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The Squared Circle
- Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
- Written by: David Shoemaker
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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A breakthroughexamination of professional wrestling - its history, its fans, and its widercultural impact - that does for the sport what Chuck Klosterman did for heavymetal
The Squared Circle grows out of David Shoemaker'swriting for both Deadspin, where hestarted the column "Dead Wrestler of the Week" - a feature on the many wrestlingsuperstars who died too young because of the abuse they subjected their bodiesto - and Grantland,where he covers the pro-wrestling world and its place in the pop culturemainstream. Shoemaker's sports writing has since struck a nerve withgenerations of wrestling fans who, like him, grew up worshiping a sport oftenderided as "fake" in the wider culture. To them, these professional wrestlingsuperstars are not just heroes but an emotional outlet and the lens throughwhich they learned to see the world.
Starting in the early 1900s and exploring the path of prowrestling in America through the present day, The Squared Circle is thefirst book to acknowledge both the sport's broader significance and wrestlingfans' keen intellect and sense of irony. Divided into eras, each section offersa snapshot of the wrestling world, profiles some of the period's preeminentwrestlers, and examines the sport's influence on our broader culture. Throughthe brawling, bombast, and bloodletting, Shoemaker argues that pro wrestlingcan teach us about the nature of performance, audience, and, yes, art.
Full of unknown history, humor, and self-deprecatingreminiscence - but also offering a compelling look at the sport's rightful placein pop culture - The Squared Circle is the book that legions of wrestlingfans have been waiting for. In it, Shoemaker teaches us to look past thespandex and body slams to see an art form that can explain the world.
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The Squared Circle
- Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2013-10-31
- Language: English
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8
- Written by: John Barnes, David Brin, Aliette de Bodard, and others
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Nancy Linari
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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An unabridged audio collection of the best-of-the-best science fiction stories published in 2015 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents.
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The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8
- Narrated by: Tom Dheere, Nancy Linari
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2016-09-19
- Language: English
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Living Thelema
- Written by: David Shoemaker
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In this popular podcast, Thelemic teacher David Shoemaker gives practical tips for success in the magick and mysticism of Thelema--the spiritual and philosophical system of Aleister Crowley.
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Final Frontier
- A Sci-Fi Celebration of the Indomitable Spirit that Carried Humanity to the Moon
- Written by: C. Stuart Hardwick, Spider Robinson, Martin L. Shoemaker, and others
- Narrated by: C. Stuart Hardwick
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Fifty years after the moon landings, the commercialization of space travel is finally here, but do we still know how to dream? Final Frontier recalls the heady thrill of the Apollo era and glimpses wonders yet to come. Inside, find a dozen uplifting stories of humor, tragedy, sacrifice and good old fashioned cussedness by today's award-winning authors - plus a healthy dose of optimism. All that, plus a forward by a NASA astronaut and a piece by Spider Robinson, inspired by Robert Heinlein. The Final Frontier is open for business!
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Final Frontier
- A Sci-Fi Celebration of the Indomitable Spirit that Carried Humanity to the Moon
- Narrated by: C. Stuart Hardwick
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2020-01-03
- Language: English
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Our Lady of the Open Road, and Other Stories from the Long List Anthology, Vol. 2
- Written by: Sarah Pinkster, Martin L. Shoemaker, various authors, and others
- Narrated by: David Steffen, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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This second volume of The Long List Anthology is designed to recognize the short works that were nominated for the 2016 Hugo Awards but did not make it into the top five short list for the final ballot. Thus, voted into the Hugo Award's long list of works - the top 15 works nominated for each category - were these short stories and novelettes, now made available to a wider audience by award-winning narrators.
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Our Lady of the Open Road, and Other Stories from the Long List Anthology, Vol. 2
- Narrated by: David Steffen, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki, Paul Boehmer, Claire Benedek
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2017-01-17
- Language: English
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