Jim's Picks

Jayber Crow

Port William Series

By: Wendell Berry & Paul Michael
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

“I was first introduced to Mr. Berry through his essay collection What Are People For? and loved him from the moment I read the poem 'Damage,' which is at the beginning of the book. When I read fiction, I tend towards dystopian literature, science fiction, or high fantasy—genres that used to be nearly exclusive to us nerds, geeks, and outcasts... Read more

No Apologies

Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men

By: Anthony M. Esolen
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

No more apologies for being a man! Bestselling social commentator Anthony Esolen draws on timeless wisdom to defend the masculine virtues of strength, drive, ambition, and determination in building and upholding civilization itself.It’s time to end the apology tour for traditional masculinity. A generation of young men and boys are being raised... Read more

Piranesi

By: Susanna Clarke
Narrated by: Íñigo Álvarez de Lara
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Vuelve la autora de Jonathan Strange y el señor Norrell con una novela hipnótica ambientada en una realidad onírica. La casa de Piranesi no es un edificio cualquiera: sus habitaciones son monumentales, con paredes llenas de miles de estatuas, y sus pasillos, interminables. Dentro del dédalo de corredores hay un océano aprisionado en el que las... Read more

The Unbroken Thread

Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos

By: Sohrab Ahmari
Narrated by: Sohrab Ahmari
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

We’ve pursued and achieved the modern dream of defining ourselves—but at what cost? An influential columnist and editor makes a compelling case for seeking the inherited traditions and ideals that give our lives meaning.

“Ahmari’s tour de force makes tradition astonishingly vivid and relevant for the here and now.”—Rod Dreher, bestselling author... Read more

The Abolition of Man

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Douglas Gresham
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

C.S. Lewis’s Classic Work that Is Number 7 on National Review’s List of “100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century”In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. Both astonishing and prophetic, The Abolition of... Read more

The Moviegoer

By: Walker Percy
Narrated by: Christopher Hurt
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

A winner of the National Book Award, The Moviegoer established Walker Percy as an insightful and grimly humorous storyteller. It is the tale of Binx Bolling, a small-time stockbroker who lives quietly in suburban New Orleans, pursuing an interest in the movies, affairs with his secretaries, and living out his days. But soon he finds himself on a... Read more

That Hideous Strength

A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups

The Ransom Trilogy: Book #3

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

This is the final book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Ransom Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. A classic work of fantasy as much for the wonder of its storytelling as for its insights into the human condition, the trilogy stages an epic battle between forces of light and darkness across a canvas of other worlds.In That... Read more

Perelandra

The Ransom Trilogy: Book #2

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, of which Perelandra is the second volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus’s The Plague and George Orwell’s 1984 as a timely parable that has become timeless, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of the moral concerns.Readers who fall in... Read more

Out of the Silent Planet

The Ransom Trilogy: Book #1

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel in Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy (also known as the Cosmic or Space Trilogy), which is considered his chief contribution to science fiction. A planetary romance with elements of medieval mythology, the trilogy concerns Dr. Elwin Ransom, a professor of philology who, like Christ, is offered as a ransom for... Read more

The Return of the King

Lord of the Rings: Book #3

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Length: 21 hours 51 minutes

The devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic tale of adventure.
The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor.
To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening.... Read more

The Two Towers

Lord of the Rings: Book #2

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Length: 20 hours 46 minutes

Continuing the epic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring.
The Fellowship is scattered. Some prepare for war against the Dark Lord. Some fight against the treachery of the corrupt wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam are left to take the accursed Ring to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
Mount Doom lies in the very heart of the Dark Lord's... Read more

The Fellowship of the Ring

Lord of the Rings: Book #1

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Length: 22 hours 37 minutes

An unlikely hero. A perilous quest. The greatest adventure ever told.
In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever.
Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power once used by the Dark Lord to enslave Middle-earth. Now darkness is rising, and Frodo must... Read more

The Golden Key & The Giant's Heart

By: George MacDonald
Narrated by: Simon Bubb
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

The Golden Key is a beautiful allegory of life, death, and the afterlife.  This story follows a young boy and girl as they embark on strange adventures that help them to better understand the circumstances of their own lives as well as those surrounding life itself.  Their wanderings and discoveries bring them hope for life after death.

In The... Read more

After Virtue, Third Edition

A Study in Moral Theory

By: Alasdair MacIntyre
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially controversial critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Since that time, the book has been translated into more than fifteen foreign languages and has sold over one hundred thousand copies. Now, twenty-five years later, the University of Notre Dame... Read more