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The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Narrator: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 10, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. 'Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic, seductively detailed biography' OLIVIA LAING ‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Vivid, erudite and sympathetic … The Scapegoat shows that [Hughes-Hallett’s] eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever’ THE TIMES As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, right-hand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor. A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game, Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power. He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth-century royal and political life. With a novelist’s touch, Lucy Hughes-Hallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing, exquisite clothes, the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, gender-fluidity, same-sex desire and appallingly rudimentary medicine. Witch hunts coexisted with Francis Bacon’s empiricism and public opinion was becoming a political force. Falling from grace spectacularly, Buckingham came to represent everything that was wrong with the country. From kidnappings and murder plots to men weeping in Parliament over civil liberties, The Scapegoat navigates love, war-fever and pacifism in a society on the brink of cataclysmic change. In this immersive and authoritative account, Hughes-Hallett summons an era that still resonates today. - 'The Scapegoat brilliantly dramatises the complex and glittering Duke of Buckingham and the political and sexual intrigue of the court of James I. Hughes-Hallett combines the instincts and talents of a novelist with a historian's vivid sense of period and social change’ COLM TÓIBÍN ‘This is an absorbing, even thrilling journey through the dark and tangled networks of Stuart England … outstanding’ DIANE PURKISS ‘A flamboyant character, an epic rise and tragic fall, brought to life with intelligence, tenderness and profound scholarship’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI ‘Buckingham’s rise and fall is as old as Tiberius’ love for Sejanus and as contemporary as a celeb crash-and-burn. Hughes-Hallett is a matchless historian with an unfailing eye for the revealing detail’ SUE PRIDEAUX ‘A true Jacobean drama, except bloodier and sexier. Lucy Hughes-Hallett writes with gusto and insight’ PAUL THEROUX ‘Compulsively readable and elegantly written … [Lucy Hughes-Hallett] has brought Buckingham gloriously alive’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Crisp and vivid … The story is a tragic one, no less so for being told here with verve, erudition and empathy’ NEW STATESMAN ‘Richly multilayered … Hughes-Hallett proves herself alive to the nuances of gender and sexuality in the early seventeenth century…refreshingly light and contemporary, while at the same time suited to the seventeenth century’ TLS ‘A captivating study of the psychodrama of power’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement by Dara Baldwin

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement Author: Dara Baldwin Narrator: Ja'air Bush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of color For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability policy decisions are made. Disenfranchisement of people of color and multi-marginalized communities within the disability rights community is not new and has left many inside the community feeling frustrated and erased. In To Be a Problem, Baldwin candidly shares her journey to becoming a disability activist and policymaker in DC while critiquing the disability rights community. She reveals the reality of erasure for many Black people and people of color in the disability movement and argues that, in turn, many white disabled people center themselves within the work without addressing their own white privilege. Disability rights groups have been centering white, straight, cisgender people while racial justice groups often fail to center disabled people, leading many Black and Brown disabled people to start their own Disability Justice organizations. Drawing from her unique vantage point, Baldwin calls readers to understand the shortcomings of the disability rights movement while inspiring us to push all movements towards a more inclusive and authentic liberation.

Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waiting for the Monsoon Author: Rod Nordland Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer. For thirty years, Rod Nordland shadowed death. As one of his generation's preeminent war correspondents, he reported in over 150 countries, many of which were in violent upheaval, and was no stranger to witnessing tragedy. But in summer 2019, during the height of India’s erratic monsoon season, Nordland was suddenly faced with a tragedy of his own: he collapsed in the middle of a morning jog, was rushed to the hospital, and diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. After decades chasing conflicts across the globe, Nordland, now confined to a hospital bed, found the strength to face more personal conflicts. He reconnected with his estranged children and became closer with them than he ever thought possible. He repaired a friendship with a best friend that had been broken for twenty years. The arrogance and certitude that dominated his every action was replaced by a lucid sense of humility and generosity that persisted even after he left the hospital. Norland’s tragedy became, in his own words, “a gift that has enriched my life.” Waiting for the Monsoon is the exemplary story of confronting death with both eyes open, and of the human capacity to persevere even in the most difficult of times. With tremendous clarity, grace, and courage, Nordland has delivered a powerful final assignment, revealing how facing the unknown can transform experience and change our relationship to the world around us. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Up Home: One Girl's Journey by Ruth J. Simmons

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up Home: One Girl's Journey Author: Ruth J. Simmons Narrator: Ruth J. Simmons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Simmons’s evocative account of her remarkable trajectory from Jim Crow Texas, where she was the youngest of twelve children in a sharecropping family, to the presidencies of Smith College and Brown University shines with tenderness and dignity.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “A riveting work of literature, destined to take its place in the canon of great African American autobiographies.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Bloomberg, BET I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroad in North Houston County in East Texas. Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity, no books to read. Yet despite this—or, in her words, because of it—Simmons would become the first Black president of an Ivy League university. The former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M, Texas’s oldest HBCU, Simmons has inspired generations of students as she herself made history. In Up Home, Simmons takes us back to Grapeland to show how the people who love us when we are young shape who we become. We meet her caring, tireless mother who managed to feed her large family with an often empty pantry; her father, who refused to let racial and economic injustice crush his youngest daughter’s dreams; the doting brothers and sisters; and the attentive teachers who welcomed Ruth into the classroom, guiding her to a future she could hardly imagine as a child. From the farmland of East Texas to Houston’s Fifth Ward to New Orleans at the dawn of the civil rights movement, Simmons depicts an era long gone but whose legacies of inequality we still live with today. Written in clear and timeless prose, Up Home is both an origin story set in the segregated South and the uplifting chronicle of a girl whose intellect, grace, and curiosity guide her as she creates a place for herself in the world.

Princess Alexandra by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603444 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Princess Alexandra Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Born on Christmas Day, 1936, Princess Alexandra's birth was almost overshadowed by the abdication of her uncle, King Edward VIII. Yet public affection for this new addition to the Royal Family has only grown during a lifetime of dedicated royal service. In this biography, Helen Cathcart chronicles the first thirty years of Princess Alexandra's life, from the tragic death of her father when she was just five years old to her wartime childhood at Badminton living with her grandmother Queen Mary, through to schooldays at Heathfield, bridesmaid duties for her first cousin Queen Elizabeth II, and early career working as a nurse. Admired for her style and devotion to royal duty, we accompany Princess Alexandra as she overcomes her youthful self-consciousness to carry out a wide range of royal and official engagements, including her first solo overseas tour to Australia at the age of twenty-two in 1959. We also witness the burgeoning romance between the princess and Angus Ogilvy, and their resplendent wedding at Westminster Abbey in 1963. Princess Alexandra is an exceptionally detailed biography of a loving daughter, wife, and mother, as well as a popular member of the Royal Family.

The Duchess of Kent by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess of Kent Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 25, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this detailed biographical study of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Helen Cathcart tells an enchanting story of a Yorkshire soldier squire's daughter who grew up to become an admired and popular member of the Royal Family. In this intimate and illuminating account, Cathcart charts the first forty years of the Duchess's life, from her birth during a snowstorm at the family home, Hovingham Hall, and wartime childhood through to schooldays at Castle Howard and early career working in a children's home. We also learn of her first meeting with Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, and of the affectionate friendship that matured into a royal romance. In The Duchess of Kent we follow the Duchess from Hovingham Hall and Coppins to Hong Kong and Germany as an Army officer's wife. We discover the deep veins of community service in her family, and the author reveals the source of the Duchess of Kent's wide popularity.

The Queen in her Circle by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen in her Circle Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 20, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written in Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee year, here is the innermost story of Queen Elizabeth II amid her closest personal friends and working colleagues. Doyenne of royal writers, Helen Cathcart takes the listener on a unique journey from infancy up to the third decade of Her Majesty's reign, highlighting the Queen's influence upon her friends and Household, and their reciprocal influence upon the Sovereign. Along the way we meet the royal relatives, intimate acquaintances, and trusted officials who have supported and guided Her Majesty from early childhood through to heiress presumptive to the throne and ultimately as reigning monarch. With in-depth profiles of the men and women around the Queen, the author has achieved a book of compelling interest—a royal biography in terms of people and events but, above all, people.

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Finkelstein

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival Author: Daniel Finkelstein Narrator: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 8, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Epic, moving and important’ ROBERT HARRIS 'I'm not sure I've ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the horror and the sadness it's also a 'memoir of miraculous survival'. I can't recommend it enough' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'A modern classic’ OBSERVER ‘An unforgettable epic of a book’ DAILY MAIL From longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein, a powerful memoir exploring both his mother and his father’s devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War. Daniel’s mother Mirjam Wiener was the youngest of three daughters born in Germany to Alfred and Margarete Wiener. Alfred, a decorated hero from the Great War, is now widely acknowledged to have been the first person to recognise the existential danger Hitler posed to the Jews and began, in 1933, to catalogue in detail Nazi crimes. After moving his family to Amsterdam, he relocated his library to London and was preparing to bring over his wife and children when Germany invaded the Netherlands. Before long, the family was rounded up, robbed and sent to starve in Bergen-Belsen. Daniel’s father Ludwik was born in Lwów, the only child of a prosperous Jewish family. In 1939, after Hitler and Stalin carved up Poland, Ludwik’s father was arrested and sentenced to hard labour in the Gulag. Meanwhile, deported to Siberia and working as a slave labourer on a collective farm, Ludwik survived the freezing winters in a tiny house he built from cow dung. Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad is a deeply moving, personal and at times horrifying memoir about Finkelstein’s parents’ experiences at the hands of the two genocidal dictators of the twentieth century. It is a story of persecution; survival; and the consequences of totalitarianism told with the almost unimaginable bravery of two ordinary families shining through. ‘Danny Finkelstein has written an elegant, moving account of the history of one family, and in doing so shines light on the history of the 20th century. If you want to understand Hitler and Stalin, read this book about people whose lives were upended by both of them’ ANNE APPLEBAUM, author of Gulag: A History, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The Queen and the Turf by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 30 May 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen and the Turf Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 30, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Here is the first full story of the Queen's racing enthusiasms and the first authentic account of Her Majesty's personal experience as a racehorse owner and racegoer, told with the help of trainers, jockeys, and others. This exhilarating volume traces the early years of the Queen's racing story, from childhood horse-lover to ebullient racegoer and owner of one of the finest string of racehorses in the world. Helen Cathcart goes behind the scenes to present a vivid picture of royal racing success and failures, from the Queen's frail gift-horse to the spectacular triumphs of Aureole, Carrozza, Alexander, High Veldt, Almeria, Doutelle, Pall Mall, and many others. Winners of lustrous fame, they come thundering on in a cavalcade of high hopes and disappointments, superb victories, and bitter defeat. Here is a royal pageant of the Turf rich in some of the most colorful and interesting sporting stories from the younger Queen's reign.

King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig

Tue, 16 May 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King: The Life of Martin Luther King Author: Jonathan Eig Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 16, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *SELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023* Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. – and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. King reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became its only modern-day founding father – as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr. In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history’s greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.

Washington: A Legacy of Leadership by Paul Vickery

Tue, 09 May 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Washington: A Legacy of Leadership Series: Part of The Generals Author: Paul Vickery Narrator: Chad Escue Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: His name is carved in granite, his likeness cast in bronze, his legend as large as the role he played as America's first president. But before he was a commander-in-chief, George Washington was a general in a revolution that would decide the future of the people and land he called his own. If victorious, he would gain immortality. If defeated, he would find his neck in a hangman's noose. Washington knew the sting of defeat—at Brandywine, at Germantown—yet this unwavering leadership and his vision for a new and independent nation emboldened an army prepared to fight barefoot if necessary to win that independence. Wrote an officer after the Battle of Princeton: 'I saw him brave all the dangers of the field and his important life hanging as it were by a single hair with a thousand deaths flying around him.' Among America's pantheon of Founding Fathers, one man to this day stands out. Author Paul Vickery tracks the unlikely rise of Washington, a man whose stature in command of a young army became prelude to a presidency. As Vickery writes, 'He learned to become the father of our country by first being the father of our military.' Accompanying images are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life by Jennifer Lunden

Tue, 09 May 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life Author: Jennifer Lunden Narrator: Anna Caputo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 9, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author’s quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James—ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of life in America. When Jennifer Lunden became chronically ill after moving from Canada to Maine, her case was a medical mystery. Just 21, unable to hold a book or stand for a shower, she lost her job and consigned herself to her bed. The doctor she went to for help told her she was “just depressed.” After suffering from this enigmatic illness for five years, she discovered an unlikely source of hope and healing: a biography of Alice James, the bright, witty, and often bedridden sibling of brothers Henry James, the novelist, and William James, the father of psychology. Alice suffered from a life-shattering illness known as neurasthenia, now often dismissed as a “fashionable illness.” In this meticulously researched and illuminating debut, Lunden interweaves her own experience with Alice’s, exploring the history of medicine and the effects of the industrial revolution and late-stage capitalism to tell a riveting story of how we are a nation struggling—and failing—to be healthy. Although science—and the politics behind its funding—has in many ways let Lunden and millions like her down, in the end science offers a revelation that will change how readers think about the ecosystems of their bodies, their communities, the country, and the planet.

Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains by Walt Larimore, M.D.

Tue, 02 May 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains Author: Walt Larimore, M.D. Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Captivating stories of how a young doctor's first year of medical practice in the Smoky Mountains shaped his practice of life and faith. The little mountain hamlet of Bryson City, North Carolina, offers more than dazzling vistas. For Walt Larimore, a young 'flatlander' physician setting up his first practice, the town presents its peculiar challenges as well. With the winsomeness of a James Herriott book, Bryson City Tales sweeps you into a world of colorful characters, the texture of Smoky Mountain life, and the warmth, humor, quirks, and struggles of a small country town. It's a world where the family doctor is also the emergency physician, the coroner, and the obstetrician, and where wilderness medicine is part of the job, search-and-rescue calls in the national forest are a way of life, and the next patient just may be somebody's livestock or pet. Bryson City Tales is the tender and insightful chronicle of a young man's rite of passage from medical student to family physician. Laughter and adventure await you in these pages, and lessons learned from Bryson City's unforgettable residents. A map is included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

In Search of Perfumes: A Lifetime Journey to the Source of Nature’s Scents by Dominique Roques

Tue, 02 May 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Perfumes: A Lifetime Journey to the Source of Nature’s Scents Author: Dominique Roques Narrator: Jean Brassard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this intoxicating concoction of history, travelogue, and memoir, one of the perfume industry’s leading scouts of natural ingredients tells the story of the precious ingredients needed to make our favorite fragrances. Do you know how many flowers it takes to produce a kilo of rose oil? One million roses, each handpicked. When it comes to nature, Dominique Roques is a unique authority. He has spent the last thirty years working closely with local communities across the globe to establish a sustainable supply of natural ingredients crucial to perfume making. From resin cultivated by traditional methods in El Salvador to rose oil distilleries in India as old as the Taj Mahal, his network reveals an elusive trade built on the fault lines of tradition and modernity. With In Search of Perfumes, Roques tells the story of seventeen of the industry’s most precious ingredients–where they come from, their cultural and historic significance, and why we love them—from Indonesian patchouli to the ''Damask rose,” interweaving his own recollections and reflections on his life and work. From Andalusia to Somaliland, Roques takes us on an exclusive tour of a vast but delicate ecosystem wholly sustained by the artisans who are its caretakers. Isolated and rural, the tropical jungles of northern Laos remain to this day the only source of benzoin that centuries earlier wafted through the air of Louis XIV’s court. In Madagascar, where every transaction is made in cash, a caravan of porters carry pallets bearing $500,000 dollars to exchange for vanilla beans. The Venezuelan tonka bean, as fickle as the weather, may refuse to flower for years but is so esteemed by perfumers that patience becomes its truest virtue. Everywhere Roques takes us, his infectious curiosity and amiability illuminate an immersive world of the uncharted. Entertaining and eye-opening, decorated with beautiful black-and-white illustrations , In Search of Perfumes is an irresistible exploration of the smells that fuel our nostalgia and suffuse our fantasies. Translated from the French by Stephanie Smee Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science by Kate Zernike

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science Author: Kate Zernike Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘Outstanding’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry The remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. This is a triumphant account of progress, whilst reminding us that further action is needed. These women scientists entered the work force in the 1960s during a push for affirmative action. Embarking on their careers they thought that discrimination against women was a thing of the past and that science was a pure meritocracy. Women were marginalized and minimized, especially as they grew older, their contributions stolen and erased. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story in 1999 for The Boston Globe, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made the astonishing admission that it discriminated against women on its faculty, The Exceptions is an intimate narrative which centres on Nancy Hopkins – a surprisingly reluctant feminist who became a hero to two generations of women in science. In uncovering an erased history, we are finally introduced to the hidden scientists who paved the way for collective change.

The Queen and the Arts by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen and the Arts Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II acquired a cultivated appreciation of the arts from an early age, with the study of a picture a week in her schooldays, and in maturity has consistently proven herself a dutiful, conscientious, and enthusiastic patron of the arts. In this impressive volume, Helen Cathcart guides the listener through the public galleries, state apartments, and private rooms of royal abodes, pointing out the historic furniture and bespoke ceramics, the royal portraits, and of course the Old Masters that adorn the tapestried walls. Here is the pencil sketch by Michelangelo, the watercolor by Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise, the first edition Lewis Carroll in the Royal Library, and the Faberge easter eggs, among many other treasures. The Queen and the Arts not only highlights Her Majesty's abiding interest in the arts in all its forms but also her expert knowledge and care of the royal collection and her wish for it to be seen and enjoyed by as many as possible.

Little Earthquakes: A Memoir by Sarah Mandel

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Earthquakes: A Memoir Author: Sarah Mandel Narrator: Jean Ann Douglass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Sarah Mandel has done something remarkable here. I found myself weeping, laughing with delight and moved with love—all in the span of the day it took me to devour this book. Filled with deliciously specific images and metaphors, clear dialogue, and rich explorations of self and others, Mandel has written—among other things—a tender witness statement of and for her body.”—Hala Alyan, author of Salt Houses A psychologist, wife, and mother chronicles her extraordinary journey with cancer while pregnant with her second baby, and the insights into life, death, trauma, and healing that she gleaned—an utterly inspiring debut memoir reminiscent of the intimacy and emotional power of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and Kate Bowler’s No Cure for Being Human. When clinical psychologist Sarah Mandel was pregnant with her second child, she began preparing for her maternity leave, juggling the demands of her soon-to-be-new baby with the needs of her patients. Noticing a lump in her breast, she assumed it was most likely a clogged milk duct. But a biopsy revealed it was not. When she went into labor, she learned that she had Stage Four cancer—devastating news that forced her to confront terminal illness as she was bringing new life into the world. But Sarah's illness took a highly improbable turn when, after three months of treatment, her second PET scan showed no evidence of disease. Sarah, however, was unable to celebrate the good news; she was frozen in a dissociated state caused by the emotional whiplash of going from oncology patient to new mother, from a terminal sentence to a shocking reprieve. As a therapist who specialized in trauma work, Sarah had utilized “narrative therapy” to help her patients. Now she wondered: Could the treatment that eased her patients’ pain successfully help her navigate her own trauma? Little Earthquakes is a beautiful and thought-provoking debut from a brave and unwavering new voice that captures the mind, sears the soul, and leaves its indelible mark on the heart.

The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan by Mitchell Zuckoff

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The incredible true story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan—and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a daring escape—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 13 Hours “Reads like a thriller . . . The Secret Gate is a fast-paced escape narrative, but it is also a morally complex interrogation.”—The Washington Post (Best Books of the Year) When the U.S. began its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Afghan Army instantly collapsed, Homeira Qaderi was marked for death at the hands of the Taliban. A celebrated author, academic, and champion for women's liberation, Homeira had achieved celebrity in her home country by winning custody of her son in a contentious divorce, a rarity in Afghanistan's patriarchal society. As evacuation planes departed above, Homeira was caught in the turmoil at the Kabul Airport, trying and failing to secure escape for her and her eight-year-old son, Siawash, along with her parents and the rest of their family. Meanwhile, a young American diplomat named Sam Aronson was enjoying a brief vacation between assignments when chaos descended upon Afghanistan. Sam immediately volunteered to join the skeleton team of remaining officials at Kabul Airport, frantically racing to help rescue the more than 100,000 stranded Americans and their Afghan helpers. When Sam learned that the CIA had established a secret entrance into the airport two miles away from the desperate crowds crushing toward the gates, he started bringing families directly through, personally rescuing as many as fifty-two people in a single day. On the last day of the evacuation, Sam was contacted by Homeira's literary agent, who persuaded him to help her escape. He needed to risk his life to get them through the gate in the final hours before it closed forever. He borrowed night-vision goggles and enlisted a Dari-speaking colleague and two heavily armed security contract “shooters.” He contacted Homeira with a burner phone, and they used a flashlight code signal borrowed from boyhood summer camp. For her part, Homeira broke Sam’s rules and withstood his profanities. Together they braved gunfire by Afghan Army soldiers anxious about the restive crowds outside the airport. Ultimately, to enter the airport, Homeira and Siawash would have to leave behind their family and everything they had ever known. The Secret Gate tells the thrilling, emotional tale of a young man's courage and a mother and son’s skin-of-the-teeth escape from a homeland that is no longer their own.

After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller by Max Wallace

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller Author: Max Wallace Narrator: Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller’s journey after the miracle at the water pump, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed, lifelong fight for social justice across gender, class, race, and ability. Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to the NAACP. She used her fame to oppose American intervention in WWI. She spoke out against Hitler the month he took power in 1933 and embraced the anti-fascist cause during the Spanish Civil War. She was one of the first public figures to alert the world to the evils of Apartheid, raising money to defend Nelson Mandela when he faced the death penalty for High Treason, and she lambasted Joseph McCarthy at the height of the Cold War, even as her contemporaries shied away from his notorious witch hunt. But who was this revolutionary figure? She was Helen Keller. From books to movies to Barbie dolls, most mainstream portrayals of Keller focus heavily on her struggles as a deafblind child—portraying her Teacher, Annie Sullivan, as a miracle worker. This narrative—which has often made Keller a secondary character in her own story—has resulted in few people knowing that her greatest accomplishment was not learning to speak, but what she did with her voice when she found it. After the Miracle is a much-needed corrective to this antiquated narrative. In this first major biography of Keller in decades, Max Wallace reveals that the lionization of Sullivan at the expense of her famous pupil was no accident, and calls attention to Keller’s efforts as a card-carrying socialist, fierce anti-racist, and progressive disability advocate. Despite being raised in an era when eugenics and discrimination were commonplace, Keller consistently challenged the media for its ableist coverage and was one of the first activists to highlight the links between disability and capitalism, even as she struggled against the expectations and prejudices of those closest to her. Peeling back the curtain that obscured Keller’s political crusades in favor of her “inspirational” childhood, After the Miracle chronicles the complete legacy of one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary figures.

Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History by Rozella Kennedy

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Brave Foremothers: Celebrating 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous Women Who Changed the Course of History Author: Rozella Kennedy Narrator: Deanna Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Inspired by her own foremothers’ legacies and the friendships formed throughout her life, Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the stories of 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women—both famous and little-known—who changed the course of US history. In the beautiful pages of Our Brave Foremothers, discover an intergenerational, intercultural bouquet of Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women lifted into the significance that they deserve. • From Etel Adnan to Mary Jones, Thelma Garcia Buchholdt to Pura Belpré to Zitkála-Šá, here are 100 women of color who left a lasting mark on United States history. Including both famous and little-known names, the thoughtful profiles and detailed portraits of these women herald their achievements and passions. • Following each entry is a prompt that asks you to connect your life to theirs, an inspiring way to understand their influence and the power of their stories. To consider on a deeper level the devotedness of Clara Brown, the fearlessness of Jovita Idár, the guts of Grace Lee Boggs, or the selflessness of Martha Louise Morrow Foxx. And to be as brave as we each can be—and then beyond that.

Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust by Meryl Frank

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust Author: Meryl Frank Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A thrilling mystery woven into a beautifully constructed family memoir: Meryl Frank’s journey to seek the truth about a beloved and revolutionary cousin, a celebrated actress in Vilna before World War II, and to answer the question of how the next generation should honor the memory of the Holocaust. As a child, Meryl Frank was the chosen inheritor of family remembrance. Her aunt Mollie, a formidable and cultured woman, insisted that Meryl never forget who they were, where they came from, and the hate that nearly destroyed them. Over long afternoons, Mollie told her about the city, the theater, and, above all else, Meryl’s cousin, the radiant Franya Winter. Franya was the leading light of Vilna’s Yiddish theater, a remarkable and precocious woman who cast off the restrictions of her Hasidic family and community to play roles as prostitutes and bellhops, lovers and nuns. Yet there was one thing her aunt Mollie would never tell Meryl: how Franya died. Before Mollie passed away, she gave Meryl a Yiddish book containing the terrible answer, but forbade her to read it. And for years, Meryl obeyed. Unearthed is the story of Meryl’s search for Franya and a timely history of hatred and resistance. Through archives across four continents, by way of chance encounters and miraculous discoveries, and eventually, guided by the shocking truth recorded in the pages of the forbidden book, Meryl conjures the rogue spirit of her cousin—her beauty and her tragedy. Meryl’s search reveals a lost world destroyed by hatred, illuminating the cultural haven of Vilna and its resistance during World War II. As she seeks to find her lost family legacy, Meryl looks for answers to the questions that have defined her life: what is our duty to the past? How do we honor such memories while keeping them from consuming us? And what do we teach our children about tragedy?

The Courage of Compassion: A Journey from Judgment to Connection by Robin Steinberg

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Courage of Compassion: A Journey from Judgment to Connection Author: Robin Steinberg Narrator: Robin Steinberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 11, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Powerfully insightful reading.' —Kirkus Reviews How would you like to be judged for the rest of your life by the worst thing you’ve ever done? We all think we are compassionate just like we all think we are honest. But true compassion is not innate. Compassion for others, especially those that we don’t know or understand, must be learned. Our lack of compassion is perhaps most extreme in the exercise of criminal justice, where a person’s entire life, worth, and character are judged through the myopic lens of a single act. But no one, says Robin Steinberg, should be reduced to their worst moment. From the founder and CEO of The Bail Project, The Courage of Compassion unveils how we can reimagine justice through compassion. Steinberg shares her journey as a public defender, representing people at precisely that time in their lives — their own worst moment. She recounts the heart-wrenching stories of her clients and invites us to interrogate our fears and beliefs about justice and punishment. Lastly, Steinberg reveals moments when she questioned her own capacity for compassion, as well as her ability to fight for better, more humane justice from within a system that is riddled with holes and seemingly interminable problems. A gritty tale about confronting injustice and challenging ourselves to rediscover our shared humanity, The Courage of Compassion is an invitation to join Steinberg as she explores what it will take to move beyond our current justice paradigm. The criminal justice system reflects a history and power structure, but it also mirrors how we come into society and show up for one another. As she writes, the quest to improve this system will only truly begin “when we can finally see in the faces of those ensnared and imprisoned in our legal system, ourselves. And when we can see our children, in their children.”

Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations by Hannah Summerhill, Yseult P. Mukantabana

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615108 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations Author: Hannah Summerhill, Yseult P. Mukantabana Narrator: Hannah Summerhill, Yseult P. Mukantabana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Real Friends Talk About Race is an essential guide for those who want to have stronger interracial relationships—whether it’s with friends, colleagues, or loved ones. Having conversations about race is uncomfortable. But for progress between individuals (and our communities) to happen, we need to be able to speak openly and honestly. Podcast hosts of The Kinswomen Yseult and Hannah use their own friendship and experiences from different racial backgrounds to offer guidance on navigating these layered conversations. In Real Friends Talk About Race, the duo share their two perspectives on the ways in which culture, history, and white supremacy have prevented us from having the skills to build trust and healthy relationships across race. Yseult and Hannah approach these topics with love and candor—calling readers in (not out) to confront hard realities and their own internalized biases, while also sharing prescriptive advice, encouragement, and a sense of community. Real Friends Talk About Race is a must-read for anyone looking to listen, learn, and feel empowered to have meaningful conversations about race.

Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation by Nancy Schoenberger

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams's Greatest Creation Author: Nancy Schoenberger Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A penetrating consideration of Tennessee Williams’s most enduring character—Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire—written by the co-author of The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters and Furious Love. Ever since Jessica Tandy glided onto the stage in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1947, Blanche DuBois has fascinated generations of audiences worldwide and secured a place in the history of literature, theater, and film. One of Williams’s greatest creations, Blanche has bedazzled, amused, and broken the hearts of generations of audiences. Before the Covid pandemic, the stage classic was performed somewhere in the world every hour. It has been adapted into a ballet and an opera, and it was satirized in an episode of The Simpsons. The final twelve words Blanche utters at the play’s end—“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”—have taken on a life of their own. Endlessly fascinating, this indelible figment of one of America’s greatest midcentury playwrights garners nearly universal interest—but why? In Blanche, Nancy Schoenberger searches for the answer. An exploration of the cultural impact of Blanche DuBois, Schoenberger’s absorbing study examines Tennessee Williams's most enduring creation through the performances of seven brilliant actresses who have taken on the role—Jessica Tandy, Vivien Leigh, Ann-Margret, Jessica Lange, Patricia Clarkson, Cate Blanchett, and Jemier Jenkins—as well as the influence of the playwright's tragic sister, Rose Williams, the person he was most haunted and inspired by. In examining various Blanches from throughout the decades and their critical reception, Schoenberger analyzes how our perception and understanding of this mesmerizing figure has altered and deepened over time. Exploring themes of womanhood, sexuality, mental illness, and the idealized South, Blanche is an engrossing cultural history of a rich and complex character that sheds light on who we are.

If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First by Simon Talbot, Wendy Dean

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard for Clinicians to Put Patients First Author: Simon Talbot, Wendy Dean Narrator: Wendy Dean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An incredibly important and captivating book for patients, families, and clinicians detailing how we’re all hurt by corporate medicine “Wendy Dean diagnoses the dangerous state of our healthcare system, illustrating the thumbscrews applied to medical professionals by their corporate overlords… Required reading for all stakeholders in healthcare.” — Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error Offering examples of how to make medicine better for the healers and those they serve, If I Betray These Words profiles clinicians across the country who are tough, resourceful, and resilient, but feel trapped between the patient-first values of their Hippocratic oath and the business imperatives of a broken healthcare system. Doctors face real risks when they stand up for their patients and their oath; they may lose their license, their livelihood, and for some, even their lives. There’s a growing sense, referred to as moral injury, that doctors have their hands tied – they know what patients need but can’t get it for them because of constraints imposed by healthcare systems run like big businesses. Workforce distress in healthcare—moral injury—was a crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic, but COVID highlighted the vulnerabilities in our healthcare systems and made it impossible to ignore the distress, with 1 in 5 American healthcare workers leaving the profession since 2020, and up to 47% of U.S. healthcare workers now planning to leave their positions by 2025. If I Betray These Words confronts the threat and broken promises of moral injury – what it is; where it comes from; how it manifests; and who’s fighting back against it. We need better healthcare—for patients and for the workforce. It’s time to act.

George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and Prince Charles “An intimate and gripping portrait of a royal marriage that survived betrayal, tragedy, and war.”—Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents’ letters and diaries and to the papers of their close friends and family, Sally Bedell Smith brings the love story of this iconic royal couple to vibrant life. This deeply researched and revealing book shows how a loving and devoted marriage helped the King and Queen meet the challenges of World War II, lead a nation, solidify the public’s faith in the monarchy, and raise their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. When King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936, shattering the Crown’s reputation, his younger brother, known as Bertie, assumed his father’s name and became King George VI. Shy, sensitive, and afflicted with a stutter, George VI had never imagined that he would become King. His wife, Elizabeth, a pretty, confident, and outgoing woman who became known later in life as “the Queen Mum,” strengthened and advised her husband. With his wife’s support, guidance, and love, George VI was able to overcome his insecurities and become an exceptional leader, navigating the country through World War II, establishing a relationship with Winston Churchill, visiting Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Washington and in Hyde Park, and inspiring the British people with his courage and compassion during the Blitz. Simultaneously, George VI and Elizabeth trained their daughter Princess Elizabeth from an early age to be a highly successful monarch, and she would reign for an unprecedented seventy years. Sally Bedell Smith gives us an inside view of the lives, struggles, hopes, and triumphs of King George VI and Elizabeth during a pivotal time in history.

Beautiful Trauma: An Explosion, an Obsession, and a New Lease on Life by Rebecca Fogg

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Trauma: An Explosion, an Obsession, and a New Lease on Life Author: Rebecca Fogg Narrator: Rebecca Fogg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 4, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A compelling account of surviving a freak accident, and a fascinating exploration of the science of trauma and recovery. Late one night, while Rebecca Fogg was alone in her apartment, her hand was partially amputated in an explosion. Quick thinking saved her life, but the journey to recovery would be a slow one. As the doctors rebuilt her hand, Rebecca (who also survived 9/11) began rebuilding her sense of self by studying the physical and psychological process of recovery. Interspersing the personal with the medical, Rebecca charts her year of rehabilitation, touching on the marvelously adaptable anatomy of the hand; how the brain’s fight-or-flight mechanism enables us to react instantly to danger; and why trauma causes some people to develop PTSD and gives others a whole new lease on life. Told with emotional and intellectual clarity, Beautiful Trauma is a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the wonder of the human hand.

Humanly Possible: The great humanist experiment in living by Sarah Bakewell

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Humanly Possible: The great humanist experiment in living Author: Sarah Bakewell Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café brings us a celebration of 700 years of human endeavour and achievement, in which dozens of philosophers, scientists, classicists, architects, educationalists and others explore the art of being human Humanly Possible is a wide-ranging, personal, thought-provoking and entertaining journey through the battle of ideas over some 700 years of history - mostly, but not exclusively, in Europe. Through a mixture of biography and philosophy, Bakewell seeks to understand what humanism is, why it has continued to flourish despite opposition from fanatics, mystics, tyrants and cultural pessimists of all kinds, and exactly why we should value and defend it in the 21st century. © Sarah Bakewell 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Royal Lodge, Windsor by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Royal Lodge, Windsor Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 28, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Royal Lodge is one of a scattered group of dwellings, mansions, forts, and follies in the southern recesses and environs of Windsor Great Park which have served royal pleasures and private needs ever since the carefree days of Charles II. It has been the home of artists and courtiers and farmers and foresters, the picnic pavilion of queens and the private abode of two kings. Nestled amongst groves of ancient woodland and landscaped gardens, it is where the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) made their home in 1932 and where their two young daughters-Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret-played happily in the Little House, Y Bwthyn Bach, in the garden. Meticulously researched, royal chronicler Helen Cathcart paints a vivid picture of the evolving architecture, changing decor, and esteemed inhabitants of Royal Lodge from earliest days through to the mid-twentieth century. Royal Lodge, Windsor is a superb narrative history of life at Royal Lodge through the centuries.

Dragged Up Proppa: Growing up in Britain’s forgotten North by Pip Fallow

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dragged Up Proppa: Growing up in Britain’s forgotten North Author: Pip Fallow Narrator: Pip Fallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 23, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dragged Up Proppa, read by the author, is the story of growing up working class in a forgotten England. 'Very compelling, beautifully written memoir of a time and England that no longer exists but remains just as important today as ever' - Sebastian Payne, author of Broken Heartlands Pip Fallow was born in the coal-miner’s cottage where his family of eight lived, in a village near Durham. Pip was destined to join his father down the pit, but the closure of his village’s mine in the 1980s saw him at the back of the dole queue like the rest. This is Pip’s story of being ‘dragged up proppa’, living by his wits, working and travelling the world before finally settling a few miles from where he grew up. A lot has been written about the red wall in recent years but Pip Fallow has lived it. This is his account of some of the most important issues affecting Britain today; from levelling-up and the north-south divide, to social mobility and class, and the devastating social upheaval caused by decades of deindustrialization and government neglect. Showing how broken promises of the past impact his village and the politics of today. This is the memoir of a man who left school illiterate, but has now written a book. The story of a lost generation who were prepared for a life that had disappeared by the time they were ready for it, of communities with once strong social ties that have now disintegrated, and a way of living that simply no longer exists in Britain today. 'Fallow's memoir is not just a classic piece of working-class writing, but a truly gripping narrative' - Brian Groom, author of Northerners: A History

The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening by Ari Shapiro

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening Author: Ari Shapiro Narrator: Ari Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The Best Strangers in the World is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro’s love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection against the odds.”—Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism. In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad. As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human. The Best Strangers in the World is a testament to one journalist’s passion for Considering All Things—and sharing what he finds with the rest of us.

Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing by Brad Wetzler

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing Author: Brad Wetzler Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 21, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This powerful memoir shares an adventure journalist’s story of a decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and heal from past traumas. Suffering from PTSD and severe depression from past trauma, battling an addiction to overprescribed psychiatric medication, and at the rock bottom of his career, journalist Brad Wetzler had nowhere to go. So he set out on a journey to wander and hopefully find himself—and the world—again. Into the Soul of the World is Wetzler’s thrilling, impactful, and heartrending memoir of healing—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. An adventure journalist at heart, Wetzler mixes travelogue with empowering insights about his inner journey to better care for his own mental health. Journey with him as he travels across Israel and the West Bank, before moving on to India, a candle-lit cave on a mountaintop in the Himalayan foothills, and a life-changing encounter with a 100-year-old yogi. Wetzler's writing is full of the poignant, amusing, and occasionally heart‑breaking situations that unfold when we finally decide to confront depression (or any mental health struggle) and declare ourselves ready to heal: How do we heal our past and thrive again? What does it mean to live a good life? How can we transform our suffering and serve others? His answer: live to tell the story and find the humility and courage to be the best human you can be.

The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality by Karen Fine

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality Author: Karen Fine Narrator: Karen Fine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Calling all animal lovers! A heartwarming memoir about one woman's career as a vet and the unique role pets play in our lives • “Filled with compassion and wisdom, Karen Fine is a healer whose own wounds have deepened her gifts for bringing animals and their people comfort and peace.” —Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus and How to Be a Good Creature A tribute to our furry, feathery, scaley, and wet family members, All Creatures Great and Small meets Being Mortal in this compelling memoir of one woman's dream to become a veterinarian. Karen Fine always knew that she wanted to be a vet and wasn't going to let anything stop her: not her allergy to cats, and not the fact that in the '80s veterinary medicine was still a mostly male profession. Inspired by her grandfather, a compassionate doctor who paid house calls to all his (human) patients, Dr. Fine persevered, and brought her Oupa's principles into her own practice, which emphasizes the need to understand her patients’ stories to provide the best possible care. And in The Other Family Doctor, Dr. Fine shares all these touching, joyful, heartbreaking, and life-affirming tales that make up her career as a vet. There's: • The feral cat who becomes a creature out of a fable when he puts his trust in a young vet to heal his injured paw • The pot-bellied pig who grows too big to fit in the car but remains a cherished part of her family • The surprising colony of perfectly behaved ferrets • The beloved aging pet who gives her people the gift of accompanying them on one final family vacation • The dog who saves his owner's life in a most unexpected way Woven into Dr. Fine's story are, of course, also the stories of her own pets: the birds, cats, and dogs who have taught her the most valuable lessons—how caring for the animals in our lives can teach us to better care for ourselves, especially when life seems precarious. *Includes a downloadable PDF of additional resources and guides from the book

The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by Ricardo Nuila

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine Author: Ricardo Nuila Narrator: Ricardo Nuila Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Nuila’s storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande.” —Los Angeles Times This “compelling mixture of health care policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine” (The Guardian) explores the question: where does an uninsured person go when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? Here, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital that prioritizes people over profit. First, we meet Stephen, the restaurant franchise manager who signed up for his company’s lowest priced plan, only to find himself facing insurmountable costs after a cancer diagnosis. Then Christian—a young college student and retail worker who can’t seem to get an accurate diagnosis, let alone treatment, for his debilitating knee pain. Geronimo, thirty-six years old, has liver failure, but his meager disability check disqualifies him for Medicaid—and puts a life-saving transplant just out of reach. Roxana, who’s lived in the community without a visa for more than two decades, suffers from complications related to her cancer treatment. And finally, there’s Ebonie, a young mother whose high-risk pregnancy endangers her life. Whether due to immigration status, income, or the vagaries of state Medicaid law, all five are denied access to care. For all five, this exclusion could prove life-threatening. Each patient eventually lands at Ben Taub, the county hospital where Dr. Nuila has worked for over a decade. Nuila delves with empathy into the experiences of his patients, braiding their dramas into a singular narrative that contradicts the established idea that the only way to receive good health care is with good insurance. As readers follow the moving twists and turns in each patient’s story, it’s impossible to deny that our system is broken—and that Ben Taub’s innovative model, where patient care is more important than insurance payments, could help light the path forward.

A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Author: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Narrator: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • An award-winning journalist’s powerful portrait of his native Baghdad, the people of Iraq, and twenty years of war. “An essential insider account of the unravelling of Iraq…Driven by his intimate knowledge and deep personal stakes, Abdul-Ahad…offers an overdue reckoning with a broken history.”—Declan Walsh, author of The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State “A vital archive of a time and place in history…Impossible to put down.”—Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise The history of reportage has often depended on outsiders—Ryszard Kapuściński witnessing the fall of the shah in Iran, Frances FitzGerald observing the aftermath of the American war in Vietnam. What would happen if a native son was so estranged from his city by war that he could, in essence, view it as an outsider? What kind of portrait of a war-wracked place and people might he present? A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s vivid, shattering response. This is not a book about Iraq’s history or an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have consumed the nation over the past several decades. This is the tale of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniacal leader who shaped the state in his own image; a people who watched a foreign army invade, topple that leader, demolish the state, and then invent a new country; who experienced the horror of having their home fragmented into a hundred different cities. When the “Shock and Awe” campaign began in March 2003, Abdul-Ahad was an architect. Within months he would become a translator, then a fixer, then a reporter for The Guardian and elsewhere, chronicling the unbuilding of his centuries-old cosmopolitan city. Beginning at that moment and spanning twenty years, Abdul-Ahad’s book decenters the West and in its place focuses on everyday people, soldiers, mercenaries, citizens blown sideways through life by the war, and the proliferation of sectarian battles that continue to this day. Here is their Iraq, seen from the inside: the human cost of violence, the shifting allegiances, the generational change. A Stranger in Your Own City is a rare work of beauty and tragedy whose power and relevance lie in its attempt to return the land to the people to whom it belongs.

Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson Author: Rebecca Boggs Roberts Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women’s suffrage and power While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became the nation’s first acting president. In fact, she was born in 1872, and her name was Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. She climbed her way out of Appalachian poverty and into the highest echelons of American power and in 1919 effectively acted as the first woman president of the U.S. (before women could even vote nationwide) when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, was incapacitated. Beautiful, brilliant, charismatic, catty, and calculating, she was a complicated figure whose personal quest for influence reshaped the position of First Lady into one of political prominence forever. And still nobody truly understands who she was. For the first time, we have a biography that takes an unflinching look at the woman whose ascent mirrors that of many powerful American women before and since, one full of the compromises and complicities women have undertaken throughout time in order to find security for themselves and make their mark on history. She was a shape-shifter who was obsessed with crafting her own reputation, at once deeply invested in exercising her own power while also opposing women’s suffrage. With narrative verve and fresh eyes, Untold Power is a richly overdue examination of one of American history’s most influential, complicated women as well as the surprising and often absurd realities of American politics.

Saint Francis by Robert West

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Francis Series: Part of Christian Encounters Series Author: Robert West Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this Christian Encounter Series biography, author Robert West explores the life of Saint Francis, a man who lived entirely devoted to God. Francis of Assisi has inspired the church for centuries. Francis took the gospel literally, following all that Jesus said and did without limit, and his devotion led to a life filled with miracles and wonders. Born to a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, Italy, Francis didn’t seem destined for the life of prayer and poverty that he chose. Bankrolled by his father, and with natural good looks and personality, Francis indulged in worldly pleasure. He had a ready wit, sang merrily, and delighted in fine clothes and showy display. Serious illness brought the young Francis to see the emptiness of his frolicking ways and led him to a life of prayer and unbridled devotion to Scripture. He gave over all his possessions to the poor and embraced a life of simplicity and poverty, transforming him from a self-centered youth to a man living for God and a model of complete obedience. Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience.

Letters to a Writer of Color by Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to a Writer of Color Author: Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo Narrator: Taymour Soomro, Deepa Anappara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work “Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call all at once.”—Laila Lalami, author of Conditional Citizens Filled with empathy and wisdom, instruction and inspiration, this book encourages us to reevaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped our assumptions about how fiction should be written, and also challenges us to apply its lessons to both what we read and how we read. Featuring: • Taymour Soomro on resisting rigid stories about who you are • Madeleine Thien on how writing builds the room in which it can exist • Amitava Kumar on why authenticity isn’t a license we carry in our wallets • Tahmima Anam on giving herself permission to be funny • Ingrid Rojas Contreras on the bodily challenge of writing about trauma • Zeyn Joukhadar on queering English and the power of refusing to translate ourselves • Myriam Gurba on the empowering circle of Latina writers she works within • Kiese Laymon on hearing that no one wants to read the story that you want to write • Mohammed Hanif on the censorship he experienced at the hands of political authorities • Deepa Anappara on writing even through conditions that impede the creation of art • Plus essays from Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo, Jamil Jan Kochai, Vida Cruz-Borja, Femi Kayode, Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Leila Aboulela, and Sharlene Teo The start of a more inclusive conversation about storytelling, Letters to a Writer of Color will be a touchstone for aspiring and working writers and for curious readers everywhere.

One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives by Matt Morgan

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives Author: Matt Morgan Narrator: Matt Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly past the window. They must inhale objects all the time when flying, how do they survive? he thought to himself. This began an investigation that spanned continents, species and millennia. For animal science has so much to teach us about human medicine. While some of the overlaps and parallels are obvious – we know how much DNA we share with primates, the first pig heart has been transplanted into a human – there is so much more that we have learnt from the animal world. For example, studying kangaroos, in particular the female’s three vaginas, has improved in-vitro fertilisation success rates. Watching how a giraffe breathes can help save the life of someone struggling with asthma. Investigating why birds that live in the frozen Arctic circle don’t freeze to death led to advances with treating hypothermia. Getting a ECG on the 150kg heart of a humpback whale was instrumental to keeping patients with cardiac failure living longer. We owe animals so much, it’s time to focus on examining how they live and what we still have to learn from them. Better shared understanding of how our species coexists with millions of others can lead to untold medical advances, help both humans and animals and improve the world for all creatures from single-celled bacteria to a 30,000 kg whale. Who knows, maybe a kiss from a frog will save your life?

The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression by Luiz Schwarcz

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression Author: Luiz Schwarcz Narrator: Theodore Copeland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one.” —The New Yorker A literary sensation in Brazil, Luiz Schwarcz’s brave and tender memoir interrogates his ordeal of bipolar disorder in the context of a family story of murder, dispossession, and silence—the long echo of the Holocaust across generations As a child, Luiz Schwarcz knew little about his grandfather and namesake, Lajos. Only later did he learn that Lajos, a devout Hungarian Jew, had been put on a train to a Nazi death camp with his son André, whom he ordered to leap to freedom at a rail crossing while he himself was carried on to death. What young Luiz did know was that his father, André, who had emigrated to Brazil, was an unhappy and silent man. Luiz blossomed into the family prodigy, becoming a groundbreaking literary publisher. He found a home in the family silence—a home that he filled with reading. But then, at a high point of outward success, Luiz was brought low by a mental breakdown. The Absent Moon is the story of his journey both to that point and back from it, as Luiz learned to forge a more honest relationship with his own mind, with his family, and with their shared past. The culmination is this extraordinary book—the product of a lifetime’s reflection, by a master storyteller.

Sandringham: The Story of a Royal Home by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sandringham: The Story of a Royal Home Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sandringham, the much-loved Norfolk retreat of Queen Elizabeth II, has been the private home of four generations of monarchs since 1862, when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought the country estate for their eldest son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Written with warmth and wit, Helen Cathcart charts a hundred years of royal domestic history at Sandringham, from earliest days through to celebrated visitor attraction. As well as being the scene of private family life, this stately abode has played host to magnificent balls and glittering parties as well as witnessing more dramatic events, including the 1891 fire, the death of the heir presumptive to the British throne in 1892, and the first Christmas Day Message broadcast live by King George V in 1932. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including architect's papers, building reports, royal letters, and journals, Cathcart paints a vivid picture of life at Sandringham through the ages, of evolving architecture and changing decor, the comedy and drama of each new reign. A blend of narrative history and family chronicle, Sandringham commemorates the centenary of one of the best-known private country houses in the world.

Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction by Lynne Olson

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction Author: Lynne Olson Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War “A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.”—The Guardian In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: the international campaign to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the daring French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples—including the Temple of Dendur, now at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art—would currently be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. It was an unimaginably complex project that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled and rebuilt on higher ground. Willful and determined, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. As a member of the French Resistance in World War II she survived imprisonment by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she defied two of the most daunting leaders of the postwar world, Egypt’s President Abdel Nasser and France’s President Charles de Gaulle. As she told one reporter, “You don’t get anywhere without a fight, you know.” Desroches-Noblecourt also received help from a surprising source. Jacqueline Kennedy, America’s new First Lady, persuaded her husband to help fund the rescue effort. After a century and a half of Western plunder of Egypt’s ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt helped instead to preserve a crucial part of that cultural heritage.

Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care by Jim Down

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care Author: Jim Down Narrator: Jim Down Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'If Jim Down is as good a doctor as he is a writer, I'd definitely want him treating me' - John O'Farrell, author and scriptwriter A frank and unflinching account of intensive care medicine In these stories, Dr Jim Down brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit - the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves. With honesty, humility and a streak of dark humour, Dr Down describes the quietly heroic work of doctors and nurses on the ICU, a place which sits at the cutting edge of medical technology and where a split-second decision can make the difference between life and death. From headline-grabbing cases like that of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned by Russian agents and admitted to Down's ward, to the appalling aftermath of a train crash, Life in the Balance offers an inside glimpse of intensive care medicine, its immense challenges, deleterious effects on doctors' mental health and enormous rewards. Its profundity will make you reconsider the fragility of life and reframe your understanding of what it means to care. ©2023 Jim Down (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Life in Her Hands: The Inspiring Story of a Pioneering Female Surgeon by Averil Mansfield

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617702 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life in Her Hands: The Inspiring Story of a Pioneering Female Surgeon Author: Averil Mansfield Narrator: Averil Mansfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 23, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A great read. I am honoured to have worked with such a legend' David Nott 'A role model for women' Independent 'A wonderful read' Julian Fellowes 'Remarkable' Lauren Laverne 'Charming' Guardian We were occasionally expected to travel by ambulance to a serious case and would always have a kit of tools and drugs ready for emergency calls. On one occasion, we were responding to a man who had fallen into the hold of a grain ship and broken his leg. I was expected to go down a pole into the ship to administer analgaesia before he could be rescued. The 'audience' of shipworkers delighted in telling me that there were rats the size of dogs down in the grain. The other problem was that this was the era of the mini skirt, and you can imagine what that meant. Following the incident, I instituted the purchase of some 'Casualty Officers Emergency Dungarees' as an addition to the kit. Averil Mansfield established herself as a pioneer in every sense of the word when she qualified as a surgeon in the early 1970s. At the time just two per cent of her colleagues were female, and she was often met with surprise, bordering on disbelief and amusement, when telling people what she did. But time and again, Averil proved herself more than capable of the role which had been her greatest dream since the age of eight. After a formidable operating career in Liverpool and London, during which she made many enduring friendships, she went on to became the UK's first ever female professor of surgery. Life in Her Hands is the remarkable story of a truly trailblazing woman. Averil's account shines light on a medical and societal world that has changed beyond measure, but which - as she shows through her experiences - still has a long way to go for the women finding their place within it. ©2023 Averil Mansfield (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/595311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age Author: Reid Mitenbuler Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II. Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him… But if Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything. Freuchen’s life seemed ripped from the pages of an adventure novel—and provided fodder for many books of his own. A wildly eccentric Dane with an out-of-nowhere sense of humor, his insatiable curiosity drove him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and from the burgeoning field of climate research to the Danish underground during World War II. He conducted jaw-dropping expeditions, survived a Nazi prison camp, and overcame a devastating injury that robbed him of his foot and very nearly his life. Through it all, he was guided not only by restlessness but also by ideals that were remarkably ahead of his time, championing Indigenous communities, environmental stewardship, and starting conversations that continue today. Meticulously researched and grippingly written, Wanderlust is an unforgettable tale of daring and discovery, an inspiring portrait of restlessness and grit, and a powerful meditation on our relationship to the planet and our fellow human beings. Reid Mitenbuler’s exquisite book restores a heroic giant of the last century back into public view. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Metamorphosis: A Life in Pieces by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Metamorphosis: A Life in Pieces Author: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Narrator: Peter Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 16, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'We all have trapdoors in our lives. Sometimes we jump off just in time: we defuse an argument with a joke; we swerve to prevent a traffic accident. But sometimes we are unlucky enough to be on the trapdoor when the lever is pulled. My own trapdoor was hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford neurologist.' When the trapdoor opened for Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, he plummeted into a world of MRI scans, a disobedient body and the crushing unpredictability of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. But, like Alice tumbling into Wonderland, his fall did something else. It took him deep into his own mind: his hopes, his fears, his loves and losses... and the books that would sustain, inform and nourish him as his life began to transform in ways he could never have imagined. From Kafka to Barbellion, this is a literary map of the journey from the kingdom of the well to the land of the sick, and forwards into a hopeful future. It's an ode to great writing, to storytelling, to science and to the power of the imagination. And, above all, it's a darkly comic and moving reflection on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is certain. © Robert Douglas-Fairhurst 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages by Carmela Ciuraru

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages Author: Carmela Ciuraru Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ''The five marriages that Carmela Ciuraru explores in Lives of the Wives provide such delightfully gossipy pleasure that we have to remind ourselves that these were real people whose often stormy relationships must surely have been less fun to experience than they are for us to read about.''—Francine Prose, author of The Vixen A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of money, power, and fame in these complex and fascinating relationships. ''With an ego the size of a small nation, the literary lion is powerful on the page, but a helpless kitten in daily life—dependent on his wife to fold an umbrella, answer the phone, or lick a stamp.'' The history of wives is largely one of silence, resilience, and forbearance. Toss in celebrity, male privilege, ruthless ambition, narcissism, misogyny, infidelity, alcoholism, and a mood disorder or two, and it's easy to understand why the marriages of so many famous writers have been stormy, short-lived, and mutually destructive. ''It's been my experience,'' as the critic and novelist Elizabeth Hardwick once wrote, ''that nobody holds a man's brutality to his wife against him.'' Literary wives are a unique breed, requiring a particular kind of fortitude. Author Carmela Ciuraru shares the stories of five literary marriages, exposing the misery behind closed doors. The legendary British theatre critic Kenneth Tynan encouraged his American wife, Elaine Dundy, to write, then watched in a jealous rage as she became a bestselling author and critical success. In the early years of their marriage, Roald Dahl enjoyed basking in the glow of his glamorous movie star wife, Patricia Neal, until he detested her for being the breadwinner, and being more famous than he was. Elizabeth Jane Howard had to divorce Kingsley Amis to escape his suffocating needs and devote herself to her own writing. (''I really couldn't write very much when I was married to him,'' she once recalled, ''because I had a very large household to keep up and Kingsley wasn't one to boil an egg, if you know what I mean.'') Surprisingly, the most traditional partnership in Lives of the Wives is a lesbian couple, Una Troubridge and Radclyffe Hall, both of whom were socially and politically conservative and unapologetic snobs. As this erudite and entertaining work shows, each marriage is a unique story, filled with struggles and triumphs and the negotiation of power. The Italian novelists Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia were never sexually compatible, and it was Morante who often behaved abusively toward her cool, detached husband, even as he unwaveringly admired his wife's talents and championed her work. Theirs was an unhappy union, yet it fueled them creatively and enabled both to become two of Italy's most important postwar writers. These are stories of vulnerability, loneliness, infidelity, envy, sorrow, abandonment, heartbreak, and forgiveness. Above all, Lives of the Wives honors the women who have played the role of muses, agents, editors, proofreaders, housekeepers, gatekeepers, amaneunses, confidantes, and cheerleaders to literary trailblazers throughout history. In revisiting the lives of famous writers, it is time in our #MeToo era to highlight the achievements of their wives—and the price these women paid for recognition and freedom. Lives of the Wives is an insightful, humorous, and poignant exploration of the intersection of life and art and creativity and love. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Finding Hildasay: How one man walked the UK's coastline and found hope and happiness by Christian Lewis

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Hildasay: How one man walked the UK's coastline and found hope and happiness Author: Christian Lewis Narrator: Christian Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In his darkest depression, one idea brought Christian Lewis out of the depths - and into a new life. Finding Hildasay, read by the author, is a brutal and beautiful true story of depression, survival, walking, and the meaning of home. ‘Now I was finally out of the force of the wind, my body began to warm – the part where the real pain sets in. I’d felt it plenty of times before on this journey, but this time it was different. As I began to regain feeling in my fingers and toes, it burned so strongly that I just sat in tears of pain.’ Ex-paratrooper Christian Lewis had hit rock bottom, suffering with depression so severe he would shut himself in his bedroom for weeks. Then while surfing – his only respite – he cast his eyes along the coastline and realized it was the only place he really wanted to be. Making an impulsive decision to set himself a challenge – walk the entire coastline of the UK – Chris gave himself a few days to rustle up a tent and walking boots, then left for good with just a tenner in his pocket and two days’ worth of food. Little did he know at the time just how long it would take to cross the finish line – and the encounters that lay ahead that would turn his life around. Five years later, Chris has navigated the West Coast, Northern Ireland, the hard-rock cliffs of Scotland and the perimeters of the Scottish Islands . He spent three months on an uninhabited island called Hildasay, where there was no fresh water or food. It was there, the most barren his route had become, that the more pride and respect he found within himself – and the more remarkable his journey became. Happiness and hope was just around the corner.

Ready for Absolutely Nothing: A Memoir by Susannah Constantine

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ready for Absolutely Nothing: A Memoir Author: Susannah Constantine Narrator: Susannah Constantine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This darkly funny, confessional memoir from the star of What Not to Wear tells all: from her posh upbringing and the dishy details of her career in fashion to her journey as a recovering alcoholic. The fact that Susannah Constantine made her name as a 'style guru' as part of “Trinny and Susannah” from What Not to Wear is the least interesting thing about her. Susannah grew up amongst the great and good of British aristocracy and (unwittingly) trained to be a society bride. Fittingly, Barbara Cartland was her touchstone for romance: she wanted to be the underdog heroine who ended up marrying a prince. Instead she dated Princess Margaret’s son for several years and traveled in royal circles, including on the island of Mustique, where Princess Margaret–and Hachette author Anne Glenconner–owned homes and had holidays. When that marriage proposal never showed up, she dated Imran Khan –then a gorgeous playboy/cricket player and now the Prime Minister of Pakistan, before meeting her husband. Hers is a tale full to the brim with extraordinary anecdotes. From lavatory dramas with Princess Margaret, to behind-the-scenes power struggles between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen at Balmoral and eye-opening sex-club etiquette with pop royalty–her social landscape has been nothing if not varied. Many of these stories are hilarious and snarky, some are painful, but all of them are honest, gossipy, and show that, in her words, she was “brought up to be ready for absolutely nothing.” In sharing a peek behind the curtain, Constantine does not hold back and many bold names appear in these pages from Elton John, Princess Diana, The Queen, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, and our own Anne Glenconner and her husband Colin Tenant. But appearances are deceptive and beneath the balls and glamour, life has had a darker side: her mother's bipolar disorder, her father's inability to cope and her own subsequent alcoholism. Somehow, she had to forge her own life, away from the expectations of others. Which she did and does. READY FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is for fans of The Crown, royal followers, readers of LADY IN WAITING, What Not To Wear fans and anyone who likes a gossipy memoir with bold faced names and a drop dead sense of humor. The fact that Susannah Constantine made her name as a 'style guru' as part of “Trinny and Susannah” from What Not to Wear is the least interesting thing about her. Susannah grew up amongst the great and good of British aristocracy and (unwittingly) trained to be a society bride. Fittingly, Barbara Cartland was her touchstone for romance: she wanted to be the underdog heroine who ended up marrying a prince. Instead she dated Princess Margaret’s son for several years and traveled in royal circles, including on the island of Mustique, where Princess Margaret–and Hachette author Anne Glenconner–owned homes and had holidays. When that marriage proposal never showed up, she dated Imran Khan –then a gorgeous playboy/cricket player and now the Prime Minister of Pakistan, before meeting her husband. Hers is a tale full to the brim with extraordinary anecdotes. From lavatory dramas with Princess Margaret, to behind-the-scenes power struggles between Margaret Thatcher and the Queen at Balmoral and eye-opening sex-club etiquette with pop royalty–her social landscape has been nothing if not varied. Many of these stories are hilarious and snarky, some are painful, but all of them are honest, gossipy, and show that, in her words, she was “brought up to be ready for absolutely nothing.” In sharing a peek behind the curtain, Constantine does not hold back and many bold names appear in these pages from Elton John, Princess Diana, The Queen, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, and our own Anne Glenconner and her husband Colin Tenant. But appearances are deceptive and beneath the balls and glamour, life has had a darker side: her mother's bipolar disorder, her father's inability to cope and her own subsequent alcoholism. Somehow, she had to forge her own life, away from the expectations of others. Which she did and does. READY FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is for fans of The Crown, royal followers, readers of LADY IN WAITING, What Not To Wear fans and anyone who likes a gossipy memoir with bold faced names and a drop dead sense of humor.

Lord Snowdon by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Snowdon Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Antony Armstrong-Jones, photographer, designer and film-maker, gained worldwide attention when he married Queen Elizabeth II's younger sister, Princess Margaret in 1960-the first non-aristocrat to marry into the Royal Family for 400 years. How did a 'commoner' come to marry a princess, a woman whom he had long admired from afar? In fact, 'Tony' descended from Welsh gentry, the son of a barrister and a society hostess. His family shared a long-established link with the Mountbatten arm of the Royal Family. In this engaging biography Helen Cathcart traces the first four decades of Lord Snowdon's life, from the child of divorce and schoolboy victim of polio, to successful photographer of the rich and famous and dutiful member of the Royal Family. Cathcart draws on close personal family sources to reveal the man behind the camera, the Old Etonian whose sense of timing and inquisitive interest in people made him one of the most original of British photographers. Cathcart also tells the definitive story of Lord Snowdon's romance with Princess Margaret and their early married life together as one of Britain's most glamorous couples.

True North Rising: My fifty-year journey with the Inuit and Dene leaders who transformed Canada's North by Whit Fraser

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True North Rising: My fifty-year journey with the Inuit and Dene leaders who transformed Canada's North Author: Whit Fraser Narrator: Whit Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this captivating memoir, Whit Fraser weaves scenes from more than fifty years of reporting and living in the North with fascinating portraits of the Dene and Inuit activists who successfully overturned the colonial order and politically reshaped Canada—including his wife, Mary Simon, Canada's first Indigenous governor general. 'This is a huge embrace of a book, irresistible on every level. . . . I couldn't put it down.' —Elizabeth Hay, Scotiabank Giller prize-winning author of Late Nights on Air In True North Rising, Whit Fraser delivers a smart, touching and astute living history of five decades that transformed the North, a span he witnessed first as a longtime CBC reporter and then through his friendships and his work with Dene and Inuit activists and leaders. Whit had a front-row seat at the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline inquiry, the constitutional conferences and the land-claims negotiations that successfully reshaped the North; he's also travelled to every village and town from Labrador to Alaska. His vivid portraits of groundbreakers such as Abe Okpik, Jose Kusugak, Stephen Kakfwi, Marie Wilson, John Amagoalik, Tagak Curley, and his own wife, Mary Simon, bring home their truly historic achievements, but they also give us a privileged glimpse of who they are, and who Whit Fraser is. He may have begun as a know-nothing reporter from the south, but he soon fell in love with the North, and his memoir is a testament to more than fifty years of commitment to its people.

Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System by Jeff Hobbs

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System Author: Jeff Hobbs Narrator: Andre Bellido, Aven Shore, Landon Woodson, George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace comes “an eye-opening, fully humanizing, deeply affecting look at the often-misunderstood juvenile justice system and its inhabitants—young people of earnestness, disappointment, hope, and resilience” (Booklist, starred review). For many kids, a mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen—often resulting from external factors coupled with a biologically immature brain—can resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle-class life a mere fantasy. In Children of the State, Jeff Hobbs challenges any preconceived perceptions about how the juvenile justice system works—and demonstrates in brilliant, piercing prose: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable. Writing with great heart and sensitivity, Hobbs “offers finely wrought portraits of the teenagers in juvenile hall, as well as the educators and counselors trying to help them find safe passage back to—and through—the real world” (Los Angeles Times). While serving a year-long detention in Wilmington, Delaware, a bright young man considers both the benefits and the immense costs of striving for college acceptance while imprisoned. A career juvenile hall English Language Arts teacher struggles to align the small moments of wonder in her work alongside its statistical futility. A territorial fistfight in Paterson, New Jersey, is called a hate crime by the media and the boy held accountable seeks redemption and friendship in a demanding Life & Professional Skills class in lower Manhattan. Through these stories, Hobbs creates intimate portraits of these individuals as they struggle to make good decisions amidst the challenges of overcoming their pasts, and also asks: What should society do with young people who have made terrible mistakes? “At turns touching and intimate, enraging and honest” (Matthew Desmond), Children of the State masterfully blends personal stories with larger questions about race, class, prison reform, justice, and even about the concept of “fate.”

In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust by Richard Hurowitz

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/594449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust Author: Richard Hurowitz Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “In the Garden of the Righteous brilliantly describes how in the midst of the brutality of the Holocaust and the collaboration, acquiescence and passivity of millions, there were people who risked their lives to save others out of a sense of shared humanity. This book is more timely than ever.”—Stuart E. Eizenstat, author of Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II These powerfully illuminating and inspiring profiles pay tribute to the incredible deeds of the Righteous Among the Nations, little-known heroes who saved countless lives during the Holocaust. Less than a century ago, the Second World War took the lives of more than fifty million people; more than six million of them were systematically exterminated through crimes of such enormity that a new name to describe the horror was coined: the Holocaust. Yet amid such darkness, there were glimmers of light—courageous individuals who risked everything to save those hunted by the Nazis. Today, as bigotry and intolerance and the threats of fascism and authoritarianism are ascendent once again, these heroes’ little-known stories—among the most remarkable in human history—resonate powerfully. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, has recognized more than 27,000 individuals as “Righteous Among the Nations”—non-Jewish people such as Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler who risked their lives to save their persecuted neighbors. In the Garden of the Righteous chronicles extraordinary acts at a time when the moral choices were stark, the threat immense, and the passive apathy of millions predominated. Deeply researched and astonishingly moving, it focuses on ten remarkable stories, including that of the circus ringmaster Adolf Althoff and his wife Maria, the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, the Polish social worker Irena Sendler, and the Japanese spy Chinue Sugihara, who provided hiding places, participated in underground networks, refused to betray their neighbors, and secured safe passage. They repeatedly defied authorities and risked their lives, their livelihoods, and their families to save the helpless and the persecuted. In the Garden of the Righteous is a testament to their kindness and courage. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

How Medicine Works and When it Doesn't: Learning Who to Trust to Get and Stay Healthy by F. Perry Wilson

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/595056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Medicine Works and When it Doesn't: Learning Who to Trust to Get and Stay Healthy Author: F. Perry Wilson Narrator: F. Perry Wilson, Shawn K. Jain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Blending personal anecdotes with hard science, an accomplished physician, researcher, and science communicator pulls back the curtain on medicine and medical research, revealing how progress is made—and how to rebuild trust between doctors and patients: "A brilliant step toward patients and physicians alike reclaiming a sense of confidence in a system that often feels overwhelming and mismanaged" (Gabby Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back). We live in an age of medical miracles. Never in the history of humankind has so much talent and energy been harnessed to cure disease. So why does it feel like it’s getting harder to live our healthiest lives? Why does it seem like “experts” can’t agree on anything, and why do our interactions with medical professionals feel less personal, less honest, and less impactful than ever? Through stories from his own practice and historical case studies, Dr. F. Perry Wilson, a physician and researcher from the Yale School of Medicine, explains how and why the doctor-patient relationship has eroded in recent years and illuminates how profit-driven companies—from big Pharma to healthcare corporations—have corrupted what should have been medicine’s golden age. By clarifying the realities of the medical field today, Dr. Wilson gives readers the tools they need to make informed decisions, from evaluating the validity of medical information online to helping caregivers advocate for their loved ones, in the doctor’s office and with the insurance company. Dr. Wilson wants readers to understand medicine and medical science the way he does: as an imperfect and often frustrating field, but still the best option for getting well. To restore trust between patients, doctors, medicine, and science, we need to be honest, we need to know how to spot misinformation, and we need to avoid letting skepticism ferment into cynicism. For it is only by redefining what “good medicine” is—science that is well-researched, rational, safe, effective, and delivered with compassion, empathy, and trust—that the doctor-patient relationship can be truly healed.

Isaac Newton by Mitch Stokes

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Isaac Newton Series: Part of Christian Encounters Series Author: Mitch Stokes Narrator: Michael Haney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this Christian Encounter Series biography, author Mitch Stokes explores the life of Isaac Newton, the man behind the atomic theory. As an inventor, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher, Isaac Newton forever changed the way we see and understand the world. At one point, he was the world’s leading authority in mathematics, optics, and alchemy. And surprisingly he wrote more about faith and religion than on all of these subjects combined. But his single-minded focus on knowledge and discovery was a great detriment to his health. Newton suffered from fits of mania, insomnia, depression, a nervous breakdown, and even mercury poisoning. Yet from all of his suffering came great gain. Newton saw the scientific world not as a way to refute theology, but as a way to explain it. He believed that all of creation was mandated and set in motion by God and that it was simply waiting to be “discovered” by man. Because of his diligence in both scientific and biblical study, Newton had a tremendous impact on religious thought that is still evident today.

The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America Author: Saket Soni Narrator: Saket Soni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review). In late 2006, Saket Soni, a 28-year-old, Indian-born community organizer received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker inside a Mississippi labor camp. He and 500 other men were living in squalor in Gulf Coast “man camps,” surrounded by barbed wire, watched by armed guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid portable toilets, forced to eat moldy bread and frozen rice. Worse, lured by the promise of good work and green cards, the men had desperately scraped together up to $20,000 each to apply for this “opportunity” to rebuild oil rigs after Hurricane Katrina, putting their families into impossible debt. During a series of clandestine meetings, Soni and the workers devise a bold plan. In The Great Escape, Soni traces the workers’ extraordinary escape, their march on foot to Washington DC, and their 23-day-hunger strike to bring attention to their cause. Along the way, ICE agents try to deport the men, company officials work to discredit them, and politicians avert their eyes. But none of this shakes the workers’ determination to win their dignity and keep their promises to their families. Weaving a deeply personal journey with a riveting tale of 21st-century forced labor, Soni takes us into the hidden lives of the foreign workers the US increasingly relies on for cheap skilled labor to rebuild after climate disasters. The Great Escape is the astonishing story of one of the largest human trafficking cases in modern American history—and the workers’ heroic journey for justice.

Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her Author: Erika Bolstad Narrator: Marni Penning Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At first, Erika Bolstad knew only one thing about her great-grandmother, Anna: she was a homesteader on the North Dakota prairies in the early 1900s before her husband committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. As Erika's mother was dying, she revealed more: their family still owned the mineral rights to Anna's land?and oil companies were interested in the black gold beneath the prairies. Their family, Erika learned, could get rich thanks to the legacy of a woman nearly lost to history. Anna left no letters or journals, and very few photographs of her had survived. But Erika was drawn to the young woman who never walked free of the asylum that imprisoned her. As a journalist well versed in the effects of fossil fuels on climate change, Erika felt the dissonance of what she knew and the barely-acknowledged whisper that had followed her family across the Great Plains for generations: we could be rich. Desperate to learn more about her great-grandmother and the oil industry that changed the face of the American West forever, Erika set out for North Dakota to unearth what she could of the past. What she discovers is a land of boom-and-bust cycles and families trying their best to eke out a living in an unforgiving landscape, bringing to life the ever-present American question: What does it mean to be rich?

The Activist Leader: A New Mindset for Doing Business by Jon Miller, Lucy Parker

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Activist Leader: A New Mindset for Doing Business Author: Jon Miller, Lucy Parker Narrator: Stephen Boxer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 19, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: If you want to be a successful leader in today’s business world, you need to think like an activist. If you want to be a successful leader in today’s business world, you need to think like an activist. This urgent and essential book shows how to do just that. The Activist Leader argues that the world needs a new kind of business leader, one that thinks differently about their role in today’s challenges. From climate change to inequality, the major crises facing society have become critical issues for business, and the world expects companies to step up. This is a pragmatic book. Jon Miller and Lucy Parker show what it takes to do business in these challenging times, taking a close look at companies such as Apple, Mastercard, Nestle, Maersk, JP Morgan Chase and Walmart. Most people feel powerless when they look at the problems facing the world – but if you’re a leader in a big business, you’re not powerless. Whether you’re a top executive or earlier in your working life, this book shows that thinking like an activist can have a transformative impact – for yourself, for your businesses, and for broader society.

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Author: Ilyon Woo Narrator: Leon Nixon, Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography “A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race, class, and disability to hide in public on their journey to the North, where they became famous abolitionists while evading bounty hunters.” —The Pulitzer Prizes Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, and Oprah Daily In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieved one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history. Posing as master and slave, while sustained by their love as husband and wife, they made their escape together across more than 1,000 miles, riding out in the open on steamboats, carriages, and trains that took them from bondage in Georgia to the free states of the North. Along the way, they dodged slave traders, military officers, and even friends of their enslavers, who might have revealed their true identities. The tale of their adventure soon made them celebrities, and generated headlines around the country. Americans could not get enough of this charismatic young couple, who traveled another 1,000 miles criss-crossing New England, drawing thunderous applause as they spoke alongside some of the greatest abolitionist luminaries of the day—among them Frederick Douglass and William Wells Brown. But even then, they were not out of danger. With the passage of an infamous new Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, all Americans became accountable for returning refugees like the Crafts to slavery. Then yet another adventure began, as slave hunters came up from Georgia, forcing the Crafts to flee once again—this time from the United States, their lives and thousands more on the line and the stakes never higher. With three epic journeys compressed into one monumental bid for freedom, Master Slave Husband Wife is an American love story—one that would challenge the nation’s core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all—one that challenges us even now.

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people by Tracy Kidder

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Tracy Kidder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains “I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to do better.”—Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, BookPage, Chicago Public Library Tracy Kidder has been described by The Baltimore Sun as “a master of the nonfiction narrative.” In Rough Sleepers, Kidder tells the story of Dr. Jim O’Connell, a gifted man who invented a community of care for a city’s unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets—the “rough sleepers.” After Jim O’Connell graduated from Harvard Medical School and was nearing the end of his residency at Massachusetts General, the hospital’s chief of medicine made a proposal: Would he defer a prestigious fellowship and spend a year helping to create an organization to bring health care to homeless citizens? That year turned into O’Connell’s life’s calling. Tracy Kidder spent five years following Dr. O’Connell and his colleagues as they work with thousands of homeless patients, some of whom we meet in this illuminating book. We travel with O’Connell as he navigates the city streets at night, offering medical care, socks, soup, empathy, humor, and friendship to some of the city’s most endangered citizens. He emphasizes a style of medicine in which patients come first, joined with their providers in what he calls “a system of friends.” Much as he did with Paul Farmer in Mountains Beyond Mountains, Kidder explores how Jim O’Connell and a dedicated group of people have improved countless lives by facing and addressing one of American society’s most difficult problems, instead of looking away.

The Princess Royal: From Princess Mary to Princess Anne by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Royal: From Princess Mary to Princess Anne Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: To understand what it is to be a Princess Royal, Helen Cathcart skillfully portrays the lives of the foremost royal daughters from the days when princesses were 'ladyes' and the King's eldest son was styled Prince Royal, through to our present Princess Royal. There have been seven Princess Royals throughout British history, the inaugural of whom was Princess Mary, the eldest daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, followed by Princess Anne (daughter of King George II), Princess Charlotte (daughter of King George III), Princess Victoria (daughter of Queen Victoria), Princess Louise (daughter of King Edward VII), and Princess Mary (daughter of King George V). The current holder of the title, Princess Anne, emerges from this background, clearly demonstrating how the role of Princess Royal has evolved over the generations. The author's fascinating pen captures the first four decades of Princess Anne's life, from playful child and stylish teenager to champion rider and tireless campaigner for good causes. The Princess Royal is the definitive account of what it means to be the first and most royal of royal daughters and how Princess Anne is truly a Princess Royal for our times.

Fever by Jonathan Bazzi

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fever Author: Jonathan Bazzi Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 27, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jonathan is thirty-one-years-old, living in Milan with his boyfriend of three years and their two Devon Rex cats when, on a day like any other, he gets a fever. But unlike most, this fever doesn’t go away; it’s constant, low-level, and exhausting. After spending weeks Googling his symptoms and documenting his illness, he finally sees a doctor. A series of blood tests, anxious visits to hospitals, and repeated misdiagnoses ensue, until his doctor suggests an HIV test, and the truth is finally revealed: Jonathan is HIV-positive. As Jonathan comes to terms with what this diagnosis will mean for him, his future, and his relationships, he also takes the listener back in time, in search of his history, to the suburbs where he grew up, and from which he feels he has escaped: Rozzano, the ghetto of Milan, and of Italy’s north. In the vein of Edouard Louis and Virginie Despentes, Fever is at once a deeply personal story and a searing examination of class, poverty, prejudice, and opportunity in modern Europe.

Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz by Shlomo Venezia

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/594977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz Author: Shlomo Venezia Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Slomo Venezia was born into a poor Jewish-Italian community living in Thessaloniki, Greece. At first, the occupying Italians protected his family; but when the Germans invaded, the Venezias were deported to Auschwitz. His mother and sisters disappeared on arrival, and he learned, at first with disbelief, that they had almost certainly been gassed. Given the chance to earn a little extra bread, he agreed to become a 'Sonderkommando', without realizing what this entailed. He soon found himself a member of the 'special unit' responsible for removing the corpses from the gas chambers and burning their bodies. Dispassionately, he details the grim round of daily tasks, evokes the terror inspired by the man in charge of the crematoria, 'Angel of Death' Otto Moll, and recounts the attempts made by some of the prisoners to escape, including the revolt of October 1944. It is usual to imagine that none of those who went into the gas chambers at Auschwitz ever emerged to tell their tale—but, as a member of a 'Sonderkommando', Shlomo Venezia was given this horrific privilege. He knew that, having witnessed the unspeakable, he in turn would probably be eliminated by the SS in case he ever told his tale. He survived: this is his story.

Titan of Tehran: From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad - My Grandfather's Life by Shahrzad Elghanayan

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Titan of Tehran: From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad - My Grandfather's Life Author: Shahrzad Elghanayan Narrator: Ashraf Shirazi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The titan is Habib Elghanian—a self-made industrialist and the foremost Jew of his time in Iran, whom the Islamic theocracy targeted as the first civilian executed during the 1979 revolution. With Iran continuing to generate front-page news, his previously untold story is painfully relevant, shedding light on that country's persistent economic, political and social problems. The odyssey of Elghanian's life and death is told by his granddaughter in an understated style that nonetheless makes clear her powerful stake and personal place in the unfolding drama. Exploring universal themes of loss and longing, belonging and identity, she reconstructs and chronicles his ascent from Tehran's Jewish quarter—'the edge of the pit'—to his business success that was instrumental in modernizing the country to fatefully facing a firing squad. Titan of Tehran serves as a monument to a man who might have disappeared in the mists of history, even though his execution was reported worldwide on newspaper front pages and in broadcast news reports. In his homeland, Elghanian was misrepresented, mistreated, maligned, and murdered—but now won't be forgotten. He is a riveting character whom listeners will keep in their hearts—a titan, yes, but deeply, sadly, delightfully human, too.

Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University by Michael Gibson

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/611834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University Author: Michael Gibson Narrator: Alex Boyles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 29, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Paper Belt on Fire is the unlikely account of how two outsiders with no experience in finance―a charter school principal and defrocked philosopher―start a venture capital fund to short the higher education bubble. Against the contempt of the education establishment, they discover, mentor, and back the leading lights in the next generation of dropout innovators and in the end make their investors millions. Can such a madcap strategy help renew American creativity? Who would do such a thing? This story is the behind-the-scenes romp of one team that threw educational authorities into a panic. It fuses real-life personal drama with history, science, and philosophy to show how higher education and other institutions must evolve to meet the dire challenges of tomorrow.

Banvard's Folly, Revised Edition: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World by Paul Collins

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Banvard's Folly, Revised Edition: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World Author: Paul Collins Narrator: Tim Getman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage, Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, and Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets are classic celebrations of the greatest, the brightest, the eternally constellated. Paul Collins’ Banvard’s Folly is a different kind of book. Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck—or some combination of them all—leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity. Among their number are scientists, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and adventurers, from across the centuries and around the world. They hold in common the silenced aftermath of failure, the name that rings no bells. Collins brings them back to glorious life. John Banvard was an artist whose colossal panoramic canvasses (one behemoth depiction of the entire eastern shore of the Mississippi River was simply known as “The Three Mile Painting”) made him the richest and most famous artist of his day … before he decided to go head to head with P. T. Barnum. René Blondot was a distinguished French physicist whose celebrated discovery of a new form of radiation, called the N-Ray, went terribly awry. At the tender age of seventeen, William Henry Ireland signed “William Shakespeare” to a book and launched a short but meteoric career as a forger of undiscovered works by the Bard—until he pushed his luck too far. John Symmes, a hero of the War of 1812, nearly succeeded in convincing Congress to fund an expedition to the North Pole, where he intended to prove his theory that the earth was hollow and ripe for exploitation; his quixotic quest counted Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe among its greatest admirers. Collins’ love for what he calls the “forgotten ephemera of genius” give his portraits of these figures, and the other nine men and women in Banvard’s Folly, sympathetic depth and poignant relevance. Their effect is not to make us sneer or revel in schadenfreude; here are no cautionary tales. Rather, here are brief introductions—acts of excavation and reclamation—to people whom history may have forgotten, but whom now we cannot.

You Won’t Feel a Thing!: The Drama, Tragedy, & Comedy of Nursing by Sonja Mitrevska DNP CRNA

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Won’t Feel a Thing!: The Drama, Tragedy, & Comedy of Nursing Author: Sonja Mitrevska DNP CRNA Narrator: Sonja Mitrevska Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You comes the ultimate hard-hitting follow up to what nurses endure in the world of modern healthcare. With greater depth and much needed candor, You Won't Feel a Thing! The Drama, Tragedy, & Comedy of Nursing will provide valuable insights whether you are already nurse or simply want to understand the complexities of the role. Let's face it: the healthcare system has lots of work to do . . . and you probably do, too. It's time to bring the real, raw professional issues of nursing to the forefront. We have taken the hits. We have rolled with the punches. We have bobbed and weaved and bent. Let's work to ensure that bent never becomes broken.

Princess Margaret by Helen Cathcart

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603476 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Princess Margaret Series: Part of Royal House of Windsor Author: Helen Cathcart Narrator: Lorna Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A compelling biography of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Loyal sister and friend to Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret grew up in the public gaze and was one of the most-discussed women in the world. But what was early life like for the younger sibling of the future monarch? And what role did she carve for herself within the Royal Family? Royal biographer Helen Cathcart offers a fascinating personal study of the first four decades of the Princess's life, from her birth at Glamis Castle and phenomenal childhood popularity in the nostalgic era of 'the two little princesses,' through watching her parents crowned in Westminster Abbey and dancing among the crowds after her sister's Coronation. The author casts crucial new light on 'the Townsend affair,' a crisis once compared with that of the Duke of Windsor, and the culminating love story of the Princess and the young photographer, Antony Armstrong-Jones. Against the changing scenes of royal palaces, Thames-side hideaways and Caribbean islands, and with deep family insight, Princess Margaret is the definitive inner story of the Queen's beloved sister, charismatic and unconventional, yet always her steadfast self.

The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee by Paul R. Gregory

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee Author: Paul R. Gregory Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The closest friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Soviet wife Marina upon the couple’s arrival in Texas breaks a sixty-year silence with a riveting story of his time with JFK’s assassin and his candid assessment of the murder that marked a turning point in our country’s history. Merely two hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, television cameras captured police escorting a suspect into Dallas police headquarters. Meanwhile at the University of Oklahoma, watching the coverage in the student center, Paul Gregory scanned the figure in dark trousers and a white, V-neck tee shirt and saw the bruised and battered face of Lee Harvey Oswald. Shocked, Gregory said, “I know that man.” In fact, he knew Oswald and his wife Marina better than almost anyone in America. After sixty years, Paul Gregory finally tells everything he knows about the Oswalds and how he watched the soul of a killer take shape. Identified by the FBI as a “known associate of LHO,” Gregory soon faced interrogations by the Secret Service. Later he would testify before the Warren Commission. Here, in The Oswalds, he offers the intimate details of his time spent with Lee and wife Marina in their run-down duplex on Mercedes Street in Fort Worth, Texas, and his admission into the inner world of a young marriage before candidly assessing the murder that marked a turning point in our country’s history. His riveting recollection includes memories both casual and deadly serious, such as the dinner at his parents’ house introducing Marina to the “Dallas Russians,” a front-yard incident of spousal abuse, and a further rift in the marriage when he exposed to Marina that Oswald was not the dashing, radical intellectual whose Historic Diary would be a publishing sensation. And Gregory also gives a fascinating account of his father’s role as an eyewitness to history, serving as Marina’s translator and confidante in the first four days after the assassination. As a scholar and skilled researcher, Gregory debunks the vast array of assassination conspiracy theories by demonstrating that Lee Harvey Oswald did it and did it alone—that the Oswald he once called a friend had the motive, the intelligence, and the means to commit one of the most shocking crimes in American history.

Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crassus: The First Tycoon Author: Peter Stothard Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory Marcus Licinius Crassus (115–53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic ambition, this trailblazing tycoon might have quietly entered history as Rome's first modern political financier. Instead, Crassus and his son led an army on an unprovoked campaign against Parthia into what are now the borderlands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, losing a battle at Carrhae which scarred Roman minds for generations. After Crassus was killed, historians told many stories of his demise. Some said that his open mouth, shriveled by desert air, had been filled with molten gold as testament to his lifetime of greed. His story poses both immediate and lasting questions about the intertwining of money, ambition, and power.

The Queen: Her Life by Andrew Morton

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen: Her Life Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Judy Bennett, Andrew Morton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 19 minutes Release date: November 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of The Crown, legendary New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive story of Queen Elizabeth II's life and legacy. Painfully shy, Elizabeth Windsor’s personality was well suited to her youthful ambition of living quietly in the country, raising a family, and caring for her dogs and horses. But when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated, she became heir to the throne—embarking on a journey that would test her as a woman and as a queen. Ascending to the throne at only 25, this self-effacing monarch navigated endless setbacks, family conflict, and occasional triumphs throughout her 70 years as the Queen of England. As her mettle was tested, she endeavored to keep the monarchy relevant culturally, socially, and politically, often in the face of resistance from inside the institution itself. And yet the greatest challenges she faced were often inside her own family, forever under intense scrutiny; from rumors about her husband’s infidelity, her sister’s marital breakdown, Princess Diana’s tragic death, to the recent departure of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Now in The Queen, renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain’s longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth has had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century. From leading a nation struggling to restore itself after the devastation of the second World War to navigating the divisive political landscape of the present day, Queen Elizabeth has been a reluctant but resolute queen. This is the story of a woman of unflagging self-discipline who will long be remembered as mother and grandmother to Great Britain, and one of the greatest sovereigns of the modern era.

Dance or Die: From Stateless Refugee to International Ballet Star A MEMOIR by Ahmad Joudeh

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dance or Die: From Stateless Refugee to International Ballet Star A MEMOIR Author: Ahmad Joudeh Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Syria-born dancer offers his deeply personal story of war, statelessness, and the pursuit of the art of dance in this inspirational memoir. Dance or Die is an autobiographical coming-of-age account of Ahmad Joudeh, a young refugee who grows up in Damascus with dreams of becoming a dancer. When he is recruited by one of Syria's top dance companies, neither bombs nor family opposition can keep him from taking classes, practicing hard, and becoming a Middle Eastern celebrity on a Lebanese reality show. Despite death threats if Ahmad continues to dance, his father kicking him out of the house, and the war around him intensifying, he persists and even gets a tattoo on his neck right where the executioner's blade would fall that says, 'Dance or Die.' A powerful look at refugee life in Syria, Dance or Die tells of the pursuit of personal expression in the most dangerous of circumstances and of the power of art to transcend war and suffering. It follows Ahmad from Damascus to Beirut to Amsterdam, where he finds a home with one of Europe's top ballet troupes, and from where he continues to fight for the human rights of refugees everywhere through his art, his activism, and his commitment to justice.

We by Charles Lindbergh

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/598738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Author: Charles Lindbergh Narrator: Tim Getman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: We is the personal account of Charles A. Lindbergh and his historic transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. Published mere months after he completed the journey, his memoir includes his thoughts about the future of aviation and his life leading up to that solo journey. Taking off from Long Island in the Spirit of St. Louis on May twentieth, less than thirty-six hours later he landed in Le Bourget Field in Paris. And over night he transformed from anonymous mail pilot to American hero. New York City threw him the biggest ticker tape parade to date, and he was even awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his own words, We brings to life one of the most dramatic events in aviation history and allows us a glimpse into one of the most daring solo journeys of the twentieth century.

Defend Us in Battle: The True Story of MA2 Navy SEAL Medal of Honor Recipient Michael A. Monsoor by George Monsoor

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Defend Us in Battle: The True Story of MA2 Navy SEAL Medal of Honor Recipient Michael A. Monsoor Author: George Monsoor Narrator: Zach Hoffman, John Behrens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On September 29, 2006, Michael Monsoor and three SEAL snipers watched vigilantly for enemy activity from their rooftop post in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. When a grenade thrown from insurgents bounced off Michael's chest, he could have escaped. Instead, he threw himself onto the live grenade, shielding his fellow soldiers from the immediate explosion. Michael died thirty minutes later, having made the ultimate sacrifice. As George Monsoor (Michael's father) and Rose Rea show us in Defend Us in Battle, Michael had prepared for this selfless act all his life--a life that inspires us to have a similar generosity of heart. This fast-paced, compelling biography - tells the true story of a quiet boy from California who achieved his dream of becoming a Navy SEAL and saved numerous lives throughout his deployment - recounts how Michael's childhood of asthma and being bullied made him a staunch defender of justice and passionate about never quitting - draws on interviews, military documents, and eyewitness accounts to detail Michael’s remarkable military career and devotion to God and others - is perfect for readers of military biographies such as Unbroken, as well as for anyone eager to remember that this world still has heroes In addition to the Medal of Honor, Michael received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart for his years serving his country. But his greatest legacy is in the hearts of those he inspired to live, and even die, for the sake of brotherly love. Photos and award images are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day's Radical Vision and its Challenge for Our Times by D.L. Mayfield

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day's Radical Vision and its Challenge for Our Times Author: D.L. Mayfield Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: November 8, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1933, in the shadow of the Great Depression, Dorothy Day started the most prominent Catholic radical movement in United States history, the Catholic Worker Movement, a storied organization with a lasting legacy of truth and justice. Day's newspaper, houses of hospitality, and ministry of paying attention to the inequality of her world would eventually become world famous, just as she would become a figure of promise for the poor. The ways in which Day and her fellow workers both found the love of God in and expressed it for their neighbors during a time of great social, political, economic, and spiritual upheaval would become a model of activism for decades to come. In Unruly Saint, activist, writer, and neighbor D. L. Mayfield brings a personal lens to Day's story. In exploring the founding of the Catholic Worker movement and newspaper by revisiting the early years of Day's life, Mayfield turns her attention to what it means to be a good neighbor today. Through a combination of biography, observations on the current American landscape, and theological reflection, this is at once an achingly relevant account and an encouraging blueprint for people of faith in tumultuous times. It will resonate with today's activists, social justice warriors, and those seeking to live in the service of others.

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story Author: Bono Narrator: Bono Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 93 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 42 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ***WINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR*** Bono—artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. Narrated by the author, Surrender is an intimate, immersive listening experience, telling stories from Bono’s early days in Dublin, to joining a band and playing sold out stadiums around the world with U2, plus his more than 20 years of activism. Throughout a remarkable life, music has always been a constant for Bono and in the audiobook, his distinctive voice is interwoven with a very personal soundtrack adding atmosphere and texture to each and every scene. From moments of classic U2 hits to snippets by The Clash, Patti Smith, Verdi, Johnny Cash and Mozart, Surrender also exclusively features clips of newly recorded reimagined versions of U2 songs including ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’, ‘With Or Without You’, ‘One’, ‘Beautiful Day’ and more, glimpsed for the first time on Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.

Arthur Miller: American Witness by John Lahr

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arthur Miller: American Witness Author: John Lahr Narrator: John Rubinstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A distinguished theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights. John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller (1915–2005), the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentieth-century American theater to a new level of cultural sophistication. This book, organized around the fault lines of Miller’s life—his family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller’s role as a public intellectual—demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller’s psychology and his plays. Concentrating largely on Miller’s most prolific decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lahr probes Miller’s early playwriting failures; his work writing radio plays during World War II after being rejected for military service; his only novel, Focus; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays that include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible, providing an original interpretation of Miller’s work and his personality.

Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/612883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: Fiona Hampton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, a deliciously entertaining collection of 101 fascinating and funny anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother—one for each year of her life. During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations, and dry-as-a-martini delivery style as she was for being a beloved royal. Now, Do Let’s Have Another Drink recounts 101 (one for each year of her remarkable life) amusing and astonishing vignettes from across her long life, including her coming of age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law and her unexpected ascendance to the throne, and her half century of widowhood as her daughter reigned over the United Kingdom. Featuring new revelations and colorful anecdotes about the woman Cecil Beaton, the high society photographer, once summarized as “a marshmallow made on a welding machine,” Do Let’s Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the royal family.

KING: Life, Death and Hip Hop by Christopher Riley, Hau Latukefu

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: KING: Life, Death and Hip Hop Author: Christopher Riley, Hau Latukefu Narrator: Hau Latukefu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The son of first-generation Tongan immigrants, Hau drew on the legacy of his name (meaning 'King') to become one of the nation's most influential musical artists. But the best stories often come from the humblest beginnings. A promising junior rugby player, Hau decided in his teens to trade in the footy boots for Hammer pants, soaking up every bar and breakbeat of the new sound and culture exploding out of urban America: DJ Kool Herc and LL Cool J, mix-tapes and graffiti, velour Kangols and Beat Street. Determined to be more innovator than imitator, the rhymes that eventually burst from his volumes of notebooks and epic freestyle sessions with friends and co-conspirators would express what was happening in his backyard, in his community, in his voice. Along with DJ Danielsan, Hau would form Koolism, one of the seminal acts in Australian hip hop and winner of the ARIA's inaugural Best Urban Release award in 2004. This bolt from the blue began a professional journey that would evolve over decades and play out over iconic albums, reflecting the simple joys of life, the love of family, the loss of faith and the tragedy of lives cut short. When Hau decided to pass the mic, it also announced his next incarnation - acting as mentor and producer for a new generation of up-and-coming Australian artists, including the gritty drill-rap phenomenon out of Mount Druitt: OneFour.

Time and Tide by Charlie Bird

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time and Tide Author: Charlie Bird Narrator: Bryan Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 20, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A poignant and introspective memoir from Irish journalist and broadcaster Charlie Bird. In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease – a man whose voice was so synonymous with his career faced losing it completely. Yet knowing he had just a short time left with family and friends, what emerged was a great sense of resilience and motivation to take advantage of every moment. Here, Charlie reflects on his life and phenomenal broadcast career through the lense of his diagnosis, as he ponders the big questions and takes stock of the small moments that we so often overlook. Written over the course of 2022 as his health deteriorated, with the help of long-time friend and fellow journalist Ray Burke, this is a candid and unforgettable story about the triumph of the human spirit and, ultimately, what it means to be alive.

Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy Aarons

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593688 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son Author: Leroy Aarons Narrator: Wentworth Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy … and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict—for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was “wrong”—Bobby chose to take his own life. Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby’s mother, a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be “healed,” then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth. As told through Bobby’s poignant journal entries and his mother’s reminiscences, Prayers for Bobby is at once a moving personal story, a true profile in courage, and a call to arms to parents everywhere.

150 Great Americans by William J. Bennett, John T.E. Cribb

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 150 Great Americans Series: Part of Essence of American History Author: William J. Bennett, John T.E. Cribb Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb published a 365-day almanac of our nation's history. Now, in this updated and expanded series compiled from The American Patriot's Almanac, Bennett and Cribb's masterful grasp of our history offers 150 more great Americans. Our history is a heritage we Americans all share. It ties us together, like a common language or currency. Knowing that heritage helps us understand the central principles underlying American democracy and our responsibilities in passing them on to the next generation. At a time when so many seem to be losing sight of our identity as a nation, it's more important than ever to remember our heritage, not only so we can know who we are today, but to set us on the right path for the future. From the letters of Abigail Adams to the adventures of William Penn, 150 Great Americans sheds light on: - Incredible stories - Larger-than-life personalities - Fun facts, discoveries, and new perspectives In these easy-to-digest entries, historical Americans reemerge not as marble icons or names in a textbook, but as full-blooded, heroic pioneers whose far-reaching vision forged our nation, connecting you to this great nation's heritage.

To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown by Stephen B. Oates

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown Author: Stephen B. Oates Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to secure weapons and start a slave rebellion. The raid was a failure, but it galvanized the nation and sparked the Civil War. Still one of the most controversial figures in American history, John Brown's actions raise interesting questions about unsanctioned violence that can be justified for a greater good. For more than a hundred years after Brown's hanging, biographies of him tended to be highly politicized—then came historian Stephen B. Oates's biography of Brown. Since its publication, Professor Oates's work has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity.

#butGod: The Power of Hope When Catastrophe Crashes In by Jeremy Freeman

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599590 to listen full audiobooks. Title: #butGod: The Power of Hope When Catastrophe Crashes In Author: Jeremy Freeman Narrator: Emily Freeman, John Behrens, Gabe Wicks, Jeremy Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Read by the author. “Sir, your sons have been in a car accident. How quickly can you get here?” The phone call no parent wants to receive would lead to a miracle only God could give. When Jeremy and Emily Freeman’s teenage son Caleb was in a devastating car accident, doctors gave him a 10 percent chance of survival. Fear of losing a child was all too fresh for the Freemans—their seven-year-old son, Trey, had died just four years earlier from a genetic immunodeficiency. But God. In #butGod Jeremy shares the incredible story of Caleb’s recovery, the darkness that nearly overtook their family in the waiting, and the #butGod movement that captured the prayers of Christians around the world. #butGod includes heartfelt excerpts from Emily’s prayer journal and encouragement from Jeremy that goes beyond platitudes to a hard-won trust in God’s goodness. This inspiring story offers - greater understanding of the beauty God can bring through suffering; - an honest glimpse of how one family grew closer together despite grief, tension, and doubt; - a powerful example of how God works through the prayers of His people. - hope for whatever struggle you are facing; Whatever sorrow you are walking through, #butGod leads you to the sweetness found in trusting God with suffering…and the deeper faith that comes from seeing His purpose in the pain. A playlist and daily devotionals are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Never Say Invisible: A Memoir of Living and Being Seen with ALS by Jeremy Schreiber

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Say Invisible: A Memoir of Living and Being Seen with ALS Author: Jeremy Schreiber Narrator: Ramiz Monsef Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS. As the devastating disease robbed him of movement and speech, he was abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns people with disabilities. But it’s not all doom and gloom. He found love, support, and a powerful purpose. While fighting for his independence and then for his life, Jeremy gave his all to the ALS and disability communities. Never Say Invisible is his legacy gift. Smart, clever, and humorous, his story is a testament to what can be learned and achieved despite a terminal illness. Jeremy died on October 29, 2021, before he could finish this memoir. Sandra Jonas Publishing is proud to collaborate with his parents, Fred and Ronnye Schreiber, to carry on his work.

Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions by Virgil Mayor Apostol

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions Author: Virgil Mayor Apostol Narrator: James Burkdoll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Way of the Ancient Healer provides an overview of the rich tradition of Filipino healing practices, discussing their origins, world influences, and role in daily life. The book combines years of historical research with detailed descriptions of the spiritual belief system that forms the foundation of these practices. Giving listeners a rare look at modern-day Filipino healing rituals, the book also includes personal examples from author Virgil Mayor Apostol's own experiences with shamanic healing and dream interpretation. The book begins with an explanation of Apostol's Filipino lineage and legacy as a healer. After a brief history of the Philippine archipelago, he describes the roots of traditional Filipino healing and spirituality, and discusses the Indian, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and American influences that have impacted the Filipino culture. He presents a thorough description of Filipino shamanic and spiritual practices that have developed from the concept that everything in nature contains a spirit (animism) and that living in the presence of spirits demands certain protocols and rituals for interacting with them. The book's final chapter thoughtfully explores the spiritual tools used in Filipino healing-talismans, amulets, stones, and other natural symbols of power.

Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy Author: Letty Cottin Pogrebin Narrator: Dina Pearlman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family mired in secrets, haunted by their dread of shame and stigma, determined to hide their every imperfection—and in denial or despair when they couldn't. The word 'shanda' is defined as shame or disgrace in Yiddish. This book, Shanda, tells the story of three generations of complicated, intense twentieth-century Jews for whom the desire to fit in and the fear of public humiliation either drove their aspirations or crushed their spirit. In her deeply engaging, astonishingly candid memoir, author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin exposes the fiercely-guarded lies and intricate cover-ups woven by dozens of members of her extended family. Beginning with her own long-suppressed secret, the story spirals through the hidden lives of her parents and relatives—revealing the truth about their origins, personal traumas, marital misery, abandoned children, religious transgressions, sexual identity, radical politics, and supposedly embarrassing illnesses. While unmasking their charades and disguises, Pogrebin also showcases her family's remarkable talent for reinvention in a narrative that is, by turns, touching, searing, and surprisingly universal.

Don't Count Me Out: A Baltimore Dope Fiend's Miraculous Recovery by Rafael Alvarez

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Count Me Out: A Baltimore Dope Fiend's Miraculous Recovery Author: Rafael Alvarez Narrator: Lee Osorio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Don't Count Me Out chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginning of his drug use in elementary school through criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs, to his miraculous recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field. Rafael Alvarez's recounting of White's journey should inspire those dealing with the fallout of addiction. Alvarez, a journalist and screenwriter, allows the listener to get inside the head of an addict who was stealing alcohol from his parents at the age of nine, selling drugs and tripping on LSD and PCP by the time he hit seventh grade, and hooked on morphine before he turned fifteen. 'Bruce White? I thought he was dead?' is a response encountered in many of the interviews Alvarez conducted. Don't Count Me Out shines a spotlight on an improbable and stunning miracle. Though this is just one person's story, the contributing factors of early sexual assault, the role of permissive preoccupied parents, and the need for peer approval, among others, will resonate with many as the opioid crisis continues to haunt us.

Fletchers on the Farm: Mud, Mayhem and Marriage by Kelvin Fletcher, Liz Fletcher

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fletchers on the Farm: Mud, Mayhem and Marriage Author: Kelvin Fletcher, Liz Fletcher Narrator: Liz Fletcher, Kelvin Fletcher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘We jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm! A reluctant wife, a couple of crazy kids and a husband whose knowledge of farming you could write on the back of a stamp… What could go wrong?!’ – Kelvin ‘Exactly! And the journey has only just begun…’ – Liz Join the Fletchers as they navigate the peaks and troughs of life on a lively farm. When Kelvin and Liz Fletcher left their happy home in Oldham for a 120-acre farm in the Peak District, they were totally unaware of the surprises that lay in store. Come along for the ride as they navigate the Mishaps, like shearing sheep in a way that costs more than the price for the wool; the Lessons, such as never turn your back on a flock of sheep – or, put simply, ‘always close the gate!’ – and the Adventures, going from self-professed ‘townies’ to farmhands overnight. In Fletchers on the Farm, childhood sweethearts Kelvin and Liz reflect on their history, their future and their daily balancing act of juggling acting careers, four young children and a farmyard full of animals. With wise words on building and nurturing a happy farm and family, this uplifting, heartwarming book is about following your dreams – even if you have no clue how to do it! Time to pull on those wellies and get stuck into a farming adventure like no other. ‘Like any farm, determination and perseverance are vital. We took a huge step into the unknown and, together, we haven’t looked back. The adventure continues!’

Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature by Anna Beer

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature Author: Anna Beer Narrator: Anna Beer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 13, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature Warned not to write—and certainly not to bite—these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. From the fourteenth century through to the present day, women who write have been understood as mad, undisciplined, or dangerous. Female writers have always had to find ways to overcome or challenge these beliefs. Some were cautious and discreet, some didn’t give a damn, but all lived complex, eventful, and often controversial lives. Eve Bites Back places the female contemporaries of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton center stage in the history of literature in English, uncovering stories of dangerous liaisons and daring adventures. From Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemilia Lanyer and Anne Bradstreet, to Aphra Behn, Mary Wortley Montagu, Jane Austen and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, these are the women who dared to write.

An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville by Reza Aslan

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville Author: Reza Aslan Narrator: Reza Aslan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this erudite and piercing biography, best-selling author Reza Aslan proves that one person’s actions can have revolutionary consequences that reverberate the world over.Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel. He arrived in the midst of a democratic revolution—the first of its kind in the Middle East—led by a group of brilliant young firebrands committed to transforming their country into a fully self-determining, constitutional monarchy, one with free elections and an independent parliament.The Persian students Baskerville educated in English in turn educated him about their struggle for democracy, ultimately inspiring him to leave his teaching post and join them in their fight against a tyrannical shah and his British and Russian backers. “The only difference between me and these people is the place of my birth,' Baskerville declared, “and that is not a big difference.”In 1909, Baskerville was killed in battle alongside his students, but his martyrdom spurred on the revolutionaries who succeeded in removing the shah from power, signing a new constitution, and rebuilding parliament in Tehran. To this day, Baskerville’s tomb in the city of Tabriz remains a place of pilgrimage. Every year, thousands of Iranians visit his grave to honor the American who gave his life forIran.In this rip-roaring tale of his life and death, Aslan gives us a powerful parable about the universal ideals of democracy—and to what degree Americans are willing to support those ideals in a foreign land. Woven throughout is an essential history of the nation we now know as Iran—frequently demonized and misunderstood in the West. Indeed, Baskerville’s life and death represent a “road not taken” in Iran. Baskerville’s story, like his life, is at the center of a whirlwind in which Americans must ask themselves: How seriously do we take our ideals of constitutional democracy and whose freedom do we support?

Finding My Voice by Emerald Garner

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Voice Author: Emerald Garner Narrator: Monet Dunham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this unforgettable memoir, Emerald Garner recounts her father’s cruel and unjust murder, the immense pain that followed, the pressures of an exploitative media, and her difficult yet determined journey as an activist against police violence. She begins with the morning of July 17, 2014—a rare day off from work, one she had hoped to enjoy with rest and family, that quickly turned her world inside out. What follows is a personal account of the suffering Emerald and her family endured: unsympathetic camera lenses, the stares and whispers of strangers, and the inability to mourn in private. In addition to these vulnerable, personal essays, Finding My Voice includes conversations in which Emerald found inspiration, empathy, and community: politicians, athletes, and activists like Brian Benjamin and Etan Thomas; others who had survived similarly unfathomable grief like Lora Dene King, Angelique Kearse, and Pamela Brooks; and Emerald’s own family, Mrs. Esaw Garner and Eric Garner Jr. The audiobook ends with a powerful call-to-action by author and daughter of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz. With growing calls for radical transformation and accountability, Emerald Garner’s memoir is a story of family and community, and the strength it takes to survive, to stand, to speak.”

Capturing Eichmann: The Memoirs of a Mossad Spymaster by Rafi Eitan

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Capturing Eichmann: The Memoirs of a Mossad Spymaster Author: Rafi Eitan Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 30, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Argentina, 1960. A car speeds through the streets of Buenos Aires. Inside are four Israeli secret agents and their prisoner: one of the most notorious war criminals of Nazi Germany. The Mossad operatives need to get this man, Adolf Eichmann, back to Israel to be tried for his crimes. Holding Eichmann's head in his lap is the leader of this ambitious mission, Rafi Eitan, whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later described as 'one of the heroes of Israeli intelligence'. In this detailed memoir, Rafi Eitan tells the story of his remarkable life and career as an elite soldier and spymaster. He describes how as a teenager, he smuggled Jewish refugees into Palestine as part of the Palmach unit and how, as a spy in the newly established Mossad, he swam through sewers to blow up a British radar station, earning the name 'Rafi the Stinker'. He goes on to describe in detail his involvement in the extraordinary hunt for the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Eitan's espionage career eventually ended over his involvement in the controversial Jonathan Pollard espionage affair, which sparked intense debate over Israel's relations with the US. Packed with new insights into Eitan's role at the heart of Israeli military, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in espionage history and the daring operation to capture Adolf Eichmann.

The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown Author: Katie Nicholl Narrator: Heather Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Vanity FairRoyals correspondent and bestselling author ofWilliam and HarryandKateexplores the remarkable life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, with new chapters to include the last few months of her reign, and the rise of King Charles III. For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady presence and to be a trustworthy steward of the British people and the Commonwealth. In the face of her uncle’s abdication, in the uncertainty of the Blitz, and in the tentative exposure of her family and private life to the public via the press, Elizabeth became synonymous with the crown. But times change. Recent years have brought grief and turmoil to the House of Windsor, and even as England celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, there were calls for a changing of the guard. In The New Royals, journalist Katie Nicholl provides a nuanced look at Elizabeth’s remarkable and unrivalled reign, with new stories from Palace courtiers and aides, documentarians, and family members. She examines King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla’s decades in waiting and beyond—where “The Firm” is headed as William and Kate present the modern faces of an ancient institution. In the wake of Harry and Meghan leaving the Royal Family and Prince Andrew’s spectacular fall from grace, the royal family must reckon with its history, the light and the dark, in order to chart a course for Britain beyond its Queen and to show that it is an institution capable of leadership in an ever-changing modern world.

Scratching River by Michelle Porter

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scratching River Author: Michelle Porter Narrator: Michelle Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Scratching River braids the voices of mother, brother, sister, ancestor, and river to create a story about environmental, personal, and collective healing. This memoir revolves around a search for home for the author’s older brother, who is both autistic and schizophrenic, and an unexpected emotional journey that led to acceptance, understanding and, ultimately, reconciliation. Michelle Porter brings together the oral history of a Métis ancestor, studies of river morphology, and news clippings about abuse her older brother endured at a rural Alberta group home to tell a tale about love, survival, and hope. This book is a voice in your ear, urging you to explore your own braided histories and relationships.

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Author: Tiffany Midge Narrator: Charlotte Flyte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural-political commentary—but no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Diné/Navajo, a ceremony is held in honor of a baby's first laugh. While the context is different, it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious, even sacred. Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's is a powerful and compelling collection of Tiffany Midge's musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in America. Artfully blending sly humor, social commentary, and meditations on love and loss, Midge weaves short, stand-alone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice. She explains why she does not like pussy hats, mercilessly dismantles pretendians, and confesses her own struggles with white-bread privilege. Midge goes on to ponder Standing Rock, feminism, and a tweeting president, all while exploring her own complex identity and the loss of her mother. Employing humor as an act of resistance, these slices of life and matchless takes on urban-Indigenous identity disrupt the colonial narrative and provide commentary on popular culture, media, feminism, and the complications of identity, race, and politics.

Ivan Pavlov: A Very Short Introduction by Daniel P. Todes

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ivan Pavlov: A Very Short Introduction Author: Daniel P. Todes Narrator: Gary Tiedemann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Daniel P. Todes provides concise introduction to the life and science of the great Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936). Todes weaves together Pavlov's life, values, context, and science by focusing upon his quest to understand the psyche and the 'torments of our consciousness.' This introduction follows the origins and maturation of Pavlov's quest from his early life in a priestly family in provincial Riazan, to his struggles and late professional success in the glittering capital of St. Petersburg, through the cataclysmic destruction of his world during the Bolshevik seizure of power and civil war of 1917-1921, to the rebuilding of his life in his 70s as a 'prosperous dissident' during the Leninist 1920s, and his success and personal torments in 1929-1936 during the industrialization, cultural revolution, and terror of Stalin times. Beyond a basic biography, Todes devotes particular attention to Pavlov's Nobel Prize-winning research on digestion (1891-1903) and his iconic studies of conditional reflexes and higher nervous activity (1903-1936), as well as his experiments with dogs. Todes shows that Pavlov was not a behaviorist, did not use a bell, and was uninterested in training dogs. The Russian scientist sought to explain not merely external behaviors, but the emotional and intellectual life of animals and humans.

The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Brian C. Wilson

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson Author: Brian C. Wilson Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 27, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson boarded a train in Concord, Massachusetts, bound for a month-and-a-half-long tour of California—an interlude that became one of the highlights of his life. On their journey across the American West, he and his companions would take in breathtaking vistas in the Rockies and along the Pacific Coast, speak with a young John Muir in the Yosemite Valley, stop off in Salt Lake City for a meeting with Brigham Young, and encounter a diversity of communities and cultures that would challenge their Yankee prejudices. Based on original research employing newly discovered documents, The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson maps the public story of this group's travels onto the private story of Emerson's final years, as aphasia set in and increasingly robbed him of his words. Engaging and compelling, this travelogue makes it clear that Emerson was still capable of wonder, surprise, and friendship, debunking the presumed darkness of his last decade.

The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle by Duchess Of Rutland Emma Manners

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592907 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle Author: Duchess Of Rutland Emma Manners Narrator: Duchess Of Rutland Emma Manners Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: September 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This audiobook is read by the author, Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland. 'The Duchess does indeed seem a remarkable woman . . . this is an engaging book' Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph When Emma Watkins, the pony-mad daughter of a Welsh farmer, imagined her future, she imagined following in her mother's footsteps to marry a farmer of her own. But then she fell in love with David Manners, having no idea that he was heir to one of the most senior hereditary titles in the land. When David succeeded his father, Emma found herself becoming the chatelaine of Belvoir Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Rutland. She had to cope with five boisterous children while faced with a vast estate in desperate need of modernisation and staff who wanted nothing to change - it was a daunting responsibility. Yet with sound advice from the doyenne of duchesses, Duchess ‘Debo’ of Devonshire, she met each challenge with optimism and gusto, including scaling the castle roof in a storm to unclog a flooding gutter; being caught in her nightdress by mesmerised Texan tourists and disguising herself as a cleaner to watch filming of The Crown. She even took on the castle ghosts . . . At times the problems she faced seemed insoluble yet, with her unstoppable energy and talent for thinking on the hoof, she won through, inspired by the vision and passion of those Rutland duchesses in whose footsteps she trod, and indeed the redoubtable and resourceful women who forged her way, whose homes were not castles but remote farmhouses in the Radnorshire Hills. Vividly written and bursting with insights, The Accidental Duchess will appeal to everyone who has visited a stately home and wondered what it would be like to one day find yourself not only living there, but in charge of its future.

A Croft in the Hills by Katharine Stewart

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Croft in the Hills Author: Katharine Stewart Narrator: Ruth Urquhart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Croft in the Hills captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft near Loch Ness fifty years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread, and surviving the worst that Scottish winters can throw at them. Their neighbors are few, but among them they find the generosity and community spirit that has survived in the Highlands for generations. Working as a tight family unit, they learn to cope, and in time grow to love their little croft. As Neil Gunn writes in his Foreword, their lives gain extra dimensions that 'give the book its unusual quality, its brightness, and its wisdom'.

Up for the Fight: How to Advocate for Yourself as You Battle Cancer—from a Five-Time Survivor by Bill C. Potts

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up for the Fight: How to Advocate for Yourself as You Battle Cancer—from a Five-Time Survivor Author: Bill C. Potts Narrator: Bill C. Potts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The guide endorsed by MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Mayo Clinic, and used by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation patients. Imagine a road map for the entire cancer journey, for both patients and their loved ones. That’s what this book is. Think What to Expect When You’re Expecting, but for navigating the complexities of a cancer diagnosis, its treatment, and beyond. Up for the Fight empowers you to take control of your cancer journey with advice from five-time cancer survivor Bill C. Potts. Learn to be your own advocate, build the right care team, and prioritize your emotional and mental well-being. Discover practical tips for comfortable treatment days, side effect management, and understanding test results. Gain valuable insights on diet, exercise, and staying active while navigating the impacts of treatment and the disease on your immune system. Special sections offer guidance for supporting loved ones with cancer, facing mortality with peace, and realigning your priorities to truly live your life to the fullest. This book equips you with the knowledge and tools you need to fight this battle, all from the perspective of a tenacious cancer veteran

All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing by Jeff Smoot

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing Author: Jeff Smoot Narrator: Eric Smies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Once considered a fringe activity, climbing without a rope has entered the mainstream consciousness, largely because of the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo featuring professional climber Alex Honnold. Yet climbers have been free soloing all along—motivated by reasons as varied as the climbers themselves. All and Nothing delves into the cultural history of free soloing, ranging across the storied climbing cultures of the Alps, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, the Gunks, Eldorado Canyon, and several other locales. Writer and climber Jeff Smoot explores the interplay of climbing and risk, as well as psychological theories, evolving ethics, the effect of media coverage (particularly the portrayal of extreme sports), and shares original interviews with dozens of free soloists. Smoot also recounts his personal experiences climbing without a rope in the same era as talented climbers like Mark Twight and Peter Croft. From inside his complex connection to free soloing, he examines our relationship with risk, how we perceive our sense of control, and our perspective on mortality.

Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School by Laurence M. Hauptman, Adam Fortunate Eagle

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School Author: Laurence M. Hauptman, Adam Fortunate Eagle Narrator: Kaipo Schwab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate Eagle lives up to his reputation as a 'contrary warrior' by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike. Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist vision was reshaping the federal boarding school system to promote greater respect for Native cultures and traditions. But this book is hardly a dry history of the late boarding school era. Telling this story in the voice of his younger self, the author takes us on a delightful journey into his childhood and the inner world of the boarding school. Along the way, he shares anecdotes of dormitory culture, student pranks, and warrior games. Although Fortunate Eagle recognizes Pipestone's shortcomings, he describes his time there as nothing less than 'a little bit of heaven.' Were all Indian boarding schools the dispiriting places that history has suggested? This book allows listeners to decide for themselves.

[Spanish] - Los científicos de Hitler by Eric Frattini

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Los científicos de Hitler Author: Eric Frattini Narrator: Chema Agulló Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un libro que muestra la creación de La Anhenerbe, la «Sociedad de estudios para la historia antigua del espíritu», un departamento de las SS creado por Himmler. Este departamento tenía varios objetivos: rescatar las tradiciones alemanas, proteger la pureza aria e investigar el origen de los pueblos germánicos. Respaldado por un esoterismo racista y conspiranoico que se alzó a la altura de la ciencia, la Anhenerbe albergó e impulsó investigaciones científicas abominables. En este libro, Frattini explica y analiza el departamento y todo lo que se realizó bajo el objetivo de proteger la raza aria. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Eric Frattini es escritor, periodista y fotógrafo. Ha sido corresponsal de guerra en 17 conflictos, ha viajado por más de cien países y ha escrito varios libros de narrativa y ensayo político. Experto en conflictos árabes y terrorismo islámico, ha trabajado para varias televisiones como investigador y da clases teóricas sobre ese tema. En la actualidad se dedica a ayudar a enfermos de cáncer y personas con peligro de exclusión social.

Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project by Robert P. Moses, Charles E. Cobb Jr.

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/594996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project Author: Robert P. Moses, Charles E. Cobb Jr. Narrator: Langston Darby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 30, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At a time when popular solutions to the educational plight of poor children of color are imposed from the outside, the acclaimed Algebra Project and its founder, Robert Moses, offer a vision of school reform based in the power of communities. Founded on the belief that math-science literacy is a prerequisite for full citizenship in society, the Project works with entire communities—parents, teachers, and especially students—to create a culture of literacy around algebra, a crucial stepping-stone to college math and opportunity. Telling the story of this remarkable program, Robert Moses draws on lessons from the 1960s Southern voter registration he famously helped organize: 'Everyone said sharecroppers didn't want to vote. It wasn't until we got them demanding to vote that we got attention. Today, when kids are falling wholesale through the cracks, people say they don't want to learn. We have to get the kids themselves to demand what everyone says they don't want.' We see the Algebra Project organizing community by community. Older kids serve as coaches for younger students and build a self-sustained tradition of leadership. And we see the remarkable success stories of schools like the predominately poor Hart School in Bessemer, Alabama, which outscored the city's middle-class flagship school in just three years.

Theodor Adorno: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Bowie

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/594946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodor Adorno: A Very Short Introduction Author: Andrew Bowie Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 26, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: T. W. Adorno (1903-1969) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His work has come to be seen as increasingly relevant to understanding the pathologies of contemporary society evident in today's climate emergency, the financial crash, the reappearance of fascism in many countries, and the growing instability of the world order. This Very Short Introduction covers Adorno's work and life, explaining his key philosophical concepts and the philosophical background and historical context of Adorno's thinking. Andrew Bowie shows how Adorno's exploration of why human reason can have irrational consequences led him to rethink basic concepts like 'nature', 'history', and 'freedom', offering alternatives to many ways of thinking about these concepts in contemporary philosophy. The book also examines Adorno's social theory, as well as his highly critical assessments of jazz and modern culture, which he considered threatened by the effects of modern capitalism.

Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors by Tom Bower

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors Author: Tom Bower Narrator: Andrew Wincott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 25, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.56 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 3.31 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This instant #1 internationally bestselling “explosive tell-all” (Daily Express, London) reveals the inside story about Meghan Markle’s journey from minor actress and attempted activist to the woman powerful enough to fracture the British Royal Family. After a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, Meghan Markle fought hard for stardom. But even when she landed her breakthrough role on Suits, her dream of worldwide celebrity remained elusive until she met the man who would change her life—Prince Harry. Their whirlwind romance culminated with Meghan’s ultimate fairy tale ending: their 2018 wedding at Windsor Castle. Finally, the world was her stage. It seemed that the dizzying success of the wedding between the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked the beginning of a fresh era for the British Royal Family. Yet, within one tumultuous year, the dream became a nightmare. In the aftermath of the infamous Megxit split and their Oprah Winfrey interview, the increasingly toxic relationship between the two Windsor sides seemed forever ruptured. What does the future hold for Meghan and Harry? And can the rest of the Windsors restore their reputation? Now, with “new shocking revelations” (Bella), Revenge reveals the full tangled web story of love, betrayal, secrets, and deceit within the Windsor family.

The Watchmakers: A Powerful WW2 Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust by Scott Lenga, Harry Lenga

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Watchmakers: A Powerful WW2 Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust Author: Scott Lenga, Harry Lenga Narrator: Barry Abrams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Harry Lenga was born to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland. The proud sons of a watchmaker, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe, studied their father's trade at a young age. Upon the German invasion of Poland, when the Lenga family was upended, Harry and his brothers never anticipated that the tools acquired from their father would be the key to their survival. Under the most devastating conditions imaginable—with death always imminent—fixing watches for the Germans in the ghettos and brutal slave labor camps of occupied Poland and Austria bought their lives over and over again. From Wolanow and Starachowice to Auschwitz and Ebensee, Harry, Mailekh, and Moishe endured, bartered, worked, prayed, and lived to see liberation. Derived from more than a decade of interviews with Harry Lenga, conducted by his own son Scott and others, The Watchmakers is Harry's heartening and unflinchingly honest first-person account of his childhood, the lessons learned from his own father, his harrowing tribulations, and his inspiring life before, during, and after the war. It is a singular and vital story, told from one generation to the next—and a profoundly moving tribute to brotherhood, fatherhood, family, and faith.

Into Enemy Arms: The Remarkable True Story of a German Girl's Struggle Against Nazism, and Her Daring Escape with the Allied Airman She Love

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/594998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into Enemy Arms: The Remarkable True Story of a German Girl's Struggle Against Nazism, and Her Daring Escape with the Allied Airman She Loved Author: Michael Hingston Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The suspenseful true story of a love that defied Nazi oppression, and a harrowing journey to freedom. In 1945, Ditha Bruncel was living with her parents in the small town of Lossen, in Upper Silesia. Close Jewish friends had vanished, swastikas hung from every building, and neighbors were disappearing in the middle of the night. At the same time more than fifteen hundred British and Commonwealth airmen were being marched out of Stalag Luft VII, a POW camp in the same region. Twenty-three of these prisoners managed to escape from the marching column—and by chance hobbled into Lossen. One among them, Warrant Officer Gordon Slowey, was the man Ditha was destined to meet and fall in love with. Into Enemy Arms tells the extraordinary story of Ditha and the escaped POWs she helped save. Together, they embarked on a dangerous and daring flight out of Germany. As they faced exhaustion, hunger, extreme cold, and the constant risk of discovery, Ditha and Gordon's love for one another intensified, and so did their determination to survive and escape.

Child: A Memoir by Judy Goldman

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Child: A Memoir Author: Judy Goldman Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 16, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A personal meditation on love in the shadow of white privilege and racism Child is the story of Judy Goldman's relationship with Mattie Culp, the Black woman who worked for her family as a live-in maid and helped raise her—the unconscionable scaffolding on which the relationship was built and the deep love. It is also the story of Mattie's child, who was left behind to be raised by someone else. Judy, now eighty, cross-examines what it was to be a privileged white child in the Jim Crow South, how a bond can evolve in and out of step with a changing world, and whether we can ever tell the whole truth, even to ourselves. It is an incandescent book of small moments, heart-warming, heartbreaking, and, ultimately, inspiring.

[Spanish] - El lado b de la cultura: Codazos, descaro y adulterio en el México del siglo XX by Julia Santibáñez

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El lado b de la cultura: Codazos, descaro y adulterio en el México del siglo XX Author: Julia Santibáñez Narrator: Julia Santibáñez, Estephanie Herrera Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Pasa, lectora, lector, estás en tu fiesta. Más que un libro, este objeto es un carnaval de cincuenta estaciones que desfila tras las bambalinas de la cultura mexicana. En él participan Tin Tan y Pita Amor, María Félix y Monsiváis, Piporro y Tongolele, Nahui Olin y Jorge Ibargüengoitia, los beats y Marilyn Monroe, Vitola y José Revueltas. Entre muchos, muchos otros. Mientras pasan, nos van contando de sus vicios, supersticiones, sus pleitos y apodos, los cuadrángulos amorosos que formaron y los cabarés que visitaron. Guiados por la insaciable curiosidad de JuliaSantibáñez, nos enteramos de quiénes fueron huéspedes de Lecumberri y quiénes invitados a la casa de Carlos Fuentes; qué escritores la hicieron de actores y qué libros y películas gozaron de la mercadotecnia inversa de la censura y por qué. Encuentra aquí lo que los libros ceremoniosos nunca dirán sobre escritores, artistas e intelectuales.

[Spanish] - Z, la ciudad perdida by David Grann

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Z, la ciudad perdida Author: David Grann Narrator: Javier Méndez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: David Grann reconstruye en esta fascinante novela la misteriosa historia del explorador Percy Fawcett, desaparecido durante la última expedición en busca de El Dorado. Durante siglos, los europeos situaron la legendaria ciudad de El Dorado en la selva más grande y densa del mundo: la del Amazonas. La obsesión por encontrar ese paraíso dejó la jungla impenetrable sembrada de cadáveres, lo que no fue impedimento para que, en los años 20, el explorador británico Percy Fawcett se aventurara en ella en busca de la antigua civilización. Después de emprender una expedición tras otra sin éxito, en 1925 desapareció sin dejar rastro. Desde entonces, cientos de hombres han muerto o han enloquecido en el intento de seguir sus huellas. En 2005, el prestigioso periodista de la revista The New Yorker David Grann se adentró en el «infierno verde» para averiguar qué había ocurrido allí. El resultado es una reconstrucción magistral de la aventura de Percy Fawcett, un recorrido fascinante por una de las zonas más exuberantes y misteriosas del planeta, una investigación exhaustiva y absorbente que da voz a los que vieron a Fawcett por última vez en vida y que nos contagia su obstinación por encontrar El Dorado, ese misterio arraigado en el corazón de la selva que mató a todo aquel que soñó con verlo. Reseñas: «Una aventura fascinante, cargada de emoción y profundamente absorbente.» John Grisham «Como si uno de los rudos hombres de Conrad se encontrara de repente atrapado en una novela de García Márquez [...] terriblemente entretenida. [...] Al mismo tiempo una biografía, una historia de detectives y un maravilloso relato de viajes.» The New York Times «Combinando la extraordinaria historia de Fawcett con su propia investigación, Grann ha creado un personaje de gran calado que irradia la energía incombustible de una novela clásica de aventuras.» Publishers Weekly «¡Una obra maestra! Un viaje emocionante de principio a fin.» The Washington Post «Basta con decir quese trata de un libro fascinante. A uno le entran ganas de agarrar la mochila e irse a correr aventuras.» The Daily Telegraph

[Russian] - Клеопатра. Жизнь. Больше чем биография by стейси шифф

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/618047 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Клеопатра. Жизнь. Больше чем биография Author: стейси шифф Narrator: никита моисеев Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Автор биографий и лауреат Пулитцеровской премии Стейси Шифф создала яркий портрет самой неоднозначной женщины в мировой истории — Клеопатры, последней правительницы Египта. Ее дворец сверкал драгоценными камнями и золотом и славился политическими играми. Клеопатру связывали тесные отношения с Юлием Цезарем и Марком Антонием, однако ее личность оказалась слишком плотно занавешена романтическим флером. Египетская царица не находилась в тени этих самых выдающихся римлян того времени — владычица почти всего Восточного Средиземноморья, последнего из великих царств в истории Египта, была сильным правителем, способным создать свой флот, подавить восстание, удержать денежный курс, накормить голодных. Она свободно изъяснялась на девяти языках и была проницательным стратегом и искусным переговорщиком. Ее образ воссоздавали Уильям Шекспир и Бернард Шоу, Микеланджело Буонарроти и Джованни Баттиста Тьеполо, а многие из наших современников судят о внешности и характере царицы по ее кинематографическому «двойнику» — блистательной Элизабет Тейлор. Однако далеко не все детали драматической жизни Клеопатры, не все грани ее сложного характера возможно отразить художественными средствами, к тому же много информации было утрачено или мифологизировано. Профессионально работая с классическими источниками, Стейси Шифф виртуозно отделяет факты от вымысла, чтобы явить миру истинную Клеопатру. Богатая информацией и эпическая по масштабу книга, переведенная на 30 языков, представляет собой глубокую и тщательно проработанную реконструкцию жизни этой выдающейся личности, а вкладка с цветными иллюстрациями делает ее образ еще более зримым. «Восстановить личность Клеопатры — значит бережно отнестись к немногим дошедшим до нас фактам... Недавние исследования проливают на историю женщин Античности и эллинистического Египта совершенно новый свет». (Стейси Шифф)

Zelensky: A Biography by Serhii Rudenko

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602761 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zelensky: A Biography Author: Serhii Rudenko Narrator: Mike Lenz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Three years after the political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected to Ukraine's highest office, he found himself catapulted into the role of war-time leader. The former comedian has become the public face of his country's courageous and bloody struggle against a brutal invasion. Born to Jewish parents in central Ukraine, Zelensky campaigned for the presidency in the 2019 election on the promise to restore trust in politics. After his landslide victory, he told jubilant supporters 'I will never let you down.' Little did he know that he would be called upon to serve his people in the most demanding circumstances imaginable, fighting for the very survival of his country in the worst war on European soil since 1945. Zelensky's leadership in the face of Russia's aggression is an inspiration to everyone who stands opposed to the appalling violence being unleashed on Ukraine. This book tells his astonishing story.

She Danced with Lightning: My Daughter's Struggle with Epilepsy and Her Boundless Will to Live by Marc Palmieri

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She Danced with Lightning: My Daughter's Struggle with Epilepsy and Her Boundless Will to Live Author: Marc Palmieri Narrator: Marc Palmieri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 9, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Part family memoir, part medical mystery involving severe epilepsy, She Danced with Lightning follows one girl's battle to persevere as a competitive dancer, culminating in a terrifying decline, a courageous performance, and an eleventh hour, life-saving brain surgery. Eleven-year-old Anna has lived all her life with severe epilepsy. Despite the ravage of thousands of violent seizures and heavy medications, she has thrived at school, athletics, and her greatest passion—dance. As she approaches her twelfth birthday, Anna's condition takes a dire turn. Her health declines quickly and a new diagnosis is revealed, leaving the family only one excruciating choice. A parent's memoir about the medical mysteries of epilepsy and the personal suffering of raising a child with a deadly health condition, She Danced with Lightning is told from the perspective of Anna's dream-chasing father, who comes to learn from her a strength and courage he never imagined possible.

A Child of the East End by Jean Fullerton

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Child of the East End Author: Jean Fullerton Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Child of the East End is an eye-opening, heartfelt and atmospheric portrait of life in the East End after the war, and is perfect for fans of My East End by Gilda O'Neill, Four Meals for Fourpence by Grace Foakes and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government's broken promises had led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But one thing prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulled through the dark times with humour and heart. Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and '60s, as well as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depicts this fascinating part of London - from tin baths, to jellied eels, to tigers in a Wapping warehouse.

Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death by Ros Coward, Ken Wharfe

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diana - Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death Author: Ros Coward, Ken Wharfe Narrator: Ken Wharfe, Emily Pennant-Rea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity. All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality. Someone with a natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic...' From Charles Spencer's address at his sister Diana's funeral, Westminster Abbey, 6 September 1997 Today, twenty-five years since Diana's death, seems the right moment for a reassessment of this remarkable woman. Did the Royal Family learn lessons from her life, about protection and privacy, about how to incorporate 'outsiders' into their ranks, about how to manage scandal? Did it take any lessons from her death, and the public's reaction not only to that, but to the behaviour of, in particular, the Queen and Prince Charles, in the aftermath? Or have the family and the Palace - 'the men in grey suits', as Diana called them - continued on the same track, unchanged, repeating many of the mistakes made with her, from her first nervous ventures in royal circles to her later defiance of traditional protocols? These and many other questions are explored in this authoritative book, written by two people closely associated with Diana: Inspector Ken Wharfe was the Princess's police protection officer for six years during the most turbulent period of her marriage to Prince Charles. Ros Coward was chosen as author of the official book by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Trust. Their book is both an examination of the people and events of the time, and an elegiac tribute to one of the most iconic figures of the late twentieth century.

MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls by Steven Rinella

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls Author: Steven Rinella Narrator: The Contributors, Steven Rinella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.78 of Total 140 Ratings of Narrator: 4.85 of Total 27 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio collection MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls. In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable. Including stories from MeatEater's Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb, and spearfishing champion Kimi Werner, this immersive audio collection also features tales from listeners who survived falling through the ice, gunshot and arrowhead wounds, hand-to-hoof combat with a deer, and a spearfisherman who made the best shot of his life to save a friend from certain death. Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls features tales from MeatEater crew members Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb • with additional stories by Vince Merritt • Allen Jones • Kimi Werner • Roy Getson • Casey Frank • Cory Holloway • Cameron Kirkconnell • Bruce Batten • and Vic Barnes.

Bose: The Untold Story (Part 1): The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist by Chandrachur Ghose

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bose: The Untold Story (Part 1): The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist Author: Chandrachur Ghose Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A comprehensive and gripping narrative' Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society'A must-read' Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India TodayThere are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These often revolve around his resignation from the Indian Civil Service, joining the freedom movement, to be exiled twice for over seven years, throwing a challenge to the Gandhian leadership in the Congress, taking up an extremist position against the British Raj, evading the famed intelligence network to travel to Europe and then to Southeast Asia, forming two Governments and raising two armies and then disappearing into the unknown. All this in a span of just two decades.Now, new information throws light on Bose's intense political activities surrounding the revolutionary groups in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and United Provinces, his efforts to bridge the increasing communal divide and his influence among the splintered political landscape; his outlook and relations with women; his plunge into the depths of spirituality; his penchant for covert operations and his efforts to engineer a rebellion among the Indian armed forces. With this new information, what appeared to be dramatic now becomes more intense with plots and subplots under one man's single-minded focus on freeing the motherland and envisioning its development in a new era.Furthermore, one of the most sensitive issues that have prevented political parties and successive governments from talking much about Bose is his joining the Axis camp. While Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress leaders publicly denounced the move, the Communist Party of India went on to a prolonged vilification campaign. Sardar Patel issued instruction to Congress leaders to defend the INA soldiers without eulogizing their leader.Was Bose really a Nazi sympathiser? Knowing very well about the strong public opinion that existed among the political leadership and the intelligentsia in India against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan, why did he risk his own political image by allying with the Axis powers?Pacey, thought-provoking and absolutely unputdownable, Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist will open a window to many hitherto untold and unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.Probably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date.

Bose: The Untold Story (Part 2): The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist by Chandrachur Ghose

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bose: The Untold Story (Part 2): The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist Author: Chandrachur Ghose Narrator: Dev J. Haldar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 2, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A comprehensive and gripping narrative' Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society'A must-read' Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India TodayThere are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These often revolve around his resignation from the Indian Civil Service, joining the freedom movement, to be exiled twice for over seven years, throwing a challenge to the Gandhian leadership in the Congress, taking up an extremist position against the British Raj, evading the famed intelligence network to travel to Europe and then to Southeast Asia, forming two Governments and raising two armies and then disappearing into the unknown. All this in a span of just two decades.Now, new information throws light on Bose's intense political activities surrounding the revolutionary groups in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and United Provinces, his efforts to bridge the increasing communal divide and his influence among the splintered political landscape; his outlook and relations with women; his plunge into the depths of spirituality; his penchant for covert operations and his efforts to engineer a rebellion among the Indian armed forces. With this new information, what appeared to be dramatic now becomes more intense with plots and subplots under one man's single-minded focus on freeing the motherland and envisioning its development in a new era.Furthermore, one of the most sensitive issues that have prevented political parties and successive governments from talking much about Bose is his joining the Axis camp. While Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress leaders publicly denounced the move, the Communist Party of India went on to a prolonged vilification campaign. Sardar Patel issued instruction to Congress leaders to defend the INA soldiers without eulogizing their leader.Was Bose really a Nazi sympathiser? Knowing very well about the strong public opinion that existed among the political leadership and the intelligentsia in India against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan, why did he risk his own political image by allying with the Axis powers?Pacey, thought-provoking and absolutely unputdownable, Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist will open a window to many hitherto untold and unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.Probably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date.

Impact: Women Writing After Concussion by Jane Cawthorne (editor), E. D. Morin (editor)

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impact: Women Writing After Concussion Author: Jane Cawthorne (editor), E. D. Morin (editor) Narrator: Tara Yelle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after a traumatic event. By sharing their complex and sometimes incomplete healing journeys, these women convey the magnitude of a disability which is often doubted, overlooked, and trivialized, in part because of its invisibility. Impact offers compassion and empathy to all readers and families healing from concussion and other types of trauma. Contributors: Adèle Barclay, Jane Cawthorne, Tracy Wai de Boer, Stephanie Everett, Mary-Jo Fetterly, Rayanne Haines, Jane Harris, Kyla Jamieson, Alexis Kienlen, Claire Lacey, E. D. Morin, Julia Nunes, Shelley Pacholok, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Judy Rebick, Julie Sedivy, Dianah Smith, Carrie Snyder, Kinnie Starr, Amy Stuart, Anna Swanson

The Criminal Class: Memoir of a Prison Teacher by Paul Macnamara

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Criminal Class: Memoir of a Prison Teacher Author: Paul Macnamara Narrator: John Robertson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 21, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Criminal Class follows the journey of a teacher working inside the criminal justice system. This amazing story will both repel you, and at the same time, draw you in. The only door in the room was now closed and sitting before me was a murderer, a rapist, an armed robber and a guy serving six years for grievous bodily harm. Each of them had a sharpened pencil in their hands; a potential weapon. I had been forewarned yet I had handed them out willingly. I looked at these four brutes trying not to stare but conscious of not looking away in fear either. All four of them had their eyes fixed on me too; sussing out the new guy. In silence I shot back a tight-lipped grin. Slowly but purposefully, I glanced at the secured metal door and, next to it, the red duress button on the wall. I guessed the distance to be three metres. I looked back at the prisoners and wondered, if it came to it, would I be able to press that button or exit the doorway before they could get to me? I didn't fancy my chances… The Criminal Class is based on the true-life experiences of an everyday teacher who makes the precarious career transition to an Education Officer in the prison system. Dealing with both the law enforcers and the law breakers, but not bound by any normal allegiances, he finds himself having to thread the rocky path of an outsider on the inside. ‘Teaching in the jail system is a surreal experience,. In this bizarreness you encounter things that make you shake your head, shake your fist, cry your heart out, laugh your head off and blow your mind. And I felt compelled to write it down; to capture its un-realness. Hopefully I can convey some of this in The Criminal Class.' PAUL A. MACNAMARA

[German] - George Müller - Ein Vater der Waisen: Ein Lebensbild von Marie von Koenneritz by Marie Von Koenneritz

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613571 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - George Müller - Ein Vater der Waisen: Ein Lebensbild von Marie von Koenneritz Author: Marie Von Koenneritz Narrator: Eduard Janzen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 15 minutes Release date: July 20, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: George Müller ist ein besonderes Vorbild in der Gemeinde Jesu. Er besaß ein Vertrauen zu Gott und zu Seinen Verheißungen, das in ihm eine aktive Liebe zu seinen Mitmenschen weckte und ihm den Mut verlieh, sich ganz und gar Gottes Fürsorge zu überlassen. Marie von Koenneritz war eine Zeitzeugin dessen, was Gott durch George Müller, den Leiter mehrerer Waisenhäuser in Bristol und auch weltweit wirkte. Neben den Einblicken in George Müllers Leben sind dem Buch auch zwei kurze geistliche Gedanken des Waisenvaters und Predigers beigefügt. Diese zeigen nicht nur, welche Glaubensüberzeugung ihn in seinem Wirken stärkten, sie können uns auch als Ermutigung dienen auf den allmächtigen Gott und auf seine unwiderruflichen Verheißungen zu vertrauen.

Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life by Don Bluth

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life Author: Don Bluth Narrator: Don Bluth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Don Bluth never felt like a Donald. So people have always called him Don. A matinee of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs awakened something within him. Despite growing up in rural Texas and Utah, he practiced and worked hard to become an Hollywood animator. And after working alongside his idol Walt Disney, and on films including Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, Winne the Pooh, The Rescuers, and Pete's Dragon, he realized that the company had changed into something he didn't necessarily believe in. So he made the industry-shocking decision to start his own animation studio. It was from that studio—Don's studio—that came such award-winning, generation-defining films as The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and the video game Dragon's Lair. Now, after more than half a century in the movie business, Don is ready to tell the story of his life. This book reveals how his passions for artistry, integrity, and his Mormon faith shaped him into the beloved icon whose creativity, entrepreneurship, and deeply held beliefs entertained, enthralled, and inspired millions across the globe.

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Author: T. E. Lawrence Narrator: Ralph Lister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence’s memoir of his involvement in leading a portion of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire during the first World War. The Ottomans had joined the side of Germany and the Central Powers in the war, and Britain hoped that a successful revolt would take them out of the war effort. Britain had also promised the Arabs that England would recognize a single Arab state. With the support of Emir Faisal and his tribesmen, T. E. Lawrence helped organize and carry out attacks on the Ottoman forces from Aqaba in the south to Damascus in the north. This memoir is a travelogue, philosophy treatise, and an action novel. It details Lawrence’s movements and actions during his two year involvement in the Arab revolt, and his thoughts—and doubts—during that time. It’s a gripping tale made famous by the movie Lawrence of Arabia, and one that Winston Churchill called “unsurpassable” as a “narrative of war and adventure.”

Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague by Robert Zaretsky

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague Author: Robert Zaretsky Narrator: Ray Greenley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 19, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In any time of disruption or grief, many of us seek guidance in the work of great writers who endured similar circumstances. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, historian and biographer Robert Zaretsky did the same while also working as a volunteer in a nursing home in south Texas. In Victories Never Last Zaretsky weaves his reflections on the pandemic siege of his nursing home with the testimony of six writers on their own times of plague: Thucydides, Marcus Aurelius, Michel de Montaigne, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, and Albert Camus, whose novel The Plague provides the title of this book. Zaretsky delves into these writers to uncover lessons that can provide deeper insight into our pandemic era. At the same time, he goes beyond the literature to invoke his own experience of the tragedy that enveloped his Texas nursing home, one which first took the form of chronic loneliness and then, inevitably, the deaths of many residents whom we come to know through Zaretsky's stories. In doing so, Zaretsky shows the power of great literature to connect directly to one's own life in a different moment and time. For all of us still struggling to comprehend this pandemic and its toll, this book serves as a thoughtful and down-to-earth guide to the many ways we can come to know and make peace with human suffering.

I Don't Want to Talk About Home: A migrant’s search for belonging by Suad Aldarra

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589487 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Want to Talk About Home: A migrant’s search for belonging Author: Suad Aldarra Narrator: Nadia Albina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 14, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'I carry my troubled homeland within me; I hide it like a crime.' Growing up in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, Suad Aldarra felt stifled. The daughter of Syrian parents, she railed against the extreme strictures placed on women in Saudi society at the time and the rising prejudice her family faced as migrants. When the opportunity arose to study software engineering at Damascus University, she jumped at the chance to move to the city she loved for a degree of freedom she'd never known. But when the war started, everything changed. Suddenly Suad and her new husband Housam were thrown into a world of relentless pressure and fled to post-Arab Spring Egypt. Suad's degree in engineering was the saving grace that allowed her to travel to Ireland on a working visa. Yet reaching safety came at a price... I Don't Want to Talk About Home is not a memoir about war and destruction. It's not about camps or boats. It's about the enduring love for a home that ceased to exist and how to build a life out of the rubble. With great warmth and insight, Suad writes about those left behind paper borders, the sacrifices made, and the parts of yourself you lose and find when integrating into a new world. Powerful, fascinating and deeply moving - this book pushes aside our lazy images of human migration and refugees. I loved it. - RODDY DOYLE author of Love Full of heart, honesty and hard-learnt wisdom... a captivating journey across continents, history and culture. I literally couldn't put this book down. - JAN CARSON author of The Raptures © Suad Aldarra 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

[Spanish] - Bolívar: Libertador de América by Marie Arana

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Bolívar: Libertador de América Author: Marie Arana Narrator: Malena Rospigliosi Bonilla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 14, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un relato biográfico vibrante que captura la épica historia de Simón Bolívar, El Libertador. Simón Bolívar se ganó el sobrenombre de El Libertador tras poner fin al dominio español sobre seis países. Su vida fue heroica, trágica y legendaria: viajó del Amazonas a los Andes, libró eternas batallas, forjó alianzas entre razas rivales... Partiendo de un gran abanico de fuentes, Marie Arana captura un vívido retrato de la Suramérica de inicios del siglo XIX, la que forjó a Bolívar y lo convirtió en un valeroso general, un estratega brillante, un escritor portentoso y un político sin parangón; en definitiva, uno de los personajes más admirados de Latinoamérica. Bolívar es una biografía trepidante en la que el lector hallará la imagen de una vida trágica capturada en todo su esplendor y un conmovedor manifiesto de la verdadera esencia del pueblo latinoamericano. Reseñas: «Al fin Bolívar tiene la gran biografía que merece. Ha sido el mayor líder de la historia de Latinoamérica y su vida está repleta de lecciones sobre la pasión y el liderazgo. Este libro se lee con la facilidad de una magnífica novela, pero como obra histórica, su nivel de documentación la pone a la altura de una obra maestra.» Walter Isaacson «Bolívar tiene un enfoque magistral, es una obra construida con un sentido histórico y un estilo casi cinematográficos. Un logro impresionante, destinado a ganar premios literarios destacados.» Joseph J. Ellis, Washington Post Book World «Maravilloso. En este relato de Arana, tan ameno como intenso, Bolívar cobra vida, una vida épica. Contribuye a definir la biografía de Bolívar con una fuerza y un estilo fuera de lo común.» Hector Tobar, The Los Angeles Times «Arana aporta un lúcido testigo de los ideales, las alianzas y de la debilidad humana que condicionaron a Bolívar en sus decisiones y que, por consiguiente, cambiaron el curso de la historia en las Américas.» The New Yorker «Con gran intuición, Arana captura con destreza la audacia y la brillantez de Simón Bolívar, un líder venerado y menospreciado a su vez.» Kirkus Reviews «Arana es una investigadora incansable, una historiadora intuitiva y una escritora brillante, lo cual queda reflejado a la perfección en esta definitiva y sobrecogedora biografía del gran Simón Bolívar, el libertador de América del sur.» Booklist (Top 10 Biografías del año) «La prosa de Arana puede llegar a ser preciosa. Una novelista convertida en historiadora, su relato de la historia de Bolívar es maravillosa. Dos siglos después de su muerte, Bolívar sigue desatando pasiones como no logran hacerlo otros personajes más célebres. En la biografía de Arana descubrimos el porqué.» Giles Tremlett, The Guardian «Se lee como una novela, repleta de retratos, escenarios y escenas memorables y construida con mucho brío y con detalles realmente vívidos.» Enrique Krauze, The New York Times Review of Books «Una biografía extraordinariamente equilibrada y empática. [Arana] tiene un gran instinto cuando se trata de hacer que los detalles cobren vida.» Nicholas Shakespeare, The Telegraph

[Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Santa Anna by Natalia Arroyo, Arno Burkholder

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/605525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Santa Anna Author: Natalia Arroyo, Arno Burkholder Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb, Alejandro Ivarias Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 14, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ¿Cuál fue el momento histórico que le tocó vivir a Santa Anna? ¿Cuáles fueron las consecuencias que dejó tras su paso por el poder? El siglo XIX se encargó de cavar su tumba; el siglo XX de fortalecer el desprecio por él. ¿Encontrará Santa Anna el perdón de la Historia en el siglo XXI? «A través de estas páginas, los historiadores Natalia Arroyo Tafolla y Arno Burkholder de la Rosa se adentran en la biografía política y en el momento histórico de Antonio López de Santa Anna; parten del hecho de que en la historia no hay cosa juzgada, no buscan la reivindicación del caudillo, sino que tratan de entenderlo dentro del contexto de su época paracolocarlo en un lugar que nunca ha tenido, lejos de los epítetos como traidor o vendepatrias y mucho más cerca del hombre y sus circunstancias.» Alejandro Rosas

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/600037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Around the World in Eighty Days Author: Jules Verne Narrator: Christopher Saylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 12, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works

Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur by Matthew N. Green, Jeffrey Crouch

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur Author: Matthew N. Green, Jeffrey Crouch Narrator: Mike Lenz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur, political scientists Matthew N. Green and Jeffrey Crouch draw from newly uncovered archival material, original interviews, and other data to provide a fresh and insightful look at Gingrich's entire congressional career. Green and Crouch argue that Gingrich is best understood as a 'party entrepreneur,' someone who works primarily to achieve their congressional party's collective goals. From the moment he entered Congress, Gingrich was laser-focused on achieving two party-related objectives—a Republican majority in the House and a more conservative society—as well as greater influence for himself. Using a conceptual framework taken from theories of military strategy, the authors explain how Gingrich initially struggled because of a mismatch between his lofty goals and the resources available to him. After years of patiently cultivating allies, tempering his immediate objectives, and waiting for favorable circumstances to emerge, Gingrich finally claimed victory in 1994, with Republicans winning control of the House and electing Gingrich as Speaker. Yet while Gingrich had been creative, patient, and ultimately successful at gaining power for himself and his party, he proved ineffective at balancing his goals with the demands of the Speakership, and he resigned from Congress just four years later.

[German] - Wedding 65, dritter Hinterhof by Mesut L.

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Wedding 65, dritter Hinterhof Author: Mesut L. Narrator: Peter Sura Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mesut L., geboren 1978 in Berlin-Wedding. Zweitjüngstes von vier Kindern einer alleinerziehenden türkischen Gastarbeiterin. Soldiner Straße, dritter Hinterhof, Parterre, Außentoilette. Und Deutschland dachte immer noch, der Türke wird ja sowieso bald abhauen. Dabei waren Kindergärten und Grundschulen schon teilweise zu 100 Prozent von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund bevölkert. Bald bilden sich Jugendgangs, die die Kieze zwischen sich aufteilen. Die Jungs aus dem Koloniekiez nennen sich Kolonieboys oder Araberboys, die vom Bereich Badstraße Tunesian Force, die vom Nauener Platz Black Panthers. Die Gruppierungen in Moabit nennen sich Bulldogs oder Moabit 21, die in Neukölln Die Spinne oder Neukölln 44, in Kreuzberg 36-Boys. Bald sterben die ersten Freunde an Drogen. Mesut L. entdeckt die Musik und das Tanzen. Er wird ein Breakdancer der ersten Stunde. Mit den Wedding B-Boys wird er sogar Deutscher Meister, mit den Flying Steps geht er auf Welttournee – bis zu einem folgenschweren Unfall.

[Spanish] - Las mujeres que luchan se encuentran: Manual de feminismo pop latinoamericano by Catalina Ruiz-Navarro

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las mujeres que luchan se encuentran: Manual de feminismo pop latinoamericano Author: Catalina Ruiz-Navarro Narrator: Catalina Ruiz-Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Una invitación a participar activamente en una conversación que está más vigente que nunca: el feminismo. En este libro, Catalina Ruiz-Navarro, una de las voces más destacadas de este movimiento en Latinoamérica, recorre, a partir de un testimonio profundamente honesto y agudo, un camino que aborda el cuerpo, el poder, la violencia, el sexo, la lucha activista y el amor. A su vez, once heroínas, entre las que se cuentan María Cano, Flora Tristán, Hermila Galindo y Violeta Parra, bellamente retratadas por Luisa Castellanos, alzan la voz y evidencian que hablar de feminismos es necesario, es importante, es la resistencia. Este manual de feminismo pop latinoamericano es una lectura que conmueve, que incomoda, que cuestiona; es la guía definitiva dirigida a cualquier persona que quiera hablar acerca de lo que significa ser mujer en el mundo.

Antarctic Pioneer: The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne by Joanna Kafarowski

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antarctic Pioneer: The Trailblazing Life of Jackie Ronne Author: Joanna Kafarowski Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jackie Ronne reclaims her rightful place in polar history as the first American woman in Antarctica. Jackie was an ordinary American woman whose life changed after a blind date with rugged Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne. After marrying, they began planning the 1946–1948 Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition. Her participation was not welcomed by the expedition team of red-blooded males eager to prove themselves in the frozen, hostile environment of Antarctica. On March 12, 1947, Jackie Ronne became the first American woman in Antarctica and, months later, one of the first women to overwinter there. The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition secured its place in Antarctic history, but its scientific contributions have been overshadowed by conflicts and the dangerous accidents that occurred. Jackie dedicated her life to Antarctica: she promoted the achievements of the expedition and was a pioneer in polar tourism and an early supporter of the Antarctic Treaty. In doing so, she helped shape the narrative of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration.

[Spanish] - Sin más amigos que las montañas by Behrouz Boochani

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sin más amigos que las montañas Author: Behrouz Boochani Narrator: Paris Roa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 22, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: El 2013 Behrouz Boochani fue ilegalmente detenido en la isla de Manus, un centro de detención de inmigrantes cerca de la costa de Australia. En la cárcel, donde ha pasado seis años, sin herramientas ni espacio para la creación, Boochani escribió heroicamente a través de WhatsApp este libro. Un libro sobre la violencia y las injusticias que se cometen en nuestro nombre con la excusa de la ley. La obra se publicó en Australia y ganó los premios más importantes del país convirtiéndose en una denuncia y visibilizando una vergüenza internacional. Uno de los libros más vendidos en 2019 es el grito de resistencia y el extraordinario testimonio de un refugiado. Una voz que representa las vivencias de tantos refugiados y migrantes apátridas encarcelados en todo el mundo. Behrouz Boochani es periodista y un reconocido defensor de los derechos humanos, ganador de un Media Award de Amnistía Internacional de Australia, se le han otorgado también los premios del Diaspora Symposium Social Justice Award, del Liberty Victoria 2018 Empty Chair Award, del Anna Politkovskaya de periodismo y del Premio Veu Lliure PEN Català 2020

The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest by Mark Kurlansky

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601607 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest Author: Mark Kurlansky Narrator: Adam Grupper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 21, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An Ernest Hemingway Biography Like No OtherDiscover Hemingway’s biography through the eyes of a fellow author and journalist. New York Timesbestselling author of Salt Mark Kurlansky turns his historical eye to the life of Ernest Hemingway. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, The Importance of Not Being Ernest shows the huge shadow Hemingway casts. The perfect gift for writers. By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain—both cities important to Hemingway’s adventurous life and prolific writing. Key West, Havana, and Chicago. Get to know the extraordinary people he met there—those who had also fallen under the Hemingway spell, including a Vietnam veteran suffering from the same syndrome the author did, two winners of the Key West Hemingway look-alike contest, and the man in Idaho who took Hemingway hunting and fishing.In this unique gift for writers, find:• A memoir full of entertaining and illuminative stories• Little-known historical facts about Hemingway’s life• Anecdotes about those who suffer from what the Kurlansky calls “hemitis”

[Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Benito Juárez by Alejandro Rosas, Angélica Vázquez Del Mercado

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Benito Juárez Author: Alejandro Rosas, Angélica Vázquez Del Mercado Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb, Alejandro Ivarias Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary:

Benito Juárez ha sido un personaje muy controversial en la historia de México. Es amado o es odiado. ¿Fue un autoritario o un patriota? ¿Fue un vendepatrias? ¿Se equivocó en la Ciudadela?

¿Sólo conocemos al Juárez de las monografías escolares o tenemos un conocimiento real de su propuesta política? ¿Pudo morir tranquilo o cargaba en su conciencia el asesinato de Maximiliano? La imagende Benito Juárez está distorsionada; por esta razón, dentro de la Colección Cara o cruz decidimos resucitar a Juárez como personaje histórico a través de los ensayos de la historiadora Angélica Vázquez del Mercado y del divulgador Alejandro Rosas, quienes, cansados de escuchar una y otra vez todo lo que Benito Juárez no es, decidieron mostrarlo a los lectores de una manera muy sencilla en su contexto histórico, de 1806 a 1872, de donde nunca debió salir.

[Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Lázaro Cárdenas by Veka G. Duncan, Francisco Robles

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Lázaro Cárdenas Author: Veka G. Duncan, Francisco Robles Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb, Alejandro Ivarias Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary:

Es innegable que Lázaro Cárdenas marcó un punto de quiebre para México, pero eso no lo exime de sus controversias como presidente. ¿Su gobierno fue más burgués que socialista? ¿En realidad fue de izquierdas o sólo se trató de un disfraz?

¿El cardenismo realmente implicó un cambio radical en la manera de hacer política en el país o sólo una continuación de lo anterior? ¿Hay que entender a Lázaro Cárdenas para comprender el México de hoy? «Como la política distorsiona a la historia y lo que sabemos de Lázaro Cárdenas tiene que ver más con el discurso del nuevo gobierno que con la historia, presentamos este volumen de Cara o cruz con la visión de dos jóvenes historiadores que se acercaron a la figura de Cárdenas para presentarnos su propia interpretación del personaje. [...] La historia no es inamovible, es dinámica, está en constante interpretación, y desde una perspectiva que busca divulgar el conocimiento y acercarlo a un público amplio, Veka y Francisco llevan a los lectores a conocer a un personaje y un momento que definieron la conformación del sistema político que aún hoy en día sigue vigente.» Alejandro Rosas

[Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Miguel Hidalgo by Carlos Silva, Isabel Revuelta

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Miguel Hidalgo Author: Carlos Silva, Isabel Revuelta Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb, Alejandro Ivarias Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ¿Quién y cómo era Miguel Hidalgo? ¿Había pensado en la Independencia desde el inicio de su movimiento? ¿Cuáles fueron sus influencias? ¿Fue su ambición política y aventurera lo que lo movió a encabezar aquella gesta? ¿Qué determinó su derrota? ¿Por qué se le sigue considerando el padre de la patria, aun cuando encabezó un movimiento militar fallido? «Éste es un ejercicio de divulgación histórica, en el que los historiadores Isabel Revuelta Poo y Carlos Silva Cázares escudriñan en la vida de Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla para alejarlo de la visión tradicional que se tiene del cura de Dolores. «Son dos interpretaciones que por momentos coinciden, aunque en otros secontraponen. Un ejercicio donde los autores exponen los temas espinosos de la biografía de Hidalgo, esos que permanecieron ocultos por mucho tiempo y cuya conclusión no está en su interpretación, sino en los ojos del lector.» Alejandro Rosas

[Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Francisco I. Madero by Rosa Luisa Guerra Vargas, Edgar Rojano

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599788 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cara o cruz: Francisco I. Madero Author: Rosa Luisa Guerra Vargas, Edgar Rojano Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb, Alejandro Ivarias Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: La pregunta constante que uno podría hacerle a Francisco I. Madero es: ¿estábamos listos para la democracia o sólo soltó al tigre, como dijo Porfirio Díaz? ¿Cómo fue que Madero se deslindó de su futuro como empresario para entrar en el mundo de la política? ¿Qué implicó su visión espiritista? ¿Qué pasó realmente en Ciudad Juárez? ¿El respeto a la ley fue su principal problema?

Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer by Jane Wolfe

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer Author: Jane Wolfe Narrator: Jay Aaseng, Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The riveting biography of Burl Osborne, former chairman of The Associated Press and publisher of The Dallas Morning News, who waged and won one of the last great newspaper wars in the U.S. Burl is the story of one man’s unlikely rise from the coal mines of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism. After being diagnosed with a fatal kidney disease as a child, Burl Osborne pioneered home dialysis treatment and became the 130th person to undergo a live kidney transplant in 1966—then an unproven, high-risk operation. While managing his challenging illness, Burl distinguished himself early as a writer and reporter with The Associated Press, eventually rising to the top of the wire service’s executive ranks. Then, against the advice of his colleagues and the newspaper’s own doctors, he sought an even greater challenge: joining The Dallas Morning News to lead the fight in one of America’s last great newspaper wars. Throughout his life and career, he garnered respect from business and political leaders, reporters, editors, and publishers around the country. Burl thrusts readers into the improbable and remarkable life of a man at the forefront of both medicine and the golden age of journalism.

Rehearsals for Living by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Robyn Maynard

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rehearsals for Living Author: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Robyn Maynard Narrator: Prince Amponsah, Robyn Maynard, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Marcia Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 14, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE CBC'S BEST CANADIAN NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2022 A revolutionary collaboration about the world we're living in now, between two of our most important contemporary thinkers, writers and activists. When the world entered pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, Robyn Maynard, influential author of Policing Black Lives, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, renowned artist, musician, and author of Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies, began writing each other letters—a gesture sparked by a desire for kinship and connection in a world shattering under the intersecting crises of pandemic, police killings, and climate catastrophe. These letters soon grew into a powerful exchange about where we go from here. Rehearsals for Living is a captivating and visionary work—part debate, part dialogue, part lively and detailed familial correspondence between two razor-sharp writers. By articulating to each other Black and Indigenous perspectives on our unprecedented here and now, and reiterating the long-disavowed histories of slavery and colonization that have brought us to this moment, Maynard and Simpson create something new: an urgent demand for a different way forward, and a poetic call to dream up other ways of ordering earthly life.

[Russian] - Варфоломеевская ночь: Хроника времен Карла IX by проспер мериме

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Варфоломеевская ночь: Хроника времен Карла IX Author: проспер мериме Narrator: сергей кирсанов Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 10, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: В ночь на 24 августа 1572 года по благословению папы Григория ХIII в Париже произошло массовое убийство кальвинистов (гугенотов) католиками. День 24 августа у католиков посвящен памяти святого Варфоломея. Поэтому эту ночь стали называть Варфоломеевской ночью. В течение нескольких часов в Париже было убито более двух тысяч человек. Резня продолжалась в масштабах всей Франции две недели. Всего погибло около 30 тысяч кальвинистов. В романе Хроника времён Карла IX (1829) описаны трагические события той ночи. В центре исторического полотна юный дворянин-гугенот Бернар де Мержи, влюбленный в придворную даму Диану де Тюржи. Писатель создает целую галерею ярких политических фигур той эпохи, описывает нравы придворных и служителей Церкви, солдат и простолюдинов.

[Spanish] - Protagonistas de la Historia by María Pilar Queralt Del Hierro

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/599773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Protagonistas de la Historia Author: María Pilar Queralt Del Hierro Narrator: Marta Barriuso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 10, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Una extraordinaria tarea de recopilación histórica, en la que la mujer es la gran protagonista. La mujer ha sido la gran relegada de los libros de historia lo que no quiere decir que no haya tenido una importancia decisiva en el devenir de la Humanidad tanto como protagonista como desde un segundo plano. Así lo demuestran una serie de anécdotas o curiosidades que revelan su ingenio, su astucia o su consejo tanto en el ámbito privado como en las grandes gestas de la humanidad. Desde emperatrices y reinas, pasando por las grandes rivalidades entre mujeres de distintas épocas, cortesanas, pensadoras, artistas y escritoras. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Maria Pilar Queralt del Hierro es historiadora y escritora. Impartió clases de Historia de España Contemporánea en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona de donde pasó a implicarse en el mundo editorial como coordinadora y editora de proyectos. Especializada en el estudio de las grandes figuras femeninas de la historia ha publicado, entre otros, los ensayos divulgativos Mujeres de vida apasionada, Isabel de Castilla, Reinas en la sombra o Las mujeres de Felipe II: amor y deber en la casa del rey por el que obtuvo el Premio Algaba de Biografía e Investigaciones Históricas. Ha escrito asimismo diversas novelas históricas como Inés de Castro, De Alfonso la dulcísima esposa, La rosa de Coimbra, o Las damas del rey y es colaboradora habitual de diversos medios especializados como Historia y Vida, Historia National Geographic o Muy Historia.

French Royalty by Kelly Mass

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: French Royalty Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 50 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This book consists of 2 titles, which are about the following topics: 1 - Before the Reign of Terror, Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France. She was the penultimate kid and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and was born an archduchess of Austria. At the age of 14, she wed Louis-Auguste, the beneficiary evident to the French throne, and ended up being dauphine of France in May 1770. Her partner, Louis XVI, took the throne on May 10, 1774, and she ended up being queen. 2 - From 768 to 800, Charlemagne, also referred to as Charles the Great, was King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, and Emperor of the Romans. Charlemagne combined many western and main Europe at the time of the Early Middle Ages. Since the fall of the Western Roman Empire 3 centuries before, he was the first acknowledged emperor to rule from western Europe. The Carolingian Empire is the name given to Charlemagne's broadening Frankish world. Antipope Paschal the Third later canonized him.

Royalty by Kelly Mass

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Royalty Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This book consists of 3 titles, which are about the following topics: 1 - Eleanor of Aquitaine is a controversial figure in history. Many have referred to her in a different light. Some with some opinions, others with others. Today, you will learn more about those and get as many facts straight as possible. Though meant to represent the extension of the unbroken line of Emperors from Augustus to Constantine VI, Charlemagne's crowning led to the facility of 2 different (and usually competing) Empires and claims to royal authority. It led to war in 802, and for centuries later, the Emperors of the West and the East would contend for supremacy over the whole continent. 2 - From June twentieth, 1837, to her death in the year 1901, Victoria ruled as Queen of the UK of Great Britain and Ireland. Her rule of 63 years and 7 months, called the Victorian period, was the longest of any British emperor before her. It was a period of considerable commercial, social, technical, and army development in the U.K., and also a period of great British Empire growth. The British Parliament gave her the additional title of Rule and Empress of India in the year 1876. 3 - Richard I ruled as King of England from 1189 to 1199. He also governed as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and also being ruler of Brittany at different periods. He was the 3rd of 5 sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and he appeared not likely to prosper his dad as king, but all of his brothers had passed away before him, other than the youngest, John.

Another Load of Bull by David Read

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Another Load of Bull Author: David Read Narrator: Jason Savidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An historical audiobook 'Another load of Bull' by David Read, read from Jason Savidge. The war was over and David, returning to East Africa, asked himself, as did many of his contemporaries, 'what next'? It was not an easy world in which to readjust. He opted to become a Livvestock Marketing Officer in Dodoma, with the Tanganyika Veterinary Department. Money was short, and Pat, who had also been demobbed and had joined him in Dodoma, nursed to help augment their income. Finally, the break David had been hoping for materialized and he embarked on a new chapter in his life as a wheat farmer on the Western slopes of Kilimanjaro. With no formal training, David survived largely on his local knowledge and language skills, supplemented by his cattle buying. Life on 'Mountainside' suited David, despite the constant battle against Africa's unforgiving environment, but the winds of change were to bring a greater challenge and one that would ultimately end David's dreams.

[Spanish] - Diario de una perdida by Margarete Bohme

Tue, 31 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Diario de una perdida Author: Margarete Bohme Narrator: Gabriela Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 31, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Este libro supuso una conmoción en 1905. Margarete Böhme, escritora curtida en la novela popular, presentó al público una arriesgada y verosímil historia. Mediante el reflejo exacto del diario hallado de una joven, del que Böhme se presentaba como «editora», se daba noticia de una adolescente burguesa que se ve forzada, por las artimañas de un entorno hipócrita, a un episodio de prostitución. Desde un inicio, esta prototípica trama se vuelve totalmente original debido al pionero mecanismo que utilizó la autora –que motivó una fuerte polémica sobre el cariz y la legitimidad de su narración–. Además, presentaba un «exhaustivo inventario sobre el comercio sexual» –en palabras de Walter Benjamin– y fue tildada de pornográfica. Por último, impresionó al público –y todavía lo hace hoy– la fuerza insumisa y emancipatoria del dietario de la joven Thymian, que mostraba un nuevo camino expresivo ante la opresión del mundo femenino. Considerada como «la narración autobiográfica más notoria de principios del siglo xx y la más exitosa comercialmente», Diario de una perdida –aquí en nuestro idioma por primera vez– vendió millones de ejemplares, tuvo catorce traducciones y varias versiones en la gran pantalla –la llamativa película homónima de 1929, realizada por G. W. Pabst y protagonizada por una superestrella como Louise Brooks, hizo honor a su fama de superventas en toda Europa–. La persecución de la reivindicativa obra de Böhme en la Alemania nazi le acarreó un injusto olvido.

[Spanish] - Mi rey caído by Laurence Debray

Thu, 26 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Mi rey caído Author: Laurence Debray Narrator: Estela Fernández Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 26, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: El fascinante y verdadero relato de la vida de Juan Carlos I, Rey de España. «Con Mi rey caído, Debray pasará a la historia como la gran biógrafa del Emérito». Ana S. Juárez, La Razón «Había una vez un príncipe, que era encantador, pero estaba maldito. Su nombre era Juan Carlos, o Juanito para los más cercanos. No era exactamente un príncipe, sino el nieto de un rey. Pero de un rey sin reino, obligado a vivir en el exilio. Su verdadero país, el que sus antepasados borbones gobernaron durante tres siglos, es España. Tras 40 años de poder dictatorial, Franco designó, en 1969, a Juan Carlos, ese dócil playboy de treinta años y diligente militar, como su sucesor. Contra todo pronóstico, nuestro príncipe se convirtió en un animal político, transformó la imagen de España, la salvó de un golpe de Estado en 1981 y garantizó la estabilidad democrática. Mediante traiciones y complicidades, lágrimas y satisfacciones. Porque tras la hazaña política y el carisma se esconden tragedias personales. Entregado de niño al enemigo Franco, arrojado entre dos figuras paternas despiadadas, indirectamente responsables de la muerte accidental de su hermano menor, usurpador de su padre… El precio a pagar era alto, cuidadosamente oculto. Shakespeare no podría haberlo narrado mejor. El destierro final es incluso su apoteosis.» ¿Qué puede unir a una «hija de revolucionarios» y a un rey? Tras pasar su adolescencia en España, Laurence Debray se interesó, como historiadora, por la figura de Juan Carlos I. Escribió su biografía y después lo entrevistó en las vísperas de su abdicación, en 2014, para un documental de televisión. Desde entonces, no ha dejado de hablar con él y de seguir los giros de guion de su destino. Hasta visitarlo, en 2021, en Abu Dhabi, donde se refugió, convirtiéndose en una figura rechazada por los españoles a raíz de sus aventuras extramatrimoniales y en un padre demasiado engorroso para el rey Felipe VI. El relato de esta atópica relación que nos brinda Laurence Debray fascina por su virtuosismo, inteligencia, y lucidez cuando pasado y presente chocan. Estamos ante la verdadera novela de la vida de Juan Carlos, Rey de España.

[Spanish] - Puta feminista: Historias de una trabajadora sexual by Georgina Orellano

Mon, 23 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Puta feminista: Historias de una trabajadora sexual Author: Georgina Orellano Narrator: Georgina Orellano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 23, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: «Nunca la prohibición es la solución y de eso las putas podemos dar cuenta». Un día la mujer cuyos hijos cuidaba le contó la verdad: Soy puta. Poco después le preguntó si quería atender a uno de sus clientes. Georgina Orellano calculó: con sus ingresos como niñera jamás podría superar la pobreza. Así que aceptó. En un rato ganó más que el salario mensual de su madre, empleada doméstica. En Puta feminista describe con brutal honestidad los códigos de la calle, los vínculos con los hombres y la violencia derivada de la clandestinidad. Pero, a la vez, detalla cómo la solidaridad y la ternura ayudan a superarla. Crónica sentimental, lo es también del despertar de la consciencia política, cuando reclama jubilación y obra social; cuando recupera la historia de la organización de lxs trabajadorxs sexuales que lidera; cuando enfrenta a la policía y discute con el patriarcado y cuando desafía a un sector poderoso del feminismo que propugna la abolición de la prostitución. La voz de este audiolibro es potente, rebelde, frontal. Es colectiva y singular. Una voz que pide que presten atención a la verdad que trae con ella.

[Tamil] - Maayavalai by Pa Raghavan

Sat, 21 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Tamil] - Maayavalai Author: Pa Raghavan Narrator: Sengamalanathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 35 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 21, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'தீவிரவாதம், நவீன யுகத்தின் புற்றுநோய். எப்படி இது தீவிரமடைகிறது? ஏன் தடுக்கவோ ஒழிக்கவோ முடிவதில்லை? அல் காயிதா முதல் ஐ.எஸ். வரை ஏராளமான இயக்கங்கள் மத்தியக் கிழக்கு நாடுகளில் செல்வாக்குப் பெற்றது எப்படி? இவர்களுக்கு ஆள்களும் பணமும் கிடைக்கும் வழியென்ன? தீவிரவாத இயக்கங்களின் நெட் ஒர்க் எவ்வாறு செயல்படுகிறது? ஏன் எந்த அரசினாலும் இவர்களைத் தடுக்க முடிவதில்லை? பேரழிவுச் சம்பவங்களை எப்படித் திட்டமிடுகிறார்கள்? எப்படி அவற்றுக்காக உழைக்கிறார்கள்? தீவிரவாதச் செயல்களுக்கு மதம் எப்படி ஒரு கருவியாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது? ஆறு ஆண்டுக்கால ஆராய்ச்சி. ஆதாரபூர்வமான தகவல்கள். உலகை அச்சுறுத்தும் அனைத்துத் தீவிரவாத இயக்கங்களைப் பற்றியும் மிக விரிவான அறிமுகத்தைத் தருகிறது மாயவலை.'

[Spanish] - Vida de Hernán Cortés: La espada (Vida de Hernán Cortés 1) by Christian Duverger

Thu, 19 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Vida de Hernán Cortés: La espada (Vida de Hernán Cortés 1) Series: #1 of Vida de Hernán Cortés Author: Christian Duverger Narrator: José Manuel Rincón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 19, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: «Es ésta una de las biografías cortesianas mejor escritas. Su visión de Cortés, positiva a toda costa, sorprenderá o encantará a sus lectores.» José Luis Martínez Se cumplen cinco siglos de la Conquista de México, y a lo largo de este tiempo Hernán Cortés ha desempeñado un claro papel en el imaginario colectivo de la nación: el de villano. Sin embargo, para Christian Duverger esta apreciación no podría ser más injusta. Lejos del ambicioso y sanguinario invasor que los libros de texto han urdido, el historiador francés presenta en esta biografía en dos tomos a un humanista, un hombre de armas y de letras que vio en las tierras americanas la posibilidad, no de trasplantar una copia de la sociedad castellana, sino de inventar un mundo nuevo. Para Cortés, el mestizaje era la clave de este proyecto cultural. Publicada por primera vez en 2005, la primera parte de esta biografía cortesiana retrata, desde luego, al conquistador fascinado por el mundo indígena, pero también al interlocutor y competidor de Carlos V, al seductor, al independentista, al empresario, al introductor de la caña de azúcar y el gusano de seda en México, al explorador que descubre California, que comercia con el Perú y que llega hasta las Filipinas. La espada narra, así, la parte pública de la vida del padre de la patria.

Operation Khukri: The True Story behind the Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations by Rajpal Punia, Damini Puni

Tue, 17 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Operation Khukri: The True Story behind the Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations Author: Rajpal Punia, Damini Punia Narrator: Damini Punia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 17, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Did you know that 233 soldiers of the Indian Army were cordoned off for almost three months without food in the jungles of Africa?How did a UN peacekeeping mission turn into a war for dignity, a war for the Indian tricolour?The year was 2000. Sierra Leone, in West Africa, had been ravaged by years of civil strife. With the intervention of the United Nations, two companies of the Indian Army were deployed in Kailahun as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission.Soon, the peaceful mission turned into a war-like standoff between Major Punia's company and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Kailahun, with the Indian peacekeepers cordoned off for seventy-five days without supplies. The only way home was by laying down their weapons.Operation Khukri was one of Indian Army's most successful international missions, and this book is a first-hand account by Major Rajpal Punia, who, after three months of impasse and failed diplomacy, orchestrated the operation, surviving the ambush of the RUF in a prolonged jungle warfare twice, and returning with all 233 soldiers standing tall.

[Spanish] - Encubierta by Amaryllis Fox

Sun, 15 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Encubierta Author: Amaryllis Fox Narrator: Paola Navalón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Las memorias de Amaryllis Fox cuentan la historia de sus diez años en la élite de la clandestinidad de las operaciones encubiertas de la CIA, en búsqueda de los terroristas más peligrosos del mundo a través de dieciséis países, a la vez que contrajo matrimonio y dio a luz a su hija. Amaryllis Fox cursaba el último año de Teología y Derecho Internacional en la Universidad de Oxford, cuando su mentor Daniel Pearl fue capturado y decapitado. Motivada por la brutalidad, Fox aplicó para un Master especializado en conflictos y terrorismo en la Georgetown School, donde creo un algoritmo para predecir, con una certeza misteriosa, las probabilidades de apariciones de células terroristas en cualquier ciudad alrededor del mundo. Fue reclutada de inmediato por la CIA con tan solo 21 años de edad. Su primera asignación fue la de estudiar y analizar cientos de cables clasificados de gobiernos extranjeros y sintetizar dicha información para los informes diarios para el Presidente de Estados Unidos. Su siguiente misión estuvo relacionada con el anti-terrorismo de Irak. A los 22 años fue sometida a un entrenamiento sobre operaciones avanzadas, fue enviada de Langley a 'La Granja', donde vivió durante seis meses en un mundo simulado en el que aprendió el uso de armas, a escapar de los sitios más peligrosos del mundo, a soportar torturas y los mejores métodos para suicidarse en caso de que fuera capturada. Al final de dicho entrenamiento, fue enviada como espía bajo una tapadera no oficial de experta en comercio de arte, a infiltrarse en las redes terroristas de las áreas más remotas del Medio Este y Asia. - Además de su carrera en la CIA, Amaryllis Fox ha cubierto eventos de la actualidad, ofreciendo su análisis a la CNN, National Geographic, Al Jazeera y a la BBC entre otros medios. Es conferenciante en distintas universidades alrededor del mundo en temas relacionados con la paz. Actualmente vive en Los Ángeles con su esposo y su hija.

[German] - Die beste aller möglichen Welten - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in seiner Zeit (Ungekürzte Lesung) by Michael Kempe

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/606943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die beste aller möglichen Welten - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in seiner Zeit (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Michael Kempe Narrator: Frank Arnold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 13, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Heute gilt Leibniz als das letzte Universalgenie und als Wegbereiter der Moderne. Als Mensch und als Philosoph war er zutiefst optimistisch, aufgeben war für ihn nie eine Option. Hier lernen wir Leibniz' ganze Welt kennen. An sieben Tagen seines Lebens zwischen 1675 und 1716 sehen wir ihm über die Schulter: In Paris treffen wir ihn im Bett an, wo er morgens seine besten Gedanken entwickelt. In Hannover plaudert er am Hof mit der Kurfürstin, im Harz tüftelt er über Windmühlen. Sein größter Wurf ist die Skizze einer Maschine, die mit den Zahlen 0 und 1 rechnet - Grundlage des Digitalcodes und damit des Computers. Michael Kempe erzählt elegant von Leibniz' Leben, Denken und Arbeiten - und zeichnet zugleich eine farbige Kulturgeschichte des Barock zwischen Paris, Wien, Berlin und Hannover.

Classic Letters & Journals Box Set: A seven-volume collection from the private letters & journals written by seven distinguished historical

Thu, 12 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Classic Letters & Journals Box Set: A seven-volume collection from the private letters & journals written by seven distinguished historical figures, all performed in a dramatised setting. Series: #10 of Classic Letters & Journals Author: Mr Punch Narrator: Virginia Mckenna Obe, Charles Dance Obe, Imogen Stubbs, Robert Powell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 12, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A seven-volume collection of letters & journals performed in a dramatised setting. The Letters of JANE AUSTEN performed by FIONA SHAW CBE “Frequently indiscreet and occasionally acerbic or heartless, Jane Austen’s letters are always engaging. Fiona Shaw gives a sensitive reading.” (Daily Telegraph) The Letters of LORD BYRON performed by ROBERT POWELL “If you want to see into man’s soul, start with this self-portrait. It’s magnificent.” (The Guardian) The Letters of CHARLOTTE BRONTË performed by IMOGEN STUBBS “These provide a welcome addition to our collection of Bronteana... the reading is sympathetic and lively and makes most compelling listening.” (Bronte Society) The Letters & Journals of LORD NELSON performed by CHARLES DANCE OBE “Letters and journals always make lively intimate listening. It is Nelson who opens up with almost shocking frankness in courteous, suddenly passionate love letters to Emma Hamilton.” (The Independent) Leaves from the Highland Journals of QUEEN VICTORIA performed by VIRGINIA McKENNA OBE “...these journals offer us so many insights into the paraphernalia that accompanied the royal progress north... Virginia McKenna reads beautifully.” (Sunday Times) Scott of the Antarctic - The Diary of Captain ROBERT FALCON SCOTT performed by EDWARD FOX OBE “The audio’s editors have made a good selection, from the courageous good cheer and sea shanties at the beginning to the last entries, blizzard-bound in a tent 11 miles from the next depot.” (Sunday Times) The Journals of DOROTHY WORDSWORTH performed by JENNY AGUTTER OBE “The English countryside at the end of the 18th century is brought almost photographically before us and Jenny Agutter brings her splendidly to life.” (Good Book Guide) Abridged: Alan Drury, Sue Rodwell, Lissa Demetriou & Guy Fithen Music:Nina Humphreys & Robert Rigby Director:Alan Drury & Guy Fithen Producer:Michael Cameron & Stewart Richards © & ℗ 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

The Marrakesh Express: Helter Skelter! by Norma Levine

Wed, 11 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marrakesh Express: Helter Skelter! Author: Norma Levine Narrator: Norma Levine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 11, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It is the early 70’s. Two best friends and a 2-year-old toddler (the future rock star Melissa Auf der Maur) set out in a red post office van on a 2000-mile drive from Hay-on-Wye in Wales to Marrakesh in North Africa. Their meandering journey changes abruptly when they meet two American drug dealers from Amsterdam on a secret intelligence mission, with a plentiful supply of pure black Afghan hash. Amidst the dope smoking world of gangster aristocrats and dislocated hippies, they gaze into the hidden worlds within ancient Venetian glass goulamine beads, and that’s when worlds collide. Helter Skelter!

Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals performed by VIRGINIA McKENNA OBE in a dramatised setting by Mr Punch

Sat, 07 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals performed by VIRGINIA McKENNA OBE in a dramatised setting Series: #6 of Classic Letters & Journals Author: Mr Punch Narrator: Virginia Mckenna Obe Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 7, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals performed by VIRGINIA McKENNA in a dramatised setting “...these journals offer us so many insights into the paraphernalia that accompanied the royal progress north... Virginia McKenna reads beautifully.” (Sunday Times) “This quirky and vivid aural tapestry is jam-packed with sound effects... and is further enhanced by McKenna’s genteel narration.” (Scotland on Sunday) “A chronicle of life at Balmoral, both before and after Prince Albert’s death. Very effectively read by Virginia McKenna.” (Sunday Telegraph) Succeeding William IV in 1837, Victoria reigned for nearly 64 years and was always a keen chronicler of life around her, through both her paintings and the detailed diary she kept from the age of 13. Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals cover the period from 1848 to 1882 and provide a fascinating insight into those long “never-to-be-forgotten days” she spent with her family in her much beloved Scottish Highlands. Also available as part of the CLASSIC LETTERS & JOURNALS BOX SET, a seven-volume edition. •The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson with CHARLES DANCE OBE •The Letters of Charlotte Bronte with IMOGEN STUBBS •Scott of the Antarctic with EDWARD FOX OBE •The Highland Journals of Queen Victoria with VIRGINIA McKENNA OBE •The Letters of Lord Byron with ROBERT POWELL •The Letters of Jane Austen with FIONA SHAW CBE •The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth with JENNY AGUTTER OBE Abridged: Lissa Demetriou Director:Alan Drury Producer:Michael Cameron & Stewart Richards © & ℗ 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

Scott of the Antarctic: The Diary of Captain Scott performed by EDWARD FOX OBE in a dramatised setting by Mr Punch

Sat, 07 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scott of the Antarctic: The Diary of Captain Scott performed by EDWARD FOX OBE in a dramatised setting Series: #5 of Classic Letters & Journals Author: Mr Punch Narrator: Edward Fox Obe Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 7, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Scott of the Antarctic: The Diary of Captain Scott performed by EDWARD FOX in a dramatised setting “One to consider for a winter jaunt is Edward Fox’s stiff-upper-lip reading of Scott’s Last Journey.” (The Spectator) “The audio’s editors have made a good selection, from the courageous good cheer and sea shanties at the beginning to the last entries, blizzard-bound in a tent 11 miles from the next depot.” (Sunday Times) In 1911 Captain Robert Falcon Scott went back to the huge, frozen wasteland of the Antarctic with the intention of reaching the South Pole, by a long and terribly arduous trek across the ice. On finally reaching the pole, Scott and his comrades were devastated to find that they had been beaten by the Norwegian explorer Amundsen. With temperatures of minus 30, they began their slow journey back to their base. Coming within eleven miles of safety, they finally succumbed to the elements and they were found eight months later frozen to death. Captain Scott’s diary was discovered under his shoulder, stored inside a little wallet... “Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale...” Also available as part of the CLASSIC LETTERS & JOURNALS BOX SET, a seven-volume edition. •The Letters & Journals of Lord Nelson with CHARLES DANCE OBE •The Letters of Charlotte Bronte with IMOGEN STUBBS •Scott of the Antarctic with EDWARD FOX OBE •The Highland Journals of Queen Victoria with VIRGINIA McKENNA OBE •The Letters of Lord Byron with ROBERT POWELL •The Letters of Jane Austen with FIONA SHAW CBE •The Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth with JENNY AGUTTER OBE Abridged: Guy Fithen Music:Robert Rigby Director:Guy Fithen Producer:Michael Cameron & Stewart Richards © & ℗ 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

[Spanish] - Vida de Hernán Cortés: La pluma by Christian Duverger

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Vida de Hernán Cortés: La pluma Author: Christian Duverger Narrator: José Manuel Rincón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sustentado por una apreciable información documental, el asombroso libro de Christian Duvergerrinde a Cortés escritor un merecido homenaje.» Bartolomé Bennassar Se cumplen cinco siglos de la Conquista de México, y a lo largo de este tiempo Hernán Cortés ha desempeñado un claro papel en el imaginario colectivo de la nación: el de villano. Sin embargo, para Christian Duverger esta apreciación no podría ser más injusta. Lejos del ambicioso y sanguinario invasor que los libros de texto han urdido, el historiador francés presenta en esta biografía en dos tomos a un humanista, un hombre de armas y de letras que vio en las tierras americanas la posibilidad, no de trasplantar una copia de la sociedad castellana, sino de inventar un mundo nuevo. Para Cortés, el mestizaje era la clave de este proyecto cultural. Publicada por primera vez en 2013, bajo el título de Crónica de la eternidad, esta segunda parte de la biografía cortesiana causó un gran revuelo al desmontar la autoría de Bernal Díaz del Castillo sobre la Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España y devolvérsela a su verdadero dueño: Hernán Cortés. La pluma nos presenta a un Cortés cronista de sí mismo, un escritor que supo fundar su legado a través de un magistral artificio literario: un auténtico conquistador de la memoria.

Richard the Lionheart: The Famous King of England during the 12th Century by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard the Lionheart: The Famous King of England during the 12th Century Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Richard I ruled as King of England from 1189 to 1199. He also governed as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and also being ruler of Brittany at different periods. He was the 3rd of 5 sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and he appeared not likely to prosper his dad as king, but all of his brothers had passed away before him, other than the youngest, John. Just because of his track record as a prominent army leader and fighter, Richard is called Richard Cur de Lion (Norman French: Le quor de lion) or Richard the Lionheart. Richard Oc-e-Non (Occitan for Yes and No) was a label given to him by troubadour Bertran de Born, probably simply because of his terseness. Richard had taken management of his own army by the age of 16, putting down disobediences in Poitou against his dad. Richard was a key Christian leader throughout the Third Crusade, commanding the project after Philip II of France's departure and winning substantial successes over Saladin, his Muslim equivalent, while signing a peace treaty and ending the fight without retaking Jerusalem. In this book, we will learn more about his life and his motivations.

Anne Boleyn: Her Execution for Treason, and Her Political and Religious Upheaval by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Boleyn: Her Execution for Treason, and Her Political and Religious Upheaval Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As King Henry VIII's 2nd marriage partner, Anne Boleyn ruled as Queen of England from 1533 till 1536. Her marriage and execution by beheading for treason and other criminal offenses made her an essential player in the political and religious chaos that identified the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, first Earl of Wiltshire, and his marriage partner, Girl Elizabeth Howard. She got her education in Holland and France, mainly as a housemaid of honor to Queen Claude of France. Anne went to England in early 1522, meaning to wed her Irish cousin James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond; nevertheless, the marriage failed, and she found work as a housemaid of honor to Henry VIII's partner, Catherine of Aragon. Anne was secretly betrothed to Henry Percy, child of Henry Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland, in early 1523, but their engagement was aborted when the Earl refused to support them. In January 1524, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey opposed the match, and Anne was returned to Hever Castle. Henry VIII started his courtship of Anne in the month of February or March 1526. She withstood his efforts to charm her, declining to follow in her sister Mary's steps and become his girlfriend. Henry quickly focused his exertions on having his marriage to Catherine annulled so that he may wed Anne. Wolsey could not encourage Pope Clement VII to annul Henry's marriage, and Anne played a part in his failure and death in the year 1529-- 30. When it ended up being apparent that Clement wouldn't cancel the marriage, Henry and his therapists, and that includes Thomas Cromwell, started the process of deteriorating the Catholic Church in England by shutting abbeys and nunneries. Henry made Anne the Marquess of Pembroke in the year 1532. There is more, way more, to Anne Boleyn. In this book, we won’t leave you in the dark.

Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France before the French Revolution by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France before the French Revolution Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Before the Reign of Terror, Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France. She was the penultimate kid and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and was born an archduchess of Austria. At the age of 14, she wed Louis-Auguste, the beneficiary evident to the French throne, and ended up being dauphine of France in May 1770. Her partner, Louis XVI, took the throne on May 10, 1774, and she ended up being queen. After 8 years of marriage, Marie Antoinette's position at court enhanced when she started bearing kids. Nonetheless, she ended up being more out of favor amongst the people, with French 'libelles' implicating her of being inefficient, promiscuous, holding compassions for France's perceived nemeses-- specifically her home Austria-- and having invalid kids. Her credibility was more tainted by the phony claims surrounding the Diamond Locket Affair. At the time of the Revolution, she was called Madame Déficit because of her elegant spending and enmity to Turgot and Necker's social and monetary reforms, which were blamed for the nation's monetary disaster. Learn more about Marie Antoinette by going through this book.

Charlemagne: King of the Franks, King of Lombardy, and Emperor of the Romans by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlemagne: King of the Franks, King of Lombardy, and Emperor of the Romans Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From 768 to 800, Charlemagne, also referred to as Charles the Great, was King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, and Emperor of the Romans. Charlemagne combined many western and main Europe at the time of the Early Middle Ages. Since the fall of the Western Roman Empire 3 centuries before, he was the first acknowledged emperor to rule from western Europe. The Carolingian Empire is the name given to Charlemagne's broadening Frankish world. Antipope Paschal the Third later canonized him. Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon had an oldest child, Charlemagne, who was born before their main marriage. Following his dad's death in the year 768, he ended up being king of the Franks, at first as co-ruler with his brother Carloman I till the latter's death in the year 771. He followed his dad's position to the papacy as sole king and became its protector, driving the Lombards out of northern Italy and leading an attack into Muslim Spain. He waged a project against the Saxons to his east, requiring them to convert to Christendom or face death, resulting in events like the Massacre of Verden. He reached the peak of his power in the year 800, when Pope Leo the Third crowned him 'Emperor of the Romans' on Christmas Day at Rome's Old St. Peter's Basilica.

Queen Victoria: The British Monarch Who Ruled the Longest by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen Victoria: The British Monarch Who Ruled the Longest Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From June twentieth, 1837, to her death in the year 1901, Victoria ruled as Queen of the UK of Great Britain and Ireland. Her rule of 63 years and 7 months, called the Victorian period, was the longest of any British emperor before her. It was a period of considerable commercial, social, technical, and army development in the U.K., and also a period of great British Empire growth. The British Parliament gave her the additional title of Rule and Empress of India in the year 1876. Victoria was the 4th kid of King George III's 4th child, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Following the deaths of her dad and grandparents in the year 1820, Mary was supported by her mom and her comptroller, John Conroy, under stringent guidance. After her dad's 3 oldest brothers passed away without legal problem, she acquired the throne at the age of eighteen. Victoria, in spite of being a constitutional queen, aim to impact federal government policies and ministry consultations in personal; openly, she ended up being a nationwide sign connected with high ethical requirements. In this book, you will find out a lot more about Queen Victoria’s life.

Eleanor of Aquitaine: One of the Wealthiest and Most Influential Women in western Europe by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine: One of the Wealthiest and Most Influential Women in western Europe Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Eleanor of Aquitaine is a controversial figure in history. Many have referred to her in a different light. Some with some opinions, others with others. Today, you will learn more about those and get as many facts straight as possible. Though meant to represent the extension of the unbroken line of Emperors from Augustus to Constantine VI, Charlemagne's crowning led to the facility of 2 different (and usually competing) Empires and claims to royal authority. It led to war in 802, and for centuries later, the Emperors of the West and the East would contend for supremacy over the whole continent. Historians have disputed for centuries whether Charlemagne understood the Pope's intent to crown him Emperor before the crowning (Charlemagne announced that if he had known, he wouldn't have gone into Saint Peter's, according to chapter twenty-eight of Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni), but this dispute has obscured the more vital question of why the Pope gave the title and why Charlemagne accepted it. In this book, you will find out more about eh controversies around Eleanor of Aquitaine, and her legacy.

Bloody Mary: Mary Tudor, the Queen Who Took on the Protestant Revolt by Kelly Mass

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bloody Mary: Mary Tudor, the Queen Who Took on the Protestant Revolt Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mary I, typically called Mary Tudor and called 'Bloody Mary' by her Protestant challengers, ruled as Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 till November 17th, 1558. She is well recalled for her solid attempts to reverse the English Reformation, which started throughout her dad's reign, Henry VIII's reign. Her effort to return property taken at the time of the prior 2 reigns to the Church was generally blocked by Parliament, but at the time of her five-year rule, Mary had more than 280 spiritual dissenters burnt at the stake in the Marian persecutions. You might give excuses for her behavior, you might justify it by saying she may not have been much worse than other dictators and royalty around that time, but the fact of the matter is still that she murdered hundreds of people for religious and political reasons. Bloody Mary was cruel, cold, and from what we know, there was a cause for this. Let’s take a look at her life, her problems, and the way she handled them.

I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys by Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles

Tue, 03 May 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys Author: Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There is no cavalry coming! We are the iconic leaders we have been waiting for, curators of the change we’re seeking to see. I Too Am America examines the promise and peril of Black men and boys in America by exploring the lives of two talented young men, Jamare Winston in Detroit and Romero Wesson in Oakland, who at once embody all that we want our boys to be while also illuminating the many uncertainties they face. With the help of teachers and mentors, they have navigated their teen years in environments where nothing is guaranteed. Their stories mirror the trials facing Black men and boys across the nation. Corporation for Black Male Achievement founder Shawn Dove had to navigate similarly treacherous waters decades ago as a Black boy in New York City. He was also a young man of many talents, trying to figure out what the world had to offer and his place in it. Part memoir, part exposé of the ways this country continues to forsake Black men and boys, part uplifting call to action, I Too Am America manages to elicit tears while also kindling hope. I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys, written by Shawn Dove and Nick Chiles, delivers timely insights and inspiration that humanizes the stories of Black men and boys while offering strategic recommendations on how together we can move from our current rumblings with a racial reckoning to loving, learning, and leading with and on behalf of Black men and boys.

[Spanish] - Guíaburros: ¿Con qué filósofo te quedas?: Historia del pensamiento filosófico by Daniel Torres

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Guíaburros: ¿Con qué filósofo te quedas?: Historia del pensamiento filosófico Author: Daniel Torres Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 29, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: GuíaBurros ¿Con qué filósofo te quedas? es una recopilación de grandes pensadores que han aparecido a lo largo de los tiempos. Una guía perfecta para iniciarse en la filosofía o entender cómo algunos pensadores se relacionan con otros anteriores a su época. Un libro indicado para los interesados en filosofía, para aquellos que es la primera vez que leen algo de filosofía, o para aquellos que sienten curiosidad por cómo se relacionan los pensamientos entre épocas de unos filósofos a otros.

[Russian] - Беседы с Исааком Ньютоном by билл брайсон, майкл уайт

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Беседы с Исааком Ньютоном Author: билл брайсон, майкл уайт Narrator: сергей горбунов Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ни один другой великий человек в истории не был так труден для понимания, как Исаак Ньютон, тридцать лет проживший ученым-отшельником в Кембридже, а затем ставший знаменитым публичным деятелем. Однако Майклу Уайту, биографу Ньютона, удалось его «разговорить»: Уайт разъясняет идеи ученого и воссоздает его портрет так убедительно, как если бы тот действительно рассказал ему о себе в доверительной беседе. С предисловием популярного американского писателя Билла Брайсона, автора «Краткой истории почти всего на свете» и других бестселлеров. «У Ньютона был нелегкий характер, он был часто неприятен и недружелюбен в общении и поэтому имел очень мало друзей. Он всегда целиком полагался на собственное суждение, и заслужить его уважение было трудно. Вероятно, он неохотно пошел бы на такой разговор, который представлен здесь вашему вниманию, но тем не менее ему все-таки хотелось, чтобы другие люди знали о тех уникальных способностях, которыми он обладал». (Майкл Уайт) «Более закрытого человека, наверное, не было на Земле. Так что нам повезло, что у нас есть эта книга, в которой Майкл Уайт искусно вызывает к жизни эту удивительную личность и представляет нам многочисленные необдуманные поступки и своенравные высказывания Ньютона таким образом, что они кажутся почти обоснованными и разумными. Приготовьтесь к необычному испытанию: вам предстоит познакомиться с одним из величайших умов в истории». (Билл Брайсон)

[German] - Schnitt! - Die ganze Geschichte der Chirurgie erzählt in 28 Operationen (Ungekürzt) by Arnold van de Laar

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schnitt! - Die ganze Geschichte der Chirurgie erzählt in 28 Operationen (Ungekürzt) Author: Arnold van de Laar Narrator: Stefan Barth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ein einzigartiges Hörbuch, das Sie nicht gleichgültig lassen wird! Von den dunklen Anfangszeiten der Chirurgie, als noch ohne Betäubung amputiert wurde, über königliche Operationen bis zu den heutigen High-Tech-OPs - der Chirurg Arnold van de Laar beschreibt in seinem Hörbuch so packend wie allgemeinverständlich die Geschichte der Chirurgie, und gibt einen spannenden Einblick in sein Fach. In 28 Kapiteln erzählt van de Laar anhand berühmter Operationen, was genau im Operationsaal geschieht. Eingehend widmet er sich Erkrankungen und Verletzungen bekannter Persönlichkeiten wie Bob Marley, Kaiserin Sissi, Lenin, Königin Victoria, Einstein und Präsident Kennedy. Dabei geht es nicht nur um Operationen berühmter Persönlichkeiten, sondern auch um überraschende Fakten. Wussten Sie zum Beispiel, dass Albert Einstein viel länger gelebt hat, als man es eigentlich für möglich gehalten hatte? Dass englische Könige am liebsten in ihrem eigenen Schloss operiert wurden, dass Kaiserin Sissi mit sechzig Jahren niedergestochen wurde oder dass John F. Kennedy und Lee Harvey Oswald von demselben Chirurgen operiert wurden? In diesem Hörbuch erfahren wir: *Was Chirurgie ist und welche Bedeutung sie früher hatte; *Wie ein Körper auf das Eindringen eines Messers, einer Bakterie, einer Krebszelle oder einer Kugel reagiert; *Was sich durch eine Operation reparieren lässt und was nicht; *Wie man bei der Rettung eines Menschenlebens genau vorgeht; *Woher die gängigsten Operationen stammen, und wer sie erfunden hat. 'Schnitt' ist eine faszinierende Reise durch die Königsdisziplin der Medizin, fesselnd erzählt von einer Koryphäe auf dem Gebiet der Chirurgie. Arnold van de Laar, Jahrgang 1969, studierte Medizin in Löwen und Heidelberg. Seine erste Stelle als Chirurg führte ihn auf die Karibikinsel Sint Maarten. Seit 2003 arbeitet er als chirurgischer Chefarzt in Amsterdam. Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel: 'Onder het mes. De beroemdste patiënten en operaties uit de geschiedenis van de chriurgie'. © 2014 Arnold van de Laar © 2015 Pattloch Verlag Ein Imprint der Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur GmbH & Co. KG, München. Übersetzung von Bärbel Jänicke. (P) 2022 ABP Verlag

The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic by John E. O’neill, Sarah C. Wynne

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic Author: John E. O’neill, Sarah C. Wynne Narrator: Russell Niemand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “God is on your side? Is he a conservative? The Devil is on my side, he’s a good communist.”—Joseph Stalin In the wee hours of January 23, 1931, the world’s greatest ballerina lay dying. As her lungs filled with fluid, the exiled Russian, Anna Pavlova, gasped to doctors that she had been “poisoned” by food in Paris, but to no avail. To a watching world, she symbolized the glories of pre-Soviet Russia. And for that, she had to die. Joseph Stalin, chief murderer and dictator of the USSR, devised the most devastating system of poison labs and bioweapons the world had yet seen. In his effort to consolidate power, his assassins spread across the globe, striking dead dozens of famed exiles even as he slaughtered millions of his own people. But the dictator’s diabolical fascination with toxins did not end with his death or even the collapse of the Soviet Union. In The Dancer and the Devil, #1 nationally bestselling author John O’Neill teams up with Sarah Wynne to expose the toxic reign of terror continuing today. As engaging as a novel and packed with historical research and testimonies from modern victims of communism, The Dancer and the Devil reveals how the spirit of Stalin lives on in the hideous human experiments being conducted in the concentration camps of North Korea, in Putin’s blatant assassination plots, and in the bioweapon plans of the People’s Republic of China.

Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times by Anne C. Heller

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times Author: Anne C. Heller Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 26, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed biographer presents “a perceptive life of the controversial political philosopher” and author of Eichmann in Jerusalem (Kirkus Reviews). Hannah Arendt was a polarizing cultural theorist—extolled by her peers as a visionary and berated by her critics as a poseur and a fraud. Born in Prussia to assimilated Jewish parents, she escaped from Hitler’s Germany in 1933. Arendt is now best remembered for the storm of controversy that surrounded her 1963 New Yorker series on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a kidnapped Nazi war criminal. Arendt’s first book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, single-handedly altered the way generations around the world viewed fascism and genocide. Her most famous work, Eichmann in Jerusalem, created fierce debate that continues to this day, exacerbated by the posthumous discovery that she had been the lover of the philosopher and Nazi sympathizer Martin Heidegger. In this comprehensive biography, Anne C. Heller tracks the source of Arendt’s contradictions and achievements to her sense of being a “conscious pariah”—one of those rare people who doesn’t “lose confidence in ourselves if society does not approve us” and will not “pay any price” to gain the acceptance of others.

The Wild Rose: Stories of My Horses: Volume II by Martín Prechtel

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Rose: Stories of My Horses: Volume II Author: Martín Prechtel Narrator: Martín Prechtel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Carrying on from The Mare and the Mouse, this series, The Stories of My Horses, is not just a compendium of imaginative romantic narratives written to casually entertain the horse loving public. As romantically remembered as they might seem to be, they are actually straightforward historical accounts of what happens when a life-loving fool like me, a native of that beautiful land-locked, cultural island called Northern New Mexico, who in the latter half of the 20th century, decides he must live his everyday life in direct defiance of the soul-shrinking threat of modernity’s earth-wrecking ugliness and mediocre existence, by keeping some modicum of the bright shine and outrageous living passion of our real souls alive by flying free and beautiful on the backs of flesh and blood horses over a live unpeopled, unmanicured land… I’ll admit I’m a romantic and heroic. But to be honest, it’s not my fault: it’s the fault of all the horses I’ve ever known. For horses since forever, real horses I mean, have always been romantic, noble and heroic by definition of their very existence, and to be with them well, you too have to develop a soul that corresponds! In my romantic struggle for beauty in an unromantic mechanical age, my horses, simply by how they were, and how we looked, and how we were together, although no more than a tiny broadside against the ghost ship of mediocrity of this crazy age was some kind of victory just by the fact that we still existed. Horses inspire courage against hopeless odds just by their courage and beauty.” –from the Introduction to The Wild Rose

When Magic Failed: A Memoir of a Lebanese Childhood, Caught between East and West by Fouad Ajami

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Magic Failed: A Memoir of a Lebanese Childhood, Caught between East and West Author: Fouad Ajami Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Arab Predicament and Dream Palace of the Arabs comes a beautiful and haunting memoir of growing up in Lebanon in the ’50s and ’60s—the story of a sensitive young man and budding intellectual caught between tradition and modernity, east and west. As one of the most profound and insightful scholars of the Middle East, Fouad Ajami’s sensibility was powerfully shaped by his childhood and youth in Lebanon in the ’50s and ’60s. The time was a transitional one—not only for the Middle East, but for America and the world. Lebanon in this era was just coming into its own as a cosmopolitan destination of the international jet set as well as earnest American educators seeking to modernize Arab society. The disruptive forces of the Middle East—the Cold War, the Palestinian conflict, religious extremism, the money and oil of the Gulf—were only just beginning to appear. In this haunting and beautifully written memoir of his Lebanese childhood, the late Middle East scholar, Fouad Ajami, casts a discerning light into the corners and alleyways of an Arab reality that would later erupt into full view.

20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story by Amelia Earhart

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/598599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story Author: Amelia Earhart Narrator: Pamela Almand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Amelia Earhart captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane. This audiobook, her personal account of the historic flight, sparkles with her high-spirited charm and adventurous determination. Narrated by a fellow female pilot with a voice reminiscent of Earhart’s mid-West twang, this audiobook includes logbook entries from the historic flight, as well as an autobiographical account of her young adult life and fascination with airplanes and a serious-minded discussion of the future of flight and the important role of women in aviation. 20 Hrs. 40 Min. remains a classic tale of adventure to this day. Includes a bonus PDF with illustrations and photos, including photos of actual logbook pages from Amelia’s flight

Delia Akeley and the Monkey: A Human-Animal Story of Captivity, Patriarchy, and Nature by Iain Mccalman

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delia Akeley and the Monkey: A Human-Animal Story of Captivity, Patriarchy, and Nature Author: Iain Mccalman Narrator: Daniel Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: February 15, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On an East African hunting expedition in 1909, Delia Akeley, a forty-year-old American woman, casually captured a baby female monkey, never dreaming this act would overturn both their lives. Delia’s life was isolated and often lonely in an overpoweringly masculine world. She decided to name the monkey JT Jr and study her interactions with humans; a long-frustrated desire to adopt a child led her to also lose her heart to this lovable animal. This relationship with a feisty, intelligent Vervet unlocked Delia’s latent talents of research and observation, anticipating both Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee writings and Margaret Mead’s Samoan ethnographies. It illuminates much about human-animal relations and the tyranny of gender inequality by reinstating an obscured story of a dedicated amateur primatologist. Iain McCalman uses records, official and informal, to build a story of passionate love and hate among women, men, animals, and museums that predates our times but speaks to our present.

A Taste of Life: The Last Days of U.G. Krishnamurti by Mahesh Bhatt

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/604113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Taste of Life: The Last Days of U.G. Krishnamurti Author: Mahesh Bhatt Narrator: Mahesh Bhatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 1, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: U.G. Krishnamurti famously described enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being with no religious, psychological or mystical implications. He did not lecture, did not set up organizations, held no gatherings and professed to have no message for mankind. Known as the ‘anti-guru’, the ‘raging sage’ and the ‘thinker who shuns thought’, U.G. spent his life destroying accepted beliefs in science, god, mind, soul, religion, love and relationships?all the props man uses to live life. Having taken away all support systems from those who came to him, he refused to replace them with those of his own; always insisting that each must find his own truth. And when U.G. knew that it was time for him go, he refused all attempts to prolong life with medical help. He let nature, and his body, take their course. On the afternoon of 22 March 2007, U.G. Krishnamurti passed away in Vallecrosia, Italy.

[Indonesian] - Kisah Hikayat Ruh Wanita Muslimah Yang Bebas Dari Siksa Kubur Alam Barzakh Karena Syafaat Salawat Nabi Muhammad SAW by Jannah

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/597572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Indonesian] - Kisah Hikayat Ruh Wanita Muslimah Yang Bebas Dari Siksa Kubur Alam Barzakh Karena Syafaat Salawat Nabi Muhammad SAW Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Studio Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 5, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Audiobook Kisah Hikayat Ruh Wanita Muslimah Yang Bebas Dari Siksa Kubur Alam Barzakh Karena Syafaat Salawat Nabi Muhammad SAW Edisi Bahasa Indonesia Sebuah kisah tentang keistimewaan selawat kepada Nabi Nabi Muhammad SAW, diceritakan dari Tsimarul Yani‘ah fir Riyadhil Badi‘ah karya Syekh Muhammad Nawawi Dari Banten. Bermula ketika seorang ibu tua mendatangi Imam Sufi Al-Hasan Al-Bashri Dari Madinah. Ia bercerita, baru saja ditinggal mati anaknya yang perempuan. Kepada Imam Al-Hasan Al-Bashri, ia menyampaikan kerinduan mendalam kepada anaknya. “Saya merasa kehilangan. Saya ingin mengetahui keadaan si anak. Saya ingin berjumpa dengan putri saya, meski dalam mimpi,” katanya.

[Gujarati] - Prakash No Padachhayo by Dinkar Joshi

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/593302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Gujarati] - Prakash No Padachhayo Author: Dinkar Joshi Narrator: Darshan Jariwala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 8, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: દિનકર જોશી ની લખેલી પુસ્તક પ્રકાશ નો પડછાયો નું ઓડિયો રૂપાંતર દર્શન જરીવાલા ની આવાઝ માં ગુજરાતી નવલકથા ક્ષેત્રે જીવનકથનાત્મક નવલકથાઓની આગવી જ કેડી કંડારનારી આ નવલકથા ગાંધીજીના જ્યેષ્ઠ પુત્ર હરિલાલના જીવન ઉપર આધારિત છે. ગાંધીજીના પારિવારિક જીવનમાં પિતા પુત્ર વચ્ચેનો માનસિક સંઘર્ષ એમની કરુણાંતિકા હતી. આ કરુણાંતિકામાં કસ્તુરબાની વ્યથા સર્વથી અધિક હતી. 'પ્રકાશનો પડછાયો ' એક વિશ્વવંદ્ય પુરુષના પરિવારનું અજાણ્યું પાસું પહેલી જ વાર પ્રગટ કરે છે. આ નવલકથા 'સમકાલીન' , 'લોકસત્તા' તથા 'જનસત્તા' માં ધારાવાહિક રૂપે પ્રગટ થઈ હતી. એ ઉપરાંત એનો હિંદી અનુવાદ મુંબઈના હિંદી દૈનિક 'જનસત્તા' તથા લખનૌના હિંદી દૈનિક 'જાગરણ' માં ધારાવાહિક થયો હતો. ગુજરાતી ઉપરાંત આ પુસ્તક હિંદી, મરાઠી, તેલુગુ, તમિલ, બાંગલા, ઓરિયા, અંગ્રેજી તથા જર્મન ભાષામાં પ્રસિધ્ધ થઈ ચૂક્યું છે. તેમ જ આ પુસ્તક પરથી ગુજરાતી, હિંદી મરાઠી તથા અંગ્રેજીમાં નાટકો ભજવાયા છે. આ કથાનક પર આધારિત અંગ્રેજી તથા હિંદી ફિલ્મ 'ગાંધી માય ફાધર' બની છે.

There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers by Royd Tolkien

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/614385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers Author: Royd Tolkien Narrator: Drew Cullingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 1, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An inspirational, life-affirming memoir from the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien. Having grown up on their great-grandfather’s stories, Royd Tolkien and his brother, Mike, have always enjoyed adventures. So when Mike is diagnosed with motor neurone disease, also known as ALS, the brothers decide to use the time they have left to tick off as much as possible from Mike’s bucket list, from remote camping in Norway to travelling through Royd’s beloved New Zealand. Yet, when Royd loses Mike, he discovers his brother had been writing another kind of bucket list: fifty things he wanted Royd to do after his death. His first task? Mike wants his mild-mannered brother to trip up on his way to the lectern to deliver his eulogy. What follows is a set of emotionally charged tests that will push Royd firmly out of his comfort zone. This is the story of Royd’s journey to accomplish a challenging, humorous, and often heartbreaking list of unknown tasks that chart the brothers’ lives from childhood to adulthood. But above all, it is a story of the sibling bond, of grief—and of treasuring every moment.

Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved The Monarchy by A.N. Wilson

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved The Monarchy Author: A.N. Wilson Narrator: Gareth Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For over six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire. Beside her for more than twenty of those years was her beloved husband and the father of their nine children, Prince Albert. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Albert was one of the architects of Victorian Britain's transformation as a centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement. Albert lived only forty-two years, but fathered four royal dynasties and helped pioneer the modern constitutional monarchy. Drawn from the Royal archives, including Prince Albert's own correspondence, this biography offers never-before-known details about the man and his time, giving Albert the reverence and recognition that is long overdue.

Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women by Rachel Trethewey

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women Author: Rachel Trethewey Narrator: Charlotte Strevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 19, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Wallis Simpson stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy - but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love. Before Wallis dominated his life, he adored three other women: Rosemary Leveson Gower, the girl he wanted to marry; Freda Dudley Ward, the Prince's long-term mistress; and Thelma Furness, his twice-married American lover. Each one of the three women in this book could have changed the course of history. In examining their lives and impact on the heir to the throne, Rachel Trethewey questions whether he ever really wanted to be king....

Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester by Nicola Tallis

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/617089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester Author: Nicola Tallis Narrator: Charlotte Strevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 6, 2018 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Cousin to Elizabeth I - and possibly Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows. Entangled in a love triangle with Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I, banished from court, plagued by scandals, embroiled in treason, Lettice would lose a husband and son to the executioner's axe. In the first ever biography of this remarkable woman, Nicola Tallis takes us through her dramatic life and the grand sweep of the Tudor Age and the events that define it.

The Nurse: Inside Denmark's Most Sensational Criminal Trial by Kristian Corfixen

Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/616573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nurse: Inside Denmark's Most Sensational Criminal Trial Author: Kristian Corfixen Narrator: Colin Mace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The award-winning true-crime account of a Danish nurse accused of killing her patients—now a Netflix miniseries starring Josephine Park. In the early hours of March 2015, the police receive a call from a nurse at a provincial Danish hospital. She suspects her colleague is deliberately killing patients and fears that it has just happened again. Soon, several witnesses reveal that they too suspect the same nurse of poisoning patients; some have been harbouring their suspicion for years… so why has no one done anything about it before? And now that those patients’ bodies have long been cremated, where is the evidence? To this day, the nurse, Christina Aistrup Hansen, maintains her innocence. Is this an example of small-town gossip snowballing out of control or a sinister case of serial sociopathic harm? In this award-winning, best-selling account, Danish journalist Kristian Corfixen reconstructs the fateful night shift in 2015 when three patients die under mysterious circumstances, setting in motion one of Denmark’s most sensational criminal trials. With thorough research and extensive source material – including medical records, autopsy reports, text and email correspondence, and police reports – Corfixen tells the true story of the events. The book includes testimonies from key players in the case, including the convicted nurse, Hansen, and the key witness, both of whom are speaking publicly about the case for the first time. Kristian Corfixen is a Danish journalist. 'The Nurse' ('Sygeplejersken', 2019), won critical acclaim and several awards while also raising debate about the rigorous vetting of caretakers and the role of indicative evidence in criminal courts.

Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered by Russell Kirk

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601353 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered Author: Russell Kirk Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this, the liveliest and most accessible one-volume life of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk has ingeniously combined the public and the private man into a living whole. He lucidly unfolds Burke's philosophy and offers a fresh assessment of Burke, a statesman enjoying even greater influence today than in his own time. Kirk defines four great struggles in the life of Burke: his work for conciliation with the American colonies; his involvement in cutting down the domestic power of George III; his prosecution of Warren Hastings, the governor general of India; and his resistance to Jacobinism, the French Revolution's 'armed doctrine.' In each of these great phases of his public life, Burke fought with passionate eloquence and relentless logic for his ideals of justice, ideals that continue to appeal today.

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 1: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932 by William Manchester

Wed, 12 Dec 1990 09:25:07 +0000

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/602509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 1: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932 Author: William Manchester Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 41 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 12, 1990 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the twentieth century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time. In political office at the end of WWI, he foresaw the folly of Versailles and feared what a crippled Germany would do to the balance of power. In his years in the political wilderness from 1931 to 1939, he alone of all British public men continually raised his voice against Hitler and his appeasers. For over fifty years, he was constantly involved in, and usually at the center of, the most important events of his age. It was, however, his obduracy on matters of principle, his fortitude in the face of opposition, and his perseverance in standing alone that defined him. As a biographer, William Manchester is the standard by which all others are measured. And when a writer of his caliber is matched with a subject as colorful as Winston Churchill, look for results that are magisterial. This, the first in a three-volume biography, is a momentous piece of work.