Ann Marie Gideon performs this eye-opening audiobook with style, intelligence, and subtlety. Through tone, she carefully differentiates the author's travel writing from her more information-driven reporting on warming oceans and vanishing sand. She deftly changes the timbre of her delivery for male voices. The author travels the globe to observe resorts and share how they operate--from beach maintenance to insurance issues. Looking at the phenomenon of expanding middle-class tourism, she examines how the mega-wealthy are treated and provides a thought-provoking list of changes ahead for travelers, industry, and governments as we all face global warming. At once a thorough travel narrative and an examination of beach resort culture in the present and future, this is a fine and engaging listen.
Pub Date: June 28, 2022
Duration: 11 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9780062951649
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Bennett’s narration elevates an already entertaining audiobook.
The host of the soccer podcast Men in Blazers narrates with a high-energy, animated style that immediately draws listeners in. Author Bennett details his recollections of each World Cup since he was a boy in this wonderful memoir that is at times laugh-out-loud funny. Every sentence of this audiobook is infused with his Liverpudlian accent, and his storytelling alternates between self-deprecating and uproariously funny as he chronicles the highs and lows of being a soccer fan. Soccer aficionados, whether they’re die-hards or casual fans, will appreciate Bennett’s work and his passion for the sport he loves.
Bennett’s narration elevates an already entertaining audiobook.Pub Date: March 3, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs, 12 mins
DD ISBN: 9780063320802
Publisher: Harper Audio
Review Posted Online: tomorrow
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 2026
Kidd helps make the author’s words vivid and relevant for listeners.
Epplin’s second book lays out the parallel stories of two basketball players—Moses Malone and Julius “Dr. J” Erving. The biographical portraits paint a picture of two different men whose careers converged when they were both on the 1983 champion Philadelphia 76ers team. Terrence Kidd narrates with the perfect amount of emotion, offering slight accents or different vocal inflections when players and coaches are quoted. Between Epplin’s solid research and fine writing and Kidd’s invested narration, it’s a wonderful audiobook for anyone who wants to glean what 1970s and early '80s basketball was like.
Kidd helps make the author’s words vivid and relevant for listeners.Pub Date: Feb. 17, 2026
Duration: 10 hrs, 21 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668653852
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Review Posted Online: April 1, 2026
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 2026
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