This audiobook presents a straightforward path for resistance.
This audiobook is the flashing red emergency sign that a world strangled by plastic needs right now. In a clear and authoritative voice, narrator Janet Metzger delivers the authors' central message that curbing the production and ubiquitous use of plastic, which is derived from fossil fuels, must become a priority in the fight against climate change. The listening experience flags when Metzger slowly reads the numerous charts and statistics, and her pace tends to flatten the authors' many deliciously sarcastic passages, which should be much-needed moments of levity. The authors assert that plastic's poisonous chokehold on the world is rapidly tightening.
This audiobook presents a straightforward path for resistance.Pub Date: Dec. 1, 2025
Duration: 7 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781511355780
Publisher: Brilliance
Review Posted Online: March 17, 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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