Bloomsbury Presents The Mess That Made Them by Ryan T. Pozzi, read by John MoraitisWhat if the artists we call “geniuses” weren’t born extraordinary at all—but simply refused to stop creating when life made it nearly impossible? Ryan Pozzi invites readers to step closer, past the legends and into the real lives behind the masterpieces.Pozzi argues that the creators we’ve mythologized didn’t succeed because of destiny or innate brilliance. ...

Bloomsbury presents Everyday Bias by Howard J. Ross and Jake Ross, read by John Moraitis.To be human is to be biased, especially with today’s technologies and politics reinforcing our unconscious reactions.Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people different from themselves, yet disparities and dangerous prejudices still run rampant. Why is that? And is there anything we can do about it?Building on the transformatio...

In Skyfaring, airline pilot and flight romantic Mark Vanhoenacker shares his irrepressible love of flying, on a journey from day to night, from new ways of mapmaking and the poetry of physics to the names of winds and the nature of clouds. Here, anew, is the simple wonder and transcendent joy of motion, and the remarkable new perspectives that height and distance bestow on everything we love.

In a city wreathed in fog,a satanic killer stalks the streets...Enter Lieutenant Foggia who, assisted by a spiritualist medium, must discover the reason for the slayings. But the truth he unearths is beyond anything he's encountered in the real world. For the killings are paving the way for a force so powerful that the lives of a few innocents will appear unimportant in comparison...Packed with twists, and laced with spiritualism, witchcraft and demonology, Black Ang...

Bloomsbury presents Dead Air by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by John MoraitisA "granular history" (Wall Street Journal) of the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed, which Publishers Weekly calls "a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness" and Booklist**, in a starred review, says, "Hazelgrove’s feveris...

Bloomsbury presents The Secret War Against Hate by Steven J. Ross, read by John MoraitisFrom the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Hitler in Los Angeles, the definitive story of the intrepid activists and spies who fought against a resurgent movement of hate in America—a book that "should be read by every American who wants to know how courageous men and women can resist hatred." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)Americans today lik...

Bloomsbury presents Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves by Chris Dalla Riva , read by John Moraitis.Popular music history collides with data analytics, charts, and numbers in this insightful and surprising look at the greatest hits and musicians, fads, forgotten artists, and much more. Data analyst and musician Chris Dalla Riva reframes everything you thought you knew about music.Did you know...

Bloomsbury presents Capone's Vault by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by John Moraitis.Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the broadcast, an inside look at the historic televised reveal of Al Capone’s vaults that would define Geraldo Rivera’s career and change television forever.In 1986, more people watched The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults than either the Super Bowl or David Frost’s interview with Richard Nixon. It was a high-wire, h...

Bloomsbury presents Petrified by Graham Masterton, read by John Moraitis.ONE LOOK AND YOU'LL BE FROZEN WITH FEAR.Braydon Harris and Suki, his little girl, are leaving her grandparent's house when a huge truck jack-knifes in front of their car. Suki is thrown from the vehicle and ends up in hospital suffering with terrible burns.Luckily, cryptozoology professor Nathan Underhill is working on a perfect cure. Underhill breeds mythological beasts, and l...

Bloomsbury presents Ghost Music by Graham Masterton, read by John Moraitis.THE DEAD CAN’T PUNISH PEOPLE – BUT THEY CAN SEEK REVENGEWhen composer Gideon Lake moves into his new apartment building, he becomes infatuated by his neighbour Kate Solway. After they begin a passionate affair, they travel to Europe to continue their fling in secret.But, when strange and unexplainable events start to happen, what should have been a romantic t...

MEET THE MASTER OF HORROR'God, he's good' STEPHEN KINGWhatever you do, don't look up...Nathan Underhill is right at the cutting edge of stem-cell research: attempting to recreate mythological creatures in order to cure medical conditions like Alzheimer’s and MS.After five years of research, he loses his funding. But Nathan suspects that somebody else has succeeded in breeding mythical hybrids.He discovers th...

Bloomsbury presents The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman, read by John Moraitis.I was writing to her, so that she would know me not as this old person whose joints creaked when he rose from a chair, but as the real Pericles: the man who dreamt, deceived, envied, loved…Pericles Drakos has lived in the exquisite Circle Building for all of his seventy-five years. From its lofty windows, he has seen his little corner of Istanbul shift...