Audiobooks Narrated by Robert Sean Leonard

Even More Laughs

"From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts."

Hary Mathews, Jonathan Lethem, Julia Slavin, Miranda July, Philip Roth, Saki, Thomas Meehan (Author), Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, Isaiah Sheffer, Jerry Zaks, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey, Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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Whodunit?

"A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix. Stories in this set include: - Dashiell Hammett's 'The Creeping Siamese', performed by John Shea - The Continental Op gets his man - C.S. Montanye's 'A Shock for the Countess', performed by Fionnula Flanagan - Intrigue in the alps in this clever tale of a jewelry heist - Ed McBain's, 'Improvisation', performed by Isaiah Sheffer - A hilarious story of two tall and willowy sisters up to no good - Shirley Jackson's 'The Summer People', performed by René Auberjonois - Spooky goings-on at a country cottage - Nobel Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer's 'Country Lovers', performed by Hattie Winston - Forbidden love on a South African farm - Louise Erdrich's 'Gleason', performed by Robert Sean Leonard - A simple plot goes terribly awry Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio."

C.S. Montanye, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, Shirley Jackson (Author), Fionnula Flanagan, Hattie Wilson, Isaiah Sheffer, John Shea, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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Readers & Writers

"A boon for book lovers, this compilation features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word."

Adam Haslett, Audrey Niffenegger, Evelyn Waugh, Italo Calvino, Molly Giles, Ray Bradbury, Walter R. Brooks (Author), Blair Brown, Christina Pickles, Isaiah Sheffer, John Shea, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Sean Leonard, Rochelle Oliver, Tony Roberts (Narrator)

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For Better and For Worse

"A collection that anyone who's taken that walk down the aisle can relate to! Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves."

Ethan Canin, Karen E. Bender, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sharnush Parsipur, Sherman Alexie, Ursula K. Le Guin (Author), Frances Sternhagen, Harold Gould, Joanna Gleason, Joanne Woodward, Keir Dullea, Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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Family Matters

"Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the preemptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, and more! Included are: - Shirley Jackson's Charles Read by Lois Smith Laurie's parents are dying to meet the most misbehaved boy in school. - Frank O'Connor's First Confession Read by Malachy McCourt A guilt-ridden Irish lad fears his first confession may be his last. - Toure's Solomon's Big Day: A Children's Story Read by Daniel Alexander Jones A little boy named Solomon escapes into the magical world of his paintings. - Grace Paley's The Loudest Voice Read by Linda Lavin This year's Christmas pageant stars a Jewish girl. - Diane Leslie's A Life of Crime Read by Jill Eikenberry Love and passion, Hollywood style, from a girl's-eye-view. - Etgar Keret's Pride and Joy Read by Robert Sean Leonard A young man struggles to save his shrinking parents. - Rick Moody's Boys Read by B. D. Wong The world of boys."

Diane Leslie, Etgar Keret, Frank O'Connor, Grace Paley, Rick Moody, Shirley Jackson, Toure (Author), B. D. Wong, Daniel Alexander Jones, Jill Eikenberry, Linda Lavin, Lois Smith, Malachy Mccourt, Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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Prey

"From the Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes this classic Crichton page-turner, weaving together heart-pounding thrills with cutting-edge technology. In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles – micro-robots – has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is evolving swiftly, becoming more deadly with each passing hour. Every attempt to destroy it has failed. And we are the prey. As fresh as today’s headlines, Michael Crichton’s most compelling novel yet tells the story of a mechanical plague, and the desperate efforts of a handful of scientists to stop it. Drawing on up-to-the-minute science fact, PREY takes us into the emerging realms of nanotechnology and artificial distributed intelligence – in a story of breathtaking suspense."

Michael Crichton (Author), Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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