Audiobooks narrated by Arte Johnson

Artificial Maturity: Helping Kids Meet the Challenge of Becoming Authentic Adults

"Todays Generation iY (teens brought up with the internet) and Homelanders (children born after 9/11) are overexposed to information at an earlier age than ever and paradoxically are underexposed to meaningful relationships and real-life experiences. Artificial Maturity addresses the problem of what to do when parents and teachers mistake childrens superficial knowledge for real maturity. The book is filled with practical steps that adults can take to furnish the experiences kids need to balance their abilities with authentic maturity. Shows how to identify the problem of artificial maturity in Generation iY and Homelanders Reveals what to do to help children balance autonomy, responsibility, and information Includes a down-to-earth model for coaching and guiding youth to true maturity Artificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth regularly a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership they so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion."

Tim Elmore (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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Resonance

"When the Earth’s magnetic poles begin trading places, four scientists will have to race against time to save humanity. Dr. Becky Sorenson has found a cache of frogs with a very high mutation rate...and some odd behaviors. Dr. David Carter’s core earth samples seem to indicate the next polar reversal will be worse than predicted. And CDC researchers Jordan and Jillian are looking at a strange new disease. When the four scientists delve deeper, they discover they are all looking at the leading edge of a sweeping magnetic polar reversal. As humanity ignores their increasingly panicked warnings, the scientists will have to fight to save everyone...if they even can. Resonance is a gripping, science-based thriller that will make you wonder what will happen when the poles really do shift. If you’re ready for a smart ride that will keep you guessing, start listening to Resonance now."

A.J. Scudiere (Author), Arte Johnson, Carrington Maduffie, David Birney, Paul Boehmer, Rosalyn Landor, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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The False Gems & Other Tales of Obsession

"Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short-story genre, producing more than three hundred during his lifetime. These concise stories contain twists and shocking turns, and range from the fantastic and supernatural, with characters descending into madness and their most base desires, to the challenges of marriage and parenthood, and to the broader philosophical ruminations on the nature of regret and what it means to love. The twenty-eight stories in this collection include “The Horla” (a chilling tale of one man’s descent into madness); “The Diary of a Madman” (a respected judge with a dark secret); “The Artist” (a skilled performer seeks revenge on his wife, who happens to be his costar); “The Diamond Necklace” (a poor woman borrows a diamond necklace and disaster strikes); “A Coward” (a man instigates a duel and struggles to face his own fear); “In the Moonlight” (a priest opens his eyes to love in unexpected places); and more."

Guy De Maupassant (Author), Arte Johnson, Gabrielle De Cuir, Justine Eyre, Paul Boehmer, Simon Vance, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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Around the World in 80 Days - Mercury Theatre

Jules Verne (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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Different Kinds of Dead, and Other Tales

"This collection of short stories displays Ed Gorman’s talents as a masterful storyteller across a range of genres. A mysterious and beautiful girl who teaches arrogant young men about true love, a lonely traveling salesman who learns that his passenger is Death, children who can absorb the psychic pain of their parents, a desperately pursued serial killer who hides his face under gauze in a hospital room, and a woman who loves the alien infant nobody else wants—these stories and ten others make up this collection by award-winning author Ed Gorman. Here are stories that led him to be called “one of the best” by Dean Koontz and “one of the most original writers in crime fiction today” by Kirkus Reviews. Here you’ll find the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award. Included in Different Kinds of Dead, and Other Tales are “Different Kinds of Dead,” “Deathman,” “A Girl like You,” “Loverboy,” “Muse,” “Riff,” “The Brasher Girl,” “Survival,” “Masque,” “Second Most Popular,” and others. This collection reveals the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award. His protagonists, gritty and gruff, are strangely likable, and his writing, according to Mystery News, is “powerful, disturbing, [and] often poetic.”"

Ed Gorman (Author), Aaron Johnston, Arte Johnson, Gabrielle De Cuir, Moira Quirk, Rex Linn, Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye (Narrator)

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Classic Stories of the American West

"This collection features a selection of classic short stories and poems by legendary Western authors Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, and Jack London. Stephen Crane “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” read by William Windom“The Black Riders” (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki“The Five White Mice” read by Arte Johnson“The Blue Hotel” read by Stefan Rudnicki“His New Mittens” read by Robert Forster“A Newspaper…” (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki“The Little Regiment” read by Stephen HoyeBret Harte “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” read by William Windom“Mary’s Album” (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki“Brown of Calaveras” read by Stephen Hoye“The Society upon the Stanislaw” (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki“Tennessee’s Partner” read by Robert Forster“The Luck of Roaring Camp” read by Stefan Rudnicki“The Pony Express” (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki“The Idyl of Red Gulch” read by Rex Linn“Lines to a Portrait” (poem) read by Stefan Rudnicki“How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar” read by William WindomJack London “That Spot” read by Arte Johnson“War” read by David Birney“Moon-Face” read by William Windom“To Build a Fire” read by Stefan Rudnicki"

Bret Harte, Jack London, Stephen Crane (Author), Arte Johnson, David Birney, Rex Linn, Robert Forster, Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, William Windom (Narrator)

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A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of Frost: A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 3; Selections from

"They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown-until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature's elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes. You'll never look at these literary giants the same way again."

Edgar Allan Poe, Elliot Engel, Oscar Wilde, Robert Frost (Author), Alfre Woodard, Arte Johnson, Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell, Christopher Cazenove, David Warner, Efrem Zimbalist, Elliott Gould, Gregory Hines, Jean Smart, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Melissa Manchester, Michael Tucker, Michael York, Roger Rees, Roscoe Lee Browne, Simon Vance, Stephen Fry (Narrator)

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The Pet and the Pendulum: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book Three

"In The Tell-Tale Start, twins Edgar and Allan Poe foiled the nefarious Professor Perry, who wanted to use them in his deadly quantum entanglement experiment. In Once Upon a Midnight Eerie, they took on his equally evil mother and daughter. Now, in The Pet and the Pendulum, it's time for the real showdown, which takes place in an old mansion right outside Baltimore. As with the first two books, The Pet and the Pendulum is filled with codes, brain-teasers, smart (not snarky) humor, and cameos by the actual Edgar Allan Poe, who is watching over his great-great-great-nephews from the Great Beyond. Listeners won't want to miss the Misaventures' end!"

Gordon McAlpine (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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Once Upon a Midnight Eerie: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book Two

"In The Tell-Tale Start, Edgar and Allan Poe (great-great-great-great-grandnephews of the legendary Edgar Allan Poe) managed to outwit the nefarious Professor P. Pangborn Perry, who was (and is) determined to kill just one of them, in order to prove a mad scientific theory. Now the boys are in New Orleans, about to play the young Poe in a feature film. But the role may cost them their lives, because now someone else wants them dead. But who? And can the twins-with the help of their co-stars, Em and Milly Dickinson, their ghostly forebear, and a pair of real ghosts-manage to outwit them? "Entertaining and original. . . . Endlessly fun and ultimately very satisfying on every level."-Publishers Weekly, starred review of The Tell-Tale Start audiobook"

Gordon McAlpine (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrit

"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A collection of the best Miami Herald columns from the New York Times bestselling author of Squeeze Me on burning issues like animal welfare, polluted rivers, and the broken criminal justice system. If you think the wildest, wackiest stories that Carl Hiaasen can tell have all made it into his hilarious, bestselling novels, think again. Dance of the Reptiles collects the best of Hiaasen's Miami Herald columns, which lay bare the stories-large and small-that demonstrate anew that truth is far stranger than fiction. Hiaasen offers his commentary-indignant, disbelieving, sometimes righteously angry, and frequently hilarious-on issues like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Bernie Madoff's trial, and the shenanigans of the recent presidential elections. Whether or not you have read Carl Hiaasen before, you are in for a wild ride."

Carl Hiaasen (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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Stay Fit and Healthy until You’re Dead

"Fitness and vitality can be yours, writes Dave Barry—provided you have the discipline, drive, and the plain old-fashioned guts required to procure the necessary steroids. This manual may help, too, but you'll just have to buy it and find out. Barry on executive fitness: Today's top executives eat teeny meals and run ten miles and play tennis and work out every day. Of course, they're so busy getting fit that many don't even know where their offices are. That's why the entire US economy is now manufactured overseas. Barry on fitness after death: A quick chill, to approximately 325 degrees below zero, yields a muscle tone that we normally associate only with world-class body builders and certain minerals. Barry on nutrition: Every morning you should take a vitamin A pill, followed by a vitamin D, followed by an E, until you've spelled the healthful mnemonic phrase: 'A DEAD CAD BAKED A BAD CAKE, ACE.' And eat all the fiber-rich foods you can shove down your throat; these would be mainly your cotton candy and your Slim Jims. Barry on junk foods: White bread and refined sugar, if eaten, cause death within hours. So it's important to watch what you eat, at least until you get it inside your mouth. After that it becomes pretty disgusting."

Dave Barry (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One

"Meet Edgar and Allan Poe -- twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They look and act so much alike that they're almost one mischievous, prank-playing boy in two bodies. When their beloved black cat, Roderick Usher, is kidnapped and transported to the Midwest, Edgar and Allan convince their guardians that it's time for a road trip. Along the way, mayhem and mystery ensue, as well as deeper questions: What is the boys' telepathic connection? Is Edgar Allan Poe himself reaching out to them from the Great Beyond? And why has a mad scientist been spying on the Poe family for years? With a mix of literary humor, mystery, and a little quantum physics, this series opener is a perfect choice for smart, funny tweens who love the Time Warp Trio, Roald Dahl, and Lemony Snicket."

Gordon McAlpine (Author), Arte Johnson (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Arte Johnson