Penguin Random House Audio Presents
read by Sierra Prasada
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Elizabeth L. Silver
Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.
Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on.
At 83, “the contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time left. What she has is a story, one she has wrested from the grip of history to tell herself—of how she rose to her historic position on the Supreme Court, and the barriers she broke along the way.
What Would You Give Up for Love?
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Newland Archer, that paragon of Gilded Age New York, seems bound for a life of privilege with an ideal companion, May Welland. Then a childhood friend, the free-thinking, passionate countess Ellen Olenska, returns from Europe.
In charged encounters between these three and a large cast of unforgettable characters, Edith Wharton elaborates on a timeless theme, the clash between the need to belong and the urge to leap beyond oneself.
Postscript: “If Edith’s love affair with Europe were a gun on the wall . . . “
Ground Yourself
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Land: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World introduces a radically new economic model that ensures a more fair and abundant reality for everyone.
It is a book for those who dream of a better world, for themselves and future generations.
With a new afterword by the author.
Let Us Transport You
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An American master sketches deft psychological portraits that revive a now vanished world of Americans in Europe.
In both stories, longtime American expatriates form memorable ties with passionate young travelers who fall prey to their own romantic fantasies.
Exclusive: hear about the ‘shining apparition’ who inspired the author!
About Us
We produce high-quality audiobooks to move and delight the 21st-century listener.
Sierra Prasada draws on deep experience with and passion for voice, stories, and recording to narrate a diverse slate of books, including literary fiction, classic American literature, and groundbreaking contemporary nonfiction.
A Juilliard-trained cellist and bilingual lover of books, Serafim Smigelskiy directs, records, and masters, in addition to composing music that sets the mood for each distinct work.
We are HiSierrafim Audio. Let’s work together!
Postcards from the Booth
Booth Basics
Why and how we do what we do.
Words with Friends
Our authors & collaborators.
On Recording
Be a dragonfly on our wall.
Setting the Mood
Notes from our resident composer.
Learn More
From the booth with love ♥
We Seek . . .
• to help build the world we want to live in, cultivating equity, conviviality and mutual respect, anchored by facts, with plenty of room for open debate;
• to listen to and amplify the voices of the least powerful and light bearers of all persuasions;
• to revive timely works of literature from the public domain that either challenge or cast into relief prejudices still exerting an outsized influence on our cultural heritage and contemporary lives;
• to treat all characters as worthy of attention and concern.
Penguin Random House Audio Presents
Hear a Sample
Read by Sierra Prasada
Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.
At 83, “the contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time left. What Sylvia Olin Bernstein has is a story, one she has wrested from the grip of history to tell herself—of how she rose to her historic position on the Supreme Court, and the barriers she broke along the way.
From Author Elizabeth L. Silver:
“Sierra Prasada performs Sylvia’s story with such grace, emotion and power. She completely becomes the part.“
What Would You Give Up for Love?
Hear a Sample
Newland Archer, that paragon of Gilded Age New York, seems bound for a life of privilege with an ideal companion, May Welland. Then a childhood friend, the free-thinking, passionate countess Ellen Olenska, returns from Europe.
Postscript: “If Edith’s love affair with Europe were a gun on the wall . . . “
Ground Yourself
Hear a Sample
Land: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World introduces a radically new economic model that ensures a more fair and abundant reality for everyone.
It is a book for those who dream of a better world, for themselves and future generations.
With a new afterword by the author.
From Author Martin Adams:
“I’m deeply, deeply moved by the extraordinary treatment this book received from you both.
Thanks to your voice, Sierra, I was actually better able to understand the material than from reading the book.”
Let Us Transport You
Hear a Sample
An American master sketches deft psychological portraits that revive a now vanished world of Americans in Europe.
In both stories, longtime American expatriates form memorable ties with passionate young travelers who fall prey to their own romantic fantasies.
Exclusive: hear about the ‘shining apparition’ who inspired the author!
About Us
We produce high-quality audiobooks to move and delight the 21st-century listener.
Sierra Prasada draws on deep experience with and passion for voice, stories, and recording to narrate a diverse slate of books, including literary fiction, classic American literature, and groundbreaking contemporary nonfiction.
A Juilliard-trained cellist and bilingual lover of books, Serafim Smigelskiy directs, records, and masters, in addition to composing music that sets the mood for each distinct work.
We are HiSierrafim Audio. Let’s work together!
Postcards from the Booth
Booth Basics
Why and how we do what we do.
Words with Friends
Our authors & collaborators.
On Recording
Be a dragonfly on our wall.
Setting the Mood
Notes from our resident composer.
Learn More
From the booth with love ♥
We Seek . . .
• to help build the world we want to live in,
cultivating equity, conviviality and mutual respect, anchored by facts, with plenty of room for open debate;
• to listen to and amplify the voices of the least powerful and light bearers of all persuasions;
• to revive timely works of literature from
the public domain that either challenge or cast into relief prejudices still exerting an outsized influence on our cultural heritage and contemporary lives;
• to treat all characters as worthy of attention and concern.