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This unique audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the life, times, trials, and triumphs of the remarkable scholar, activist, feminist, teacher, and reformer, Angela Davis, using informed commentary, but most significantly, the words and wisdom of Ms. Davis herself. Forget the rhetoric, rumors and urban legends surrounding this polarizing figure and listen directly to Ms. Davis.

This unique audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the life, times, trials, and triumphs of the remarkable scholar, activist, feminist, teacher, and reformer Angela Davis, using informed commentary, but most significantly, the words and wisdom of Ms. Davis herself. Forget the rhetoric, rumors, and urban legends surrounding this polarizing figure, and listen directly to Ms. Davis. Prison reform, civil rights, racial equality - all these topics are presented by author and producer Giuliano.

This unique, new audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the life, times, trials, and triumphs of the remarkable scholar, activist, feminist, teacher, and reformer, Angela Davis, using informed commentary, but most significantly, the words and wisdom of Ms. Davis herself. Forget the partisan rhetoric, rumors, and urban legends surrounding this polarizing figure and listen directly to Ms. Davis. Prison reform, civil rights, racial equality, the dangerous triumph of Trump - all these topics and more are presented by author and producer Giuliano.

The life of baseball legend Babe Ruth is chronicled in this hard-hitting audio biography narrated by the author. In rare archival interviews, Ruth discusses his early life, the trappings of stardom, and his eternal, abiding love of America's favorite game.

It is now well known and generally accepted; Jimi Hendrix was the premiere virtuoso guitarist of the 20th century. We know the music, but how much do we really know about the man? This exciting, one-of-a-kind, original, audiobook presentation narrated by actor, singer, songwriter Kris Kristofferson takes us inside the unlikely and exciting world of James Marshall Hendrix of Seattle, Washington.

Charlie Watts provided the foundation that underpinned the music of the Rolling Stones. The band became a by-word for rock 'n' roll excess but for Watts, playing with the Stones did not become the ego trip that drove Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A jazz aficionado, Watts vied with Bill Wyman for the title of least charismatic member of the band; he eschewed the limelight and rarely gave interviews. And he famously described life with the Stones as five years of playing, 20 years of hanging around.

Already in midlife noted actor author Geoffrey Giuliano abandoned his rambling 12-acre estate in rural New York and retired from his long, lucrative career as an internationally best-selling biographer to live, love, and be brokenhearted at the hands of the tempestuous young Thai women who would bring him to his knees. This is the intense story of the dramatic, almost unbelievable, and near-fatal romantic adventures of a man searching for love in the throbbing heart of Asia's red-hot Golden Triangle in the post-Covid era of helplessness, hopelessness, and extreme trauma.

Featuring exclusive, unpublished interviews with many of the most important icons of the music world and those closest to them.

Assata Olugbala Shakur is a former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), who was convicted of being an accomplice in the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. Shakur was also the target of the FBI's COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) directed against Black Power movement groups and activists.

Ginger Baker is without question one of the foremost drummers of his generation, having formed the supergroups Cream and Blind Faith. In the early 1990s, Geoffrey Giuliano received an unsolicited call from Mr. Baker asking if he would be interested in writing his autobiography. From there, a turbulent yet fruitful relationship ensued between the two men.

This exclusive audio is the fruit of Geoffrey Giuliano’s (Jagannatha Dasa) lifelong search for meaning, having studied with the preeminent masters of the 20th century. Giuliano resided in the most sacred places of India over the past 30 years, collecting stories, editing fables, and otherwise making this ancient wisdom accessible, with a special emphasis on the moral, ethical, and spiritual education of children. Narrated by the internationally known children’s storyteller Baba Goose Swami, this very special audio educates, joyfully informs, and inspires young people.

Ginger Baker is, without question, one of the foremost drummers of his generation, having formed supergroups Cream and Blind Faith. In the early 1990's, Geoffrey Giuliano received a call from Baker asking if he would be interested in writing his autobiography. From there a turbulent, yet fruitful relationship ensued between the two men. While the book they wrote has yet to be published, here, at last, are the in-depth, upfront, and personal conversations the two unlikely friends recorded in a Western New York studio all those years ago.

A one-of-a-kind storyteller like the Old Gray Goose, with a career generations long, has had a heck of a lot of hits! Songs, stories, white lies, and tall tales guaranteed to entertain, enlighten, and educate kids everywhere. Magic is an indefinable power - just like Goose.

Here, from the extensive private archives of the world’s foremost Beatles’ historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano comes perhaps the rarest, virtually unheard interviews with the founder and spiritual heart of the Beatles, circa 1969. In these incredible, over 50-year-old tapes, you will come to know the real John Lennon in his own stirring words and private thoughts. Here is the chance to understand the man behind the music and understand, even more deeply, the incredible music behind the man.

In a teeming, often-suspect ocean of gurus, mystics, fakirs, yogis, perfect masters, and various other self-proclaimed incarnations of the godhead who have stepped foot on American soil over the years in pursuance of their spiritual ambitions, Swami Vivekananda was arguably the first, finest, and resolutely most authentic. A simple, austere man, he was a mountain of spiritual power made more impressive by his innate kindness, humility, and compassion toward all.

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most influential American writers of the 19th century. He was the first author to try to make a professional living as a writer. Much of Poe's work was inspired by the events that happened around him. His poetry alone would ensure his spot in the literary canon. Poe's notable verses range from the early masterpiece “To Helen” to the dark, mysterious “Ulalume.” From “The Raven,” which made him world-famous upon its publication in 1845, to “Annabel Lee,” the posthumously published eulogy for a maiden “in a kingdom by the sea.”

Few names cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. The legendary vampire, created by author Bram Stoker for his 1897 novel of the same name, has inspired countless horror movies, television shows, and other bloodcurdling tales of vampires. Though Dracula may seem to many like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an even more grotesque taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or—as he is better known—Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes), a name earned for his favorite way of dispensing with his enemies.

In this unique inspirational audiobook, we take a deep dive and remember the almost superhuman contributions of our greatest black leaders from the 20th century. Each in their own way educating liberating and freeing untold millions of souls from the heartless bondage they were forced to endure at the hands of a cruel largely racist selfinterested society. Fighting a Goliath of ignorance with little chance of success each in their own way overcame incredible obstacles to implement the finer attributes of Justice truth and freedom in the troubled world around them.

Ginger Baker was, without question, the foremost drummer of his generation, having formed supergroups Cream and Blind Faith. In the early 1990s, author Geoffrey Giuliano received a call from Baker asking if he would be interested in writing his autobiography. From there, a turbulent, yet fruitful relationship ensued between the two. While the book they wrote together has yet to be published, here, at last, are the exclusive, in-depth, upfront, and highly personal conversations the two unlikely friends recorded in a studio in Clarence, New York, all those years ago.

Jimi speaks out on his otherworldly music, poverty-stricken early years, and unparalleled rise to superstardom in the late 1960s. Hendrix was far too busy recording and performing to grant many interviews, but the ones he did we have for you here! A must have for any serious Hendrix fan or pop culture afficionado.