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  • BART

    The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System

    An insider's "indispensible" behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties ( Houston Chronicle).In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider's account of the rapid transit system's inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all.With a master storyteller's wit and sharp ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Day of the Mermaid and Other Poems

    by Michael Healy ...
    An early spring morning . . . a young man fi shing in arock-pool at the edge of the sea and exulting in his catch. . . a voice calling suddenly to him . . . the voice of a youngwoman who is slowly walking out from the waves . . .I beg you, let it free again.Th is is the setting for Th e Day of the Mermaid, a storyof the awakened love of that young man for the maidenwho appears before him, ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Safe Drinking Academy

    How to Enjoy Alcohol Without Hurting Yourself or Others

    by Michael Healy ...
    In America, when people reach the legal drinking age, few have ever received any real education or preparation about how to do so safely. This is like handing a new driver the keys to the car along with their license-without any practice or permit. Safe Drinking Academy fills the information gap to give readers the facts about alcohol, ideally before they decide whether or not to drink.Despite a ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Wisdom of Frugality

    Why Less Is More - More or Less

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 17 min

    In this book, Emrys Westacott examines why, for more than two millennia, so many philosophers and people with a reputation for wisdom have been advocating frugality and simple living as the key to the good life. He also looks at why most people have ignored them, but argues that, in a world facing environmental crisis, it may finally be time to listen to the advocates of a simpler way of life.The ... Read more

    Was $30.99 USD Now $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Valley of Fear

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...
    Series Audiobook 7 - The Sherlock Holmes Series

    Unabridged

    6 hours 7 min

    When a strange coded message arrives at 221B Baker Street, sent by a member of Professor Moriarty’s criminal organization, Sherlock Holmes soon deciphers it and finds a warning: someone is about to be murdered. A visit from a Scotland Yard inspector confirms that one John Douglas has been mysteriously killed in Sussex. Even Sherlock Holmes, well accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of ... Read more

    $13.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Forest Unseen

    A Year's Watch in Nature

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 27 min

    In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window into the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.Each of this book's short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Bitter Freedom

    Ireland in a Revolutionary World

    by Maurice Walsh ...
    Narrated by Michael Healy ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 9 min

    The Irish Revolution—the war between the British authorities and the newly formed IRA—was the first successful revolt anywhere against the British Empire. This is a vividly written, compelling narrative placing events in Ireland in the wider context of a world in turmoil after the ending of a global war; one that saw the collapse of empires, and the rise of fascist Italy and communist Russia. ... Read more

    Was $29.99 USD Now $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Upon a Dark Night

    by Peter Lovesey ...
    Narrated by Michael Healy ...
    Series series Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation

    Unabridged

    12 hours 20 min

    A young woman is dumped, injured, and unconscious, in a private hospital's parking lot. She is an amnesiac with no memory prior to her discovery by hospital personnel. Detective Inspector Peter Diamond of the Bath homicide squad is unwilling to become involved. He has other, more important cases to solve: A woman has plunged to her death from the roof of a local landmark while half the young ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Mr. Midshipman Easy

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 37 min

    At fourteen the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is bravely taming a band of mutinous seamen, outwitting ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    A Pocket Full of Shells

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...
    Series series Irish Family Saga

    Unabridged

    3 hours 26 min

    In 1846 a baby girl is born to a young Irish fisherman and his wife. It is the second year of the Great Hunger and the young couple choose to remain in Ireland, while family and friends are leaving. Their story takes place in the fishing village of Blackrock, Dundalk, but with the cities of Liverpool and Sunderland playing a critical part in their lives. Is their love for each other and their ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    A Turning of the Tide

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...
    Series series Irish Family Saga

    Unabridged

    4 hours 45 min

    The mid-1800s is a time of great change for James McGrother and his family. Friendship and loyalty draw the Irish fisherman into a world he would rather stay away from. Choices must be made that could bring the wrath of an old enemy upon James's head. How many fresh starts should a person have to make in their lifetime? Why is it that just when you think your boat has reached the shore, the tide ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    A Year of Broken Promises

    Narrated by Michael Healy ...
    Series series Irish Family Saga

    Unabridged

    5 hours 15 min

    A Year of Broken Promises continues the story of James and Mary McGrother, a young Irish fisherman and his wife, who were the main characters in A Pocket Full of Shells.Even with the famine years behind them, tragedy and hardship does not stop. Promises made in good faith are broken, along with the hearts of those making them. A solicitor, a constable, and a secretive organization all play a part ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus