Audiobooks narrated by James Yaegashi

Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey Audiobook

Buster "Rant" Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small town home for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With hilarity, horror, and blazing insight, Rant is a mind-bending vision of the future, as only Chuck Palahniuk could ever imagine.

Chuck Palahniuk (Author), Alan Nebelthau, Andrea Gallo, Andy Paris, Angela Rogers, Cynthia Darlow, Danielle Ferland, Ed Sala, Full Cast, George Guidall, Greg Steinbruner, Henry Strozier, James Jenner, James Yaegashi, John Mcdonough, Johnny Heller, Jonathan Hogan, Julia Gibson, Kevin R. Free, L.J. Ganser, Lizzy Cooper-Davis, Lizzy Cooper-Davis, Melanie Martinez, Nick Landrum, Nicole Poole, Norman Dietz, Richard Poe, Robin Miles, Ruth Ann Phimister, Stina Nielsen, Suzanne Toren, T. Ryder Smith, Tom Stechschulte (Narrator)

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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

In this fiercely original novel, Charles is a time-traveling repairman working in the off-kilter Minor Universe 31. He helps clients return to their biggest mistakes, which they incorrectly believe they can repair. But they can't-and that's bad news for Charles, who once accidentally ran into and shot his future self. "A triumph, as good as anything in Calvino or Stanislaw Lem. I wish I could travel back in time with a copy and fraudulently publish it under my own name."-Lev Grossman, New York Times best-selling author

Charles Yu (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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The Surrendered

PEN/Hemingway Award-winning, best-selling author Chang-rae Lee delivers a 'completely engrossing story of great complexity and tragedy' (Library Journal). At the end of the Korean War, the lives of orphan June Han and American soldier Hector Brennan collide. Thirty years later, they meet again and are forced to come to terms with the secrets of their devastating past. 'Lee's masterful fourth novel bursts with drama and human anguish as it documents the ravages and indelible effects of war '''Publishers Weekly, starred review

Chang-Rae Lee (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

Best-selling author Rafe Esquith, the only teacher to receive the National Medal of Arts, has garnered the American Teacher Award and numerous other honors. Still teaching fifth graders in a small, leaky classroom in downtown Los Angeles, Esquith fosters a wholesome climate where character, humility, and diligence matter and support is unconditional. For his mostly poor and Hispanic students, Esquith models two maxims: Be nice and work hard, and There are no shortcuts. And his students thrive!

Rafe Esquith (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Hachiko Waits

Every morning in the Japanese town of Shibuya, Professor Ueno awakens and is greeted by his loyal Akita dog, Hachiko. They enjoy a breakfast together before the professor leaves to catch the train to the school where he teaches. And Hachiko sits at the station eagerly awaiting his master's return. Then one afternoon Professor Ueno does not return. And Hachiko waits. Days and weeks pass and still no one-not even the young boy Yasuo who comes to care for him-can persuade the faithful dog to leave his post. Years go by and yet still he waits. In time, Hachiko will come to be remembered and honored throughout Japan for his singular devotion. Poet, author, and animal advocate Leslea Newman earned an ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor and scores of other accolades for this touching tale based on a true story. Sprinkled throughout with Japanese vocabulary words, this audio production serves as an excellent introduction to a different culture while simultaneously illustrating the universality of human emotions.

Leslea Newman (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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End of the World Blues

"A critical, crucial voice in modern Science Fiction" (China Miéville), Jon Courtenay Grimwood delivers future noir of mind-bending realities and ever-changing possibilities. Iraqi war vet and part owner of an Irish pub in Tokyo, Kit Nouveau gave up on life a long time ago. But then his life is saved by a runaway, and Kit's past might be the only thing that can save him from impending disaster. "Raymond Chandler for the 21st century."-Esquire

Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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The Book of Stolen Tales

In this highly anticipated sequel, John Madison travels to London to purchase at auction a rare seventeenth-century Italian book of fairy tales for an anonymous client. Madison is warned about the book's malevolent history; but before he can deliver it to the buyer, he is robbed by a mysterious man claiming to be the book's author. When his client disappears and the book's provenance is questioned, Madison must immerse himself in the world of European artistocracy and rare book collectors. As the dark origins of certain fairy tales appear to come to life around him, Madison discovers that a well-loved children's story contains a necromancer's spell and points to the source of a deadly Mespotamian plague.

D.J. McIntosh (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation

Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki is the genius behind such animated classics as Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, and NausicaA of the Valley of the Winds. His bountiful imagination and compassion have earned him accolades the world over. Until the early 1990s, Miyazaki's work was largely unfamiliar to American audiences. But that would soon change, and now fans of all ages eagerly await new material from the master. Setting the bar high for quality animation, Miyazaki's films break all sorts of rules and push many of the boundaries common to Western animation. Often exploring very adult themes, Miyazaki's films challenge audiences while remaining supremely entertaining. Helen McCarthy presents this essential introduction to Miyazaki's life and films, providing character bios, plot outlines and critical analysis. Fans of anime, manga, or just animation in general will love this captivating look at a true genius. "It is good at last to have a book in English about this master of film."-Roger Ebert

Helen McCarthy (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Lark and Termite

Winner of an Academy Award in Literature, a pair of National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips is a master storyteller. Her first novel in nine years concerns a West Virginia family facing the spectre of the Korean War. 'This novel is cut like a diamond, with such sharp authenticity and bursts of light.''Alice Munro

Jayne Anne Phillips (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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A Long Stay in a Distant Land

In this funny and inventive novel, the Lums are a death-stalked Chinese-American family living in Orange County, California. Ever since Grandpa Melvin was inspired to join the U.S. Army after watching a Popeye movie and as family lore has it unleashed a relentless rain of steel death upon the Nazis, Lum after Lum has been doomed to an untimely demise, be it by tainted cheeseburger or speeding ice-cream truck. Now young Louis must move back home with his father, Sonny, to prevent him from enacting the revenge he promises. But soon Louis finds himself searching for his long-lost uncle Bo Lum in Hong Kong. As Louis's search progresses, the tragicomic story of three generations of Lums in America is revealed through the eyes of Louis, Sonny, and Grandma Esther. [A] dazzling debut: poignant, prickly, and deliciously absurd. Booklist

Chieh Chieng (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

Award-winning author Lee Wardlaw's books have been honored by such prestigious groups as the American Library Association and the Children's Book Council. Using a Japanese form of short poetry that concentrates on human-like foibles, Won Ton follows a shelter cat as he gets a new home. When the cat, who considers himself a prince of his kind, is given the name Won Ton, he's aghast. "How can I be soup?" he asks. But soup or not, Won Ton and his new owner soon find a way to live happily together.

Lee Wardlaw (Author), James Yaegashi (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by James Yaegashi