Audiobooks narrated by Keith O'brien

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures-baseball immortal Pete Rose-and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same time, he was a working-class white guy from Cincinnati who made it; less talented than tough, and rough around the edges. He was everything that America wanted and needed him to be, the American dream personified, until he wasn't. In the 1980s Pete Rose came to be at the center of the biggest scandal in baseball history. Baseball no longer needed Pete Rose, and he was magnificently, publicly cast out for betting on baseball and lying about it. The revelations that followed ruined Pete, changed life in Cincinnati, and forever altered the game. Charlie Hustle tells the full story of one of America's most epic tragedies, the rise and fall of Pete Rose, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Drawing on first-hand interviews with Pete himself, his associates, as well we on investigators, FBI and court records, archives, a mountain of press coverage, Keith O'Brien chronicles how Pete fell so far from being America's "great white hope." It is Rose as we've never seen before. This is no ordinary sport biography, but cultural history at its finest. What O'Brien shows is that while Pete Rose didn't change, America and baseball did. This is the story of that change.

Keith O'brien (Author), Ellen Adair, Keith O'brien, TBD (Narrator)

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The Fastest Tortoise: Winning in Industries I Knew Nothing About—A Life Spent Figuring It Out

Life lessons from an investor who forged his own path to success Through their entertaining conversations, Ken Hersh and his interviewer, best-selling author Steve Fiffer, recount Ken’s improbable life journey, both personally and professionally. And what a journey it has been! Knowing nothing about the energy industry, Ken ventured in and ultimately helped pioneer an investment methodology that built one of the country’s most successful private investment firms and has been copied by dozens of firms to become the dominant means by which capital flows into the domestic energy industry. As a fearless young capitalist, he never shied away from raising his hand. He says, “I viewed every opening as a gaping opportunity. The uncertainty kind of excited me.” The Fastest Tortoise is about not just weathering the unknown but embracing it and thriving. Structuring his story around “Ken-isms” that define his personal and professional philosophies—such as “yellow lights don’t turn green,” “be uncomfortable,” and “feed the ducks while they’re quacking”—Ken demonstrates how to approach a volatile world. Ken’s path, from planting his flag in an industry where an investment model had to be reinvented, to creating a culture in which colleagues and staff felt like family, to pursuing a second career in the nonprofit sector, gives leaders and entrepreneurs of all stripes ample examples from which to draw valuable lessons, inspiration, motivation, and confidence. With his honest, in-depth tales of the ups and downs of his business and personal dealings, we get an inside look at how this optimist has successfully navigated life and business.

Ken Hersh (Author), Keith O'brien, Keith Sellon-Wright (Narrator)

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The Trunk: Deceit and Intrigue in the last Desperate Days of the Nazi Third Reich

Don and Connie Jurgens bury their last parent. They find a trunk in the attic with a diary that reveals the activities of Don's parents during World War II. They were spies for the Third Reich. The diaries detail their clandestine activities smuggling information to the Nazis that is critical to the development of Project Manhattan - the atomic bomb. But the diaries end abruptly when the Nazis try a deadly double cross on their parents. They had involved their parents in a diabolical scheme to inflict horrible damage and massive loss of life on St. Louis, and they intended to kill them if the scheme was successful. It all unfolds in South St. Louis where there is a split in the mostly German population. Many are not so supportive of the United States’ support for the British against their “old country.” But the strings are being pulled from Berlin. The only way Don and Connie can find out the true secret is to go to the war-torn city of the Third Reich where they are confronted by several of the most powerful and diabolical of Hitler's War Council. Fifty years later Don and Connie try to unravel the thread and salvage the family's name. But they are not alone in their quest for the pot of gold proffered by the Nazis to perpetrate the plot. It all comes to a climax on a high bridge over the Mississippi River when Don and Connie go for the Brass Ring to destroy the plot forever and gain the prize

Dale L. Rollings (Author), Keith O'brien (Narrator)

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Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology [Booktrack Soundtrack Edition]

This edition of Asgard Stories is enhanced with a musical soundtrack from Booktrack for an immersive listening experience! This collection of classic stories delves into the fascinating lore of Norse mythology to reveal the tales of Odin, Thor, Freya, and more. Compiled over a century ago, Foster & Cummings' writings give life to the stories that inspired the Vikings and some of our most beloved pop culture today. Stories included: - The Story of the Beginning - Odin’s Reward - Tyr and the Wolf - Freyja’s Necklace - The Hammer of Thor - Thor’s Wonderful Journey - How Thor Lost His Hammer - A Gift from Frigga - The Stealing of Iduna - Skadi - Baldur - Ægir’s Feast - The Punishment of Loki - The Twilight of the Gods

Mable H. Cummings, Mary H. Foster (Author), Keith O'brien (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Keith O'brien