Audiobooks narrated by John Keating

Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization

The rise of the new far right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the spotlight often shines on the actions of charismatic leaders, the true peril lies elsewhere. Defeating these people will not stem the tide driving them forward. They are merely the embodiment of profound forces that are rarely understood. Propelled through the vast networks of social media and fueled by far-right influencers, enthralled by images of disaster and fantasies of doom, they have emerged from a reservoir of societal despair, fear, and isolation. Within this seething cauldron, we witness not only the surge of far-right political movements but also the sparks of individual and collective violence against perceived enemies, from 'lone wolf' killers to terrifying pogroms. Should a new fascism emerge, it will coalesce from these very elements. This is disaster nationalism. Richard Seymour delves deep into this alarming development in world politics, dissecting its roots, its influencers, and the threats it poses. With meticulous analysis and compelling storytelling, Seymour offers a stark warning. The battle against disaster nationalism is not just political; it is a struggle for our collective soul and the future of civilization itself. Unless we understand the deeper forces propelling the far-right resurgence, we have little chance of stopping it.

Richard Seymour (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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AI-Powered Bitcoin Trading: Developing an Investment Strategy with Artificial Intelligence

Survive and thrive amongst the professional traders using sophisticated cryptocurrency analysis and trading techniques The purpose of this book is to provide a concise yet comprehensive background of some effective methods for analyzing markets and creating fully automated AI-optimized trading systems. The book outlines some easy-to-replicate yet highly effective quant trading techniques that can be used for analyzing asset prices and then apply them to Bitcoin prices, showing how to generate actionable insights from data that can be used to create fully automated trading signals and systems. Big data analytics can be enhanced with artificial intelligence techniques. Back testing and optimization methods are presented with a special emphasis placed on the use of distributed genetic algorithms for parameter optimization. Finally, a case study of a fully automated trend-following trading strategy that leverages artificial intelligence is presented. Bitcoin AlphaBot combines human insight with AI-driven optimization to build profit table trend trading strategies.

Eoghan Leahy (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Above the Ground: A True Story of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

In 1978, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, had reached a boiling point. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army, determined to drive the hated British out of the province-killing soldiers and police, detonating bombs, while arming themselves with firearms and explosives-had been arrested and incarcerated in the notorious British prison known as the Maze. On Sunday, November 26, 1978, two IRA gunmen kicked in the front door at 8 Evelyn Gardens in Belfast-the home of Maze prison official Albert Miles. They executed Miles in front of his horrified family and vanished into the night. In 1983, at the end of the longest and most-publicized trial in the country's history, twenty-four-year-old Catholic taxicab driver Kevin Barry Artt was convicted and sentenced to life for Miles's murder. On his way to the Maze, in manacles and still professing his innocence, Artt prayed for an opportunity to escape. Six weeks later, his prayers were answered-he made a daring and dramatic escape from the Maze, fleeing to California and going underground. For decades, the British government, aided by the US Department of State and FBI, relentlessly sought him while he managed to stay just steps ahead of his pursuers. Contains mature themes.

Dan Lawton (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Wildfire: Destruction of the Dead

Operation: Wildfire. Deliver a batch of vaccine to two army camps. For Alex and his friends, the task sounds simple. But in a zombie apocalypse, even the simplest tasks are dangerous. With a new threat arising on the coast, and an old enemy determined to kill him, Alex must fight for survival while carrying out a mission to save humanity.

Shaun Harbinger (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Storm: Survival in the Land of the Dead

Alex Harley wasn't cut out to be a survivor in a zombie apocalypse. And now he may have made a fatal mistake. Going ashore to find news of his brother and parents, Alex is attacked by feral survivors. When he gets back to the harbor, he finds his boat . . . and Lucy . . . gone. Stranded on the mainland, alone and vulnerable, he seeks shelter from the shambling zombies and the roaming army patrols. He meets a group of survivors who seem to be on a mission. They have found a way to get a message to the survivors in the camps. Alex joins them, intent on getting a message to Lucy if she is still alive. But like every mission, this one could be deadly. It means the group must move inland and stay alive long enough to achieve their objective. With power-hungry soldiers and flesh-craving zombies everywhere, that isn't going to be easy . . .

Shaun Harbinger (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Lightning: Fighting the Living Dead

What would you do if your loved one became infected? In a desperate bid to save Lucy, Alex goes in search of the secret government facility on Apocalypse Island. If the scientists there created the virus, then surely they have a cure. Alex will go to any lengths to get it, even if it means risking his life in a building full of monsters. Even if it means facing patient zero . . .

Shaun Harbinger (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Radical Politics: On the Causes of Contemporary Emancipation

The last twenty years have witnessed a proliferation of radical social and political movements around the world. From the International Women's Strike and Occupy, to #BlackLivesMatter and direct action against the climate emergency, a series of common questions have re-emerged as immediate and practical challenges. How should radical political movements relate to the state? What makes emancipatory politics fundamentally different from both technocratic and populist models of 'politics as usual'? Which forms of organization are most likely to deepen and extend the dynamics that led to the emergence of these movements in the first place? To investigate the goal, nature, method, and organizational forms of radical political engagement against the neoliberal consensus, Peter D. Thomas draws on the work of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Communist Party leader and political theorist best known for his ideas about hegemony. Offering a new reading of Gramsci, Thomas contends that hegemony is a process of differentiation in which political culture is always changing, and always with the goal of moving toward expanded freedom. Over the course of the book, Thomas looks at the way in which various theorists have approached the dilemma of how to engage productively in radical politics and explains why hegemony is a method of doing politics rather than an end goal.

Peter D. Thomas (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Rain: Rise of the Living Dead

The closest Alex Harley has ever been to a zombie is on his game console. Trapped in a dead end job and spending his weekends gaming, Alex is coasting through life at his own pace. But one fateful weekend, he agrees to go hiking with his pal Mike. Mike's girlfriend, Elena, is bringing her friend Lucy along and that is good enough reason for Alex to endure grueling hikes along a mountain range in Wales. The day the four friends hit the mountains, the outbreak begins. Day Z has arrived. Alex's radio receives mysterious reports of savage attacks in London before switching to the Emergency Broadcast System. The dead are rising, and the living must fight for survival. Fighting hordes of zombies and avoiding army patrols, Alex and his friends must reach the coast, and the safety of the sea. But then their problems will just begin . . .

Shaun Harbinger (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who He

George Washington changed the world and saved democracy by defeating the British during the American War of Independence. The Irish role in the American Revolution, the war for the ages, has never been correctly reported. Because many of the Irish who fought were poor and illiterate and left no memoirs, their stories and role have never been told. Until now. The Irish played a huge role in the American Revolution, not just on the battlefield but also in the field hospitals and in the framing of the Declaration of Independence. Learn the story of the famous spy Hercules Mulligan, who saved George Washington's life on two occasions and who was famously portrayed by Okieriete Onaodowan in Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit Hamilton. Discover the story of Edward Hoban, a carpenter from Ireland who Washington tasked with building the most famous residence in the world: the White House. Niall O'Dowd, author of Lincoln and the Irish and A New Ireland, takes listeners on a journey into the unexplored contributions of the Irish in the American Revolution and behind the scenes of the relationships of some of those men and women with the first president of the United States. These unsung heroes of the American Revolution have never gotten their due, never had their story told, until now, in George Washington and the Irish.

Niall O'dowd (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror

Dark Stars, edited by John F.D. Taff, is a tribute to horror's longstanding short fiction legacy, featuring 12 terrifying original stories from today's most noteworthy authors, with an introduction by bestselling author Josh Malerman and an afterword by Ramsey Campbell. Within these pages you'll find tales of dead men walking, an insidious secret summer fling, an island harboring unspeakable power, and a dark hallway that beckons. You'll encounter terrible monsters-both human and supernatural-and be forever changed. The stories in Dark Stars run the gamut from traditional to modern, from dark fantasy to neo-noir, from explorations of beloved horror tropes to the unknown-possibly unknowable-threats. It's all in here because it's all out there, now, in horror. Dark Stars features all-new stories from award-winning authors and up-andcoming voices like Stephen Graham Jones, Priya Sharma, Usman T. Malik, Caroline Kepnes, John Langan, and more. Created as an homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, Dark Stars features an afterword from original contributor Ramsey Campbell-a poignant finale to this bone-chilling collection.

John F.D. Taff (Author), Fareeda Ahmed, Jasmin Walker, Jennifer O'Donnell, John Keating, Jonathan Todd Ross, Neil Shah, Rita Wolf (Narrator)

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The Devil Makes Three

Tess Matheson expects nothing more from her summer job at the boarding school library than to bore herself to death shelving books. But when the insufferable headmaster's son, Eliot Birch, requests a mind-boggling number of occult books, Tess's search for them opens a door to a world of dark magic and forgotten places. She and Eliot find a secret tunnel that leads them to an ancient book. Upon reading it, they discover it's filled with more than words and accidentally release a horrifying devil from his centuries-old prison. The devil will stop at nothing to stay free. He'll manipulate all the ink in the library books to do his bidding, he'll murder in the stacks, and he'll bleed into every inch of Tess's life until his freedom is permanent. Forced to work together, Tess and Eliot have to find a way to re-trap the devil before he kills everyone they know and love, including each other. And compared to what the devil has in store for them, death by boredom suddenly doesn't seem so bad after all.

Tori Bovalino (Author), John Keating, Suzy Jackson (Narrator)

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The Legend of the Soul Stones: Books 1-3

'I know the Order has its secrets, and those secrets are kept from the ears and eyes of the world…' Eighteen years have passed since the rebellion within the Order. The once peaceful kingdom is now in turmoil, and its citizens seek a savior. Emerging from the shadows, a dangerous man sets his master plan in motion — one that will elevate him to the highest political position in the realm and give him power over the masses. Only the Prophet and the rest of the Order stand in his way. Thrown into the middle of an age-old war, Arkin discovers the secrets of his past and finds himself tied to the Order. There, he will learn the Way of the Warrior and train under the tireless Master of Arms. And through the lies that he'd been told his entire life, he will find his true path and soon realize that it is not only the hopes of the Order that rest upon his shoulders. It's possibly all of mankind's.

Matt Moss (Author), John Keating (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by John Keating