Award-winning sports journalist George Dohrmann has compiled a tribute to fandom using the stories of fans whose extreme love of sports animates the text. Part psychology, part revelatory confession, the audiobook is narrated by former sports radio host, actor, and voice-over talent Chris Ciulla. In an engaging tone befitting the material he avoids melodrama. Vikings fans are melodramatic enough: One posted 1,000 times a year on a message board, besides watching games. Shrines to teams are assembled around TV sets. A church podium ushers in new fans who pledge to devote their lives forever to their team. Dohrmann lets the psychologists he interviewed talk about player concussions, domestic violence, and any negatives. This audiobook is so full of enthusiasm that it will appeal to fans and sports atheists alike.
Pub Date: Feb. 20, 2018
Duration: 8 hrs
DD ISBN: 9780525494485
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Buckley offers a reasonable proposal for a national service program without jail or criminal penalties. Narrator Lawrence reads with a slow and careful announcer's voice; one wishes Buckley were reading this one himself. Books on Tape does its usual quality job with formatting, packaging and tape-turning instructions. The reader repeats the last sentence at such times, so you're sure you haven't missed anything. Popular nonfiction collections will appreciate Gratitude, and the topic is likely to prove timely in the years ahead.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 5 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Kozol’s shocking exposé of inequities in the funding of our public schools contrasts white suburban schools with those serving black and Hispanic populations. Interviews with students, teachers, and school administrators add eloquent testimony to Kozol’s disturbing presentation of facts. Narration by Jack Winston is clear and brisk, but the pace is unrelenting, with little pause for transition between scenes or chapters. Winston’s cool, detached voice contrasts with Kozol’s impasssioned and outraged message. The sheer repetition and magnitude of Kozol’s damning evidence is numbing; the narration gives no relief. Powerful medicine, most easily taken in small doses. Music signalling tape changes is jarringly inappropriate.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 8 hrs
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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