Audiobooks narrated by Kevin Young

Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey Through Our Last Great Wetland

"Bloomsbury presents Shadows on the Gulf by Rowan Jacobsen, read by Kevin Young While other books play the blame game of what went wrong on the Deepwater Horizon and who is responsible, Shadows on the Gulf offers a surprising, harder truth: As bad as the oil spill was, it doesn't touch the damage done to the Gulf every year by what one expert in the book calls 'a 100-year catastrophe.' Readers who believe they know the story will find their thinking changed by Rowan Jacobsen's surprising perspective: At the height of BP's dispersant madness, the amount sprayed each day merely equaled the amount of dispersant that washes down the Mississippi from the Heartland's dishwashers and washing machines. The Gulf's shrimpers have damaged the region's ecology as much as BP has. The acres of marsh destroyed by oil slicks can't compare to the amount that disappears in every hurricane, thanks to the work of the Army Corp of Engineers. And even if we save every mile of beach and wetland from the oil spill, the entire Mississippi Delta will still be lost in the next forty years, and New Orleans will sink beneath the waves, an American Atlantis. Shadows on the Gulf reveals the key players in this catastrophe and explains why it will affect quality of life for us all. In doing so, it celebrates the little-recognized global wonder in our backyard. Not only are the Gulf's wetlands the best oyster reefs and fish nurseries in the world, they also provide critical habitat to most of America's migratory songbirds and waterfowl, as well as a home base for the energy and shipping industries. If the Gulf is allowed to fail, the effects will ripple across America. And fail it will, unless a national effort is made to save it. P 2012 Audible, Inc. C 2011 Rowan Jacobsen"

Rowan Jacobsen (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things

"An all-star ensemble cast of poets and performers bring to life Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary final collection—a landmark of American literature! For decades, Nikki Giovanni’s poetry has been at the forefront of American culture. The New Book is a towering work of protest against the divisions of our time, leavened with moments of joy and reflection about her indelible legacy, her family history, and the small pleasures of her richly lived life. With this collection, which includes brief letters and short prose from her life as well as poetry, Giovanni reaffirms her place as a giant of literature, a canny truth-teller, an indispensable radical orator, and one of America’s preeminent cultural critics. It is a book to be savored, and shared. Readers on this audiobook include: Kwame Alexander, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Jericho Brown, Tabitha Brown, Mahogany L. Browne, Rio Cortez, Virginia Fowler, Nikki Giovanni, Amanda Gorman, Taraji P. Henson, Nancy Johnson, Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Nicole Sealey, Patricia Smith, Bahni Turpin, Renee Watson, and Kevin Young. 'If there was a need for poetry that galvanized and inspired, there was also a demand for poetry that comforted and unified — and Ms. Giovanni provided on both counts.' — The Washington Post"

Nikki Giovanni (Author), Aja Naomi King, Amanda Gorman, Bahni Turpin, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, January LaVoy, Jericho Brown, Kevin Young, Kwame Alexander, Mahogany L. Browne, Nancy Johnson, Nicole Sealey, Nikki Giovanni, Patricia Smith, Renée Watson, Rio Cortez, Robin Miles, Tabitha Brown, Taraji P. Henson, Virginia Fowler (Narrator)

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Giovanni's Room

"Brought to you by Penguin. David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying his sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man — a decision that will bring tragedy, longing and regret. 'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips 'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian 'Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation' Colm Tóibín 'A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric' Hilton Als ©1956 James Baldwin (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

James Baldwin (Author), Kevin Young, Matthew Bomer (Narrator)

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The Experience: The 5 Principles of Disney Service and Relationship Excellence

"Walt Disney World is the most recognized company in the world for service excellence. The book will combine the authors experience overseeing and creating training to improve service in Disney parks. Readers will learn the five principles of the I CARE model (Impressions, Connections, Attitudes, Responses, and Exceptionals) and the Experience Quotient. In reading The Experience the reader will learn to: Identify service problems that face every company in the marketplace. Identify the experience and what it means to your company, Understand what makes up the 5 levels of the experience and why most people and companies fail at it, Be challenged to raise your organizations level of the experience by utilizing the experience quotient and applying the I CARE principles, and"

Brian Church, Bruce Loeffler (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Emile and the Field

"In this lyrical picture book from an award-winning poet, adapted for audio, a young boy cherishes a neighborhood field throughout the changing seasons. With charming words, this beautiful story celebrates a child's relationship with nature. There was a boy named Emile who fell in love with a field. It was wide and blue-- and if you could have seen it so would've you. Emile loves the field close to his home--in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children...and their sleds. This relatable and lyrical ode to one boy's love for his neighborhood field celebrates how spending time in nature allows children to dream, to imagine...and even to share."

Kevin Young (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Stones: Poems

"A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called 'one of the poetry stars of his generation' (Los Angeles Times). 'We sleep long, / if not sound,' Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, 'Till the end/ we sing / into the wind.' In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South--one poem, 'Kith,' exploring that strange bedfellow of 'kin'--the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. 'Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead.' Whether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. Stones becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them-of us-poetry can save."

Kevin Young (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

"Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this center. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the Universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Even less than 150 years ago, the view that living species were the result of special creation by God was still dominant. The recognition by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace of the mechanism of evolution by natural selection has completely transformed our understanding of the living world, including our own origins. Brian and Deborah Charlesworth provide a clear and concise summary of the process of evolution by natural selection, and how natural selection gives rise to adaptations and eventually, over many generations, to new species. They introduce the central concepts of the field of evolutionary biology, as they have developed since Darwin and Wallace on the subject, over 140 years ago, and discuss some of the remaining questions regarding processes. They highlight the wide range of evidence for evolution, and the importance of an evolutionary understanding for instance in combating the rapid evolution of resistance by bacteria to antibiotics and of HIV to antiviral drugs."

Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition

"The American founding fathers were dedicated to the project of creating a government both functional and incapable of devolving into tyranny. To do this, they intentionally decentralized decision making among the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches. They believed this separation of powers would force compromise and achieve their goal of 'separating to unify.' In the second edition of this Very Short Introduction, Charles O. Jones delves into the constitutional roots of the American presidency to show how presidents faced the challenges of governing within a system of separation of powers. This updated edition of The American Presidency reviews crucial themes, including democratization of presidential elections, transitioning into and organizing a presidency, challenges in leading the permanent government, making law and policy, and reforming and changing the institution. It also introduces new case studies from the Obama administration, providing compelling insights into contemporary critical issues such as military power, the role of the First Lady, and the new trends in electoral campaigning—including the stunning advances in mass media and campaign technology."

Charles O. Jones (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Fisher Investments on Technology

"The Fisher Investments on Technology Guide provides the average investor with the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities within the global Technology sector. Through this book, one will gain a basic understanding of how the sector works, the investment universe of the technology sector segmented by industry, pertinent macroeconomic drivers, and challenges facing companies in the sector. Additionally, there will be chapters dedicated to emerging technologies, country by country comparisons of technological advancement, and security analysis techniques focused on the technology sphere. Times have changed, and investors need to change with them. Technology is an ever-changing market. Though investors are often weary of tech investing, with big risk can come even bigger rewards. Fisher Investments on Technology gives readers the tools to invest in tech companies which include staples such as Microsoft and Intel and spans to a host of lucrative software and computer services companies. "

Andrew Erne, Brendan Fisher Investments, Teufel (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Creating a Portfolio like Warren Buffett: A High Return Investment Strategy

"This book highlights the actual trades this author executed and clearly explains how he followed Buffett's principles to make specific investments. Unlike other investment books, Ramaswamy also clearly explains how to apply Warren Buffett's exit strategies as they pertain to holding or selling positions.The investors who purchase this book get a complete overview of Warren Buffett's methodologies and then learn how they can be expertly applied. The step-by-step stock research checklist is a comprehensive guide to investing and managing a successful stock portfolio. It includes detailed step-by-step instructions to: Determine where to search for stock prospects Thoroughly research the stocks using the stock research checklist Confidently make buy and sell decisions Expertly manage your portfolio The checklist is adorned with specific stock examples, real-life calculations and expert tips."

Jeeva Ramaswamy (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Investing without Wall Street: The Five Essentials of Financial Freedom

"Investing without Wall Street outlines a different path to wealth creation. At the heart of the book are five essentials that any investor can quickly learn and put into use. Chapters on diversification, asset allocation, controlling risk and managing costs are there because you cant invest responsibly without that foundation. What is truly unique for this genre is the fifth principle, a discussion of how to use the media to make people better investors. Getting good advice is the name of the game, yet in most self-help investment books; the power of the media to improve investment results is ignored. If there is any mention of the media at all in these books, it is usually critical. Thats shortsighted, because for almost all investors, the media is the best place to get money making advice. Investing without Wall Street discusses media in all its forms: newspapers, personal finance magazines, newsletters, books, radio, TV, and online. There are sections on selecting actively-managed funds and selecting a market timer. Almost everything that Sheldon recommends, he has tried himself. This includes a discussion on investing in a Broadway show--Sheldon once profited from a personal investment in Hairspray."

Sheldon Jacobs (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Brown: Poems

"James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prizewinning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things 'brown' in this powerful new collection. "Vital and sophisticated ... sinks hooks into you that cannot be easily removed." -The New York Times Divided into 'Home Recordings' and 'Field Recordings,' Brown speaks to the way personal experience is shaped by culture, while culture is forever affected by the personal, recalling a black Kansas boyhood to comment on our times. From 'History'-a song of Kansas high-school fixture Mr. W., who gave his students 'the Sixties / minus Malcolm X, or Watts, / barely a march on Washington'-to 'Money Road,' a sobering pilgrimage to the site of Emmett Till's lynching, the poems engage place and the past and their intertwined power. These thirty-two taut poems and poetic sequences, including an oratorio based on Mississippi 'barkeep, activist, waiter' Booker Wright that was performed at Carnegie Hall and the vibrant sonnet cycle 'De La Soul Is Dead,' about the days when hip-hop was growing up ('we were black then, not yet / African American'), remind us that blackness and brownness tell an ongoing story. A testament to Young's own-and our collective-experience, Brown offers beautiful, sustained harmonies from a poet whose wisdom deepens with time."

Kevin Young (Author), Kevin Young (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Kevin Young

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