Northtown Books

The Grapes of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 21 hours

Abridged: No

John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.'... Read more

Roadside Picnic

By: Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky

Narrated by: Robert Forster

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into... Read more

To a God Unknown

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in familiar Steinbeck territory, To a God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and, ultimately, to understand the ways of God. Read more

Room to Dream

By: David Lynch & Kristine McKenna

Narrated by: David Lynch & Kristine McKenna

Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family — adapted by David Lynch from the print book especially for this audio program
 
In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about... Read more

Blood, Sweat & Chrome

By: Kyle Buchanan

Narrated by: Fred Berman, Aspen Vincent, Dan Bittner, Derek ...

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max: Fury Road—with more than 130 new interviews with key members of the cast and crew, including Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and director George Miller, from the pop culture reporter for The New York Times, Kyle Buchanan.It won six Oscars and has been... Read more

Greatest Hits

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Harlan Ellison, Grover Gardner, Hillary Huber, ...

Length: 17 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of award-winning short stories by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winnerHarlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect... Read more

The Ministry of Truth

By: Dorian Lynskey

Narrated by: Andrew Wincott

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.”
--George Packer, The Atlantic 

An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on the Cold War, and its vast influence throughout world culture at every level, from high... Read more

"Diane…": The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper

By: Lynch Frost Productions

Narrated by: Kyle MacLachlan

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM!

Unavailable in any other format—the original blockbuster audio tie-in to the television phenomenon Twin Peaks.

“...Diane, I’m holding in my hand, a small box of chocolate bunnies...”

Re-experience the mystery of Twin Peaks. The Cooper Tapes. The private world of Special Agent Dale Cooper,... Read more

Dark City

By: Eddie Muller

Narrated by: Eddie Muller & Erin Bennett

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume.

Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination.... Read more