Audiobooks narrated by Max Newland

The Time Lords: Jeff Bezos, a 10,000-Year Clock, and Big Tech's Quest to Seize the Future

"A story of Silicon Valley dreams and hubris-and the gap between so-called visionary thinking and its effects on our lives. The Time Lords tells the story of how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a secretive group of San Francisco tech founders have committed over two decades and $42 million building a monumental clock designed to tick for 10,000 years hidden in a Texas mountain. The Clock of the Long Now, as it is called, was conceived in the 1990s, a time of utopian hopes about the power of the emerging internet, excitement about the wealth creation it promised, and anxieties about the frenetic pace and unknown effects of this major technological shift. Amongst the tech and cultural visionaries who conceived of it and began to work to make it a reality-- Danny Hillis, Stewart Brand, and Jeff Bezos prominently among them--it was meant to inspire long-term global problem solving, thinking and action that would affect the long term trajectory of human civilization itself. Meanwhile, the tech world that produced Bezos and the clock began driving unprecedented economic inequality and gentrification, while spreading online hate and conspiracies. And despite his multi-billion dollar climate philanthropies, Bezos came to hold an equally grim vision of Earth as a tapped-out planet in need of a space frontier for human life to continue. Against this backdrop, a clock designed to give long-term hope seemed like a cruel joke. The billionaire behind it funded climate work while working with fossil fuel companies and trying to escape the Earth. He pushed the long-term view, while grinding workers to the bone to keep up with warehouse robots. The Time Lords takes readers from the counter-culture infused origins of Silicon Valley culture, to the workshops of San Francisco and to Bezos's Texas ranch, using the tale of the clock to expose the glaring contradictions within both Silicon Valley's attempts to save the world and capitalism itself."

Josh Marcus (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Andrea Wang (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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The Passionate Teaching in Troubled Times: Lessons for Today's Classroom

""A deeply felt meditation on the vital role of passion in good teaching"-with useful samples, interviews, and advice (Anthony Rotundo, The Washington Post) Every teacher can be a passionate teacher-one who engages young people in the excitement of learning and ideas-if teaching is not undermined by the ways we 'do business' in schools. In this book, a professor draws on the voices and firsthand accounts of teachers in urban, rural, and suburban classrooms to provide educators everywhere with useful advice and 'things to try'. Their successes will inspire you to grow and maintain your own passion for teaching in the face of day-to-day obstacles. This edition of The Passionate Teacher also includes a new chapter for teachers beginning their careers."

Robert L. Fried (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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Southern Stock

"What do Elvis, Earnhardt, and bootleggers have in common? They all crossed paths with Stick Elliott, the best race car driver you never knew. A force to be reckoned with, he drives for money, women, pride, and glory. But he lives for speed. And he’s damn good at it. Stick can make a getaway with a trunk full of moonshine across the Carolina backroads faster than any man around. Now with the homemade liquor business running dry, Stick just needs to catch as many checkered flags as he can on the track, and maybe even the heart of the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Stick wants to win it all on the newly formed NASCAR circuit, but he feels something lurking in the shadows, at the edges of his consciousness. Can he outmaneuver it and keep his wheels spinning fast? Or will the wild ride come to an end?"

Gena Elliott (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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Anatomy of the Voice: An Illustrated Guide for Singers, Vocal Coaches, and Speech Therapists

"The first comprehensive, fully-illustrated approach to the voice that explains the anatomy and mechanics in detailed yet down-to-earth terms, for voice users and professionals of all kinds This book is the first to explain, in clear and concise language, the anatomy and mechanics of the mysterious and complex bodily system we call the voice. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 detailed images, Anatomy of the Voice guides voice teachers and students, vocal coaches, professional singers and actors, and anyone interested in the voice through the complex landscape of breathing, larynx, throat, face, and jaw. Theodore Dimon, an internationally recognized authority on the subject, as well as an expert in the Alexander Technique, makes unfamiliar terrain accessible and digestible by describing each vocal system in short, manageable sections and explaining complex terminology. The topics he covers include ribs, diaphragm, and muscles of breathing; the intrinsic musculature of the larynx, its structure and action; the suspensory muscles of the throat; the face and jaw; the tongue and palate; and the evolution and function of the larynx."

Theodore Dimon (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons

"A tale of two NYC affordable housing co-ops' struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renters seek an escape from record-breaking rent hikes, first-time buyers find that skyrocketing interest rates and historically low inventory leave them with scant options for an affordable place to live. With home valued more than ever as a commodity, even social housing programs meant to insulate families from cut-throat markets are under threat-sometimes by residents themselves. In Homes for Living, urban planner and oral historian Jonathan Tarleton introduces readers to 2 social housing co-ops in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Longtime residents of St. James Towers and Southbridge Towers lock horns over whether to maintain the rules that have kept their homes affordable for decades or to cash out at great personal profit, thereby denying future generations the same opportunity to build thriving communities rooted in mutual care. With a deft hand for mapping personal histories atop the greater housing crisis, Tarleton explores housing as a public good, movements for tenant rights and Indigenous sovereignty, and questions of race and class to lay bare competing visions of what ownership means, what homes are for, and what neighbors owe each other."

Jonathan Tarleton (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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The Last Good Liar: A Fake-Relationship Romantic Comedy

"I know his type: slick, stupid, and so far up his own ass it’s a miracle he can still breathe. In other words, he’s exactly what I’m looking for. ANDIE: Love is fake and so are most people. That’s why I prefer to keep it real by speaking my mind, using posers for my own devices, and protecting what’s mine. So when Ponch Amante swaggers up to my front door with his smirky face and annoying charm, all I see is a solution to a problem. If he agrees to be my fake boyfriend, I can get out from under my parents’ blackmail scheme to pair me up with one of their sanctimonious Ivy League spawns of Satan. Anything would be preferable to that—even putting up with Ponch for a few days. I, of all people, can resist a guy like him, right? PONCH: I know her type: frigid ballbuster with a huge chip on her shoulder. She wouldn’t know good sex if it hit her between her creamy white thighs. But her family owns half the town, including the building I want to rent for my new motorcycle gear shop. One word from her can get me the shop, so if she needs a fake boyfriend for whatever crazy plan she has, I’ll be her fricking Prince Charming on a white Harley. It’s a no-risk investment as far as I’m concerned because there’s no way in hell I’d ever fall for someone like Andie. And that’s no lie. The Last Good Liar is part of an interconnected romantic comedy series set at the beach, and it can be enjoyed as a standalone novel."

Sylvie Stewart (Author), Angela Bartlett, Max Newland (Narrator)

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Faith Embodied: Glorifying God with Our Physical and Spiritual Health

"Scientist, physician, and pastor Stephen Ko explains how to live and worship incarnationally and glorify God with our bodies. Many of us don't see much connection between spiritual and physical health. We say grace before digging into greasy, fatty meals we know are bad for us. We read Scripture on our phones before switching to social media feeds that hijack the neural circuitry in our brains. Or we take our physical health too seriously, distancing ourselves from the sick and the needy whom Jesus embraced. On his journey from pediatrician to public health officer for the CDC to senior pastor of the largest New York Chinese Alliance Church, Stephen Ko has seen that these divisions between physical and spiritual health are artificial. In Faith Embodied, he reminds us that our 'bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit' (1 Corinthians 6:19). Christ incarnate is deity in flesh, and His spirit is incarnate in us. Living and worshiping incarnationally is consciously embracing what the Creator has designed in His image, from the finest, microscopic details to vital organs within our body, enabling the Holy Spirit to work in us. Faith Embodied will teach you to: - Understand subconscious ways that thwart the design of the Creator. - Embrace choices that invite incarnational health, living, and worship. - Experience God in every aspect of your life, from flesh and bone to heart and soul. - View the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste) in a different light - Reflect the image of God in the way you breathe, move, create, love, and rest. Weaving together insights from faith, science, and medicine, Ko reveals the marvelous ways in which our physical and spiritual health can prepare us to become instruments of God's healing in the world. Questions for reflection can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download."

Stephen Ko (Author), Max Newland (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Max Newland

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