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If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enArtsCopyright Jacklyn Fadelhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f49e9cd94ceaea1ff24a6128a482353b.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/enjoy-amazing-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-history-culture--6573487Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:43:28 +0000Jacklyn FadelJacklyn Fadelfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/309/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/309/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts & Entertainment. You'll have the opportunity to receive 3 free audiobooks to explore new knowledge. Audiobooks can be listened to on multiple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access wisdom anytime, anywhere. Let's open the world of sound and knowledge together! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tightwads-on-the-loose-by-wendy-hinman--65148429https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tightwads on the Loose Author: Wendy Hinman Narrator: Robin Karno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Everyone dreams of tropical escape. But what happens when you escape for too long? Imagine spending 24 hours a day with your spouse in 31 not-so-square feet . . . for years; crossing the Pacific Ocean on two gallons of fuel; and tossing spaghetti marinara around your living room, then cleaning it up while bouncing like ice in a martini shaker. Tightwads on the Loose tells the story of Wendy and Garth, lured to sea by the promise of adventure. They buy a 31-foot boat that fits their budget better than it fits Garth's large frame and set sail for an open-ended voyage, never imagining they'd be gone seven years, or cover 34,000 miles at the pace of a fast walk. They live without most “necessities” and learn that teamwork and a sense of humor matter most as they face endless 'character-building opportunities.' They make a long-anticipated visit to the island where Garth had been shipwrecked as a teenager, only to find it had become a penal colony. An electronic catastrophe in the Solomon Islands leaves them without navigation equipment, which forces them to trade their free-wheeling lifestyle for one that seems straight out of a '60s sitcom: jobs at a U.S. Army base in the Marshall Islands. In Asia, they dodge typhoons and ships that threaten to turn their home into kindling. Finally they endure a grueling 49-day nonstop ocean crossing. None of this prepares them for their arrival 'home' to a post-9/11 America which leaves them wondering what had changed more, them or the world. Tightwads on the Loose offers a fun read to the armchair adventurer -- or anyone afflicted with wanderlust.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415367Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tightwads on the Loose Author: Wendy Hinman Narrator: Robin Karno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tightwads on the Loose Author: Wendy Hinman Narrator: Robin Karno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 10, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Everyone dreams of tropical escape. But what happens when you escape for too long? Imagine spending 24 hours a day with your spouse in 31 not-so-square feet . . . for years; crossing the Pacific Ocean on two gallons of fuel; and tossing spaghetti marinara around your living room, then cleaning it up while bouncing like ice in a martini shaker. Tightwads on the Loose tells the story of Wendy and Garth, lured to sea by the promise of adventure. They buy a 31-foot boat that fits their budget better than it fits Garth's large frame and set sail for an open-ended voyage, never imagining they'd be gone seven years, or cover 34,000 miles at the pace of a fast walk. They live without most “necessities” and learn that teamwork and a sense of humor matter most as they face endless 'character-building opportunities.' They make a long-anticipated visit to the island where Garth had been shipwrecked as a teenager, only to find it had become a penal colony. An electronic catastrophe in the Solomon Islands leaves them without navigation equipment, which forces them to trade their free-wheeling lifestyle for one that seems straight out of a '60s sitcom: jobs at a U.S. Army base in the Marshall Islands. In Asia, they dodge typhoons and ships that threaten to turn their home into kindling. Finally they endure a grueling 49-day nonstop ocean crossing. None of this prepares them for their arrival 'home' to a post-9/11 America which leaves them wondering what had changed more, them or the world. Tightwads on the Loose offers a fun read to the armchair adventurer -- or anyone afflicted with wanderlust.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ticket-to-ride-my-adventures-in-making-big-money-and-giving-it-away-by-sir-peter-lampl--65148479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ticket to Ride: My Adventures in Making Big Money and Giving it Away Author: Sir Peter Lampl Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 15, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The candid tale of one of Britain’s most outstanding contemporary philanthropists. These pages wryly track Peter’s varied career moves, from flogging tickets for one of The Beatles first major concerts, to getting inadvertently caught up in a New York family turf war while trying to buy a treated wood company. However, at the book’s heart is a serious mission to present a clear and galvanising case for strategic philanthropy, crucially with the founding of educational charity, The Sutton Trust. Partly an inspiring memoir, partly an impassioned call to action for social mobility and educational equality, Peter Lampl’s autobiography describes how a self-made entrepreneur amassed a fortune and then chose to use it to help others.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397804Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ticket to Ride: My Adventures in Making Big Money and Giving it Away Author: Sir Peter Lampl Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ticket to Ride: My Adventures in Making Big Money and Giving it Away Author: Sir Peter Lampl Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 15, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The candid tale of one of Britain’s most outstanding contemporary philanthropists. These pages wryly track Peter’s varied career moves, from flogging tickets for one of The Beatles first major concerts, to getting inadvertently caught up in a New York family turf war while trying to buy a treated wood company. However, at the book’s heart is a serious mission to present a clear and galvanising case for strategic philanthropy, crucially with the founding of educational charity, The Sutton Trust. Partly an inspiring memoir, partly an impassioned call to action for social mobility and educational equality, Peter Lampl’s autobiography describes how a self-made entrepreneur amassed a fortune and then chose to use it to help others.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/upper-bohemia-a-memoir-by-hayden-herrera--65148463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Upper Bohemia: A Memoir Author: Hayden Herrera Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 22, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New Yorker Best Book of 2021 A “touching, heartbreaking, and exceptional” (Town & Country) coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico. Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was only three years old, her parents separated, and she and her sister moved from Cape Cod to New York City to live with their mother and their new hard-drinking stepfather. They saw their father only during the summers on the Cape, when they and the other neighborhood children would be left to their own devices by parents who were busy painting, writing, or composing music. These adults inhabited a world that Herrera’s mother called “upper bohemia,” a milieu of people born to privilege who chose to focus on the life of the mind. Her parents’ friends included such literary and artistic heavyweights as artist Max Ernst, writers Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy, architect Marcel Breuer, and collector Peggy Guggenheim. On the surface, Herrera’s childhood was idyllic and surreal. But underneath, the pain of being a parent’s afterthought was acute. Upper Bohemia captures the tension between a child’s excitement at every new thing and her sadness at losing the comfort of a reliable family. For her parents, both painters, the thing that mattered most was beauty—and so her childhood was expanded by art and by a reverence for nature. But her early years were also marred by abuse and by absent, irresponsible adults. As a result, Herrera would move from place to place, parent to parent, relative to family friend, and school to school—eventually following her mother to Mexico. The stepparents and stepsiblings kept changing too. Intimate and honest, Upper Bohemia “captures an enchanted but erratic childhood in a rarefied milieu with the critical but appreciative eye of a seasoned art historian” (The Wall Street Journal). It is a celebration of a wild and pleasure-filled way of living—and a poignant reminder of the toll such narcissism takes on the children raised in its grip.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406949Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Upper Bohemia: A Memoir Author: Hayden Herrera Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Upper Bohemia: A Memoir Author: Hayden Herrera Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 22, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New Yorker Best Book of 2021 A “touching, heartbreaking, and exceptional” (Town & Country) coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of artistic, bohemian parents—set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico. Hayden Herrera’s parents each married five times; following their desires was more important to them than looking after their children. When Herrera was only three years old, her parents separated, and she and her sister moved from Cape Cod to New York City to live with their mother and their new hard-drinking stepfather. They saw their father only during the summers on the Cape, when they and the other neighborhood children would be left to their own devices by parents who were busy painting, writing, or composing music. These adults inhabited a world that Herrera’s mother called “upper bohemia,” a milieu of people born to privilege who chose to focus on the life of the mind. Her parents’ friends included such literary and artistic heavyweights as artist Max Ernst, writers Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy, architect Marcel Breuer, and collector Peggy Guggenheim. On the surface, Herrera’s childhood was idyllic and surreal. But underneath, the pain of being a parent’s afterthought was acute. Upper Bohemia captures the tension between a child’s excitement at every new thing and her sadness at losing the comfort of a reliable family. For her parents, both painters, the thing that mattered most was beauty—and so her childhood was expanded by art and by a reverence for nature. But her early years were also marred by abuse and by absent, irresponsible adults. As a result, Herrera would move from place to place, parent to parent, relative to family friend, and school to school—eventually following her mother to Mexico. The stepparents and stepsiblings kept changing too. Intimate and honest, Upper Bohemia “captures an enchanted but erratic childhood in a rarefied milieu with the critical but appreciative eye of a seasoned art historian” (The Wall Street Journal). It is a celebration of a wild and pleasure-filled way of living—and a poignant reminder of the toll such narcissism takes on the children raised in its grip.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duchess-countess-by-catherine-ostler--65148466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess Countess Author: Catherine Ostler Narrator: Catherine Ostler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A VOGUE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A rollicking read... [Ostler] tells Elizabeth's story with admirable style and gusto' Sunday Times 'Terrifically entertaining: if you liked Bridgerton, you’ll love this. . . and her research is impeccable' Evening Standard When the glamorous Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, Countess of Bristol, went on trial at Westminster Hall for bigamy in April 1776, the story drew more attention in society than the American War of Independence. A clandestine, candlelit wedding to the young heir to an earldom, a second marriage to a Duke, a lust for diamonds and an electrifying appearance at a masquerade ball in a diaphanous dress: no wonder the trial was a sensation. However, Elizabeth refused to submit to public humiliation and retire quietly. Rather than backing gracefully out of the limelight, she embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe, being welcomed by the Pope and Catherine the Great among others. As maid of honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth led her life in the inner circle of the Hanoverian court and her exploits delighted and scandalised the press and the people. She made headlines, and was a constant feature in penny prints and gossip columns. Writers were intrigued by her. Thackeray drew on Elizabeth as inspiration for his calculating, alluring Becky Sharp. But her behaviour, often depicted as attention-seeking and manipulative, hid a more complex tale – that of Elizabeth’s fight to overcome personal tragedy and loss. Now, in this brilliantly told and evocative biography, Catherine Ostler takes a fresh look at Elizabeth’s story and seeks to understand and reappraise a woman who refused to be defined by society’s expectations of her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414797Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess Countess Author: Catherine Ostler Narrator: Catherine Ostler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess Countess Author: Catherine Ostler Narrator: Catherine Ostler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR A VOGUE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A rollicking read... [Ostler] tells Elizabeth's story with admirable style and gusto' Sunday Times 'Terrifically entertaining: if you liked Bridgerton, you’ll love this. . . and her research is impeccable' Evening Standard When the glamorous Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, Countess of Bristol, went on trial at Westminster Hall for bigamy in April 1776, the story drew more attention in society than the American War of Independence. A clandestine, candlelit wedding to the young heir to an earldom, a second marriage to a Duke, a lust for diamonds and an electrifying appearance at a masquerade ball in a diaphanous dress: no wonder the trial was a sensation. However, Elizabeth refused to submit to public humiliation and retire quietly. Rather than backing gracefully out of the limelight, she embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe, being welcomed by the Pope and Catherine the Great among others. As maid of honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth led her life in the inner circle of the Hanoverian court and her exploits delighted and scandalised the press and the people. She made headlines, and was a constant feature in penny prints and gossip columns. Writers were intrigued by her. Thackeray drew on Elizabeth as inspiration for his calculating, alluring Becky Sharp. But her behaviour, often depicted as attention-seeking and manipulative, hid a more complex tale – that of Elizabeth’s fight to overcome personal tragedy and loss. Now, in this brilliantly told and evocative biography, Catherine Ostler takes a fresh look at Elizabeth’s story and seeks to understand and reappraise a woman who refused to be defined by society’s expectations of her.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-of-days-the-untold-story-of-women-resistance-fighters-in-hitler-s-ghettos-by-judy-batalion--65148518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos Author: Judy Batalion Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters—a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town’s water supply. They also nursed the sick and taught children. Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown. As propulsive and thrilling as Hidden Figures, In the Garden of Beasts, Band of Brothers, and A Train in Winter, The Light of Days at last tells the true story of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. Judy Batalion—the granddaughter of Polish Holocaust survivors—takes us back to 1939 and introduces us to Renia Kukielka, a weapons smuggler and messenger who risked death traveling across occupied Poland on foot and by train. Joining Renia are other women who served as couriers, armed fighters, intelligence agents, and saboteurs, all who put their lives in mortal danger to carry out their missions. Batalion follows these women through the savage destruction of the ghettos, arrest and internment in Gestapo prisons and concentration camps, and for a lucky few—like Renia, who orchestrated her own audacious escape from a brutal Nazi jail—into the late 20th century and beyond. Powerful and inspiring, The Light of Days is an unforgettable true tale of war, the fight for freedom, exceptional bravery, female friendship, and survival in the face of staggering odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404936Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos Author: Judy Batalion Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos Author: Judy Batalion Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters—a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town’s water supply. They also nursed the sick and taught children. Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown. As propulsive and thrilling as Hidden Figures, In the Garden of Beasts, Band of Brothers, and A Train in Winter, The Light of Days at last tells the true story of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. Judy Batalion—the granddaughter of Polish Holocaust survivors—takes us back to 1939 and introduces us to Renia Kukielka, a weapons smuggler and messenger who risked death traveling across occupied Poland on foot and by train. Joining Renia are other women who served as couriers, armed fighters, intelligence agents, and saboteurs, all who put their lives in mortal danger to carry out their missions. Batalion follows these women through the savage destruction of the ghettos, arrest and internment in Gestapo prisons and concentration camps, and for a lucky few—like Renia, who orchestrated her own audacious escape from a brutal Nazi jail—into the late 20th century and beyond. Powerful and inspiring, The Light of Days is an unforgettable true tale of war, the fight for freedom, exceptional bravery, female friendship, and survival in the face of staggering odds.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-the-greatest-heights-facing-danger-finding-humility-and-climbing-a-mountain-of-truth-by-vanessa-o-brien--65148492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth Author: Vanessa O'brien Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Travel to the top of the world’s highest mountains with this this riveting and uplifting memoir that “is a rare mix of heart-stopping adventure and powerful self-reflection” (Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map) by Vanessa O’Brien, record-breaking American British explorer. Long before she became the first American woman to summit K2 and the first British woman to return from its summit alive, Vanessa O’Brien was a feisty suburban Detroit teenager forced to reinvent her world in the wake of a devastating loss that destroyed her family. Making her own way in the world, Vanessa strove to reach her lofty ambitions. Soon, armed with an MBA and a wry sense of humor, she climbed the corporate ladder to great success, but after the 2009 economic meltdown, her career went into a tailspin. She searched for a new purpose and settled on an unlikely goal: climbing Mount Everest. When her first attempt ended in disaster, she trudged home, humbled but wiser. Two years later, she made it to the top of the world. And then she kept going. Grounded by a cadre of wise-cracking friends and an inimitable British spouse, Vanessa held her own in the intensely competitive world of mountaineering, summiting the highest peak on every continent, and skiing the last degree to the North and South Poles. She set new speed records for the Seven Summits, receiving a Guinness World Record and the Explorers Grand Slam, and finally made peace with her traumatic past. During her attempt on K2, she very nearly gave up. But on the “savage mountain,” which kills one out of every four climbers who summit, Vanessa evolved from an adventurer out to challenge herself to an explorer with a high-altitude perspective on a changing world—and a new call to share her knowledge and passion across the globe. Told with heart and humor, To the Greatest Heights is a “vicariously engaging addition to the literature on mountaineering as well as a beacon of inspiration” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403848Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth Author: Vanessa O'brien Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth Author: Vanessa O'brien Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Travel to the top of the world’s highest mountains with this this riveting and uplifting memoir that “is a rare mix of heart-stopping adventure and powerful self-reflection” (Johanna Garton, author of Edge of the Map) by Vanessa O’Brien, record-breaking American British explorer. Long before she became the first American woman to summit K2 and the first British woman to return from its summit alive, Vanessa O’Brien was a feisty suburban Detroit teenager forced to reinvent her world in the wake of a devastating loss that destroyed her family. Making her own way in the world, Vanessa strove to reach her lofty ambitions. Soon, armed with an MBA and a wry sense of humor, she climbed the corporate ladder to great success, but after the 2009 economic meltdown, her career went into a tailspin. She searched for a new purpose and settled on an unlikely goal: climbing Mount Everest. When her first attempt ended in disaster, she trudged home, humbled but wiser. Two years later, she made it to the top of the world. And then she kept going. Grounded by a cadre of wise-cracking friends and an inimitable British spouse, Vanessa held her own in the intensely competitive world of mountaineering, summiting the highest peak on every continent, and skiing the last degree to the North and South Poles. She set new speed records for the Seven Summits, receiving a Guinness World Record and the Explorers Grand Slam, and finally made peace with her traumatic past. During her attempt on K2, she very nearly gave up. But on the “savage mountain,” which kills one out of every four climbers who summit, Vanessa evolved from an adventurer out to challenge herself to an explorer with a high-altitude perspective on a changing world—and a new call to share her knowledge and passion across the globe. Told with heart and humor, To the Greatest Heights is a “vicariously engaging addition to the literature on mountaineering as well as a beacon of inspiration” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parent-like-it-matters-how-to-raise-joyful-change-making-girls-by-janice-johnson-dias--65148451https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls Author: Janice Johnson Dias Narrator: Janice Johnson Dias, Jacqueline Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future—from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of 1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS. “A stunning and pathbreaking how-to guide and memoir for every mom, dad, or caregiver who believes in rearing children to be healthy individuals and caring citizens.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness Renowned sociologist Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become changemakers—whether through her investment in her daughter Marley’s humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation “SuperCamp” she co-founded for girls. In these unprecedented times, her work has never been more urgent, as parents find themselves asking: How do we teach girls to change the world?   Dr. Johnson Dias knows that self-realized girls are created through intentional parenting. And so she asks parents to make deliberate choices—from babyhood through adolescence—that will give their girls the resources and foundation to take hold of their own futures and to create sustainable social change.    Unlike other parenting experts, Dr. Johnson Dias doesn’t urge parents to focus solely on their children. Instead, she tasks them with a personal challenge: to find their own joy. Just as Dr. Johnson Dias brings her own jubilant passion to parenting, mentoring, and teaching, she inspires caregivers to do the same.    Using cutting-edge research and Dr. Johnson Dias’s own experiences, the book offers information and strategies for making discussions of racism and sexism a daily practice, identifying heroes and mentors, educating yourselves together, and uncovering your girl’s passions and what issues drive her the most.    Parenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within the pages of Parent Like It Matters, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise  resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like. * This audiobook includes a bonus pdf of assignments, appendices and a list of resources from the book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411987Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls Author: Janice Johnson Dias Narrator: Janice Johnson Dias, Jacqueline Woodson Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls Author: Janice Johnson Dias Narrator: Janice Johnson Dias, Jacqueline Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future—from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of 1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS. “A stunning and pathbreaking how-to guide and memoir for every mom, dad, or caregiver who believes in rearing children to be healthy individuals and caring citizens.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness Renowned sociologist Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become changemakers—whether through her investment in her daughter Marley’s humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation “SuperCamp” she co-founded for girls. In these unprecedented times, her work has never been more urgent, as parents find themselves asking: How do we teach girls to change the world?   Dr. Johnson Dias knows that self-realized girls are created through intentional parenting. And so she asks parents to make deliberate choices—from babyhood through adolescence—that will give their girls the resources and foundation to take hold of their own futures and to create sustainable social change.    Unlike other parenting experts, Dr. Johnson Dias doesn’t urge parents to focus solely on their children. Instead, she tasks them with a personal challenge: to find their own joy. Just as Dr. Johnson Dias brings her own jubilant passion to parenting, mentoring, and teaching, she inspires caregivers to do the same.    Using cutting-edge research and Dr. Johnson Dias’s own experiences, the book offers information and strategies for making discussions of racism and sexism a daily practice, identifying heroes and mentors, educating yourselves together, and uncovering your girl’s passions and what issues drive her the most.    Parenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within the pages of Parent Like It Matters, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise  resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like. * This audiobook includes a bonus pdf of assignments, appendices and a list of resources from the book.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-one-patient-doctors-and-nurses-stories-of-the-patients-who-changed-their-lives-forever-by-ellen-de-visser--65148459https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That One Patient: Doctors and Nurses’ Stories of the Patients Who Changed Their Lives Forever Author: Ellen De Visser Narrator: Julian Wadham, Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DAME SALLY DAVIES AND DR JIM DOWN For every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the story of those patients. Every weekend, in Holland’s most popular newspaper, de Volkskrant, renowned science-journalist Ellen de Visser asks a different medical professional to tell her about ‘that one patient’; the patient who changed everything for them. Every day, in every country, thousands of patients share their stories with their doctors: stories they may never have told anyone else; stories that are heartbreaking, sometimes funny, and – just occasionally – unforgettable. To be able to do their job to the best of their abilities, medical experts use their ‘professional empathy’: they sympathize with their patients but try to keep themselves at a distance. But there is always that one patient who, for whatever reason, bridges this distance and often unwittingly, has a lasting impact on their doctor’s life. There’s the dying patient whose decision to donate their organs would save the lives of five different people, bringing incredible comfort to the family they left behind. Or the little girl who showed clear evidence of having been beaten by an adult, but who remained too loyal to her step-father to say a word. There’s the little boy, diagnosed with life-threatening malaria in a Sudanese refugee camp, whose astonishing survival against the odds still inspires their doctor each time they stand by the bed of a child who looks unlikely to make it. And there’s the cancer patient whose love of cycling and unflagging optimism inspired his oncologist in ways he could never have imagined. That One Patient is brimming with intimate stories of connection and of the unanticipated ways we can affect one other’s lives. All of them remind us of just how extraordinary humans can be, and of our incredible capacity for bravery, strength and humour.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413838Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That One Patient: Doctors and Nurses’ Stories of the Patients Who Changed Their Lives Forever Author: Ellen De Visser Narrator: Julian Wadham, Karen...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That One Patient: Doctors and Nurses’ Stories of the Patients Who Changed Their Lives Forever Author: Ellen De Visser Narrator: Julian Wadham, Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DAME SALLY DAVIES AND DR JIM DOWN For every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the story of those patients. Every weekend, in Holland’s most popular newspaper, de Volkskrant, renowned science-journalist Ellen de Visser asks a different medical professional to tell her about ‘that one patient’; the patient who changed everything for them. Every day, in every country, thousands of patients share their stories with their doctors: stories they may never have told anyone else; stories that are heartbreaking, sometimes funny, and – just occasionally – unforgettable. To be able to do their job to the best of their abilities, medical experts use their ‘professional empathy’: they sympathize with their patients but try to keep themselves at a distance. But there is always that one patient who, for whatever reason, bridges this distance and often unwittingly, has a lasting impact on their doctor’s life. There’s the dying patient whose decision to donate their organs would save the lives of five different people, bringing incredible comfort to the family they left behind. Or the little girl who showed clear evidence of having been beaten by an adult, but who remained too loyal to her step-father to say a word. There’s the little boy, diagnosed with life-threatening malaria in a Sudanese refugee camp, whose astonishing survival against the odds still inspires their doctor each time they stand by the bed of a child who looks unlikely to make it. And there’s the cancer patient whose love of cycling and unflagging optimism inspired his oncologist in ways he could never have imagined. That One Patient is brimming with intimate stories of connection and of the unanticipated ways we can affect one other’s lives. All of them remind us of just how extraordinary humans can be, and of our incredible capacity for bravery, strength and humour.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-curious-boy-the-making-of-a-scientist-by-richard-fortey--65148436https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist Author: Richard Fortey Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON ‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’ RICHARD HOLMES ‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAIL What makes a scientist? Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a leading scientist and writer, with adventures and misadventures along the way. From a garden shed laboratory where he manufactured the greatest stink in the world to a tent high in the Arctic in pursuit of fossils, this is a story of obsession and love of nature, flavoured with the peculiarities and restrictions of post-war Britain. Fortey tells the story of following his father down riverbanks to fish for trout, and also of his father's shocking death. He unfolds his early passions – fungi, ammonite hunting and eyeing up bird's eggs. He evokes with warmth and wit how the natural world started out as his playground and refuge, then became his life's work. Much more than a story about science alone, this memoir gives an unforgettable portrait of a young, curious mind, and shows how luck and enthusiasm can create a special life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418913Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist Author: Richard Fortey Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist Author: Richard Fortey Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON ‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’ RICHARD HOLMES ‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAIL What makes a scientist? Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a leading scientist and writer, with adventures and misadventures along the way. From a garden shed laboratory where he manufactured the greatest stink in the world to a tent high in the Arctic in pursuit of fossils, this is a story of obsession and love of nature, flavoured with the peculiarities and restrictions of post-war Britain. Fortey tells the story of following his father down riverbanks to fish for trout, and also of his father's shocking death. He unfolds his early passions – fungi, ammonite hunting and eyeing up bird's eggs. He evokes with warmth and wit how the natural world started out as his playground and refuge, then became his life's work. Much more than a story about science alone, this memoir gives an unforgettable portrait of a young, curious mind, and shows how luck and enthusiasm can create a special life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/calhoun-american-heretic-by-robert-elder--65148438https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calhoun: American Heretic Author: Robert Elder Narrator: Rick Perez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 1 minute Release date: February 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession -- the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810, Calhoun went on to serve as secretary of war and vice president. But he is perhaps most known for arguing in favor of slavery as a "positive good" and for his famous doctrine of "state interposition," which laid the groundwork for the South to secede from the Union -- and arguably set the nation on course for civil war. Calhoun has catapulted back into the public eye in recent years, as the strain of radical politics he developed has found expression once again in the tactics and extremism of the modern Far Right. In this revelatory biographical study, historian Robert Elder shows that Calhoun is crucial for understanding the political climate in which we find ourselves today. By excising him from the mainstream of American history, we have been left with a distorted understanding of our past and no way to explain our present.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423423Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calhoun: American Heretic Author: Robert Elder Narrator: Rick Perez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 1 minute Release date: February 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calhoun: American Heretic Author: Robert Elder Narrator: Rick Perez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 1 minute Release date: February 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession -- the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810, Calhoun went on to serve as secretary of war and vice president. But he is perhaps most known for arguing in favor of slavery as a "positive good" and for his famous doctrine of "state interposition," which laid the groundwork for the South to secede from the Union -- and arguably set the nation on course for civil war. Calhoun has catapulted back into the public eye in recent years, as the strain of radical politics he developed has found expression once again in the tactics and extremism of the modern Far Right. In this revelatory biographical study, historian Robert Elder shows that Calhoun is crucial for understanding the political climate in which we find ourselves today. By excising him from the mainstream of American history, we have been left with a distorted understanding of our past and no way to explain our present.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/between-two-kingdoms-a-memoir-of-a-life-interrupted-by-suleika-jaouad--65148565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Author: Suleika Jaouad Narrator: Suleika Jaouad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 90 Ratings of Narrator: 4.65 of Total 23 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American Symphony ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, Library Journal, Booklist “I was immersed for the whole ride and would follow Jaouad anywhere. . . . Her writing restores the moon, lights the way as we learn to endure the unknown.”—Chanel Miller, The New York Times Book Review   “Beautifully crafted . . . affecting . . . a transformative read . . . Jaouad’s insights about the self, connectedness, uncertainty and time speak to all of us.”—The Washington Post In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world.” She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. It started with an itch—first on her feet, then up her legs, like a thousand invisible mosquito bites. Next came the exhaustion, and the six-hour naps that only deepened her fatigue. Then a trip to the doctor and, a few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. Just like that, the life she had imagined for herself had gone up in flames. By the time Jaouad flew home to New York, she had lost her job, her apartment, and her independence. She would spend much of the next four years in a hospital bed, fighting for her life and chronicling the saga in a column for The New York Times. When Jaouad finally walked out of the cancer ward—after countless rounds of chemo, a clinical trial, and a bone marrow transplant—she was, according to the doctors, cured. But as she would soon learn, a cure is not where the work of healing ends; it’s where it begins. She had spent the past 1,500 days in desperate pursuit of one goal—to survive. And now that she’d done so, she realized that she had no idea how to live. How would she reenter the world and live again? How could she reclaim what had been lost? Jaouad embarked—with her new best friend, Oscar, a scruffy terrier mutt—on a 100-day, 15,000-mile road trip across the country. She set out to meet some of the strangers who had written to her during her years in the hospital: a teenage girl in Florida also recovering from cancer; a teacher in California grieving the death of her son; a death-row inmate in Texas who’d spent his own years confined to a room. What she learned on this trip is that the divide between sick and well is porous, that the vast majority of us will travel back and forth between these realms throughout our lives. Between Two Kingdoms is a profound chronicle of survivorship and a fierce, tender, and inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392060Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Author: Suleika Jaouad Narrator: Suleika Jaouad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Author: Suleika Jaouad Narrator: Suleika Jaouad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 90 Ratings of Narrator: 4.65 of Total 23 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American Symphony ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, Library Journal, Booklist “I was immersed for the whole ride and would follow Jaouad anywhere. . . . Her writing restores the moon, lights the way as we learn to endure the unknown.”—Chanel Miller, The New York Times Book Review   “Beautifully crafted . . . affecting . . . a transformative read . . . Jaouad’s insights about the self, connectedness, uncertainty and time speak to all of us.”—The Washington Post In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world.” She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. It started with an itch—first on her feet, then up her legs, like a thousand invisible mosquito bites. Next came the exhaustion, and the six-hour naps that only deepened her fatigue. Then a trip to the doctor and, a few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. Just like that, the life she had imagined for herself had gone up in flames. By the time Jaouad flew home to New York, she had lost her job, her apartment, and her independence. She would spend much of the next four years in a hospital bed, fighting for her life and chronicling the saga in a column for The New York Times. When Jaouad finally walked out of the cancer ward—after countless rounds of chemo, a clinical trial, and a bone marrow transplant—she was, according to the doctors, cured. But as she would soon learn, a cure is not where the work of healing ends; it’s where it begins. She had spent the past 1,500 days in desperate pursuit of one goal—to survive. And now that she’d done so, she realized that she had no idea how to live. How would she reenter the world and live again? How could she reclaim what had been lost? Jaouad embarked—with her new best friend, Oscar, a scruffy terrier mutt—on a 100-day, 15,000-mile road trip across the country. She set out to meet some of the strangers who had written to her during her years in the hospital: a teenage girl in Florida also recovering from cancer; a teacher in California grieving the death of her son; a death-row inmate in Texas who’d spent his own years confined to a room. What she learned on this trip is that the divide between sick and well is porous, that the vast majority of us will travel back and forth between these realms throughout our lives. Between Two Kingdoms is a profound chronicle of survivorship and a fierce, tender, and inspiring exploration of what it means to begin again.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-as-i-am-a-memoir-by-cicely-tyson--65148414https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just As I Am: A Memoir Author: Cicely Tyson Narrator: Cicely Tyson, Robin Miles, Viola Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 154 Ratings of Narrator: 4.85 of Total 46 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony ''Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417227Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just As I Am: A Memoir Author: Cicely Tyson Narrator: Cicely Tyson, Robin Miles, Viola Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just As I Am: A Memoir Author: Cicely Tyson Narrator: Cicely Tyson, Robin Miles, Viola Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 154 Ratings of Narrator: 4.85 of Total 46 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony ''Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mozart-the-reign-of-love-by-jan-swafford--65148416https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mozart: The Reign of Love Author: Jan Swafford Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his social life, with tremendous gusto. His circle of friends and patrons was wide, encompassing anyone who appealed to his boundless appetites for music and all things pleasurable and fun. Mozart was known to be an inexplicable force of nature who could rise from a luminous improvisation at the keyboard to a leap over the furniture. He was forever drumming on things, tapping his feet, jabbering away, but who could grasp your hand and look at you with a profound, searching, and melancholy look in his blue eyes. Even in company there was often an air about Mozart of being not quite there. It was as if he lived onstage and off simultaneously, a character in life’s tragicomedy but also outside of it watching, studying, gathering material for the fabric of his art. Like Jan Swafford’s biographies Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, Mozart is the complete exhumation of a genius in his life and ours: a man who would enrich the world with his talent for centuries to come and who would immeasurably shape classical music. As Swafford reveals, it’s nearly impossible to understand classical music’s origins and indeed its evolutions, as well as the Baroque period, without studying the man himself. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417232Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mozart: The Reign of Love Author: Jan Swafford Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 22 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mozart: The Reign of Love Author: Jan Swafford Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his social life, with tremendous gusto. His circle of friends and patrons was wide, encompassing anyone who appealed to his boundless appetites for music and all things pleasurable and fun. Mozart was known to be an inexplicable force of nature who could rise from a luminous improvisation at the keyboard to a leap over the furniture. He was forever drumming on things, tapping his feet, jabbering away, but who could grasp your hand and look at you with a profound, searching, and melancholy look in his blue eyes. Even in company there was often an air about Mozart of being not quite there. It was as if he lived onstage and off simultaneously, a character in life’s tragicomedy but also outside of it watching, studying, gathering material for the fabric of his art. Like Jan Swafford’s biographies Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, Mozart is the complete exhumation of a genius in his life and ours: a man who would enrich the world with his talent for centuries to come and who would immeasurably shape classical music. As Swafford reveals, it’s nearly impossible to understand classical music’s origins and indeed its evolutions, as well as the Baroque period, without studying the man himself. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saving-freedom-truman-the-cold-war-and-the-fight-for-western-civilization-by-joe-scarborough--65148407https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Author: Joe Scarborough Narrator: Joe Scarborough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift since George Washington delivered his farewell address. How did one of the least prepared presidents to walk into the Oval Office become one of its most successful? The year was 1947. The Soviet Union had moved from being America’s uneasy ally in the Second World War to its most feared enemy. With Joseph Stalin’s ambitions pushing westward, Turkey was pressured from the east while communist revolutionaries overran Greece. The British Empire was battered from its war with Hitler and suddenly teetering on the brink of financial ruin. Only America could afford to defend freedom in the West, and the effort was spearheaded by a president who hadn’t even been elected to that office. But Truman would wage a domestic political battle that carried with it the highest of stakes, inspiring friends and foes alike to join in his crusade to defend democracy across the globe. In Saving Freedom, Joe Scarborough recounts the historic forces that moved Truman toward his country’s long twilight struggle against Soviet communism, and how this untested president acted decisively to build a lasting coalition that would influence America’s foreign policy for generations to come. On March 12, 1947, Truman delivered an address before a joint session of Congress announcing a policy of containment that would soon become known as the Truman Doctrine. That doctrine pledged that the United States would “support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” The untested president’s policy was a radical shift from 150 years of isolationism, but it would prove to be the pivotal moment that guaranteed Western Europe’s freedom, the American Century’s rise, and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.  Truman’s triumph over the personal and political struggles that confronted him following his ascension to the presidency is an inspiring tale of American leadership, fierce determination, bipartisan unity, and courage in the face of the rising Soviet threat. Saving Freedom explores one of the most pivotal moments of the twentieth century, a turning point when patriotic Americans of both political parties worked together to defeat tyranny. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421775Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Author: Joe Scarborough Narrator: Joe Scarborough Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Author: Joe Scarborough Narrator: Joe Scarborough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift since George Washington delivered his farewell address. How did one of the least prepared presidents to walk into the Oval Office become one of its most successful? The year was 1947. The Soviet Union had moved from being America’s uneasy ally in the Second World War to its most feared enemy. With Joseph Stalin’s ambitions pushing westward, Turkey was pressured from the east while communist revolutionaries overran Greece. The British Empire was battered from its war with Hitler and suddenly teetering on the brink of financial ruin. Only America could afford to defend freedom in the West, and the effort was spearheaded by a president who hadn’t even been elected to that office. But Truman would wage a domestic political battle that carried with it the highest of stakes, inspiring friends and foes alike to join in his crusade to defend democracy across the globe. In Saving Freedom, Joe Scarborough recounts the historic forces that moved Truman toward his country’s long twilight struggle against Soviet communism, and how this untested president acted decisively to build a lasting coalition that would influence America’s foreign policy for generations to come. On March 12, 1947, Truman delivered an address before a joint session of Congress announcing a policy of containment that would soon become known as the Truman Doctrine. That doctrine pledged that the United States would “support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” The untested president’s policy was a radical shift from 150 years of isolationism, but it would prove to be the pivotal moment that guaranteed Western Europe’s freedom, the American Century’s rise, and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.  Truman’s triumph over the personal and political struggles that confronted him following his ascension to the presidency is an inspiring tale of American leadership, fierce determination, bipartisan unity, and courage in the face of the rising Soviet threat. Saving Freedom explores one of the most pivotal moments of the twentieth century, a turning point when patriotic Americans of both political parties worked together to defeat tyranny. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greatest-beer-run-ever-a-memoir-of-friendship-loyalty-and-war-by-j-t-molloy-john-chick-donohue--65148515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War Author: J. T. Molloy, John 'chick' Donohue Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story.”—Malachy McCourt Soon to be a major motion picture written and directed by Peter Farrelly, who won two Academy Awards for Green Book—a wildly entertaining, feel-good memoir of an Irish-American New Yorker and former U.S. marine who embarked on a courageous, hare-brained scheme to deliver beer to his pals serving Vietnam in the late 1960s. One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now, they watched as anti-war protesters turned on the troops themselves. One neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired—some would call it insane—idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer. It would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever. But who’d be crazy enough to do it? One man was up for the challenge—a U. S. Marine Corps veteran turned merchant mariner who wasn’t about to desert his buddies on the front lines when they needed him. Chick volunteered. A day later, he was on a cargo ship headed to Vietnam, armed with Irish luck and a backpack full of alcohol. Landing in Qui Nho’n, Chick set off on an adventure that would change his life forever—an odyssey that took him through a series of hilarious escapades and harrowing close calls, including the Tet Offensive. But none of that mattered if he could bring some cheer to his pals and show them how much the folks back home appreciated them. This is the story of that epic beer run, told in Chick’s own words and those of the men he visited in Vietnam. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406236Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War Author: J. T. Molloy, John 'chick' Donohue Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War Author: J. T. Molloy, John 'chick' Donohue Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story.”—Malachy McCourt Soon to be a major motion picture written and directed by Peter Farrelly, who won two Academy Awards for Green Book—a wildly entertaining, feel-good memoir of an Irish-American New Yorker and former U.S. marine who embarked on a courageous, hare-brained scheme to deliver beer to his pals serving Vietnam in the late 1960s. One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now, they watched as anti-war protesters turned on the troops themselves. One neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired—some would call it insane—idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer. It would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever. But who’d be crazy enough to do it? One man was up for the challenge—a U. S. Marine Corps veteran turned merchant mariner who wasn’t about to desert his buddies on the front lines when they needed him. Chick volunteered. A day later, he was on a cargo ship headed to Vietnam, armed with Irish luck and a backpack full of alcohol. Landing in Qui Nho’n, Chick set off on an adventure that would change his life forever—an odyssey that took him through a series of hilarious escapades and harrowing close calls, including the Tet Offensive. But none of that mattered if he could bring some cheer to his pals and show them how much the folks back home appreciated them. This is the story of that epic beer run, told in Chick’s own words and those of the men he visited in Vietnam. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tecumseh-and-the-prophet-the-shawnee-brothers-who-defied-a-nation-by-peter-cozzens--65148431https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation Author: Peter Cozzens Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States. Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Americans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa, called the 'Shawnee Prophet,' who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Detailed research of Native American society and customs provides a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways. Cozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America. Cover images: (left) Tecumseh, by Benson John Lossing after Pierre Le Dru, (detail). Toronto Public Library; (right) Ten-sqat-a-way, the Open Door, 'Shawnee Prophet' by George Catlin (detail). Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413900Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation Author: Peter Cozzens Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation Author: Peter Cozzens Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first biography of the great Shawnee leader in more than twenty years, and the first to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother, Tenskwatawa, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the United States. Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Americans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa, called the 'Shawnee Prophet,' who created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that unified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Detailed research of Native American society and customs provides a window into a world often erased from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways. Cozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic, when settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their haste to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence, disregarding their rightful Indian owners. Tecumseh and the Prophet presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history, who, Cozzens helps us understand, should be writ large in the annals of America. Cover images: (left) Tecumseh, by Benson John Lossing after Pierre Le Dru, (detail). Toronto Public Library; (right) Ten-sqat-a-way, the Open Door, 'Shawnee Prophet' by George Catlin (detail). Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/philip-and-alexander-kings-and-conquerors-by-adrian-goldsworthy--65148424https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors Author: Adrian Goldsworthy Narrator: Neil Dickson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world -- and their rise and fall from power. Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II of Macedon. Philip inherited a minor kingdom that was on the verge of dismemberment, but despite his youth and inexperience, he made Macedonia dominant throughout Greece. It was Philip who created the armies that Alexander led into war against Persia. In Philip and Alexander, classical historian Adrian Goldsworthy shows that without the work and influence of his father, Alexander could not have achieved so much. This is the groundbreaking biography of two men who together conquered the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423422Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors Author: Adrian Goldsworthy Narrator: Neil Dickson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 36 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors Author: Adrian Goldsworthy Narrator: Neil Dickson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world -- and their rise and fall from power. Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II of Macedon. Philip inherited a minor kingdom that was on the verge of dismemberment, but despite his youth and inexperience, he made Macedonia dominant throughout Greece. It was Philip who created the armies that Alexander led into war against Persia. In Philip and Alexander, classical historian Adrian Goldsworthy shows that without the work and influence of his father, Alexander could not have achieved so much. This is the groundbreaking biography of two men who together conquered the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ss-officer-s-armchair-in-search-of-a-hidden-life-by-daniel-lee--65148476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The SS Officer's Armchair: In Search of a Hidden Life Author: Daniel Lee Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. It began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer’s Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart. Who was he? What had his life been – and how had it ended? Lee reveals the strange life of a man whose ambition propelled him to become part of the Nazi machinery of terror. He discovers his unexpected ancestral roots, untold stories of SS life and family fragmentation. As Lee delves deeper, Griesinger’s responsibility as an active participant in Nazi crimes becomes clearer. Dr Robert Griesinger’s name is not infamous. But to understand the inner workings of the Third Reich, we need to know not just its leaders, but the ordinary Nazis who made up its ranks. Revealing how Griesinger’s choices reverberate into present-day Germany, and among descendants of perpetrators, Lee raises potent questions about blame, manipulation and responsibility. A historical detective story and a gripping account of one historian’s hunt for answers, The SS Officer’s Armchair is at once a unique addition to our understanding of Nazi Germany and a chilling reminder of how such regimes are made not by monsters, but by ordinary people. ©Daniel Lee 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410942Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The SS Officer's Armchair: In Search of a Hidden Life Author: Daniel Lee Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The SS Officer's Armchair: In Search of a Hidden Life Author: Daniel Lee Narrator: Alex Wyndham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. It began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer’s Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart. Who was he? What had his life been – and how had it ended? Lee reveals the strange life of a man whose ambition propelled him to become part of the Nazi machinery of terror. He discovers his unexpected ancestral roots, untold stories of SS life and family fragmentation. As Lee delves deeper, Griesinger’s responsibility as an active participant in Nazi crimes becomes clearer. Dr Robert Griesinger’s name is not infamous. But to understand the inner workings of the Third Reich, we need to know not just its leaders, but the ordinary Nazis who made up its ranks. Revealing how Griesinger’s choices reverberate into present-day Germany, and among descendants of perpetrators, Lee raises potent questions about blame, manipulation and responsibility. A historical detective story and a gripping account of one historian’s hunt for answers, The SS Officer’s Armchair is at once a unique addition to our understanding of Nazi Germany and a chilling reminder of how such regimes are made not by monsters, but by ordinary people. ©Daniel Lee 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prince-philip-revealed-a-man-of-his-century-by-ingrid-seward--65148445https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century Author: Ingrid Seward Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For more than 70 years until his death on 9 April 2021, Prince Philip was the Queen's constant companion and support, but his vital role in the monarchy too often went largely unnoticed. Now, in Ingrid Seward's superb new biography of the Duke of Edinburgh, we get the chance to read the full story of his remarkable life and achievements.  Born into the Greek and Danish royal families in 1921, a descendant of Queen Victoria, Prince Philip's aristocratic credentials were second to none. But, only 18 months after his birth, the family had to be rescued by a British warship from the island of Corfu after his father was exiled. His nomadic childhood was spent in Germany, Paris and eventually England where he was sent to boarding school. At the age of 18, while studying at Dartmouth Naval College, he was asked to look after the King’s two daughters, 13-year-old Elizabeth and her sister Margaret, during a royal visit. It was their first proper meeting and, only eight years later, their marriage in 1947 brought new light to the country after the perils of the war. But, within a few years, their lives were transformed when in 1952 she became Queen Elizabeth II, and he had to give up his naval career and learn a new role as consort, deferring in public to the monarch and even having to give up his surname. In Ingrid Seward's brilliant new biography, we see how such a man of action coped with having to spend the next 70 years of his life walking two steps behind his wife. His reaction was to create a role for himself, modernising the monarchy, campaigning to protect the environment, supporting the sciences and engineering, and inspiring the young through the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. But, above all, he proved himself to be the Queen's most valuable and loyal companion throughout her long reign. The TV series The Crown has helped bring Prince Philip to the centre of attention, but this superb biography not only examines the major influences on his life but is packed with revealing behind-the-scenes details and great insight. This first major biography of Prince Philip for almost 30 years shines new light on his complex character and extraordinary career.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414339Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century Author: Ingrid Seward Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414339 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century Author: Ingrid Seward Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For more than 70 years until his death on 9 April 2021, Prince Philip was the Queen's constant companion and support, but his vital role in the monarchy too often went largely unnoticed. Now, in Ingrid Seward's superb new biography of the Duke of Edinburgh, we get the chance to read the full story of his remarkable life and achievements.  Born into the Greek and Danish royal families in 1921, a descendant of Queen Victoria, Prince Philip's aristocratic credentials were second to none. But, only 18 months after his birth, the family had to be rescued by a British warship from the island of Corfu after his father was exiled. His nomadic childhood was spent in Germany, Paris and eventually England where he was sent to boarding school. At the age of 18, while studying at Dartmouth Naval College, he was asked to look after the King’s two daughters, 13-year-old Elizabeth and her sister Margaret, during a royal visit. It was their first proper meeting and, only eight years later, their marriage in 1947 brought new light to the country after the perils of the war. But, within a few years, their lives were transformed when in 1952 she became Queen Elizabeth II, and he had to give up his naval career and learn a new role as consort, deferring in public to the monarch and even having to give up his surname. In Ingrid Seward's brilliant new biography, we see how such a man of action coped with having to spend the next 70 years of his life walking two steps behind his wife. His reaction was to create a role for himself, modernising the monarchy, campaigning to protect the environment, supporting the sciences and engineering, and inspiring the young through the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. But, above all, he proved himself to be the Queen's most valuable and loyal companion throughout her long reign. The TV series The Crown has helped bring Prince Philip to the centre of attention, but this superb biography not only examines the major influences on his life but is packed with revealing behind-the-scenes details and great insight. This first major biography of Prince Philip for almost 30 years shines new light on his complex character and extraordinary career.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-i-am-these-truths-yo-soy-estas-verdades-spanish-edition-memorias-sobre-la-identidad-la-justicia-y-mi-vida-entre-mundos-by-s--65148525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - I Am These Truths Yo soy estas verdades (Spanish edition): Memorias sobre la identidad, la justicia y mi vida entre mundos Author: Sunny Hostin Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Asunción «Sunny» Hostin, la célebre coanfitriona de The View, siempre sintió que pertenecía a diferentes mundos y que debía elegir uno de ellos. De madre puertorriqueña y padre afroamericano, dejó atrás la pobreza y los obstáculos de su niñez en el sur del Bronx gracias a una combinación de esfuerzo, algo de suerte y becas universitarias. Al acabar sus estudios de Derecho, se sumergió de lleno en el sistema de justicia criminal y ejerció como fiscal en Washington, D.C. Más adelante, apostó todos sus conocimientos para convertirse en periodista legal. Fue una de las primeras que cubrió el caso de Trayvon Martin, contra el criterio de sus productores, que lo consideraban una historia local. Hoy, Sunny Hostin es una de las voces ineludibles del mundo de las noticias y entretenimiento y aprovecha su enorme visibilidad para abogar por la justicia social y los marginados. En este libro, Sunny reflexiona sobre su lucha por tener hijos, sus dilemas personales y muchos de los casos de alto perfil en los que trabajó en CNN, Fox News, ABC y The View, siempre con ese estilo incisivo y «sin pelos en la lengua» que tan bien la define. Yo soy estas verdades son las conmovedoras memorias de una mujer que supo compaginar varios mundos sin abandonar las raíces de su identidad, y logró el éxito profesional sin renunciar a sus ideales. Sunny Hostin es la galardonada periodista, reportera y coanfitriona de The View. Anteriormente fue analista legal y presentadora en CNN. Ha escrito para Forbes Woman, Essence, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Latina y Ebony. Es neoyorquina de pura cepa y vive con su esposo y dos hijos en Westchester, Nueva York.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390819Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - I Am These Truths Yo soy estas verdades (Spanish edition): Memorias sobre la identidad, la justicia y mi vida entre mundos Author: Sunny...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - I Am These Truths Yo soy estas verdades (Spanish edition): Memorias sobre la identidad, la justicia y mi vida entre mundos Author: Sunny Hostin Narrator: Gabriela Guraieb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Asunción «Sunny» Hostin, la célebre coanfitriona de The View, siempre sintió que pertenecía a diferentes mundos y que debía elegir uno de ellos. De madre puertorriqueña y padre afroamericano, dejó atrás la pobreza y los obstáculos de su niñez en el sur del Bronx gracias a una combinación de esfuerzo, algo de suerte y becas universitarias. Al acabar sus estudios de Derecho, se sumergió de lleno en el sistema de justicia criminal y ejerció como fiscal en Washington, D.C. Más adelante, apostó todos sus conocimientos para convertirse en periodista legal. Fue una de las primeras que cubrió el caso de Trayvon Martin, contra el criterio de sus productores, que lo consideraban una historia local. Hoy, Sunny Hostin es una de las voces ineludibles del mundo de las noticias y entretenimiento y aprovecha su enorme visibilidad para abogar por la justicia social y los marginados. En este libro, Sunny reflexiona sobre su lucha por tener hijos, sus dilemas personales y muchos de los casos de alto perfil en los que trabajó en CNN, Fox News, ABC y The View, siempre con ese estilo incisivo y «sin pelos en la lengua» que tan bien la define. Yo soy estas verdades son las conmovedoras memorias de una mujer que supo compaginar varios mundos sin abandonar las raíces de su identidad, y logró el éxito profesional sin renunciar a sus ideales. Sunny Hostin es la galardonada periodista, reportera y coanfitriona de The View. Anteriormente fue analista legal y presentadora en CNN. Ha escrito para Forbes Woman, Essence, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Latina y Ebony. Es neoyorquina de pura cepa y vive con su esposo y dos hijos en Westchester, Nueva York.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-white-ship-conquest-anarchy-and-the-wrecking-of-henry-i-s-dream-by-charles-spencer--65148462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream Author: Charles Spencer Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this’ BILL BRYSON ’A brilliant read … Game of Thrones but in the real world’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND THE DAILY EXPRESS. The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 is one of the greatest disasters England has ever suffered. In one catastrophic night, the king’s heir and the flower of Anglo-Norman society were drowned and the future of the crown was thrown violently off course. In a riveting narrative, Charles Spencer follows the story from the Norman Conquest through to the decades that would become known as the Anarchy: a civil war of untold violence that saw families turn in on each other with English and Norman barons, rebellious Welsh princes and the Scottish king all playing a part in a desperate game of thrones. All because of the loss of one vessel – the White Ship – the medieval Titanic. ‘Highly enjoyable’ Simon Heffer ‘Brilliant’ Dan Jones ‘Fascinating’ Tom Bower The #2 Sunday Times bestseller on Sunday 18 June 2021]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415118Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream Author: Charles Spencer Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream Author: Charles Spencer Narrator: Richard Trinder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this’ BILL BRYSON ’A brilliant read … Game of Thrones but in the real world’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND THE DAILY EXPRESS. The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 is one of the greatest disasters England has ever suffered. In one catastrophic night, the king’s heir and the flower of Anglo-Norman society were drowned and the future of the crown was thrown violently off course. In a riveting narrative, Charles Spencer follows the story from the Norman Conquest through to the decades that would become known as the Anarchy: a civil war of untold violence that saw families turn in on each other with English and Norman barons, rebellious Welsh princes and the Scottish king all playing a part in a desperate game of thrones. All because of the loss of one vessel – the White Ship – the medieval Titanic. ‘Highly enjoyable’ Simon Heffer ‘Brilliant’ Dan Jones ‘Fascinating’ Tom Bower The #2 Sunday Times bestseller on Sunday 18 June 2021]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/killing-crazy-horse-the-merciless-indian-wars-in-america-by-martin-dugard-bill-o-reilly--65148491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series Author: Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly Narrator: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.99 of Total 255 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 30 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This program includes a prologue read by Bill O'Reilly The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. In Killing Crazy Horse bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught history of our country’s founding on already occupied lands, from General Andrew Jackson’s brutal battles with the Creek Nation to President James Monroe’s epic “sea to shining sea” policy, to President Martin Van Buren’s cruel enforcement of a “treaty” that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O’Reilly and Dugard take listeners behind the legends to reveal never-before-told historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America. This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock listeners and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410844Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series Author: Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series Author: Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly Narrator: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.99 of Total 255 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 30 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This program includes a prologue read by Bill O'Reilly The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. In Killing Crazy Horse bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught history of our country’s founding on already occupied lands, from General Andrew Jackson’s brutal battles with the Creek Nation to President James Monroe’s epic “sea to shining sea” policy, to President Martin Van Buren’s cruel enforcement of a “treaty” that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O’Reilly and Dugard take listeners behind the legends to reveal never-before-told historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America. This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock listeners and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-can-i-do-my-path-from-climate-despair-to-action-by-jane-fonda--65148427https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action Author: Jane Fonda Narrator: George Newbern, Annie Leonard, Adenrele Ojo, Tantoo Cardinal, Jane Fonda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and equipping us with the tools we need to join her in protest 'This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation.' In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, D.C., to lead weekly climate change demonstrations on Capitol Hill. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays, and has since led thousands of people in nonviolent civil disobedience, risking arrest to protest for action. In What Can I Do?, Fonda weaves her deeply personal journey as an activist alongside conversations with and speeches by leading climate scientists and inspiring community organizers, and dives deep into the issues, such as water, migration, and human rights, to emphasize what is at stake. Most significantly, Fonda equips us all with the tools we need to join her in protest, so that everyone can work to combat the climate crisis. No stranger to protest, Fonda's life has been famously shaped by activism. And now she is once again galvanizing the public to take to the streets. Many are already aware of the looming disaster of climate change and realize that a moral responsibility rests on our shoulders. In 2019, we saw atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases hit the highest level ever recorded in human history, and our window of opportunity to act is quickly closing. We are facing a climate crisis, but we're also facing an empathy crisis and an inequality crisis; the surge of protests over police violence against black Americans has once again highlighted the links between racism and environmental degradation in our country. It isn't only earth's life-support systems that are unraveling. So too is our social fabric. This is going to take an all-out war on drilling and fracking and deregulation and racism and misogyny and colonialism and despair all at the same time. As Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA and Fonda's partner in developing Fire Drill Fridays, has declared, 'Change is inevitable; by design, or by disaster.' Together, we can commandeer change for the positive--but it will require collective actions taken by social movements on an unprecedented scale. The problems we face now require every one of us to join the fight. The fight for not only our immediate future, but for the future of generations to come. *This audiobook program includes a PDF of photographs and graphs. 100% of the author's net proceeds from What Can I Do? have gone to Greenpeace]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415645Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action Author: Jane Fonda Narrator: George Newbern, Annie Leonard, Adenrele Ojo, Tantoo Cardinal, Jane...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action Author: Jane Fonda Narrator: George Newbern, Annie Leonard, Adenrele Ojo, Tantoo Cardinal, Jane Fonda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and equipping us with the tools we need to join her in protest 'This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation.' In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, D.C., to lead weekly climate change demonstrations on Capitol Hill. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays, and has since led thousands of people in nonviolent civil disobedience, risking arrest to protest for action. In What Can I Do?, Fonda weaves her deeply personal journey as an activist alongside conversations with and speeches by leading climate scientists and inspiring community organizers, and dives deep into the issues, such as water, migration, and human rights, to emphasize what is at stake. Most significantly, Fonda equips us all with the tools we need to join her in protest, so that everyone can work to combat the climate crisis. No stranger to protest, Fonda's life has been famously shaped by activism. And now she is once again galvanizing the public to take to the streets. Many are already aware of the looming disaster of climate change and realize that a moral responsibility rests on our shoulders. In 2019, we saw atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases hit the highest level ever recorded in human history, and our window of opportunity to act is quickly closing. We are facing a climate crisis, but we're also facing an empathy crisis and an inequality crisis; the surge of protests over police violence against black Americans has once again highlighted the links between racism and environmental degradation in our country. It isn't only earth's life-support systems that are unraveling. So too is our social fabric. This is going to take an all-out war on drilling and fracking and deregulation and racism and misogyny and colonialism and despair all at the same time. As Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA and Fonda's partner in developing Fire Drill Fridays, has declared, 'Change is inevitable; by design, or by disaster.' Together, we can commandeer change for the positive--but it will require collective actions taken by social movements on an unprecedented scale. The problems we face now require every one of us to join the fight. The fight for not only our immediate future, but for the future of generations to come. *This audiobook program includes a PDF of photographs and graphs. 100% of the author's net proceeds from What Can I Do? have gone to Greenpeace]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-spartacus-the-epic-life-of-toussaint-louverture-by-sudhir-hazareesingh--65148413https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture Author: Sudhir Hazareesingh Narrator: Ben Arogundade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, 2020 The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life he confronted some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France. Black Spartacus draws on a wealth of archival material, much of it overlooked by previous biographers, to follow every step of Louverture's singular journey, from his triumphs against French, Spanish and British troops to his skilful regional diplomacy, his Machiavellian dealings with successive French colonial administrators and his bold promulgation of an autonomous Constitution. Sudhir Hazareesingh shows that Louverture developed his unique vision and leadership not solely in response to imported Enlightenment ideals and revolutionary events in Europe and the Americas, but through a hybrid heritage of fraternal slave organisations, Caribbean mysticism and African political traditions. Above all, Hazareesingh retrieves Louverture's rousing voice and force of personality, making this the most engaging, as well as the most complete, biography to date. After his death in the French fortress, Louverture became a figure of legend, a beacon for slaves across the Atlantic and for generations of European republicans and progressive figures in the Americas. He inspired the anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass, the most eminent nineteenth-century African-American; his emancipatory struggle was hailed by those who defied imperial and colonial rule well into the twentieth. In the modern era, his life informed the French poet Aimé Césaire's seminal idea of négritude and has been celebrated in a remarkable range of plays, songs, novels and statues. Here, in all its drama, is the epic story of the world's first black superhero. ©Sudhir Hazareesingh 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419349Thu, 03 Sep 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture Author: Sudhir Hazareesingh Narrator: Ben Arogundade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture Author: Sudhir Hazareesingh Narrator: Ben Arogundade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, 2020 The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony's black population, the commander of its republican army and eventually its governor. During the course of his extraordinary life he confronted some of the dominant forces of his age - slavery, settler colonialism, imperialism and racial hierarchy. Treacherously seized by Napoleon's invading army in 1802, this charismatic figure ended his days, in Wordsworth's phrase, 'the most unhappy man of men', imprisoned in a fortress in France. Black Spartacus draws on a wealth of archival material, much of it overlooked by previous biographers, to follow every step of Louverture's singular journey, from his triumphs against French, Spanish and British troops to his skilful regional diplomacy, his Machiavellian dealings with successive French colonial administrators and his bold promulgation of an autonomous Constitution. Sudhir Hazareesingh shows that Louverture developed his unique vision and leadership not solely in response to imported Enlightenment ideals and revolutionary events in Europe and the Americas, but through a hybrid heritage of fraternal slave organisations, Caribbean mysticism and African political traditions. Above all, Hazareesingh retrieves Louverture's rousing voice and force of personality, making this the most engaging, as well as the most complete, biography to date. After his death in the French fortress, Louverture became a figure of legend, a beacon for slaves across the Atlantic and for generations of European republicans and progressive figures in the Americas. He inspired the anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass, the most eminent nineteenth-century African-American; his emancipatory struggle was hailed by those who defied imperial and colonial rule well into the twentieth. In the modern era, his life informed the French poet Aimé Césaire's seminal idea of négritude and has been celebrated in a remarkable range of plays, songs, novels and statues. Here, in all its drama, is the epic story of the world's first black superhero. ©Sudhir Hazareesingh 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-and-oil-mohammed-bin-salman-s-ruthless-quest-for-global-power-by-justin-scheck-bradley-hope--65148422https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power Author: Justin Scheck, Bradley Hope Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia's charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS.​ 35-year-old Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise stunned the world. Political and business leaders such as former UK prime minister Tony Blair and WME chairman Ari Emanuel flew out to meet with the crown prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere. He spoke passionately about bringing women into the workforce and toning down Saudi Arabia's restrictive Islamic law. He lifted the ban on women driving and explored investments in Silicon Valley. But MBS began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts like McKinsey & Company. The allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out, including that he ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. While stamping out dissent by holding 300 people, including prominent members of the Saudi royal family, in the Ritz-Carlton hotel and elsewhere for months, he continued to exhibit his extreme wealth, including buying a $70 million chateau in Europe and one of the world's most expensive yachts. It seemed that he did not understand nor care about how the outside world would react to his displays of autocratic muscle—what mattered was the flex. Blood and Oil is a gripping work of investigative journalism about one of the world's most decisive and dangerous new leaders. Hope and Scheck show how MBS' precipitous rise coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of US-Saudi relations for more than 80 years: oil, for military protection. Caught in his net are well-known US bankers, Hollywood figures, and politicians, all eager to help the charming and crafty crown prince. The Middle East is already a volatile region. Add to the mix an ambitious prince with extraordinary powers, hunger for lucre, a tight relationship with the White House through President Trump's son in law Jared Kushner, and an apparent willingness to break anything—and anyone—that gets in the way of his vision, and the stakes of his rise are bracing. If his bid fails, Saudi Arabia has the potential to become an unstable failed state and a magnet for Islamic extremists. And if his bid to transform his country succeeds, even in part, it will have reverberations around the world. Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423433Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power Author: Justin Scheck, Bradley Hope Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423433 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power Author: Justin Scheck, Bradley Hope Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia's charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS.​ 35-year-old Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise stunned the world. Political and business leaders such as former UK prime minister Tony Blair and WME chairman Ari Emanuel flew out to meet with the crown prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere. He spoke passionately about bringing women into the workforce and toning down Saudi Arabia's restrictive Islamic law. He lifted the ban on women driving and explored investments in Silicon Valley. But MBS began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts like McKinsey & Company. The allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out, including that he ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. While stamping out dissent by holding 300 people, including prominent members of the Saudi royal family, in the Ritz-Carlton hotel and elsewhere for months, he continued to exhibit his extreme wealth, including buying a $70 million chateau in Europe and one of the world's most expensive yachts. It seemed that he did not understand nor care about how the outside world would react to his displays of autocratic muscle—what mattered was the flex. Blood and Oil is a gripping work of investigative journalism about one of the world's most decisive and dangerous new leaders. Hope and Scheck show how MBS' precipitous rise coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of US-Saudi relations for more than 80 years: oil, for military protection. Caught in his net are well-known US bankers, Hollywood figures, and politicians, all eager to help the charming and crafty crown prince. The Middle East is already a volatile region. Add to the mix an ambitious prince with extraordinary powers, hunger for lucre, a tight relationship with the White House through President Trump's son in law Jared Kushner, and an apparent willingness to break anything—and anyone—that gets in the way of his vision, and the stakes of his rise are bracing. If his bid fails, Saudi Arabia has the potential to become an unstable failed state and a magnet for Islamic extremists. And if his bid to transform his country succeeds, even in part, it will have reverberations around the world. Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-habsburgs-to-rule-the-world-by-martyn-rady--65148478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Habsburgs: To Rule the World Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: Simon Boughey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries -- from their rise to power to their eventual downfall. Habsburgs ruled much of Europe for centuries. From modest origins as minor German nobles, the family used fabricated documents, invented genealogies, savvy marriages, and military conquest on their improbable ascent, becoming the continent's most powerful dynasty. By the mid-fifteenth century, the Habsburgs controlled of the Holy Roman Empire, and by the early sixteenth century, their lands stretched across the continent and far beyond it. But in 1918, at the end of the Great War, the final remnant of their empire was gone. In The Habsburgs, historian Martyn Rady tells the epic story of the Habsburg dynasty and the world it built -- and then lost -- over nearly a millennium, placing it in its European and global contexts. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the Habsburgs expanded from Swabia across southern Germany to Austria through forgery and good fortune. By the time a Habsburg duke was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III in 1452, he and his clan already held fast to the imperial vision distilled in its AEIOU motto: Austriae est imperare orbi universe, 'Austria is destined to rule the world.' Maintaining their grip on the imperial succession of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries, the Habsburgs extended their power into Italy, Spain, the New World, and the Pacific, a dominion that Charles V called 'the empire on which the sun never sets.' They then weathered centuries of religious warfare, revolution, and transformation, including the loss of their Spanish empire in 1700 and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. In 1867, the Habsburgs fatefully consolidated their remaining lands the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, setting in motion a chain of events that would end with the 1914 assassination of the Habsburg heir presumptive Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, World War I, and the end of the Habsburg era. Their demise was ignominious, and historians often depict the Habsburgs as leaders of a ramshackle, collapsing empire at Europe's margins. But in The Habsburgs, Rady reveals how they saw themselves -- as destined to rule the world, not through mere territorial conquest, but as defenders of Christian civilization and the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace and harmony, and patrons of science and learning. Lively and authoritative, The Habsburgsis the engrossing definitive history of the remarkable dynasty that forever changed Europe and the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405402Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Habsburgs: To Rule the World Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: Simon Boughey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 58 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Habsburgs: To Rule the World Author: Martyn Rady Narrator: Simon Boughey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries -- from their rise to power to their eventual downfall. Habsburgs ruled much of Europe for centuries. From modest origins as minor German nobles, the family used fabricated documents, invented genealogies, savvy marriages, and military conquest on their improbable ascent, becoming the continent's most powerful dynasty. By the mid-fifteenth century, the Habsburgs controlled of the Holy Roman Empire, and by the early sixteenth century, their lands stretched across the continent and far beyond it. But in 1918, at the end of the Great War, the final remnant of their empire was gone. In The Habsburgs, historian Martyn Rady tells the epic story of the Habsburg dynasty and the world it built -- and then lost -- over nearly a millennium, placing it in its European and global contexts. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the Habsburgs expanded from Swabia across southern Germany to Austria through forgery and good fortune. By the time a Habsburg duke was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III in 1452, he and his clan already held fast to the imperial vision distilled in its AEIOU motto: Austriae est imperare orbi universe, 'Austria is destined to rule the world.' Maintaining their grip on the imperial succession of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries, the Habsburgs extended their power into Italy, Spain, the New World, and the Pacific, a dominion that Charles V called 'the empire on which the sun never sets.' They then weathered centuries of religious warfare, revolution, and transformation, including the loss of their Spanish empire in 1700 and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. In 1867, the Habsburgs fatefully consolidated their remaining lands the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, setting in motion a chain of events that would end with the 1914 assassination of the Habsburg heir presumptive Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, World War I, and the end of the Habsburg era. Their demise was ignominious, and historians often depict the Habsburgs as leaders of a ramshackle, collapsing empire at Europe's margins. But in The Habsburgs, Rady reveals how they saw themselves -- as destined to rule the world, not through mere territorial conquest, but as defenders of Christian civilization and the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace and harmony, and patrons of science and learning. Lively and authoritative, The Habsburgsis the engrossing definitive history of the remarkable dynasty that forever changed Europe and the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/above-the-clouds-how-i-carved-my-own-path-to-the-top-of-the-world-by-kilian-jornet--65148435https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World Author: Kilian Jornet Narrator: Steven Brand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ''Kilian Jornet is the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation.''—NEW YORK TIMES ''Inspiring and humbling''— ALEX HONNOLD The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climbs of Mount Everest in this profound memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches. Kilian Jornet has broken nearly every mountaineering record in the world and twice been named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. In 2018 he summitted Mount Everest twice in one week—without the help of bottled oxygen or ropes. As he recounts a life spent studying and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet ruminates on what he has found in nature—simplicity, freedom, and spiritual joy—and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his relationship to the mountain . . . at times his opponent, at others, his greatest inspiration.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417231Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World Author: Kilian Jornet Narrator: Steven Brand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World Author: Kilian Jornet Narrator: Steven Brand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ''Kilian Jornet is the most dominating endurance athlete of his generation.''—NEW YORK TIMES ''Inspiring and humbling''— ALEX HONNOLD The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climbs of Mount Everest in this profound memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches. Kilian Jornet has broken nearly every mountaineering record in the world and twice been named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. In 2018 he summitted Mount Everest twice in one week—without the help of bottled oxygen or ropes. As he recounts a life spent studying and ascending the greatest peaks on earth, Jornet ruminates on what he has found in nature—simplicity, freedom, and spiritual joy—and offers a poetic yet clearheaded assessment of his relationship to the mountain . . . at times his opponent, at others, his greatest inspiration.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dreaming-in-a-nightmare-inequality-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-jeremiah-emmanuel--65148426https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreaming in a Nightmare: Inequality and What We Can Do About It Author: Jeremiah Emmanuel Narrator: Robbie Luboya, Krystal Mamongo, Jeremiah Emmanuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A moving and powerful account of the problems faced by a new generation, from crime to poverty to an increasingly divided society, from an extraordinarily accomplished young activist and entrepreneur. My name is Jeremiah Emmanuel. I’m twenty years old. I’m an activist, an entrepreneur, a former deputy young mayor of Lambeth and member of the UK Youth Parliament. I wanted to change the world, but the world I was born into changed me first. Raised in south London, I lived in an area where crime and poverty were everywhere and opportunities to escape were rare. Violence was accepted, prison was expected. Your best friend might vanish overnight, never to be seen again. That was the world I knew; the only one I thought was possible for people like me. But somehow, as I got older, I found my way to a different world: a place where people listened to you, where opinions were heard, where doors were opened, where there were opportunities around every corner. Everything had stayed the same and everything had changed. This is the story of how I did it, the people who helped me get there, and the huge hurdles I – and my entire generation – have to learn to face and overcome. It’s the story of how to move forward in a world that’s holding you back. ©Jeremiah Emmanuel 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424437Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreaming in a Nightmare: Inequality and What We Can Do About It Author: Jeremiah Emmanuel Narrator: Robbie Luboya, Krystal Mamongo, Jeremiah Emmanuel...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreaming in a Nightmare: Inequality and What We Can Do About It Author: Jeremiah Emmanuel Narrator: Robbie Luboya, Krystal Mamongo, Jeremiah Emmanuel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A moving and powerful account of the problems faced by a new generation, from crime to poverty to an increasingly divided society, from an extraordinarily accomplished young activist and entrepreneur. My name is Jeremiah Emmanuel. I’m twenty years old. I’m an activist, an entrepreneur, a former deputy young mayor of Lambeth and member of the UK Youth Parliament. I wanted to change the world, but the world I was born into changed me first. Raised in south London, I lived in an area where crime and poverty were everywhere and opportunities to escape were rare. Violence was accepted, prison was expected. Your best friend might vanish overnight, never to be seen again. That was the world I knew; the only one I thought was possible for people like me. But somehow, as I got older, I found my way to a different world: a place where people listened to you, where opinions were heard, where doors were opened, where there were opportunities around every corner. Everything had stayed the same and everything had changed. This is the story of how I did it, the people who helped me get there, and the huge hurdles I – and my entire generation – have to learn to face and overcome. It’s the story of how to move forward in a world that’s holding you back. ©Jeremiah Emmanuel 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-dutiful-boy-a-memoir-of-a-gay-muslim-s-journey-to-acceptance-by-mohsin-zaidi--65148402https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dutiful Boy: A memoir of a gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance Author: Mohsin Zaidi Narrator: Mohsin Zaidi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ** WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE, 2021 ** A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Like Educated with a modern British context. Mohsin grew up in a deprived pocket of east London; his family was close-knit but very religiously conservative. From a young age Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up life didn't seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised as a poor, brown boy, and he was isolated from his family as a closet gay Muslim. However Mohsin had incredible drive and he used education as a way out of his home life and to throw himself into a new kind of life. He became the first person from his school to go to Oxford University and there he found the freedom to come out to his friends. But Oxford was a whole different world with its own huge challenges and Mohsin found himself increasingly conflicted. It came to a head when Mohsin went back to visit his parents only to be confronted by his father and a witchdoctor he'd invited to 'cure' Mohsin. Although Mohsin's story takes harrowing turns it is full of life and humour, and it ends inspiringly. Through his irrepressible spirit Mohsin breaks through emotional and social barriers and in the end he even finds acceptance from his family. Now Mohsin is a top criminal barrister who fights large-scale cases on a daily basis. Having faced battles growing up, he truly understands the importance of justice as a way of life. ©Mohsin Zaidi 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421318Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dutiful Boy: A memoir of a gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance Author: Mohsin Zaidi Narrator: Mohsin Zaidi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dutiful Boy: A memoir of a gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance Author: Mohsin Zaidi Narrator: Mohsin Zaidi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ** WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE, 2021 ** A coming of age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household. Like Educated with a modern British context. Mohsin grew up in a deprived pocket of east London; his family was close-knit but very religiously conservative. From a young age Mohsin felt different but in a home where being gay was inconceivable he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up life didn't seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised as a poor, brown boy, and he was isolated from his family as a closet gay Muslim. However Mohsin had incredible drive and he used education as a way out of his home life and to throw himself into a new kind of life. He became the first person from his school to go to Oxford University and there he found the freedom to come out to his friends. But Oxford was a whole different world with its own huge challenges and Mohsin found himself increasingly conflicted. It came to a head when Mohsin went back to visit his parents only to be confronted by his father and a witchdoctor he'd invited to 'cure' Mohsin. Although Mohsin's story takes harrowing turns it is full of life and humour, and it ends inspiringly. Through his irrepressible spirit Mohsin breaks through emotional and social barriers and in the end he even finds acceptance from his family. Now Mohsin is a top criminal barrister who fights large-scale cases on a daily basis. Having faced battles growing up, he truly understands the importance of justice as a way of life. ©Mohsin Zaidi 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-not-the-end-of-me-lessons-on-living-from-a-dying-man-by-dakshana-bascaramurty--65148567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man Author: Dakshana Bascaramurty Narrator: A. K. Wilson, Farah Merani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF 2020 CBC – The Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2020 The Globe and Mail’s Globe 100: Our Favourite Books of 2020 Chatelaine’s 10 Best Books of 2020 The Walrus’s Favourite Books of 2020 For readers of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and Will Schwalbe, the moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son. i can't make you feel what it's like to be a young, dumb, naïve thirty-year-old sitting in the back of a walk-in clinic waiting to be handed what is essentially a death sentence any more than i can show you what it feels like to have a husband or father or child who's dying and knowing there is nothing you can do to stop it. i can only describe to you how i feel today. angry. at peace. scared. grateful. a giant, spiky, flowering heart-shaped bouquet of contradictions. Layton Reid was a globe-trotting, risk-taking, sunshine-addicted bachelor--then came a melanoma diagnosis. Cancer startled him out of his arrested development--he returned home to Halifax to work as a wedding photographer--and remission launched him into a new, passionate life as a husband and father-to-be. When the melanoma returned, now at Stage IV, Layton and his family put all their stock into a punishing alternative therapy, hoping for a cure. This Is Not the End of Me recounts Layton's three-year journey as he tried desperately to stay alive for his young son, Finn, and then found purpose in preparing Finn for a world without him. With incredible intimacy, grit, and empathy, reporter Dakshana Bascaramurty casts an unsentimental eye on who her good friend was: his effervescence, his twisted wit, his anger, his vulnerability. Interweaving Layton's own reflections--his diaries written for Finn, his letters to his wife, Candace, and his public journal--she paints a keenly observed portrait of Layton's remarkable evolution. In detailing the ugly, surprising, and occasionally funny ways in which Layton and his family faced his mortality, the book offers an unflinching look at how a person dies, and how we might build a legacy in our information-saturated age. Powerful and unvarnished, This is Not the End of Me is about someone who didn't get a very happy ending, but learned to squeeze as much life as possible from his final days.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393922Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man Author: Dakshana Bascaramurty Narrator: A. K. Wilson, Farah Merani Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man Author: Dakshana Bascaramurty Narrator: A. K. Wilson, Farah Merani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A BEST BOOK OF 2020 CBC – The Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2020 The Globe and Mail’s Globe 100: Our Favourite Books of 2020 Chatelaine’s 10 Best Books of 2020 The Walrus’s Favourite Books of 2020 For readers of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and Will Schwalbe, the moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son. i can't make you feel what it's like to be a young, dumb, naïve thirty-year-old sitting in the back of a walk-in clinic waiting to be handed what is essentially a death sentence any more than i can show you what it feels like to have a husband or father or child who's dying and knowing there is nothing you can do to stop it. i can only describe to you how i feel today. angry. at peace. scared. grateful. a giant, spiky, flowering heart-shaped bouquet of contradictions. Layton Reid was a globe-trotting, risk-taking, sunshine-addicted bachelor--then came a melanoma diagnosis. Cancer startled him out of his arrested development--he returned home to Halifax to work as a wedding photographer--and remission launched him into a new, passionate life as a husband and father-to-be. When the melanoma returned, now at Stage IV, Layton and his family put all their stock into a punishing alternative therapy, hoping for a cure. This Is Not the End of Me recounts Layton's three-year journey as he tried desperately to stay alive for his young son, Finn, and then found purpose in preparing Finn for a world without him. With incredible intimacy, grit, and empathy, reporter Dakshana Bascaramurty casts an unsentimental eye on who her good friend was: his effervescence, his twisted wit, his anger, his vulnerability. Interweaving Layton's own reflections--his diaries written for Finn, his letters to his wife, Candace, and his public journal--she paints a keenly observed portrait of Layton's remarkable evolution. In detailing the ugly, surprising, and occasionally funny ways in which Layton and his family faced his mortality, the book offers an unflinching look at how a person dies, and how we might build a legacy in our information-saturated age. Powerful and unvarnished, This is Not the End of Me is about someone who didn't get a very happy ending, but learned to squeeze as much life as possible from his final days.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-of-the-magicians-wittgenstein-benjamin-cassirer-heidegger-and-the-decade-that-reinvented-phil-osophy-by-wolfram-eilenberger--65148440https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Phil osophy Author: Wolfram Eilenberger Narrator: Rhett Samuel Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[A] fascinating and accessible account . . . In his entertaining book, Mr. Eilenberger shows that his magicians’ thoughts are still worth collecting, even if, with hindsight, we can see that some performed too many intellectual conjuring tricks.” —Wall Street Journal A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major philosophers whose ideas shaped the twentieth century The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is fresh for the protagonists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Benjamin is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career, living hand to mouth as a critic. Wittgenstein, by contrast, has dramatically decided to divest himself of the monumental fortune he stands to inherit, in search of spiritual clarity. Meanwhile, Heidegger, having managed to avoid combat in war by serving as a meteorologist, is carefully cultivating his career. Finally, Cassirer is working furiously on the margins of academia, applying himself to his writing and the possibility of a career at Hamburg University. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama, which will unfold across the next decade. The lives and ideas of this extraordinary philosophical quartet will converge as they become world historical figures. But as the Second World War looms on the horizon, their fates will be very different.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410934Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Phil osophy Author: Wolfram Eilenberger Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410934 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Phil osophy Author: Wolfram Eilenberger Narrator: Rhett Samuel Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[A] fascinating and accessible account . . . In his entertaining book, Mr. Eilenberger shows that his magicians’ thoughts are still worth collecting, even if, with hindsight, we can see that some performed too many intellectual conjuring tricks.” —Wall Street Journal A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major philosophers whose ideas shaped the twentieth century The year is 1919. The horror of the First World War is fresh for the protagonists of Time of the Magicians, each of whom finds himself at a crucial juncture. Benjamin is trying to flee his overbearing father and floundering in his academic career, living hand to mouth as a critic. Wittgenstein, by contrast, has dramatically decided to divest himself of the monumental fortune he stands to inherit, in search of spiritual clarity. Meanwhile, Heidegger, having managed to avoid combat in war by serving as a meteorologist, is carefully cultivating his career. Finally, Cassirer is working furiously on the margins of academia, applying himself to his writing and the possibility of a career at Hamburg University. The stage is set for a great intellectual drama, which will unfold across the next decade. The lives and ideas of this extraordinary philosophical quartet will converge as they become world historical figures. But as the Second World War looms on the horizon, their fates will be very different.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/olive-the-lionheart-lost-love-imperial-spies-and-one-woman-s-journey-into-the-heart-of-africa-by-brad-ricca--65148483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey into the Heart of Africa Author: Brad Ricca Narrator: Brad Ricca, Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Narrator Billie Fulford-Brown's delightful British accent adds realism to the true story of Olive MacLeod, a Victorian-era woman who followed her heart to Africa.' -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiancé, and the adventure that ensues. In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a thirty-year-old, redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing journey. In jungles, swamps, cities, and deserts, Olive and her two companions, the Talbots, come face-to-face with cobras and crocodiles, wise native chiefs, a murderous leopard cult, a haunted forest, and even two adorable lion cubs that she adopts as her own. Making her way in a pair of ill-fitting boots, Olive awakens to the many forces around her, from shadowy colonial powers to an invisible Islamic warlord who may hold the key to Boyd’s disappearance. As these secrets begin to unravel, all of Olive’s assumptions prove wrong and she is forced to confront the darkest, most shocking secret of all: why she really came to Africa in the first place. Drawing on Olive’s own letters and secret diaries, Olive the Lionheart is a love story that defies all boundaries, set against the backdrop of a beautiful, unconquerable Africa. Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press 'Brad Ricca’s Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history—bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable—and her story is so full of adventure and acts of courage, it’s hard to believe she actually lived. And yet she did! Brad Ricca has found a heroine for the ages, and written her tale with a winning combination of accuracy and imagination.' — Paula McLain, author of Love and Ruin and The Paris Wife]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408811Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey into the Heart of Africa Author: Brad Ricca Narrator: Brad Ricca, Billie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey into the Heart of Africa Author: Brad Ricca Narrator: Brad Ricca, Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Narrator Billie Fulford-Brown's delightful British accent adds realism to the true story of Olive MacLeod, a Victorian-era woman who followed her heart to Africa.' -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a woman's quest to Africa in the 1900s to find her missing fiancé, and the adventure that ensues. In 1910, Olive MacLeod, a thirty-year-old, redheaded Scottish aristocrat, received word that her fiancé, the famous naturalist Boyd Alexander, was missing in Africa. So she went to find him. Olive the Lionheart is the thrilling true story of her astonishing journey. In jungles, swamps, cities, and deserts, Olive and her two companions, the Talbots, come face-to-face with cobras and crocodiles, wise native chiefs, a murderous leopard cult, a haunted forest, and even two adorable lion cubs that she adopts as her own. Making her way in a pair of ill-fitting boots, Olive awakens to the many forces around her, from shadowy colonial powers to an invisible Islamic warlord who may hold the key to Boyd’s disappearance. As these secrets begin to unravel, all of Olive’s assumptions prove wrong and she is forced to confront the darkest, most shocking secret of all: why she really came to Africa in the first place. Drawing on Olive’s own letters and secret diaries, Olive the Lionheart is a love story that defies all boundaries, set against the backdrop of a beautiful, unconquerable Africa. Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press 'Brad Ricca’s Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history—bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable—and her story is so full of adventure and acts of courage, it’s hard to believe she actually lived. And yet she did! Brad Ricca has found a heroine for the ages, and written her tale with a winning combination of accuracy and imagination.' — Paula McLain, author of Love and Ruin and The Paris Wife]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-freedom-harry-and-meghan-and-the-making-of-a-modern-royal-family-by-carolyn-durand-omid-scobie--65148423https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Author: Carolyn Durand, Omid Scobie Narrator: Omid Scobie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.61 of Total 103 Ratings of Narrator: 3.94 of Total 17 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s life together, finally revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives, from two top royal reporters who have been behind the scenes since the couple first met. When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world’s attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines—from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives—few know the true story of Harry and Meghan. For the very first time, Finding Freedom goes beyond the headlines to reveal unknown details of Harry and Meghan’s life together, dispelling the many rumors and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides of the pond. As members of the select group of reporters that cover the British Royal Family and their engagements, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand have witnessed the young couple’s lives as few outsiders can. With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, Finding Freedom is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422840Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Author: Carolyn Durand, Omid Scobie Narrator: Omid Scobie Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Author: Carolyn Durand, Omid Scobie Narrator: Omid Scobie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.61 of Total 103 Ratings of Narrator: 3.94 of Total 17 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s life together, finally revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives, from two top royal reporters who have been behind the scenes since the couple first met. When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world’s attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines—from their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives—few know the true story of Harry and Meghan. For the very first time, Finding Freedom goes beyond the headlines to reveal unknown details of Harry and Meghan’s life together, dispelling the many rumors and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides of the pond. As members of the select group of reporters that cover the British Royal Family and their engagements, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand have witnessed the young couple’s lives as few outsiders can. With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, Finding Freedom is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-road-from-raqqa-a-story-of-brotherhood-borders-and-belonging-by-jordan-ritter-conn--65148516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging Author: Jordan Ritter Conn Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 21, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Crossing years and continents, the harrowing story of the road to reunion for two Syrian brothers who—despite a homeland at war and an ocean between them—hold fast to the bonds of family. Runner-Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize • Riveting . . . a resplendent love letter to an obliterated city.”—The New York Times “The Road from Raqqa had me gripped from the first page. I couldn’t put it down.”—Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Alkasem brothers, Riyad and Bashar, spend their childhood in Raqqa, the Syrian city that would later become the capital of ISIS. As a teenager in the 1980s, Riyad witnesses the devastating aftermath of the Hama massacre—an atrocity that the Hafez al-Assad regime commits upon its people. Wanting to expand his notion of government and justice, Riyad moves to the United States to study law, but his plans are derailed and he eventually falls in love with a Southern belle. They move to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, where they raise two sons and where Riyad opens a restaurant—Café Rakka—cooking the food his grandmother used to make. But he finds himself confronted with the darker side of American freedoms: the hardscrabble life of a newly arrived immigrant, enduring bigotry, poverty, and loneliness. Years pass, and at the height of Syria’s civil war, fearing for his family’s safety halfway across the world, he risks his own life by making a dangerous trip back to Raqqa.  Bashar, meanwhile, in Syria. After his older brother moves to America, Bashar embarks on a brilliant legal career under the same corrupt Assad government that Riyad despises. Reluctant to abandon his comfortable (albeit conflicted) life, he fails to perceive the threat of ISIS until it’s nearly too late. The Road from Raqqa brings us into the lives of two brothers bound by their love for each other and for the war-ravaged city they call home. It’s about a family caught in the middle of the most significant global events of the new millennium, America’s fraught but hopeful relationship to its own immigrants, and the toll of dictatorship and war on everyday families. It’s a book that captures all the desperation, tenacity, and hope that come with the revelation that we can find home in one another when the lands of our forefathers fail us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406490Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging Author: Jordan Ritter Conn Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging Author: Jordan Ritter Conn Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 21, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Crossing years and continents, the harrowing story of the road to reunion for two Syrian brothers who—despite a homeland at war and an ocean between them—hold fast to the bonds of family. Runner-Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize • Riveting . . . a resplendent love letter to an obliterated city.”—The New York Times “The Road from Raqqa had me gripped from the first page. I couldn’t put it down.”—Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Alkasem brothers, Riyad and Bashar, spend their childhood in Raqqa, the Syrian city that would later become the capital of ISIS. As a teenager in the 1980s, Riyad witnesses the devastating aftermath of the Hama massacre—an atrocity that the Hafez al-Assad regime commits upon its people. Wanting to expand his notion of government and justice, Riyad moves to the United States to study law, but his plans are derailed and he eventually falls in love with a Southern belle. They move to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, where they raise two sons and where Riyad opens a restaurant—Café Rakka—cooking the food his grandmother used to make. But he finds himself confronted with the darker side of American freedoms: the hardscrabble life of a newly arrived immigrant, enduring bigotry, poverty, and loneliness. Years pass, and at the height of Syria’s civil war, fearing for his family’s safety halfway across the world, he risks his own life by making a dangerous trip back to Raqqa.  Bashar, meanwhile, in Syria. After his older brother moves to America, Bashar embarks on a brilliant legal career under the same corrupt Assad government that Riyad despises. Reluctant to abandon his comfortable (albeit conflicted) life, he fails to perceive the threat of ISIS until it’s nearly too late. The Road from Raqqa brings us into the lives of two brothers bound by their love for each other and for the war-ravaged city they call home. It’s about a family caught in the middle of the most significant global events of the new millennium, America’s fraught but hopeful relationship to its own immigrants, and the toll of dictatorship and war on everyday families. It’s a book that captures all the desperation, tenacity, and hope that come with the revelation that we can find home in one another when the lands of our forefathers fail us.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lion-a-long-way-home-by-saroo-brierley--65148512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion: A Long Way Home Author: Saroo Brierley Narrator: Ray Panthaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aged just five, Saroo Brierley was separated from his family in India when he boarded a train that took him 1500km from his hometown. After weeks surviving alone on the streets of Calcutta, he was eventually adopted by an Australian couple. As an adult, Saroo couldn't help but think about the family he'd lost. Years later, he swapped the map of India on his wall for Google Earth, scouring it for landmarks he knew from his childhood. One day, he saw something he recognised, and he set off on a journey to find his mother...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406446Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion: A Long Way Home Author: Saroo Brierley Narrator: Ray Panthaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion: A Long Way Home Author: Saroo Brierley Narrator: Ray Panthaki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aged just five, Saroo Brierley was separated from his family in India when he boarded a train that took him 1500km from his hometown. After weeks surviving alone on the streets of Calcutta, he was eventually adopted by an Australian couple. As an adult, Saroo couldn't help but think about the family he'd lost. Years later, he swapped the map of India on his wall for Google Earth, scouring it for landmarks he knew from his childhood. One day, he saw something he recognised, and he set off on a journey to find his mother...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beethoven-a-life-in-nine-pieces-by-laura-tunbridge--65148404https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beethoven: A Life In Nine Pieces Author: Laura Tunbridge Narrator: Laura Tunbridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Featuring integrated music and full orchestra recordings. Ludwig van Beethoven: to some, simply the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius shaking his fist at heaven. Beethoven by Oxford professor Laura Tunbridge cuts through the noise in a refreshing way. Each chapter focuses on a period of his life, a piece of music and a revealing theme, from family to friends, from heroism to liberty. It's a winning combination of rich biographical detail, insight into the music and surprising new angles, all of which can transform how you listen to his works. We discover, for example, Beethoven's oddly modern talent for self-promotion, how he was influenced by factors from European wars to instrument building, and how he was heard by contemporaries. This tour de force - published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth - provides a fresh overview and a wealth of material that has never been revealed to the wider public before. It's a compelling, human portrayal of Beethoven and a fascinating journey into one of the world's most amazing creative minds. © Laura Tunbridge 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423735Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beethoven: A Life In Nine Pieces Author: Laura Tunbridge Narrator: Laura Tunbridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beethoven: A Life In Nine Pieces Author: Laura Tunbridge Narrator: Laura Tunbridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Featuring integrated music and full orchestra recordings. Ludwig van Beethoven: to some, simply the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius shaking his fist at heaven. Beethoven by Oxford professor Laura Tunbridge cuts through the noise in a refreshing way. Each chapter focuses on a period of his life, a piece of music and a revealing theme, from family to friends, from heroism to liberty. It's a winning combination of rich biographical detail, insight into the music and surprising new angles, all of which can transform how you listen to his works. We discover, for example, Beethoven's oddly modern talent for self-promotion, how he was influenced by factors from European wars to instrument building, and how he was heard by contemporaries. This tour de force - published for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth - provides a fresh overview and a wealth of material that has never been revealed to the wider public before. It's a compelling, human portrayal of Beethoven and a fascinating journey into one of the world's most amazing creative minds. © Laura Tunbridge 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-truth-is-all-you-have-a-memoir-of-faith-justice-and-freedom-for-the-wrongly-convicted-by-philip-lerman-jim-mccloskey--65148501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted Author: Philip Lerman, Jim Mccloskey Narrator: Jim Frangione Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A riveting and infuriating examination of criminal prosecutions, revealing how easy it is to convict the wrong person and how nearly impossible it is to undo the error.” —Washington Post   'No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently.' —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would change his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment, in 1980, was as a chaplain at Trenton State Prison. Among the inmates was Jorge de los Santos, a heroin addict who'd been convicted of murder years earlier. He swore to McCloskey that he was innocent—and, over time, McCloskey came to believe him. With no legal or investigative training to speak of, McCloskey threw himself into the case. Two years later, thanks to those efforts, Jorge de los Santos walked free, fully exonerated. McCloskey had found his calling. He established Centurion Ministries, the first group in America devoted to overturning wrongful convictions. Together with his staff and a team of forensic experts, lawyers, and volunteers—through tireless investigation and an unflagging dedication to justice—Centurion has freed 65 innocent prisoners who had been sentenced to life or death. When Truth Is All You Have is McCloskey's inspirational story, as well as those of the unjustly imprisoned for whom he has fought. Spanning the nation, it is a chronicle of faith and doubt; of triumphant success and shattering failure. It candidly exposes a life of searching and struggle, uplifted by McCloskey's certainty that he had found what he was put on earth to do. Filled with generosity, humor, and compassion, it is the soul-bearing account of a man who has redeemed innumerable lives—and incited a movement—with nothing more than his unshakeable belief in the truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400738Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted Author: Philip Lerman, Jim Mccloskey Narrator: Jim...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted Author: Philip Lerman, Jim Mccloskey Narrator: Jim Frangione Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A riveting and infuriating examination of criminal prosecutions, revealing how easy it is to convict the wrong person and how nearly impossible it is to undo the error.” —Washington Post   'No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently.' —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy Jim McCloskey was at a midlife crossroads when he met the man who would change his life. A former management consultant, McCloskey had grown disenchanted with the business world; he enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary at the age of 37. His first assignment, in 1980, was as a chaplain at Trenton State Prison. Among the inmates was Jorge de los Santos, a heroin addict who'd been convicted of murder years earlier. He swore to McCloskey that he was innocent—and, over time, McCloskey came to believe him. With no legal or investigative training to speak of, McCloskey threw himself into the case. Two years later, thanks to those efforts, Jorge de los Santos walked free, fully exonerated. McCloskey had found his calling. He established Centurion Ministries, the first group in America devoted to overturning wrongful convictions. Together with his staff and a team of forensic experts, lawyers, and volunteers—through tireless investigation and an unflagging dedication to justice—Centurion has freed 65 innocent prisoners who had been sentenced to life or death. When Truth Is All You Have is McCloskey's inspirational story, as well as those of the unjustly imprisoned for whom he has fought. Spanning the nation, it is a chronicle of faith and doubt; of triumphant success and shattering failure. It candidly exposes a life of searching and struggle, uplifted by McCloskey's certainty that he had found what he was put on earth to do. Filled with generosity, humor, and compassion, it is the soul-bearing account of a man who has redeemed innumerable lives—and incited a movement—with nothing more than his unshakeable belief in the truth.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-teach-real-stories-and-honest-advice-to-keep-teachers-from-crying-under-their-desks-by-kelly-treleaven--65148470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Teach: Real Stories and Honest Advice to Keep Teachers from Crying Under Their Desks Author: Kelly Treleaven Narrator: Kelly Treleaven Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Hopeful, hilarious musings and serious advice for new teachers from the formerly anonymous blogger behind Love, Teach. Every teacher will tell you the first years are the hardest, and even the most confident of the pack sometimes ask themselves, Am I cut out for this? Kelly Treleaven, the teacher and once-anonymous blogger behind Love, Teach, wants you to know that you're not alone, and that yes, she has cried under her desk, too. Treleaven's blog has become a sensation in the education world, known for its heartfelt, high-spirited dispatches straight from the trenches and its practical advice. In Treleaven's debut book, she gives rookie teachers the advice she wishes she'd had when she started out in a large district in Houston. From logistical questions like how to prep and organize a classroom, to deeper issues like how to build relationships with students, navigate administration, and avoid burnout, Love, Teach is an essential book for anyone working in education today or considering the profession. With raw feeling, humor, and a razor-sharp perspective, Love, Teach supports teachers in their fight for a better future, and helps them celebrate the victories, large and small.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413156Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Teach: Real Stories and Honest Advice to Keep Teachers from Crying Under Their Desks Author: Kelly Treleaven Narrator: Kelly Treleaven Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Teach: Real Stories and Honest Advice to Keep Teachers from Crying Under Their Desks Author: Kelly Treleaven Narrator: Kelly Treleaven Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Hopeful, hilarious musings and serious advice for new teachers from the formerly anonymous blogger behind Love, Teach. Every teacher will tell you the first years are the hardest, and even the most confident of the pack sometimes ask themselves, Am I cut out for this? Kelly Treleaven, the teacher and once-anonymous blogger behind Love, Teach, wants you to know that you're not alone, and that yes, she has cried under her desk, too. Treleaven's blog has become a sensation in the education world, known for its heartfelt, high-spirited dispatches straight from the trenches and its practical advice. In Treleaven's debut book, she gives rookie teachers the advice she wishes she'd had when she started out in a large district in Houston. From logistical questions like how to prep and organize a classroom, to deeper issues like how to build relationships with students, navigate administration, and avoid burnout, Love, Teach is an essential book for anyone working in education today or considering the profession. With raw feeling, humor, and a razor-sharp perspective, Love, Teach supports teachers in their fight for a better future, and helps them celebrate the victories, large and small.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/butch-cassidy-the-true-story-of-an-american-outlaw-by-charles-leerhsen--65148420https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw Author: Charles Leerhsen Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this “lyrical and deeply researched” (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides. For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers and a major Hollywood film. But who was Butch Cassidy, really? Charles Leerhsen, bestselling author of Ty Cobb, sorts out the facts from folklore and paints a “compelling portrait of the charming, debonair, ranch hand-turned-outlaw” (Ron Hansen, author of The Kid) of the American West. Born into a Mormon family in Utah, Robert Leroy Parker grew up dirt poor and soon discovered that stealing horses and cattle was a fact of life in a world where small ranchers were being squeezed by banks, railroads, and cattle barons. A charismatic and more than capable cowboy—even ranch owners who knew he was a rustler said they would hire him again—he adopted the alias “Butch Cassidy,” and moved on to a new moneymaking endeavor: bank robbery. By all accounts a smart and considerate thief, Butch and his 'Wid Bunch' gang eventually graduated to more lucrative train robberies. But the railroad owners hired the Pinkerton Agency, whose detectives pursued Butch and his gang relentlessly, until he and his then partner Harry Longabaugh (The Sundance Kid) fled to South America, where they replicated the cycle of ranching, rustling, and robbery until they met their end in Bolivia. In Butch Cassidy, Leerhsen “refuses to buy into the Hollywood hype and instead offers the true tale of Butch Cassidy, which turns out to be more fascinating and fun than the myths” (Tom Clavin, bestselling author of Tombstone). In this “entertaining…definitive account” (Kirkus Reviews), he shares his fascination with how criminals such as Butch deftly maneuvered between honest work and thievery, battling the corporate interests that were exploiting the settlers, and showing us in vibrant prose the Old West as it really was, in all its promise and heartbreak.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415020Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw Author: Charles Leerhsen Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw Author: Charles Leerhsen Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this “lyrical and deeply researched” (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides. For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers and a major Hollywood film. But who was Butch Cassidy, really? Charles Leerhsen, bestselling author of Ty Cobb, sorts out the facts from folklore and paints a “compelling portrait of the charming, debonair, ranch hand-turned-outlaw” (Ron Hansen, author of The Kid) of the American West. Born into a Mormon family in Utah, Robert Leroy Parker grew up dirt poor and soon discovered that stealing horses and cattle was a fact of life in a world where small ranchers were being squeezed by banks, railroads, and cattle barons. A charismatic and more than capable cowboy—even ranch owners who knew he was a rustler said they would hire him again—he adopted the alias “Butch Cassidy,” and moved on to a new moneymaking endeavor: bank robbery. By all accounts a smart and considerate thief, Butch and his 'Wid Bunch' gang eventually graduated to more lucrative train robberies. But the railroad owners hired the Pinkerton Agency, whose detectives pursued Butch and his gang relentlessly, until he and his then partner Harry Longabaugh (The Sundance Kid) fled to South America, where they replicated the cycle of ranching, rustling, and robbery until they met their end in Bolivia. In Butch Cassidy, Leerhsen “refuses to buy into the Hollywood hype and instead offers the true tale of Butch Cassidy, which turns out to be more fascinating and fun than the myths” (Tom Clavin, bestselling author of Tombstone). In this “entertaining…definitive account” (Kirkus Reviews), he shares his fascination with how criminals such as Butch deftly maneuvered between honest work and thievery, battling the corporate interests that were exploiting the settlers, and showing us in vibrant prose the Old West as it really was, in all its promise and heartbreak.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-red-line-goes-straight-to-your-heart-a-memoir-in-halves-by-madhur-anand--65148522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir in Halves Author: Madhur Anand Narrator: Ellora Patnaik, Raoul Bhaneja, Asha Vijayasingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2020 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION “Wondrously and elegantly written in language that astonishes and moves the reader…This is an important book: an emotional and intellectual tour de force.” —Jane Urquhart An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of memory with the science of embodied trauma, using the imagined voices of the past and the vital authority of the present. We begin with a man off balance: one in one thousand, the only child in town whose polio leads to partial paralysis. We meet his future wife, chanting Hai Rams for Gandhiji and choosing education over marriage. On one side of the line that divides this book, we follow them as their homeland splits in two and they are drawn together, moving to Canada and raising their children in mining towns and in crowded city apartments. And when we turn the book over, we find the daughter's tale—we see how the rupture of Partition, the asymmetry of a father's leg, the virus of a mother's rage, makes its way to the next generation. Told through the lenses of biology, physics, history and poetry, this is a memoir that defies form and convention to immerse the reader in the feeling of what remains when we've heard as much of the truth as our families will allow, and we're left to search for ourselves among the pieces they've carried with them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400746Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir in Halves Author: Madhur Anand Narrator: Ellora Patnaik, Raoul Bhaneja, Asha Vijayasingham Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir in Halves Author: Madhur Anand Narrator: Ellora Patnaik, Raoul Bhaneja, Asha Vijayasingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE 2020 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION “Wondrously and elegantly written in language that astonishes and moves the reader…This is an important book: an emotional and intellectual tour de force.” —Jane Urquhart An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of memory with the science of embodied trauma, using the imagined voices of the past and the vital authority of the present. We begin with a man off balance: one in one thousand, the only child in town whose polio leads to partial paralysis. We meet his future wife, chanting Hai Rams for Gandhiji and choosing education over marriage. On one side of the line that divides this book, we follow them as their homeland splits in two and they are drawn together, moving to Canada and raising their children in mining towns and in crowded city apartments. And when we turn the book over, we find the daughter's tale—we see how the rupture of Partition, the asymmetry of a father's leg, the virus of a mother's rage, makes its way to the next generation. Told through the lenses of biology, physics, history and poetry, this is a memoir that defies form and convention to immerse the reader in the feeling of what remains when we've heard as much of the truth as our families will allow, and we're left to search for ourselves among the pieces they've carried with them.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/without-ever-reaching-the-summit-a-journey-by-paolo-cognetti--65148446https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Journey Author: Paolo Cognetti Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this exquisitely written journal-turned-journey of self-discovery, international bestselling author Paolo Cognetti examines our universal desire for connection through a voyage in the Himalayas. Why climb a mountain without ever reaching the summit? In 2017, Paolo Cognetti returned to Nepal, not to conquer the mountains but to journey through the high valleys of the Dolpo with a copy of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard in hand. Drawing on memories of his childhood in theAlps, Cognetti explored the roots of life in the mountains, truly getting to know the communities and the nature that forged this resilient, almost mythical region.  Accompanying him was Remigio, a childhood friend who had never left the mountains of Italy, and Nicola, a painter he had recently met. Joined by a stalwart team of local sherpas, the trio started out in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal. From there, a journey of self-discovery shaped by illness, human connection, and empathy was born.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408609Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Journey Author: Paolo Cognetti Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Journey Author: Paolo Cognetti Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this exquisitely written journal-turned-journey of self-discovery, international bestselling author Paolo Cognetti examines our universal desire for connection through a voyage in the Himalayas. Why climb a mountain without ever reaching the summit? In 2017, Paolo Cognetti returned to Nepal, not to conquer the mountains but to journey through the high valleys of the Dolpo with a copy of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard in hand. Drawing on memories of his childhood in theAlps, Cognetti explored the roots of life in the mountains, truly getting to know the communities and the nature that forged this resilient, almost mythical region.  Accompanying him was Remigio, a childhood friend who had never left the mountains of Italy, and Nicola, a painter he had recently met. Joined by a stalwart team of local sherpas, the trio started out in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal. From there, a journey of self-discovery shaped by illness, human connection, and empathy was born.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-resilience-strategies-for-an-unbreakable-mind-and-body-by-ross-edgley--65148486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body Author: Ross Edgley Narrator: Ross Edgley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 71 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT MIDDLETON Bestselling author and award-winning adventurer Ross Edgley has been studying the art of resilience for years, applying all he has learned to become the first person in history to swim around Great Britain, breaking multiple world records. Now Ross focuses on mental strength, stoicism and the training needed to create an unbreakable body. Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle. On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ‘haunted’ whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart. Ross’s previous book, The World’s Fittest Book, was a Sunday Times bestseller and explored the science of physical fitness. Now, in The Art of Resilience, Ross uses his swim experience and other amazing endurance feats, where he managed to overcome seemingly insurmountable pain, hardship and adversity, to study the performance of extreme athletes, military and fitness specialists and psychologists to uncover the secrets of mental fitness and explore the concept of resilience, persistence, valour and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity. This ground-breaking book represents a paradigm shift in what we thought the human body and mind were capable of and will give you a blueprint to become a tougher, more resilient and ultimately better human – whatever the challenge you face.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404721Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body Author: Ross Edgley Narrator: Ross Edgley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body Author: Ross Edgley Narrator: Ross Edgley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 71 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT MIDDLETON Bestselling author and award-winning adventurer Ross Edgley has been studying the art of resilience for years, applying all he has learned to become the first person in history to swim around Great Britain, breaking multiple world records. Now Ross focuses on mental strength, stoicism and the training needed to create an unbreakable body. Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle. On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ‘haunted’ whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart. Ross’s previous book, The World’s Fittest Book, was a Sunday Times bestseller and explored the science of physical fitness. Now, in The Art of Resilience, Ross uses his swim experience and other amazing endurance feats, where he managed to overcome seemingly insurmountable pain, hardship and adversity, to study the performance of extreme athletes, military and fitness specialists and psychologists to uncover the secrets of mental fitness and explore the concept of resilience, persistence, valour and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity. This ground-breaking book represents a paradigm shift in what we thought the human body and mind were capable of and will give you a blueprint to become a tougher, more resilient and ultimately better human – whatever the challenge you face.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-drive-toward-a-philosophy-of-the-open-road-by-matthew-b-crawford--65148508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road Author: Matthew B. Crawford Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A brilliant and defiant celebration of driving as a unique pathway of human freedom, by ''one of the most influential thinkers of our time'' (Sunday Times) ''Why We Drive weaves philosophers, thinkers, and scientific research with shade-tree mechanics and racers to defend our right to independence, making the case that freedom of motion is essential to who we are as a species. ... We hope you'll read it.'' —Road & Track Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy “self-driving” future, selling utopia but equally keen to advertise to a captive audience strapped into another expensive device. Are we destined, then, to become passengers, not drivers? Why We Drive reveals that much more may be at stake than we might think. Ten years ago, in the New York Times-bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, philosopher-mechanic Matthew B. Crawford—a University of Chicago PhD who owned his own motorcycle shop—made a revolutionary case for manual labor, one that ran headlong against the pretentions of white-collar office work. Now, using driving as a window through which to view the broader changes wrought by technology on all aspects of contemporary life, Crawford investigates the driver’s seat as one of the few remaining domains of skill, exploration, play—and freedom.  Blending philosophy and hands-on storytelling, Crawford grounds the narrative in his own experience in the garage and behind the wheel, recounting his decade-long restoration of a vintage Volkswagen as well as his journeys to thriving automotive subcultures across the country. Crawford leads us on an irreverent but deeply considered inquiry into the power of faceless bureaucracies, the importance of questioning mindless rules, and the battle for democratic self-determination against the surveillance capitalists. A meditation on the competence of ordinary people, Why We Drive explores the genius of our everyday practices on the road, the rewards of “folk engineering,” and the existential value of occasionally being scared shitless. Witty and ingenious throughout, Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the irrepressible human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404938Tue, 09 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road Author: Matthew B. Crawford Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road Author: Matthew B. Crawford Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A brilliant and defiant celebration of driving as a unique pathway of human freedom, by ''one of the most influential thinkers of our time'' (Sunday Times) ''Why We Drive weaves philosophers, thinkers, and scientific research with shade-tree mechanics and racers to defend our right to independence, making the case that freedom of motion is essential to who we are as a species. ... We hope you'll read it.'' —Road & Track Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy “self-driving” future, selling utopia but equally keen to advertise to a captive audience strapped into another expensive device. Are we destined, then, to become passengers, not drivers? Why We Drive reveals that much more may be at stake than we might think. Ten years ago, in the New York Times-bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, philosopher-mechanic Matthew B. Crawford—a University of Chicago PhD who owned his own motorcycle shop—made a revolutionary case for manual labor, one that ran headlong against the pretentions of white-collar office work. Now, using driving as a window through which to view the broader changes wrought by technology on all aspects of contemporary life, Crawford investigates the driver’s seat as one of the few remaining domains of skill, exploration, play—and freedom.  Blending philosophy and hands-on storytelling, Crawford grounds the narrative in his own experience in the garage and behind the wheel, recounting his decade-long restoration of a vintage Volkswagen as well as his journeys to thriving automotive subcultures across the country. Crawford leads us on an irreverent but deeply considered inquiry into the power of faceless bureaucracies, the importance of questioning mindless rules, and the battle for democratic self-determination against the surveillance capitalists. A meditation on the competence of ordinary people, Why We Drive explores the genius of our everyday practices on the road, the rewards of “folk engineering,” and the existential value of occasionally being scared shitless. Witty and ingenious throughout, Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the irrepressible human spirit.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-to-power-your-voice-and-how-to-use-it-by-jamie-margolin--65148528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It Author: Jamie Margolin Narrator: Jamie Margolin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Jamie Margolin is among the powerful and inspiring youth activists leading a movement to demand urgent action on the climate crisis. With determined purpose and moral clarity, Jamie is pushing political leaders to develop ambitious plans to confront this existential threat to humanity. Youth To Power is an essential how-to for anyone of any age who feels called to act to protect our planet for future generations.' Former Vice President Al Gore Climate change activist and Zero Hour cofounder Jamie Margolin offers the essential guide to changemaking for young people. The 1963 Children's March. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social justice movements have in common?They were led by passionate, informed, engaged young people. Jamie Margolin has been organizing and protesting since she was fourteen years old. Now the co-leader of a global climate action movement, she knows better than most how powerful a young person can be. You don't have to be able to vote or hold positions of power to change the world. In Youth to Power, Jamie presents the essential guide to changemaking, with advice on writing and pitching op-eds, organizing successful events and peaceful protests, time management as a student activist, utilizing social and traditional media to spread a message, and sustaining long-term action. She features interviews with prominent young activists including Tokata Iron Eyes of the #NoDAPL movement and Nupol Kiazolu of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, who give guidance on handling backlash, keeping your mental health a priority, and how to avoid getting taken advantage of. Jamie walks readers through every step of what effective, healthy, intersectional activism looks like. Young people have a lot to say, and Youth to Power will give you the tools to raise your voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405475Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It Author: Jamie Margolin Narrator: Jamie Margolin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Youth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use It Author: Jamie Margolin Narrator: Jamie Margolin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Jamie Margolin is among the powerful and inspiring youth activists leading a movement to demand urgent action on the climate crisis. With determined purpose and moral clarity, Jamie is pushing political leaders to develop ambitious plans to confront this existential threat to humanity. Youth To Power is an essential how-to for anyone of any age who feels called to act to protect our planet for future generations.' Former Vice President Al Gore Climate change activist and Zero Hour cofounder Jamie Margolin offers the essential guide to changemaking for young people. The 1963 Children's March. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social justice movements have in common?They were led by passionate, informed, engaged young people. Jamie Margolin has been organizing and protesting since she was fourteen years old. Now the co-leader of a global climate action movement, she knows better than most how powerful a young person can be. You don't have to be able to vote or hold positions of power to change the world. In Youth to Power, Jamie presents the essential guide to changemaking, with advice on writing and pitching op-eds, organizing successful events and peaceful protests, time management as a student activist, utilizing social and traditional media to spread a message, and sustaining long-term action. She features interviews with prominent young activists including Tokata Iron Eyes of the #NoDAPL movement and Nupol Kiazolu of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, who give guidance on handling backlash, keeping your mental health a priority, and how to avoid getting taken advantage of. Jamie walks readers through every step of what effective, healthy, intersectional activism looks like. Young people have a lot to say, and Youth to Power will give you the tools to raise your voice.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-rosy-a-mother-s-story-of-separation-at-the-border-by-julie-schwietert-collazo-rosayra-pablo-cruz--65148480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border Author: Julie Schwietert Collazo, Rosayra Pablo Cruz Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” – ELLE Magazine, ELLE’s Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020 “[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” – Publisher’s Weekly, STARRED REVIEW “[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life.'' -Kirkus, STARRED Review Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother and her fight to save her family. When Rosayra “Rosy” Pablo Cruz made the agonizing decision to seek asylum in the United States with two of her children, she knew the journey would be arduous, dangerous, and quite possibly deadly. But she had no choice: violence—from gangs, from crime, from spiraling chaos—was making daily life hell. Rosy knew her family’s one chance at survival was to flee Guatemala and go north. After a brutal journey that left them dehydrated, exhausted, and nearly starved, Rosy and her two little boys arrived at the Arizona border. Almost immediately they were seized and forcibly separated by government officials under the Department of Homeland Security’s new “zero tolerance” policy. To her horror Rosy discovered that her flight to safety had only just begun. In The Book of Rosy, with an unprecedented level of sharp detail and soulful intimacy, Rosy tells her story, aided by Julie Schwietert Collazo, founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children. She reveals the cruelty of the detention facilities, the excruciating pain of feeling her children ripped from her arms, the abiding faith that staved off despair—and the enduring friendship with Julie, which helped her navigate the darkness and the bottomless Orwellian bureaucracy. A gripping account of the human cost of inhumane policies, The Book of Rosy is also a paean to the unbreakable will of people united by true love, a sense of justice, and hope for a better future. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400574Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border Author: Julie Schwietert Collazo, Rosayra Pablo Cruz Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Almarie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Rosy: A Mother’s Story of Separation at the Border Author: Julie Schwietert Collazo, Rosayra Pablo Cruz Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Almarie Guerra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” – ELLE Magazine, ELLE’s Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020 “[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” – Publisher’s Weekly, STARRED REVIEW “[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life.'' -Kirkus, STARRED Review Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother and her fight to save her family. When Rosayra “Rosy” Pablo Cruz made the agonizing decision to seek asylum in the United States with two of her children, she knew the journey would be arduous, dangerous, and quite possibly deadly. But she had no choice: violence—from gangs, from crime, from spiraling chaos—was making daily life hell. Rosy knew her family’s one chance at survival was to flee Guatemala and go north. After a brutal journey that left them dehydrated, exhausted, and nearly starved, Rosy and her two little boys arrived at the Arizona border. Almost immediately they were seized and forcibly separated by government officials under the Department of Homeland Security’s new “zero tolerance” policy. To her horror Rosy discovered that her flight to safety had only just begun. In The Book of Rosy, with an unprecedented level of sharp detail and soulful intimacy, Rosy tells her story, aided by Julie Schwietert Collazo, founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children. She reveals the cruelty of the detention facilities, the excruciating pain of feeling her children ripped from her arms, the abiding faith that staved off despair—and the enduring friendship with Julie, which helped her navigate the darkness and the bottomless Orwellian bureaucracy. A gripping account of the human cost of inhumane policies, The Book of Rosy is also a paean to the unbreakable will of people united by true love, a sense of justice, and hope for a better future. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-notorious-life-of-ned-buntline-a-tale-of-murder-betrayal-and-the-creation-of-buffalo-bill-by-julia-bricklin--65148585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline: A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill Author: Julia Bricklin Narrator: Chris Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Edward Zane Carroll Judson aka Ned Buntline (1821–1886) was responsible for creating a highly romantic and often misleading image of the American West, albeit one that the masses found irresistible in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Some scholars estimate that he wrote at least four hundred dime novels over his lifetime, and perhaps as many as six hundred. While he is best known for discovering William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) and making the irrepressible scout a star, Judson—by that time—had already lived five lifetimes himself: he had fought Seminole Indians in Florida; started and bankrupted three newspapers; published dozens of successful novels; agitated for the Know-Nothing party; and fought in the Union Army during the Civil War. Along the way, the fiery redheaded, gray-eyed writer lectured extensively about temperance between drinking bouts. He married eight women, seduced at least one other, and cavorted with prostitutes, one of whom beat him physically and legally. The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline is an open-eyed look at the man who sparked an American legend but whose own scandalous life somehow escaped history's limelight.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415583Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline: A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill Author: Julia Bricklin Narrator: Chris Abernathy...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline: A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill Author: Julia Bricklin Narrator: Chris Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Edward Zane Carroll Judson aka Ned Buntline (1821–1886) was responsible for creating a highly romantic and often misleading image of the American West, albeit one that the masses found irresistible in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Some scholars estimate that he wrote at least four hundred dime novels over his lifetime, and perhaps as many as six hundred. While he is best known for discovering William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) and making the irrepressible scout a star, Judson—by that time—had already lived five lifetimes himself: he had fought Seminole Indians in Florida; started and bankrupted three newspapers; published dozens of successful novels; agitated for the Know-Nothing party; and fought in the Union Army during the Civil War. Along the way, the fiery redheaded, gray-eyed writer lectured extensively about temperance between drinking bouts. He married eight women, seduced at least one other, and cavorted with prostitutes, one of whom beat him physically and legally. The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline is an open-eyed look at the man who sparked an American legend but whose own scandalous life somehow escaped history's limelight.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-what-america-looks-like-my-journey-from-refugee-to-congresswoman-by-ilhan-omar--65148549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman Author: Ilhan Omar Narrator: Ilhan Omar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.71 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ''Ilhan has been an inspiring figure well before her time in Congress. This book will give you insight into the person and sister that I see—passionate, caring, witty, and above all committed to positive change. It's an honor to serve alongside her in the fight for a more just world.'' —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar—the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress. Ilhan Omar was only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her mother had died while Ilhan was still a little girl. She was being raised by her father and grandfather when armed gunmen attacked their compound and the family decided to flee Mogadishu. They ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya, where Ilhan says she came to understand the deep meaning of hunger and death. Four years later, after a painstaking vetting process, her family achieved refugee status and arrived in Arlington, Virginia. Aged twelve, penniless, speaking only Somali and having missed out on years of schooling, Ilhan rolled up her sleeves, determined to find her American dream. Faced with the many challenges of being an immigrant and a refugee, she questioned stereotypes and built bridges with her classmates and in her community. In under two decades she became a grassroots organizer, graduated from college and was elected to congress with a record-breaking turnout by the people of Minnesota—ready to keep pushing boundaries and restore moral clarity in Washington D.C. A beacon of positivity in dark times, Congresswoman Omar has weathered many political storms and yet maintained her signature grace, wit and love of country—all the while speaking up for her beliefs. Similarly, in chronicling her remarkable personal journey, Ilhan is both lyrical and unsentimental, and her irrepressible spirit, patriotism, friendship and faith are visible on every page. As a result, This is What America Looks Like is both the inspiring coming of age story of a refugee and a multidimensional tale of the hopes and aspirations, disappointments and failures, successes, sacrifices and surprises, of a devoted public servant with unshakable faith in the promise of America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394239Tue, 26 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman Author: Ilhan Omar Narrator: Ilhan Omar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman Author: Ilhan Omar Narrator: Ilhan Omar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.71 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ''Ilhan has been an inspiring figure well before her time in Congress. This book will give you insight into the person and sister that I see—passionate, caring, witty, and above all committed to positive change. It's an honor to serve alongside her in the fight for a more just world.'' —Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar—the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress. Ilhan Omar was only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her mother had died while Ilhan was still a little girl. She was being raised by her father and grandfather when armed gunmen attacked their compound and the family decided to flee Mogadishu. They ended up in a refugee camp in Kenya, where Ilhan says she came to understand the deep meaning of hunger and death. Four years later, after a painstaking vetting process, her family achieved refugee status and arrived in Arlington, Virginia. Aged twelve, penniless, speaking only Somali and having missed out on years of schooling, Ilhan rolled up her sleeves, determined to find her American dream. Faced with the many challenges of being an immigrant and a refugee, she questioned stereotypes and built bridges with her classmates and in her community. In under two decades she became a grassroots organizer, graduated from college and was elected to congress with a record-breaking turnout by the people of Minnesota—ready to keep pushing boundaries and restore moral clarity in Washington D.C. A beacon of positivity in dark times, Congresswoman Omar has weathered many political storms and yet maintained her signature grace, wit and love of country—all the while speaking up for her beliefs. Similarly, in chronicling her remarkable personal journey, Ilhan is both lyrical and unsentimental, and her irrepressible spirit, patriotism, friendship and faith are visible on every page. As a result, This is What America Looks Like is both the inspiring coming of age story of a refugee and a multidimensional tale of the hopes and aspirations, disappointments and failures, successes, sacrifices and surprises, of a devoted public servant with unshakable faith in the promise of America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-in-the-blitz-the-long-lost-letters-of-a-brilliant-young-woman-to-her-beloved-on-the-front-by-eileen-alexander--65148510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in the Blitz: The Long-Lost Letters of a Brilliant Young Woman to Her Beloved on the Front Author: Eileen Alexander Narrator: Oswyn Murray, Sian Clifford, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters.  But as Eileen and Gershon’s relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared, Gershon heads for Cairo and Eileen forgoes her studies to work in the Air Ministry. As cinematic as Atonement, written with the intimacy of the Neapolitan quartet, Love in the Blitz is an extraordinary glimpse of life in London during World War II and an illuminating portrait of an ordinary young woman trying to carve a place for herself in a time of uncertainty. As the Luftwaffe begins its bombardment of England, Eileen, like her fellow Britons, carries on while her loved ones are called up to fight, some never to return home. Written over the course of the conflict, Eileen’s letters provide a vivid and personal glimpse of this historic era. Yet throughout the turmoil and bloodshed, one thing remains constant: her beloved Gershon, who remains a source of strength and support, even after he, too, joins the fighting. Though his letters have been lost to time, the bolstering force of his love for Eileen is illuminated in her responses to him. Equal parts heartrending and heartwarming, Love in the Blitz is a timeless romance and a deeply personal story of life and resilience amid the violence and terror of war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395340Tue, 26 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in the Blitz: The Long-Lost Letters of a Brilliant Young Woman to Her Beloved on the Front Author: Eileen Alexander Narrator: Oswyn Murray, Sian...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love in the Blitz: The Long-Lost Letters of a Brilliant Young Woman to Her Beloved on the Front Author: Eileen Alexander Narrator: Oswyn Murray, Sian Clifford, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters.  But as Eileen and Gershon’s relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared, Gershon heads for Cairo and Eileen forgoes her studies to work in the Air Ministry. As cinematic as Atonement, written with the intimacy of the Neapolitan quartet, Love in the Blitz is an extraordinary glimpse of life in London during World War II and an illuminating portrait of an ordinary young woman trying to carve a place for herself in a time of uncertainty. As the Luftwaffe begins its bombardment of England, Eileen, like her fellow Britons, carries on while her loved ones are called up to fight, some never to return home. Written over the course of the conflict, Eileen’s letters provide a vivid and personal glimpse of this historic era. Yet throughout the turmoil and bloodshed, one thing remains constant: her beloved Gershon, who remains a source of strength and support, even after he, too, joins the fighting. Though his letters have been lost to time, the bolstering force of his love for Eileen is illuminated in her responses to him. Equal parts heartrending and heartwarming, Love in the Blitz is a timeless romance and a deeply personal story of life and resilience amid the violence and terror of war.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diary-of-a-madman-the-geto-boys-life-death-and-the-roots-of-southern-rap-by-brad-scarface-jordan--65148490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary Of A Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and The Roots of Southern Rap Author: Brad 'scarface' Jordan Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include 'On My Block,' 'Mind Playing Tricks on Me' and 'Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta' (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he's collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as 'Guess Who's Back' feat. Jay-Z and 'Smile' feat. Tupac. But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS. In Diary of a Madman, Scarface shares how his world changed when he heard Run DMC for the first time; how he dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started selling crack; and how he began rapping as the new form of music made its way out of New York and across the country. It is the account of his rise to the heights of the rap world, as well as his battles with his own demons and depression. Passionately exploring and explaining the roots and influences of rap culture, Diary of a Madman is the story of hip-hop-the music, the business, the streets, and life on the south side Houston, Texas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422713Tue, 26 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary Of A Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and The Roots of Southern Rap Author: Brad 'scarface' Jordan Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary Of A Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and The Roots of Southern Rap Author: Brad 'scarface' Jordan Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top-and ushered in a new generation of rap dominance. Scarface is the celebrated rapper whose hits include 'On My Block,' 'Mind Playing Tricks on Me' and 'Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta' (made famous in the cult film Office Space). The former president of Def Jam South, he's collaborated with everyone from Kanye West, Ice Cube and Nas, and had many solo hits such as 'Guess Who's Back' feat. Jay-Z and 'Smile' feat. Tupac. But before that, he was a kid from Houston in love with rock-and-roll, listening to AC/DC and KISS. In Diary of a Madman, Scarface shares how his world changed when he heard Run DMC for the first time; how he dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started selling crack; and how he began rapping as the new form of music made its way out of New York and across the country. It is the account of his rise to the heights of the rap world, as well as his battles with his own demons and depression. Passionately exploring and explaining the roots and influences of rap culture, Diary of a Madman is the story of hip-hop-the music, the business, the streets, and life on the south side Houston, Texas.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-arrogant-years-one-girl-s-search-for-her-lost-youth-from-cairo-to-brooklyn-by-lucette-lagnado--65148545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn Author: Lucette Lagnado Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.” —New York Times Lucette Lagnado’s acclaimed, award-winning The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (“[a] crushing, brilliant book” —New York Times Book Review) told the powerfully moving story of her Jewish family’s exile from Egypt. In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, The Arrogant Years, Lagnado revisits her first years in America, and describes a difficult coming-of-age tragically interrupted by a bout with cancer at age 16. At once a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, The Arrogant Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyond—the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young woman’s determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394079Tue, 19 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn Author: Lucette Lagnado Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn Author: Lucette Lagnado Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.” —New York Times Lucette Lagnado’s acclaimed, award-winning The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (“[a] crushing, brilliant book” —New York Times Book Review) told the powerfully moving story of her Jewish family’s exile from Egypt. In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, The Arrogant Years, Lagnado revisits her first years in America, and describes a difficult coming-of-age tragically interrupted by a bout with cancer at age 16. At once a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, The Arrogant Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyond—the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young woman’s determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-price-of-peace-money-democracy-and-the-life-of-john-maynard-keynes-by-zachary-d-carter--65148539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes Author: Zachary D. Carter Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas “A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.”—The Wall Street Journal WINNER: The Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medal • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism FINALIST: The National Book Critics Circle Award • The Sabew Best in Business Book Award NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • The Economist • Bloomberg • Mother Jones At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history. Swept away from his placid home at Cambridge University by the currents of the conflict, Keynes found himself thrust into the halls of European treasuries to arrange emergency loans and packed off to America to negotiate the terms of economic combat. The terror and anxiety unleashed by the war would transform him from a comfortable obscurity into the most influential and controversial intellectual of his day—a man whose ideas still retain the power to shock in our own time. Keynes was not only an economist but the preeminent anti-authoritarian thinker of the twentieth century, one who devoted his life to the belief that art and ideas could conquer war and deprivation. As a moral philosopher, political theorist, and statesman, Keynes led an extraordinary life that took him from intimate turn-of-the-century parties in London’s riotous Bloomsbury art scene to the fevered negotiations in Paris that shaped the Treaty of Versailles, from stock market crashes on two continents to diplomatic breakthroughs in the mountains of New Hampshire to wartime ballet openings at London’s extravagant Covent Garden.  Along the way, Keynes reinvented Enlightenment liberalism to meet the harrowing crises of the twentieth century. In the United States, his ideas became the foundation of a burgeoning economics profession, but they also became a flash point in the broader political struggle of the Cold War, as Keynesian acolytes faced off against conservatives in an intellectual battle for the future of the country—and the world. Though many Keynesian ideas survived the struggle, much of the project to which he devoted his life was lost.  In this riveting biography, veteran journalist Zachary D. Carter unearths the lost legacy of one of history’s most fascinating minds. The Price of Peace revives a forgotten set of ideas about democracy, money, and the good life with transformative implications for today’s debates over inequality and the power politics that shape the global order. LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395334Tue, 19 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes Author: Zachary D. Carter Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes Author: Zachary D. Carter Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas “A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.”—The Wall Street Journal WINNER: The Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medal • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism FINALIST: The National Book Critics Circle Award • The Sabew Best in Business Book Award NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • The Economist • Bloomberg • Mother Jones At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history. Swept away from his placid home at Cambridge University by the currents of the conflict, Keynes found himself thrust into the halls of European treasuries to arrange emergency loans and packed off to America to negotiate the terms of economic combat. The terror and anxiety unleashed by the war would transform him from a comfortable obscurity into the most influential and controversial intellectual of his day—a man whose ideas still retain the power to shock in our own time. Keynes was not only an economist but the preeminent anti-authoritarian thinker of the twentieth century, one who devoted his life to the belief that art and ideas could conquer war and deprivation. As a moral philosopher, political theorist, and statesman, Keynes led an extraordinary life that took him from intimate turn-of-the-century parties in London’s riotous Bloomsbury art scene to the fevered negotiations in Paris that shaped the Treaty of Versailles, from stock market crashes on two continents to diplomatic breakthroughs in the mountains of New Hampshire to wartime ballet openings at London’s extravagant Covent Garden.  Along the way, Keynes reinvented Enlightenment liberalism to meet the harrowing crises of the twentieth century. In the United States, his ideas became the foundation of a burgeoning economics profession, but they also became a flash point in the broader political struggle of the Cold War, as Keynesian acolytes faced off against conservatives in an intellectual battle for the future of the country—and the world. Though many Keynesian ideas survived the struggle, much of the project to which he devoted his life was lost.  In this riveting biography, veteran journalist Zachary D. Carter unearths the lost legacy of one of history’s most fascinating minds. The Price of Peace revives a forgotten set of ideas about democracy, money, and the good life with transformative implications for today’s debates over inequality and the power politics that shape the global order. LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-in-the-white-sharkskin-suit-my-family-s-exodus-from-old-cairo-to-the-new-world-by-lucette-lagnado--65148534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World Author: Lucette Lagnado Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”—Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything, and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind.  An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado’s memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394080Tue, 19 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World Author: Lucette Lagnado Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394080 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World Author: Lucette Lagnado Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”—Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything, and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind.  An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado’s memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-you-shut-up-speaking-truth-to-power-and-reclaiming-america-by-symone-d-sanders--65148505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America Author: Symone D. Sanders Narrator: Symone D. Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this rousing call to leadership, the self-described millennial spokesperson for the culture, CNN’s designated ''woke AF'' former commentator, and the youngest national press secretary in the history of the United States shares her take-no-prisoners approach to life, politics, and career success, and shows a new generation how to be loud and powerful in their own right. Many people—most notably white older men—may try to stop Symone Sanders from speaking up and out. But Symone will NOT shut up. And neither should you. In this inspiring call-to-action, Symone tells stories from her own life of not-shutting-up alongside loud young revolutionaries who came before her to help you find your authentic voice and use it to your advantage; to fight ideological battles more effectively; and to resist those who try to silence you. We are all gurus, masterminds, artists, entrepreneurs—we are the change agents we have been waiting for. IT IS US. And the time is RIGHT NOW. I know you’re wondering, “But HOW?” And we don’t have all the answers! Symone is the first to admit we’re all winging it in one way or another. But the point is we’re out there doing it. So get started. Open your mouth and start talking. Loudly.  No You Shut Up goes beyond the surplus of “Vote-Or-Die” books we’ve seen before. Because change doesn’t just happen at the ballot box. We need people fighting oppression, injustice, and inequality—in the workplace, on the cultural battlefield, in government, in every corner of the world. With spirited storytelling filtered through a voice that cannot and will not be ignored, Symone inspires you to start now. You don’t need to have all the answers, or wait your turn to help create the change you want to see. All you need is a new toolbox, an unshakeable commitment, and the confidence and guidance to wield those tools effectively.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394085Tue, 19 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America Author: Symone D. Sanders Narrator: Symone D. Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America Author: Symone D. Sanders Narrator: Symone D. Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this rousing call to leadership, the self-described millennial spokesperson for the culture, CNN’s designated ''woke AF'' former commentator, and the youngest national press secretary in the history of the United States shares her take-no-prisoners approach to life, politics, and career success, and shows a new generation how to be loud and powerful in their own right. Many people—most notably white older men—may try to stop Symone Sanders from speaking up and out. But Symone will NOT shut up. And neither should you. In this inspiring call-to-action, Symone tells stories from her own life of not-shutting-up alongside loud young revolutionaries who came before her to help you find your authentic voice and use it to your advantage; to fight ideological battles more effectively; and to resist those who try to silence you. We are all gurus, masterminds, artists, entrepreneurs—we are the change agents we have been waiting for. IT IS US. And the time is RIGHT NOW. I know you’re wondering, “But HOW?” And we don’t have all the answers! Symone is the first to admit we’re all winging it in one way or another. But the point is we’re out there doing it. So get started. Open your mouth and start talking. Loudly.  No You Shut Up goes beyond the surplus of “Vote-Or-Die” books we’ve seen before. Because change doesn’t just happen at the ballot box. We need people fighting oppression, injustice, and inequality—in the workplace, on the cultural battlefield, in government, in every corner of the world. With spirited storytelling filtered through a voice that cannot and will not be ignored, Symone inspires you to start now. You don’t need to have all the answers, or wait your turn to help create the change you want to see. All you need is a new toolbox, an unshakeable commitment, and the confidence and guidance to wield those tools effectively.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paula-a-memoir-by-isabel-allende--65148411https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paula: A Memoir Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Cynthia Farrell, Isabel Allende Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles Times In this literary classic, New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende recalls the story of her beloved daughter and her remarkable family’s past. When her daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, Isabel Allende began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. Bizarre ancestors are introduced; delightful and bitter childhood memories are shared; amazing anecdotes of youthful years are relived, and the most intimate secrets are quietly passed along. Like Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits, this powerful memoir is infused with the real, the magical, and the spiritual, creating a haunting, sad, and beautiful tale.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418866Tue, 19 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paula: A Memoir Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Cynthia Farrell, Isabel Allende Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paula: A Memoir Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Cynthia Farrell, Isabel Allende Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles Times In this literary classic, New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende recalls the story of her beloved daughter and her remarkable family’s past. When her daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, Isabel Allende began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. Bizarre ancestors are introduced; delightful and bitter childhood memories are shared; amazing anecdotes of youthful years are relived, and the most intimate secrets are quietly passed along. Like Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits, this powerful memoir is infused with the real, the magical, and the spiritual, creating a haunting, sad, and beautiful tale.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lincoln-s-battle-with-god-a-president-s-struggle-with-faith-and-what-it-meant-for-america-by-stephen-mansfield--65148468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414172 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America Author: Stephen Mansfield Narrator: Stephen Mansfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield as he dives into the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln's spiritual life and draws from it a deeper meaning that's sure to inspire us all.  Abraham Lincoln is, undoubtedly, among the most beloved of all U.S. presidents. He helped to abolish slavery, gave the world some of its most memorable speeches, and redefined the meaning of America. He did all of this with endless wisdom, compassion, and wit. Yet, throughout his life, Lincoln fought with God. In his early years in Illinois, he rejected even the existence of God and became the village atheist. In time, this changed but still, he wrestled with the truth of the Bible, preachers, doctrines, the will of God, the providence of God, and then, finally, God's purposes in the Civil War. Still, on the day he was shot, Lincoln said he longed to go to Jerusalem to walk in the Savior's steps. In this thrilling journey through a largely unknown part of American history, Mansfield traces Lincoln's exploring: - Lincoln's lifelong spiritual journey - The ways that Lincoln's faith shaped his presidency and beyond - How Lincoln's struggle with faith can inspire modern believers Let Lincoln's Battle with God show you Lincoln's life and legacy in a brand new light.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414172Tue, 12 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414172 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America Author: Stephen Mansfield Narrator: Stephen Mansfield...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414172 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America Author: Stephen Mansfield Narrator: Stephen Mansfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield as he dives into the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln's spiritual life and draws from it a deeper meaning that's sure to inspire us all.  Abraham Lincoln is, undoubtedly, among the most beloved of all U.S. presidents. He helped to abolish slavery, gave the world some of its most memorable speeches, and redefined the meaning of America. He did all of this with endless wisdom, compassion, and wit. Yet, throughout his life, Lincoln fought with God. In his early years in Illinois, he rejected even the existence of God and became the village atheist. In time, this changed but still, he wrestled with the truth of the Bible, preachers, doctrines, the will of God, the providence of God, and then, finally, God's purposes in the Civil War. Still, on the day he was shot, Lincoln said he longed to go to Jerusalem to walk in the Savior's steps. In this thrilling journey through a largely unknown part of American history, Mansfield traces Lincoln's exploring: - Lincoln's lifelong spiritual journey - The ways that Lincoln's faith shaped his presidency and beyond - How Lincoln's struggle with faith can inspire modern believers Let Lincoln's Battle with God show you Lincoln's life and legacy in a brand new light.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/broken-roads-returning-to-my-amish-father-by-ira-wagler--65148447https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father Author: Ira Wagler Narrator: Kevin Stillwell, Ira Wagler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this insightful memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of Growing Up Amish tries to reconcile his father, family, and heritage after leaving his faith behind.​ In Broken Roads, Ira Wagler uses his singular voice to unapologetically, but compassionately, illuminate the inner world of the Amish community through his story of life after leaving, what feels like his inevitable return to his Amish father, and how they might mend the relationship between them before it's too late. Through difficult reunions, struggles confronted, and betrayals revisited, Wagler explores burning questions of faith and identity shared by millions, whether Amish or not. Readers may recognize themselves along these paths with Wagler, as he grapples with choices, faith, family, the past, and the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405376Tue, 12 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father Author: Ira Wagler Narrator: Kevin Stillwell, Ira Wagler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father Author: Ira Wagler Narrator: Kevin Stillwell, Ira Wagler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this insightful memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of Growing Up Amish tries to reconcile his father, family, and heritage after leaving his faith behind.​ In Broken Roads, Ira Wagler uses his singular voice to unapologetically, but compassionately, illuminate the inner world of the Amish community through his story of life after leaving, what feels like his inevitable return to his Amish father, and how they might mend the relationship between them before it's too late. Through difficult reunions, struggles confronted, and betrayals revisited, Wagler explores burning questions of faith and identity shared by millions, whether Amish or not. Readers may recognize themselves along these paths with Wagler, as he grapples with choices, faith, family, the past, and the future.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wonderful-adventures-of-mrs-seacole-in-many-lands-penguin-classics-by-mary-seacole--65148428https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands: Penguin Classics Author: Mary Seacole Narrator: Yasmin Mwanza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Yasmin Mwanza. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Sarah Salih. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and 'mother' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the 'British Hotel'. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront. 'In her introduction to the very welcome Penguin edition, Sara Salih expertly analyses the rhetorical complexities of Seacole's book to explore the richness of her story. Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure, overstepping all conventional boundaries.' Jan Marsh, Independent 'It's hard to believe that this amazing adventure story is the true-life experience of a Jamaican woman - it would make a great film.' Andrea Levy, Sunday Times (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412877Tue, 12 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands: Penguin Classics Author: Mary Seacole Narrator: Yasmin Mwanza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands: Penguin Classics Author: Mary Seacole Narrator: Yasmin Mwanza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Yasmin Mwanza. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Sarah Salih. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole's offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Undaunted, Seacole set out independently to the Crimea where she acted as doctor and 'mother' to wounded soldiers while running her business, the 'British Hotel'. A witness to key battles, she gives vivid accounts of how she coped with disease, bombardment and other hardships at the Crimean battlefront. 'In her introduction to the very welcome Penguin edition, Sara Salih expertly analyses the rhetorical complexities of Seacole's book to explore the richness of her story. Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figure, overstepping all conventional boundaries.' Jan Marsh, Independent 'It's hard to believe that this amazing adventure story is the true-life experience of a Jamaican woman - it would make a great film.' Andrea Levy, Sunday Times (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/galileo-and-the-science-deniers-by-mario-livio--65148461https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Galileo: And the Science Deniers Author: Mario Livio Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. “We really need this story now, because we’re living through the next chapter of science denial” (Bill McKibben). Galileo’s story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises—such as minimizing the dangers of climate change—because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo encountered this problem 400 years ago. His discoveries, based on careful observations and ingenious experiments, contradicted conventional wisdom and the teachings of the church at the time. Consequently, in a blatant assault on freedom of thought, his books were forbidden by church authorities. Astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio draws on his own scientific expertise and uses his “gifts as a great storyteller” (The Washington Post) to provide a “refreshing perspective” (Booklist) into how Galileo reached his bold new conclusions about the cosmos and the laws of nature. A freethinker who followed the evidence wherever it led him, Galileo was one of the most significant figures behind the scientific revolution. He believed that every educated person should know science as well as literature, and insisted on reaching the widest audience possible, publishing his books in Italian rather than Latin. Galileo was put on trial with his life in the balance for refusing to renounce his scientific convictions. He remains a hero and inspiration to scientists and all of those who respect science—which, as Livio reminds us in this “admirably clear and concise” (The Times, London) book, remains threatened everyday.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406397Tue, 05 May 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Galileo: And the Science Deniers Author: Mario Livio Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406397 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Galileo: And the Science Deniers Author: Mario Livio Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An “intriguing and accessible” (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history’s greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. “We really need this story now, because we’re living through the next chapter of science denial” (Bill McKibben). Galileo’s story may be more relevant today than ever before. At present, we face enormous crises—such as minimizing the dangers of climate change—because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo encountered this problem 400 years ago. His discoveries, based on careful observations and ingenious experiments, contradicted conventional wisdom and the teachings of the church at the time. Consequently, in a blatant assault on freedom of thought, his books were forbidden by church authorities. Astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio draws on his own scientific expertise and uses his “gifts as a great storyteller” (The Washington Post) to provide a “refreshing perspective” (Booklist) into how Galileo reached his bold new conclusions about the cosmos and the laws of nature. A freethinker who followed the evidence wherever it led him, Galileo was one of the most significant figures behind the scientific revolution. He believed that every educated person should know science as well as literature, and insisted on reaching the widest audience possible, publishing his books in Italian rather than Latin. Galileo was put on trial with his life in the balance for refusing to renounce his scientific convictions. He remains a hero and inspiration to scientists and all of those who respect science—which, as Livio reminds us in this “admirably clear and concise” (The Times, London) book, remains threatened everyday.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kennedy-curse-the-shocking-true-story-of-america-s-most-famous-family-by-james-patterson--65148469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kennedy Curse: The shocking true story of America’s most famous family Author: James Patterson Narrator: David Pittu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. JAMES PATTERSON'S NON-FICTION MASTERPIECE Kennedys were always taught to win at all costs. And they did - but the costs were unimaginable . . . Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel. Their name is synonymous with American royalty. Their commitment to public service is legendary. But, for all the successes, the family has been blighted by assassinations, fatal accidents, drug and alcohol abuse and sex scandals. To this day, the Kennedys occupy a unique, contradictory place in the world's imagination: at once familiar and unknowable; charmed and cursed. The Kennedy Curse is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most famous family, as told by the world's most trusted storyteller. Also published as The House of Kennedy in the US. © James Patterson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416817Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kennedy Curse: The shocking true story of America’s most famous family Author: James Patterson Narrator: David Pittu Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kennedy Curse: The shocking true story of America’s most famous family Author: James Patterson Narrator: David Pittu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. JAMES PATTERSON'S NON-FICTION MASTERPIECE Kennedys were always taught to win at all costs. And they did - but the costs were unimaginable . . . Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel. Their name is synonymous with American royalty. Their commitment to public service is legendary. But, for all the successes, the family has been blighted by assassinations, fatal accidents, drug and alcohol abuse and sex scandals. To this day, the Kennedys occupy a unique, contradictory place in the world's imagination: at once familiar and unknowable; charmed and cursed. The Kennedy Curse is a revealing, fascinating account of America's most famous family, as told by the world's most trusted storyteller. Also published as The House of Kennedy in the US. © James Patterson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inge-s-war-a-story-of-family-secrets-and-survival-under-hitler-by-svenja-o-donnell--65148548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inge's War: A Story of Family, Secrets and Survival under Hitler Author: Svenja O’donnell Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. What does it mean to be on the wrong side of history? Svenja’s beautiful, aloof grandmother Inge never spoke about the past. All her family knew was that she had grown up in a city that no longer exists on any map: Königsberg in East Prussia, a footnote in history, a place that almost no one has heard of today. But when Svenja impulsively visits this windswept Baltic city, something unlocks in Inge and, finally, she begins to tell her story. It begins in the secret jazz bars of Hitler’s Berlin. It is a story of passionate first love, betrayal, terror, flight, starvation and violence. As Svenja teases out the threads of her grandmother’s life, retracing her steps all over Europe, she realises that there is suffering here on a scale that she had never dreamt of. And finally, she uncovers a desperately tragic secret that her grandmother has been keeping for sixty years. Inge's War listens to the voices that are often missing from our historical narrative – those of women caught up on the wrong side of history. It is a book about memory and heritage that interrogates the legacy passed down by those who survive. It also poses the questions: who do we allow to tell their story? What do we mean by family? And what will we do in order to survive? ©Svenja O'Donnell 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396166Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inge's War: A Story of Family, Secrets and Survival under Hitler Author: Svenja O’donnell Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396166 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inge's War: A Story of Family, Secrets and Survival under Hitler Author: Svenja O’donnell Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. What does it mean to be on the wrong side of history? Svenja’s beautiful, aloof grandmother Inge never spoke about the past. All her family knew was that she had grown up in a city that no longer exists on any map: Königsberg in East Prussia, a footnote in history, a place that almost no one has heard of today. But when Svenja impulsively visits this windswept Baltic city, something unlocks in Inge and, finally, she begins to tell her story. It begins in the secret jazz bars of Hitler’s Berlin. It is a story of passionate first love, betrayal, terror, flight, starvation and violence. As Svenja teases out the threads of her grandmother’s life, retracing her steps all over Europe, she realises that there is suffering here on a scale that she had never dreamt of. And finally, she uncovers a desperately tragic secret that her grandmother has been keeping for sixty years. Inge's War listens to the voices that are often missing from our historical narrative – those of women caught up on the wrong side of history. It is a book about memory and heritage that interrogates the legacy passed down by those who survive. It also poses the questions: who do we allow to tell their story? What do we mean by family? And what will we do in order to survive? ©Svenja O'Donnell 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-atkinson-s-rum-contract-the-story-of-a-tangled-inheritance-by-richard-atkinson--65148546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance Author: Richard Atkinson Narrator: John Banks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 16, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 ‘Rarely has family history been so vivid’ JENNY UGLOW ‘An extraordinarily original work’ AMANDA FOREMAN Like many well-to-do Georgian families, the Atkinsons’ wealth was acquired at a terrible cost, through the labour and lives of enslaved Africans. Drawing on his ancestors’ private correspondence, Richard Atkinson pieces together their unsettling story, from the weather-beaten house in Cumbria where they once lived to the ruins of their sugar estates in Jamaica. This extraordinarily original work of detective biography is also a uniquely personal account of one of the most disturbing chapters in Britain’s colonial past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398352Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance Author: Richard Atkinson Narrator: John Banks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance Author: Richard Atkinson Narrator: John Banks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 16, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 ‘Rarely has family history been so vivid’ JENNY UGLOW ‘An extraordinarily original work’ AMANDA FOREMAN Like many well-to-do Georgian families, the Atkinsons’ wealth was acquired at a terrible cost, through the labour and lives of enslaved Africans. Drawing on his ancestors’ private correspondence, Richard Atkinson pieces together their unsettling story, from the weather-beaten house in Cumbria where they once lived to the ruins of their sugar estates in Jamaica. This extraordinarily original work of detective biography is also a uniquely personal account of one of the most disturbing chapters in Britain’s colonial past.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-want-you-to-know-we-re-still-here-my-family-the-holocaust-and-my-search-for-truth-by-esther-safran-foer--65148532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: My family, the Holocaust and my search for truth Author: Esther Safran Foer Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 16, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK  ‘Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that is both uniquely and heartbreakingly her story and a deeply important testament for Ashkenazi Jews. Her memories are our important history.’ Robert Peston, ITV Political Editor A moving and powerful inter-generational memoir about story and memory. Mine is a family of readers and writers. Our house is filled with books. There are contemporary design books on the coffee table in the living room, legal books in my husband’s home office, and piles of children’s books for when my grandchildren visit. However, the side table next to my bed is piled with books about the Holocaust. Framed maps of shtetls line my office walls and pictures of relatives killed in the Holocaust are displayed on our family gallery walls. Sometimes I feel like I exist across two polarized realities, experiencing great fulfillment from family, friends, and a meaningful career, and, at the same time, finding the joy of my life tempered by its shadows. In the darker corners of my mind live ghosts and demons who visit me from the shtetls in Ukraine where my family came from. Some of the details that make these visions so vivid are imagined because I grew up in a family where memories were too terrible to speak of. This is the true story of four generations who have been dealing with the Holocaust and its aftermath. We are four generations, survivors and survivors of survivors, storytellers and memory keepers. And we’re still here.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398592Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: My family, the Holocaust and my search for truth Author: Esther Safran Foer Narrator: Ellen Archer Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Want You to Know We’re Still Here: My family, the Holocaust and my search for truth Author: Esther Safran Foer Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 16, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK  ‘Esther Safran Foer has written of her family in a way that is both uniquely and heartbreakingly her story and a deeply important testament for Ashkenazi Jews. Her memories are our important history.’ Robert Peston, ITV Political Editor A moving and powerful inter-generational memoir about story and memory. Mine is a family of readers and writers. Our house is filled with books. There are contemporary design books on the coffee table in the living room, legal books in my husband’s home office, and piles of children’s books for when my grandchildren visit. However, the side table next to my bed is piled with books about the Holocaust. Framed maps of shtetls line my office walls and pictures of relatives killed in the Holocaust are displayed on our family gallery walls. Sometimes I feel like I exist across two polarized realities, experiencing great fulfillment from family, friends, and a meaningful career, and, at the same time, finding the joy of my life tempered by its shadows. In the darker corners of my mind live ghosts and demons who visit me from the shtetls in Ukraine where my family came from. Some of the details that make these visions so vivid are imagined because I grew up in a family where memories were too terrible to speak of. This is the true story of four generations who have been dealing with the Holocaust and its aftermath. We are four generations, survivors and survivors of survivors, storytellers and memory keepers. And we’re still here.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-eve-my-journey-from-ultra-orthodox-rabbi-to-transgender-woman-by-abby-stein--65148475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman Author: Abby Stein Narrator: Abby Stein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, her way of life. Powerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414829Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman Author: Abby Stein Narrator: Abby Stein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman Author: Abby Stein Narrator: Abby Stein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a dynastic rabbinical family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Abby felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. She suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood to mainstream femininity-a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, her way of life. Powerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seven-more-men-and-the-secret-of-their-greatness-by-eric-metaxas--65148473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven More Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness Author: Eric Metaxas Narrator: John Behrens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this sequel to the enormously successful Seven Men, #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas offers more captivating stories of some of the most inspiring men in history. Join Metaxas as he shares about the lives of seven more men who faced insurmountable struggles and challenges with victorious resolve. Heroes and role models have always been essential for inspiring our lives and shaping the world. But in the last few decades, the need for men of valor and integrity is more vital than ever. Metaxas restores a sense of the heroic in the compelling profiles of seven extraordinary men: - Martin Luther - George Whitefield - General William Booth - George Washington Carver - Sergeant Alvin York - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Billy Graham Becoming acquainted with these seven heroes cannot fail to make your life immeasurably richer. Each man demonstrates particular qualities: the courage to surrender themselves to a higher purpose and the willingness to give away something dear to them for the good of others. With vitality and warmth, Metaxas draws electrifying insights for our daily lives from the inexhaustible richness of history. Inevitably inspiring, this anthology reminds us that certain qualities are worthy of emulation--now more than ever. Praise for Seven More Men: 'God often uses nobodies from nowhere with nothing to offer but hearts fully surrendered to him and uses them to change the world. Metaxas once again magically and masterfully illustrates God's guiding hand in the lives of seemingly ordinary men to produce great men who use their gifts and opportunities to bring glory to God and to serve others. This book will deeply inspire you to diligently serve God with all your heart, no matter your life's current circumstances, knowing that he knows the plans he has for you.' --Kirk Cameron, actor and producer 'Great biographers do more than relay the facts of history; they acquaint us with its authors and inspire us to emulate them. In Seven More Men, Eric Metaxas uses seven short biographies and five hundred years as thread and canvas to produce a magnificent tapestry to not only inform your mind but inspire your heart. These unvarnished stories of faithful endurance, unwavering hope, and costly love are a must-read for our generation.' --Christopher Yuan, speaker, Bible professor, and coauthor of Out of a Far Country]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409975Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven More Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness Author: Eric Metaxas Narrator: John Behrens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven More Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness Author: Eric Metaxas Narrator: John Behrens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this sequel to the enormously successful Seven Men, #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas offers more captivating stories of some of the most inspiring men in history. Join Metaxas as he shares about the lives of seven more men who faced insurmountable struggles and challenges with victorious resolve. Heroes and role models have always been essential for inspiring our lives and shaping the world. But in the last few decades, the need for men of valor and integrity is more vital than ever. Metaxas restores a sense of the heroic in the compelling profiles of seven extraordinary men: - Martin Luther - George Whitefield - General William Booth - George Washington Carver - Sergeant Alvin York - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Billy Graham Becoming acquainted with these seven heroes cannot fail to make your life immeasurably richer. Each man demonstrates particular qualities: the courage to surrender themselves to a higher purpose and the willingness to give away something dear to them for the good of others. With vitality and warmth, Metaxas draws electrifying insights for our daily lives from the inexhaustible richness of history. Inevitably inspiring, this anthology reminds us that certain qualities are worthy of emulation--now more than ever. Praise for Seven More Men: 'God often uses nobodies from nowhere with nothing to offer but hearts fully surrendered to him and uses them to change the world. Metaxas once again magically and masterfully illustrates God's guiding hand in the lives of seemingly ordinary men to produce great men who use their gifts and opportunities to bring glory to God and to serve others. This book will deeply inspire you to diligently serve God with all your heart, no matter your life's current circumstances, knowing that he knows the plans he has for you.' --Kirk Cameron, actor and producer 'Great biographers do more than relay the facts of history; they acquaint us with its authors and inspire us to emulate them. In Seven More Men, Eric Metaxas uses seven short biographies and five hundred years as thread and canvas to produce a magnificent tapestry to not only inform your mind but inspire your heart. These unvarnished stories of faithful endurance, unwavering hope, and costly love are a must-read for our generation.' --Christopher Yuan, speaker, Bible professor, and coauthor of Out of a Far Country]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hidden-valley-road-inside-the-mind-of-an-american-family-by-robert-kolker--65148581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Author: Robert Kolker Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 206 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 44 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. 'Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness.' —Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390185Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Author: Robert Kolker Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Author: Robert Kolker Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 206 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 44 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. 'Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness.' —Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/learning-by-heart-an-unconventional-education-by-tony-wagner--65148566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education Author: Tony Wagner Narrator: Tony Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A page turner. With candor and clarity, Tony Wagner tells the story of his remarkable life and, in so doing, tells the story of our education system.” —Angela Duckworth, Founder and CEO, Character Lab, and New York Times bestselling author of Grit One of the world's top experts on education delivers an uplifting memoir on his own personal failures and successes as he sought to become a good learner and teacher. Tony Wagner is an eminent education specialist: he has taught at every grade level from high school through graduate school; worked at Harvard; done significant work for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and speaks across the country and all over the world. But before he found his success, Wagner was kicked out of middle school, expelled from high school, and dropped out of two colleges. Learning by Heart is his powerful account of his years as a student and teacher. After struggling in both roles, he learned to create meaningful learning experiences despite the constraints of conventional schooling--initially for himself and then for his students--based on understanding each student's real interests and strengthening his or her intrinsic motivations. Wagner's story sheds light on critical issues facing parents and educators today, and reminds us that trial and error, resilience, and respect for the individual, are at the very heart of all teaching and learning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391252Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education Author: Tony Wagner Narrator: Tony Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education Author: Tony Wagner Narrator: Tony Wagner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A page turner. With candor and clarity, Tony Wagner tells the story of his remarkable life and, in so doing, tells the story of our education system.” —Angela Duckworth, Founder and CEO, Character Lab, and New York Times bestselling author of Grit One of the world's top experts on education delivers an uplifting memoir on his own personal failures and successes as he sought to become a good learner and teacher. Tony Wagner is an eminent education specialist: he has taught at every grade level from high school through graduate school; worked at Harvard; done significant work for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and speaks across the country and all over the world. But before he found his success, Wagner was kicked out of middle school, expelled from high school, and dropped out of two colleges. Learning by Heart is his powerful account of his years as a student and teacher. After struggling in both roles, he learned to create meaningful learning experiences despite the constraints of conventional schooling--initially for himself and then for his students--based on understanding each student's real interests and strengthening his or her intrinsic motivations. Wagner's story sheds light on critical issues facing parents and educators today, and reminds us that trial and error, resilience, and respect for the individual, are at the very heart of all teaching and learning.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/square-haunting-five-women-freedom-and-london-between-the-wars-by-francesca-wade--65148488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars Author: Francesca Wade Narrator: Corrie James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In London during the interwar years, five women's lives intertwined around one address. Mecklenburgh Square, on the radical fringes of Bloomsbury, was home to activists, experimenters and revolutionaries; among them were the modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women's freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love and - above all - work independently. From the square, these trailblazing women pushed the boundaries of scholarship, literary form and social norms. Taking us into the emotional texture of their lives, Francesca Wade's luminous group biography reveals five unforgettable characters who forged careers that would have been impossible without these rooms of their own. 'Elegant, erudite and absorbing, Square Haunting is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is a writer to watch.' FRANCES WILSON 'A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women - a moving and immersive portrait.' EDMUND GORDON Illustrations by © Nina Figg]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406918Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars Author: Francesca Wade Narrator: Corrie James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars Author: Francesca Wade Narrator: Corrie James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In London during the interwar years, five women's lives intertwined around one address. Mecklenburgh Square, on the radical fringes of Bloomsbury, was home to activists, experimenters and revolutionaries; among them were the modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women's freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love and - above all - work independently. From the square, these trailblazing women pushed the boundaries of scholarship, literary form and social norms. Taking us into the emotional texture of their lives, Francesca Wade's luminous group biography reveals five unforgettable characters who forged careers that would have been impossible without these rooms of their own. 'Elegant, erudite and absorbing, Square Haunting is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is a writer to watch.' FRANCES WILSON 'A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women - a moving and immersive portrait.' EDMUND GORDON Illustrations by © Nina Figg]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-stranger-among-saints-stephen-hopkins-the-man-who-survived-jamestown-and-saved-plymouth-by-jonathan-mack--65148452https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth Author: Jonathan Mack Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sometime between 1610 and 1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest. The idea for the play came from the real-life shipwreck in 1609 of the Sea Venture, which was caught in a hurricane and grounded on the coast of Bermuda during a voyage to resupply England's troubled colony at Jamestown, in present-day Virginia. A lesser known passenger was Stephen Hopkins. During the ten months the Sea Venture passengers were marooned on Bermuda, Hopkins was charged with trying to incite a mutiny and condemned to die, only to have his sentence commuted moments before it was to be carried out. In 1620, Hopkins signed on to another colonial venture, joining a group of religious radicals on the Mayflower. The Pilgrims encountered their own tempest, a furor that started when they anchored off Cape Cod and lasted for their first twelve months in the New World. Disease and sickness stole nearly half their number, and their first contacts with the indigenous Americans were contentious. The entire enterprise hung in the balance, and it was during these trials that Hopkins became one of the expedition's leaders, playing a vital role in bridging the divide of suspicion between the English immigrants and their native neighbors.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416852Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth Author: Jonathan Mack Narrator: Walter Dixon Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth Author: Jonathan Mack Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sometime between 1610 and 1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest. The idea for the play came from the real-life shipwreck in 1609 of the Sea Venture, which was caught in a hurricane and grounded on the coast of Bermuda during a voyage to resupply England's troubled colony at Jamestown, in present-day Virginia. A lesser known passenger was Stephen Hopkins. During the ten months the Sea Venture passengers were marooned on Bermuda, Hopkins was charged with trying to incite a mutiny and condemned to die, only to have his sentence commuted moments before it was to be carried out. In 1620, Hopkins signed on to another colonial venture, joining a group of religious radicals on the Mayflower. The Pilgrims encountered their own tempest, a furor that started when they anchored off Cape Cod and lasted for their first twelve months in the New World. Disease and sickness stole nearly half their number, and their first contacts with the indigenous Americans were contentious. The entire enterprise hung in the balance, and it was during these trials that Hopkins became one of the expedition's leaders, playing a vital role in bridging the divide of suspicion between the English immigrants and their native neighbors.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-radical-wordsworth-the-poet-who-changed-the-world-by-jonathan-bate--65148536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World Author: Jonathan Bate Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 ‘Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact’ Financial Times ‘Richly repays reading … It is hard to think of another poet who has changed our world so much’ Sunday Times A dazzling new biography of Wordsworth’s radical life as a thinker and poetical innovator, published to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth. William Wordsworth wrote the first great poetic autobiography. We owe to him the idea that places of outstanding natural beauty should become what he called ‘a sort of national property’. He changed forever the way we think about childhood, about the sense of the self, about our connection to the natural environment, and about the purpose of poetry. He was born among the mountains of the English Lake District. He walked into the French Revolution, had a love affair and an illegitimate child, before witnessing horrific violence in Paris. His friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge was at the core of the Romantic movement. As he retreated from radical politics and into an imaginative world within, his influence would endure as he shaped the ideas of thinkers, writers and activists throughout the nineteenth century in both Britain and the United States. This wonderful book opens what Wordsworth called ‘the hiding places of my power’. W. H. Auden once wrote that ‘Poetry makes nothing happen’. He was wrong. Wordsworth’s poetry changed the world. Award-winning biographer and critic Jonathan Bate tells the story of how it happened.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404723Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World Author: Jonathan Bate Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World Author: Jonathan Bate Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 ‘Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact’ Financial Times ‘Richly repays reading … It is hard to think of another poet who has changed our world so much’ Sunday Times A dazzling new biography of Wordsworth’s radical life as a thinker and poetical innovator, published to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth. William Wordsworth wrote the first great poetic autobiography. We owe to him the idea that places of outstanding natural beauty should become what he called ‘a sort of national property’. He changed forever the way we think about childhood, about the sense of the self, about our connection to the natural environment, and about the purpose of poetry. He was born among the mountains of the English Lake District. He walked into the French Revolution, had a love affair and an illegitimate child, before witnessing horrific violence in Paris. His friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge was at the core of the Romantic movement. As he retreated from radical politics and into an imaginative world within, his influence would endure as he shaped the ideas of thinkers, writers and activists throughout the nineteenth century in both Britain and the United States. This wonderful book opens what Wordsworth called ‘the hiding places of my power’. W. H. Auden once wrote that ‘Poetry makes nothing happen’. He was wrong. Wordsworth’s poetry changed the world. Award-winning biographer and critic Jonathan Bate tells the story of how it happened.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-her-room-how-music-helped-me-connect-with-my-autistic-daughter-by-james-cook--65148460https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Her Room: How Music Helped Me Connect With My Autistic Daughter Author: James Cook Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When James Cook's daughter was nearly one, he began to suspect that she wasn't simply a 'late bloomer', as he and his wife were telling friends and family. Emily was strongly taken by images and patterns around the house, had a marked response to music, but never pointed at anything, and hadn't crawled yet. At the age of two-and-a-half, after months of invasive tests, Emily was finally diagnosed with severe autism, and everything changed. Forced to embark on a fraught journey from denial to acceptance, James discovered the multi-faceted link between music and autism, and how singing and playing guitar for Emily could provide a unique form of communication. In Her Room is an extraordinary and heartbreaking story of a father's attempts to connect with his daughter, and how music can help bridge the divide.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414753Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Her Room: How Music Helped Me Connect With My Autistic Daughter Author: James Cook Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Her Room: How Music Helped Me Connect With My Autistic Daughter Author: James Cook Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When James Cook's daughter was nearly one, he began to suspect that she wasn't simply a 'late bloomer', as he and his wife were telling friends and family. Emily was strongly taken by images and patterns around the house, had a marked response to music, but never pointed at anything, and hadn't crawled yet. At the age of two-and-a-half, after months of invasive tests, Emily was finally diagnosed with severe autism, and everything changed. Forced to embark on a fraught journey from denial to acceptance, James discovered the multi-faceted link between music and autism, and how singing and playing guitar for Emily could provide a unique form of communication. In Her Room is an extraordinary and heartbreaking story of a father's attempts to connect with his daughter, and how music can help bridge the divide.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-for-your-life-a-paramedic-s-story-by-lysa-walder--65148443https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting For Your Life: A paramedic's story Author: Lysa Walder Narrator: Emma Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang-raped and her stricken boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young man flings himself in front of a speeding train at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Few people can imagine living in a world where such situations are part of everyday life. Yet for veteran paramedic Lysa Walder, these and thousands of other emergency call outs are part of a day's work: scenes of tragedy, heroism loss and horror - but also stories of triumph and humour. Lysa has been a paramedic for over twenty years, working for the London Ambulance service - the world's biggest and busiest free service - for much of that time. Here, she reveals what it's really like to work in a job that brings paramedic teams face-to-face with death - and destiny - every day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410517Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting For Your Life: A paramedic's story Author: Lysa Walder Narrator: Emma Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting For Your Life: A paramedic's story Author: Lysa Walder Narrator: Emma Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang-raped and her stricken boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young man flings himself in front of a speeding train at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Few people can imagine living in a world where such situations are part of everyday life. Yet for veteran paramedic Lysa Walder, these and thousands of other emergency call outs are part of a day's work: scenes of tragedy, heroism loss and horror - but also stories of triumph and humour. Lysa has been a paramedic for over twenty years, working for the London Ambulance service - the world's biggest and busiest free service - for much of that time. Here, she reveals what it's really like to work in a job that brings paramedic teams face-to-face with death - and destiny - every day.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brain-on-fire-my-month-of-madness-by-susannah-cahalan--65148450https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Author: Susannah Cahalan Narrator: Susannah Cahalan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: INCLUDES A NEW AUDIO AFTERWORD! NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZ A “captivating” (The New York Times Book Review), award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is a powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity. When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled as violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened? In an “unforgettable” (Elle), “stunningly brave” (NPR), and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that almost didn’t happen. “A fascinating look at the disease that…could have cost this vibrant, vital young woman her life” (People), Brain on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416996Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Author: Susannah Cahalan Narrator: Susannah Cahalan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Author: Susannah Cahalan Narrator: Susannah Cahalan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: INCLUDES A NEW AUDIO AFTERWORD! NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZ A “captivating” (The New York Times Book Review), award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is a powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity. When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled as violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened? In an “unforgettable” (Elle), “stunningly brave” (NPR), and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that almost didn’t happen. “A fascinating look at the disease that…could have cost this vibrant, vital young woman her life” (People), Brain on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/temptations-revised-and-updated-by-otis-williams--65148529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Temptations: Revised and Updated Author: Otis Williams Narrator: Otis Williams, Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Temptations were named the '#1 R&B/Hip Hop Artists of All Time' by Billboard Magazine in 2017. They are one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world today, and their journey is one of the most extraordinary stories of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Temptations' heritage, influence, and contributions to American culture and the global music landscape is undeniable. The group produced some of the greatest music of our era and it transcends generations. Through the years, the group's trademark razor-sharp choreography, finely tuned harmonies, and compelling vocals made them the exemplars of the Motown sound. Their story is one of courage, struggle, triumphs, setbacks, and ultimately, international superstardom. As told by its founder, this is the frank, revealing story of the legendary supergroup, that is the source of the Emmy-winning television miniseries Temptations and the smash hit Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, which won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415475Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Temptations: Revised and Updated Author: Otis Williams Narrator: Otis Williams, Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Temptations: Revised and Updated Author: Otis Williams Narrator: Otis Williams, Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Temptations were named the '#1 R&B/Hip Hop Artists of All Time' by Billboard Magazine in 2017. They are one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world today, and their journey is one of the most extraordinary stories of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Temptations' heritage, influence, and contributions to American culture and the global music landscape is undeniable. The group produced some of the greatest music of our era and it transcends generations. Through the years, the group's trademark razor-sharp choreography, finely tuned harmonies, and compelling vocals made them the exemplars of the Motown sound. Their story is one of courage, struggle, triumphs, setbacks, and ultimately, international superstardom. As told by its founder, this is the frank, revealing story of the legendary supergroup, that is the source of the Emmy-winning television miniseries Temptations and the smash hit Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, which won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shame-on-me-an-anatomy-of-race-and-belonging-by-tessa-mcwatt--65148455https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging Author: Tessa Mcwatt Narrator: Tessa Mcwatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NON-FICTION   Interrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction. Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and 'black bitch,' and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body--nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones and blood--which holds up a mirror to the way culture reads all bodies, she asks why we persist in thinking in terms of race today when racism is killing us.      Her grandmother's family fled southern China for British Guiana after her great uncle was shot in his own dentist's chair during the First Sino-Japanese War. McWatt is made of this woman and more: those who arrived in British Guiana from India as indentured labour and those who were brought from Africa as cargo to work on the sugar plantations; colonists and those whom colonialism displaced. How do you tick a box on a census form or job application when your ancestry is Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, African and Chinese? How do you finally answer a question first posed to you in grade school: 'What are you?' And where do you find a sense of belonging in a supposedly 'post-racial' world where shadism, fear of blackness, identity politics and call-out culture vie with each other noisily, relentlessly and still lethally?      Shame on Me is a personal and powerful exploration of history and identity, colour and desire from a writer who, having been plagued with confusion about her race all her life, has at last found kinship and solidarity in story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419460Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging Author: Tessa Mcwatt Narrator: Tessa Mcwatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging Author: Tessa Mcwatt Narrator: Tessa Mcwatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NON-FICTION   Interrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction. Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and 'black bitch,' and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body--nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones and blood--which holds up a mirror to the way culture reads all bodies, she asks why we persist in thinking in terms of race today when racism is killing us.      Her grandmother's family fled southern China for British Guiana after her great uncle was shot in his own dentist's chair during the First Sino-Japanese War. McWatt is made of this woman and more: those who arrived in British Guiana from India as indentured labour and those who were brought from Africa as cargo to work on the sugar plantations; colonists and those whom colonialism displaced. How do you tick a box on a census form or job application when your ancestry is Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, African and Chinese? How do you finally answer a question first posed to you in grade school: 'What are you?' And where do you find a sense of belonging in a supposedly 'post-racial' world where shadism, fear of blackness, identity politics and call-out culture vie with each other noisily, relentlessly and still lethally?      Shame on Me is a personal and powerful exploration of history and identity, colour and desire from a writer who, having been plagued with confusion about her race all her life, has at last found kinship and solidarity in story.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lady-in-waiting-my-extraordinary-life-in-the-shadow-of-the-crown-by-anne-glenconner--65148453https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown Author: Anne Glenconner Narrator: Anne Glenconner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconner—a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret.  Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter she was deemed "the greatest disappointment" and unable to inherit. Since then she has needed all her resilience to survive court life with her sense of humor intact. A unique witness to landmark moments in royal history, Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth's coronation, and a lady in waiting to Princess Margaret until her death in 2002, Anne's life has encompassed extraordinary drama and tragedy. In Lady in Waiting, she will share many intimate royal stories from her time as Princess Margaret's closest confidante as well as her own battle for survival: her broken-off first engagement on the basis of her "mad blood"; her 54-year marriage to the volatile, unfaithful Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, who left his fortune to a former servant; the death in adulthood of two of her sons; a third son she nursed back from a six-month coma following a horrific motorcycle accident. Through it all, Anne has carried on, traveling the world with the royal family, including visiting the White House, and developing the Caribbean island of Mustique as a safe harbor for the rich and famous-hosting Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Raquel Welch, and many other politicians, aristocrats, and celebrities. With unprecedented insight into the royal family, Lady in Waiting is a witty, candid, dramatic, at times heart-breaking personal story capturing life in a golden cage for a woman with no inheritance. New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller The Sunday Times Bestseller The Globe and Mail Bestseller ABA Indie Bestseller The Times (UK) Memoir of the Year One of Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books of 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405267Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown Author: Anne Glenconner Narrator: Anne Glenconner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown Author: Anne Glenconner Narrator: Anne Glenconner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconner—a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret.  Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter she was deemed "the greatest disappointment" and unable to inherit. Since then she has needed all her resilience to survive court life with her sense of humor intact. A unique witness to landmark moments in royal history, Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth's coronation, and a lady in waiting to Princess Margaret until her death in 2002, Anne's life has encompassed extraordinary drama and tragedy. In Lady in Waiting, she will share many intimate royal stories from her time as Princess Margaret's closest confidante as well as her own battle for survival: her broken-off first engagement on the basis of her "mad blood"; her 54-year marriage to the volatile, unfaithful Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, who left his fortune to a former servant; the death in adulthood of two of her sons; a third son she nursed back from a six-month coma following a horrific motorcycle accident. Through it all, Anne has carried on, traveling the world with the royal family, including visiting the White House, and developing the Caribbean island of Mustique as a safe harbor for the rich and famous-hosting Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Raquel Welch, and many other politicians, aristocrats, and celebrities. With unprecedented insight into the royal family, Lady in Waiting is a witty, candid, dramatic, at times heart-breaking personal story capturing life in a golden cage for a woman with no inheritance. New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller The Sunday Times Bestseller The Globe and Mail Bestseller ABA Indie Bestseller The Times (UK) Memoir of the Year One of Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books of 2020]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/here-shall-i-die-ashore-stephen-hopkins-bermuda-castaway-jamestown-survivor-and-mayflower-pilgrim-by-caleb-johnson--65148495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim Author: Caleb Johnson Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure—but not for Stephen. By the time he turned forty, he had already survived a hurricane, been shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, been written into a Shakespearean play, witnessed the famine and abandonment of Jamestown Colony, and participated in the marriage of Pocahontas. He was once even sentenced to death! He got himself and his family onto the Pilgrims Mayflower, and helped found Plymouth Colony. He signed the Mayflower Compact, lodged the famous Squanto in his house, participated in the legendary Thanksgiving, and helped guide and govern the early colonists. Yet Stephen was just an ordinary man, with a wife, three sons, seven daughters, a small house, some farmland for his corn, and cows named Motley, Sympkins, Curled, and Red. These are the extraordinary adventures of an ordinary man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416836Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim Author: Caleb Johnson Narrator: Tom Parks Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim Author: Caleb Johnson Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure—but not for Stephen. By the time he turned forty, he had already survived a hurricane, been shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, been written into a Shakespearean play, witnessed the famine and abandonment of Jamestown Colony, and participated in the marriage of Pocahontas. He was once even sentenced to death! He got himself and his family onto the Pilgrims Mayflower, and helped found Plymouth Colony. He signed the Mayflower Compact, lodged the famous Squanto in his house, participated in the legendary Thanksgiving, and helped guide and govern the early colonists. Yet Stephen was just an ordinary man, with a wife, three sons, seven daughters, a small house, some farmland for his corn, and cows named Motley, Sympkins, Curled, and Red. These are the extraordinary adventures of an ordinary man.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-house-is-on-fire-scenes-of-a-family-and-a-planet-in-crisis-by-beata-ernman-svante-thunberg-malena-ernman-greta-thunberg--65148484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis Author: Beata Ernman, Svante Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Greta Thunberg Narrator: Maya Lindh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book.' --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta’s distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet.   Steered by Greta’s determination to understand the truth and generate change, they began to see the deep connections between their own suffering and the planet’s. Written by a remarkable family and told through the voice of an iconoclastic mother, Our House Is on Fire is the story of how they fought their problems at home by taking global action. And it is the story of how Greta decided to go on strike from school, igniting a worldwide rebellion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413155Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis Author: Beata Ernman, Svante Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Greta Thunberg Narrator: Maya...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis Author: Beata Ernman, Svante Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Greta Thunberg Narrator: Maya Lindh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book.' --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta’s distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet.   Steered by Greta’s determination to understand the truth and generate change, they began to see the deep connections between their own suffering and the planet’s. Written by a remarkable family and told through the voice of an iconoclastic mother, Our House Is on Fire is the story of how they fought their problems at home by taking global action. And it is the story of how Greta decided to go on strike from school, igniting a worldwide rebellion.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hitler-s-first-hundred-days-when-germans-embraced-the-third-reich-by-peter-fritzsche--65148477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich Author: Peter Fritzsche Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 29 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This unsettling and illuminating history reveals how Germany's fractured republic gave way to the Third Reich, from the formation of the Nazi party to the rise of Hitler. Amid the ravages of economic depression, Germans in the early 1930s were pulled to political extremes both left and right. Then, in the spring of 1933, Germany turned itself inside out, from a deeply divided republic into a one-party dictatorship. In Hitler's First Hundred Days, award-winning historian Peter Fritzsche offers a probing account of the pivotal moments when the majority of Germans seemed, all at once, to join the Nazis to construct the Third Reich. Fritzsche examines the events of the period -- the elections and mass arrests, the bonfires and gunfire, the patriotic rallies and anti-Jewish boycotts -- to understand both the terrifying power the National Socialists exerted over ordinary Germans and the powerful appeal of the new era they promised. Hitler's First Hundred Days is the chilling story of the beginning of the end, when one hundred days inaugurated a new thousand-year Reich.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405293Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich Author: Peter Fritzsche Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich Author: Peter Fritzsche Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 29 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This unsettling and illuminating history reveals how Germany's fractured republic gave way to the Third Reich, from the formation of the Nazi party to the rise of Hitler. Amid the ravages of economic depression, Germans in the early 1930s were pulled to political extremes both left and right. Then, in the spring of 1933, Germany turned itself inside out, from a deeply divided republic into a one-party dictatorship. In Hitler's First Hundred Days, award-winning historian Peter Fritzsche offers a probing account of the pivotal moments when the majority of Germans seemed, all at once, to join the Nazis to construct the Third Reich. Fritzsche examines the events of the period -- the elections and mass arrests, the bonfires and gunfire, the patriotic rallies and anti-Jewish boycotts -- to understand both the terrifying power the National Socialists exerted over ordinary Germans and the powerful appeal of the new era they promised. Hitler's First Hundred Days is the chilling story of the beginning of the end, when one hundred days inaugurated a new thousand-year Reich.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/philosophers-their-lives-and-works-by-simon-blackburn--65148425https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philosophers: Their Lives and Works Author: Simon Blackburn Narrator: Kris Dyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 12, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves, and their pioneering ideas. Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs, and the relationships and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life and come up with new ways of understanding the world. This auidobook introduces the key ideas, themes, and working methods of each featured individual, setting their ideas within a wider historical and cultural context. Charting the development of ideas across the centuries in both the East and West, from ancient Chinese philosophy to the work of contemporary thinkers, Philosophers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the great philosophers as they probed into life's ''big ideas''. Simon Blackburn is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Emeritus Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and the author of many books, including the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994), Think (1999), and Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics (2001). © 2019 Simon Blackburn © 2020 DK Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415087Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philosophers: Their Lives and Works Author: Simon Blackburn Narrator: Kris Dyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Philosophers: Their Lives and Works Author: Simon Blackburn Narrator: Kris Dyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 12, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves, and their pioneering ideas. Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs, and the relationships and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life and come up with new ways of understanding the world. This auidobook introduces the key ideas, themes, and working methods of each featured individual, setting their ideas within a wider historical and cultural context. Charting the development of ideas across the centuries in both the East and West, from ancient Chinese philosophy to the work of contemporary thinkers, Philosophers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the great philosophers as they probed into life's ''big ideas''. Simon Blackburn is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Emeritus Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and the author of many books, including the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994), Think (1999), and Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics (2001). © 2019 Simon Blackburn © 2020 DK Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-in-ghost-town-a-memoir-of-addiction-redemption-and-hope-in-unlikely-places-by-carder-stout--65148521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost in Ghost Town: A Memoir of Addiction, Redemption, and Hope in Unlikely Places Author: Carder Stout Narrator: Brian Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a therapist to Hollywood’s elite, Dr. Carder Stout’s clientele includes Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, Tony, andGrammy winners, bestselling authors, and billionaires. He may not be able to share their dark secrets, but for the firsttime, everyone will know his.At the age of thirty-four, Carder would have gladly pawned the silver spoon he was born choking on for a rock ofcrack. His downfall was as swift as his privilege was vast … or had he been falling all along?Raised in a Georgetown mansion and educated at exclusive institutions, Carder ran with a crowd of movers,shakers, and future Oscar winners in New York City. But words like “promise” and “potential” are meaningless in theface of serious addiction. Lost years and a stint in rehab later, when Carder was a dirty, broke, soon-to-be-homelesscrackhead wandering the streets of Venice, California. His lucky break came thanks to his old Ford Taurus: he lands ajob of driving for a philosophical drug czar with whom he finds friendship and self-worth as he helps deliver qualityproduct to LA’s drug enthusiasts, from trust-fund kids, gang affiliates, trophy wives, hip-hop producers, and Russianpimps. But even his loyalty and protection can’t save Carder from the peril of the streets—or the eventual contract onhis life.From a youth of affluence to the hit the Shoreline Crips put on his life, Carder delves deep into life on the streets.Lost in Ghost Town is a riveting, raw, and heartfelt look at the power of addiction, the beauty of redemption, andfinding truth somewhere in between.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399139Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost in Ghost Town: A Memoir of Addiction, Redemption, and Hope in Unlikely Places Author: Carder Stout Narrator: Brian Hutchison Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399139 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost in Ghost Town: A Memoir of Addiction, Redemption, and Hope in Unlikely Places Author: Carder Stout Narrator: Brian Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a therapist to Hollywood’s elite, Dr. Carder Stout’s clientele includes Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy, Tony, andGrammy winners, bestselling authors, and billionaires. He may not be able to share their dark secrets, but for the firsttime, everyone will know his.At the age of thirty-four, Carder would have gladly pawned the silver spoon he was born choking on for a rock ofcrack. His downfall was as swift as his privilege was vast … or had he been falling all along?Raised in a Georgetown mansion and educated at exclusive institutions, Carder ran with a crowd of movers,shakers, and future Oscar winners in New York City. But words like “promise” and “potential” are meaningless in theface of serious addiction. Lost years and a stint in rehab later, when Carder was a dirty, broke, soon-to-be-homelesscrackhead wandering the streets of Venice, California. His lucky break came thanks to his old Ford Taurus: he lands ajob of driving for a philosophical drug czar with whom he finds friendship and self-worth as he helps deliver qualityproduct to LA’s drug enthusiasts, from trust-fund kids, gang affiliates, trophy wives, hip-hop producers, and Russianpimps. But even his loyalty and protection can’t save Carder from the peril of the streets—or the eventual contract onhis life.From a youth of affluence to the hit the Shoreline Crips put on his life, Carder delves deep into life on the streets.Lost in Ghost Town is a riveting, raw, and heartfelt look at the power of addiction, the beauty of redemption, andfinding truth somewhere in between.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/searching-for-hassan-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-iran-by-terence-ward--65148465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Searching for Hassan: A Journey to the Heart of Iran Author: Terence Ward Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all. Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and cultural guide. After an absence of thirty years and much turmoil in Iran, Ward embarks on a quixotic pilgrimage with his family in search of their lost friend. However, as they set out on this improbable quest with no address or phone number, their only hope lies in their mother’s small black and white photograph taken decades before. Crossing the vast landscape of ancient Persia, Ward interweaves its incredibly rich past, while exploring modern Iran’s deep conflicts with its Arab neighbors and our current administration. Searching for Hassan puts a human face on the long-suffering people of the Middle East with this inspirational story of an American family who came to love and admire Iran and its culture through their deep affection for its people. The journey answers the question, “How far would you go for a friend?” Including a revised preface and epilogue, this new and updated edition continues to demonstrate that Searching for Hassan is as relevant and timely as ever in shaping conversations and ways of thinking about different cultures both in the US and around the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410050Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Searching for Hassan: A Journey to the Heart of Iran Author: Terence Ward Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Searching for Hassan: A Journey to the Heart of Iran Author: Terence Ward Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all. Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and cultural guide. After an absence of thirty years and much turmoil in Iran, Ward embarks on a quixotic pilgrimage with his family in search of their lost friend. However, as they set out on this improbable quest with no address or phone number, their only hope lies in their mother’s small black and white photograph taken decades before. Crossing the vast landscape of ancient Persia, Ward interweaves its incredibly rich past, while exploring modern Iran’s deep conflicts with its Arab neighbors and our current administration. Searching for Hassan puts a human face on the long-suffering people of the Middle East with this inspirational story of an American family who came to love and admire Iran and its culture through their deep affection for its people. The journey answers the question, “How far would you go for a friend?” Including a revised preface and epilogue, this new and updated edition continues to demonstrate that Searching for Hassan is as relevant and timely as ever in shaping conversations and ways of thinking about different cultures both in the US and around the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mbs-the-rise-to-power-of-mohammed-bin-salman-by-ben-hubbard--65148456https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman Author: Ben Hubbard Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A gripping, behind-the-scenes portrait of the rise of Saudi Arabia’s secretive and mercurial new ruler “Revelatory . . . a vivid portrait of how MBS has altered the kingdom during his half-decade of rule.”—The Washington Post   Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East—and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince as a key player in his own vision for the Middle East. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world’s most volatile region.   Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom’s catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder.   MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417267Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman Author: Ben Hubbard Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman Author: Ben Hubbard Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A gripping, behind-the-scenes portrait of the rise of Saudi Arabia’s secretive and mercurial new ruler “Revelatory . . . a vivid portrait of how MBS has altered the kingdom during his half-decade of rule.”—The Washington Post   Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East—and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince as a key player in his own vision for the Middle East. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world’s most volatile region.   Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom’s catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder.   MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lady-of-sing-sing-an-american-countess-an-italian-immigrant-and-their-epic-battle-for-justice-in-new-york-s-gilded-age-by-idanna-pucc--65148433https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age Author: Idanna Pucci Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic opera, chronicles the riveting first campaign against the death penalty waged in 1895 by American pioneer activist, Cora Slocomb, Countess of Brazzà, to save the life of a twenty-year-old illiterate Italian immigrant, Maria Barbella, who killed the man who had abused her. Previously published as The Trials of Maria Barbella. In 1895, a twenty-two-year-old Italian seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors, the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where she is also the first female prisoner. Behind the scenes, a corporate war raged for the monopoly of electricity pitting two giants, Edison and Westinghouse with Nikola Tesla at his side, against each other. Enter Cora Slocomb, an American-born Italian aristocrat and activist, who launched the first campaign against the death penalty to save Maria. Rallying the New York press, Cora reached out across the social divide—from the mansions of Fifth Avenue to the tenements of Little Italy. Maria’s “crime of honor” quickly becomes a cause celebre, seizing the nation’s attention. Idanna Pucci, Cora’s great-granddaughter, masterfully recounts this astonishing story by drawing on original research and documents from the US and Italy. This dramatic page-turner, interwoven with twists and unexpected turns, grapples with the tragedy of immigration, capital punishment, ethnic prejudice, criminal justice, corporate greed, violence against women, and a woman’s right to reject the role of victim. Over a century later, this story is as urgent as ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410673Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age Author: Idanna Pucci...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age Author: Idanna Pucci Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This “gripping social history” (Publishers Weekly), with all the passion and pathos of a classic opera, chronicles the riveting first campaign against the death penalty waged in 1895 by American pioneer activist, Cora Slocomb, Countess of Brazzà, to save the life of a twenty-year-old illiterate Italian immigrant, Maria Barbella, who killed the man who had abused her. Previously published as The Trials of Maria Barbella. In 1895, a twenty-two-year-old Italian seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors, the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where she is also the first female prisoner. Behind the scenes, a corporate war raged for the monopoly of electricity pitting two giants, Edison and Westinghouse with Nikola Tesla at his side, against each other. Enter Cora Slocomb, an American-born Italian aristocrat and activist, who launched the first campaign against the death penalty to save Maria. Rallying the New York press, Cora reached out across the social divide—from the mansions of Fifth Avenue to the tenements of Little Italy. Maria’s “crime of honor” quickly becomes a cause celebre, seizing the nation’s attention. Idanna Pucci, Cora’s great-granddaughter, masterfully recounts this astonishing story by drawing on original research and documents from the US and Italy. This dramatic page-turner, interwoven with twists and unexpected turns, grapples with the tragedy of immigration, capital punishment, ethnic prejudice, criminal justice, corporate greed, violence against women, and a woman’s right to reject the role of victim. Over a century later, this story is as urgent as ever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/house-of-glass-the-story-and-secrets-of-a-twentieth-century-jewish-family-by-hadley-freeman--65148503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family Author: Hadley Freeman Narrator: Hadley Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times bestseller ‘An utterly engrossing book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Remarkable and gripping’ Edmund de Waal 'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century … I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece’ Telegraph After her grandmother died, Hadley Freeman travelled to her apartment to try and make sense of a woman she’d never really known. Sala Glass was a European expat in America – defiantly clinging to her French influences, famously reserved, fashionable to the end – yet to Hadley much of her life remained a mystery. Sala’s experience of surviving one of the most tumultuous periods in modern history was never spoken about. When Hadley found a shoebox filled with her grandmother’s treasured belongings, it started a decade-long quest to find out their haunting significance and to dig deep into the extraordinary lives of Sala and her three brothers. The search takes Hadley from Picasso’s archives in Paris to a secret room in a farmhouse in Auvergne to Long Island and to Auschwitz. By piecing together letters, photos and an unpublished memoir, Hadley brings to life the full story of the Glass siblings for the first time: Alex’s past as a fashion couturier and friend of Dior and Chagall; trusting and brave Jacques, a fierce patriot for his adopted country; and the brilliant Henri who hid in occupied France – each of them made extraordinary bids for survival during the Second World War. And alongside her great-uncles’ extraordinary acts of courage in Vichy France, Hadley discovers her grandmother’s equally heroic but more private form of female self-sacrifice. A moving memoir following the Glass siblings throughout the course of the twentieth-century as they each make their own bid for survival, House of Glass explores assimilation, identity and home – issues that are deeply relevant today. This audiobook includes an exclusive interview between Hadley Freeman and her editor, in which they discuss the themes of the book and illuminate further on some of the extraordinary events detailed within.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395576Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family Author: Hadley Freeman Narrator: Hadley Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Glass: The story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family Author: Hadley Freeman Narrator: Hadley Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times bestseller ‘An utterly engrossing book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Remarkable and gripping’ Edmund de Waal 'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century … I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece’ Telegraph After her grandmother died, Hadley Freeman travelled to her apartment to try and make sense of a woman she’d never really known. Sala Glass was a European expat in America – defiantly clinging to her French influences, famously reserved, fashionable to the end – yet to Hadley much of her life remained a mystery. Sala’s experience of surviving one of the most tumultuous periods in modern history was never spoken about. When Hadley found a shoebox filled with her grandmother’s treasured belongings, it started a decade-long quest to find out their haunting significance and to dig deep into the extraordinary lives of Sala and her three brothers. The search takes Hadley from Picasso’s archives in Paris to a secret room in a farmhouse in Auvergne to Long Island and to Auschwitz. By piecing together letters, photos and an unpublished memoir, Hadley brings to life the full story of the Glass siblings for the first time: Alex’s past as a fashion couturier and friend of Dior and Chagall; trusting and brave Jacques, a fierce patriot for his adopted country; and the brilliant Henri who hid in occupied France – each of them made extraordinary bids for survival during the Second World War. And alongside her great-uncles’ extraordinary acts of courage in Vichy France, Hadley discovers her grandmother’s equally heroic but more private form of female self-sacrifice. A moving memoir following the Glass siblings throughout the course of the twentieth-century as they each make their own bid for survival, House of Glass explores assimilation, identity and home – issues that are deeply relevant today. This audiobook includes an exclusive interview between Hadley Freeman and her editor, in which they discuss the themes of the book and illuminate further on some of the extraordinary events detailed within.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bomb-girls-britain-s-secret-army-the-munitions-women-of-world-war-ii-by-jacky-hyams--65148458https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bomb Girls - Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women of World War II Author: Jacky Hyams Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives and mothers and teenage girls who clocked in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping to make explosives, bullets, shells, bombs and war machines that would ensure victory. It was dangerous, dirty and exhausting work. They worked round the clock, often exposed to toxic, lethal chemicals. A factory accident could mean blindness, loss of limb - or worse. Many went home with acid burns, yellow skin or damaged hair, others were forced to leave their loved ones and move to live with strangers in unfamiliar surroundings. Frequently, their male bosses were coarse and unsympathetic. Yet this hidden army of nearly two million women toiled on regardless through the hardest years of the war, cheerfully ignoring the dangers and the exhaustion, as bombing, rationing and the heartbreak of loss or separation took their toll on everyone in the country. Here, in their own words, are the vivid wartime memories of the 'secret army' of female munitions workers, whose resilience and sheer grit in the face of danger has only started to emerge.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415125Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bomb Girls - Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women of World War II Author: Jacky Hyams Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bomb Girls - Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women of World War II Author: Jacky Hyams Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: They were the unsung heroines of World War II; the wives and mothers and teenage girls who clocked in daily to work in vast munitions factories, helping to make explosives, bullets, shells, bombs and war machines that would ensure victory. It was dangerous, dirty and exhausting work. They worked round the clock, often exposed to toxic, lethal chemicals. A factory accident could mean blindness, loss of limb - or worse. Many went home with acid burns, yellow skin or damaged hair, others were forced to leave their loved ones and move to live with strangers in unfamiliar surroundings. Frequently, their male bosses were coarse and unsympathetic. Yet this hidden army of nearly two million women toiled on regardless through the hardest years of the war, cheerfully ignoring the dangers and the exhaustion, as bombing, rationing and the heartbreak of loss or separation took their toll on everyone in the country. Here, in their own words, are the vivid wartime memories of the 'secret army' of female munitions workers, whose resilience and sheer grit in the face of danger has only started to emerge.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mystery-of-love-by-andrew-meehan--65148405https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mystery Of Love Author: Andrew Meehan Narrator: Willow Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Constance Wilde's marriage has ended. Oscar is in prison and she has fled to Italy with their children to escape London gossip and public disapproval. Here she reflects on her marriage to Oscar, the confusing difference between his private and public self, and whether she always knew that their marriage was founded on a different kind of love. Despite her family's warnings, her frustration with her impossible husband's spending and drinking, his affairs and his prison sentence, Constance remains loyal and loving. Their story is told from Constance's perspective, with Oscar's interjections presented as footnotes. In this witty and unsentimental reimagining, Meehan gives a voice to a woman often forgotten and explores the pain and frustration of living in the shadow of a complex man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418885Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mystery Of Love Author: Andrew Meehan Narrator: Willow Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418885 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mystery Of Love Author: Andrew Meehan Narrator: Willow Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Constance Wilde's marriage has ended. Oscar is in prison and she has fled to Italy with their children to escape London gossip and public disapproval. Here she reflects on her marriage to Oscar, the confusing difference between his private and public self, and whether she always knew that their marriage was founded on a different kind of love. Despite her family's warnings, her frustration with her impossible husband's spending and drinking, his affairs and his prison sentence, Constance remains loyal and loving. Their story is told from Constance's perspective, with Oscar's interjections presented as footnotes. In this witty and unsentimental reimagining, Meehan gives a voice to a woman often forgotten and explores the pain and frustration of living in the shadow of a complex man.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-splendid-and-the-vile-a-saga-of-churchill-family-and-defiance-during-the-blitz-by-erik-larson--65148524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz Author: Erik Larson Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people … Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished … Fresh, fast and deeply moving.’ New York Times A STARTLING, GRIPPING PORTRAIT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ALIVE IN BRITAIN DURING THE BLITZ, AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AROUND CHURCHILL. On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, the Nazis would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson gives a new and brilliantly cinematic account of how Britain’s most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching ‘the art of being fearless.’ Drawing on once-secret intelligence reports and diaries, #1 bestselling author Larson takes readers from the shelled streets of London to Churchill’s own chambers, giving a vivid vision of true leadership, when – in the face of unrelenting horror – a leader of eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397135Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz Author: Erik Larson Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz Author: Erik Larson Narrator: Matt Addis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people … Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished … Fresh, fast and deeply moving.’ New York Times A STARTLING, GRIPPING PORTRAIT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ALIVE IN BRITAIN DURING THE BLITZ, AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AROUND CHURCHILL. On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, the Nazis would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson gives a new and brilliantly cinematic account of how Britain’s most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching ‘the art of being fearless.’ Drawing on once-secret intelligence reports and diaries, #1 bestselling author Larson takes readers from the shelled streets of London to Churchill’s own chambers, giving a vivid vision of true leadership, when – in the face of unrelenting horror – a leader of eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dalai-lama-the-biography-by-alexander-norman--65148504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dalai Lama: The Biography Author: Alexander Norman Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Alexander Norman knows the Dalai Lama probably better than any Englishman alive' Spectator AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive. Now, Alexander Norman, acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of the history of Tibet, delivers the definitive biography—unique, multi-layered, and at times even shocking. The Dalai Lama illuminates an astonishing odyssey from isolated Tibetan village to worldwide standing as spiritual and political leader of one of the world’s most profound and complex cultural traditions. Norman reveals that, while the Dalai Lama has never been comfortable with his political position, he has been a canny player—at one time CIA-backed—who has maneuvered amidst pervasive violence, including placing himself at the center of a dangerous Buddhist schism. Yet even more surprising than the political, Norman convinces, is the Dalai Lama’s astonishing spiritual practice, rooted in magic, vision, and prophecy—details of which are illuminated in this book for the first time. A revelatory life story of one of today’s most radical, charismatic, and beloved world leaders. © Alexander Norman 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398324Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dalai Lama: The Biography Author: Alexander Norman Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dalai Lama: The Biography Author: Alexander Norman Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Alexander Norman knows the Dalai Lama probably better than any Englishman alive' Spectator AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive. Now, Alexander Norman, acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of the history of Tibet, delivers the definitive biography—unique, multi-layered, and at times even shocking. The Dalai Lama illuminates an astonishing odyssey from isolated Tibetan village to worldwide standing as spiritual and political leader of one of the world’s most profound and complex cultural traditions. Norman reveals that, while the Dalai Lama has never been comfortable with his political position, he has been a canny player—at one time CIA-backed—who has maneuvered amidst pervasive violence, including placing himself at the center of a dangerous Buddhist schism. Yet even more surprising than the political, Norman convinces, is the Dalai Lama’s astonishing spiritual practice, rooted in magic, vision, and prophecy—details of which are illuminated in this book for the first time. A revelatory life story of one of today’s most radical, charismatic, and beloved world leaders. © Alexander Norman 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breaking-hate-confronting-the-new-culture-of-extremism-by-christian-picciolini--65148496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism Author: Christian Picciolini Narrator: Christian Picciolini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a onetime white-supremacist leader now working to disengage people from extremist movements, Breaking Hate is a 'riveting' (James Clapper), 'groundbreaking' (Malcolm Nance), 'horrifying [but] hopeful' (S.E. Cupp) exploration of how to heal a nation reeling from hate and violence. Today's extremist violence surges into our lives from what seems like every direction -- vehicles hurtling down city sidewalks; cyber-threats levied against political leaders and backed up with violence; automatic weapons unleashed on mall shoppers, students, and the faithful in houses of worship. As varied as the violent acts are the attackers themselves -- neo-Nazis, white nationalists, the alt-right, InCels, and Islamist jihadists, to name just a few. In a world where hate has united communities that traffic in radical doctrines and rationalize their use of violence to rally the disaffected, the fear of losing a loved one to extremism or falling victim to terrorism has become almost universal. Told with startling honesty and intimacy, Breaking Hate is both the inside story of how extremists lure the unwitting to their causes and a guide for how everyday Americans can win them-and our civil democracy-back. Former extremist Christian Picciolini unravels this sobering narrative from the frontlines, where he has worked for two decades as a peace advocate and 'hate breaker.' He draws from the firsthand experiences of extremists he has helped to disengage, revealing how violent movements target the vulnerable and exploit their essential human desires, and how the right interventions can save lives. Along the way, Picciolini solves the puzzle of why extremism has come to define our era, laying bare the ways in which modern society-from 'fake news' and social media propaganda to coded language and a White House that inflames rather than heals-has polarized and radicalized an entire generation. Piercing, empathetic, and unrestrained, Breaking Hate tells the sweeping story of the challenge of our time and provides a roadmap to overcoming it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405125Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism Author: Christian Picciolini Narrator: Christian Picciolini Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism Author: Christian Picciolini Narrator: Christian Picciolini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a onetime white-supremacist leader now working to disengage people from extremist movements, Breaking Hate is a 'riveting' (James Clapper), 'groundbreaking' (Malcolm Nance), 'horrifying [but] hopeful' (S.E. Cupp) exploration of how to heal a nation reeling from hate and violence. Today's extremist violence surges into our lives from what seems like every direction -- vehicles hurtling down city sidewalks; cyber-threats levied against political leaders and backed up with violence; automatic weapons unleashed on mall shoppers, students, and the faithful in houses of worship. As varied as the violent acts are the attackers themselves -- neo-Nazis, white nationalists, the alt-right, InCels, and Islamist jihadists, to name just a few. In a world where hate has united communities that traffic in radical doctrines and rationalize their use of violence to rally the disaffected, the fear of losing a loved one to extremism or falling victim to terrorism has become almost universal. Told with startling honesty and intimacy, Breaking Hate is both the inside story of how extremists lure the unwitting to their causes and a guide for how everyday Americans can win them-and our civil democracy-back. Former extremist Christian Picciolini unravels this sobering narrative from the frontlines, where he has worked for two decades as a peace advocate and 'hate breaker.' He draws from the firsthand experiences of extremists he has helped to disengage, revealing how violent movements target the vulnerable and exploit their essential human desires, and how the right interventions can save lives. Along the way, Picciolini solves the puzzle of why extremism has come to define our era, laying bare the ways in which modern society-from 'fake news' and social media propaganda to coded language and a White House that inflames rather than heals-has polarized and radicalized an entire generation. Piercing, empathetic, and unrestrained, Breaking Hate tells the sweeping story of the challenge of our time and provides a roadmap to overcoming it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-love-the-book-of-gabriele-by-bettina-ricciuti--65148467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: INSIDE LOVE: THE BOOK OF GABRIELE Author: Bettina Ricciuti Narrator: Bettina Ricciuti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: If Gabriele’s reluctant arrival into this world in 1931 was any indication, then his life was destined to be one eventful, amazing journey. In 1943, his idyllic, simple life with his loving family in the little Italian town of Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, was shattered by World War II. Surrounded by deprivation and tragedy and looking for scraps of food, Gabriele would have serious conversations with his beloved donkey Rosina, telling her, “I need you to concentrate, and take me through these mine fields without stepping on any … ” In 1952, Gabriele accepts the offer from the Australian Government of promised paid work. He survives forty-two horrific days on a rust bucket ship, the infamous, SS Hellenic Prince, to become an inmate of the Bonegilla Migrant Camp. Gabriele’s beautifully written biography starting in Italy—and the horrors of war—takes the reader from the intensity of Ingham’s cane fields; to working his way up from Geelong; and then, retirement in Tweed Heads, Queensland. Australia, through his eyes, is significant in its historical importance. Gabriele’s spirited character would see him through many trials and tribulations. He could never have imagined that the worst was yet to come. Yet, it is a love story throughout. Gabriele finally finds his ‘inside love’, in Australia, on the other side of the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423045Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: INSIDE LOVE: THE BOOK OF GABRIELE Author: Bettina Ricciuti Narrator: Bettina Ricciuti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423045 to listen full audiobooks. Title: INSIDE LOVE: THE BOOK OF GABRIELE Author: Bettina Ricciuti Narrator: Bettina Ricciuti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: If Gabriele’s reluctant arrival into this world in 1931 was any indication, then his life was destined to be one eventful, amazing journey. In 1943, his idyllic, simple life with his loving family in the little Italian town of Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, was shattered by World War II. Surrounded by deprivation and tragedy and looking for scraps of food, Gabriele would have serious conversations with his beloved donkey Rosina, telling her, “I need you to concentrate, and take me through these mine fields without stepping on any … ” In 1952, Gabriele accepts the offer from the Australian Government of promised paid work. He survives forty-two horrific days on a rust bucket ship, the infamous, SS Hellenic Prince, to become an inmate of the Bonegilla Migrant Camp. Gabriele’s beautifully written biography starting in Italy—and the horrors of war—takes the reader from the intensity of Ingham’s cane fields; to working his way up from Geelong; and then, retirement in Tweed Heads, Queensland. Australia, through his eyes, is significant in its historical importance. Gabriele’s spirited character would see him through many trials and tribulations. He could never have imagined that the worst was yet to come. Yet, it is a love story throughout. Gabriele finally finds his ‘inside love’, in Australia, on the other side of the world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-time-stopped-a-memoir-of-my-father-s-war-and-what-remains-by-ariana-neumann--65148576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains Author: Ariana Neumann Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: KRAUS FAMILY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR AT THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE ‘Beautifully told' – John le Carré ‘More than just history’ – Michael Palin In this remarkably moving memoir, Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. When her father dies and leaves her a box of clues, Ariana Neumann uncovers a heritage she knew nothing about. Exploring the joys and sorrows of the Neumann family, she learns through her tireless investigations why her father, a successful entrepreneur in Venezuela, never spoke about his past. How as a young man from Prague he boldly deceived the Gestapo by doing the unimaginable. Spanning nearly ninety years, this is an unforgettable memoir about resilience, hope and love in the midst of tragedy. A tribute to the lost, and a celebration of all that connects us, and of the courage it takes to keep going. Because the darkest shadow always lies beneath the candle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391199Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains Author: Ariana Neumann Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains Author: Ariana Neumann Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: KRAUS FAMILY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR AT THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE ‘Beautifully told' – John le Carré ‘More than just history’ – Michael Palin In this remarkably moving memoir, Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. When her father dies and leaves her a box of clues, Ariana Neumann uncovers a heritage she knew nothing about. Exploring the joys and sorrows of the Neumann family, she learns through her tireless investigations why her father, a successful entrepreneur in Venezuela, never spoke about his past. How as a young man from Prague he boldly deceived the Gestapo by doing the unimaginable. Spanning nearly ninety years, this is an unforgettable memoir about resilience, hope and love in the midst of tragedy. A tribute to the lost, and a celebration of all that connects us, and of the courage it takes to keep going. Because the darkest shadow always lies beneath the candle.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-love-that-remains-by-susan-francis--65148434https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love That Remains Author: Susan Francis Narrator: Rachael Tidd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary memoir about secrets, life's shocking twists and unconditional love. How could I write about the importance of truth and not tell the whole truth myself? After twenty years spent searching for her biological parents, 52-year-old Susan Hull unexpectedly meets the great love of her life - a goldminer named Wayne Francis. He is a gentle giant of a man, who promises Susan the world. Two years later, they throw in their jobs, marry and sell everything they own, embarking on an incredible adventure, to start a new life in the romantic city of Granada, where they learn Spanish and enjoy too much tapas. In love, and enthralled by the splendour of a European springtime, the pair treasure every moment together. Until a shocking series of events alters everything. Riveting, heartfelt and remarkably honest, The Love that Remains explores unconditional love and the lies we tell to safeguard our happiness. ‘Fearless and raw…An amazing read.” SUSAN DUNCAN, bestselling author of Salvation Creek]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418889Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love That Remains Author: Susan Francis Narrator: Rachael Tidd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love That Remains Author: Susan Francis Narrator: Rachael Tidd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary memoir about secrets, life's shocking twists and unconditional love. How could I write about the importance of truth and not tell the whole truth myself? After twenty years spent searching for her biological parents, 52-year-old Susan Hull unexpectedly meets the great love of her life - a goldminer named Wayne Francis. He is a gentle giant of a man, who promises Susan the world. Two years later, they throw in their jobs, marry and sell everything they own, embarking on an incredible adventure, to start a new life in the romantic city of Granada, where they learn Spanish and enjoy too much tapas. In love, and enthralled by the splendour of a European springtime, the pair treasure every moment together. Until a shocking series of events alters everything. Riveting, heartfelt and remarkably honest, The Love that Remains explores unconditional love and the lies we tell to safeguard our happiness. ‘Fearless and raw…An amazing read.” SUSAN DUNCAN, bestselling author of Salvation Creek]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unfree-speech-the-threat-to-global-democracy-and-why-we-must-act-now-by-joshua-wong--65148517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now Author: Joshua Wong Narrator: Dexter Galang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An urgent manifesto for global democracy from Joshua Wong, the 23-year-old phenomenon leading Hong Kong's protests - and Nobel Peace Prize nominee - with an introduction by Ai Weiwei With global democracy under threat, we must act together to defend out rights: now. When he was 14, Joshua Wong made history. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first-ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education -- and won. Since then, Joshua has led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around the anti-extradition bill protests, which have seen 2 million people -- more than a quarter of the population -- take to Hong Kong's streets. His actions have sparked worldwide attention, earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and landed him in jail twice. Composed in three parts, Unfree Speech chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner under the Chinese state, and closes with a powerful and urgent call for all of us globally to defend our democratic values. When we stay silent, no one is safe. When we free our speech, our voice becomes one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404072Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now Author: Joshua Wong Narrator: Dexter Galang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now Author: Joshua Wong Narrator: Dexter Galang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An urgent manifesto for global democracy from Joshua Wong, the 23-year-old phenomenon leading Hong Kong's protests - and Nobel Peace Prize nominee - with an introduction by Ai Weiwei With global democracy under threat, we must act together to defend out rights: now. When he was 14, Joshua Wong made history. While the adults stayed silent, Joshua staged the first-ever student protest in Hong Kong to oppose National Education -- and won. Since then, Joshua has led the Umbrella Movement, founded a political party, and rallied the international community around the anti-extradition bill protests, which have seen 2 million people -- more than a quarter of the population -- take to Hong Kong's streets. His actions have sparked worldwide attention, earned him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, and landed him in jail twice. Composed in three parts, Unfree Speech chronicles Joshua's path to activism, collects the letters he wrote as a political prisoner under the Chinese state, and closes with a powerful and urgent call for all of us globally to defend our democratic values. When we stay silent, no one is safe. When we free our speech, our voice becomes one.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fighting-for-space-two-pilots-and-their-historic-battle-for-female-spaceflight-by-amy-shira-teitel--65148457https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight Author: Amy Shira Teitel Narrator: Amy Shira Teitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century—man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first woman to break the sound barrier, ran her own luxury cosmetics company, and counted multiple presidents among her personal friends. She was more qualified than any woman in the world to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet it was Jerrie Cobb, twenty-five years Jackie's junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts. The prospect of flying in space quickly became her obsession. While the American and international media spun the shocking story of a "woman astronaut" program, Jackie and Jerrie struggled to gain control of the narrative, each hoping to turn the rumored program into their own ideal reality—an issue that ultimately went all the way to Congress. This dual biography of audacious trailblazers Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb presents these fascinating and fearless women in all their glory and grit, using their stories as guides through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405138Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight Author: Amy Shira Teitel Narrator: Amy Shira Teitel Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight Author: Amy Shira Teitel Narrator: Amy Shira Teitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century—man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first woman to break the sound barrier, ran her own luxury cosmetics company, and counted multiple presidents among her personal friends. She was more qualified than any woman in the world to make the leap from atmosphere to orbit. Yet it was Jerrie Cobb, twenty-five years Jackie's junior and a record-holding pilot in her own right, who finagled her way into taking the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts. The prospect of flying in space quickly became her obsession. While the American and international media spun the shocking story of a "woman astronaut" program, Jackie and Jerrie struggled to gain control of the narrative, each hoping to turn the rumored program into their own ideal reality—an issue that ultimately went all the way to Congress. This dual biography of audacious trailblazers Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb presents these fascinating and fearless women in all their glory and grit, using their stories as guides through the shifting social, political, and technical landscape of the time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-of-prophet-muhammad-saw-last-messenger-and-prophet-of-god-english-edition-ultimate-version-by-jannah-firdaus-mediapro--65148430https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW Last Messenger and Prophet of God English Edition Ultimate Version Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Maghfirah Maulany Aqmarina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Audiobook Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW The Last Messenger and Prophet of Allah SWT (God) English Edition Ultimate Version Based from The Noble Quran and Al-Hadith. The advent of the Prophet Muhammad SAW changed the face of the history of mankind in a manner that this world has never seen before. Since the first man and Prophet Adam Pbuh was sent down to Earth, Allah SWT sent many prophets and messengers to guide mankind to the Truth and to the Straight Path. Soon after the deaths of these prophets, their followers deviated from the teachings and corrupted the religion of Allah. He rejuvenated the Truth as taught by the previous prophets and messengers, and re-established the Law of Allah on Earth through the teachings of The Holy Qur'an and the practice of the Sunnah. At the time of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, two great prophetic religions were practiced in the environs of Arabia - namely Judaism and Christianity. Both of these religions were born from the basic teachings of Islam (Tawhid/Pure Monotheism) as taught by Prophet Musa Pbuh and Prophet Isa Pbuh. However, the original teachings were lost, and these religions were born. Though the Arabs believed in the concept of a supreme deity as originally taught by their progenitor Prophet Ibrahim Pbuh, most of the Arabs had become polytheists while a minority amongst them turned towards the religions of their cousins, Judaism and Christianity. The Bait-Al-Haraam in Makkah, which had been reconstructed by Prophet Ibrahim Pbuh for Allah's worship had been filled with hundred images and idols by these polytheists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421724Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW Last Messenger and Prophet of God English Edition Ultimate Version Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Maghfirah...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW Last Messenger and Prophet of God English Edition Ultimate Version Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Maghfirah Maulany Aqmarina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Audiobook Life of Prophet Muhammad SAW The Last Messenger and Prophet of Allah SWT (God) English Edition Ultimate Version Based from The Noble Quran and Al-Hadith. The advent of the Prophet Muhammad SAW changed the face of the history of mankind in a manner that this world has never seen before. Since the first man and Prophet Adam Pbuh was sent down to Earth, Allah SWT sent many prophets and messengers to guide mankind to the Truth and to the Straight Path. Soon after the deaths of these prophets, their followers deviated from the teachings and corrupted the religion of Allah. He rejuvenated the Truth as taught by the previous prophets and messengers, and re-established the Law of Allah on Earth through the teachings of The Holy Qur'an and the practice of the Sunnah. At the time of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, two great prophetic religions were practiced in the environs of Arabia - namely Judaism and Christianity. Both of these religions were born from the basic teachings of Islam (Tawhid/Pure Monotheism) as taught by Prophet Musa Pbuh and Prophet Isa Pbuh. However, the original teachings were lost, and these religions were born. Though the Arabs believed in the concept of a supreme deity as originally taught by their progenitor Prophet Ibrahim Pbuh, most of the Arabs had become polytheists while a minority amongst them turned towards the religions of their cousins, Judaism and Christianity. The Bait-Al-Haraam in Makkah, which had been reconstructed by Prophet Ibrahim Pbuh for Allah's worship had been filled with hundred images and idols by these polytheists.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-delayed-life-the-true-story-of-the-librarian-of-auschwitz-by-dita-kraus--65148569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Delayed Life: The true story of the Librarian of Auschwitz Author: Dita Kraus Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The powerful, heart-breaking memoir of Dita Kraus, the real-life Librarian of Auschwitz Born in Prague to a Jewish family in 1929, Dita Kraus has lived through the most turbulent decades of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Here, Dita writes with startling clarity on the horrors and joys of a life delayed by the Holocaust. From her earliest memories and childhood friendships in Prague before the war, to the Nazi-occupation that saw her and her family sent to the Jewish ghetto at Terezín, to the unimaginable fear and bravery of her imprisonment in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, and life after liberation. Dita writes unflinchingly about the harsh conditions of the camps and her role as librarian of the precious books that her fellow prisoners managed to smuggle past the guards. But she also looks beyond the Holocaust – to the life she rebuilt after the war: her marriage to fellow survivor Otto B Kraus, a new life in Israel and the happiness and heartbreaks of motherhood. Part of Dita's story was told in fictional form in the Sunday Times bestseller The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe. Her memoir tells the full story in her own words. © Dita Kraus 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390813Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Delayed Life: The true story of the Librarian of Auschwitz Author: Dita Kraus Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Delayed Life: The true story of the Librarian of Auschwitz Author: Dita Kraus Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The powerful, heart-breaking memoir of Dita Kraus, the real-life Librarian of Auschwitz Born in Prague to a Jewish family in 1929, Dita Kraus has lived through the most turbulent decades of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Here, Dita writes with startling clarity on the horrors and joys of a life delayed by the Holocaust. From her earliest memories and childhood friendships in Prague before the war, to the Nazi-occupation that saw her and her family sent to the Jewish ghetto at Terezín, to the unimaginable fear and bravery of her imprisonment in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, and life after liberation. Dita writes unflinchingly about the harsh conditions of the camps and her role as librarian of the precious books that her fellow prisoners managed to smuggle past the guards. But she also looks beyond the Holocaust – to the life she rebuilt after the war: her marriage to fellow survivor Otto B Kraus, a new life in Israel and the happiness and heartbreaks of motherhood. Part of Dita's story was told in fictional form in the Sunday Times bestseller The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe. Her memoir tells the full story in her own words. © Dita Kraus 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-midwife-life-death-and-the-truth-about-birth-by-katy-weitz-the-secret-midwife--65148482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth Author: Katy Weitz, The Secret Midwife Narrator: Gloria Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Strongest advocate, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer . . . Before, during and after labour the role of a midwife is second to none. The Secret Midwife reveals the highs and lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother that tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection, and from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift. But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives and the women they care for is starting to crumble. Short-staffed, over worked and underappreciated - these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, and the consequences are very serious indeed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410519Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth Author: Katy Weitz, The Secret Midwife Narrator: Gloria Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth About Birth Author: Katy Weitz, The Secret Midwife Narrator: Gloria Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Strongest advocate, best friend, expert, cheerleader and chief photographer . . . Before, during and after labour the role of a midwife is second to none. The Secret Midwife reveals the highs and lows on the frontline of the maternity unit, from the mother that tries to give herself a DIY caesarean to the baby born into witness protection, and from surprise infants that arrive down toilets to ones that turn up in the lift. But there is a problem; the system which is supposed to support the midwives and the women they care for is starting to crumble. Short-staffed, over worked and underappreciated - these crippling conditions are taking their toll on the dedicated staff doing their utmost to uphold our National Health Service, and the consequences are very serious indeed.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-never-forget-your-first-a-biography-of-george-washington-by-alexis-coe--65148583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington Author: Alexis Coe Narrator: Alexis Coe, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book….Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor… [You Never Forget Your First] is an accessible look at a president who always finishes in the first ranks of our leaders.” —Boston Globe Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he is not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, caused an international incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. After an unlikely victory in the Revolutionary War cast him as the nation's hero, he was desperate to retire, but the founders pressured him into the presidency--twice. When he retired years later, no one talked him out of it. He left the highest office heartbroken over the partisan nightmare his backstabbing cabinet had created. Back on his plantation, the man who fought for liberty must confront his greatest hypocrisy--what to do with the men, women, and children he owns--before he succumbs to death. With irresistible style and warm humor, You Never Forget Your First combines rigorous research and lively storytelling that will have readers--including those who thought presidential biographies were just for dads--inhaling every page.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390673Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington Author: Alexis Coe Narrator: Alexis Coe, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington Author: Alexis Coe Narrator: Alexis Coe, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.82 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book….Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor… [You Never Forget Your First] is an accessible look at a president who always finishes in the first ranks of our leaders.” —Boston Globe Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he is not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, caused an international incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. After an unlikely victory in the Revolutionary War cast him as the nation's hero, he was desperate to retire, but the founders pressured him into the presidency--twice. When he retired years later, no one talked him out of it. He left the highest office heartbroken over the partisan nightmare his backstabbing cabinet had created. Back on his plantation, the man who fought for liberty must confront his greatest hypocrisy--what to do with the men, women, and children he owns--before he succumbs to death. With irresistible style and warm humor, You Never Forget Your First combines rigorous research and lively storytelling that will have readers--including those who thought presidential biographies were just for dads--inhaling every page.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antarctica-s-lost-aviator-the-epic-adventure-to-explore-the-last-frontier-on-earth-by-jeff-maynard--65148474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antarctica's Lost Aviator: The Epic Adventure to Explore the Last Frontier on Earth Author: Jeff Maynard Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent, and to honor his hero, Wyatt Earp, he would carry his gun belt on the flight. The obstacles to Ellsworth’s ambition were numerous: he didn’t like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn’t navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, to organize the expedition on his behalf. While Ellsworth battled depression and struggled to conceal his homosexuality, Wilkins purchased a ship, hired a crew, and ordered a revolutionary new airplane constructed. The Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions became epics of misadventure, as competitors plotted to beat Ellsworth, pilots refused to fly, crews mutinied, and the ship was repeatedly trapped in the ice. Finally, in 1935, Ellsworth took off to fly from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. A few hours after leaving, radio contact with him was lost and the world gave him up for dead. Antarctica’s Lost Aviator brings alive one of the strangest episodes in polar history, using previously unpublished diaries, correspondence, and film to reveal the amazing true story of the first crossing of Antarctica and how, against all odds, it was achieved by the unlikeliest of heroes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415208Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antarctica's Lost Aviator: The Epic Adventure to Explore the Last Frontier on Earth Author: Jeff Maynard Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antarctica's Lost Aviator: The Epic Adventure to Explore the Last Frontier on Earth Author: Jeff Maynard Narrator: Paul Bellantoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent, and to honor his hero, Wyatt Earp, he would carry his gun belt on the flight. The obstacles to Ellsworth’s ambition were numerous: he didn’t like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn’t navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, to organize the expedition on his behalf. While Ellsworth battled depression and struggled to conceal his homosexuality, Wilkins purchased a ship, hired a crew, and ordered a revolutionary new airplane constructed. The Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions became epics of misadventure, as competitors plotted to beat Ellsworth, pilots refused to fly, crews mutinied, and the ship was repeatedly trapped in the ice. Finally, in 1935, Ellsworth took off to fly from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. A few hours after leaving, radio contact with him was lost and the world gave him up for dead. Antarctica’s Lost Aviator brings alive one of the strangest episodes in polar history, using previously unpublished diaries, correspondence, and film to reveal the amazing true story of the first crossing of Antarctica and how, against all odds, it was achieved by the unlikeliest of heroes.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mengele-unmasking-the-angel-of-death-by-david-g-marwell--65148580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele: Unmasking the 'Angel of Death' Author: David G. Marwell Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to a grotesque worldview. Aided by the role he has assumed in works of popular culture, Mengele has come to symbolize the Holocaust itself as well as the failure of justice that allowed countless Nazi murderers and their accomplices to escape justice. As chief of investigative research at the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations in the 1980s, David G. Marwell worked on the Mengele case. Drawing on his own experience as well as new scholarship and sources, Marwell examines Mengele's life and career. He chronicles Mengele's university studies; his wartime service both in frontline combat and at Auschwitz, where his 'selections' sent innumerable innocents to their deaths and his 'scientific' pursuits traumatized or killed countless more; and his postwar flight from Europe and refuge in South America. Mengele describes the international search for the Nazi doctor in 1985 that ended in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the dogged forensic investigation that produced overwhelming evidence that Mengele had died—but failed to convince those who, arguably, most wanted him dead. This is the riveting story of science without limits, escape without freedom, and resolution without justice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407052Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele: Unmasking the 'Angel of Death' Author: David G. Marwell Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele: Unmasking the 'Angel of Death' Author: David G. Marwell Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to a grotesque worldview. Aided by the role he has assumed in works of popular culture, Mengele has come to symbolize the Holocaust itself as well as the failure of justice that allowed countless Nazi murderers and their accomplices to escape justice. As chief of investigative research at the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations in the 1980s, David G. Marwell worked on the Mengele case. Drawing on his own experience as well as new scholarship and sources, Marwell examines Mengele's life and career. He chronicles Mengele's university studies; his wartime service both in frontline combat and at Auschwitz, where his 'selections' sent innumerable innocents to their deaths and his 'scientific' pursuits traumatized or killed countless more; and his postwar flight from Europe and refuge in South America. Mengele describes the international search for the Nazi doctor in 1985 that ended in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the dogged forensic investigation that produced overwhelming evidence that Mengele had died—but failed to convince those who, arguably, most wanted him dead. This is the riveting story of science without limits, escape without freedom, and resolution without justice.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pale-faced-lie-a-true-story-by-david-crow--65148533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story Author: David Crow Narrator: Kaipo Schwab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.59 of Total 22 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies—even murder. A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him. One day, Thurston packed up the house and took the kids, leaving her nothing. Soon he remarried, and David learned that his stepmother was just as vicious and abusive as his father. Through sheer determination, and with the help of a few angels along the way, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. When he finally found the courage to stop helping his father with his criminal activities, he unwittingly triggered a plot of revenge that would force him into a showdown with Thurston Crow. With lives at stake, including his own, David would have only twenty-four hours to outsmart his father—the brilliant, psychotic man who bragged that the three years he spent in the notorious San Quentin State Prison had been the easiest time of his life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407270Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story Author: David Crow Narrator: Kaipo Schwab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story Author: David Crow Narrator: Kaipo Schwab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.59 of Total 22 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies—even murder. A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him. One day, Thurston packed up the house and took the kids, leaving her nothing. Soon he remarried, and David learned that his stepmother was just as vicious and abusive as his father. Through sheer determination, and with the help of a few angels along the way, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. When he finally found the courage to stop helping his father with his criminal activities, he unwittingly triggered a plot of revenge that would force him into a showdown with Thurston Crow. With lives at stake, including his own, David would have only twenty-four hours to outsmart his father—the brilliant, psychotic man who bragged that the three years he spent in the notorious San Quentin State Prison had been the easiest time of his life.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-call-in-the-arctic-a-doctor-s-pursuit-of-life-love-and-miracles-in-the-alaskan-frontier-by-thomas-j-sims--65148432https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier Author: Thomas J. Sims Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments—Nome, Alaska. That’s what happen to Dr. Sims. His plans to become a pediatric surgeon were drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the Army to serve as a M.A.S.H. surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the U.S. Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was scheduled to act as Chief of Pediatrics at the Alaska Native Medical Center. But life changed, along with his military orders, when he learned he was being transferred from Anchorage to work as the only physician in Nome. There, he had the awesome responsibility of rendering medical care under archaic conditions to the population of this frontier town plus thirteen Eskimo villages in the surrounding Norton Sound area. And he did it alone with little help and support. All the while, he was pegged as both an “outsider” and an employee of the much-derided federal government. In order to do his job, Dr. Sims had to overcome racism, cultural prejudices, and hostility from those who would have liked to see him sent packing. On Call in the Arctic reveals the thrills and the terrors of frontier medicine, showing how Dr. Sims had to rely upon his instincts, improvise, and persevere against all odds in order to help his patients on the icy shores of the Bering Sea.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414866Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier Author: Thomas J. Sims Narrator: Sean Pratt Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier Author: Thomas J. Sims Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world’s most isolated and unforgiving environments—Nome, Alaska. That’s what happen to Dr. Sims. His plans to become a pediatric surgeon were drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the Army to serve as a M.A.S.H. surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the U.S. Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was scheduled to act as Chief of Pediatrics at the Alaska Native Medical Center. But life changed, along with his military orders, when he learned he was being transferred from Anchorage to work as the only physician in Nome. There, he had the awesome responsibility of rendering medical care under archaic conditions to the population of this frontier town plus thirteen Eskimo villages in the surrounding Norton Sound area. And he did it alone with little help and support. All the while, he was pegged as both an “outsider” and an employee of the much-derided federal government. In order to do his job, Dr. Sims had to overcome racism, cultural prejudices, and hostility from those who would have liked to see him sent packing. On Call in the Arctic reveals the thrills and the terrors of frontier medicine, showing how Dr. Sims had to rely upon his instincts, improvise, and persevere against all odds in order to help his patients on the icy shores of the Bering Sea.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shadow-king-the-life-and-death-of-henry-vi-by-lauren-johnson--65148448https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI Author: Lauren Johnson Narrator: Jennifer Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A thrilling new account of the tragic life and troubled times of Henry VI. First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious height. And yet, by the time he was done to death in the Tower of London in 1471, France was lost, his throne had been seized by his rival, Edward IV of the House of York, and his kingdom had descended into the violent chaos of the Wars of the Roses. Henry VI is perhaps the most troubled of English monarchs, a pious, gentle, well-intentioned man who was plagued by bouts of mental illness. In Shadow King, Lauren Johnson tells his remarkable and sometimes shocking story in a fast-paced and colourful narrative that captures both the poignancy of Henry's life and the tumultuous and bloody nature of the times in which he lived. “The best life of Henry VI now in print” DAN JONES “Vivid, absorbing and richly detailed” HELEN CASTOR “A well-crafted moving account of a tragic reign” MICHAEL JONES]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414258Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI Author: Lauren Johnson Narrator: Jennifer Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI Author: Lauren Johnson Narrator: Jennifer Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A thrilling new account of the tragic life and troubled times of Henry VI. First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious height. And yet, by the time he was done to death in the Tower of London in 1471, France was lost, his throne had been seized by his rival, Edward IV of the House of York, and his kingdom had descended into the violent chaos of the Wars of the Roses. Henry VI is perhaps the most troubled of English monarchs, a pious, gentle, well-intentioned man who was plagued by bouts of mental illness. In Shadow King, Lauren Johnson tells his remarkable and sometimes shocking story in a fast-paced and colourful narrative that captures both the poignancy of Henry's life and the tumultuous and bloody nature of the times in which he lived. “The best life of Henry VI now in print” DAN JONES “Vivid, absorbing and richly detailed” HELEN CASTOR “A well-crafted moving account of a tragic reign” MICHAEL JONES]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mengele-the-complete-story-by-john-ware-gerald-l-posner--65148530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele: The Complete Story Author: John Ware, Gerald L. Posner Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911–1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's 'Angel of Death.' From May 1943 through January 1945, Mengele selected who would be gassed immediately, who would be worked to death, and who would serve as involuntary guinea pigs for his spurious and ghastly human experiments (twins were Mengele's particular obsession). With authority and insight, Mengele examines the entire life of the world's most infamous doctor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407272Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele: The Complete Story Author: John Ware, Gerald L. Posner Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mengele: The Complete Story Author: John Ware, Gerald L. Posner Narrator: Bruce Mann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911–1979) probes the personality and motivations of Auschwitz's 'Angel of Death.' From May 1943 through January 1945, Mengele selected who would be gassed immediately, who would be worked to death, and who would serve as involuntary guinea pigs for his spurious and ghastly human experiments (twins were Mengele's particular obsession). With authority and insight, Mengele examines the entire life of the world's most infamous doctor.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-stop-auschwitz-my-story-of-survival-from-within-the-camp-by-eddy-de-wind--65148502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp Author: Eddy De Wind Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written in Auschwitz itself and translated for the first time ever into English, this one-of-a-kind, minute-by-minute true account is a crucial historical testament to a Holocaust survivor's fight for his life at the largest extermination camp in Nazi Germany. 'We know that there is only one ending to this, only one liberation from this barbed wire hell: death.' -- Eddy de Wind In 1943, amidst the start of German occupation, Eddy de Wind worked as a doctor at Westerbork, a Dutch transit camp. His mother had been taken to this camp by Nazis but Eddy was assured by the Jewish Council she would be freed in exchange for his labor. He later found out she'd already been transferred to Auschwitz. While at Westerbork, he fell in love with a woman named Friedel and they married. One year later, they were transported to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Friedel and Eddy were separated -- Eddy forced to work as a medical assistant in one barrack, Friedel at the mercy of Nazi experimentation in a nearby block. Sneaking moments with his beloved and communicating whenever they could, Eddy longed for the day he could be free with Friedel . . . Written in the camp itself in the weeks following the Red Army's liberation of the camp, Last Stop Auschwitz is the raw, true account of Eddy's experiences at Auschwitz. In stunningly poetic prose, he provides unparalleled access to the horrors he faced in the concentration camp. Including photos from Eddy's life before, during, and after the Holocaust, this poignant memoir is at once a moving love story, a detailed portrayal of the atrocities of Auschwitz, and an intelligent consideration of the kind of behavior -- both good and evil -- people are capable of. Never before published in English, this book is a vital and enduring document: a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and a warning against the depths we can sink to when prejudice is given power.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405197Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp Author: Eddy De Wind Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp Author: Eddy De Wind Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written in Auschwitz itself and translated for the first time ever into English, this one-of-a-kind, minute-by-minute true account is a crucial historical testament to a Holocaust survivor's fight for his life at the largest extermination camp in Nazi Germany. 'We know that there is only one ending to this, only one liberation from this barbed wire hell: death.' -- Eddy de Wind In 1943, amidst the start of German occupation, Eddy de Wind worked as a doctor at Westerbork, a Dutch transit camp. His mother had been taken to this camp by Nazis but Eddy was assured by the Jewish Council she would be freed in exchange for his labor. He later found out she'd already been transferred to Auschwitz. While at Westerbork, he fell in love with a woman named Friedel and they married. One year later, they were transported to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Friedel and Eddy were separated -- Eddy forced to work as a medical assistant in one barrack, Friedel at the mercy of Nazi experimentation in a nearby block. Sneaking moments with his beloved and communicating whenever they could, Eddy longed for the day he could be free with Friedel . . . Written in the camp itself in the weeks following the Red Army's liberation of the camp, Last Stop Auschwitz is the raw, true account of Eddy's experiences at Auschwitz. In stunningly poetic prose, he provides unparalleled access to the horrors he faced in the concentration camp. Including photos from Eddy's life before, during, and after the Holocaust, this poignant memoir is at once a moving love story, a detailed portrayal of the atrocities of Auschwitz, and an intelligent consideration of the kind of behavior -- both good and evil -- people are capable of. Never before published in English, this book is a vital and enduring document: a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and a warning against the depths we can sink to when prejudice is given power.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ye-hay-zindagi-by-dr-shershah-syed--65148418https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ye Hay Zindagi Author: Dr Shershah Syed Narrator: Dr Shershah Syed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 20, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ye Hay Zindagi is an audio book of true life events. Ye Hay Zindagi is written by Dr Shershah Syed. This audio book is 2 hrs, 52 min & 29 sec in duration. Ye Hay Zindagi audio book contains 9 stories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417336Mon, 20 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ye Hay Zindagi Author: Dr Shershah Syed Narrator: Dr Shershah Syed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ye Hay Zindagi Author: Dr Shershah Syed Narrator: Dr Shershah Syed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 20, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ye Hay Zindagi is an audio book of true life events. Ye Hay Zindagi is written by Dr Shershah Syed. This audio book is 2 hrs, 52 min & 29 sec in duration. Ye Hay Zindagi audio book contains 9 stories.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-get-the-right-diagnosis-16-tips-for-navigating-the-medical-system-by-randolph-h-pherson--65148587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Get the Right Diagnosis: 16 Tips for Navigating the Medical System Author: Randolph H. Pherson Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 15, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: After five years and visits to seventeen specialists who could not diagnose his illness, intelligence analyst Randolph Pherson's family doctor sent him to the emergency room because he had a 'look of gloom' on his face. The ER doctors dismissed him twice, but he refused to go home, believing his condition was becoming dire. They acquiesced, scheduled him for a simple procedure, and told him he would drive himself home the next day. That did not happen. He was scheduled instead for major surgery the next morning that saved his life. The author learned a lot about how the medical system operates in the United States over the five years of his sojourn. This book condenses what he learned into sixteen actions a person can and should take to ensure quality health care. The author describes five analytic techniques to spur a correct diagnosis, five obstacles most people will need to overcome when seeking treatment, and six tips for building an effective partnership with your doctor. The purpose of the book is to help others to live to tell their stories by applying the lessons learned during the author's journey by applying the techniques intelligence analysts use. The author is convinced that more people would have lived if they had adopted this advice and resisted current systemic pressures to treat illness and not diagnose them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393269Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Get the Right Diagnosis: 16 Tips for Navigating the Medical System Author: Randolph H. Pherson Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Get the Right Diagnosis: 16 Tips for Navigating the Medical System Author: Randolph H. Pherson Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 15, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: After five years and visits to seventeen specialists who could not diagnose his illness, intelligence analyst Randolph Pherson's family doctor sent him to the emergency room because he had a 'look of gloom' on his face. The ER doctors dismissed him twice, but he refused to go home, believing his condition was becoming dire. They acquiesced, scheduled him for a simple procedure, and told him he would drive himself home the next day. That did not happen. He was scheduled instead for major surgery the next morning that saved his life. The author learned a lot about how the medical system operates in the United States over the five years of his sojourn. This book condenses what he learned into sixteen actions a person can and should take to ensure quality health care. The author describes five analytic techniques to spur a correct diagnosis, five obstacles most people will need to overcome when seeking treatment, and six tips for building an effective partnership with your doctor. The purpose of the book is to help others to live to tell their stories by applying the lessons learned during the author's journey by applying the techniques intelligence analysts use. The author is convinced that more people would have lived if they had adopted this advice and resisted current systemic pressures to treat illness and not diagnose them.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-myself-in-borneo-sojourns-in-sabah-by-neill-mckee--65148417https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Myself in Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah Author: Neill Mckee Narrator: Chris Kayser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 13, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Finding Myself in Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah is an honest and buoyant chronicle of a young Canadian man's adventures during 1968-70, while teaching secondary school as a CUSO volunteer in Sabah, Malaysia (North Borneo). Travel with Neill McKee on his unique journey through vibrant Asian cultures as he learns the craft of teaching, the Malay language and local customs, and gains many friends in his small community. He climbs the highest peak in Southeast Asia--Mount Kinabalu, has a love affair, and navigates Borneo's backwaters to make his first of many documentary films. McKee travels by freighter to Indonesia, where he discovers the scars of that country's recent genocide, a contrast to his hilarious motorcycle journeys in Sabah with his American Peace Corps buddy. They make a hallucinogenic discovery--North Borneo is, indeed, J. R. R. Tolkien's famed Middle-Earth of The Lord of the Rings! The enterprising duo established the North Borneo Frodo Society, an organization Tolkien joins. McKee's second Sabah sojourn and other return trips offer the reader the opportunity to match the early anecdotes to what in fact happened to the land and people who touched his life, and he theirs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415450Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Myself in Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah Author: Neill Mckee Narrator: Chris Kayser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Myself in Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah Author: Neill Mckee Narrator: Chris Kayser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 13, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Finding Myself in Borneo: Sojourns in Sabah is an honest and buoyant chronicle of a young Canadian man's adventures during 1968-70, while teaching secondary school as a CUSO volunteer in Sabah, Malaysia (North Borneo). Travel with Neill McKee on his unique journey through vibrant Asian cultures as he learns the craft of teaching, the Malay language and local customs, and gains many friends in his small community. He climbs the highest peak in Southeast Asia--Mount Kinabalu, has a love affair, and navigates Borneo's backwaters to make his first of many documentary films. McKee travels by freighter to Indonesia, where he discovers the scars of that country's recent genocide, a contrast to his hilarious motorcycle journeys in Sabah with his American Peace Corps buddy. They make a hallucinogenic discovery--North Borneo is, indeed, J. R. R. Tolkien's famed Middle-Earth of The Lord of the Rings! The enterprising duo established the North Borneo Frodo Society, an organization Tolkien joins. McKee's second Sabah sojourn and other return trips offer the reader the opportunity to match the early anecdotes to what in fact happened to the land and people who touched his life, and he theirs.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-note-through-the-wire-the-unforgettable-true-love-story-of-a-ww2-prisoner-of-war-and-a-resistance-heroine-by-doug-gold--65148568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Note Through The Wire: The unforgettable true love story of a WW2 prisoner of war and a resistance heroine Author: Doug Gold Narrator: Richard Goulding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'An unforgettable love story set in perilous times' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz The greatest love blossoms in the darkest hour. In the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, two people meet fleetingly in a chance encounter. One is an underground resistance fighter; the other a prisoner of war. A crumpled note passes between these two strangers and sets them on a course that will change their lives forever. The Note Through the Wire is the stunning true story of Josefine Lobnik, a resistance heroine, and Bruce Murray, an imprisoned soldier, as they discover love in the midst of a brutal war. Woven through their story of great bravery, daring escapes, betrayal, torture and retaliation is their remarkable love that survived against all odds. © Doug Gold 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390461Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Note Through The Wire: The unforgettable true love story of a WW2 prisoner of war and a resistance heroine Author: Doug Gold Narrator: Richard...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Note Through The Wire: The unforgettable true love story of a WW2 prisoner of war and a resistance heroine Author: Doug Gold Narrator: Richard Goulding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 9, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'An unforgettable love story set in perilous times' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz The greatest love blossoms in the darkest hour. In the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, two people meet fleetingly in a chance encounter. One is an underground resistance fighter; the other a prisoner of war. A crumpled note passes between these two strangers and sets them on a course that will change their lives forever. The Note Through the Wire is the stunning true story of Josefine Lobnik, a resistance heroine, and Bruce Murray, an imprisoned soldier, as they discover love in the midst of a brutal war. Woven through their story of great bravery, daring escapes, betrayal, torture and retaliation is their remarkable love that survived against all odds. © Doug Gold 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/notes-from-the-digital-underground-by-john-michael-kuczynski--65148444https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Notes from the Digital Underground Author: John-Michael Kuczynski Narrator: John-Michael Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 8, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discussions of psychopathy, psychopathology, bureaucracy, etc.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415354Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Notes from the Digital Underground Author: John-Michael Kuczynski Narrator: John-Michael Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Notes from the Digital Underground Author: John-Michael Kuczynski Narrator: John-Michael Kuczynski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 8, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discussions of psychopathy, psychopathology, bureaucracy, etc.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/better-days-will-come-again-the-life-of-arthur-briggs-jazz-genius-of-harlem-paris-and-a-nazi-prison-camp-by-travis-atria--65148584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Better Days Will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp Author: Travis Atria Narrator: David Sadzin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 7, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Arthur Briggs's life was Homeric in scope. Born on the the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of World War I, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs's trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation got drunk. By the 1930s, Briggs was considered 'the Louis Armstrong of Paris,' and was the peer of the greatest names of his time, from Josephine Baker to Django Reinhardt. Even during the Great Depression, he was secure as 'the greatest trumpeter in Europe.' He did not, however, heed warnings to leave Paris before it fell to the Nazis, and in 1940, he was arrested and sent to the prison camp at Saint Denis. What happened at that camp, and the role Briggs played in it, is truly unforgettable. Better Days Will Come Again, based on groundbreaking research and including unprecedented access to Briggs's oral memoir, is a crucial document of jazz history, a fast-paced epic, and an entirely original tale of survival.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397234Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Better Days Will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp Author: Travis Atria Narrator: David...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Better Days Will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp Author: Travis Atria Narrator: David Sadzin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 7, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Arthur Briggs's life was Homeric in scope. Born on the the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of World War I, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs's trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation got drunk. By the 1930s, Briggs was considered 'the Louis Armstrong of Paris,' and was the peer of the greatest names of his time, from Josephine Baker to Django Reinhardt. Even during the Great Depression, he was secure as 'the greatest trumpeter in Europe.' He did not, however, heed warnings to leave Paris before it fell to the Nazis, and in 1940, he was arrested and sent to the prison camp at Saint Denis. What happened at that camp, and the role Briggs played in it, is truly unforgettable. Better Days Will Come Again, based on groundbreaking research and including unprecedented access to Briggs's oral memoir, is a crucial document of jazz history, a fast-paced epic, and an entirely original tale of survival.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seven-men-and-the-secret-of-their-greatness-by-eric-metaxas--65148493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness Author: Eric Metaxas Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted portraits of widely known--but not well understood--Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel. Each of the seven men profiled--George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, John Paul II, and Charles Colson--call us to a more elevated way of living, one that embodies the gospel in the world around us. All seven biographies represent the life of a man who experienced the struggles and challenges to be strong in the face of forces and circumstances that would have destroyed the resolve of lesser men. Seven Men asks and answers pressing questions, including: - What does it take to be a true exemplar as a father, brother, husband, leader, coach, counselor, change agent, and wise man? - What does it mean to stand for honesty, courage, and charity? Written in a beautiful and engaging style, Seven Men addresses what it means to be a man today, at a time when media and popular culture present images of masculinity that are not the picture presented in Scripture and historic civil life--encouraging us to think critically, act honorably, and lead by example. Praise for Seven Men: 'This is a book to read, to read aloud to others, and then read again. In a day when children are growing up stunted because of our diet of empty-headed celebrities and contemptible villains, true heroism and manliness needs special nourishment. Eric Metaxas has done it again, and again we are in his debt.' --Os Guinness, author of A Free People's Suicide 'What is true manhood? And what makes a man in our 21st century? These are vital questions that my friend Eric Metaxas helps us wrestle with in this great new book. In looking back to seven outstanding men of history, Eric helps us understand the essential elements of manhood in any age. This is a superb work--and I highly recommend it.' --The Hon. Gregory W. Slayton, author of national bestseller Be a Better Dad Today]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406936Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness Author: Eric Metaxas Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness Author: Eric Metaxas Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted portraits of widely known--but not well understood--Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel. Each of the seven men profiled--George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, John Paul II, and Charles Colson--call us to a more elevated way of living, one that embodies the gospel in the world around us. All seven biographies represent the life of a man who experienced the struggles and challenges to be strong in the face of forces and circumstances that would have destroyed the resolve of lesser men. Seven Men asks and answers pressing questions, including: - What does it take to be a true exemplar as a father, brother, husband, leader, coach, counselor, change agent, and wise man? - What does it mean to stand for honesty, courage, and charity? Written in a beautiful and engaging style, Seven Men addresses what it means to be a man today, at a time when media and popular culture present images of masculinity that are not the picture presented in Scripture and historic civil life--encouraging us to think critically, act honorably, and lead by example. Praise for Seven Men: 'This is a book to read, to read aloud to others, and then read again. In a day when children are growing up stunted because of our diet of empty-headed celebrities and contemptible villains, true heroism and manliness needs special nourishment. Eric Metaxas has done it again, and again we are in his debt.' --Os Guinness, author of A Free People's Suicide 'What is true manhood? And what makes a man in our 21st century? These are vital questions that my friend Eric Metaxas helps us wrestle with in this great new book. In looking back to seven outstanding men of history, Eric helps us understand the essential elements of manhood in any age. This is a superb work--and I highly recommend it.' --The Hon. Gregory W. Slayton, author of national bestseller Be a Better Dad Today]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-voces-de-chernobil-cronica-del-futuro-by-svetlana-alexievich--65148472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Voces de Chernóbil: Crónica del futuro Author: Svetlana Alexiévich Narrator: Raúl Lloréns, Iván Priego Posada, Roger Isasi-Isasmendi, Nerea Alfonso Mercado, Marta Rodríguez, Angi Sansón, Irene Montalà, María Luisa Solá, Rafa Parra, Nuria Mediavilla, Xavi Fernández, Masumi Mutsuda, Marcel Navarro, Víctor Velasco, Belén Roca, Gemma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 2, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: La escritora bielorrusa Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015 da voz a aquellas personas que sobrevivieron al desastre de Chernóbil y que fueron silenciadas y olvidadas por su propio gobierno. Este libro les da la oportunidad de contar su historia. Chernóbil, 1986. «Cierra las ventanillas y acuéstate. Hay un incendio en la central. Vendré pronto.» Esto fue lo último que un joven bombero dijo a su esposa antes de acudir al lugar de la explosión. No regresó. Y en cierto modo, ya no volvió a verle, pues en el hospital su marido dejó de ser su marido. Todavía hoy ella se pregunta si su historia trata sobre el amor o la muerte. Voces de Chernóbil está planteado como si fuera una tragedia griega, con coros y unos héroes marcados por un destino fatal, cuyas voces fueron silenciadas durante muchos años por una polis representada aquí por la antigua URSS. Pero, a diferencia de una tragedia griega, no hubo posibilidad de catarsis. «[...] por su escritura polifónica, que es un monumento al valor y al sufrimiento en nuestro tiempo.», palabras del Jurado de la Academia Sueca al otorgar a la autora el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015. La crítica ha dicho... «Alexievich describe de manera muy elocuente la incompetencia, el heroísmo y el dolor: mediante los monólogos de sus entrevistados crea una historia que el lector, por muy distante que esté de los acontecimientos, será capaz de palpar.» The Daily Telegraph «Terribles y grotescas, las historias se consolidan página tras página como los radionúclidos instalados en los cuerpos de los supervivientes.» The New York Times «En sus libros es capaz de rescatar lo que quedó bajo los escombros de la historia para escribir con ello una crónica del futuro.» Carmen G. de la Cueva, Ahora]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411980Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Voces de Chernóbil: Crónica del futuro Author: Svetlana Alexiévich Narrator: Raúl Lloréns, Iván Priego Posada, Roger Isasi-Isasmendi, Nerea...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411980 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Voces de Chernóbil: Crónica del futuro Author: Svetlana Alexiévich Narrator: Raúl Lloréns, Iván Priego Posada, Roger Isasi-Isasmendi, Nerea Alfonso Mercado, Marta Rodríguez, Angi Sansón, Irene Montalà, María Luisa Solá, Rafa Parra, Nuria Mediavilla, Xavi Fernández, Masumi Mutsuda, Marcel Navarro, Víctor Velasco, Belén Roca, Gemma Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 2, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: La escritora bielorrusa Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015 da voz a aquellas personas que sobrevivieron al desastre de Chernóbil y que fueron silenciadas y olvidadas por su propio gobierno. Este libro les da la oportunidad de contar su historia. Chernóbil, 1986. «Cierra las ventanillas y acuéstate. Hay un incendio en la central. Vendré pronto.» Esto fue lo último que un joven bombero dijo a su esposa antes de acudir al lugar de la explosión. No regresó. Y en cierto modo, ya no volvió a verle, pues en el hospital su marido dejó de ser su marido. Todavía hoy ella se pregunta si su historia trata sobre el amor o la muerte. Voces de Chernóbil está planteado como si fuera una tragedia griega, con coros y unos héroes marcados por un destino fatal, cuyas voces fueron silenciadas durante muchos años por una polis representada aquí por la antigua URSS. Pero, a diferencia de una tragedia griega, no hubo posibilidad de catarsis. «[...] por su escritura polifónica, que es un monumento al valor y al sufrimiento en nuestro tiempo.», palabras del Jurado de la Academia Sueca al otorgar a la autora el Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015. La crítica ha dicho... «Alexievich describe de manera muy elocuente la incompetencia, el heroísmo y el dolor: mediante los monólogos de sus entrevistados crea una historia que el lector, por muy distante que esté de los acontecimientos, será capaz de palpar.» The Daily Telegraph «Terribles y grotescas, las historias se consolidan página tras página como los radionúclidos instalados en los cuerpos de los supervivientes.» The New York Times «En sus libros es capaz de rescatar lo que quedó bajo los escombros de la historia para escribir con ello una crónica del futuro.» Carmen G. de la Cueva, Ahora]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woman-who-saved-the-children-by-clare-mulley--65148403https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Saved the Children Author: Clare Mulley Narrator: Clare Mulley, Joely Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children and originated the revolutionary concept of children’s human rights. Clare Mulley brings to life the brilliant, charismatic, passionate and compassionate woman, whose work has saved millions of lives and permanently changed the way the world treats children. Save the Children ambassador Joely Richardson narrates this extraordinary story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416772Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Saved the Children Author: Clare Mulley Narrator: Clare Mulley, Joely Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Saved the Children Author: Clare Mulley Narrator: Clare Mulley, Joely Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2020 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is an unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb moved from drawing rooms to war zones, often defying expectation and at times breaking the law. Although not fond of individual children, she founded Save the Children and originated the revolutionary concept of children’s human rights. Clare Mulley brings to life the brilliant, charismatic, passionate and compassionate woman, whose work has saved millions of lives and permanently changed the way the world treats children. Save the Children ambassador Joely Richardson narrates this extraordinary story.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/long-walk-out-of-the-woods-a-physician-s-story-of-addiction-depression-hope-and-recovery-by-adam-b-hill-md--65148442https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery Author: Adam B. Hill, Md Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A physician shares the darkest depths of his depression, suicidal ideation, addiction, and the important lessons he learned through years of personal recovery. Pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician Dr. Adam B. Hill suffered despair and disillusionment with the culture of medicine, culminating in a spiral of depression, alcoholism, and an active suicidal plan. Then while in recovery from active addiction, he lost a colleague to suicide, further revealing the extent of the secrecy and broken systems contributing to an epidemic of professional distress within the medical field. By sharing his harrowing story, Dr. Hill helps identify the barriers and obstacles standing in the way of mental health recovery, while pleading for a revolutionary new approach to how we treat individuals in substance use recovery. In fighting stereotypes/stigma and teaching vulnerability, compassion, and empathy, Hill’s work is being lauded as a road map for better practices at a time when medical professionals around the world are struggling in silence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415800Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery Author: Adam B. Hill, Md Narrator: Johnny Heller Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery Author: Adam B. Hill, Md Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A physician shares the darkest depths of his depression, suicidal ideation, addiction, and the important lessons he learned through years of personal recovery. Pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician Dr. Adam B. Hill suffered despair and disillusionment with the culture of medicine, culminating in a spiral of depression, alcoholism, and an active suicidal plan. Then while in recovery from active addiction, he lost a colleague to suicide, further revealing the extent of the secrecy and broken systems contributing to an epidemic of professional distress within the medical field. By sharing his harrowing story, Dr. Hill helps identify the barriers and obstacles standing in the way of mental health recovery, while pleading for a revolutionary new approach to how we treat individuals in substance use recovery. In fighting stereotypes/stigma and teaching vulnerability, compassion, and empathy, Hill’s work is being lauded as a road map for better practices at a time when medical professionals around the world are struggling in silence.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/social-skills-how-to-reduce-shyness-insecurity-and-improve-your-communication-skills-with-step-by-step-strategies-by-michael-samba--65148471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Social Skills: How to Reduce Shyness, Insecurity, and Improve Your Communication Skills with Step by Step Strategies Author: Michael Samba Narrator: Ryan Whiting Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 10, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Are you shy? Do you feel that your conversations tend to be awkward? Do you want to change and improve your social skills, but you don't know how, right? Well, you are not alone. Millions of people struggle and find it hard to be social. The good news is that being social is a learned skill and you have the ability and power to transform into a confident individual. Take a look around you and realize that you can become socially comfortable like everyone else once you conquer your fears that hold you back and by applying what you will learn in this book. In this book, you will learn: Insights into your struggles and behaviors Ways to make great impressions Steps to improve your emotional intelligence Tips on building rapport with others The importance of listening to others and ask questions Ways to respond appropriately Steps to harness your persuasive power Methods to develop solid communication skills Social skills needed for job interviews And so much more...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413083Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Social Skills: How to Reduce Shyness, Insecurity, and Improve Your Communication Skills with Step by Step Strategies Author: Michael Samba Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Social Skills: How to Reduce Shyness, Insecurity, and Improve Your Communication Skills with Step by Step Strategies Author: Michael Samba Narrator: Ryan Whiting Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 10, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Are you shy? Do you feel that your conversations tend to be awkward? Do you want to change and improve your social skills, but you don't know how, right? Well, you are not alone. Millions of people struggle and find it hard to be social. The good news is that being social is a learned skill and you have the ability and power to transform into a confident individual. Take a look around you and realize that you can become socially comfortable like everyone else once you conquer your fears that hold you back and by applying what you will learn in this book. In this book, you will learn: Insights into your struggles and behaviors Ways to make great impressions Steps to improve your emotional intelligence Tips on building rapport with others The importance of listening to others and ask questions Ways to respond appropriately Steps to harness your persuasive power Methods to develop solid communication skills Social skills needed for job interviews And so much more...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leaders-who-changed-history-by-dk--65148507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaders Who Changed History Author: Dk Narrator: Tim Bruce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders with this innovative, biography-led audiobook, narrated by Tim Bruce. Comprehensive in its scope and depth, Leaders Who Changed History profiles leaders from all walks of life - kings, queens, and political leaders; military leaders; religious icons, revolutionaries, and business leaders. Covering political masterminds and military geniuses such as Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan, great kings, queens, and rulers like Elizabeth I or Cleopatra, icons of religion and rebellion from Muhammad to Mohandas Gandhi to Emmeline Pankhurst, and inspirational captains of industry, Leaders Who Changed History explores and explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these men and women and their legacies. © 2019 Dorling Kindersley Ltd © 2019 DK Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405580Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaders Who Changed History Author: Dk Narrator: Tim Bruce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 5, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaders Who Changed History Author: Dk Narrator: Tim Bruce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: December 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders with this innovative, biography-led audiobook, narrated by Tim Bruce. Comprehensive in its scope and depth, Leaders Who Changed History profiles leaders from all walks of life - kings, queens, and political leaders; military leaders; religious icons, revolutionaries, and business leaders. Covering political masterminds and military geniuses such as Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan, great kings, queens, and rulers like Elizabeth I or Cleopatra, icons of religion and rebellion from Muhammad to Mohandas Gandhi to Emmeline Pankhurst, and inspirational captains of industry, Leaders Who Changed History explores and explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these men and women and their legacies. © 2019 Dorling Kindersley Ltd © 2019 DK Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grit-in-the-pearl-the-scandalous-life-of-margaret-duchess-of-argyll-by-lyndsy-spence--65148571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll Author: Lyndsy Spence Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912–1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over eighty men behind his back. He produced, as his evidence, a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photographs and explosive love letters. The duke won a divorce, but this had a dramatic effect on Margaret's life. On the verge of financial destitution, she fell from grace and was abandoned by most of her friends prior to her death in a nursing home in Pimlico in 1993. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores, and an unforgiving class. It uses new sources, including taped conversations, an unexpurgated transcript of her divorce trial, interviews, and letters. The Grit in the Pearl is a meticulously researched and powerful biography, which acts as a potent lens on various themes in the last century: fame, privacy, the media, sex, power, and relationships between classes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403972Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll Author: Lyndsy Spence Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll Author: Lyndsy Spence Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912–1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over eighty men behind his back. He produced, as his evidence, a set of sexually explicit Polaroid photographs and explosive love letters. The duke won a divorce, but this had a dramatic effect on Margaret's life. On the verge of financial destitution, she fell from grace and was abandoned by most of her friends prior to her death in a nursing home in Pimlico in 1993. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores, and an unforgiving class. It uses new sources, including taped conversations, an unexpurgated transcript of her divorce trial, interviews, and letters. The Grit in the Pearl is a meticulously researched and powerful biography, which acts as a potent lens on various themes in the last century: fame, privacy, the media, sex, power, and relationships between classes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-bookshop-in-berlin-the-rediscovered-memoir-of-one-woman-s-harrowing-escape-from-the-nazis-by-francoise-frenkel--65148553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis Author: Françoise Frenkel Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ–WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE “A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever—and a reminder, in our own troubled era, never to forget.” —People An “exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal) and “poignant” (The New York Times) book in the tradition of rediscovered works like Suite Française and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, the powerful memoir of a fearless Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe. In 1921, Françoise Frenkel—a Jewish woman from Poland—fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin’s first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. In 1935, the scene continues to darken. First come the new bureaucratic hurdles, followed by frequent police visits and book confiscations. Françoise’s dream finally shatters on Kristallnacht in November 1938, as hundreds of Jewish shops and businesses are destroyed. La Maison du Livre is miraculously spared, but fear of persecution eventually forces Françoise on a desperate, lonely flight to Paris. When the city is bombed, she seeks refuge across southern France, witnessing countless horrors: children torn from their parents, mothers throwing themselves under buses. Secreted away from one safe house to the next, Françoise survives at the heroic hands of strangers risking their lives to protect her. Published quietly in 1945, then rediscovered nearly sixty years later in an attic, A Bookshop in Berlin is a remarkable story of survival and resilience, of human cruelty and human spirit. In the tradition of Suite Française and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, this book is the tale of a fearless woman whose lust for life and literature refuses to leave her, even in her darkest hours.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393443Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis Author: Françoise Frenkel Narrator: Jilly Bond Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis Author: Françoise Frenkel Narrator: Jilly Bond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ–WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE “A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever—and a reminder, in our own troubled era, never to forget.” —People An “exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal) and “poignant” (The New York Times) book in the tradition of rediscovered works like Suite Française and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, the powerful memoir of a fearless Jewish bookseller on a harrowing fight for survival across Nazi-occupied Europe. In 1921, Françoise Frenkel—a Jewish woman from Poland—fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin’s first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. In 1935, the scene continues to darken. First come the new bureaucratic hurdles, followed by frequent police visits and book confiscations. Françoise’s dream finally shatters on Kristallnacht in November 1938, as hundreds of Jewish shops and businesses are destroyed. La Maison du Livre is miraculously spared, but fear of persecution eventually forces Françoise on a desperate, lonely flight to Paris. When the city is bombed, she seeks refuge across southern France, witnessing countless horrors: children torn from their parents, mothers throwing themselves under buses. Secreted away from one safe house to the next, Françoise survives at the heroic hands of strangers risking their lives to protect her. Published quietly in 1945, then rediscovered nearly sixty years later in an attic, A Bookshop in Berlin is a remarkable story of survival and resilience, of human cruelty and human spirit. In the tradition of Suite Française and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, this book is the tale of a fearless woman whose lust for life and literature refuses to leave her, even in her darkest hours.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/genius-anxiety-how-jews-changed-the-world-1847-1947-by-norman-lebrecht--65148487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 Author: Norman Lebrecht Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This lively chronicle of the years 1847­–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847, the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why? Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent, beautifully designed volume is “an urgent and moving history” (The Spectator, UK) and a celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397491Tue, 03 Dec 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 Author: Norman Lebrecht Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 Author: Norman Lebrecht Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This lively chronicle of the years 1847­–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847, the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why? Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent, beautifully designed volume is “an urgent and moving history” (The Spectator, UK) and a celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pourin-down-rain-by-cheryl-foggo--65148494https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pourin' Down Rain Author: Cheryl Foggo Narrator: Karen Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 30, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The 30th anniversary edition of Cheryl Foggo's landmark work about growing up Black on the Canadian prairies Cheryl Foggo came of age during the 1960s in Calgary, a time when a Black family walking down the street still drew stares from everyone they passed. During her childhood, a community of extended family and friends, with roots in the Black migration of 1910 across the western provinces, worked together to provide intervals of respite from racism. But as an adolescent, Cheryl struggled to understand the negative attitudes towards Blackness she and her family encountered, and how she was made to feel an outsider in the only place she ever knew as home. As she explores her ancestry, what comes to light gives her the confidence to claim her rightful place in the Canadian west as a proud Black woman. This beautiful, moving work celebrates the Black experience and Black resiliency on the prairies. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409132Sat, 30 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pourin' Down Rain Author: Cheryl Foggo Narrator: Karen Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 30, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pourin' Down Rain Author: Cheryl Foggo Narrator: Karen Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 30, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The 30th anniversary edition of Cheryl Foggo's landmark work about growing up Black on the Canadian prairies Cheryl Foggo came of age during the 1960s in Calgary, a time when a Black family walking down the street still drew stares from everyone they passed. During her childhood, a community of extended family and friends, with roots in the Black migration of 1910 across the western provinces, worked together to provide intervals of respite from racism. But as an adolescent, Cheryl struggled to understand the negative attitudes towards Blackness she and her family encountered, and how she was made to feel an outsider in the only place she ever knew as home. As she explores her ancestry, what comes to light gives her the confidence to claim her rightful place in the Canadian west as a proud Black woman. This beautiful, moving work celebrates the Black experience and Black resiliency on the prairies. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/noble-savages-by-sarah-watling--65148579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noble Savages Author: Sarah Watling Narrator: Anna Cordell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Interesting women have secrets. They also ought to have sisters.' From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: surprisingly emancipated, strikingly beautiful, markedly determined, and alarmingly 'wild'. Rupert Brooke was said to be in love with all four of them; D. H. Lawrence thought they were frankly 'wrong'; Virginia Woolf found them curiously difficult to read. The sisters seemed always to be one step ahead of their time. Margery and Daphne studied at Cambridge when education was still thought by some to be damaging to ovaries. Noel became a doctor; Daphne a pioneering teacher; Margery's promising trajectory was shot down by mental illness; Brynhild, the great beauty of the four, excelled as a Bloomsbury hostess yet gave it up for love and a life of uncertainty. In this intimate, sweeping biography, Sarah Watling brings the sisters in from the margins, tracing lives that span colonial Jamaica, the bucolic life of Victorian progressives, the frantic optimism of Edwardian Cambridge, the bleakness of two world wars, and a host of evolving philosophies for life over the course of the twentieth century. Noble Savages is a compelling portrait of sisterhood in all its complexities, which rediscovers the lives of four extraordinary women within the varied fortunes of the feminism of their times, while illuminating the battles and ethics of biography itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389804Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noble Savages Author: Sarah Watling Narrator: Anna Cordell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noble Savages Author: Sarah Watling Narrator: Anna Cordell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Interesting women have secrets. They also ought to have sisters.' From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: surprisingly emancipated, strikingly beautiful, markedly determined, and alarmingly 'wild'. Rupert Brooke was said to be in love with all four of them; D. H. Lawrence thought they were frankly 'wrong'; Virginia Woolf found them curiously difficult to read. The sisters seemed always to be one step ahead of their time. Margery and Daphne studied at Cambridge when education was still thought by some to be damaging to ovaries. Noel became a doctor; Daphne a pioneering teacher; Margery's promising trajectory was shot down by mental illness; Brynhild, the great beauty of the four, excelled as a Bloomsbury hostess yet gave it up for love and a life of uncertainty. In this intimate, sweeping biography, Sarah Watling brings the sisters in from the margins, tracing lives that span colonial Jamaica, the bucolic life of Victorian progressives, the frantic optimism of Edwardian Cambridge, the bleakness of two world wars, and a host of evolving philosophies for life over the course of the twentieth century. Noble Savages is a compelling portrait of sisterhood in all its complexities, which rediscovers the lives of four extraordinary women within the varied fortunes of the feminism of their times, while illuminating the battles and ethics of biography itself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/terjemahan-dan-makna-surat-19-maryam-siti-maryam-virgin-mary-edisi-bilingual-lite-version-by-jannah-firdaus-mediapro--65148439https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 19 Maryam (Siti Maryam) Virgin Mary Edisi Bilingual Lite Version Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Studio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Audiobook Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 19 Maryam (Siti Maryam) Virgin Mary Edisi Bilingual Dalam Bahasa Indonesia & Bahasa Inggris Versi Lite. Surah Maryam adalah surah ke-19 dalam al-Qur'an. Surah ini terdiri atas 98 ayat dan termasuk golongan surah-surah Makkiyah karena hampir seluruh ayatnya diturunkan sebelum Nabi Muhammad SAW hijrah ke Madinah, bahkan sebelum para sahabat hijrah ke negeri Habsyi. Menurut riwayat Ibnu Mas'ud, Ja'far bin Abi Thalib membacakan permulaan surah Maryam ini kepada raja Najasyi dan pengikut-pengikutnya di waktu ia ikut hijrah bersama-sama sahabat-sahabat yang lain ke negeri Habsyi. Surah ini dinamai Maryam, karena surat ini mengandung kisah Maryam (atau Maria dalam agama Kristen), ibu dari Nabi Isa AS. Surah ini menceritakan kelahiran yang ajaib, di mana Ia melahirkan Isa AS sedang ia sebelumnya belum pernah digauli oleh seorang laki-laki. Kelahiran Isa AS tanpa ayah, merupakan suatu bukti kekuasaan Allah SWT. Maryam (Mary) is the 19th chapter (surah) of the Qur'an and is a 'Meccan surah' with 98 verses. It is named after Mary, the mother of Jesus (Isa), who appears in verses 16-34. The surah opens with the Bismillah and five Arabic letters: Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad. The remaining 97 ayat can be divided into three primary sections. The first section, verses 2-40, consists of the narrative of the prophet Zachariah and the birth of his son John, the story of Mary and the birth of her son Jesus, and a commentary on Jesus' true identity which rejects the Christian claim that he is God's son. The second section, verses 41-65, tells of Abraham departure from his family's idolatrous ways and then refers to many other prophets. The text discusses the various responses of those who heard their prophecy and the fates those hearers met; throughout these descriptions, the oneness of God is emphasized. The third section, verses 66-98, confirms the reality of resurrection and offers depictions of the Day of Judgment alongside depictions of this life. ********This book is in Malaysian***********]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411208Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 19 Maryam (Siti Maryam) Virgin Mary Edisi Bilingual Lite Version Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Jannah Firdaus...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 19 Maryam (Siti Maryam) Virgin Mary Edisi Bilingual Lite Version Author: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Narrator: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Studio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Audiobook Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 19 Maryam (Siti Maryam) Virgin Mary Edisi Bilingual Dalam Bahasa Indonesia & Bahasa Inggris Versi Lite. Surah Maryam adalah surah ke-19 dalam al-Qur'an. Surah ini terdiri atas 98 ayat dan termasuk golongan surah-surah Makkiyah karena hampir seluruh ayatnya diturunkan sebelum Nabi Muhammad SAW hijrah ke Madinah, bahkan sebelum para sahabat hijrah ke negeri Habsyi. Menurut riwayat Ibnu Mas'ud, Ja'far bin Abi Thalib membacakan permulaan surah Maryam ini kepada raja Najasyi dan pengikut-pengikutnya di waktu ia ikut hijrah bersama-sama sahabat-sahabat yang lain ke negeri Habsyi. Surah ini dinamai Maryam, karena surat ini mengandung kisah Maryam (atau Maria dalam agama Kristen), ibu dari Nabi Isa AS. Surah ini menceritakan kelahiran yang ajaib, di mana Ia melahirkan Isa AS sedang ia sebelumnya belum pernah digauli oleh seorang laki-laki. Kelahiran Isa AS tanpa ayah, merupakan suatu bukti kekuasaan Allah SWT. Maryam (Mary) is the 19th chapter (surah) of the Qur'an and is a 'Meccan surah' with 98 verses. It is named after Mary, the mother of Jesus (Isa), who appears in verses 16-34. The surah opens with the Bismillah and five Arabic letters: Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad. The remaining 97 ayat can be divided into three primary sections. The first section, verses 2-40, consists of the narrative of the prophet Zachariah and the birth of his son John, the story of Mary and the birth of her son Jesus, and a commentary on Jesus' true identity which rejects the Christian claim that he is God's son. The second section, verses 41-65, tells of Abraham departure from his family's idolatrous ways and then refers to many other prophets. The text discusses the various responses of those who heard their prophecy and the fates those hearers met; throughout these descriptions, the oneness of God is emphasized. The third section, verses 66-98, confirms the reality of resurrection and offers depictions of the Day of Judgment alongside depictions of this life. ********This book is in Malaysian***********]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-solitary-witness-the-life-and-death-of-franz-jagerstatter-by-gordon-charles-zahn--65148437https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter Author: Gordon Charles Zahn Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the book that discovered Franz Jägerstätter and his inspiring story of unyielding resistance to Nazi orders and his commitment to the dictates of conscience even at the cost of life itself. When German troops moved into Austria in 1938, Jägerstätter was the only man in his village to vote against the Anschluss (Annexation of Austria). Although he was not involved in any political organization and did, in fact, undergo one brief period of military training, he remained openly anti-Nazi and declared he would not fight in Hitler's war. This twentieth-century martyr, a husband and father of three, was beheaded for his refusal to serve a ruler his conscience could not accept.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409010Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter Author: Gordon Charles Zahn Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter Author: Gordon Charles Zahn Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the book that discovered Franz Jägerstätter and his inspiring story of unyielding resistance to Nazi orders and his commitment to the dictates of conscience even at the cost of life itself. When German troops moved into Austria in 1938, Jägerstätter was the only man in his village to vote against the Anschluss (Annexation of Austria). Although he was not involved in any political organization and did, in fact, undergo one brief period of military training, he remained openly anti-Nazi and declared he would not fight in Hitler's war. This twentieth-century martyr, a husband and father of three, was beheaded for his refusal to serve a ruler his conscience could not accept.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/natural-rivals-john-muir-gifford-pinchot-and-the-creation-of-america-s-public-lands-by-john-clayton--65148421https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands Author: John Clayton Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This dynamic examination traces the lives of two of the most influential figures and their dueling approaches on America’s natural landscape. John Muir, the most famous naturalist in American history, protected Yosemite, cofounded the Sierra Club, and is sometimes called the Father of the National Parks. A poor immigrant, self-taught, individualistic, and skeptical of institutions, he had an idealistic belief in the spiritual benefits of holistic natural systems that led him to a philosophy of preserving wilderness unimpaired. Gifford Pinchot founded the US Forest Service and advised his friend Theodore Roosevelt on environmental policy. Raised in wealth, educated in privilege, and interested in how institutions and community can overcome failures in individual virtue, Pinchot’s pragmatic belief in professional management led him to a philosophy of sustainably conserving natural resources. When these rivaling perspectives meet, what happens? For decades, the story of their relationship has been told as a split between the conservation and preservation philosophies, sparked by a proposal to dam a remote Yosemite valley called Hetch Hetchy. But a decade before that argument, Muir and Pinchot camped together alongside Montana’s jewel-like Lake McDonald in what was at the heart of a region not yet consecrated as Glacier National Park. At stake in 1896 was the new idea that some landscapes should be collectively, permanently owned by a democratic government. Although many people today think of public lands as an American birthright, their very existence was then in doubt and dependent on a merger of the talents of these two men. Natural Rivals examines a time of environmental threat and political dysfunction not unlike our own and reveals the complex dynamic that gave birth to America’s rich public lands legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423037Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands Author: John Clayton Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Natural Rivals: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the Creation of America’s Public Lands Author: John Clayton Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This dynamic examination traces the lives of two of the most influential figures and their dueling approaches on America’s natural landscape. John Muir, the most famous naturalist in American history, protected Yosemite, cofounded the Sierra Club, and is sometimes called the Father of the National Parks. A poor immigrant, self-taught, individualistic, and skeptical of institutions, he had an idealistic belief in the spiritual benefits of holistic natural systems that led him to a philosophy of preserving wilderness unimpaired. Gifford Pinchot founded the US Forest Service and advised his friend Theodore Roosevelt on environmental policy. Raised in wealth, educated in privilege, and interested in how institutions and community can overcome failures in individual virtue, Pinchot’s pragmatic belief in professional management led him to a philosophy of sustainably conserving natural resources. When these rivaling perspectives meet, what happens? For decades, the story of their relationship has been told as a split between the conservation and preservation philosophies, sparked by a proposal to dam a remote Yosemite valley called Hetch Hetchy. But a decade before that argument, Muir and Pinchot camped together alongside Montana’s jewel-like Lake McDonald in what was at the heart of a region not yet consecrated as Glacier National Park. At stake in 1896 was the new idea that some landscapes should be collectively, permanently owned by a democratic government. Although many people today think of public lands as an American birthright, their very existence was then in doubt and dependent on a merger of the talents of these two men. Natural Rivals examines a time of environmental threat and political dysfunction not unlike our own and reveals the complex dynamic that gave birth to America’s rich public lands legacy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-start-1904-1930-by-william-l-shirer--65148419https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Start, 1904–1930 Series: #1 of Twentieth Century Journey Series Author: William L. Shirer Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: William L. Shirer was a CBS foreign correspondent and renowned author of New York Times bestselling nonfiction about World War II, and this is the first part of his three-part autobiography. A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served as a witness. In this first volume, Shirer tells of his early life, growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and later serving as a new reporter in Paris. In this surprisingly intimate account, Shirer details his youthful challenges, setbacks, rebellions, and insights into the world around him. He offers personal accounts of his friendships with notable people, including Isadora Duncan, Ernest Hemingway, and Sinclair Lewis. This fascinating personal account also provides an illuminating look into the lost era of pre-World War II—and is notable as much for its historical value as for its autobiographical detail.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423028Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Start, 1904–1930 Series: #1 of Twentieth Century Journey Series Author: William L. Shirer Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Start, 1904–1930 Series: #1 of Twentieth Century Journey Series Author: William L. Shirer Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 26, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: William L. Shirer was a CBS foreign correspondent and renowned author of New York Times bestselling nonfiction about World War II, and this is the first part of his three-part autobiography. A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served as a witness. In this first volume, Shirer tells of his early life, growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and later serving as a new reporter in Paris. In this surprisingly intimate account, Shirer details his youthful challenges, setbacks, rebellions, and insights into the world around him. He offers personal accounts of his friendships with notable people, including Isadora Duncan, Ernest Hemingway, and Sinclair Lewis. This fascinating personal account also provides an illuminating look into the lost era of pre-World War II—and is notable as much for its historical value as for its autobiographical detail.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-the-f-king-doctor-tales-from-the-bleeding-edge-of-medicine-by-liam-farrell--65148520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are you the F**king Doctor?: Tales from the bleeding edge of medicine Author: Liam Farrell Narrator: Matthew Forsythe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.86 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 3.78 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Family doctor, Irishman, musician, award-winning author, anarchist and recovering morphine addict, Liam became a columnist for the British Medical Journal in 1994. He went on to write for many major publications, winning a series of prestigious awards; in 2005, he was the first doctor to win Columnist of the Year in the Periodical Publishers Association awards. The book contains a selection of Liam's best work, from his columns, blogs and short stories. Brilliantly funny, glittering with literary allusion and darkly wicked humour, this book is much more than a collection of stand-alone anecdotes and whimsical reflections, rather a compelling chronicle of the daily struggles – and personal costs – of a doctor at the coalface. “A unique voice that combines insight, humour, and an often surreal style.” - RICHARD SMITH]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393982Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are you the F**king Doctor?: Tales from the bleeding edge of medicine Author: Liam Farrell Narrator: Matthew Forsythe Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are you the F**king Doctor?: Tales from the bleeding edge of medicine Author: Liam Farrell Narrator: Matthew Forsythe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.86 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 3.78 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Family doctor, Irishman, musician, award-winning author, anarchist and recovering morphine addict, Liam became a columnist for the British Medical Journal in 1994. He went on to write for many major publications, winning a series of prestigious awards; in 2005, he was the first doctor to win Columnist of the Year in the Periodical Publishers Association awards. The book contains a selection of Liam's best work, from his columns, blogs and short stories. Brilliantly funny, glittering with literary allusion and darkly wicked humour, this book is much more than a collection of stand-alone anecdotes and whimsical reflections, rather a compelling chronicle of the daily struggles – and personal costs – of a doctor at the coalface. “A unique voice that combines insight, humour, and an often surreal style.” - RICHARD SMITH]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walter-ralegh-architect-of-empire-by-alan-gallay--65148485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire Author: Alan Gallay Narrator: Paul Hodgson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 19, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, showing how he laid the foundations of the English Empire Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way. In Walter Ralegh,Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland. He believed that the answer to English fears of national decline resided overseas -- and that colonialism could be achieved without conquest. Gallay reveals how Ralegh launched the English Empire and an era of colonization that shaped Western history for centuries after his death.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405156Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire Author: Alan Gallay Narrator: Paul Hodgson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 41 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire Author: Alan Gallay Narrator: Paul Hodgson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 19, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, showing how he laid the foundations of the English Empire Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way. In Walter Ralegh,Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland. He believed that the answer to English fears of national decline resided overseas -- and that colonialism could be achieved without conquest. Gallay reveals how Ralegh launched the English Empire and an era of colonization that shaped Western history for centuries after his death.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-martyrdom-of-collins-catch-the-bear-by-gerry-spence--65148415https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear Author: Gerry Spence Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 19, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The search for justice for a Lakota Sioux man wrongfully charged with murder told here for the first time by his trial lawyer, Gerry Spence This is the untold story of Collins Catch the Bear, a Lakota Sioux, who was wrongfully charged as part of a conspiracy with the murder of a white man at Russell Means’s Yellow Thunder Camp in 1982, a controversial American Indian encampment in the national forest. Though Collins was innocent, he took the fall for the actual killer, a man placed in the camp with the sole intention of destroying the reputation of AIM. This story reveals the struggle of the American Indian people in their attempt to survive in a white world, on land that was stolen from them. We live with Collins and see the beauty that was his, but that was lost to the pressures of a racist, white society. Today justice is still struggling to be heard in this case, as well as many like it in the American Indian nations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421941Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear Author: Gerry Spence Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear Author: Gerry Spence Narrator: Milton Bagby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 19, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The search for justice for a Lakota Sioux man wrongfully charged with murder told here for the first time by his trial lawyer, Gerry Spence This is the untold story of Collins Catch the Bear, a Lakota Sioux, who was wrongfully charged as part of a conspiracy with the murder of a white man at Russell Means’s Yellow Thunder Camp in 1982, a controversial American Indian encampment in the national forest. Though Collins was innocent, he took the fall for the actual killer, a man placed in the camp with the sole intention of destroying the reputation of AIM. This story reveals the struggle of the American Indian people in their attempt to survive in a white world, on land that was stolen from them. We live with Collins and see the beauty that was his, but that was lost to the pressures of a racist, white society. Today justice is still struggling to be heard in this case, as well as many like it in the American Indian nations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crown-the-official-history-behind-the-hit-netflix-series-political-scandal-personal-struggle-and-the-years-that-defined-elizabeth-ii--65148551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977 Author: Robert Lacey Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The fascinating royal and social history that inspired the second and third seasons of The Crown, from the show's historical consultant. In this incredible companion to the second and third seasons of Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political and personal moments and the effect they had not only on the royal family, but also on the world around them. From the Suez Canal Crisis and the US/Russia space race to the Duke of Windsor's collaboration with Hitler and the rumoured issues with the royal marriage, the book will provide a fascinating insight into the two decades that the show covers, revealing the truth behind the fiction on-screen. Extensively researched, this is a unique look behind the history that inspired the show and the years that would prove to be the making of The Queen. The Crown is now available to watch on Netflix. The Crown is produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393904Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crown: The Official History Behind the Hit NETFLIX Series: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II, 1956-1977 Author: Robert Lacey Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The fascinating royal and social history that inspired the second and third seasons of The Crown, from the show's historical consultant. In this incredible companion to the second and third seasons of Netflix's acclaimed series The Crown, renowned biographer and the show's historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Covering two tumultuous decades in the reign of Elizabeth II, Lacey looks at the key social, political and personal moments and the effect they had not only on the royal family, but also on the world around them. From the Suez Canal Crisis and the US/Russia space race to the Duke of Windsor's collaboration with Hitler and the rumoured issues with the royal marriage, the book will provide a fascinating insight into the two decades that the show covers, revealing the truth behind the fiction on-screen. Extensively researched, this is a unique look behind the history that inspired the show and the years that would prove to be the making of The Queen. The Crown is now available to watch on Netflix. The Crown is produced by Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-color-of-love-a-story-of-a-mixed-race-jewish-girl-by-marra-b-gad--65148441https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl Author: Marra B. Gad Narrator: Marra B. Gad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2020 Midwest Book Award in Autobiography/Memoir, The Color of Love is an unforgettable memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when Alzheimer’s strikes. In 1970, three-day-old Marra B. Gad was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For her parents, it was love at first sight—but they quickly realized the world wasn’t ready for a family like theirs. Marra’s biological mother was unwed, white, and Jewish, and her biological father was black. While still a child, Marra came to realize that she was “a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn.” In black spaces, she was not “black enough” or told that it was okay to be Christian or Muslim but not Jewish. In Jewish spaces, she was mistaken for the help, asked to leave, or worse. Even in her own extended family, racism bubbled to the surface. Marra’s family cut out those relatives who could not tolerate the color of her skin—including her once beloved, glamorous, worldly Great-Aunt Nette. After they had been estranged for fifteen years, Marra discovers that Nette has Alzheimer’s and that only she is in a position to get Nette back to the only family she has left. Instead of revenge, Marra chooses love and watches as the disease erases her aunt’s racism, making space for a relationship that was never possible before. The Color of Love explores the idea of yerusha, which means “inheritance” in Yiddish. At turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this is a story about what you inherit from your family—identity, disease, melanin, hate, and, most powerful of all, love. With honesty, insight, and warmth, Marra B. Gad has written an inspirational, moving chronicle proving that, when all else is stripped away, love is where we return and love is always our greatest inheritance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421018Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl Author: Marra B. Gad Narrator: Marra B. Gad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl Author: Marra B. Gad Narrator: Marra B. Gad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2020 Midwest Book Award in Autobiography/Memoir, The Color of Love is an unforgettable memoir about a mixed-race Jewish woman who, after fifteen years of estrangement from her racist great-aunt, helps bring her home when Alzheimer’s strikes. In 1970, three-day-old Marra B. Gad was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For her parents, it was love at first sight—but they quickly realized the world wasn’t ready for a family like theirs. Marra’s biological mother was unwed, white, and Jewish, and her biological father was black. While still a child, Marra came to realize that she was “a mixed-race, Jewish unicorn.” In black spaces, she was not “black enough” or told that it was okay to be Christian or Muslim but not Jewish. In Jewish spaces, she was mistaken for the help, asked to leave, or worse. Even in her own extended family, racism bubbled to the surface. Marra’s family cut out those relatives who could not tolerate the color of her skin—including her once beloved, glamorous, worldly Great-Aunt Nette. After they had been estranged for fifteen years, Marra discovers that Nette has Alzheimer’s and that only she is in a position to get Nette back to the only family she has left. Instead of revenge, Marra chooses love and watches as the disease erases her aunt’s racism, making space for a relationship that was never possible before. The Color of Love explores the idea of yerusha, which means “inheritance” in Yiddish. At turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this is a story about what you inherit from your family—identity, disease, melanin, hate, and, most powerful of all, love. With honesty, insight, and warmth, Marra B. Gad has written an inspirational, moving chronicle proving that, when all else is stripped away, love is where we return and love is always our greatest inheritance.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catherine-the-great-potemkin-the-imperial-love-affair-by-simon-sebag-montefiore--65148552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A widely acclaimed biography from the bestselling author of The Romanovs: 'One of the great love stories of history” (The Economist) between Catherine the Great and the wildly flamboyant and talented Prince Potemkin. • 'Captures the genius of two extraordinary Enlightenment figures—and of the age as well.' —The Wall Street Journal Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin was the love of her life and her co-ruler. Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, territories that define the Russian sphere of influence to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving each of them free to take younger lovers. But these “twin souls” never stopped loving each other. Drawing on the pair’s intimate letters and on vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age. 'Biography in the grand tradition...Riveting...The author [is] a gifted storyteller.' —The Washington Post]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395306Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Narrator: Sophie Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A widely acclaimed biography from the bestselling author of The Romanovs: 'One of the great love stories of history” (The Economist) between Catherine the Great and the wildly flamboyant and talented Prince Potemkin. • 'Captures the genius of two extraordinary Enlightenment figures—and of the age as well.' —The Wall Street Journal Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin was the love of her life and her co-ruler. Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, territories that define the Russian sphere of influence to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving each of them free to take younger lovers. But these “twin souls” never stopped loving each other. Drawing on the pair’s intimate letters and on vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age. 'Biography in the grand tradition...Riveting...The author [is] a gifted storyteller.' —The Washington Post]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/irving-berlin-new-york-genius-by-james-kaplan--65148543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irving Berlin: New York Genius Author: James Kaplan Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A fast-moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called-by George Gershwin, among others-the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. 'Berlin has no place in American music,' legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; 'he is American music.' In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some fifteen hundred tunes, including 'Alexander's Ragtime Band,' 'God Bless America,' and 'White Christmas.' From ragtime to the rock era, Berlin's work has endured in the very fiber of American national identity. Exploring the intertwining of Berlin's life with the life of New York City, noted biographer James Kaplan offers a visceral narrative of Berlin as self-made man and witty, wily, tough Jewish immigrant. This fast-paced, musically opinionated biography uncovers Berlin's unique brilliance as a composer of music and lyrics. Masterfully written and psychologically penetrating, Kaplan's book underscores Berlin's continued relevance in American popular culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399063Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irving Berlin: New York Genius Author: James Kaplan Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irving Berlin: New York Genius Author: James Kaplan Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A fast-moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called-by George Gershwin, among others-the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. 'Berlin has no place in American music,' legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; 'he is American music.' In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some fifteen hundred tunes, including 'Alexander's Ragtime Band,' 'God Bless America,' and 'White Christmas.' From ragtime to the rock era, Berlin's work has endured in the very fiber of American national identity. Exploring the intertwining of Berlin's life with the life of New York City, noted biographer James Kaplan offers a visceral narrative of Berlin as self-made man and witty, wily, tough Jewish immigrant. This fast-paced, musically opinionated biography uncovers Berlin's unique brilliance as a composer of music and lyrics. Masterfully written and psychologically penetrating, Kaplan's book underscores Berlin's continued relevance in American popular culture.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/roar-sulak-sivaraksa-and-the-path-of-socially-engaged-buddhism-by-matteo-pistono--65148531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism Author: Matteo Pistono Narrator: Matteo Pistono Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The captivating life story of renowned Buddhist activist Sulak Sivaraksa. His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: “I believe [Sulak] and I share a conviction that if we are to solve human problems, economic and technological development must be accompanied by an inner spiritual growth. And if we succeed in fulfilling both these goals, we will surely create a happier and more peaceful world.” Matteo Pistono’s deft prose weaves together the story of Sulak Sivaraksa’s years of social-justice work and his tireless campaigns to effect change. As a seminal figure in the world of socially engaged spirituality, Sulak has given us a blueprint for peaceful, nonviolent activism in the twenty-first century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393501Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism Author: Matteo Pistono Narrator: Matteo Pistono Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism Author: Matteo Pistono Narrator: Matteo Pistono Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The captivating life story of renowned Buddhist activist Sulak Sivaraksa. His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: “I believe [Sulak] and I share a conviction that if we are to solve human problems, economic and technological development must be accompanied by an inner spiritual growth. And if we succeed in fulfilling both these goals, we will surely create a happier and more peaceful world.” Matteo Pistono’s deft prose weaves together the story of Sulak Sivaraksa’s years of social-justice work and his tireless campaigns to effect change. As a seminal figure in the world of socially engaged spirituality, Sulak has given us a blueprint for peaceful, nonviolent activism in the twenty-first century.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-by-frederick-douglass--65148481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Isaac Winslow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' was published in 1845; it is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by the famous author and former slave Frederick Douglass. The book includes two introductions by well-known abolitionists: a preface by William Lloyd Garrison, and a letter by Wendell Phillips, both confirming the veracity of the account and the literacy of its author. It is generally considered to be the most famous of a number of abolition narratives written by former slaves in the same era. The narrative describes the events of Douglass's life over eleven chapters, from his childhood to emancipation. The book was an immediate success and received critical acclaim, also in Europe.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407370Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Isaac Winslow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/407370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Isaac Winslow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' was published in 1845; it is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by the famous author and former slave Frederick Douglass. The book includes two introductions by well-known abolitionists: a preface by William Lloyd Garrison, and a letter by Wendell Phillips, both confirming the veracity of the account and the literacy of its author. It is generally considered to be the most famous of a number of abolition narratives written by former slaves in the same era. The narrative describes the events of Douglass's life over eleven chapters, from his childhood to emancipation. The book was an immediate success and received critical acclaim, also in Europe.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/first-they-erased-our-name-a-rohingya-speaks-by-habiburahman--65148412https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First, They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks Author: Habiburahman Narrator: Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in my own country, an outlaw in the world. I am three years old, and I don’t yet know that I am stateless.” Habiburahman was born in 1979 and raised in a small village in western Burma. When he was three years old, the country’s military leader declared that his people, the Rohingya, were not one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups that formed the eight “national races.” He was left stateless in his own country. Since 1982, millions of Rohingya have had to flee their homes as a result of extreme prejudice and persecution. In 2016 and 2017, the government intensified the process of ethnic cleansing, and over 700,000 Rohingya people were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh. Here, for the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the truth behind this global humanitarian crisis. Through the eyes of a child, we learn about the historic persecution of the Rohingya people and witness the violence Habiburahman endured throughout his life until he escaped the country in 2000. First, They Erased Our Name is an urgent, moving memoir about what it feels like to be repressed in one’s own country and a refugee in others. It gives voice to the voiceless.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419644Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First, They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks Author: Habiburahman Narrator: Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: First, They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks Author: Habiburahman Narrator: Sunil Malhotra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in my own country, an outlaw in the world. I am three years old, and I don’t yet know that I am stateless.” Habiburahman was born in 1979 and raised in a small village in western Burma. When he was three years old, the country’s military leader declared that his people, the Rohingya, were not one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups that formed the eight “national races.” He was left stateless in his own country. Since 1982, millions of Rohingya have had to flee their homes as a result of extreme prejudice and persecution. In 2016 and 2017, the government intensified the process of ethnic cleansing, and over 700,000 Rohingya people were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh. Here, for the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the truth behind this global humanitarian crisis. Through the eyes of a child, we learn about the historic persecution of the Rohingya people and witness the violence Habiburahman endured throughout his life until he escaped the country in 2000. First, They Erased Our Name is an urgent, moving memoir about what it feels like to be repressed in one’s own country and a refugee in others. It gives voice to the voiceless.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-crime-does-not-pay-by-sophie-lyons--65148408https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Crime Does Not Pay Author: Sophie Lyons Narrator: Abby Elvidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sophie Lyons was a “thief from the cradle,” as one chief of police said; at the early age of six she had already been trained by her stepmother to be a pickpocket and a shoplifter. A beautiful child with engaging manners, she was sent out every day into the stores and among the crowds of shoppers, and was soundly whipped if she came out of a shop with less than three pocketbooks. “I did not know it was wrong to steal; nobody ever taught me that,” Sophie Lyons writes. “What I was told was wrong and what I was punished for was when I came home with only one pocketbook instead of many.” As the child grew into womanhood she was conspicuously beautiful, and soon became known as “Pretty Sophie.” Then romance entered her life and she married Ned Lyons, the famous bank burglar. Her husband was a member of the great gang of expert safe-blowers who were the terror of the police and the big banks of some years ago. For twenty-five years Sophie Lyons was the “Queen of the Bank Burglars,” the active leader of many expeditions in various parts of the world, and with her were associated about all of the great criminals of Europe and America. It has been said that she has been arrested in nearly every large city in America, and in every country in Europe except Turkey. She has served sentences in several prisons, and, on one occasion, her husband, Ned Lyons, was in Sing Sing while she herself was confined in the women’s wing of the prison across the road. Ned Lyons managed to make his escape and very soon drove up to the women’s prison and effected the escape of his wife, Sophie Lyons. The actual happenings in her career have been more extraordinary than the imagination of any novelist has dreamed; more surprising than any scene on the stage. Yet nearly every one of those whose exploits she has recounted here is now an outcast, has served a good share of life in prison, is in poverty, or has died poor. Surely, as she has asserted again and again—and hopes to abundantly prove—CRIME DOES NOT PAY.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419656Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Crime Does Not Pay Author: Sophie Lyons Narrator: Abby Elvidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419656 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Crime Does Not Pay Author: Sophie Lyons Narrator: Abby Elvidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sophie Lyons was a “thief from the cradle,” as one chief of police said; at the early age of six she had already been trained by her stepmother to be a pickpocket and a shoplifter. A beautiful child with engaging manners, she was sent out every day into the stores and among the crowds of shoppers, and was soundly whipped if she came out of a shop with less than three pocketbooks. “I did not know it was wrong to steal; nobody ever taught me that,” Sophie Lyons writes. “What I was told was wrong and what I was punished for was when I came home with only one pocketbook instead of many.” As the child grew into womanhood she was conspicuously beautiful, and soon became known as “Pretty Sophie.” Then romance entered her life and she married Ned Lyons, the famous bank burglar. Her husband was a member of the great gang of expert safe-blowers who were the terror of the police and the big banks of some years ago. For twenty-five years Sophie Lyons was the “Queen of the Bank Burglars,” the active leader of many expeditions in various parts of the world, and with her were associated about all of the great criminals of Europe and America. It has been said that she has been arrested in nearly every large city in America, and in every country in Europe except Turkey. She has served sentences in several prisons, and, on one occasion, her husband, Ned Lyons, was in Sing Sing while she herself was confined in the women’s wing of the prison across the road. Ned Lyons managed to make his escape and very soon drove up to the women’s prison and effected the escape of his wife, Sophie Lyons. The actual happenings in her career have been more extraordinary than the imagination of any novelist has dreamed; more surprising than any scene on the stage. Yet nearly every one of those whose exploits she has recounted here is now an outcast, has served a good share of life in prison, is in poverty, or has died poor. Surely, as she has asserted again and again—and hopes to abundantly prove—CRIME DOES NOT PAY.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-the-birds-still-sing-in-hell-a-powerful-true-story-of-love-and-survival-by-horace-greasley--65148554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?: A powerful true story of love and survival Author: Horace Greasley Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 31, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An incredible tale of one man's adversity and defiance, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Horace Greasley escaped over 200 times from a notorious German prison camp to see the girl he loved. This is his incredible true story. A Sunday Times Bestseller - over 60,000 copies sold. Even in the most horrifying places on earth, hope still lingers in the darkness, waiting for the opportunity to take flight. When war was declared Horace Greasley was just twenty-years old. After seven weeks' training with the 2/5th Battalion, the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Horace found himself facing the might of the German Army in a muddy field south of Cherbourg, in northern France, with just thirty rounds in his ammunition pouch. Horace's war didn't last long. . . On 25 May 1940 he was taken prisoner and so began the harrowing journey to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. Those who survived the gruelling ten-week march to the camp were left broken and exhausted, all chance of escape seemingly extinguished. But when Horace met Rosa, the daughter of one of his captors, his story changed; fate, it seemed, had thrown him a lifeline. Horace risked everything in order to steal out of the camp to see his love, bringing back supplies for his fellow prisoners. In doing so he offered hope to his comrades, and defiance to one of the most brutal regimes in history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396969Thu, 31 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?: A powerful true story of love and survival Author: Horace Greasley Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?: A powerful true story of love and survival Author: Horace Greasley Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 31, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An incredible tale of one man's adversity and defiance, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Horace Greasley escaped over 200 times from a notorious German prison camp to see the girl he loved. This is his incredible true story. A Sunday Times Bestseller - over 60,000 copies sold. Even in the most horrifying places on earth, hope still lingers in the darkness, waiting for the opportunity to take flight. When war was declared Horace Greasley was just twenty-years old. After seven weeks' training with the 2/5th Battalion, the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Horace found himself facing the might of the German Army in a muddy field south of Cherbourg, in northern France, with just thirty rounds in his ammunition pouch. Horace's war didn't last long. . . On 25 May 1940 he was taken prisoner and so began the harrowing journey to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. Those who survived the gruelling ten-week march to the camp were left broken and exhausted, all chance of escape seemingly extinguished. But when Horace met Rosa, the daughter of one of his captors, his story changed; fate, it seemed, had thrown him a lifeline. Horace risked everything in order to steal out of the camp to see his love, bringing back supplies for his fellow prisoners. In doing so he offered hope to his comrades, and defiance to one of the most brutal regimes in history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/falling-upwards-inspiration-for-the-major-motion-picture-the-aeronauts-by-richard-holmes--65148523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts Author: Richard Holmes Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 31, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013 From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to the air in this heart-lifting history of pioneer balloonists. Falling Upwards asks why they risked their lives, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet. The stories range from early ballooning rivals to the long-distance voyages of American entrepreneurs; from the legendary balloon escape from the Prussian siege of Paris to dauntless James Glaisher, who in the 1860s flew seven miles above the earth – without oxygen. Falling Upwards has inspired the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts – in cinemas SOON.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393961Thu, 31 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts Author: Richard Holmes Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts Author: Richard Holmes Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 31, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013 From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to the air in this heart-lifting history of pioneer balloonists. Falling Upwards asks why they risked their lives, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet. The stories range from early ballooning rivals to the long-distance voyages of American entrepreneurs; from the legendary balloon escape from the Prussian siege of Paris to dauntless James Glaisher, who in the 1860s flew seven miles above the earth – without oxygen. Falling Upwards has inspired the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts – in cinemas SOON.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-side-of-the-coin-the-queen-the-dresser-and-the-wardrobe-by-angela-kelly--65148541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe Author: Angela Kelly Narrator: Angela Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty’s Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty’s Personal Advisor, Curator, Wardrobe and In-house Designer. As the first person in history to hold this title, she shares a uniquely close working relationship with The Queen. In The Other Side of the Coin, The Queen has personally given Angela her blessing to share their extraordinary bond with the world. Whether it’s preparing for a formal occasion or brightening Her Majesty’s day with a playful joke, Angela’s priority is to serve and support. Sharing charming anecdotes of their time spent together, this revealing book provides memorable insights into what it’s like to work closely with The Queen, to curate her wardrobe and to discover a true and lasting connection along the way. ‘The book documents the unique working relationship between Her Majesty The Queen and the woman who has been her Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser for more than two decades: Angela Kelly. It gives a rare insight into the demands of the job of supporting the Monarch, and we gain privileged insight into a successful working relationship, characterized by humor, creativity, hard work, and a mutual commitment to service and duty. Angela is a talented and inspiring woman, who has captured the highlights of her long career with The Queen for us all to share.’ –Samantha Cohen, Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen (2011–2018) ‘For the nearly seven decades of her reign, Her Majesty The Queen has used clothing to create a powerful visual identity that transcends fashion and has made her perhaps the most readily identifiable person on the planet. Angela Kelly, building on the work of the great designers and milliners who have worked with Her Majesty through the years – including couturiers Sir Norman Hartnell, Sir Hardy Amies, and Ian Thomas, and milliners such as Simone Mirman and Freddy Fox – brings her own imagination to bear on an iconic ‘uniform’ that suggests continuity and tradition, and ensures that the wearer is always the most visible person in a room or a crowd.’ –Anna Wintour, Vogue]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397985Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe Author: Angela Kelly Narrator: Angela Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe Author: Angela Kelly Narrator: Angela Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty’s Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty’s Personal Advisor, Curator, Wardrobe and In-house Designer. As the first person in history to hold this title, she shares a uniquely close working relationship with The Queen. In The Other Side of the Coin, The Queen has personally given Angela her blessing to share their extraordinary bond with the world. Whether it’s preparing for a formal occasion or brightening Her Majesty’s day with a playful joke, Angela’s priority is to serve and support. Sharing charming anecdotes of their time spent together, this revealing book provides memorable insights into what it’s like to work closely with The Queen, to curate her wardrobe and to discover a true and lasting connection along the way. ‘The book documents the unique working relationship between Her Majesty The Queen and the woman who has been her Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser for more than two decades: Angela Kelly. It gives a rare insight into the demands of the job of supporting the Monarch, and we gain privileged insight into a successful working relationship, characterized by humor, creativity, hard work, and a mutual commitment to service and duty. Angela is a talented and inspiring woman, who has captured the highlights of her long career with The Queen for us all to share.’ –Samantha Cohen, Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen (2011–2018) ‘For the nearly seven decades of her reign, Her Majesty The Queen has used clothing to create a powerful visual identity that transcends fashion and has made her perhaps the most readily identifiable person on the planet. Angela Kelly, building on the work of the great designers and milliners who have worked with Her Majesty through the years – including couturiers Sir Norman Hartnell, Sir Hardy Amies, and Ian Thomas, and milliners such as Simone Mirman and Freddy Fox – brings her own imagination to bear on an iconic ‘uniform’ that suggests continuity and tradition, and ensures that the wearer is always the most visible person in a room or a crowd.’ –Anna Wintour, Vogue]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-side-of-the-coin-the-queen-the-dresser-and-the-wardrobe-by-angela-kelly--65148526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe Author: Angela Kelly Narrator: Angela Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’ Daily Telegraph ‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’ The Sunday Times ‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’ The New York Times ‘Fascinating book’ HELLO! ‘The book is a trove of warm and insightful anecdotes’ Daily Mail ‘Angela Kelly shares fascinating and charming anecdotes’ Good Housekeeping First print run features a specially designed cut-down dust jacket When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty’s Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty’s Personal Advisor, Curator, Wardrobe and In-house Designer. As the first person in history to hold this title, she shares a uniquely close working relationship with The Queen. In The Other Side of the Coin, The Queen has personally given Angela her blessing to share their extraordinary bond with the world. Whether it’s preparing for a formal occasion or brightening Her Majesty’s day with a playful joke, Angela’s priority is to serve and support. Sharing never-before-seen photographs – many from Angela’s own private collection – and charming anecdotes of their time spent together, this revealing book provides memorable insights into what it’s like to work closely with The Queen, to curate her wardrobe and to discover a true and lasting connection along the way. ‘The book documents the unique working relationship between Her Majesty The Queen and the woman who has been her Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser for more than two decades: Angela Kelly. It gives a rare insight into the demands of the job of supporting the Monarch, and we gain privileged insight into a successful working relationship, characterised by humour, creativity, hard work, and a mutual commitment to service and duty. Angela is a talented and inspiring woman, who has captured the highlights of her long career with The Queen for us all to share.’ – Samantha Cohen, Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen (2011–2018)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398346Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe Author: Angela Kelly Narrator: Angela Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe Author: Angela Kelly Narrator: Angela Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’ Daily Telegraph ‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’ The Sunday Times ‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’ The New York Times ‘Fascinating book’ HELLO! ‘The book is a trove of warm and insightful anecdotes’ Daily Mail ‘Angela Kelly shares fascinating and charming anecdotes’ Good Housekeeping First print run features a specially designed cut-down dust jacket When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty’s Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty’s Personal Advisor, Curator, Wardrobe and In-house Designer. As the first person in history to hold this title, she shares a uniquely close working relationship with The Queen. In The Other Side of the Coin, The Queen has personally given Angela her blessing to share their extraordinary bond with the world. Whether it’s preparing for a formal occasion or brightening Her Majesty’s day with a playful joke, Angela’s priority is to serve and support. Sharing never-before-seen photographs – many from Angela’s own private collection – and charming anecdotes of their time spent together, this revealing book provides memorable insights into what it’s like to work closely with The Queen, to curate her wardrobe and to discover a true and lasting connection along the way. ‘The book documents the unique working relationship between Her Majesty The Queen and the woman who has been her Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser for more than two decades: Angela Kelly. It gives a rare insight into the demands of the job of supporting the Monarch, and we gain privileged insight into a successful working relationship, characterised by humour, creativity, hard work, and a mutual commitment to service and duty. Angela is a talented and inspiring woman, who has captured the highlights of her long career with The Queen for us all to share.’ – Samantha Cohen, Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen (2011–2018)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/panosian-a-story-of-god-s-gracious-providence-by-chris-anderson--65148511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panosian: A Story of God's Gracious Providence Author: Chris Anderson Narrator: Ed Panosian, Chris Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dr. Ed Panosian has dedicated his life to the study and teaching of world history. Yet, his own astounding story is relatively unknown. Panosian's grandparents, aunts, and uncles were among the 1.5 million people killed by Islamic Turks during the Armenian genocide (1915-1918). His own parents narrowly-and providentially-escaped martyrdom, immigrating to the United States, living out the American Dream, and raising a son who became an iconic professor to nearly 30,000 students. This biography is a narrative of suffering and survival, of cruelty and courage, of heartache and hope, of faith and faithfulness. Above all, it is a record of God's gracious providence. Hear Dr. Panosian's iconic voice in this brand new audiobook production read by Chris Anderson (author) and Dr. Ed Panosian himself, with help from his wife Betty Panosian, his daughter Lisa Panosian, David Bean, and Lindsay Morgan Bean.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406505Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panosian: A Story of God's Gracious Providence Author: Chris Anderson Narrator: Ed Panosian, Chris Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panosian: A Story of God's Gracious Providence Author: Chris Anderson Narrator: Ed Panosian, Chris Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dr. Ed Panosian has dedicated his life to the study and teaching of world history. Yet, his own astounding story is relatively unknown. Panosian's grandparents, aunts, and uncles were among the 1.5 million people killed by Islamic Turks during the Armenian genocide (1915-1918). His own parents narrowly-and providentially-escaped martyrdom, immigrating to the United States, living out the American Dream, and raising a son who became an iconic professor to nearly 30,000 students. This biography is a narrative of suffering and survival, of cruelty and courage, of heartache and hope, of faith and faithfulness. Above all, it is a record of God's gracious providence. Hear Dr. Panosian's iconic voice in this brand new audiobook production read by Chris Anderson (author) and Dr. Ed Panosian himself, with help from his wife Betty Panosian, his daughter Lisa Panosian, David Bean, and Lindsay Morgan Bean.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dreams-of-el-dorado-a-history-of-the-american-west-by-h-w-brands--65148550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West Author: H. W. Brands Narrator: Matt Kugler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope' (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398295Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West Author: H. W. Brands Narrator: Matt Kugler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 13 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West Author: H. W. Brands Narrator: Matt Kugler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope' (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-little-scrap-and-wonder-a-small-town-childhood-by-carla-funk--65148519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Scrap and Wonder: A Small-Town Childhood Author: Carla Funk Narrator: Carla Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life. Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables. Every Sunday, she sat with her mother and brother in the same pew at the Mennonite church while her dad stayed home with his cigarettes and a fridge full of whiskey. In these tender, humorous stories, Funk stitches together the wondrous and the mundane: making snow angels and carrying sacks of potatoes, tossing pig bladders like footballs, and vying for the Christmas pageant spotlight. Part ode to childhood, part love letter to rural life, Every Little Scrap and Wonder offers an original take on the memories, stories, and traditions we all carry within ourselves, whether we planned to or not.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399112Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Scrap and Wonder: A Small-Town Childhood Author: Carla Funk Narrator: Carla Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Scrap and Wonder: A Small-Town Childhood Author: Carla Funk Narrator: Carla Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life. Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and God, pellet guns and parables. Every Sunday, she sat with her mother and brother in the same pew at the Mennonite church while her dad stayed home with his cigarettes and a fridge full of whiskey. In these tender, humorous stories, Funk stitches together the wondrous and the mundane: making snow angels and carrying sacks of potatoes, tossing pig bladders like footballs, and vying for the Christmas pageant spotlight. Part ode to childhood, part love letter to rural life, Every Little Scrap and Wonder offers an original take on the memories, stories, and traditions we all carry within ourselves, whether we planned to or not.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-open-heart-club-a-story-about-birth-and-death-and-cardiac-surgery-by-gabriel-brownstein--65148498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery Author: Gabriel Brownstein Narrator: Gabriel Brownstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This absorbing and poignant book is not merely the story of one writer's flawed heart. It is a history of cardiac medicine, a candid personal journey, and a profound reflection on mortality. Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as the tetralogy of Fallot, Gabriel Brownstein entered the world just as doctors were learning to operate on conditions like his. He received a life-saving surgery at five years old, and since then has ridden wave after wave of medical innovation, a series of interventions that have kept his heart beating. The Open Heart Club is both a memoir of a life on the edge of medicine's reach and a history of the remarkable people who have made such a life possible. It begins with the visionary anatomists of the seventeenth century, tells the stories of the doctors (all women) who invented pediatric cardiology, and includes the lives of patients and physicians struggling to understand the complexities of the human heart. The Open Heart Club is a riveting work of compassionate storytelling, a journey into the dark hinterlands between sickness and health lit by bright moments of humor and inspiration.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398474Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery Author: Gabriel Brownstein Narrator: Gabriel Brownstein Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Open Heart Club: A Story about Birth and Death and Cardiac Surgery Author: Gabriel Brownstein Narrator: Gabriel Brownstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This absorbing and poignant book is not merely the story of one writer's flawed heart. It is a history of cardiac medicine, a candid personal journey, and a profound reflection on mortality. Born in 1966 with a congenital heart defect known as the tetralogy of Fallot, Gabriel Brownstein entered the world just as doctors were learning to operate on conditions like his. He received a life-saving surgery at five years old, and since then has ridden wave after wave of medical innovation, a series of interventions that have kept his heart beating. The Open Heart Club is both a memoir of a life on the edge of medicine's reach and a history of the remarkable people who have made such a life possible. It begins with the visionary anatomists of the seventeenth century, tells the stories of the doctors (all women) who invented pediatric cardiology, and includes the lives of patients and physicians struggling to understand the complexities of the human heart. The Open Heart Club is a riveting work of compassionate storytelling, a journey into the dark hinterlands between sickness and health lit by bright moments of humor and inspiration.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/voice-of-rebellion-how-mozhdah-jamalzadah-brought-hope-to-afghanistan-by-roberta-staley--65148406https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Voice of Rebellion: How Mozhdah Jamalzadah Brought Hope to Afghanistan Author: Roberta Staley Narrator: Julia Farhat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first-ever biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah: refugee, pop singer, and champion of women’s rights Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible journey, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, setting her father’s protest poem to music (and making it a #1 hit), performing that song for Michelle and Barack Obama, and, finally, being invited to host her own show in Afghanistan. The Mozhdah Show earned her the nickname “The Oprah of Afghanistan” and tackled taboo subjects like divorce and domestic violence for the first time in the country’s history. But even as her words resonated with women and families, Mozhdah received angry death threats—some of them serious—and was eventually advised to return to Canada. Traversing Central Asia and North America, Voice of Rebellion profiles a devoted singer and activist who continues to fight for change, even from afar.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417352Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Voice of Rebellion: How Mozhdah Jamalzadah Brought Hope to Afghanistan Author: Roberta Staley Narrator: Julia Farhat Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Voice of Rebellion: How Mozhdah Jamalzadah Brought Hope to Afghanistan Author: Roberta Staley Narrator: Julia Farhat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first-ever biography of Mozhdah Jamalzadah: refugee, pop singer, and champion of women’s rights Many have tried to silence her, but Mozhdah Jamalzadah remains the most powerful female voice of her generation in Afghanistan, boldly speaking out about women’s rights. Voice of Rebellion charts her incredible journey, including arriving in Canada as a child refugee, setting her father’s protest poem to music (and making it a #1 hit), performing that song for Michelle and Barack Obama, and, finally, being invited to host her own show in Afghanistan. The Mozhdah Show earned her the nickname “The Oprah of Afghanistan” and tackled taboo subjects like divorce and domestic violence for the first time in the country’s history. But even as her words resonated with women and families, Mozhdah received angry death threats—some of them serious—and was eventually advised to return to Canada. Traversing Central Asia and North America, Voice of Rebellion profiles a devoted singer and activist who continues to fight for change, even from afar.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kick-ass-kinda-girl-a-memoir-of-life-love-and-caregiving-by-kathi-koll--65148509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick-Ass Kinda Girl: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Caregiving Author: Kathi Koll Narrator: Kathi Koll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 17, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Kathi Koll's acclaimed and award-winning memoir is both a love story and a survivor's tale in which Koll courageously unveils an unexpected life of joy, adventure, heartbreak, and even a little laughter, as she shares the realities of being a full-time caregiver.. 'Koll's compassionately told stories inspire and uplift.' -Publishers Weekly When her husband, Don, called on his way to the hospital, Kathi Koll had no idea how dramatically their lives would change--or how her loving heart and indomitable spirit would fight it. From childhood, her life might have seemed charmed: play dates with Lucie Arnaz, real dates with a future TV idol, and a big brother engaged to film star Dolores Hart. But behind the scenes, her role as a caregiver began early with a mother dying of cancer, a father battling alcoholism, and a brother diagnosed with a debilitating disease. Butwhen Kathi found Don Koll-her 'rock'-their joie de vivre and unstoppable moxie made everything feel possible. Until Don woke up 'locked in' after a catastrophic stroke. With raw honesty and refreshing humor, Kathi shares the realities of a life in uncharted territory as a full-time caregiver, from turning her home into an ICU to trying to regain a couples' intimacy. Her ability to share sorrows while laughing at herself helped her find a 'new normal' where she and Don could live each day to its fullest. Koll's journey is a powerfully moving tale of resilience and inspiration--at the best of times and under the worst of circumstances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404896Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick-Ass Kinda Girl: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Caregiving Author: Kathi Koll Narrator: Kathi Koll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick-Ass Kinda Girl: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Caregiving Author: Kathi Koll Narrator: Kathi Koll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 17, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Kathi Koll's acclaimed and award-winning memoir is both a love story and a survivor's tale in which Koll courageously unveils an unexpected life of joy, adventure, heartbreak, and even a little laughter, as she shares the realities of being a full-time caregiver.. 'Koll's compassionately told stories inspire and uplift.' -Publishers Weekly When her husband, Don, called on his way to the hospital, Kathi Koll had no idea how dramatically their lives would change--or how her loving heart and indomitable spirit would fight it. From childhood, her life might have seemed charmed: play dates with Lucie Arnaz, real dates with a future TV idol, and a big brother engaged to film star Dolores Hart. But behind the scenes, her role as a caregiver began early with a mother dying of cancer, a father battling alcoholism, and a brother diagnosed with a debilitating disease. Butwhen Kathi found Don Koll-her 'rock'-their joie de vivre and unstoppable moxie made everything feel possible. Until Don woke up 'locked in' after a catastrophic stroke. With raw honesty and refreshing humor, Kathi shares the realities of a life in uncharted territory as a full-time caregiver, from turning her home into an ICU to trying to regain a couples' intimacy. Her ability to share sorrows while laughing at herself helped her find a 'new normal' where she and Don could live each day to its fullest. Koll's journey is a powerfully moving tale of resilience and inspiration--at the best of times and under the worst of circumstances.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-after-america-a-memoir-about-the-wild-and-crazy-1960s-by-joseph-mark-glazner--65148586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life After America: A Memoir About the Wild and Crazy 1960s Author: Joseph Mark Glazner Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What would you do if your country was on the wrong side of history? Would you leave if you had the chance—even if leaving might ruin the rest of your life? In 1967, Joseph Mark Glazner, a twenty-two-year-old American writer, left Los Angeles behind forever and became one of the first war resisters to go to Canada during the extremely divisive Vietnam War. Life After America is Glazner's upbeat, personal memoir about his first two years in Canada as an FBI fugitive, new immigrant, tabloid writer, journalist, and John Lennon's accidental muse. Glazner, an internationally acclaimed crime novelist, recounts with dark humor and the eye of a thriller writer his nearly bungled escape from the US, the sweetness and pitfalls of love in an era of sexual revolution, and his own youthful quest to make an impact on the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392822Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life After America: A Memoir About the Wild and Crazy 1960s Author: Joseph Mark Glazner Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life After America: A Memoir About the Wild and Crazy 1960s Author: Joseph Mark Glazner Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What would you do if your country was on the wrong side of history? Would you leave if you had the chance—even if leaving might ruin the rest of your life? In 1967, Joseph Mark Glazner, a twenty-two-year-old American writer, left Los Angeles behind forever and became one of the first war resisters to go to Canada during the extremely divisive Vietnam War. Life After America is Glazner's upbeat, personal memoir about his first two years in Canada as an FBI fugitive, new immigrant, tabloid writer, journalist, and John Lennon's accidental muse. Glazner, an internationally acclaimed crime novelist, recounts with dark humor and the eye of a thriller writer his nearly bungled escape from the US, the sweetness and pitfalls of love in an era of sexual revolution, and his own youthful quest to make an impact on the world.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-nineteen-eighty-four-the-story-of-george-orwell-s-masterpiece-by-d-j-taylor--65148527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece Series: #1 of Books about Books Author: D. J. Taylor Narrator: Charles Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell’s 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named for it, and a White House spokesperson tells of “alternative facts.” The world we live in is often described as an Orwellian one, awash in inescapable surveillance and invasions of privacy. On 1984 dives deep into Orwell’s life to chart his earlier writings and key moments in his youth, such as his years at a boarding school that’s strict and charismatic headmaster shaped the idea of Big Brother. Taylor tells the story of the writing of the book, taking listeners to the Scottish island of Jura, where Orwell, newly famous thanks to Animal Farm but coping with personal tragedy and rapidly declining health, struggled to finish 1984. Published during the cold war—a term Orwell coined—Taylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines 1984’s post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397591Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece Series: #1 of Books about Books Author: D. J. Taylor Narrator: Charles Armstrong...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece Series: #1 of Books about Books Author: D. J. Taylor Narrator: Charles Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell’s 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named for it, and a White House spokesperson tells of “alternative facts.” The world we live in is often described as an Orwellian one, awash in inescapable surveillance and invasions of privacy. On 1984 dives deep into Orwell’s life to chart his earlier writings and key moments in his youth, such as his years at a boarding school that’s strict and charismatic headmaster shaped the idea of Big Brother. Taylor tells the story of the writing of the book, taking listeners to the Scottish island of Jura, where Orwell, newly famous thanks to Animal Farm but coping with personal tragedy and rapidly declining health, struggled to finish 1984. Published during the cold war—a term Orwell coined—Taylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines 1984’s post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/onward-doctor-de-s-life-of-love-compassion-and-leadership-bringing-women-to-the-forefront-of-medicine-by-mph-md-catherine-deangelis--65148506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Onward! Doctor De's Life of Love, Compassion, and Leadership Bringing Women to the Forefront of Medicine Author: Mph, Md, Catherine Deangelis Narrator: Mph & Holly Palance, Md, Catherine Deangelis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dr. Catherine 'Cathy' DeAngelis has shattered numerous glass ceilings in medicine for herself and generations of women she's mentored. Raised in 1940s hardscrabble Pennsylvania coal mining country, Cathy's unyielding determination and indomitable self-belief steamrolled medicine's entrenched sexism. In a life filled with 'firsts,' she was named the first woman Editor-in-Chief of JAMA the Journal of the American Medical Association. Her six-decade career includes being one of the first female professors at the preeminent Johns Hopkins University and first Chair of their Pediatrics Division; Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics; and selection to the National Academy of Medicine, considered to be American Medicine's Hall-of-Fame. Cathy's insight, leadership, sharp wit, and compassionate nature continue to make her a leading voice in the fight for gender equity, ensuring that women in medicine get the same opportunities and pay as their male peers. This is Dr. De's amazing story, her life's journey, in her own words.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404138Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Onward! Doctor De's Life of Love, Compassion, and Leadership Bringing Women to the Forefront of Medicine Author: Mph, Md, Catherine Deangelis Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Onward! Doctor De's Life of Love, Compassion, and Leadership Bringing Women to the Forefront of Medicine Author: Mph, Md, Catherine Deangelis Narrator: Mph & Holly Palance, Md, Catherine Deangelis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dr. Catherine 'Cathy' DeAngelis has shattered numerous glass ceilings in medicine for herself and generations of women she's mentored. Raised in 1940s hardscrabble Pennsylvania coal mining country, Cathy's unyielding determination and indomitable self-belief steamrolled medicine's entrenched sexism. In a life filled with 'firsts,' she was named the first woman Editor-in-Chief of JAMA the Journal of the American Medical Association. Her six-decade career includes being one of the first female professors at the preeminent Johns Hopkins University and first Chair of their Pediatrics Division; Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics; and selection to the National Academy of Medicine, considered to be American Medicine's Hall-of-Fame. Cathy's insight, leadership, sharp wit, and compassionate nature continue to make her a leading voice in the fight for gender equity, ensuring that women in medicine get the same opportunities and pay as their male peers. This is Dr. De's amazing story, her life's journey, in her own words.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-at-first-bite-tales-from-a-veterinary-life-by-dr-yair-ben-ziony--65148591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love at First Bite: Tales from a Veterinary Life Author: Dr. Yair Ben Ziony Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Four legged Patients and Two Legged Masters In this collection of stories from his life, Israeli veterinarian Dr. Yair Ben Ziony shares his fascinating experiences with animals that moo, bark, bay, and purr. Whether describing days in his private small-animal clinic, his travel in the newly independent state of Israel tending to farm animals, or his four years in pre-revolutionary Iran managing a dairy farm, Ben Ziony writes with precision, wit, and charm. His sensitive eye reveals the beauty and nuance in every situation, as he evinces empathy not only for his four-legged patients but also for their two-legged masters, who often prove as intriguing and unpredictable as their charges. Each tale—be it amusing, sad, shocking, or simply strange—gives the listener fresh insight into the intricacies of the human-animal relationship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393239Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love at First Bite: Tales from a Veterinary Life Author: Dr. Yair Ben Ziony Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love at First Bite: Tales from a Veterinary Life Author: Dr. Yair Ben Ziony Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Four legged Patients and Two Legged Masters In this collection of stories from his life, Israeli veterinarian Dr. Yair Ben Ziony shares his fascinating experiences with animals that moo, bark, bay, and purr. Whether describing days in his private small-animal clinic, his travel in the newly independent state of Israel tending to farm animals, or his four years in pre-revolutionary Iran managing a dairy farm, Ben Ziony writes with precision, wit, and charm. His sensitive eye reveals the beauty and nuance in every situation, as he evinces empathy not only for his four-legged patients but also for their two-legged masters, who often prove as intriguing and unpredictable as their charges. Each tale—be it amusing, sad, shocking, or simply strange—gives the listener fresh insight into the intricacies of the human-animal relationship.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/accidental-feminists-by-jane-caro--65148562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Accidental Feminists Author: Jane Caro Narrator: Jane Caro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Women over fifty-five are of the generation that changed everything. We didn't expect to. Or intend to. We weren't brought up much differently from the women who came before us, and we rarely identified as feminists, although almost all of us do now. Accidental Feminists is our story. It explores how the world we lived in-with the pill and a regular pay cheque-transformed us and how, almost in spite of ourselves, we revolutionised the world. It is a celebration of grit, adaptability, energy and persistence. It is also a plea for future generations to keep agitating for a better, fairer world. “A humane and important book about contemporary women's lives…written in a way that is warm, funny and accessible. “ANNE MANNE “This is a book that everyone should read—men and women.” GEORGIE GARDNER, THE TODAY SHOW]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389803Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Accidental Feminists Author: Jane Caro Narrator: Jane Caro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Accidental Feminists Author: Jane Caro Narrator: Jane Caro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Women over fifty-five are of the generation that changed everything. We didn't expect to. Or intend to. We weren't brought up much differently from the women who came before us, and we rarely identified as feminists, although almost all of us do now. Accidental Feminists is our story. It explores how the world we lived in-with the pill and a regular pay cheque-transformed us and how, almost in spite of ourselves, we revolutionised the world. It is a celebration of grit, adaptability, energy and persistence. It is also a plea for future generations to keep agitating for a better, fairer world. “A humane and important book about contemporary women's lives…written in a way that is warm, funny and accessible. “ANNE MANNE “This is a book that everyone should read—men and women.” GEORGIE GARDNER, THE TODAY SHOW]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-life-gives-you-pears-the-healing-power-of-family-faith-and-funny-people-by-jeannie-gaffigan--65148497https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People Author: Jeannie Gaffigan Narrator: Liz Noth, Jeannie Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor. In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor. As the mother of 5 kids -- 6 if you include her husband -- sat in the neurosurgery department in star-covered sweats too whimsical for the seriousness of the situation, all she could think was 'Am I going to die?' Thankfully, Jeannie and her family were able to survive their time of crisis, and now she is sharing her deeply personal journey through this miraculous story: the challenging conversations she had with her children; how she came to terms with feeling powerless and ferociously crabby while bedridden and unable to eat for a month; and how she ultimately learned, re-learned and re re-learned to be more present in life. With sincerity and hilarity, Jeannie invites you into her heart (and brain) during this trying time, emphasizing the importance of family, faith and humor as keys to her recovery and leading a more fulfilling life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398473Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People Author: Jeannie Gaffigan Narrator: Liz Noth, Jeannie Gaffigan, Jim...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398473 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People Author: Jeannie Gaffigan Narrator: Liz Noth, Jeannie Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor. In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor. As the mother of 5 kids -- 6 if you include her husband -- sat in the neurosurgery department in star-covered sweats too whimsical for the seriousness of the situation, all she could think was 'Am I going to die?' Thankfully, Jeannie and her family were able to survive their time of crisis, and now she is sharing her deeply personal journey through this miraculous story: the challenging conversations she had with her children; how she came to terms with feeling powerless and ferociously crabby while bedridden and unable to eat for a month; and how she ultimately learned, re-learned and re re-learned to be more present in life. With sincerity and hilarity, Jeannie invites you into her heart (and brain) during this trying time, emphasizing the importance of family, faith and humor as keys to her recovery and leading a more fulfilling life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/unsinkable-a-young-woman-s-courageous-battle-on-the-high-seas-by-lynn-vincent-abby-sunderland--65148454https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas Author: Lynn Vincent, Abby Sunderland Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Abby Sutherland grew up sailing.Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.When Abby was thirteen, she began helping her father deliver boats and soon was sailing solo. She loved being on the open ocean, the spray in her face, the wind in her hair. She began to dream of sailing the world. But fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have traveled into space. It is a challenge so immense that many have died trying, and all have been pushed beyond every physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual limit.In Unsinkable, you will follow Abby into the depths through a gripping and evocative firsthand account that starts prior to her departure, travels through her daring (and sometimes near-death) encounters on the open sea, to her dramatic rescue in the remotest part of the Indian Ocean. Today, when the most productive thing a teenager may do is play videogames, Abby's courage and tenacity shows us all what can happen when we choose to challenge our own limits, embrace faith, and aim for what our critics say is impossible.It was pitch-black out and whitewater was crashing over the boat. The wintry wind screamed across the deck, and I could tell it was now holding up near fifty knots. Imagine standing on the roof of a car that's driving down the freeway. That's how hard it was blowing.At that moment, a huge gust hit the mainsail like a train. The boat heeled over to port as if a giant hand had smacked her down, and I tumbled over the top of the mainsail toward the water...On January 23, 2010, sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland set sail from Marina del Rey, California, in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop, and unassisted around the world. Immediately, her trip sparked controversy. What was a girl her]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397435Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas Author: Lynn Vincent, Abby Sunderland Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397435 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas Author: Lynn Vincent, Abby Sunderland Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Abby Sutherland grew up sailing.Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.When Abby was thirteen, she began helping her father deliver boats and soon was sailing solo. She loved being on the open ocean, the spray in her face, the wind in her hair. She began to dream of sailing the world. But fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have traveled into space. It is a challenge so immense that many have died trying, and all have been pushed beyond every physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual limit.In Unsinkable, you will follow Abby into the depths through a gripping and evocative firsthand account that starts prior to her departure, travels through her daring (and sometimes near-death) encounters on the open sea, to her dramatic rescue in the remotest part of the Indian Ocean. Today, when the most productive thing a teenager may do is play videogames, Abby's courage and tenacity shows us all what can happen when we choose to challenge our own limits, embrace faith, and aim for what our critics say is impossible.It was pitch-black out and whitewater was crashing over the boat. The wintry wind screamed across the deck, and I could tell it was now holding up near fifty knots. Imagine standing on the roof of a car that's driving down the freeway. That's how hard it was blowing.At that moment, a huge gust hit the mainsail like a train. The boat heeled over to port as if a giant hand had smacked her down, and I tumbled over the top of the mainsail toward the water...On January 23, 2010, sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland set sail from Marina del Rey, California, in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop, and unassisted around the world. Immediately, her trip sparked controversy. What was a girl her]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surviving-cancerland-intuitive-aspects-of-healing-by-kathleen-o-keefe-kanavos--65148449https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing Author: Kathleen O’keefe-Kanavos Narrator: Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos discovered a pea-sized lump in her breast, she did what any sensible woman would do: She went to see her doctor, who assured her that she was in good health and that the lump was nothing but a fibrous tumor and posed no threat. Kathleen was not convinced, particularly in light of the fact that her mother had recently died of cancer. In a dream that night, Kathleen saw her spiritual guide/guardian angel who took her hand, placed it on her breast, and said, “You have cancer right here. Feel it? Go back to your doctor tomorrow. Don’t wait for an appointment.” So began a medical odyssey that would take Kathleen and her loved ones on a seemingly endless roller-coaster ride of fear and frustration, hope and healing, and profound spiritual growth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415062Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing Author: Kathleen O’keefe-Kanavos Narrator: Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing Author: Kathleen O’keefe-Kanavos Narrator: Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos discovered a pea-sized lump in her breast, she did what any sensible woman would do: She went to see her doctor, who assured her that she was in good health and that the lump was nothing but a fibrous tumor and posed no threat. Kathleen was not convinced, particularly in light of the fact that her mother had recently died of cancer. In a dream that night, Kathleen saw her spiritual guide/guardian angel who took her hand, placed it on her breast, and said, “You have cancer right here. Feel it? Go back to your doctor tomorrow. Don’t wait for an appointment.” So began a medical odyssey that would take Kathleen and her loved ones on a seemingly endless roller-coaster ride of fear and frustration, hope and healing, and profound spiritual growth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sog-medic-stories-from-vietnam-and-over-the-fence-by-robert-dumont-joe-parnar--65148538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SOG Medic: Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence Author: Robert Dumont, Joe Parnar Narrator: Arthur Flavell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 30, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends, and war stories. Special Forces medic Joe Parnar served with SOG during 1968 in FOB2/CCC near the tri-border area that gave them access to the forbidden areas of Laos and Cambodia. Parnar recounts his time with the recon men of this highly classified unit, as his job involved a unique combination of soldiering and lifesaving. His stories capture the extraordinary commitment made by all the men of SOG and reveal the special dedication of the medics, who put their own lives at risk to save the lives of their teammates. Parnar also discusses his medical training with the Special Forces. During his tour with SOG, Parnar served as a dispensary medic, chase medic, Hatchet Force medic, and as a recon team member. This variety of roles gave him experience not only in combat but in dealing with and treating the civilians and indigenous peoples of that area. There is a graphic account of a Laotian operation involving America's most decorated soldier, Robert Howard, during which Parnar had to treat a man with a blown-off foot alongside nearly fifty other casualties. It is a reminder of the enormous responsibility and burden that a medic carried.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392946Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SOG Medic: Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence Author: Robert Dumont, Joe Parnar Narrator: Arthur Flavell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SOG Medic: Stories from Vietnam and Over the Fence Author: Robert Dumont, Joe Parnar Narrator: Arthur Flavell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 30, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the years since the Vietnam War, the elite unit known as SOG has spawned many myths, legends, and war stories. Special Forces medic Joe Parnar served with SOG during 1968 in FOB2/CCC near the tri-border area that gave them access to the forbidden areas of Laos and Cambodia. Parnar recounts his time with the recon men of this highly classified unit, as his job involved a unique combination of soldiering and lifesaving. His stories capture the extraordinary commitment made by all the men of SOG and reveal the special dedication of the medics, who put their own lives at risk to save the lives of their teammates. Parnar also discusses his medical training with the Special Forces. During his tour with SOG, Parnar served as a dispensary medic, chase medic, Hatchet Force medic, and as a recon team member. This variety of roles gave him experience not only in combat but in dealing with and treating the civilians and indigenous peoples of that area. There is a graphic account of a Laotian operation involving America's most decorated soldier, Robert Howard, during which Parnar had to treat a man with a blown-off foot alongside nearly fifty other casualties. It is a reminder of the enormous responsibility and burden that a medic carried.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mera-dil-by-dr-shershah-syed--65148537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mera Dil Author: Dr Shershah Syed Narrator: Dr Shershah Syed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 27, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mera Dil is an audio book of true life events. Mera Dil is written by Dr Shershah Syed. Mera Dil audio book contains 8 stories]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399394Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mera Dil Author: Dr Shershah Syed Narrator: Dr Shershah Syed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 27, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mera Dil Author: Dr Shershah Syed Narrator: Dr Shershah Syed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 27, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mera Dil is an audio book of true life events. Mera Dil is written by Dr Shershah Syed. Mera Dil audio book contains 8 stories]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sorrow-in-our-heart-the-life-of-tecumseh-by-allan-w-eckert--65148589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh Author: Allan W. Eckert Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392334Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh Author: Allan W. Eckert Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh Author: Allan W. Eckert Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-my-time-a-memoir-of-love-and-fate-by-ami-mckay--65148544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before My Time: A Memoir of Love and Fate Author: Ami McKay Narrator: Ami McKay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER   WINNER OF THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD and the EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWARD   Previously published as Daughter of Family G Weaving together touching scenes from her family history and her own life, Ami McKay's intimate and captivating memoir captures what it means to live fully even when you know your life may be cut short. In 1895, Ami McKay's great-great aunt, a dressmaker named Pauline Gross, confided to a medical professor that she expected to die young, like many in her family before her. With her help, that doctor launched a family study that eventually led to the identification of the genetic mutation now known as Lynch syndrome, which predisposes its carriers to several types of cancer. In 2001, Ami was among the first to be tested for the syndrome. And now she's written the captivating story of how she, like her mother before her, learned to carry on with joy, with hope, and with a bold hunger for life in the face of an uncertain future. Ami writes of her childhood, 'I listened to the women in my family tell stories of the past . . . sitting around the kitchen table with my mother, sometimes laughing until they cried, sometimes sobbing through words of grief. They spoke of relatives who lived before I was born—people who came from nothing, who faced great hardship, who died too young. The women in those tales stared down death, looked after the sick, and conversed with fate. They spread the truth through story, even when others didn't wish to hear it. This is how I learned that stories have power—to make sense of the world, to give voice to dreams, to nurture hope and banish fear.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390641Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before My Time: A Memoir of Love and Fate Author: Ami McKay Narrator: Ami McKay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before My Time: A Memoir of Love and Fate Author: Ami McKay Narrator: Ami McKay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER   WINNER OF THE ROBBIE ROBERTSON DARTMOUTH BOOK AWARD and the EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWARD   Previously published as Daughter of Family G Weaving together touching scenes from her family history and her own life, Ami McKay's intimate and captivating memoir captures what it means to live fully even when you know your life may be cut short. In 1895, Ami McKay's great-great aunt, a dressmaker named Pauline Gross, confided to a medical professor that she expected to die young, like many in her family before her. With her help, that doctor launched a family study that eventually led to the identification of the genetic mutation now known as Lynch syndrome, which predisposes its carriers to several types of cancer. In 2001, Ami was among the first to be tested for the syndrome. And now she's written the captivating story of how she, like her mother before her, learned to carry on with joy, with hope, and with a bold hunger for life in the face of an uncertain future. Ami writes of her childhood, 'I listened to the women in my family tell stories of the past . . . sitting around the kitchen table with my mother, sometimes laughing until they cried, sometimes sobbing through words of grief. They spoke of relatives who lived before I was born—people who came from nothing, who faced great hardship, who died too young. The women in those tales stared down death, looked after the sick, and conversed with fate. They spread the truth through story, even when others didn't wish to hear it. This is how I learned that stories have power—to make sense of the world, to give voice to dreams, to nurture hope and banish fear.']]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waco-booktrack-edition-a-survivor-s-story-by-david-thibodeau-leon-whiteson--65148514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waco: Booktrack Edition: A Survivor's Story Author: David Thibodeau, Leon Whiteson Narrator: David Thibodeau, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Waco: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * The basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch--Waco is the critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau. Twenty-five years ago, the FBI staged a deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Texas. David Thibodeau survived to tell the story. When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau was a drummer in a local a rock band. Though he had never been religious in the slightest, Thibodeau gradually became a follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. He remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed and burned to the ground after a 51-day standoff with government authorities. In this compelling account--now with an updated epilogue that revisits remaining survivors--Thibodeau explores why so many people came to believe that Koresh was divinely inspired. We meet the men, women, and children of Mt. Carmel. We get inside the day-to-day life of the community. We also understand Thibodeau's brutally honest assessment of the United States government's actions. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno. Originally published as A Place Called Waco. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403990Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waco: Booktrack Edition: A Survivor's Story Author: David Thibodeau, Leon Whiteson Narrator: David Thibodeau, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waco: Booktrack Edition: A Survivor's Story Author: David Thibodeau, Leon Whiteson Narrator: David Thibodeau, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Waco: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * The basis of the celebrated Paramount Network miniseries starring Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch--Waco is the critically-acclaimed, first person account of the siege by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau. Twenty-five years ago, the FBI staged a deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Texas. David Thibodeau survived to tell the story. When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau was a drummer in a local a rock band. Though he had never been religious in the slightest, Thibodeau gradually became a follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. He remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed and burned to the ground after a 51-day standoff with government authorities. In this compelling account--now with an updated epilogue that revisits remaining survivors--Thibodeau explores why so many people came to believe that Koresh was divinely inspired. We meet the men, women, and children of Mt. Carmel. We get inside the day-to-day life of the community. We also understand Thibodeau's brutally honest assessment of the United States government's actions. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno. Originally published as A Place Called Waco. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/upstairs-downstairs-my-life-in-service-as-a-lady-s-maid-by-hilda-newman-tim-tate--65148564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid Author: Hilda Newman, Tim Tate Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a coronation. As personal maid to Lady Coventry, Hilda Newman had a unique insight into the leisured life of one of Britain's most noble families. In her fascinating memoir of life upstairs and down, Hilda takes us back to this period between the wars; a gilded era which would soon be dramatically changed by the Second World War. Transplanted from a tiny house with no bath or hot water to an eighteenth-century Neo-Palladian mansion, Hilda's life changed beyond recognition. But in a time when the very foundations of British society were being shaken to their core, the luxurious life of the country nobility couldn't last. The Second World War brought more turbulence with it, and Croome Court, where Hilda had lived and worked, became a haven for the Dutch Royal Family fleeing Nazi occupation, whilst also home to a top-secret RAF base. The lavish banquets and decadent parties had become a thing of the past. Hilda's story takes us back to a bygone era, showing us what life was really like in England's classic country manors of old - and uncovers the real lives of the people who occupied them, from wealthy lord to lowly servant.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390806Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid Author: Hilda Newman, Tim Tate Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid Author: Hilda Newman, Tim Tate Narrator: Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a coronation. As personal maid to Lady Coventry, Hilda Newman had a unique insight into the leisured life of one of Britain's most noble families. In her fascinating memoir of life upstairs and down, Hilda takes us back to this period between the wars; a gilded era which would soon be dramatically changed by the Second World War. Transplanted from a tiny house with no bath or hot water to an eighteenth-century Neo-Palladian mansion, Hilda's life changed beyond recognition. But in a time when the very foundations of British society were being shaken to their core, the luxurious life of the country nobility couldn't last. The Second World War brought more turbulence with it, and Croome Court, where Hilda had lived and worked, became a haven for the Dutch Royal Family fleeing Nazi occupation, whilst also home to a top-secret RAF base. The lavish banquets and decadent parties had become a thing of the past. Hilda's story takes us back to a bygone era, showing us what life was really like in England's classic country manors of old - and uncovers the real lives of the people who occupied them, from wealthy lord to lowly servant.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-used-to-have-cancer-how-i-found-my-own-way-back-to-health-by-james-templeton--65148563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Used to Have Cancer: How I Found My Own Way Back to Health Author: James Templeton Narrator: A.T. Chandler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 18, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: By all standards of success, James Templeton seemed to have it all. He was a highly successful businessman, had a beautiful wife and daughter, and, only in his early thirties, had his whole life in front of him. To avoid the same fate as his father and grandfather, who both died of heart attacks at a young age, James became an avid runner—a passion that he believed helped him stay fit and healthy. Imagine his shock when, during a routine physical, his doctor noticed a mole on his body that turned out to be a melanoma—a dangerous form of skin cancer. The mole was removed immediately and James, who was diligent in his follow-up exams, appeared to be cancer-free—but only for a short while. When the cancer reappeared and had spread, on the advice of his doctor, James followed the conventional medical protocol, which included surgery and chemotherapy. He was also involved in a clinical trial. When he learned that the treatments weren't working, James was obviously devastated. He had reached a new low point in his life, and as he lay in the hospital bed, he prayed fervently for help. As if by some miracle, help came to James in the form of three different visitors who would change the course of his life—and help direct him on a path back to health.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392869Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Used to Have Cancer: How I Found My Own Way Back to Health Author: James Templeton Narrator: A.T. Chandler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Used to Have Cancer: How I Found My Own Way Back to Health Author: James Templeton Narrator: A.T. Chandler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 18, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: By all standards of success, James Templeton seemed to have it all. He was a highly successful businessman, had a beautiful wife and daughter, and, only in his early thirties, had his whole life in front of him. To avoid the same fate as his father and grandfather, who both died of heart attacks at a young age, James became an avid runner—a passion that he believed helped him stay fit and healthy. Imagine his shock when, during a routine physical, his doctor noticed a mole on his body that turned out to be a melanoma—a dangerous form of skin cancer. The mole was removed immediately and James, who was diligent in his follow-up exams, appeared to be cancer-free—but only for a short while. When the cancer reappeared and had spread, on the advice of his doctor, James followed the conventional medical protocol, which included surgery and chemotherapy. He was also involved in a clinical trial. When he learned that the treatments weren't working, James was obviously devastated. He had reached a new low point in his life, and as he lay in the hospital bed, he prayed fervently for help. As if by some miracle, help came to James in the form of three different visitors who would change the course of his life—and help direct him on a path back to health.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chester-a-arthur-accidental-president-the-by-john-pafford--65148535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chester A. Arthur: Accidental President, The Author: John Pafford Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When he was nominated as vice president on the 1880 Republican ticket, Chester Alan Arthur had never held elected office. Expectations of him—or of the vice presidential office—were virtually non-existent. Years earlier in 1839, Daniel Webster had turned down the vice presidency with the quip I do not propose to be buried until I am dead. But six months into President James Garfield's term, he was assassinated—and the unknown vice president, Chester Arthur, became the most powerful man in America. This in-depth biography of Chester Arthur is a fascinating look at a man who, thrust unexpectedly into the highest political office, exceeded expectations and left a lasting mark on history, despite being diagnosed with a debilitating illness shortly after assuming the presidency.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394099Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chester A. Arthur: Accidental President, The Author: John Pafford Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chester A. Arthur: Accidental President, The Author: John Pafford Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When he was nominated as vice president on the 1880 Republican ticket, Chester Alan Arthur had never held elected office. Expectations of him—or of the vice presidential office—were virtually non-existent. Years earlier in 1839, Daniel Webster had turned down the vice presidency with the quip I do not propose to be buried until I am dead. But six months into President James Garfield's term, he was assassinated—and the unknown vice president, Chester Arthur, became the most powerful man in America. This in-depth biography of Chester Arthur is a fascinating look at a man who, thrust unexpectedly into the highest political office, exceeded expectations and left a lasting mark on history, despite being diagnosed with a debilitating illness shortly after assuming the presidency.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-undying-a-meditation-on-modern-illness-by-anne-boyer--65148573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness Author: Anne Boyer Narrator: Amy Finegan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A week after her forty-first birthday, Anne Boyer was diagnosed with highly aggressive triple-negative breast cancer. For a single mother living payslip to payslip who had always been the caregiver rather than the one needing care, the catastrophic condition was both a crisis and an initiation into new ideas about mortality and the gendered politics of illness. A twenty-first-century Illness as Metaphor, as well as a harrowing memoir of survival, The Undying explores the experience of illness as mediated by digital screens, weaving in ancient Roman dream diarists, cancer hoaxers and fetishists, cancer vloggers, corporate lies, John Donne, pro-pain 'dolorists', the ecological costs of chemotherapy, and the many little murders of capitalism. It excoriates the pharmaceutical industry and the bland hypocrisies of 'pink ribbon culture' while also diving into the long literary line of women writing about their own illnesses and ongoing deaths: Audre Lorde, Kathy Acker, Susan Sontag, and others. Genre-bending, angry, profoundly humane and deeply affecting, The Undying is an unmissably original book of heart, intellect and fierce insight into the sicknesses and, occasionally, the perverse glories of our contemporary world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390634Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness Author: Anne Boyer Narrator: Amy Finegan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390634 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness Author: Anne Boyer Narrator: Amy Finegan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A week after her forty-first birthday, Anne Boyer was diagnosed with highly aggressive triple-negative breast cancer. For a single mother living payslip to payslip who had always been the caregiver rather than the one needing care, the catastrophic condition was both a crisis and an initiation into new ideas about mortality and the gendered politics of illness. A twenty-first-century Illness as Metaphor, as well as a harrowing memoir of survival, The Undying explores the experience of illness as mediated by digital screens, weaving in ancient Roman dream diarists, cancer hoaxers and fetishists, cancer vloggers, corporate lies, John Donne, pro-pain 'dolorists', the ecological costs of chemotherapy, and the many little murders of capitalism. It excoriates the pharmaceutical industry and the bland hypocrisies of 'pink ribbon culture' while also diving into the long literary line of women writing about their own illnesses and ongoing deaths: Audre Lorde, Kathy Acker, Susan Sontag, and others. Genre-bending, angry, profoundly humane and deeply affecting, The Undying is an unmissably original book of heart, intellect and fierce insight into the sicknesses and, occasionally, the perverse glories of our contemporary world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-god-the-evolution-of-a-modern-surgeon-by-anthony-youn-md--65148555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon Author: Anthony Youn MD Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What does it mean to be a doctor? 'I am a doctor.' Every year, thousands of medical school graduates utter these four simple words. But as you will see in Playing God, earning an MD is just the first step to becoming a real physician. In this thrilling and moving memoir, Dr. Anthony Youn reveals that the true metamorphosis from student to doctor occurs not in medical school but in the formative years of residency training and early practice. It is only through actually saving and losing patients, taking on the medical establishment, wrestling with financial and emotional survival, and fighting for patients' lives that a young doctor becomes a mature and competent physician. Dr. Youn takes you from the operating rooms of a university surgery residency program to the gleaming offices of top Beverly Hills plastic surgeons to opening the doors of his empty clinic as a new doctor with no money, no patients, and mountains of debt. Playing God leaves you with an unexpected answer to that profound question: 'What does it mean to be a doctor?' In Playing God, you will take a journey through the world of surgery, hospitals, and the practice of medicine unlike any that you have traveled before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393373Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon Author: Anthony Youn MD Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon Author: Anthony Youn MD Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What does it mean to be a doctor? 'I am a doctor.' Every year, thousands of medical school graduates utter these four simple words. But as you will see in Playing God, earning an MD is just the first step to becoming a real physician. In this thrilling and moving memoir, Dr. Anthony Youn reveals that the true metamorphosis from student to doctor occurs not in medical school but in the formative years of residency training and early practice. It is only through actually saving and losing patients, taking on the medical establishment, wrestling with financial and emotional survival, and fighting for patients' lives that a young doctor becomes a mature and competent physician. Dr. Youn takes you from the operating rooms of a university surgery residency program to the gleaming offices of top Beverly Hills plastic surgeons to opening the doors of his empty clinic as a new doctor with no money, no patients, and mountains of debt. Playing God leaves you with an unexpected answer to that profound question: 'What does it mean to be a doctor?' In Playing God, you will take a journey through the world of surgery, hospitals, and the practice of medicine unlike any that you have traveled before.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/women-of-means-fascinating-biographies-of-royals-heiresses-eccentrics-and-other-poor-little-rich-girls-by-marlene-wagman-geller--65148409https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women of Means: Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics, and Other Poor Little Rich Girls Author: Marlene Wagman-Geller Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Glimpse behind the façade of rich and famous women The Grass Isn’t Greener on the Other Side: Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy. They were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, through intimate historical biographies, Women of Means shows us that oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for the destinies of wealthy women. Happily Never After: From the author of Behind Every Great Man, we now have Women of Means, vignettes of the women who were slated from birth―or marriage―to great privilege, only to endure lives which were the stuff Russian tragic heroines are made of. They are the nonfictional Richard Corys―those not slated for happily ever after. Women of Means is bound to be a non-fiction bestseller, full of the best biographies of all time. Some of the women whose silver spoons rusted include: Almina Carnarvon, the real-life counterpart to Lady Cora of Downton AbbeyLiliane Bettencourt, whose chemist father created L’Oreal … and was a Nazi collaboratorPeggy Guggenheim, who had an insatiable appetite for modern art and menNica Rothschild, who traded her gilded life to become the Baroness of BebopJocelyn Wildenstein, who became a cosmetology-enhanced cat-womanRuth Madoff, the dethroned queen of ManhattanPatty Hearst, who trod the path from heiress … to terrorist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414046Sun, 15 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women of Means: Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics, and Other Poor Little Rich Girls Author: Marlene Wagman-Geller Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414046 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women of Means: Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics, and Other Poor Little Rich Girls Author: Marlene Wagman-Geller Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Glimpse behind the façade of rich and famous women The Grass Isn’t Greener on the Other Side: Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy. They were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, through intimate historical biographies, Women of Means shows us that oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for the destinies of wealthy women. Happily Never After: From the author of Behind Every Great Man, we now have Women of Means, vignettes of the women who were slated from birth―or marriage―to great privilege, only to endure lives which were the stuff Russian tragic heroines are made of. They are the nonfictional Richard Corys―those not slated for happily ever after. Women of Means is bound to be a non-fiction bestseller, full of the best biographies of all time. Some of the women whose silver spoons rusted include: Almina Carnarvon, the real-life counterpart to Lady Cora of Downton AbbeyLiliane Bettencourt, whose chemist father created L’Oreal … and was a Nazi collaboratorPeggy Guggenheim, who had an insatiable appetite for modern art and menNica Rothschild, who traded her gilded life to become the Baroness of BebopJocelyn Wildenstein, who became a cosmetology-enhanced cat-womanRuth Madoff, the dethroned queen of ManhattanPatty Hearst, who trod the path from heiress … to terrorist]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-paine-and-the-clarion-call-for-american-independence-by-harlow-giles-unger--65148513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men's souls. Thomas Paine's words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication, Paine's aroused men to action like no one else. The most widely read political writer of his generation, he proved to be more than a century ahead of his time, conceiving and demanding unheard-of social reforms that are now integral elements of modern republican societies. Among them were government subsidies for the poor, universal housing and education, pre- and post-natal care for women, and universal social security. An Englishman who emigrated to the American colonies, he formed close friendships with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and his ideas helped shape the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. However, the world turned against Paine in his later years. While his earlier works, Common Sense and Rights of Man, attacked the political and social status quo here on earth, The Age of Reason attacked the status quo of the hereafter. Former friends shunned him, and the man America had hailed as the muse of the American Revolution died alone and forgotten. Packed with action and intrigue, soldiers and spies, politics and perfidy, Unger's Thomas Paine is a much-needed new look at a defining figure.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393660Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men's souls. Thomas Paine's words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication, Paine's aroused men to action like no one else. The most widely read political writer of his generation, he proved to be more than a century ahead of his time, conceiving and demanding unheard-of social reforms that are now integral elements of modern republican societies. Among them were government subsidies for the poor, universal housing and education, pre- and post-natal care for women, and universal social security. An Englishman who emigrated to the American colonies, he formed close friendships with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and his ideas helped shape the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. However, the world turned against Paine in his later years. While his earlier works, Common Sense and Rights of Man, attacked the political and social status quo here on earth, The Age of Reason attacked the status quo of the hereafter. Former friends shunned him, and the man America had hailed as the muse of the American Revolution died alone and forgotten. Packed with action and intrigue, soldiers and spies, politics and perfidy, Unger's Thomas Paine is a much-needed new look at a defining figure.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-and-lies-the-trials-of-christine-keeler-by-douglas-thompson-christine-keeler--65148574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler Author: Douglas Thompson, Christine Keeler Narrator: Sophie Cookson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The sensational true story behind the major TV drama series, The Trial of Christine Keeler, performed by Sophie Cookson In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair' remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history. Having found fame and success as a model, Christine's short affair with the minister for war, John Profumo, led to his downfall at the end of Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, and was at the heart of the social and political earthquake that followed. She became the subject of scandal, intrigue and gossip and was tried for perjury and briefly jailed following the death of Stephen Ward, the socialite who had introduced her to Profumo. Following Christine Keeler's death in December 2017, her book has been updated to include revelations that she did not wish to be published in her lifetime. The result is an audiobook containing material that has never been officially released, which really does lift the lid on just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389593Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler Author: Douglas Thompson, Christine Keeler Narrator: Sophie Cookson Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler Author: Douglas Thompson, Christine Keeler Narrator: Sophie Cookson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 5, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The sensational true story behind the major TV drama series, The Trial of Christine Keeler, performed by Sophie Cookson In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan - the 'Profumo Affair' remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history. Having found fame and success as a model, Christine's short affair with the minister for war, John Profumo, led to his downfall at the end of Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, and was at the heart of the social and political earthquake that followed. She became the subject of scandal, intrigue and gossip and was tried for perjury and briefly jailed following the death of Stephen Ward, the socialite who had introduced her to Profumo. Following Christine Keeler's death in December 2017, her book has been updated to include revelations that she did not wish to be published in her lifetime. The result is an audiobook containing material that has never been officially released, which really does lift the lid on just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-heroes-historia-secreta-de-chile-by-jorge-marcos-baradit-morales--65148540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes: Historia secreta de Chile Author: Jorge Marcos Baradit Morales Narrator: Sebastián Fernández Robles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un conjunto de crónicas biográficas de siete figuras chilenas que se distanciaron y lucharon contra los estamentos poderosos. En la misma línea de sus trabajos anteriores, Jorge Baradit construye siete perfiles de personajes de la historia chilena considerados díscolos, incómodos o derechamente peligrosos para statu quo de sus épocas. En estas páginas desfilan Arturo Fernández Vial, Manuel Rodríguez, Águeda Monasterio, Luis Emilio Recabarren, Francisco Bilbao, Ramón Freire y Pedro Aguirre Cerda: personajes de origines tan disímiles, pero que comparten -de diversas formas- el rótulo de agitadores o transgresores. Delineando sus particularidades biográficas y escarbando en sus acciones políticas o sociales, Baradit ensaya -además- sobre la influencia actual de estos personajes en sus áreas respectivas. Finalmente, el autor erige la valentía y altura moral de personajes que no ocupan la primera línea del panteón de héroes oficiales de la historia republicana. Y, de este modo, deja planteada una pregunta tan incómoda como irresoluta: ¿Cuántas estatuas oficiales hemos levantado a personas despiadadas?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395359Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes: Historia secreta de Chile Author: Jorge Marcos Baradit Morales Narrator: Sebastián Fernández Robles Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes: Historia secreta de Chile Author: Jorge Marcos Baradit Morales Narrator: Sebastián Fernández Robles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 1, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un conjunto de crónicas biográficas de siete figuras chilenas que se distanciaron y lucharon contra los estamentos poderosos. En la misma línea de sus trabajos anteriores, Jorge Baradit construye siete perfiles de personajes de la historia chilena considerados díscolos, incómodos o derechamente peligrosos para statu quo de sus épocas. En estas páginas desfilan Arturo Fernández Vial, Manuel Rodríguez, Águeda Monasterio, Luis Emilio Recabarren, Francisco Bilbao, Ramón Freire y Pedro Aguirre Cerda: personajes de origines tan disímiles, pero que comparten -de diversas formas- el rótulo de agitadores o transgresores. Delineando sus particularidades biográficas y escarbando en sus acciones políticas o sociales, Baradit ensaya -además- sobre la influencia actual de estos personajes en sus áreas respectivas. Finalmente, el autor erige la valentía y altura moral de personajes que no ocupan la primera línea del panteón de héroes oficiales de la historia republicana. Y, de este modo, deja planteada una pregunta tan incómoda como irresoluta: ¿Cuántas estatuas oficiales hemos levantado a personas despiadadas?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walking-thru-a-couple-s-adventure-on-the-pacific-crest-trail-by-michael-tyler--65148588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking Thru: A Couple’s Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail Author: Michael Tyler Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Bored and fed up with life, staring down a fiftieth birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life had become routinized and unexciting. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis, or maybe just a yearning for one last big adventure. Mike decides to try hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail, just to see what happens. Mike convinces his wife, Margo, to join him. Together they embark on a five-month hike full of anticipation. They hike through some of the most stunning and remote places in the country on a trail full of unique, offbeat characters. But the trail had even more to offer than either of them had anticipated.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392687Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking Thru: A Couple’s Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail Author: Michael Tyler Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking Thru: A Couple’s Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail Author: Michael Tyler Narrator: William Sarris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Bored and fed up with life, staring down a fiftieth birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life had become routinized and unexciting. Maybe it was a mid-life crisis, or maybe just a yearning for one last big adventure. Mike decides to try hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail, just to see what happens. Mike convinces his wife, Margo, to join him. Together they embark on a five-month hike full of anticipation. They hike through some of the most stunning and remote places in the country on a trail full of unique, offbeat characters. But the trail had even more to offer than either of them had anticipated.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/neurology-rounds-with-the-maverick-by-bernard-m-patten-md--65148547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Neurology Rounds with the Maverick Author: Bernard M. Patten Md Narrator: Gregory V. Diehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career. Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn't stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for more than a year to get away from her sexually abusive father. Consider the awkward situation of the hairdresser who heard voices from God instructing her to stab her customers with her scissors or the well-documented phenomenon of patients (including Dr. Patten's own mother) correctly predicting their own deaths. Read Dr. Patten's encounters with artist George Rodrigue as he lost his memory and physicist Stephen Hawking when he was considering experimental ALS treatment. As well, enjoy learning about when Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich came to America to be treated for atrophy in his right hand and shipping magnate Aristotle Socrates Onassis's consultations about Myasthenia Gravis Neurology Rounds with the Maverick presents an authentic look inside some of the most complex, strange, and fascinating neurological cases of the last half-century of medicine. Read it to appreciate the good, the bad, the terrible, and the densely human anecdotes that document the past and light the way for the future of medicine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395185Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Neurology Rounds with the Maverick Author: Bernard M. Patten Md Narrator: Gregory V. Diehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Neurology Rounds with the Maverick Author: Bernard M. Patten Md Narrator: Gregory V. Diehl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career. Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment because she couldn't stop laughing. Then consider the 14-year-old who faked grand mal seizures for more than a year to get away from her sexually abusive father. Consider the awkward situation of the hairdresser who heard voices from God instructing her to stab her customers with her scissors or the well-documented phenomenon of patients (including Dr. Patten's own mother) correctly predicting their own deaths. Read Dr. Patten's encounters with artist George Rodrigue as he lost his memory and physicist Stephen Hawking when he was considering experimental ALS treatment. As well, enjoy learning about when Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich came to America to be treated for atrophy in his right hand and shipping magnate Aristotle Socrates Onassis's consultations about Myasthenia Gravis Neurology Rounds with the Maverick presents an authentic look inside some of the most complex, strange, and fascinating neurological cases of the last half-century of medicine. Read it to appreciate the good, the bad, the terrible, and the densely human anecdotes that document the past and light the way for the future of medicine.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-they-marched-untold-stories-of-the-women-who-fought-for-the-right-to-vote-by-susan-ware--65148464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote Author: Susan Ware Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Looking beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, an acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and protest resounded throughout the land. For far too long, the history of how American women won the right to vote has been told as the tale of a few iconic leaders, all white and native-born. But Susan Ware uncovered a much broader and more diverse story waiting to be told. Why They Marched is a tribute to the many women who worked tirelessly in communities across the nation, out of the spotlight, protesting, petitioning, and insisting on their right to full citizenship. Ware tells her story through the lives of nineteen activists, most of whom have long been overlooked. We meet Mary Church Terrell, a multilingual African American woman; Rose Schneiderman, a labor activist building coalitions on New York’s Lower East Side; Claiborne Catlin, who toured the Massachusetts countryside on horseback to drum up support for the cause; Mary Johnston, an aristocratic novelist bucking the Southern ruling elite; Emmeline B. Wells, a Mormon woman in a polygamous marriage determined to make her voice heard; and others who helped harness a groundswell of popular support. We also see the many places where the suffrage movement unfolded―in church parlors, meeting rooms, and the halls of Congress, but also on college campuses and even at the top of Mount Rainier. Few corners of the United States were untouched by suffrage activism. Ware’s deeply moving stories provide a fresh account of one of the most significant moments of political mobilization in American history. The dramatic, often joyous experiences of these women resonate powerfully today, as a new generation of young women demands to be heard.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411755Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote Author: Susan Ware Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote Author: Susan Ware Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Looking beyond the national leadership of the suffrage movement, an acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and protest resounded throughout the land. For far too long, the history of how American women won the right to vote has been told as the tale of a few iconic leaders, all white and native-born. But Susan Ware uncovered a much broader and more diverse story waiting to be told. Why They Marched is a tribute to the many women who worked tirelessly in communities across the nation, out of the spotlight, protesting, petitioning, and insisting on their right to full citizenship. Ware tells her story through the lives of nineteen activists, most of whom have long been overlooked. We meet Mary Church Terrell, a multilingual African American woman; Rose Schneiderman, a labor activist building coalitions on New York’s Lower East Side; Claiborne Catlin, who toured the Massachusetts countryside on horseback to drum up support for the cause; Mary Johnston, an aristocratic novelist bucking the Southern ruling elite; Emmeline B. Wells, a Mormon woman in a polygamous marriage determined to make her voice heard; and others who helped harness a groundswell of popular support. We also see the many places where the suffrage movement unfolded―in church parlors, meeting rooms, and the halls of Congress, but also on college campuses and even at the top of Mount Rainier. Few corners of the United States were untouched by suffrage activism. Ware’s deeply moving stories provide a fresh account of one of the most significant moments of political mobilization in American history. The dramatic, often joyous experiences of these women resonate powerfully today, as a new generation of young women demands to be heard.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mountbattens-their-lives-loves-the-sunday-times-bestseller-by-andrew-lownie--65148570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller Author: Andrew Lownie Narrator: Andrew Lownie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the Year The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the glamorous couple behind the modern royal family, the aunt and uncle of Prince Philip. DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the Royal Family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN: Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker loved around the­ world. From British high society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroy's House, The Mountbattens is a rich and filmic story of a powerful partnership, revealing the truth behind a carefully curated legend. Was Mountbatten one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, or a man over-promoted because of his royal birth, high-level connections, film-star looks and ruthless self-promotion? What is the true story behind controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979? Based on over 100 interviews, research from dozens of archives and new information released under Freedom of Information requests, prize-winning historian Andrew Lownie sheds new light on­ this remarkable couple. 'Painstakingly researched... genuinely enthralling' Observer 'A page-turner which is also a carefully researched work of history' Spectator 'A compelling new biography...superbly researched' Daily Express 'Incisive... strongly recommend' The Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391061Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller Author: Andrew Lownie Narrator: Andrew Lownie Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves: The Sunday Times Bestseller Author: Andrew Lownie Narrator: Andrew Lownie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Richly entertaining... impressively well-researched' Daily Mail, Biography of the Year The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the glamorous couple behind the modern royal family, the aunt and uncle of Prince Philip. DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the Royal Family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and the last Viceroy of India. EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN: Once the richest woman in Britain and a playgirl who enjoyed numerous affairs, she emerged from World War II as a magnetic and talented humanitarian worker loved around the­ world. From British high society to the South of France, from the battlefields of Burma to the Viceroy's House, The Mountbattens is a rich and filmic story of a powerful partnership, revealing the truth behind a carefully curated legend. Was Mountbatten one of the outstanding leaders of his generation, or a man over-promoted because of his royal birth, high-level connections, film-star looks and ruthless self-promotion? What is the true story behind controversies such as the Dieppe Raid and Indian Partition, the love affair between Edwina and Nehru, and Mountbatten's assassination in 1979? Based on over 100 interviews, research from dozens of archives and new information released under Freedom of Information requests, prize-winning historian Andrew Lownie sheds new light on­ this remarkable couple. 'Painstakingly researched... genuinely enthralling' Observer 'A page-turner which is also a carefully researched work of history' Spectator 'A compelling new biography...superbly researched' Daily Express 'Incisive... strongly recommend' The Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nights-in-white-castle-a-memoir-by-steve-rushin--65148560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nights in White Castle: A Memoir Author: Steve Rushin Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Picking up where he left off in his acclaimed memoir Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin brilliantly captures a bygone era, and the thrills of new adulthood in the early 80s. It begins in Bloomington, Minnesota, with a 13-year-old kid staging his own author photo that he hopes will someday grace the cover of a book jacket. And it ends at a desk in the legendary Time & Life building, with that same boy-now in his early 20s and writing professionally-reflecting on how the hell he got there from what seems like a distant universe. In between, Steve Rushin whisks us along on an extraordinarily funny, tender, and altogether unforgettable journey. From a menial summer job at suburban Bennigan's, to first-time college experiences in Milwaukee, to surviving early adulthood in seedy New York City, this deeply touching odyssey will remind any reader of those special moments when they too went from innocence to experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390586Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nights in White Castle: A Memoir Author: Steve Rushin Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nights in White Castle: A Memoir Author: Steve Rushin Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Picking up where he left off in his acclaimed memoir Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin brilliantly captures a bygone era, and the thrills of new adulthood in the early 80s. It begins in Bloomington, Minnesota, with a 13-year-old kid staging his own author photo that he hopes will someday grace the cover of a book jacket. And it ends at a desk in the legendary Time & Life building, with that same boy-now in his early 20s and writing professionally-reflecting on how the hell he got there from what seems like a distant universe. In between, Steve Rushin whisks us along on an extraordinarily funny, tender, and altogether unforgettable journey. From a menial summer job at suburban Bennigan's, to first-time college experiences in Milwaukee, to surviving early adulthood in seedy New York City, this deeply touching odyssey will remind any reader of those special moments when they too went from innocence to experience.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-live-on-lafayette-square-society-and-politics-in-the-president-s-neighborhood-by-william-seale--65148558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the President's Neighborhood Author: William Seale Narrator: William Seale Iii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 7, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Lafayette Square, just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, was once the most fashionable neighborhood in Washington. In its row houses and mansions lived cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and many of the most memorable characters in the history of the nation. Presidents casually walked across the park in the middle of the Square to visit and talk politics with their neighbors. As in any neighborhood, there were friendships and romances, secrets and scandals. Eventually the old houses were allocated to other uses and plans were made to demolish them all until, in the early 1960s, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, new residents in the White House, prevailed-they were determined to preserve them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392136Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the President's Neighborhood Author: William Seale Narrator: William Seale Iii Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the President's Neighborhood Author: William Seale Narrator: William Seale Iii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 7, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Lafayette Square, just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, was once the most fashionable neighborhood in Washington. In its row houses and mansions lived cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and many of the most memorable characters in the history of the nation. Presidents casually walked across the park in the middle of the Square to visit and talk politics with their neighbors. As in any neighborhood, there were friendships and romances, secrets and scandals. Eventually the old houses were allocated to other uses and plans were made to demolish them all until, in the early 1960s, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, new residents in the White House, prevailed-they were determined to preserve them.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodbye-homeboy-how-my-students-drove-me-crazy-and-inspired-a-movement-by-steve-mariotti--65148592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Homeboy: How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement Author: Steve Mariotti Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 6, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: One sunny afternoon in 1982, a young businessman experienced a terrifying mugging in New York City that shook him to his core. Tortured by nightmares about the teens who roughed him up, Steve Mariotti sought counseling. When his therapist suggested that he face his fears, Mariotti closed his small import-export business and became a teacher at the city's most notorious public school—Boys and Girls High in Bed-Stuy. Although his nightmares promptly ceased, Mariotti's out-of-control students rapidly drove him to despair. One day, Mariotti stepped out of the classroom so his students wouldn't see him cry. In a desperate move to save his job, he took off his watch and marched back in with an impromptu sales pitch for it. To his astonishment, his students were riveted. Mariotti realized his students felt trapped in soul-crushing poverty. They saw zero connection between school and improving their lives. Whenever Mariotti connected their lessons to entrepreneurship, though, even his most disruptive students got excited about learning. By turns tragic and hilarious, Goodbye Homeboy shares Mariotti's flaws and missteps as he connects deeply with his troubled students—saving himself in the process.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391937Tue, 06 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Homeboy: How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement Author: Steve Mariotti Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391937 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Homeboy: How My Students Drove Me Crazy and Inspired a Movement Author: Steve Mariotti Narrator: Matthew Josdal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 6, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: One sunny afternoon in 1982, a young businessman experienced a terrifying mugging in New York City that shook him to his core. Tortured by nightmares about the teens who roughed him up, Steve Mariotti sought counseling. When his therapist suggested that he face his fears, Mariotti closed his small import-export business and became a teacher at the city's most notorious public school—Boys and Girls High in Bed-Stuy. Although his nightmares promptly ceased, Mariotti's out-of-control students rapidly drove him to despair. One day, Mariotti stepped out of the classroom so his students wouldn't see him cry. In a desperate move to save his job, he took off his watch and marched back in with an impromptu sales pitch for it. To his astonishment, his students were riveted. Mariotti realized his students felt trapped in soul-crushing poverty. They saw zero connection between school and improving their lives. Whenever Mariotti connected their lessons to entrepreneurship, though, even his most disruptive students got excited about learning. By turns tragic and hilarious, Goodbye Homeboy shares Mariotti's flaws and missteps as he connects deeply with his troubled students—saving himself in the process.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/karl-marx-philosophy-and-revolution-by-shlomo-avineri--65148556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution Author: Shlomo Avineri Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 6, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Karl Marx (1818–1883)—philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor—was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a significant impression on his work. Marx was born in Trier, then part of Prussia, and his family had enjoyed equal rights and emancipation under earlier French control of the area. But then its annexation to Prussia deprived the Jewish population of its equal rights. These developments led to the reluctant conversion of Marx's father, and similar tribulations radicalized many young intellectuals of that time who came from a Jewish background. Avineri puts Marx's Jewish background in its proper and balanced perspective, and traces Marx's intellectual development in light of the historical, intellectual, and political contexts in which he lived.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391455Tue, 06 Aug 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution Author: Shlomo Avineri Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution Author: Shlomo Avineri Narrator: Roger Clark Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 6, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Karl Marx (1818–1883)—philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor—was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a significant impression on his work. Marx was born in Trier, then part of Prussia, and his family had enjoyed equal rights and emancipation under earlier French control of the area. But then its annexation to Prussia deprived the Jewish population of its equal rights. These developments led to the reluctant conversion of Marx's father, and similar tribulations radicalized many young intellectuals of that time who came from a Jewish background. Avineri puts Marx's Jewish background in its proper and balanced perspective, and traces Marx's intellectual development in light of the historical, intellectual, and political contexts in which he lived.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greetings-from-bury-park-by-sarfraz-manzoor--65148557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Bury Park Author: Sarfraz Manzoor Narrator: Sarfraz Manzoor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when his family emigrated from Pakistan to join his father in Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever. In this affectionate and timely memoir, Manzoor retraces his journey from the frustrations of his childhood to his reaction to the tragedies of 9/11 and 7/7. Original, darkly tender and wryly amusing, this is an inspiring tribute to the power of music to transcend race and religion and a moving account of a relationship between father and son. “Beautiful and moving ... a book to make you believe that we are all more alike than we know.” TONY PARSONS “Every detail rings so true that you feel you have been offered a seat in his living-room. Suffusing all this is Manzoor's warm, humane, unsensational voice: it makes you want to extend the hand of friendship to him.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388925Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Bury Park Author: Sarfraz Manzoor Narrator: Sarfraz Manzoor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Bury Park Author: Sarfraz Manzoor Narrator: Sarfraz Manzoor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sarfraz Manzoor was two years old when his family emigrated from Pakistan to join his father in Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever. In this affectionate and timely memoir, Manzoor retraces his journey from the frustrations of his childhood to his reaction to the tragedies of 9/11 and 7/7. Original, darkly tender and wryly amusing, this is an inspiring tribute to the power of music to transcend race and religion and a moving account of a relationship between father and son. “Beautiful and moving ... a book to make you believe that we are all more alike than we know.” TONY PARSONS “Every detail rings so true that you feel you have been offered a seat in his living-room. Suffusing all this is Manzoor's warm, humane, unsensational voice: it makes you want to extend the hand of friendship to him.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sejarah-kehidupan-nabi-muhammad-saw-dan-para-sahabat-edisi-bahasa-inggris-by-muhammad-vandestra--65148575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sejarah Kehidupan Nabi Muhammad SAW Dan Para Sahabat Edisi Bahasa Inggris Author: Muhammad Vandestra Narrator: Maghfirah Binti Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 22, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sejarah Kehidupan Nabi Muhammad SAW Dan Para Sahabat Dalam Bahasa Inggris Bersumberkan Dari Kitab Suci Al-Quran, Hadist Rasul, Catatan Para Alim Ulama Serta Tulisan Hasil Penelitian Ahli Sejarah Muslim. Prophet Muhammad SAW was born in Makkah in the year 570. Since his father died before his birth and his mother died shortly thereafter, he was raised by his uncle who was from the respected tribe of Quraysh. He was raised illiterate, unable to read or write, and remained so till his death. His people, before his mission as a prophet, were ignorant of science and most of them were illiterate. As he grew up, he became known to be truthful, honest, trustworthy, generous, and sincere. He was so trustworthy that they called him the Trustworthy. Muhammad SAW was very religious, and he had long detested the decadence and idolatry of his society. At the age of forty, Prophet Muhammad SAW received his first revelation from God through the Angel Gabriel. The revelations continued for twenty-three years, and they are collectively known as The Holy Quran. As soon as he began to recite the Quran and to preach the truth which Allah SWT (God) had revealed to him, he and his small group of followers suffered persecution from unbelievers. The persecution grew so fierce that in the year 622, God gave them the command to emigrate. This emigration from Makkah to the city of Madinah, some 260 miles to the north, marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar. After several years, Prophet Muhammad SAW and his followers were able to return to Makkah, where they forgave their enemies. Before Prophet Muhammad SAW died, at the age of sixty-three, the greater part of the Arabian Peninsula had become Muslim, and within a century of his death, Islam had spread to Spain in the West and as far East as China. Among the reasons for the rapid and peaceful spread of Islam was the truth and clarity of its doctrine. Islam calls for faith in only one God (Tawhid/Pure Monotheism).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391281Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sejarah Kehidupan Nabi Muhammad SAW Dan Para Sahabat Edisi Bahasa Inggris Author: Muhammad Vandestra Narrator: Maghfirah Binti Adam Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391281 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sejarah Kehidupan Nabi Muhammad SAW Dan Para Sahabat Edisi Bahasa Inggris Author: Muhammad Vandestra Narrator: Maghfirah Binti Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 22, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sejarah Kehidupan Nabi Muhammad SAW Dan Para Sahabat Dalam Bahasa Inggris Bersumberkan Dari Kitab Suci Al-Quran, Hadist Rasul, Catatan Para Alim Ulama Serta Tulisan Hasil Penelitian Ahli Sejarah Muslim. Prophet Muhammad SAW was born in Makkah in the year 570. Since his father died before his birth and his mother died shortly thereafter, he was raised by his uncle who was from the respected tribe of Quraysh. He was raised illiterate, unable to read or write, and remained so till his death. His people, before his mission as a prophet, were ignorant of science and most of them were illiterate. As he grew up, he became known to be truthful, honest, trustworthy, generous, and sincere. He was so trustworthy that they called him the Trustworthy. Muhammad SAW was very religious, and he had long detested the decadence and idolatry of his society. At the age of forty, Prophet Muhammad SAW received his first revelation from God through the Angel Gabriel. The revelations continued for twenty-three years, and they are collectively known as The Holy Quran. As soon as he began to recite the Quran and to preach the truth which Allah SWT (God) had revealed to him, he and his small group of followers suffered persecution from unbelievers. The persecution grew so fierce that in the year 622, God gave them the command to emigrate. This emigration from Makkah to the city of Madinah, some 260 miles to the north, marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar. After several years, Prophet Muhammad SAW and his followers were able to return to Makkah, where they forgave their enemies. Before Prophet Muhammad SAW died, at the age of sixty-three, the greater part of the Arabian Peninsula had become Muslim, and within a century of his death, Islam had spread to Spain in the West and as far East as China. Among the reasons for the rapid and peaceful spread of Islam was the truth and clarity of its doctrine. Islam calls for faith in only one God (Tawhid/Pure Monotheism).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pawprints-on-my-heart-by-amanda-jurta--65148542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pawprints on My Heart Author: Amanda Jurta Narrator: Amanda Jurta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 17, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Amanda always had a thirst for adventure. Perhaps it stemmed from growing up without electricity and running water, in the middle of a natural wonderland. Along came Cocoa, her family's new dog, and the two became the best of friends as they shared a love of the wild surroundings. But Amanda felt like there was something missing, something "more" she had to discover, and gets the push necessary to find it in the previously traveled land of Australia. When she unexpectedly falls in love there, her world is filled with excitement, newness, and even more adventure until the challenges from being away from her favorite companion and their magical world becomes too much to bear. A spiritual memoir, a love story, a lesson in perspective and hindsight, this novel chronicles the "more" Amanda had been searching for- the very thread weaving it all together being the one she thought she left behind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390783Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pawprints on My Heart Author: Amanda Jurta Narrator: Amanda Jurta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 17, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pawprints on My Heart Author: Amanda Jurta Narrator: Amanda Jurta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 17, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Amanda always had a thirst for adventure. Perhaps it stemmed from growing up without electricity and running water, in the middle of a natural wonderland. Along came Cocoa, her family's new dog, and the two became the best of friends as they shared a love of the wild surroundings. But Amanda felt like there was something missing, something "more" she had to discover, and gets the push necessary to find it in the previously traveled land of Australia. When she unexpectedly falls in love there, her world is filled with excitement, newness, and even more adventure until the challenges from being away from her favorite companion and their magical world becomes too much to bear. A spiritual memoir, a love story, a lesson in perspective and hindsight, this novel chronicles the "more" Amanda had been searching for- the very thread weaving it all together being the one she thought she left behind.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-against-the-white-man-geronimo-the-hidden-history-by-geronimo--65148572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Against The White Man - Geronimo The Hidden History Author: Geronimo Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians' 'I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.' 'I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun.' Geronimo The great Indian chief Geronimo was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886 Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands-the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi-to carry out numerous raids as well as resistance to US and Mexican military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's legendary raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache-United States conflict, which started with the American settlement in Apache lands following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. This is his story. GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 to today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano Music by Audionautix]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390737Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Against The White Man - Geronimo The Hidden History Author: Geronimo Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: War Against The White Man - Geronimo The Hidden History Author: Geronimo Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians' 'I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.' 'I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun.' Geronimo The great Indian chief Geronimo was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886 Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands-the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi-to carry out numerous raids as well as resistance to US and Mexican military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's legendary raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache-United States conflict, which started with the American settlement in Apache lands following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. This is his story. GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 to today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano Music by Audionautix]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letter-of-ulysses-s-grant-to-his-father-younger-sister-1857-1878-by-ulysses-s-grant--65148561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letter Of Ulysses S. Grant To His Father & Younger Sister 1857-1878 Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 16, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." GRANT Here is a griping intimate audio encounter with one of the greatest figures in American history. Forget what biased biographers have written and listen to the man speaking for himself. The public figure we all know at least something about, but the private man, the family man, the father and son has been hidden to us by the passing of time. This is a true audio treasure. What Grant has to say so long ago is oddly relevant, touching, and even inspirational now as it was then, so many generations ago. GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 until today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390734Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letter Of Ulysses S. Grant To His Father & Younger Sister 1857-1878 Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letter Of Ulysses S. Grant To His Father & Younger Sister 1857-1878 Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 16, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." GRANT Here is a griping intimate audio encounter with one of the greatest figures in American history. Forget what biased biographers have written and listen to the man speaking for himself. The public figure we all know at least something about, but the private man, the family man, the father and son has been hidden to us by the passing of time. This is a true audio treasure. What Grant has to say so long ago is oddly relevant, touching, and even inspirational now as it was then, so many generations ago. GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 until today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks. Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arabic-al-daw2-al-azraq-by-hussain-al-barghouthi--65148590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - Al Daw2 Al Azraq Author: Hussain Al Barghouthi Narrator: Zainab Saleem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Biography of the Palestinian poet and thinker Hussein Barghouthi and his incredible journey. Biography of the Palestinian poet and thinker Hussein Barghouthi and his incredible journey. Hussein Jamil Barghouthi, also spelled Barghouti, was a Palestinian poet, writer, essayist, critic, lyricist, playwright and philosopher, born in the village of Kobar in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Barghouthi lived his childhood between Kobar, where his mother lived, and Beirut, where his father worked.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390480Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - Al Daw2 Al Azraq Author: Hussain Al Barghouthi Narrator: Zainab Saleem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Arabic] - Al Daw2 Al Azraq Author: Hussain Al Barghouthi Narrator: Zainab Saleem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Biography of the Palestinian poet and thinker Hussein Barghouthi and his incredible journey. Biography of the Palestinian poet and thinker Hussein Barghouthi and his incredible journey. Hussein Jamil Barghouthi, also spelled Barghouti, was a Palestinian poet, writer, essayist, critic, lyricist, playwright and philosopher, born in the village of Kobar in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Barghouthi lived his childhood between Kobar, where his mother lived, and Beirut, where his father worked.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surprised-by-tragedy-by-tim-cox--65148582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surprised by Tragedy Author: Tim Cox Narrator: Tim Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It is always too soon to quit! What is your story that has you searching for a book about tragedy? The surprise you are facing probably has a different name than Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. The cure you need or long for may not exist or be as invasive as a lung transplant. Tragedies come in all different "shapes and sizes," but they share two common traits. They are personal, and that person needs hope. This book will help you or a loved one find hope in the midst of the tragedy. It is a story of not giving up, and discovering answers all along the journey of your life. Finding hope may be the hardest challenge you face. It is found in a combination of surprising events, loving friends/family and "just enough" faith that weave together in unexpected ways. It doesn't matter what uninvited surprise has invaded your story, there is always hope!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389180Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surprised by Tragedy Author: Tim Cox Narrator: Tim Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surprised by Tragedy Author: Tim Cox Narrator: Tim Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It is always too soon to quit! What is your story that has you searching for a book about tragedy? The surprise you are facing probably has a different name than Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. The cure you need or long for may not exist or be as invasive as a lung transplant. Tragedies come in all different "shapes and sizes," but they share two common traits. They are personal, and that person needs hope. This book will help you or a loved one find hope in the midst of the tragedy. It is a story of not giving up, and discovering answers all along the journey of your life. Finding hope may be the hardest challenge you face. It is found in a combination of surprising events, loving friends/family and "just enough" faith that weave together in unexpected ways. It doesn't matter what uninvited surprise has invaded your story, there is always hope!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stories-from-texas-some-of-them-are-true-by-w-f-strong--65148578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories from Texas - Some of Them are True Author: W. F. Strong Narrator: W. F. Strong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Texas raconteur, professor and radio personality W.F. Strong explains Texas like no one else. Dozens of fascinating bits from Texas' past and present are skillfully told by the Fulbright Scholar from Texas. For this book celebrating his home state, Strong has collected 75 of his NPR broadcasts. You'll hear his inimitably Texan voice in your mind's ear as he weaves stories on subjects ranging from how to "talk Texan" to Texas bards and troubadours; from tall Texas tales to Lone Star icons like Charles Goodnight, Tom Landry and Blue Bell ice cream; from legends and unsung heroes of the past to some heartfelt memories of his own]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389195Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories from Texas - Some of Them are True Author: W. F. Strong Narrator: W. F. Strong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stories from Texas - Some of Them are True Author: W. F. Strong Narrator: W. F. Strong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Texas raconteur, professor and radio personality W.F. Strong explains Texas like no one else. Dozens of fascinating bits from Texas' past and present are skillfully told by the Fulbright Scholar from Texas. For this book celebrating his home state, Strong has collected 75 of his NPR broadcasts. You'll hear his inimitably Texan voice in your mind's ear as he weaves stories on subjects ranging from how to "talk Texan" to Texas bards and troubadours; from tall Texas tales to Lone Star icons like Charles Goodnight, Tom Landry and Blue Bell ice cream; from legends and unsung heroes of the past to some heartfelt memories of his own]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mayann-francis-an-honourable-life-by-the-hon-mayann-francis--65148500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mayann Francis: An Honourable Life Author: The Hon. Mayann Francis Narrator: The Hon. Mayann Francis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Mayann Francis was named Nova Scotia's first Black lieutenant-governor, she wondered if the community would accept her. Francis was born just three months after businesswoman Viola Desmond was arrested for sitting in a whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow. Had enough changed? In this candid memoir, Francis describes her journey from humble beginnings in Whitney Pier, the daughter of immigrants, to the vice-regal office. She explains how her religious faith and her family's belief in education equipped her for life's challenges, including the loss of much of her vision. Before Francis was named lieutenant-governor, she had earned a masters degree in New York City and worked in a series of senior positions. But her time in the vice-regal office was not without challenges. Francis was unable to live in Government House for much of her term because the official residence was being renovated. As the renovations dragged on, there were rumours, she writes, that some politicians and bureaucrats did not want her to ever move in. Was it, she asks, because she was Black? Francis poses tough questions in this book, but also offers advice and encouragement to anyone faced with challenges.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408297Wed, 15 May 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mayann Francis: An Honourable Life Author: The Hon. Mayann Francis Narrator: The Hon. Mayann Francis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mayann Francis: An Honourable Life Author: The Hon. Mayann Francis Narrator: The Hon. Mayann Francis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 15, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Mayann Francis was named Nova Scotia's first Black lieutenant-governor, she wondered if the community would accept her. Francis was born just three months after businesswoman Viola Desmond was arrested for sitting in a whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow. Had enough changed? In this candid memoir, Francis describes her journey from humble beginnings in Whitney Pier, the daughter of immigrants, to the vice-regal office. She explains how her religious faith and her family's belief in education equipped her for life's challenges, including the loss of much of her vision. Before Francis was named lieutenant-governor, she had earned a masters degree in New York City and worked in a series of senior positions. But her time in the vice-regal office was not without challenges. Francis was unable to live in Government House for much of her term because the official residence was being renovated. As the renovations dragged on, there were rumours, she writes, that some politicians and bureaucrats did not want her to ever move in. Was it, she asks, because she was Black? Francis poses tough questions in this book, but also offers advice and encouragement to anyone faced with challenges.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-lebenslauf-gekurzte-lesung-by-alice-schwarzer--65148499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Lebenslauf (Gekürzte Lesung) Author: Alice Schwarzer Narrator: Alice Schwarzer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Es gibt wohl kaum eine Person des öffentlichen Lebens in Deutschland, die über Jahrzehnte in einem solchen Übermaß Bewunderung und Aggressionen erfahren hat und erfährt wie Alice Schwarzer. Sie ist die Stimme in Deutschland für die Rechte der Frauen. Zugleich ist sie einer der herausragendsten Journalisten und Essayisten des Landes, Autorin zahlreicher Bestseller und Blattmacherin. Ihre Leidenschaft, ihre Konfliktfähigkeit und ihr kämpferischer Elan sind Legende. In dieser Autobiografie erfahren wir, was die Wurzeln und Prägungen von Alice Schwarzer sind und wie sich daraus die Motive ihres Lebens entwickelt haben.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408284Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Lebenslauf (Gekürzte Lesung) Author: Alice Schwarzer Narrator: Alice Schwarzer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408284 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Lebenslauf (Gekürzte Lesung) Author: Alice Schwarzer Narrator: Alice Schwarzer Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2019 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Es gibt wohl kaum eine Person des öffentlichen Lebens in Deutschland, die über Jahrzehnte in einem solchen Übermaß Bewunderung und Aggressionen erfahren hat und erfährt wie Alice Schwarzer. Sie ist die Stimme in Deutschland für die Rechte der Frauen. Zugleich ist sie einer der herausragendsten Journalisten und Essayisten des Landes, Autorin zahlreicher Bestseller und Blattmacherin. Ihre Leidenschaft, ihre Konfliktfähigkeit und ihr kämpferischer Elan sind Legende. In dieser Autobiografie erfahren wir, was die Wurzeln und Prägungen von Alice Schwarzer sind und wie sich daraus die Motive ihres Lebens entwickelt haben.]]>185rztecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-in-the-photograph-the-true-story-of-a-native-american-child-lost-and-found-in-america-by-byron-l-dorgan--65148489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America Author: Byron L. Dorgan Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On a winter morning in 1990, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small girl gazed into the distance, shedding a tear. The headline: ''Foster home children beaten—and nobody's helping.'' Dorgan, who had been working with American Indian tribes to secure resources, was distressed. He flew to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to meet with five-year-old Tamara and her grandfather. They became friends. Then she disappeared. And he would search for her for decades until they finally found each other again. This book is her story, from childhood to the present, but it's also the story of a people and a nation. More than one in three American Indian/Alaskan Native children live in poverty. AI/AN children are disproportionately in foster care and awaiting adoption. Suicide among AI/AN youth ages 15 to 24 is 2.5 times the national rate. How have we allowed this to happen? As distressing a situation as it is, this is also a story of hope and resilience. Dorgan, who founded the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, has worked tirelessly to bring Native youth voices to the forefront of policy discussions, engage Native youth in leadership and advocacy, and secure and share resources for Native youth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406585Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America Author: Byron L. Dorgan Narrator: Peter Berkrot...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America Author: Byron L. Dorgan Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On a winter morning in 1990, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small girl gazed into the distance, shedding a tear. The headline: ''Foster home children beaten—and nobody's helping.'' Dorgan, who had been working with American Indian tribes to secure resources, was distressed. He flew to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to meet with five-year-old Tamara and her grandfather. They became friends. Then she disappeared. And he would search for her for decades until they finally found each other again. This book is her story, from childhood to the present, but it's also the story of a people and a nation. More than one in three American Indian/Alaskan Native children live in poverty. AI/AN children are disproportionately in foster care and awaiting adoption. Suicide among AI/AN youth ages 15 to 24 is 2.5 times the national rate. How have we allowed this to happen? As distressing a situation as it is, this is also a story of hope and resilience. Dorgan, who founded the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, has worked tirelessly to bring Native youth voices to the forefront of policy discussions, engage Native youth in leadership and advocacy, and secure and share resources for Native youth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-candy-reinvent-yourself-by-walking-the-australian-dream-by-angelo-raza--65148410https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Candy, Reinvent Yourself by Walking The Australian Dream Author: Angelo Raza Narrator: Finn Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of a man who chose to reinvent himself instead of playing victim. #1 in its series, this newly released adventure book comes with the best romance and suspense a true story can ever give. Sick of being treated like a foreigner in his home country Madagascar, Black Candy decided to migrate to Australia with his family, in the quest of freedom and a fair go. What he found was far beyond his imagination as his journey turned into a thrilling and perilous adventure, where uncertainties and despair combined with hope and miracles. A mysterious friend always came to the rescue. “Black Candy” is a celebration of faith and friendship, a guide to reinventing yourself through change, and an experience of the unique and vibrant lifestyle of Northern Australia. An ultimate Change Management case study, perfectly disguised in a family adventure story. It is a must read for those who are looking for a fresh start.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421040Mon, 01 Jan 2001 09:25:10 +0000Jacklyn FadelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Candy, Reinvent Yourself by Walking The Australian Dream Author: Angelo Raza Narrator: Finn Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Candy, Reinvent Yourself by Walking The Australian Dream Author: Angelo Raza Narrator: Finn Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of a man who chose to reinvent himself instead of playing victim. #1 in its series, this newly released adventure book comes with the best romance and suspense a true story can ever give. Sick of being treated like a foreigner in his home country Madagascar, Black Candy decided to migrate to Australia with his family, in the quest of freedom and a fair go. What he found was far beyond his imagination as his journey turned into a thrilling and perilous adventure, where uncertainties and despair combined with hope and miracles. A mysterious friend always came to the rescue. “Black Candy” is a celebration of faith and friendship, a guide to reinventing yourself through change, and an experience of the unique and vibrant lifestyle of Northern Australia. An ultimate Change Management case study, perfectly disguised in a family adventure story. It is a must read for those who are looking for a fresh start.]]>305cleanfull