justice. He served as New York City's Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice under Ed Koch and then as Chairman of the City Planning Commision. He moved on to establish affordable inner-city ... Read more

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In A Kind of Genius, Sam Roberts offers a window onto Herb Sturz's extraordinary life's work. Sturz began his long career in social entrepreneurship by reforming the bail system and founding the Vera Institute of Justice. He served as New York City's Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice under Ed Koch and then as Chairman of the City Planning Commision. He moved on to establish affordable inner-city
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The Defiant Creative Process

Reclaim Your Vision, Break Through Resistance, and Make Art That Matters

by Sam Roberts ...

Reclaim Your Vision, Break Through Resistance, and Make Art That MattersThis book is not about hacks, habits, or hustle.The Defiant Creative Process is a raw and radically honest look at what it means to keep making art in a culture that constantly pulls you away from it. It's for artists, writers, and creative people of all kinds who are tired of the noise, the self-doubt, the shame spirals, and ... Read more

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Reclaim Your Vision, Break Through Resistance, and Make Art That MattersThis book is not about hacks, habits, or hustle.The Defiant Creative Process is a raw and radically honest look at what it means to keep making art in a culture that constantly pulls you away from it. It's for artists, writers, and creative people of all kinds who are tired of the noise, the self-doubt, the shame spirals, and
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