Audiobooks by Stefan Rudnicki

Where does a hit man draw the line? With a controversial presidential election just weeks away, Quarry is hired to carry out a rare political assignment: kill the Reverend Raymond Wesley Lloyd, a passionate civil rights crusader and campaigner for the underdog candidate. But when a hate group out of Ferguson, Missouri, turns out to be gunning for the same target, Quarry starts to wonder just who it is he's working for. The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren't made for taking orders-and when Quarry strikes off on his own, God help the man on the other side of his nine-millimeter. "The 1972 presidential election provides the backdrop for Collins' entertaining thirteenth Quarry novel...Series fans will cheer as Quarry bests his opponents with commendable ease."-Publishers Weekly

Max Allan Collins, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horro

Collected here are the stories, poems, and religious writings that preceded and helped form the science fiction and fantasy genres. The collection explores the key imaginative roots and their later literary permutations. The author list alone reads like a literary who's who and includes many writers not primarily known for their forays into the fantastic. Organized by topic rather than simple chronology, this volume allows the listener to trace the history of robots, aliens, and apocalypses up to some of their most recent manifestations. Topic chapters and represented authors include "Transformers" (Card, Asimov, Rossetti), "Shocking Futures" (Swift, More), and "Traveling Fools" (Carol, Burroughs, McCaffrey). This definitive collection of science fiction and fantasy sources illustrates how earlier generations imagined the future. Introduction by Harlan Ellison

Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Various, Various Readers, Various Readers (Narrator)

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Covenant of War

The year is 993 BC. After years of bloody civil war, Eleazar son of Dodai, one of King David's most elite warriors, wants nothing more than to finally live peacefully in the land. But on the plains near the Great Sea, a terrifying army of Philistines has mobilized to crush the Hebrew tribes once and for all. In the sun-drenched valleys and dark forests of the hill country, Eleazar and his warriors make their stand against Israel's deadliest enemy. The fate of an entire nation rests on the courage of a small band of heroes known as the Mighty Men. In a land torn by conflict, depleted by drought and threatened by treachery, the horrors and heroism of the ancient battlefields come to life. This unabridged audio download of Covenant of War is the second book in the Lion of War series---the intense, gritty, and stylistic portrayal of the Mighty Men of Israel, a rag-tag band of warriors who came to King David in his most desperate hour and fought with him while he claimed the throne he was destined to fill. Their legendary deeds are recorded in 2 Samuel 23 and 1 Chronicles 11.

Cliff Graham, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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The The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story

After the citizens of Parkersburg, Iowa, survive a F-5 tornado that nearly destroys their entire town, they are stunned by the murder of their beloved football coach, Ed Thomas, at the hands of a former player. What happens next in this incredible true story provides a lesson in grace and forgiveness that inspired the entire country.

Mark Tabb, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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Day of War

In ancient Israel, at the crossroads of the great trading routes, a man named Benaiah is searching for a fresh start in life. He has joined a band of soldiers led by a warlord named David, seeking to bury the past that refuses to leave him. Their ragged army is disgruntled and full of reckless men. Some are loyal to David, but others are only with him for the promise of captured wealth. While the ruthless and increasingly mad King Saul marches hopelessly against the powerful Philistines, loyal son Jonathan in tow, the land of the Hebrew tribes has never been more despondent---and more in need of rescue. Over the course of ten days, from snowy mountain passes to sword-wracked battlefields, Benaiah and his fellow mercenaries must call upon every skill they have to survive and establish the throne for David---if they don't kill each other first. Day of War brings to life the exploits of the Mighty Men of Israel, a rag-tag band of disgruntled warriors on the run with David, the soon-to-be King. Their legendary deeds are recorded in 2 Samuel 23 and 1 Chronicles 11

Cliff Graham, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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Verily, Verily

As historian Tony Lane once noted, without the King James Version of the Bible, it can be speculated that, there would be no Paradise Lost ... no Pilgrim's Progress ... no Negro spirituals ... no Gettysburg Address. And even though today there are more accurate and contemporary translations of the Bible, the KJV reigns supreme in the English-speaking world. It is printed and circulated more widely than any other version. The everlasting literary power of this phenomenal volume is unarguable. But how did this remarkable work originate? What were the historical circumstances driving its completion? What sorts of errors (many of them outright hysterical) crept into the translation? Why does it still outsell every other English translation? Verily, Verily offers an informative, inspirational, and light-hearted look into how the world's most popular Bible was created and why it is still important. Jon M. Sweeney reflects on the cultural importance, spiritual value, beautiful phrasings, and occasional humor of the King James Bible. And Sweeny shows why the KJV has been the most important entry into the Christian scriptures for the English-speaking world and a new understanding of why it is still worth reading.

Jon Sweeney, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Maurice England, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment, Vol. 1

Blackstone Audio presents An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment, a sparkling adaptation based on Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, augmented by miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeare's plays. Read by a full cast and featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments, this production is entertaining and accessible for young and old alike! The Two Gentlemen of Verona read by Stephen HoyeThe Comedy of Errors read by Arte JohnsonThe Taming of the Shrew read by Robert ForsterScene: Petruchio & Kate read by Gabrielle de Cuir & Stefan RudnickiA Midsummer Night's Dream read by John RubinsteinRomeo and Juliet read by Orson Scott CardThe Merchant of Venice read by David BirneySoliloquy: "Hath not a Jew..." read by David BirneyMuch Ado about Nothing read by Scott BrickMusic: "It Was a Lover and his Lass..." by Stefan RudnickiAs You Like It read by Stephanie ZimbalistHamlet read by Joe BarrettSoliloquy: "O What a Rogue... " read by Joe BarrettTwelfth Night read by Cassandra CampbellAll's Well That Ends Well read by Emily Janice CardMeasure for Measure read by Lorna Raver

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), A Full Cast, Arte Johnson, Cassandra Campbell, David Birney, Emily Janice Card, Full Cast, Gabrielle De Cuir, Joe Barrett, John Rubinstein, Lorna Raver, Orson Scott Card, Robert Forster, Scott Brick, Stephanie Zimbalist, Stephen Hoye (Narrator)

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An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment, Vol. 2

In this second volume of Blackstone's audio theater production of An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment, a full cast of award-winning narrators present miscellaneous scenes and soliloquies from Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Pericles,Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. Based on Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb and featuring Elizabethan songs and dances in new arrangements for stringed instruments, this original audio recording is a Skyboat Road Company production, conceived, adapted, and produced by Stefan Rudnicki for Blackstone Audio, Inc. MUSIC: Willow Song by Emily Janice CardOTHELLO read by Mirron WillisSOLILOQUY: Othello read by Mirron WillisKING LEAR read by Yuri RasovskySCENE: "Blow Winds..." read by Yuri Rasovsky, Lorna RaverSCENE: Lear, Fool, Kent read by Stefan RudnickiMACBETH read by Harlan EllisonTIMON OF ATHENS read by Robertson DeanPERICLES read by Stefan RudnickiSCENE: Pericles, Marina read by Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice CardCYMBELINE read by Don LeslieTHE WINTER'S TALE read by Gabrielle de CuirTHE TEMPEST read by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.SOLILOQUY: Prospero read by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), Full Cast (Narrator)

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The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Volume VI

This full-cast production of Orson Scott Card's newest title is finally available on audio From the end of the 18th century, Americans travelled west to find new homes and new lands. They brought with them the magics of plain people. It is from these roots of the American dream that award-winning writer Orson Scott Card has crafted what the Charlotte Observer called "a uniquely American fantasy." Using the lore and the folk magic of the men and women who settled a continent, and the beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Card has created an alternate frontier America. Charms, beseechings, hexes, and potions all have a place in the lives of the people of this world. Alvin Miller is the seventh son of a seventh son, born while his six brothers all still lived. Such a birth is a powerful magic; such a boy is destined to perhaps become a Maker. Rejoin the tale of Alvin and his wife Peggy as they work to create the Crystal City of Alvin's vision, where all people can live together in peace.

Orson Scott Card, Stefan Rudnicki (Author), M. E. Willis, M.E. Willis, Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)

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