Audiobooks narrated by Craig Van Ness

Free Market: The History of an Idea Audiobook

From a MacArthur “Genius,” an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first century After two government bailouts of the US economy in less than twenty years, free market ideology is due for serious reappraisal. In Free Market, Jacob Soll details how we got to this current crisis, and how we can find our way out by looking to earlier iterations of free market thought. Contrary to popular narratives, early market theorists believed that states had an important role in building and maintaining free markets. But in the eighteenth century, thinkers insisted on free markets without state intervention, leading to a tradition of ideological brittleness. That tradition only calcified in the centuries that followed. Tracing the intellectual evolution of the free market from Cicero to Milton Friedman, Soll argues that we need to go back to the origins of free market ideology in order to truly understand it—and to develop new economic concepts to face today’s challenges. “If, as Keynes asserted, ideas are in the end, what is most important, intellectual history captures the driving forces behind social change. There is much to be learned relevant to current policy debates from Jacob Soll’s engaging history of the free market idea. Whether you think you love or hate free markets, you will learn much from this important book.”—Lawrence H. Summers “In this essential book, Jacob Soll gives us a lucid, frequently surprising, and altogether enthralling account of the history of free market thought. Deeply learned and engagingly written, the book has important implications for how we should think about free markets today. In every sense, it is a revelation.”—David A. Bell, Princeton University

Jacob Soll (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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The Flying Sabuki: A Father-Son Nature Adventure

Do you know what a “Flying Sabuki” is? During a week’s vacation together in the Adirondack Mountains, writer E.S. Curry discovers, through nature and his son Åsmund’s imagination, what this phenomenon is and so much more. This uplifting testament to the joys of fatherhood is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about the connection and bonding rituals that cement the father-son relationship—electronics and distraction-free. E.S. Curry and his son Åsmund teach us about working together for mutual success, the Danish concept of Hygge, driving character and values through storytelling, and how being amongst nature creates an environment for connectedness. While there are scores of books for expecting fathers, The Flying Sabuki opens an intimate window into the formative Kindergarten years of a father and son relationship with a positive foundation. The Flying Sabuki is a heartwarming tale that’s the perfect holiday or Father’s Day gift and a great book for parents looking for real-world insights on bonding with their child. Stellar Five-Star Reviews If you're a parent seeking ways to connect more closely with your child, or just someone who wants to create a closer bond with another person in your life, treat yourself to this beautiful story. It's about taking time, creating space, and living in the moments that happen when you're fully present with someone you love. The Flying Sabuki is the story of a father being fully present with his young son, and the profound lessons and heartening moments they experience during their vacation at a rustic camp in the Adirondacks. It's a wonderful, heartwarming story. - Wendy Lindstrom, NY Times Bestselling Author

E.S. Curry (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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The Author Estate Handbook: How to Organize Your Affairs and Leave a Legacy

If you died tomorrow, would your books survive you? It's so easy to focus on writing and marketing. You’re so busy building a writing business, but you know that if you don’t plan on what will happen after your death, everything you’re building won’t matter. Yet, you probably don’t know where to start. This book will help you get your affairs in order, understand estate planning basics, and make a plan so that you can create a legacy that will continue making money for your family long after you're gone. - Get organized once and for all--quickly and painlessly - Avoid the top 10 estate-ending mistakes - Learn how to gather all your affairs in one place - Discover key talking points to bring up with your estate planning attorney that no one else will tell you about From passwords to bank accounts to book retailer accounts, this book will hold your hand through the process of getting your ducks in a row. This book will help you get more organized and help your heirs make more money from your books. It'll give you a fighting chance at preserving the amazing legacy you're already building. V1.0

M.L. Ronn (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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The Author Heir Handbook: How to Manage an Author Estate

An author has died. You're responsible for managing their estate, and it's a mess. Are you overwhelmed? Frustrated? You might be feeling that this responsibility the author gave you is more of a burden than a gift. You know that managing the author's books will make money and provide for you and the author's heirs, but you probably have no idea where to start. The Author Heir Handbook is a concise guide for heirs written in PLAIN ENGLISH that will help you understand an author's publishing business, the different components that the deceased author used to create books and income, and how to manage those components. It will save you countless hours by helping you figure out where to spend your time and effort. This book will help you: - Avoid making mistakes that could cripple the estate - Locate the author's manuscripts - Take an inventory of all the author's works (with an easy template to save time) - Determine which online accounts the author used (and how to access them) - Manage the money - Get hired help when you need it (and how to avoid scams) - Keep the author's books relevant for new generations - Create income for you and your family, the way the author intended Managing an author estate is hard work, but this book will help simplify the process. You just might even be able to do more with the estate than the author ever could in their lifetime. Purchase your copy today, and don’t do things the hard way! V1.0

M.L. Ronn (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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The Speed of Light: A Novel

Every family has a story. Every story, eventually, must be told. For most of their lives, Julian Perel and his sister, Paula, lived in a house cast in silence, witnesses to a father struggling with a devastating secret too painful to share. Though their father took his demons to the grave, his past refuses to rest. As adults, brother and sister struggle to find their voices. A scientist governed by numbers and logic, Julian now lives an ordered life of routine and seclusion. In contrast, Paula has entered the world as eagerly as Julian retracts from it. An aspiring opera singer, she is always moving, buoyant with sound. Yet both their lives begin to change on a Wednesday, miercoles, the day that sounds like miracles. Before embarking on a European opera tour, Paula asks her housekeeper, Sola, to stay at her place--and to look after Julian in the apartment above. Sola, too, has a story. As Paula uncovers pieces of her father's early life in Budapest and the horrifying truth of his past, Julian bears witness to Sola's story--revelations that help all three learn how to both surrender and revere the shadows that have followed them for so long. The Speed of Light is a powerful novel about three unforgettable souls who overcome the tragedies of the past to reconnect with one another and the world around them. Elizabeth Rosner has created a beautifully interwoven story of love and redemption that proves the pain of the untold story is far greater than even the most difficult truth.

Elizabeth Rosner (Author), Ana Clements, Craig Van Ness, Elizabeth Rosner (Narrator)

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Dusting Contours: With Breath of Whispered Words

Dusting Contours is a contemplation on the nature of love, passion, devotion, loss, and joy. An anthology of thirty-one spoken-word performances set to profoundly contemplative music and ambient soundscapes, this sensitive and moving work of art explores the sensual, the passionate, the maternal, the magical, and the sacred. With verse written by British sculptor and songwriter Nicola Ravenscoft; new music composed and performed by her late husband, musician and legendary saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft; and spoken-word performances by Nicola Ravenscroft and actor-producer Craig Van Ness, Dusting Contours takes the listener on an exquisitely beautiful journey through the human heart. .. neverendingly to love unconditionally .... in deep gratitude ..to Raphaeland to my son Jamie (aka Biometrix)for the laughter, the music, and the love.. through it all ..

Nicola Ravenscroft (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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Children of Chaos

In a torrential downpour, Phil, Jamie and Martin-three teenage boys-encounter a strange and enigmatic man covered in horrible scars who will change their lives, their destinies and the very fate of their souls forever. When their encounter mistakenly leads to murder, they realize this eerie stranger may not have been a man at all, but something much more... Thirty years later the boys-now men-lead tormented lives filled with horrifying memories of the scarred man and what they did all those years ago in the rain. Phil is a struggling writer, divorced, with a daughter and a mounting drinking problem. Jamie is a defrocked priest with depraved secrets and horrible addictions, and Martin, a madman who thinks himself a god, has vanished into a desolate desert region of Mexico and established a feared and violent blood cult. When Martin's dying mother hires Phil to find her son and bring him home, Phil embarks on a perilous journey that will take him from the seedy streets of Tijuana, to a dangerous and allegedly haunted stretch of desert Mexican road known as The Corridor of Demons. At the end of the road, in an old and previously abandoned church, Martin and his followers wait in the Hell-on-Earth they've created deep in the desert. There will be only one chance for redemption, one chance for salvation, and one chance to stop the rise of an antichrist's bloody quest for demonic power. From the void, came chaos. These are its children.

Greg F. Gifune (Author), Craig Van Ness (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Craig Van Ness