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Hard Case, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Mysteries & Thrillers
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Masculine
Performance Notes
From Hard Case, narrated and produced by Kevin Pierce

American Meltdown, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Fiction
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Engaging
Performance Notes
From the best-selling, American Meltdown, narrated and produced by Kevin Pierce

American Exit Strategy, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Fiction
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Range: low to mid range
Performance Notes
From the best-selling, American Exit Strategy, narrated and produced by Kevin Pierce

Spying in America, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : History
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Versatile
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this book for University Press Audiobooks

Spain, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : History
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Authoritative
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this history of Spain for University Press Audiobooks.

Second Time Around, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Science Fiction & Fantasy
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Storyteller
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this little piece of fantasy fiction.

Transformational Scenario Planning, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Business
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Range: low to mid range
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this for Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Revolution down on the Farm, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Nonfiction
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-Southern
Vocal Style : Range: low to mid range
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this for University Press Audiobooks.

Power and Love, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Nonfiction
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Articulate
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this book for Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Pause, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Self Development
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Warm
Performance Notes
I narrated and produced this book for Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

New American Millionaires, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Self Development
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Sophisticated
Performance Notes
Author writes that immigrants to USA have characteristics to help them succeed in business...

Military History of Iran, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : History
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Articulate
Performance Notes
History of the military development of Iran, written by a CIA analyst...

Defending the Filibuster, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : History
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Authoritative
Performance Notes
Authors defend the use of Filibuster in the U.S. Senate...

Enough is Enough, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Business
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Persuasive
Performance Notes
Authors make a case against a growing economy...

DISC management, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Business
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Announcer
Performance Notes
Authors review the DISC management traits...

Last Deployment, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Bios & Memoirs
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Storyteller
Performance Notes
Author tells of challenges of "don't ask, don't tell," as a gay soldier in Iraq...

Collaborative Intelligence, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Business
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Resonant
Performance Notes
Author writes of challenges in the intelligence community...

Beekeeping, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Science & Technology
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Soothing
Performance Notes
Author gives the nuts and bolts (and bees) of beekeeping...

Aliens in the Backyard, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Mysteries & Thrillers
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Authoritative
Performance Notes
Authors explore the field of UFO abductions...

E-learning, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Science & Technology
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Professorial
Performance Notes
Author writes of 26 things he wishes he had known about e-learning before he began...

Traction, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Self Development
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Upbeat
Performance Notes
Author's prescriptions for running a business...

Handbook for Servicemen..., read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Travel & Adventure
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Informed
Performance Notes
Handbook for servicemen on duty in the Middle East...

Reverse Heart Disease Now, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Health & Fitness
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Sophisticated
Performance Notes
Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra's prescription for healthy diet, lifestyle and nutritional supplements...

Only the Crazy..., read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Nonfiction
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Motivational speaker
Performance Notes
The author's secrets to business, life and financial success...

Next American Economy, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Business
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Professorial
Performance Notes
Journalistic book about people, companies and institutions readying for economic success...

Networking is Dead, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Fiction
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Engaging
Performance Notes
Business story written as fiction...

Immortal Diamond, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Religion & Spirituality
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Persuasive
Performance Notes
Book on Christian spirituality, written by Franciscan Richard Rohr...

Estate Planning..., read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Self Development
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Range: low to mid range
Performance Notes
Text describes the estate planning process for healthy, wealthy families...

E-Factor, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Business
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Straightforward
Performance Notes
The story of serial entrepreneurs and the social-media/business website they developed...

Disordered World, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Bios & Memoirs
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Articulate
Performance Notes
Translated book by a Lebanese-born author living in France, telling of the conflict between the Arab and western world...

Black Dahlia Avenger, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Mysteries & Thrillers
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Storyteller
Performance Notes
A true-crime story in which an LAPD detective discovers that his father was a serial murderer and involved in one of LA's most notorious crimes...

The Company of Mind, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Science Fiction & Fantasy
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Versatile
Performance Notes
This science-fiction classic's main character has multiple personality disorder and six "voices" in his head...

The Vitamin D Cure, read by Kevin Pierce

Category : Health & Fitness
Language : English
Gender : Male
Accent : American-General American
Vocal Style : Authoritative
Performance Notes
Author's plan for improving health with Vitamin D...

(From the ACX blog: http://blog.acx.com/2013/03/22/acx-success-story-kevin-pierce) I had a career path of radio and TV in the 70s, 80s and 90s and full-time voiceover work after that. Near the end of 2012, I read a blog post that mentioned ACX and I checked it out. Armed with confidence in my related narration and production experience and a copy of the ACX production guidelines, I accepted my first offer, completed the production and got rights-holder and ACX approval. I, Kevin Pierce, was officially an audiobook narrator and producer. For the next 100 days straight (weekends and holidays included), I was in my studio auditioning, reading and producing audiobooks, managing as many as 10 at a time. My Thanksgiving Day schedule was to put two 24-pound turkeys in the oven, read and produce two one-hour chapters, then serve dinner for 50. On Christmas Day, my kids, wife and I opened presents before I started opening audio files. I was the ideal designated driver on New Year's Eve, because I would be having a Happy New Year's morning in the audio booth. Best of all is what's in the amazing books I've read: the history of Spain and the military history of Iran, how to give a TED Talk and how to keep a beehive, why filibusters belong in the U.S. Senate and why the American economy might need to stop growing. I've channeled a fictional voodoo priest, UFO experiencers and a science fiction protagonist with multiple personality disorder (who had voices in his head, just like me!). I doubt I'll ever have the chance to test my knowledge against Ken Jennings on Jeopardy! but I will never run out of material at a cocktail party. I've had the pleasure of repeat business from publishers like Berrett-Koehler, University Press Audiobooks, Crossroad Press and Callisto Media, as well as a number of authors both self-published and those who have regained audio rights to their previously published works. All the recording was done my own state of the art, room-within-a-room studio, the audio from which, one delighted outside producer called “pristine.” More important, I've done enough business (and see enough ahead of me) to be able to move into audiobook narration and production full-time (which provides an answer for the wife and kids to the question, “What exactly does your husband/father do?”). So now, as an Audible-Approved Producer and narrator (a recognition I inquired about and received after I pressed “I'm Done” on number 50), I'm looking forward to the second 50 and the second hundred and the hours and hours of fascinating storytelling in the months and years ahead.
-- "The 8 Dimensions of Leadership: DiSC Strategies for Becoming a Better Leader (BK Business)" (UNABRIDGED) by Jeffery Sugerman, Mark Scullard, Emma Wilhelm (audible.com), -- "The Archetypal Imagination (Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology)" (UNABRIDGED) by James Hollis (audible.com), -- "The Last Deployment: How a Gay, Hammer-Swinging Twentysomething Survived a Year in Iraq" (UNABRIDGED) by Bronson Lemer (audible.com) -- "Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business" (UNABRIDGED) by Gino Wickman (audible.com) -- "The E-Factor: Entrepreneurship in the Social Media Age" (UNABRIDGED) by Adrie Reinders and Marion Freijsen (audible.com) -- "Only the Crazy and Fearless Win Big: The Surprising Secret to Success in Business and in Life" (Unabridged) by Arthur Wylie and Brian Nicol (audible.com) -- "Ice Palace" (Short Story) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (audible.com) -- "The Vitamin D Cure" (UNABRIDGED) by James Dowd MD (audible.com), -- "Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before it's too Late" (UNABRIDGED) by Stephen Sinatra MD (audible.com), -- "The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools & Strategies for Business Success" (UNABRIDGED) by Lon Safko (audible.com) -- "Small Packages" (Fiction) by Phil Pino (audible.com) -- "How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations" by Jeremey Donovan (audible.com) -- "A Concise Summary of Charles Duhigg's 'The Power of Habit'... in Thirty Minutes" by Garamond Press (audible.com) -- "The Bee Book for Beginners: An Apiculture Starter or How to Harvest Honey from Your Own Beehives (Backyard Farm Books) by Frank Randall (audible.com)
The fancy checkmark next to my name above means that I am an Audible-Approved Producer. Audible says it gives this acknowledgement to the best audiobook producers in the business. It represents Audible's seal of approval -- a thumbs-up from Audible.com to show that a narrator/producer is experienced and respected. And they say it can encourage Rights Holders in choosing narrators/producers for their projects (hint, hint). Audible-Approved Producers have usually narrated dozens of audiobooks that are available on Audible.com and have a verifiable record of achievement in the audiobook industry. http://blog.acx.com/2013/03/22/acx-success-story-kevin-pierce/