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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 Maverick Kuhlmanhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1c5df659ff50518764c204f0a21681b8.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/get-top-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-history-culture--6573499Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:50:56 +0000Maverick KuhlmanMaverick Kuhlmanfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/313/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/313/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia History, and Animals & Nature. We offer you 3 free audiobooks to start your exploration journey. Audiobooks can be listened to on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access knowledge anytime, anywhere. Let audiobooks open new horizons for you! 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/a-river-in-darkness-one-man-s-escape-from-north-korea-by-masaji-ishikawa--65149739https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Author: Masaji Ishikawa Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book. A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Memoir & Autobiography. The harrowing true story of one man’s life in—and subsequent escape from—North Korea, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes. Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian. In this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, as well as the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life. A River in Darkness is not only a shocking portrait of life inside the country but a testament to the dignity—and indomitable nature—of the human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306154Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Author: Masaji Ishikawa Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306154 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Author: Masaji Ishikawa Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book. A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Memoir & Autobiography. The harrowing true story of one man’s life in—and subsequent escape from—North Korea, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes. Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian. In this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, as well as the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life. A River in Darkness is not only a shocking portrait of life inside the country but a testament to the dignity—and indomitable nature—of the human spirit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-small-town-love-story-colonial-beach-virginia-by-sherryl-woods--65149772https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia Author: Sherryl Woods Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia.  Rich in narrative history and local color, A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's summers, a place that stole her heart long ago and provided the basis for the many fictional small towns in her bestselling novels.  True to Woods's signature style of focusing on characters who are at the center of their communities, here she has woven together the stories of the very real people who helped shape this seaside Virginia town. She takes us back to the days of her own family gatherings, artfully capturing the unique essence of Colonial Beach and making us yearn for small-town life.  Woods's own memories frame the true stories she features—from the unique history of Colonial Beach itself to some firsthand accounts of the Oyster Wars that once consumed the community, to the stories of neighborhood merchants who made it a point to know just about every customer by name. From farmers to restauranteurs and hoteliers, from pastors to librarians and military folk, Woods's research and interviews give life to the personalities of a very special place.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307195Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia Author: Sherryl Woods Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia Author: Sherryl Woods Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia.  Rich in narrative history and local color, A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's summers, a place that stole her heart long ago and provided the basis for the many fictional small towns in her bestselling novels.  True to Woods's signature style of focusing on characters who are at the center of their communities, here she has woven together the stories of the very real people who helped shape this seaside Virginia town. She takes us back to the days of her own family gatherings, artfully capturing the unique essence of Colonial Beach and making us yearn for small-town life.  Woods's own memories frame the true stories she features—from the unique history of Colonial Beach itself to some firsthand accounts of the Oyster Wars that once consumed the community, to the stories of neighborhood merchants who made it a point to know just about every customer by name. From farmers to restauranteurs and hoteliers, from pastors to librarians and military folk, Woods's research and interviews give life to the personalities of a very special place.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breaking-free-how-i-escaped-polygamy-the-flds-cult-and-my-father-warren-jeffs-by-rachel-jeffs--65149722https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs Author: Rachel Jeffs Narrator: Rachel Jeffs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey. No one in this radical splinter sect of the Mormon Church was more powerful or terrifying than its leader Warren Jeffs—Rachel’s father. Living outside mainstream Mormonism and federal law, Jeffs arranged marriages between under-age girls and middle-aged and elderly members of his congregation. In 2006, he gained international notoriety when the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted List. Though he is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, Jeffs’ iron grip on the church remains firm, and his edicts to his followers increasingly restrictive and bizarre. In Breaking Free, Rachel blows the lid off this taciturn community made famous by John Krakauer’s bestselling Under the Banner of Heaven to offer a harrowing look at her life with Warren Jeffs, and the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered. Sexually assaulted, compelled into an arranged polygamous marriage, locked away in ''houses of hiding'' as punishment for perceived transgressions, and physically separated from her children, Rachel, Jeffs’ first plural daughter by his second of more than fifty wives, eventually found the courage to leave the church in 2015. But Breaking Free is not only her story—Rachel’s experiences illuminate those of her family and the countless others who remain trapped in the strange world she left behind. A shocking and mesmerizing memoir of faith, abuse, courage, and freedom, Breaking Free is an expose of religious extremism and a beacon of hope for anyone trying to overcome personal obstacles. A Family Tree PDF accopmanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307180Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs Author: Rachel Jeffs Narrator: Rachel Jeffs Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and my Father, Warren Jeffs Author: Rachel Jeffs Narrator: Rachel Jeffs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey. No one in this radical splinter sect of the Mormon Church was more powerful or terrifying than its leader Warren Jeffs—Rachel’s father. Living outside mainstream Mormonism and federal law, Jeffs arranged marriages between under-age girls and middle-aged and elderly members of his congregation. In 2006, he gained international notoriety when the FBI placed him on its Ten Most Wanted List. Though he is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, Jeffs’ iron grip on the church remains firm, and his edicts to his followers increasingly restrictive and bizarre. In Breaking Free, Rachel blows the lid off this taciturn community made famous by John Krakauer’s bestselling Under the Banner of Heaven to offer a harrowing look at her life with Warren Jeffs, and the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered. Sexually assaulted, compelled into an arranged polygamous marriage, locked away in ''houses of hiding'' as punishment for perceived transgressions, and physically separated from her children, Rachel, Jeffs’ first plural daughter by his second of more than fifty wives, eventually found the courage to leave the church in 2015. But Breaking Free is not only her story—Rachel’s experiences illuminate those of her family and the countless others who remain trapped in the strange world she left behind. A shocking and mesmerizing memoir of faith, abuse, courage, and freedom, Breaking Free is an expose of religious extremism and a beacon of hope for anyone trying to overcome personal obstacles. A Family Tree PDF accopmanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lenin-the-man-the-dictator-and-the-master-of-terror-by-victor-sebestyen--65149729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror Author: Victor Sebestyen Narrator: Jonathan Aris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 3 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—the first major biography in English in nearly two decades—is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and the English classics, Lenin was radicalized after the execution of his brother in 1887. Sebestyen traces the story from Lenin's early years to his long exile in Europe and return to Petrograd in 1917 to lead the first Communist revolution in history. Uniquely, Sebestyen has discovered that throughout Lenin's life his closest relationships were with his mother, his sisters, his wife, and his mistress. The long-suppressed story told here of the love triangle that Lenin had with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and his beautiful, married mistress and comrade, Inessa Armand, reveals a more complicated character than that of the coldly one-dimensional leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. With Lenin's personal papers and those of other leading political figures now available, Sebestyen gives is new details that bring to life the dramatic and gripping story of how Lenin seized power in a coup and ran his revolutionary state. The product of a violent, tyrannical, and corrupt Russia, he chillingly authorized the deaths of thousands of people and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for a greater ideal. An old comrade what had once admired him said that Lenin 'desired the good . . . but created evil.' This included his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to horrifying new heights. In Lenin, Victor Sebestyen has written a brilliant portrait of this dictator as a complex and ruthless figure, and he also brings to light important new revelations about the Russian Revolution, a pivotal point in modern history. (With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306073Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror Author: Victor Sebestyen Narrator: Jonathan Aris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror Author: Victor Sebestyen Narrator: Jonathan Aris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 3 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—the first major biography in English in nearly two decades—is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and the English classics, Lenin was radicalized after the execution of his brother in 1887. Sebestyen traces the story from Lenin's early years to his long exile in Europe and return to Petrograd in 1917 to lead the first Communist revolution in history. Uniquely, Sebestyen has discovered that throughout Lenin's life his closest relationships were with his mother, his sisters, his wife, and his mistress. The long-suppressed story told here of the love triangle that Lenin had with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and his beautiful, married mistress and comrade, Inessa Armand, reveals a more complicated character than that of the coldly one-dimensional leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. With Lenin's personal papers and those of other leading political figures now available, Sebestyen gives is new details that bring to life the dramatic and gripping story of how Lenin seized power in a coup and ran his revolutionary state. The product of a violent, tyrannical, and corrupt Russia, he chillingly authorized the deaths of thousands of people and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for a greater ideal. An old comrade what had once admired him said that Lenin 'desired the good . . . but created evil.' This included his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to horrifying new heights. In Lenin, Victor Sebestyen has written a brilliant portrait of this dictator as a complex and ruthless figure, and he also brings to light important new revelations about the Russian Revolution, a pivotal point in modern history. (With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/well-healing-our-beautiful-broken-world-from-a-hospital-in-west-africa-by-sarah-thebarge--65149717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well: Healing Our Beautiful, Broken World from a Hospital in West Africa Author: Sarah Thebarge Narrator: Sarah Thebarge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sarah The barge ponders the intersection of faith and medicine in this insightful narrative of her medical mission trip to Togo, West Africa. Sarah The barge, a Yale-trained physician assistant, nearly died of breast cancer at age twenty-seven, but that did not end her deeply felt spiritual calling to medical missions in Africa. Risking her own health, she moved to Togo, West Africa-ranked by the United Nations as the least happy country in the world-to care for sick and suffering patients. Serving without pay in a mission hospital, she pondered the intersection of faith and medicine in her quest to help make the world 'well.' In the hospital wards, she witnessed death over and over again. In the outpatient clinic, she daily diagnosed patients with deadly diseases, many of which had simple but unavailable cures. She lived in austere conditions and nearly succumbed herself in a harrowing bout with malaria. She describes her experiences in gripping detail and reflects courageously about difficult and deep human connections-across race, culture, material circumstances, and medical access. Her experience exemplifies the triumph of surviving in order to share the stories that often go untold. In the end, Well is an invitation to ask what happens when, instead of asking why God allows suffering to happen in the world, we ask, 'Why do we?']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307669Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well: Healing Our Beautiful, Broken World from a Hospital in West Africa Author: Sarah Thebarge Narrator: Sarah Thebarge Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well: Healing Our Beautiful, Broken World from a Hospital in West Africa Author: Sarah Thebarge Narrator: Sarah Thebarge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sarah The barge ponders the intersection of faith and medicine in this insightful narrative of her medical mission trip to Togo, West Africa. Sarah The barge, a Yale-trained physician assistant, nearly died of breast cancer at age twenty-seven, but that did not end her deeply felt spiritual calling to medical missions in Africa. Risking her own health, she moved to Togo, West Africa-ranked by the United Nations as the least happy country in the world-to care for sick and suffering patients. Serving without pay in a mission hospital, she pondered the intersection of faith and medicine in her quest to help make the world 'well.' In the hospital wards, she witnessed death over and over again. In the outpatient clinic, she daily diagnosed patients with deadly diseases, many of which had simple but unavailable cures. She lived in austere conditions and nearly succumbed herself in a harrowing bout with malaria. She describes her experiences in gripping detail and reflects courageously about difficult and deep human connections-across race, culture, material circumstances, and medical access. Her experience exemplifies the triumph of surviving in order to share the stories that often go untold. In the end, Well is an invitation to ask what happens when, instead of asking why God allows suffering to happen in the world, we ask, 'Why do we?']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kierkegaard-audio-lectures-13-lessons-on-his-life-thought-and-writings-by-stephen-backhouse--65149708https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures: 13 Lessons on His Life, Thought, and Writings Series: Part of Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures Author: Stephen Backhouse Narrator: Stephen Backhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.   Gain a new understanding of Kierkegaard's thought and life, a story filled with romance, betrayal, humor, and riots, in Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures.   Søren Kierkegaard indeed lived an extraordinary life. He never saw the fruits of his work in his life--it would be almost 100 years after his death that others would unleash his words onto the wider world. Yet the Danish philosopher, theologian, social critic, and writer is now widely recognized as one of the world's most profound writers and thinkers, and his influence on philosophy, literature, and on secular and religious life and thought is incalculable. Philosophers and theologians influenced by Kierkegaard include Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Merton, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Kafka, Martin Luther King Jr., and numerous others.   In Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures, author and professor Stephen Backhouse highlights the interesting and controversial aspects of Kierkegaard's life, recounting a story that few today know, and provides brief, straightforward overviews of his key works.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303902Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures: 13 Lessons on His Life, Thought, and Writings Series: Part of Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures Author: Stephen...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures: 13 Lessons on His Life, Thought, and Writings Series: Part of Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures Author: Stephen Backhouse Narrator: Stephen Backhouse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 31, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.   Gain a new understanding of Kierkegaard's thought and life, a story filled with romance, betrayal, humor, and riots, in Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures.   Søren Kierkegaard indeed lived an extraordinary life. He never saw the fruits of his work in his life--it would be almost 100 years after his death that others would unleash his words onto the wider world. Yet the Danish philosopher, theologian, social critic, and writer is now widely recognized as one of the world's most profound writers and thinkers, and his influence on philosophy, literature, and on secular and religious life and thought is incalculable. Philosophers and theologians influenced by Kierkegaard include Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Merton, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Kafka, Martin Luther King Jr., and numerous others.   In Kierkegaard: Audio Lectures, author and professor Stephen Backhouse highlights the interesting and controversial aspects of Kierkegaard's life, recounting a story that few today know, and provides brief, straightforward overviews of his key works.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-written-world-the-power-of-stories-to-shape-people-history-civilization-by-martin-puchner--65149741https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization Author: Martin Puchner Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world literature, he shows us how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs. We meet Murasaki, a lady from eleventh-century Japan who wrote the first novel, The Tale of Genji, and follow the adventures of Miguel de Cervantes as he battles pirates, both seafaring and literary. We watch Goethe discover world literature in Sicily, and follow the rise in influence of The Communist Manifesto. Puchner takes us to Troy, Pergamum, and China, speaks with Nobel laureates Derek Walcott in the Caribbean and Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, and introduces us to the wordsmiths of the oral epic Sunjata in West Africa. This delightful narrative also chronicles the inventions—writing technologies, the printing press, the book itself—that have shaped people, commerce, and history. In a book that Elaine Scarry has praised as “unique and spellbinding,” Puchner shows how literature turned our planet into a written world. Praise for The Written World “It’s with exhilaration . . . that one hails Martin Puchner’s book, which asserts not merely the importance of literature but its all-importance. . . . Storytelling is as human as breathing.”—The New York Times Book Review “Puchner has a keen eye for the ironies of history. . . . His ideal is ‘world literature,’ a phrase he borrows from Goethe. . . . The breathtaking scope and infectious enthusiasm of this book are a tribute to that ideal.”—The Sunday Times (U.K.)  “Enthralling . . . Perfect reading for a long chilly night . . . [Puchner] brings these works and their origins to vivid life.”—BookPage “Well worth a read, to find out how come we read.”—Margaret Atwood, via Twitter]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303420Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization Author: Martin Puchner Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization Author: Martin Puchner Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world literature, he shows us how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs. We meet Murasaki, a lady from eleventh-century Japan who wrote the first novel, The Tale of Genji, and follow the adventures of Miguel de Cervantes as he battles pirates, both seafaring and literary. We watch Goethe discover world literature in Sicily, and follow the rise in influence of The Communist Manifesto. Puchner takes us to Troy, Pergamum, and China, speaks with Nobel laureates Derek Walcott in the Caribbean and Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, and introduces us to the wordsmiths of the oral epic Sunjata in West Africa. This delightful narrative also chronicles the inventions—writing technologies, the printing press, the book itself—that have shaped people, commerce, and history. In a book that Elaine Scarry has praised as “unique and spellbinding,” Puchner shows how literature turned our planet into a written world. Praise for The Written World “It’s with exhilaration . . . that one hails Martin Puchner’s book, which asserts not merely the importance of literature but its all-importance. . . . Storytelling is as human as breathing.”—The New York Times Book Review “Puchner has a keen eye for the ironies of history. . . . His ideal is ‘world literature,’ a phrase he borrows from Goethe. . . . The breathtaking scope and infectious enthusiasm of this book are a tribute to that ideal.”—The Sunday Times (U.K.)  “Enthralling . . . Perfect reading for a long chilly night . . . [Puchner] brings these works and their origins to vivid life.”—BookPage “Well worth a read, to find out how come we read.”—Margaret Atwood, via Twitter]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/member-of-the-family-my-story-of-charles-manson-life-inside-his-cult-and-the-darkness-that-ended-the-sixties-by-dianne-lake-deborah-herm--65149725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties Author: Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman Narrator: Dianne Lake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life as one of his ''girls.'' At age fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them—became one of ''Charlie’s girls,'' a devoted acolyte of cult leader Charles Manson. Over the course of two years, the impressionable teenager endured manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh realities and looming darkness of Charles Manson’s true nature revealed itself. From Spahn ranch and the group acid trips, to the Beatles’ White Album and Manson’s dangerous messiah-complex, Dianne tells the riveting story of the group’s descent into madness as she lived it. Though she never participated in any of the group’s gruesome crimes and was purposely insulated from them, Dianne was arrested with the rest of the Manson Family, and eventually learned enough to join the prosecution’s case against them. With the help of good Samaritans, including the cop who first arrested her and later adopted her, the courageous young woman eventually found redemption and grew up to lead an ordinary life. While much has been written about Charles Manson, this riveting account from an actual Family member is a chilling portrait that recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying and fascinating chapters in modern American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306863Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties Author: Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness that Ended the Sixties Author: Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman Narrator: Dianne Lake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life as one of his ''girls.'' At age fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them—became one of ''Charlie’s girls,'' a devoted acolyte of cult leader Charles Manson. Over the course of two years, the impressionable teenager endured manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh realities and looming darkness of Charles Manson’s true nature revealed itself. From Spahn ranch and the group acid trips, to the Beatles’ White Album and Manson’s dangerous messiah-complex, Dianne tells the riveting story of the group’s descent into madness as she lived it. Though she never participated in any of the group’s gruesome crimes and was purposely insulated from them, Dianne was arrested with the rest of the Manson Family, and eventually learned enough to join the prosecution’s case against them. With the help of good Samaritans, including the cop who first arrested her and later adopted her, the courageous young woman eventually found redemption and grew up to lead an ordinary life. While much has been written about Charles Manson, this riveting account from an actual Family member is a chilling portrait that recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying and fascinating chapters in modern American history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-brothers-the-story-of-the-strange-friendship-between-sitting-bull-and-buffalo-bill-by-deanne-stillman--65149724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Author: Deanne Stillman Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2018 Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction The little-known but uniquely American story of the unlikely friendship of two famous figures of the American West—Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull—told through the prism of their collaboration in Cody's Wild West show in 1885. “Splendid… Blood Brothers eloquently explores the clash of cultures on the Great Plains that initially united the two legends and how this shared experience contributed to the creation of their ironic political alliance.” —Bobby Bridger, Austin Chronicle It was in Brooklyn, New York, in 1883 that William F. Cody—known across the land as Buffalo Bill—conceived of his Wild West show, an “equestrian extravaganza” featuring cowboys and Indians. It was a great success, and for four months in 1885 the Lakota chief Sitting Bull appeared in the show. Blood Brothers tells the story of these two iconic figures through their brief but important collaboration, in “a compelling narrative that reads like a novel” (Orange County Register). “Thoroughly researched, Deanne Stillman’s account of this period in American history is elucidating as well as entertaining” (Booklist), complete with little-told details about the two men whose alliance was eased by none other than Annie Oakley. When Sitting Bull joined the Wild West, the event spawned one of the earliest advertising slogans: “Foes in ’76, Friends in ’85.” Cody paid his performers well, and he treated the Indians no differently from white performers. During this time, the Native American rights movement began to flourish. But with their way of life in tatters, the Lakota and others availed themselves of the chance to perform in the Wild West show. When Cody died in 1917, a large contingent of Native Americans attended his public funeral. An iconic friendship tale like no other, Blood Brothers is a timeless story of people from different cultures who crossed barriers to engage each other as human beings. Here, Stillman provides “an account of the tragic murder of Sitting Bull that’s as good as any in the literature…Thoughtful and thoroughly well-told—just the right treatment for a subject about which many books have been written before, few so successfully” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306837Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Author: Deanne Stillman Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Author: Deanne Stillman Narrator: Pete Simonelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 24, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2018 Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction The little-known but uniquely American story of the unlikely friendship of two famous figures of the American West—Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull—told through the prism of their collaboration in Cody's Wild West show in 1885. “Splendid… Blood Brothers eloquently explores the clash of cultures on the Great Plains that initially united the two legends and how this shared experience contributed to the creation of their ironic political alliance.” —Bobby Bridger, Austin Chronicle It was in Brooklyn, New York, in 1883 that William F. Cody—known across the land as Buffalo Bill—conceived of his Wild West show, an “equestrian extravaganza” featuring cowboys and Indians. It was a great success, and for four months in 1885 the Lakota chief Sitting Bull appeared in the show. Blood Brothers tells the story of these two iconic figures through their brief but important collaboration, in “a compelling narrative that reads like a novel” (Orange County Register). “Thoroughly researched, Deanne Stillman’s account of this period in American history is elucidating as well as entertaining” (Booklist), complete with little-told details about the two men whose alliance was eased by none other than Annie Oakley. When Sitting Bull joined the Wild West, the event spawned one of the earliest advertising slogans: “Foes in ’76, Friends in ’85.” Cody paid his performers well, and he treated the Indians no differently from white performers. During this time, the Native American rights movement began to flourish. But with their way of life in tatters, the Lakota and others availed themselves of the chance to perform in the Wild West show. When Cody died in 1917, a large contingent of Native Americans attended his public funeral. An iconic friendship tale like no other, Blood Brothers is a timeless story of people from different cultures who crossed barriers to engage each other as human beings. Here, Stillman provides “an account of the tragic murder of Sitting Bull that’s as good as any in the literature…Thoughtful and thoroughly well-told—just the right treatment for a subject about which many books have been written before, few so successfully” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crown-the-official-companion-volume-1-elizabeth-ii-winston-churchill-and-the-making-of-a-young-queen-1947-1955-by-robert-lacey--65149737https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) Series: #1 of The Crown Author: Robert Lacey Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The official companion to the critically acclaimed Netflix drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown by Peter Morgan, featuring additional historical background and exclusive images.   Starring Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, Netflix's original series The Crown, created by Peter Morgan and growing out of his Oscar-winning movie The Queen starring Helen Mirren, paints a unique and intimate portrait of Britain's longest-reigning monarch. This official companion to the show's first season is an in-depth exploration of the early years of Elizabeth II's time as Queen, complete with extensive research, additional material, and exclusive, beautifully reproduced images.      One of the show's most powerful themes is that royals do not choose their duty; it is thrust upon them. Princess Elizabeth never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her not only a throne to fill but a global institution to govern. Crowned at twenty-five, already a wife and mother, follow the journey of a woman learning to become a queen while facing her own challenges within her own family. This is the story of how Elizabeth II drew on every ounce of strength and British reserve to deal with crises not only on the continent but at home as well.      Written by bestselling historical biographer Robert Lacey, who also serves as the show's historical consultant, this official companion provides an in-depth exploration from behind the palace gates. Relive the majesty of the first season of the hit show, with behind-the-scenes photos, meticulously researched images from the time, and more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303424Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) Series: #1 of The Crown...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955) Series: #1 of The Crown Author: Robert Lacey Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The official companion to the critically acclaimed Netflix drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown by Peter Morgan, featuring additional historical background and exclusive images.   Starring Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, Netflix's original series The Crown, created by Peter Morgan and growing out of his Oscar-winning movie The Queen starring Helen Mirren, paints a unique and intimate portrait of Britain's longest-reigning monarch. This official companion to the show's first season is an in-depth exploration of the early years of Elizabeth II's time as Queen, complete with extensive research, additional material, and exclusive, beautifully reproduced images.      One of the show's most powerful themes is that royals do not choose their duty; it is thrust upon them. Princess Elizabeth never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her not only a throne to fill but a global institution to govern. Crowned at twenty-five, already a wife and mother, follow the journey of a woman learning to become a queen while facing her own challenges within her own family. This is the story of how Elizabeth II drew on every ounce of strength and British reserve to deal with crises not only on the continent but at home as well.      Written by bestselling historical biographer Robert Lacey, who also serves as the show's historical consultant, this official companion provides an in-depth exploration from behind the palace gates. Relive the majesty of the first season of the hit show, with behind-the-scenes photos, meticulously researched images from the time, and more.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/slow-medicine-the-way-to-healing-by-victoria-sweet--65149730https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing Author: Victoria Sweet Narrator: Victoria Sweet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Wonderful... Physicans would do well to learn this most important lesson about caring for patients.' —The New York Times Book Review   Over the years that Victoria Sweet has been a physician, “healthcare” has replaced medicine, “providers” look at their laptops more than at their patients, and costs keep soaring, all in the ruthless pursuit of efficiency. Yet the remedy that economists and policy makers continue to miss is also miraculously simple. Good medicine takes more than amazing technology; it takes time—time to respond to bodies as well as data, time to arrive at the right diagnosis and the right treatment.   Sweet knows this because she has learned and lived it over the course of her remarkable career. Here she relates unforgettable stories of the teachers, doctors, nurses, and patients through whom she discovered the practice of Slow Medicine, in which she has been both pioneer and inspiration. Medicine, she helps us to see, is a craft and an art as well as a science. It is relational, personal, even spiritual. To do it well requires a hard-won wisdom that no algorithm can replace—that brings together “fast” and “slow” in a truly effective, efficient, sustainable, and humane way of healing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303171Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing Author: Victoria Sweet Narrator: Victoria Sweet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing Author: Victoria Sweet Narrator: Victoria Sweet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Wonderful... Physicans would do well to learn this most important lesson about caring for patients.' —The New York Times Book Review   Over the years that Victoria Sweet has been a physician, “healthcare” has replaced medicine, “providers” look at their laptops more than at their patients, and costs keep soaring, all in the ruthless pursuit of efficiency. Yet the remedy that economists and policy makers continue to miss is also miraculously simple. Good medicine takes more than amazing technology; it takes time—time to respond to bodies as well as data, time to arrive at the right diagnosis and the right treatment.   Sweet knows this because she has learned and lived it over the course of her remarkable career. Here she relates unforgettable stories of the teachers, doctors, nurses, and patients through whom she discovered the practice of Slow Medicine, in which she has been both pioneer and inspiration. Medicine, she helps us to see, is a craft and an art as well as a science. It is relational, personal, even spiritual. To do it well requires a hard-won wisdom that no algorithm can replace—that brings together “fast” and “slow” in a truly effective, efficient, sustainable, and humane way of healing.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ask-an-astronaut-my-guide-to-life-in-space-by-tim-peake--65149716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask an Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space Author: Tim Peake Narrator: Robin Ince Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next -- the Moon, Mars, or beyond? Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's guide to life in space, and his answers to the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth. With explanations ranging from the mundane -- how do you wash your clothes or go to the bathroom while in orbit? -- to the profound -- what's the point? -- all written in Tim's characteristically warm style, Tim shares his thoughts on every aspect of space exploration. From training for the mission to launch, to his historic spacewalk, to re-entry, he reveals for readers of all ages the cutting-edge science behind his groundbreaking experiments, and the wonders of daily life on board the International Space Station. The public was invited to submit questions using the hashtag #askanastronaut, and a selection are answered by Tim in the book, accompanied with illustrations, diagrams, and never-before-seen photos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306876Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask an Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space Author: Tim Peake Narrator: Robin Ince Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask an Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space Author: Tim Peake Narrator: Robin Ince Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 17, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next -- the Moon, Mars, or beyond? Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's guide to life in space, and his answers to the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth. With explanations ranging from the mundane -- how do you wash your clothes or go to the bathroom while in orbit? -- to the profound -- what's the point? -- all written in Tim's characteristically warm style, Tim shares his thoughts on every aspect of space exploration. From training for the mission to launch, to his historic spacewalk, to re-entry, he reveals for readers of all ages the cutting-edge science behind his groundbreaking experiments, and the wonders of daily life on board the International Space Station. The public was invited to submit questions using the hashtag #askanastronaut, and a selection are answered by Tim in the book, accompanied with illustrations, diagrams, and never-before-seen photos.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leonardo-da-vinci-by-walter-isaacson--65149713https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leonardo da Vinci Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Alfred Molina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 1 minute Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 285 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS! The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker). Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius. In the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Here, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303692Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leonardo da Vinci Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Alfred Molina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 1 minute Release date: October 17, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leonardo da Vinci Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Alfred Molina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 1 minute Release date: October 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 285 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Soon to be a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS! The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker). Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson “deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history’s most creative genius. In the “luminous” (Daily Beast) Leonardo da Vinci, Isaacson describes how Leonardo’s delight at combining diverse passions remains the ultimate recipe for creativity. So, too, does his ease at being a bit of a misfit: illegitimate, gay, vegetarian, left-handed, easily distracted, and at times heretical. His life should remind us of the importance to be imaginative and, like talented rebels in any era, to think different. Here, da Vinci “comes to life in all his remarkable brilliance and oddity in Walter Isaacson’s ambitious new biography…a vigorous, insightful portrait” (The Washington Post).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hoover-an-extraordinary-life-in-extraordinary-times-by-kenneth-whyte--65149761https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times Author: Kenneth Whyte Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'An exemplary biography—exhaustively researched, fair-minded and easy to read. It can nestle on the same shelf as David McCullough’s Truman, a high compliment indeed.' —The Wall Street Journal The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century—a wholly original account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man, his presidency, his battle against the Great Depression, and their own history. An impoverished orphan who built a fortune. A great humanitarian. A president elected in a landslide and then resoundingly defeated four years later. Arguably the father of both New Deal liberalism and modern conservatism, Herbert Hoover lived one of the most extraordinary American lives of the twentieth century. Yet however astonishing, his accomplishments are often eclipsed by the perception that Hoover was inept and heartless in the face of the Great Depression. Now, Kenneth Whyte vividly recreates Hoover’s rich and dramatic life in all its complex glory. He follows Hoover through his Iowa boyhood, his cutthroat business career, his brilliant rescue of millions of lives during World War I and the 1927 Mississippi floods, his misconstrued presidency, his defeat at the hands of a ruthless Franklin Roosevelt, his devastating years in the political wilderness, his return to grace as Truman's emissary to help European refugees after World War II, and his final vindication in the days of Kennedy's 'New Frontier.' Ultimately, Whyte brings to light Hoover’s complexities and contradictions—his modesty and ambition, his ruthlessness and extreme generosity—as well as his profound political legacy. Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times is the epic, poignant story of the deprived boy who, through force of will, made himself the most accomplished figure in the land, and who experienced a range of achievements and failures unmatched by any American of his, or perhaps any, era. Here, for the first time, is the definitive biography that fully captures the colossal scale of Hoover’s momentous life and volatile times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306075Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times Author: Kenneth Whyte Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 38...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times Author: Kenneth Whyte Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 38 minutes Release date: October 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'An exemplary biography—exhaustively researched, fair-minded and easy to read. It can nestle on the same shelf as David McCullough’s Truman, a high compliment indeed.' —The Wall Street Journal The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century—a wholly original account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man, his presidency, his battle against the Great Depression, and their own history. An impoverished orphan who built a fortune. A great humanitarian. A president elected in a landslide and then resoundingly defeated four years later. Arguably the father of both New Deal liberalism and modern conservatism, Herbert Hoover lived one of the most extraordinary American lives of the twentieth century. Yet however astonishing, his accomplishments are often eclipsed by the perception that Hoover was inept and heartless in the face of the Great Depression. Now, Kenneth Whyte vividly recreates Hoover’s rich and dramatic life in all its complex glory. He follows Hoover through his Iowa boyhood, his cutthroat business career, his brilliant rescue of millions of lives during World War I and the 1927 Mississippi floods, his misconstrued presidency, his defeat at the hands of a ruthless Franklin Roosevelt, his devastating years in the political wilderness, his return to grace as Truman's emissary to help European refugees after World War II, and his final vindication in the days of Kennedy's 'New Frontier.' Ultimately, Whyte brings to light Hoover’s complexities and contradictions—his modesty and ambition, his ruthlessness and extreme generosity—as well as his profound political legacy. Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times is the epic, poignant story of the deprived boy who, through force of will, made himself the most accomplished figure in the land, and who experienced a range of achievements and failures unmatched by any American of his, or perhaps any, era. Here, for the first time, is the definitive biography that fully captures the colossal scale of Hoover’s momentous life and volatile times.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/c-s-lewis-and-the-catholic-church-by-joseph-pearce--65149715https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church Author: Joseph Pearce Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: C. S. Lewis, the great British novelist and Christian apologist, has been credited by many - including the author - for aiding their journey to the Catholic Church. For this reason, it is often perplexing that Lewis himself never became Catholic. In C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, Joseph Pearce delves into Lewis's life, writings, and spiritual influences to shed light on the matter. Although C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity was greatly influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien, a Catholic, and although Lewis embraced many distinctively Catholic teachings, such as purgatory and the sacrament of Confession, he never formally entered the Church. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this book digs deep to present the facts of Lewis's life, to illuminate key points in his writings, and to ask the question: Was C. S. Lewis on the path to Rome? This revised and updated edition - with a new introduction by Father Dwight Longenecker - is a fascinating historical, biographical, theological, and literary account of a man whose writings have led scores to the Catholic Church, despite never having become a Catholic himself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307117Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church Author: Joseph Pearce Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church Author: Joseph Pearce Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: C. S. Lewis, the great British novelist and Christian apologist, has been credited by many - including the author - for aiding their journey to the Catholic Church. For this reason, it is often perplexing that Lewis himself never became Catholic. In C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, Joseph Pearce delves into Lewis's life, writings, and spiritual influences to shed light on the matter. Although C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity was greatly influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien, a Catholic, and although Lewis embraced many distinctively Catholic teachings, such as purgatory and the sacrament of Confession, he never formally entered the Church. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this book digs deep to present the facts of Lewis's life, to illuminate key points in his writings, and to ask the question: Was C. S. Lewis on the path to Rome? This revised and updated edition - with a new introduction by Father Dwight Longenecker - is a fascinating historical, biographical, theological, and literary account of a man whose writings have led scores to the Catholic Church, despite never having become a Catholic himself.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-thunder-a-life-of-hilaire-belloc-by-joseph-pearce--65149710https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc Author: Joseph Pearce Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important writers of the 20th century. At turns reviled or revered, depending on the audience, he was a razor-sharp social commenter and a master of both poetry and prose who continues to captivate readers. In Old Thunder, Joseph Pearce examines Belloc's enduring impact on British intellectual life. Along the way, Pearce uncovers Belloc's relationships with Chesterton, Waugh, and Sassoon, among others. Pearce also illuminates another side of Belloc's personality by relaying his long courtship with Elodie Hogan, her brief stint in a convent, and his ultimate grief at her death. In this updated biography, with a new introduction by Dale Alhquist, Joseph Pearce uses previously unpublished letters and photographs to reveal in Belloc a romantic, complex, and solitary man, who is one of the true giants of the Catholic revival in the last century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307121Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc Author: Joseph Pearce Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307121 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc Author: Joseph Pearce Narrator: Kevin F. Spalding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Hilaire Belloc is one of the most important writers of the 20th century. At turns reviled or revered, depending on the audience, he was a razor-sharp social commenter and a master of both poetry and prose who continues to captivate readers. In Old Thunder, Joseph Pearce examines Belloc's enduring impact on British intellectual life. Along the way, Pearce uncovers Belloc's relationships with Chesterton, Waugh, and Sassoon, among others. Pearce also illuminates another side of Belloc's personality by relaying his long courtship with Elodie Hogan, her brief stint in a convent, and his ultimate grief at her death. In this updated biography, with a new introduction by Dale Alhquist, Joseph Pearce uses previously unpublished letters and photographs to reveal in Belloc a romantic, complex, and solitary man, who is one of the true giants of the Catholic revival in the last century.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dear-world-a-syrian-girl-s-story-of-war-and-plea-for-peace-by-bana-alabed--65149734https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace Author: Bana Alabed Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A story of love and courage amid brutality and terror, this is the testimony of a child who has endured the unthinkable.” —J.K. Rowling “I’m very afraid I will die tonight.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 2, 2016 “Stop killing us.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 6, 2016 “I just want to live without fear.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 12, 2016 When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children. Bana’s happy childhood was abruptly upended by civil war when she was only three years old. Over the next four years, she knew nothing but bombing, destruction, and fear. Her harrowing ordeal culminated in a brutal siege where she, her parents, and two younger brothers were trapped in Aleppo, with little access to food, water, medicine, or other necessities. Facing death as bombs relentlessly fell around them—one of which completely destroyed their home—Bana and her family embarked on a perilous escape to Turkey. In Bana’s own words, and featuring short, affecting chapters by her mother, Fatemah, Dear World is not just a gripping account of a family endangered by war; it offers a uniquely intimate, child’s perspective on one of the biggest humanitarian crises in history. Bana has lost her best friend, her school, her home, and her homeland. But she has not lost her hope—for herself and for other children around the world who are victims and refugees of war and deserve better lives. Dear World is a powerful reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, the unconquerable courage of a child, and the abiding power of hope. It is a story that will leave you changed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303462Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace Author: Bana Alabed Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace Author: Bana Alabed Narrator: Lameece Issaq Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A story of love and courage amid brutality and terror, this is the testimony of a child who has endured the unthinkable.” —J.K. Rowling “I’m very afraid I will die tonight.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 2, 2016 “Stop killing us.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 6, 2016 “I just want to live without fear.” —Bana Alabed, Twitter, October 12, 2016 When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors she and her family were experiencing in war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world and gave a voice to millions of innocent children. Bana’s happy childhood was abruptly upended by civil war when she was only three years old. Over the next four years, she knew nothing but bombing, destruction, and fear. Her harrowing ordeal culminated in a brutal siege where she, her parents, and two younger brothers were trapped in Aleppo, with little access to food, water, medicine, or other necessities. Facing death as bombs relentlessly fell around them—one of which completely destroyed their home—Bana and her family embarked on a perilous escape to Turkey. In Bana’s own words, and featuring short, affecting chapters by her mother, Fatemah, Dear World is not just a gripping account of a family endangered by war; it offers a uniquely intimate, child’s perspective on one of the biggest humanitarian crises in history. Bana has lost her best friend, her school, her home, and her homeland. But she has not lost her hope—for herself and for other children around the world who are victims and refugees of war and deserve better lives. Dear World is a powerful reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, the unconquerable courage of a child, and the abiding power of hope. It is a story that will leave you changed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forged-in-crisis-the-power-of-courageous-leadership-in-turbulent-times-by-nancy-koehn--65149732https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times Author: Nancy Koehn Narrator: Nancy Koehn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER “Five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history…a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic” —Angela Duckworth, #1 bestselling author of Grit An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights, Forged in Crisis, by celebrated Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their extraordinary stories continue to amaze and inspire? In delivering the answers to those questions, Nancy Koehn offers a remarkable template by which to judge those in our own time to whom the public has given its trust. She begins each of the book’s five sections by showing her protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe; Lincoln on the verge of seeing the Union collapse; escaped slave Douglass facing possible capture; Bonhoeffer agonizing over how to counter absolute evil with faith; Carson racing against the cancer ravaging her in a bid to save the planet. The narrative then reaches back to each person’s childhood and shows the individual growing—step by step—into the person he or she will ultimately become. Significantly, as we follow each leader’s against-all-odds journey, we begin to glean an essential truth: leaders are not born but made. In a book dense with epiphanies, the most galvanizing one may be that the power to lead courageously resides in each of us. Whether it’s read as a repository of great insight or as exceptionally rendered human drama, Forged in Crisis stands as a towering achievement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303535Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times Author: Nancy Koehn Narrator: Nancy Koehn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times Author: Nancy Koehn Narrator: Nancy Koehn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER “Five gritty leaders whose extraordinary passion and perseverance changed history…a gripping read on a timeless and timely topic” —Angela Duckworth, #1 bestselling author of Grit An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights, Forged in Crisis, by celebrated Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer Ernest Shackleton; President Abraham Lincoln; legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer; and environmental crusader Rachel Carson. What do such disparate figures have in common? Why do their extraordinary stories continue to amaze and inspire? In delivering the answers to those questions, Nancy Koehn offers a remarkable template by which to judge those in our own time to whom the public has given its trust. She begins each of the book’s five sections by showing her protagonist on the precipice of a great crisis: Shackleton marooned on an Antarctic ice floe; Lincoln on the verge of seeing the Union collapse; escaped slave Douglass facing possible capture; Bonhoeffer agonizing over how to counter absolute evil with faith; Carson racing against the cancer ravaging her in a bid to save the planet. The narrative then reaches back to each person’s childhood and shows the individual growing—step by step—into the person he or she will ultimately become. Significantly, as we follow each leader’s against-all-odds journey, we begin to glean an essential truth: leaders are not born but made. In a book dense with epiphanies, the most galvanizing one may be that the power to lead courageously resides in each of us. Whether it’s read as a repository of great insight or as exceptionally rendered human drama, Forged in Crisis stands as a towering achievement.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-andrew-jackson-by-my-ebook-publishing-house--65149727https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306953 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Andrew Jackson Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The United States of America has had many presidents that Americans agree were either great or awful, while some fall into a mediocre category of irrelevance. In many cases a national consensus has been reached on men like Abraham Lincoln and James Buchanan. But the president with the most controversial legacy might be Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson. In his lifetime, Jackson came to represent what middle class Americans viewed as the quintessential American.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306953Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306953 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Andrew Jackson Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306953 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Andrew Jackson Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The United States of America has had many presidents that Americans agree were either great or awful, while some fall into a mediocre category of irrelevance. In many cases a national consensus has been reached on men like Abraham Lincoln and James Buchanan. But the president with the most controversial legacy might be Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson. In his lifetime, Jackson came to represent what middle class Americans viewed as the quintessential American.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-encore-a-memoir-in-three-acts-by-charity-tillemann-dick--65149720https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts Author: Charity Tillemann-Dick Narrator: Charity Tillemann-Dick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this “heartrending, passionate, and surprisingly humorous account of the conjunction between art and death” (Andrew Solomon, New York Times bestselling author), acclaimed opera singer Charity Tillemann-Dick recounts her remarkable journey from struggling to draw a single breath to singing at the most prestigious venues in the world after receiving not one but two double lung transplants. Charity Tillemann-Dick was a vivacious young American soprano studying at the celebrated Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest when she received devastating news: her lungs were failing, her heart was three and a half sizes too big, and she would die within five years. Medical experts advised Charity to abandon her musical dreams, but if her time was running out, she wanted to spend it doing what she loved. In just three years, she endured two double lung transplants and had to slowly learn to breathe, walk, talk, eat, and sing again. With new lungs and fierce determination, she eventually fell in love, rebuilt her career, and reclaimed her life. More than a decade after her diagnosis, she has a chart-topping album, performs around the globe, and is a leading voice for organ donation. Weaving Charity’s extraordinary tale of triumph with those of opera’s greatest heroines, The Encore illuminates the indomitable human spirit and is “an uplifting story of overcoming significant odds to fulfill a dream” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303536Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts Author: Charity Tillemann-Dick Narrator: Charity Tillemann-Dick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts Author: Charity Tillemann-Dick Narrator: Charity Tillemann-Dick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this “heartrending, passionate, and surprisingly humorous account of the conjunction between art and death” (Andrew Solomon, New York Times bestselling author), acclaimed opera singer Charity Tillemann-Dick recounts her remarkable journey from struggling to draw a single breath to singing at the most prestigious venues in the world after receiving not one but two double lung transplants. Charity Tillemann-Dick was a vivacious young American soprano studying at the celebrated Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest when she received devastating news: her lungs were failing, her heart was three and a half sizes too big, and she would die within five years. Medical experts advised Charity to abandon her musical dreams, but if her time was running out, she wanted to spend it doing what she loved. In just three years, she endured two double lung transplants and had to slowly learn to breathe, walk, talk, eat, and sing again. With new lungs and fierce determination, she eventually fell in love, rebuilt her career, and reclaimed her life. More than a decade after her diagnosis, she has a chart-topping album, performs around the globe, and is a leading voice for organ donation. Weaving Charity’s extraordinary tale of triumph with those of opera’s greatest heroines, The Encore illuminates the indomitable human spirit and is “an uplifting story of overcoming significant odds to fulfill a dream” (Kirkus Reviews).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silence-in-the-age-of-noise-by-erling-kagge--65149745https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silence: In the Age of Noise Author: Erling Kagge Narrator: Atli Gunnarsson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Silence by Erling Kagge, read by Atli Gunnarsson. Behind a cacophony of traffic noise, iPhone alerts and our ever-spinning thoughts, an elusive notion - silence - lies in wait. But what really is silence? Where can it be found? And why is it more important now than ever? Erling Kagge, the Norwegian adventurer and polymath, once spent fifty days walking solo in Antarctica with a broken radio. In this meditative, charming and surprisingly powerful book, he explores the power of silence and the importance of shutting out the world. Whether you're in deep wilderness, taking a shower or on the dance floor, you can experience perfect stillness if you know where to look. And from it grows self-knowledge, gratitude, wonder and much more. Take a deep breath, and prepare to submerge yourself in Silence. Your own South Pole is out there, somewhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303272Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silence: In the Age of Noise Author: Erling Kagge Narrator: Atli Gunnarsson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303272 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silence: In the Age of Noise Author: Erling Kagge Narrator: Atli Gunnarsson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Silence by Erling Kagge, read by Atli Gunnarsson. Behind a cacophony of traffic noise, iPhone alerts and our ever-spinning thoughts, an elusive notion - silence - lies in wait. But what really is silence? Where can it be found? And why is it more important now than ever? Erling Kagge, the Norwegian adventurer and polymath, once spent fifty days walking solo in Antarctica with a broken radio. In this meditative, charming and surprisingly powerful book, he explores the power of silence and the importance of shutting out the world. Whether you're in deep wilderness, taking a shower or on the dance floor, you can experience perfect stillness if you know where to look. And from it grows self-knowledge, gratitude, wonder and much more. Take a deep breath, and prepare to submerge yourself in Silence. Your own South Pole is out there, somewhere.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-woman-who-smashed-codes-a-true-story-of-love-spies-and-the-unlikely-heroine-who-outwitted-america-s-enemies-by-jason-fagone--65149750https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies Author: Jason Fagone Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER NPR Best Book of 2017 “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.”— The New York Times Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II. In 1912, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert Elizebeth Smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside Chicago. The tycoon had close ties to the U.S. government, and he soon asked Elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code-breaking. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman. Though she and Friedman are in many ways the ''Adam and Eve'' of the NSA, Elizebeth’s story, incredibly, has never been told. In The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Jason Fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary woman, who played an integral role in our nation’s history for forty years. After World War I, Smith used her talents to catch gangsters and smugglers during Prohibition, then accepted a covert mission to discover and expose Nazi spy rings that were spreading like wildfire across South America, advancing ever closer to the United States. As World War II raged, Elizabeth fought a highly classified battle of wits against Hitler’s Reich, cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine used by German spies. Meanwhile, inside an Army vault in Washington, William worked furiously to break Purple, the Japanese version of Enigma—and eventually succeeded, at a terrible cost to his personal life. Fagone unveils America’s code-breaking history through the prism of Smith’s life, bringing into focus the unforgettable events and colorful personalities that would help shape modern intelligence. Blending the lively pace and compelling detail that are the hallmarks of Erik Larson’s bestsellers with the atmosphere and intensity of The Imitation Game, The Woman Who Smashed Codes is riviting popular history at its finest. Includes an enhancement PDF.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303200Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies Author: Jason Fagone Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303200 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies Author: Jason Fagone Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER NPR Best Book of 2017 “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.”— The New York Times Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II. In 1912, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert Elizebeth Smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside Chicago. The tycoon had close ties to the U.S. government, and he soon asked Elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code-breaking. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman. Though she and Friedman are in many ways the ''Adam and Eve'' of the NSA, Elizebeth’s story, incredibly, has never been told. In The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Jason Fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary woman, who played an integral role in our nation’s history for forty years. After World War I, Smith used her talents to catch gangsters and smugglers during Prohibition, then accepted a covert mission to discover and expose Nazi spy rings that were spreading like wildfire across South America, advancing ever closer to the United States. As World War II raged, Elizabeth fought a highly classified battle of wits against Hitler’s Reich, cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine used by German spies. Meanwhile, inside an Army vault in Washington, William worked furiously to break Purple, the Japanese version of Enigma—and eventually succeeded, at a terrible cost to his personal life. Fagone unveils America’s code-breaking history through the prism of Smith’s life, bringing into focus the unforgettable events and colorful personalities that would help shape modern intelligence. Blending the lively pace and compelling detail that are the hallmarks of Erik Larson’s bestsellers with the atmosphere and intensity of The Imitation Game, The Woman Who Smashed Codes is riviting popular history at its finest. Includes an enhancement PDF.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hannibal-s-oath-the-life-and-wars-of-rome-s-greatest-enemy-by-john-prevas--65149718https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy Author: John Prevas Narrator: Brad Raymond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome. Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched on a monstrous elephant, leading his mercenaries over the Alps, and then, against all odds, descending the ice-covered peaks to challenge Rome in her own backyard for mastery of the ancient world. It was a bold move, and it established Hannibal as one of history's greatest commanders. But this same brilliant tactician is also one of history's most tragic figures; fate condemned him to win his battles but not his war against Rome. An internationally recognized expert on Hannibal for nearly thirty years, historian John Prevas has visited every Hannibal-related site and mountain pass, from Tunisia to Italy, Spain to Turkey, seeking evidence to dispel the myths surrounding Hannibal's character and his wars. Hannibal's Oath is an easily readable yet comprehensive biography of this iconic military leader--an epic account of a monumental and tragic life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306402Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy Author: John Prevas Narrator: Brad Raymond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy Author: John Prevas Narrator: Brad Raymond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome. Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched on a monstrous elephant, leading his mercenaries over the Alps, and then, against all odds, descending the ice-covered peaks to challenge Rome in her own backyard for mastery of the ancient world. It was a bold move, and it established Hannibal as one of history's greatest commanders. But this same brilliant tactician is also one of history's most tragic figures; fate condemned him to win his battles but not his war against Rome. An internationally recognized expert on Hannibal for nearly thirty years, historian John Prevas has visited every Hannibal-related site and mountain pass, from Tunisia to Italy, Spain to Turkey, seeking evidence to dispel the myths surrounding Hannibal's character and his wars. Hannibal's Oath is an easily readable yet comprehensive biography of this iconic military leader--an epic account of a monumental and tragic life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gorilla-and-the-bird-a-memoir-of-madness-and-a-mother-s-love-by-zack-mcdermott--65149709https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love Author: Zack McDermott Narrator: Zack McDermott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath.' -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from 'The Producer' to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, Gorilla and the Bird is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303822Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love Author: Zack McDermott Narrator: Zack McDermott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love Author: Zack McDermott Narrator: Zack McDermott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath.' -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from 'The Producer' to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, Gorilla and the Bird is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/through-the-valley-of-the-shadow-by-jim-terbush--65149719https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow Author: Jim Terbush Narrator: Jim Terbush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On June 13, 1999, a rumble began high on a sheer cliff wall, like faraway thunder, at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. 100 tons of rock rained down on three young climbers. Peter, a college student from Colorado, turned to a long-ago climbing lesson taught to him by his father. As a little boy first astride a mountain, he learned to always protect a partner at the end of the rope...to never let go. He was not anchored and could have easily slipped from his harness and run for cover, but he didn't. He maintained a proper belay to the end, saving the life of his friend on lead dangling 60 feet above him, while sacrificing his own life in the process. Many called Peter a hero. He certainly had the traits. According to Sue Shellenbarger, in the Wall Street Journal in 2012, 'Certain traits make it more likely that a person will make a split-second decision to take a heroic risk. People who like to take charge of situations, who respond sympathetically to others, and who have a strong sense of moral and social responsibility are more likely to intervene than people who lack those traits. They consciously try to keep fear from hampering their pursuit of goals, and they tend to block out the possibility of injury or material loss.' Through the Valley of the Shadow by Jim Terbush is the story of his son Peter's brief life...a hero who exemplified servant leadership. Jim tells of the servant leadership principles woven into the skills training at the yearly Terbush Memorial Outdoor Leadership Summit held in Peter's honor in Gunnison, CO. This is also a story about a father's love for his son, about discovery, adventure, love of the outdoors, and a love of God. Jim reveals how he was and is sustained by faith during his struggle with grief for his son. His writing in turn, infuses us with the strength to confront the most profound challenges in our own lives. ©2014 Jim Terbush (P)2017 Brook Forest Voices LLC]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow Author: Jim Terbush Narrator: Jim Terbush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/306920 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Valley of the Shadow Author: Jim Terbush Narrator: Jim Terbush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On June 13, 1999, a rumble began high on a sheer cliff wall, like faraway thunder, at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. 100 tons of rock rained down on three young climbers. Peter, a college student from Colorado, turned to a long-ago climbing lesson taught to him by his father. As a little boy first astride a mountain, he learned to always protect a partner at the end of the rope...to never let go. He was not anchored and could have easily slipped from his harness and run for cover, but he didn't. He maintained a proper belay to the end, saving the life of his friend on lead dangling 60 feet above him, while sacrificing his own life in the process. Many called Peter a hero. He certainly had the traits. According to Sue Shellenbarger, in the Wall Street Journal in 2012, 'Certain traits make it more likely that a person will make a split-second decision to take a heroic risk. People who like to take charge of situations, who respond sympathetically to others, and who have a strong sense of moral and social responsibility are more likely to intervene than people who lack those traits. They consciously try to keep fear from hampering their pursuit of goals, and they tend to block out the possibility of injury or material loss.' Through the Valley of the Shadow by Jim Terbush is the story of his son Peter's brief life...a hero who exemplified servant leadership. Jim tells of the servant leadership principles woven into the skills training at the yearly Terbush Memorial Outdoor Leadership Summit held in Peter's honor in Gunnison, CO. This is also a story about a father's love for his son, about discovery, adventure, love of the outdoors, and a love of God. Jim reveals how he was and is sustained by faith during his struggle with grief for his son. His writing in turn, infuses us with the strength to confront the most profound challenges in our own lives. ©2014 Jim Terbush (P)2017 Brook Forest Voices LLC]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empty-hands-a-memoir-one-woman-s-journey-to-save-children-orphaned-by-aids-in-south-africa-by-sister-abega-ntleko--65149714https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empty Hands, A Memoir: One Woman's Journey to Save Children Orphaned by AIDS in South Africa Series: #12 of Sacred Activism Author: Sister Abega Ntleko Narrator: Julisa Rowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Empty Hands is the inspiring memoir of Zulu nurse and healthcare activist Sister Abegail Ntleko. Growing up poor in a rural village with a father who didn't believe in educating girls, against seemingly insurmountable odds Sister Abegail earned her nursing degree and began work as a community nurse and educator, dedicating her life to those in need. 'Her story tells us,' says Desmond Tutu, who wrote the foreword to the book, 'what a single person can accomplish when heart and mind work together in the service of others.' Overcoming poverty and racism within the apartheid South African system, she adopted her first child at a time when it was unheard of to do so. And then she did it again and again. In forty years she has taken in and cared for hundreds of children who had nothing, saving babies—many of them orphans whose parents died of AIDS—from hospitals that were ready to give up on them and let them die. Empty Hands describes the harshness of Ntleko's circumstances with wit and wisdom in direct, beautifully understated prose and will appeal not only to activists and aid workers, but to anyone who believes in the power of the human spirit to rise above suffering and find peace, joy, and purpose. 'Ntleko's story, which she tells in simple language, is inspiring and moving. She neither dwells in nor dramatizes the hardships she has faced, preferring instead to focus on 'fill[ing] her hands with love and then spend[ing] all that love until [her] hands are empty again.' A brief, genuine, heartfelt memoir of an awe-inspiring life.'—Kirkus Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302117Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empty Hands, A Memoir: One Woman's Journey to Save Children Orphaned by AIDS in South Africa Series: #12 of Sacred Activism Author: Sister Abega Ntleko...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empty Hands, A Memoir: One Woman's Journey to Save Children Orphaned by AIDS in South Africa Series: #12 of Sacred Activism Author: Sister Abega Ntleko Narrator: Julisa Rowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Empty Hands is the inspiring memoir of Zulu nurse and healthcare activist Sister Abegail Ntleko. Growing up poor in a rural village with a father who didn't believe in educating girls, against seemingly insurmountable odds Sister Abegail earned her nursing degree and began work as a community nurse and educator, dedicating her life to those in need. 'Her story tells us,' says Desmond Tutu, who wrote the foreword to the book, 'what a single person can accomplish when heart and mind work together in the service of others.' Overcoming poverty and racism within the apartheid South African system, she adopted her first child at a time when it was unheard of to do so. And then she did it again and again. In forty years she has taken in and cared for hundreds of children who had nothing, saving babies—many of them orphans whose parents died of AIDS—from hospitals that were ready to give up on them and let them die. Empty Hands describes the harshness of Ntleko's circumstances with wit and wisdom in direct, beautifully understated prose and will appeal not only to activists and aid workers, but to anyone who believes in the power of the human spirit to rise above suffering and find peace, joy, and purpose. 'Ntleko's story, which she tells in simple language, is inspiring and moving. She neither dwells in nor dramatizes the hardships she has faced, preferring instead to focus on 'fill[ing] her hands with love and then spend[ing] all that love until [her] hands are empty again.' A brief, genuine, heartfelt memoir of an awe-inspiring life.'—Kirkus Reviews]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drama-high-the-incredible-true-story-of-a-brilliant-teacher-a-struggling-town-and-the-magic-of-theater-by-michael-sokolove--65149789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater Author: Michael Sokolove Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The inspiration for the NBC TV series 'Rise,' starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez — the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. By the author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.  Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon take his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production of Les Misérables? To see the show performed by the astoundingly successful theater company at Harry S Truman High School, run by its legendary director, Lou Volpe. Broadway turns to Truman High when trying out controversial shows such as Rent and Spring Awakening before they move on to high school theater programs across the nation. Volpe’s students from this blue-collar town go on to become Emmy-winning producers, entertainment executives, newscasters, and community-theater founders. Michael Sokolove, a Levittown native and former student of Volpe’s, chronicles the drama director’s last school years and follows a group of student actors as they work through riveting dramas both on and off the stage. This is a story of an economically depressed but proud town finding hope in a gifted teacher and the magic of theater.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300731Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater Author: Michael Sokolove Narrator: Mark...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater Author: Michael Sokolove Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The inspiration for the NBC TV series 'Rise,' starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez — the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. By the author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.  Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon take his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production of Les Misérables? To see the show performed by the astoundingly successful theater company at Harry S Truman High School, run by its legendary director, Lou Volpe. Broadway turns to Truman High when trying out controversial shows such as Rent and Spring Awakening before they move on to high school theater programs across the nation. Volpe’s students from this blue-collar town go on to become Emmy-winning producers, entertainment executives, newscasters, and community-theater founders. Michael Sokolove, a Levittown native and former student of Volpe’s, chronicles the drama director’s last school years and follows a group of student actors as they work through riveting dramas both on and off the stage. This is a story of an economically depressed but proud town finding hope in a gifted teacher and the magic of theater.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-far-away-brothers-two-young-migrants-and-the-making-of-an-american-life-by-lauren-markham--65149780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life Author: Lauren Markham Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California—fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, the United States was a distant fantasy to identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores—until, at age seventeen, a deadly threat from the region’s brutal gangs forces them to flee the only home they’ve ever known. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the Flores twins as they make their way across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, into the hands of immigration authorities, and from there to their estranged older brother in Oakland, CA. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating school in a new language, working to pay down their mounting coyote debt, and facing their day in immigration court, while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of teenage life with only each other for support. With intimate access and breathtaking range, Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW | WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR BOOK PRIZE | SILVER WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD | FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE | SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE | LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/BOGRAD WELD PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301895Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life Author: Lauren Markham Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life Author: Lauren Markham Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California—fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, the United States was a distant fantasy to identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores—until, at age seventeen, a deadly threat from the region’s brutal gangs forces them to flee the only home they’ve ever known. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the Flores twins as they make their way across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, into the hands of immigration authorities, and from there to their estranged older brother in Oakland, CA. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating school in a new language, working to pay down their mounting coyote debt, and facing their day in immigration court, while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of teenage life with only each other for support. With intimate access and breathtaking range, Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW | WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR BOOK PRIZE | SILVER WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD | FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE | SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE | LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/BOGRAD WELD PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/something-beautiful-happened-a-story-of-survival-and-courage-in-the-face-of-evil-by-yvette-manessis-corporon--65149746https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil Author: Yvette Manessis Corporon Narrator: Pam Turlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Seventy years after her grandmother helped hide a Jewish family on a Greek island during World War II, a woman sets out to track down their descendants—and discovers a new way to understand tragedy, forgiveness, and the power of kindness. Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of the small Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family—a tailor named Savvas and his daughters—from the Nazis during World War II. Nearly 2,000 Jews from that area died in the concentration camps, but even though everyone on Erikousa knew Savvas and his family were hiding on the island, no one ever gave them up, and the family survived the war. Years later, Yvette couldn’t get the story of the Jewish tailor out of her head. She decided to track down the man’s descendants—and eventually found them in Israel. Their tearful reunion was proof to her that evil doesn’t always win. But just days after she made the connection, her cousin’s child was gunned down in a parking lot in Kansas, a victim of a Neo-Nazi out to inflict as much harm as he could. Despite her best hopes, she was forced to confront the fact that seventy years after the Nazis were defeated, it was still happening today. As Yvette and her family wrestled with the tragedy in their own lives, the lessons she learned from the survivors of the Holocaust helped her confront and make sense of the present. In beautifully told interweaving storylines, the past and present come together in a nuanced, heartfelt story about the power of faith, the importance of kindness, and the courage to stand up for what’s right in the face of great evil.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303269Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil Author: Yvette Manessis Corporon Narrator: Pam Turlow Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil Author: Yvette Manessis Corporon Narrator: Pam Turlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Seventy years after her grandmother helped hide a Jewish family on a Greek island during World War II, a woman sets out to track down their descendants—and discovers a new way to understand tragedy, forgiveness, and the power of kindness. Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories about how the people of the small Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family—a tailor named Savvas and his daughters—from the Nazis during World War II. Nearly 2,000 Jews from that area died in the concentration camps, but even though everyone on Erikousa knew Savvas and his family were hiding on the island, no one ever gave them up, and the family survived the war. Years later, Yvette couldn’t get the story of the Jewish tailor out of her head. She decided to track down the man’s descendants—and eventually found them in Israel. Their tearful reunion was proof to her that evil doesn’t always win. But just days after she made the connection, her cousin’s child was gunned down in a parking lot in Kansas, a victim of a Neo-Nazi out to inflict as much harm as he could. Despite her best hopes, she was forced to confront the fact that seventy years after the Nazis were defeated, it was still happening today. As Yvette and her family wrestled with the tragedy in their own lives, the lessons she learned from the survivors of the Holocaust helped her confront and make sense of the present. In beautifully told interweaving storylines, the past and present come together in a nuanced, heartfelt story about the power of faith, the importance of kindness, and the courage to stand up for what’s right in the face of great evil.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/believe-me-my-battle-with-the-invisible-disability-of-lyme-disease-by-yolanda-hadid--65149738https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease Author: Yolanda Hadid Narrator: Daisy White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This program includes an introduction and bonus interview with the author. From the star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills comes an emotional and eye opening behind-the-scenes look at her descent into uncovering the mystery of chronic Lyme disease. In early 2011, Yolanda Hadid was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines and more. Over the months and years that followed, she went from being an outspoken, multi-tasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly, to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country’s top hospitals and doctors, but due to the lack of definitive diagnostic testing, she landed in a dark maze of conflicting medical opinions, where many were quick to treat her symptoms but could never provide clear answers to their possible causes. In this moving, behind the scenes memoir, Yolanda opens up in a way she has never been able to in the media before. Suffering from late stage Lyme, a disease that is an undeniable epidemic and more debilitating than anyone realizes, Yolanda had to fight with everything she had to hold onto her life. While her struggle was lived publicly, it impacted her privately in every aspect of her existence, affecting her family, friends and professional prospects. Her perfect marriage became strained and led to divorce. It was the strong bond with her children, Gigi, Bella and Anwar, that provided her greatest motivation to fight through the darkest days of her life. Hers is an emotional narrative and all-important listen for anyone unseated by an unexpected catastrophe. With candor, authenticity and an unwavering inner strength, Yolanda reveals intimate details of her journey crisscrossing the world to find answers for herself and two of her children who suffer from Lyme and shares her tireless research into eastern and western medicine. Believe Me is an inspiring lesson in the importance of having courage and hope, even in those moments when you think you can’t go on.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303217Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease Author: Yolanda Hadid Narrator: Daisy White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease Author: Yolanda Hadid Narrator: Daisy White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 12, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This program includes an introduction and bonus interview with the author. From the star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills comes an emotional and eye opening behind-the-scenes look at her descent into uncovering the mystery of chronic Lyme disease. In early 2011, Yolanda Hadid was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines and more. Over the months and years that followed, she went from being an outspoken, multi-tasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly, to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country’s top hospitals and doctors, but due to the lack of definitive diagnostic testing, she landed in a dark maze of conflicting medical opinions, where many were quick to treat her symptoms but could never provide clear answers to their possible causes. In this moving, behind the scenes memoir, Yolanda opens up in a way she has never been able to in the media before. Suffering from late stage Lyme, a disease that is an undeniable epidemic and more debilitating than anyone realizes, Yolanda had to fight with everything she had to hold onto her life. While her struggle was lived publicly, it impacted her privately in every aspect of her existence, affecting her family, friends and professional prospects. Her perfect marriage became strained and led to divorce. It was the strong bond with her children, Gigi, Bella and Anwar, that provided her greatest motivation to fight through the darkest days of her life. Hers is an emotional narrative and all-important listen for anyone unseated by an unexpected catastrophe. With candor, authenticity and an unwavering inner strength, Yolanda reveals intimate details of her journey crisscrossing the world to find answers for herself and two of her children who suffer from Lyme and shares her tireless research into eastern and western medicine. Believe Me is an inspiring lesson in the importance of having courage and hope, even in those moments when you think you can’t go on.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daniel-berrigan-essential-writings-by-daniel-berrigan--65149735https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings Series: Part of Modern Spiritual Masters Series Author: Daniel Berrigan Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. We could not, so help us God, do otherwise.” Daniel Berrigan was a Jesuit priest, poet, and peacemaker whose words and actions over fifty years have offered a powerful witness to the God of Life. Father Berrigan, along with his brother Philip, was one of the Catonsville Nine, arrested and imprisoned in 1968 for destroying draft files in a protest against the Vietnam War. But this was only one step along a journey of faith. Through these selections from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Berrigan’s life and work unfolds, from the early steps in his vocation to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303034Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings Series: Part of Modern Spiritual Masters Series Author: Daniel Berrigan Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings Series: Part of Modern Spiritual Masters Series Author: Daniel Berrigan Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. We could not, so help us God, do otherwise.” Daniel Berrigan was a Jesuit priest, poet, and peacemaker whose words and actions over fifty years have offered a powerful witness to the God of Life. Father Berrigan, along with his brother Philip, was one of the Catonsville Nine, arrested and imprisoned in 1968 for destroying draft files in a protest against the Vietnam War. But this was only one step along a journey of faith. Through these selections from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Berrigan’s life and work unfolds, from the early steps in his vocation to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daniel-boone-wilderness-scout-by-stewart-edward-white--65149733https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout Author: Stewart Edward White Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: One of the most famous pioneers in United States history, Daniel Boone (1734–1820) spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier. He was instrumental in finding and improving the first wilderness trails between the Carolinas and the west, allowing for the settlement of Kentucky. Later in his life, Boone moved his family west again, leading hundreds of settlers to new homes in Missouri. Boone had numerous encounters with the Shawnee nation in Kentucky. In 1776, Shawnee warriors kidnapped his daughter and two other girls, sending Boone to their rescue. In 1778, Boone was captured by another band of Shawnee, and learned that the nation was planning an attack on Boonesborough. He negotiated a settlement with Chief Blackfish to prevent it. Eventually, the Shawnee came to admire Boone so much for his skill as a hunter and woodsman that they adopted him into their tribe as a son.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302011Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout Author: Stewart Edward White Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout Author: Stewart Edward White Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: One of the most famous pioneers in United States history, Daniel Boone (1734–1820) spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier. He was instrumental in finding and improving the first wilderness trails between the Carolinas and the west, allowing for the settlement of Kentucky. Later in his life, Boone moved his family west again, leading hundreds of settlers to new homes in Missouri. Boone had numerous encounters with the Shawnee nation in Kentucky. In 1776, Shawnee warriors kidnapped his daughter and two other girls, sending Boone to their rescue. In 1778, Boone was captured by another band of Shawnee, and learned that the nation was planning an attack on Boonesborough. He negotiated a settlement with Chief Blackfish to prevent it. Eventually, the Shawnee came to admire Boone so much for his skill as a hunter and woodsman that they adopted him into their tribe as a son.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/victoria-abdul-movie-tie-in-the-true-story-of-the-queen-s-closest-confidant-by-shrabani-basu--65149787https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria & Abdul (Movie Tie-in): The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. History’s most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim. In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of her two great loves—Prince Albert and John Brown—Queen Victoria meets tall and handsome Abdul Karim, a humble servant from Agra waiting tables at her Golden Jubilee. The two form an unlikely bond and within a year Abdul becomes a powerful figure at court, the Queen’s teacher, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to her heart. This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria’s long reign. As the royal household roiled with resentment, Victoria and Abdul’s devotion grew in defiance. Drawn from secrets closely guarded for more than a century, Victoria & Abdul is an extraordinary and intimate history of the last years of the nineteenth-century English court and an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wisdom-keeper-one-man-s-journey-to-honor-the-untold-history-of-the-unangan-people-by-ilarion-merculieff--65149757https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People Author: Ilarion Merculieff Narrator: Darren Roebuck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ilarion Merculieff weaves the remarkable strands of his life and culture into a fascinating account that begins with his traditional Unangan (Aleut) upbringing on a remote island in the Bering Sea, through his immersion in both the Russian Orthodox Church and his tribe’s holistic spiritual beliefs. He recounts his developing consciousness and call to leadership, and describes his work of the past thirty years bringing together Western science and Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and wisdom to address the most pressing issues of our time.   Tracing the extraordinary history of his ancestors—who mummified their dead in a way very similar to the Egyptians, constructed one of the most sophisticated high seas kayaks in the world, and densely populated shorelines in North America for ten thousand years—Merculieff describes the rich traditions of spirituality, art, dance, music, storytelling, science, and technology that enabled them to survive their harsh conditions. The Unangan people of the Aleutian Islands endured slavery at the hands of the U.S. government and were placed in an internment camp during WWII, where they suffered malnutrition and disease that decimated 10 percent of their population. Merculieff movingly describes how the compassion of Indigenous Elders has guided him in his work and life, which has been rife with struggle and hardship. He explains that environmental degradation, the extinction of species, pollution, war, and failing public institutions are all reflections of our relationships with ourselves. In order to deal with these critical challenges, he argues, we must reenter the chaos of the natural world, rediscover our balance of the masculine and the sacred feminine, and heal ourselves. Then, perhaps, we can heal the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302115Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People Author: Ilarion Merculieff Narrator: Darren Roebuck Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People Author: Ilarion Merculieff Narrator: Darren Roebuck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ilarion Merculieff weaves the remarkable strands of his life and culture into a fascinating account that begins with his traditional Unangan (Aleut) upbringing on a remote island in the Bering Sea, through his immersion in both the Russian Orthodox Church and his tribe’s holistic spiritual beliefs. He recounts his developing consciousness and call to leadership, and describes his work of the past thirty years bringing together Western science and Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and wisdom to address the most pressing issues of our time.   Tracing the extraordinary history of his ancestors—who mummified their dead in a way very similar to the Egyptians, constructed one of the most sophisticated high seas kayaks in the world, and densely populated shorelines in North America for ten thousand years—Merculieff describes the rich traditions of spirituality, art, dance, music, storytelling, science, and technology that enabled them to survive their harsh conditions. The Unangan people of the Aleutian Islands endured slavery at the hands of the U.S. government and were placed in an internment camp during WWII, where they suffered malnutrition and disease that decimated 10 percent of their population. Merculieff movingly describes how the compassion of Indigenous Elders has guided him in his work and life, which has been rife with struggle and hardship. He explains that environmental degradation, the extinction of species, pollution, war, and failing public institutions are all reflections of our relationships with ourselves. In order to deal with these critical challenges, he argues, we must reenter the chaos of the natural world, rediscover our balance of the masculine and the sacred feminine, and heal ourselves. Then, perhaps, we can heal the world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/taking-aim-daring-to-be-different-happier-and-healthier-in-the-great-outdoors-by-a-j-gregory-eva-shockey--65149728https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors Author: A. J. Gregory, Eva Shockey Narrator: Eva Shockey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An acclaimed bow hunter who defies the stereotype that hunting is a man’s game, Eva Shockey is at the forefront of a new wave of women and girls who are passionate about outdoor sports.   Eva Shockey grew up expecting to be a dancer like her glamorous mother. But something about spending family vacations RV-ing across North America and going on hunts with her dad sparked in her an enduring passion for a different way of life. In Taking Aim, Eva tells a very personal story of choosing the less-traveled path to a rewarding life in outdoor pursuits like hunting and fishing. For her, as her millions of fans can attest, that has meant hunting as a way of harvesting food, caring deeply about conservation, sustainability and healthy eating, and getting closer to God in nature.  In this riveting memoir for the adventurer in all of us, Eva takes readers along as she hunts caribou on the rugged Aleutian Islands, tracks a 1,500-pound bull moose across the unforgiving Yukon, and meets many other challenges of a life in the wild. Along the way we learn that hunting is about so much more than pulling a trigger. 'My story is about discovering your dream,' writes Eva. 'It's about following your passion, mastering your skills, taking aim no matter who thinks you’re crazy…and then letting the arrow fly. If you’ve done all you can, I can tell you that you’re almost certain to hit your mark.' Whether you’re a lifelong hunter or a city dweller who has never set foot in the wilderness, Eva’s story delivers an empowering message about rejecting stereotypes and expectations, believing in yourself, and finding the courage to pursue what you care about most.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300282Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors Author: A. J. Gregory, Eva Shockey Narrator: Eva Shockey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors Author: A. J. Gregory, Eva Shockey Narrator: Eva Shockey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An acclaimed bow hunter who defies the stereotype that hunting is a man’s game, Eva Shockey is at the forefront of a new wave of women and girls who are passionate about outdoor sports.   Eva Shockey grew up expecting to be a dancer like her glamorous mother. But something about spending family vacations RV-ing across North America and going on hunts with her dad sparked in her an enduring passion for a different way of life. In Taking Aim, Eva tells a very personal story of choosing the less-traveled path to a rewarding life in outdoor pursuits like hunting and fishing. For her, as her millions of fans can attest, that has meant hunting as a way of harvesting food, caring deeply about conservation, sustainability and healthy eating, and getting closer to God in nature.  In this riveting memoir for the adventurer in all of us, Eva takes readers along as she hunts caribou on the rugged Aleutian Islands, tracks a 1,500-pound bull moose across the unforgiving Yukon, and meets many other challenges of a life in the wild. Along the way we learn that hunting is about so much more than pulling a trigger. 'My story is about discovering your dream,' writes Eva. 'It's about following your passion, mastering your skills, taking aim no matter who thinks you’re crazy…and then letting the arrow fly. If you’ve done all you can, I can tell you that you’re almost certain to hit your mark.' Whether you’re a lifelong hunter or a city dweller who has never set foot in the wilderness, Eva’s story delivers an empowering message about rejecting stereotypes and expectations, believing in yourself, and finding the courage to pursue what you care about most.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/suffering-the-silence-chronic-lyme-disease-in-an-age-of-denial-by-allie-cashel--65149812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial Author: Allie Cashel Narrator: Mandy Kaplan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world and their struggle for recognition and treatment. In the United States alone, at least 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, and it is estimated that 20 percent of them go on to develop chronic symptoms of the disease, including (but not limited to) muscle and joint pain; digestive problems; extreme fatigue, confusion, and dizziness; sensations of burning and numbness; and immune-system dysfunction. Before reaching a final diagnosis, many of these patients are misdiagnosed with diseases and conditions like lupus, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, anxiety, and even dementia. Despite these numbers and routine misdiagnoses, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) claim it is impossible for the Lyme bacteria to survive in the body after standard antibiotic therapy. For these chronic patients who have their suffering routinely dismissed by doctors—and even family and friends—the social effects of the illness can be as crippling as the disease itself. Suffering the Silence is a personal and provocative call to break the stigma and ignorance that currently surrounds chronic Lyme disease and other misunderstood chronic illnesses—but it is also a message of hope and comfort for Lyme sufferers, encouraging them to share their stories, seek out treatment, and remember that they are not alone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300519Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial Author: Allie Cashel Narrator: Mandy Kaplan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300519 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial Author: Allie Cashel Narrator: Mandy Kaplan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world and their struggle for recognition and treatment. In the United States alone, at least 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, and it is estimated that 20 percent of them go on to develop chronic symptoms of the disease, including (but not limited to) muscle and joint pain; digestive problems; extreme fatigue, confusion, and dizziness; sensations of burning and numbness; and immune-system dysfunction. Before reaching a final diagnosis, many of these patients are misdiagnosed with diseases and conditions like lupus, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, anxiety, and even dementia. Despite these numbers and routine misdiagnoses, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) claim it is impossible for the Lyme bacteria to survive in the body after standard antibiotic therapy. For these chronic patients who have their suffering routinely dismissed by doctors—and even family and friends—the social effects of the illness can be as crippling as the disease itself. Suffering the Silence is a personal and provocative call to break the stigma and ignorance that currently surrounds chronic Lyme disease and other misunderstood chronic illnesses—but it is also a message of hope and comfort for Lyme sufferers, encouraging them to share their stories, seek out treatment, and remember that they are not alone.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gray-matter-a-neurosurgeon-discovers-the-power-of-prayer-one-patient-at-a-time-by-david-i-levy-joel-kilpatrick--65149749https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297309 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer … One Patient at a Time Author: David I. Levy, Joel Kilpatrick Narrator: Larry Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A perfect blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if he could pray for them before surgery. Some are thrilled. Some are skeptical. Some are hostile, and some are quite literally transformed by the request. Each chapter focuses on a specific case, opening with a detailed description of the patient’s diagnosis and the procedure that will need to be performed, followed by the prayer request. From there, listeners follow as Dr. Levy performs the operation, and then we wait—right alongside Dr. Levy, the patients, and their families—to see the final results. Dr. Levy’s musings on what successful and unsuccessful surgical results imply about God, faith, and the power of prayer are honest and insightful. As we see him come to his ultimate conclusion that, no matter what the results of the procedure are, “God is good,” we cannot help but be truly moved and inspired.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297309Tue, 08 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297309 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer … One Patient at a Time Author: David I. Levy, Joel Kilpatrick Narrator: Larry Wayne Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297309 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gray Matter: A Neurosurgeon Discovers the Power of Prayer … One Patient at a Time Author: David I. Levy, Joel Kilpatrick Narrator: Larry Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A perfect blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if he could pray for them before surgery. Some are thrilled. Some are skeptical. Some are hostile, and some are quite literally transformed by the request. Each chapter focuses on a specific case, opening with a detailed description of the patient’s diagnosis and the procedure that will need to be performed, followed by the prayer request. From there, listeners follow as Dr. Levy performs the operation, and then we wait—right alongside Dr. Levy, the patients, and their families—to see the final results. Dr. Levy’s musings on what successful and unsuccessful surgical results imply about God, faith, and the power of prayer are honest and insightful. As we see him come to his ultimate conclusion that, no matter what the results of the procedure are, “God is good,” we cannot help but be truly moved and inspired.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/play-like-a-girl-how-a-soccer-school-in-kenya-s-slums-started-a-revolution-by-ellie-roscher--65149712https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution Author: Ellie Roscher Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his mother, and his grandmother and having a daughter himself, he felt that he needed to make a difference. In 2002, Abdul started a soccer team for girls called Girls Soccer in Kibera (GSK), with the hope of fostering a supportive community and providing emotional and mental support for the young women in the town. The soccer program was a success, but the looming dangers of slum life persisted, and the young women continued to fall victim to the worst kinds of human atrocities. Indeed, it was the unyielding injustice of these conditions that led Abdul to the conclusion that soccer alone was not enough to create the systemic changes needed. In 2006, the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy (KGSA) was established to begin to help create those changes, and it continues its work today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067Tue, 08 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution Author: Ellie Roscher Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution Author: Ellie Roscher Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his mother, and his grandmother and having a daughter himself, he felt that he needed to make a difference. In 2002, Abdul started a soccer team for girls called Girls Soccer in Kibera (GSK), with the hope of fostering a supportive community and providing emotional and mental support for the young women in the town. The soccer program was a success, but the looming dangers of slum life persisted, and the young women continued to fall victim to the worst kinds of human atrocities. Indeed, it was the unyielding injustice of these conditions that led Abdul to the conclusion that soccer alone was not enough to create the systemic changes needed. In 2006, the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy (KGSA) was established to begin to help create those changes, and it continues its work today.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sky-below-a-true-story-of-summits-space-and-speed-by-scott-parazynski--65149844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed Author: Scott Parazynski Narrator: Scott Parazynski, Homer Hickam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Scott Parazynski’s drive, curiosity, inventiveness, and great humor shine through the pages of The Sky Below and will certainly inspire future generations to pursue their dreams with every fiber in their being.” —John Glenn, NASA astronaut An epic memoir from a man whose life is defined by exploration and innovation, The Sky Below re-creates some of the most unforgettable adventures of our time. From dramatic, high-risk spacewalks to author Scott Parazynski’s death-defying quest to summit Mount Everest—his body ravaged by a career in space—readers will experience the life of an elite athlete, physician, and explorer. This intimate, compelling account offers a rare portrait of space exploration from the inside. A global nomad raised in the shadow of NASA’s Apollo missions, Parazynski never lost sight of his childhood dream to one day don a spacesuit and float outside the airlock. With deep passion, unbridled creativity, resilience, humility, and self-deprecation, Parazynski chases his dream of the ultimate adventure experience, again and again and again. In an era that transitioned from moon shots to the Space Shuttle, space station, and Mars research, Parazynski flies with John Glenn, tests jet packs, trains in Russia to become a cosmonaut, and flies five missions to outer space (including seven spacewalks) in his seventeen-year NASA career. An unparalleled, visceral opportunity to understand what it’s like to train for—and deploy to—a home in zero gravity, The Sky Below also portrays an astronaut’s engagement with the challenges of his life on Earth, including raising a beautiful autistic daughter and finding true love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296635Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed Author: Scott Parazynski Narrator: Scott Parazynski, Homer Hickam Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed Author: Scott Parazynski Narrator: Scott Parazynski, Homer Hickam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Scott Parazynski’s drive, curiosity, inventiveness, and great humor shine through the pages of The Sky Below and will certainly inspire future generations to pursue their dreams with every fiber in their being.” —John Glenn, NASA astronaut An epic memoir from a man whose life is defined by exploration and innovation, The Sky Below re-creates some of the most unforgettable adventures of our time. From dramatic, high-risk spacewalks to author Scott Parazynski’s death-defying quest to summit Mount Everest—his body ravaged by a career in space—readers will experience the life of an elite athlete, physician, and explorer. This intimate, compelling account offers a rare portrait of space exploration from the inside. A global nomad raised in the shadow of NASA’s Apollo missions, Parazynski never lost sight of his childhood dream to one day don a spacesuit and float outside the airlock. With deep passion, unbridled creativity, resilience, humility, and self-deprecation, Parazynski chases his dream of the ultimate adventure experience, again and again and again. In an era that transitioned from moon shots to the Space Shuttle, space station, and Mars research, Parazynski flies with John Glenn, tests jet packs, trains in Russia to become a cosmonaut, and flies five missions to outer space (including seven spacewalks) in his seventeen-year NASA career. An unparalleled, visceral opportunity to understand what it’s like to train for—and deploy to—a home in zero gravity, The Sky Below also portrays an astronaut’s engagement with the challenges of his life on Earth, including raising a beautiful autistic daughter and finding true love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christopher-columbus-and-how-he-received-and-imparted-the-spirit-of-discovery-by-justin-winsor--65149760https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christopher Columbus: And How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery Author: Justin Winsor Narrator: Wanda Mccaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This classic biography should be mandatory reading for all academicians. Winsor, a historian, poet, literary critic, and fiction writer, retraces every important aspect of Columbus’ fascinating life, from his family origins to his beliefs and convictions. Columbus emerges as a living, breathing human being with passions and ideas: a man possessing intellect and imagination enough to believe that the earth was round, not flat. Winsor’s opus represents an honest search for the truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300317Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christopher Columbus: And How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery Author: Justin Winsor Narrator: Wanda Mccaddon Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christopher Columbus: And How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery Author: Justin Winsor Narrator: Wanda Mccaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This classic biography should be mandatory reading for all academicians. Winsor, a historian, poet, literary critic, and fiction writer, retraces every important aspect of Columbus’ fascinating life, from his family origins to his beliefs and convictions. Columbus emerges as a living, breathing human being with passions and ideas: a man possessing intellect and imagination enough to believe that the earth was round, not flat. Winsor’s opus represents an honest search for the truth.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radio-one-woman-s-family-in-war-and-pieces-by-alice-h-green-and-peter-h-green--65149726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces Author: Alice H. Green and Peter H. Green Narrator: Margaret Strom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 24, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This eyewitness account of World War II social history, women's progress and the Golden Years of Radio are woven into one woman's humorous and poignant autobiography of her family struggles and her attempts to fulfill her creative dreams. Rating 4.5 for humor and a true story that needs to be told. PRAISE FOR RADIO He loved me, he treasured me, and he pampered meand then he left me for the Marines. He finally had to admit.that I was his equal. Alice Green This is a wonderful gift book. Alice Green's writing is fresh and at times laugh-aloud funny, parts of it reminiscent of Cheaper by the Dozen. Thornton Wilder instructed Alice in creative writing. I recommend this book to all readers who enjoy a good laugh. The section We Bought a Crooked House was hilarious. --Paula B., Amazon reviewer War II was a tipping point for social change in America. With their men at war, nineteen million women joined the work force. Radio, the first instantaneous mass medium, provided daytime serial drama, entertainment and news, including pronouncements of world leaders and terrifying war reports, as President Roosevelt used the new medium to rally the nation to arms and win the war. Alice Green's lost and recently found eyewitness accounts of her childhood, her own war, the Golden Years of Radio and the postwar housing shortage are told from the light-hearted viewpoint of a shy, youngest child, who learns she can make even the stormy and outrageous characters in her own family laugh. With a little help from her son, who (just barely) lived to finish it, her story stands for unsung American women in war and survives as Alice's triumph.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302051Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces Author: Alice H. Green and Peter H. Green Narrator: Margaret Strom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302051 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces Author: Alice H. Green and Peter H. Green Narrator: Margaret Strom Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 24, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This eyewitness account of World War II social history, women's progress and the Golden Years of Radio are woven into one woman's humorous and poignant autobiography of her family struggles and her attempts to fulfill her creative dreams. Rating 4.5 for humor and a true story that needs to be told. PRAISE FOR RADIO He loved me, he treasured me, and he pampered meand then he left me for the Marines. He finally had to admit.that I was his equal. Alice Green This is a wonderful gift book. Alice Green's writing is fresh and at times laugh-aloud funny, parts of it reminiscent of Cheaper by the Dozen. Thornton Wilder instructed Alice in creative writing. I recommend this book to all readers who enjoy a good laugh. The section We Bought a Crooked House was hilarious. --Paula B., Amazon reviewer War II was a tipping point for social change in America. With their men at war, nineteen million women joined the work force. Radio, the first instantaneous mass medium, provided daytime serial drama, entertainment and news, including pronouncements of world leaders and terrifying war reports, as President Roosevelt used the new medium to rally the nation to arms and win the war. Alice Green's lost and recently found eyewitness accounts of her childhood, her own war, the Golden Years of Radio and the postwar housing shortage are told from the light-hearted viewpoint of a shy, youngest child, who learns she can make even the stormy and outrageous characters in her own family laugh. With a little help from her son, who (just barely) lived to finish it, her story stands for unsung American women in war and survives as Alice's triumph.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-mi-pais-inventado-by-isabel-allende--65149779https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Mi país inventado Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Javiera Gazitua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un audiolibro lleno de amor y de humor que reconstruye, desde la evocación, la vida, la felicidad añorada y los espacios más queridos de Isabel Allende. Amor por Chile y una gran nostalgia son el origen de este libro: la presencia continuada del pasado, el sentimiento de verse ausente de la patria, la conciencia de haber sido peregrina y forastera... todo ello lo transmite Isabel Allende con inteligencia y humor. Aquí Chile deviene un país real y fantástico a la vez; una tierra estoica y hospitalaria, de hombres machistas y mujeres fuertes y apegadas a la tierra. Pero, sobre todo, es el escenario de su niñez. Evocados con gracia, cobran vida de nuevo su original familia, la casa de los abuelos, el ceremonial de las comidas, las historias de infidelidades... y los espíritus que siempre la han acompañado. Los mejores títulos de Isabel Allende disponibles para escuchar. Reseña: «Un libro que capta mi entera atención al exponer la relación de la autora con ese país suyo, inventado, imaginario, ficcional, con la historia de su familia, que a su vez es memoria inventada, con su vocación de escritora.» Jorge Edwards]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296641Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Mi país inventado Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Javiera Gazitua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296641 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Mi país inventado Author: Isabel Allende Narrator: Javiera Gazitua Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Un audiolibro lleno de amor y de humor que reconstruye, desde la evocación, la vida, la felicidad añorada y los espacios más queridos de Isabel Allende. Amor por Chile y una gran nostalgia son el origen de este libro: la presencia continuada del pasado, el sentimiento de verse ausente de la patria, la conciencia de haber sido peregrina y forastera... todo ello lo transmite Isabel Allende con inteligencia y humor. Aquí Chile deviene un país real y fantástico a la vez; una tierra estoica y hospitalaria, de hombres machistas y mujeres fuertes y apegadas a la tierra. Pero, sobre todo, es el escenario de su niñez. Evocados con gracia, cobran vida de nuevo su original familia, la casa de los abuelos, el ceremonial de las comidas, las historias de infidelidades... y los espíritus que siempre la han acompañado. Los mejores títulos de Isabel Allende disponibles para escuchar. Reseña: «Un libro que capta mi entera atención al exponer la relación de la autora con ese país suyo, inventado, imaginario, ficcional, con la historia de su familia, que a su vez es memoria inventada, con su vocación de escritora.» Jorge Edwards]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-omar-khayyam-pearl-thought-russian-edition-by-omar-khayyam--65149766https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Omar Khayyam: Pearl Thought [Russian Edition] Author: Omar Khayyam Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 17, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Omar Khayyam is a Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. In the world he is known as the author of one of the most beautiful poems in world literature in the form of Rubaiyat. The wisdom of his creative legacy still affects us, staying as fresh and relevant as a thousand years ago. There is even a tarot book Khayyam 'Rubio'! Well, perhaps you can get answers to your important questions, listening to this book. After all, it contains the most lively, ironic and invariably wise sayings of Omar Khayyam.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300840Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Omar Khayyam: Pearl Thought [Russian Edition] Author: Omar Khayyam Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Omar Khayyam: Pearl Thought [Russian Edition] Author: Omar Khayyam Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 17, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Omar Khayyam is a Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. In the world he is known as the author of one of the most beautiful poems in world literature in the form of Rubaiyat. The wisdom of his creative legacy still affects us, staying as fresh and relevant as a thousand years ago. There is even a tarot book Khayyam 'Rubio'! Well, perhaps you can get answers to your important questions, listening to this book. After all, it contains the most lively, ironic and invariably wise sayings of Omar Khayyam.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-confucius-about-business-russian-edition-by-confucius--65149754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Confucius About Business [Russian Edition] Author: Confucius Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Release date: July 17, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The wisdom of Confucius for success and wealth! The Chinese thinker left many simple ideas in his genius that will help you achieve prosperity! This book will fill your everyday life with meaning and give you the opportunity to get out of the eternal shortage of money. Achieve success in deeds, making yourself happy, but also surrounding people. You will get acquainted with the principles of the ethics of oriental management, which guarantee effective management. The wisdom of Confucius will allow you to always make the right choice and thrive every day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300842Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Confucius About Business [Russian Edition] Author: Confucius Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Confucius About Business [Russian Edition] Author: Confucius Narrator: Stanislav Ivanov Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Release date: July 17, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The wisdom of Confucius for success and wealth! The Chinese thinker left many simple ideas in his genius that will help you achieve prosperity! This book will fill your everyday life with meaning and give you the opportunity to get out of the eternal shortage of money. Achieve success in deeds, making yourself happy, but also surrounding people. You will get acquainted with the principles of the ethics of oriental management, which guarantee effective management. The wisdom of Confucius will allow you to always make the right choice and thrive every day.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coin-street-chronicles-london-s-vanished-old-south-bank-area-by-gwen-southgate--65149762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area Author: Gwen Southgate Narrator: Gwen Southgate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Coin Street Chronicles is a memoir that paints a picture of Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, as seen though the eyes of one for whom it was the backdrop of her childhood. The story is set in and around Coin Street, on the south bank of the River Thames. The area is now a cultural showcase known as The South Bank, but was then a gritty, Cockney-like corner of London. Stories of its colorful characters are woven throughout the narrative as they cope first with the poverty of the Depression years and then with World War II and its aftermath in the 1940s. Evacuation during the war years entails many abrupt transitions and good-byes—some sad, some glad—and much settling in to new settings that run the gamut from a remote Dorset farm to a Welsh mining town. Even after the war, the author remains a quasi-evacuee for two more years, fleeing from a difficult, violence-prone stepfather in order to continue in school. The memoir ends on the day that she heads off to university, exulting in her escape from the limiting nature of working class culture; but appalled by the wide gulf that threatens to open up between her and her feisty mother whose pluck and determination has been largely responsible for that escape.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301003Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area Author: Gwen Southgate Narrator: Gwen Southgate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area Author: Gwen Southgate Narrator: Gwen Southgate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Coin Street Chronicles is a memoir that paints a picture of Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, as seen though the eyes of one for whom it was the backdrop of her childhood. The story is set in and around Coin Street, on the south bank of the River Thames. The area is now a cultural showcase known as The South Bank, but was then a gritty, Cockney-like corner of London. Stories of its colorful characters are woven throughout the narrative as they cope first with the poverty of the Depression years and then with World War II and its aftermath in the 1940s. Evacuation during the war years entails many abrupt transitions and good-byes—some sad, some glad—and much settling in to new settings that run the gamut from a remote Dorset farm to a Welsh mining town. Even after the war, the author remains a quasi-evacuee for two more years, fleeing from a difficult, violence-prone stepfather in order to continue in school. The memoir ends on the day that she heads off to university, exulting in her escape from the limiting nature of working class culture; but appalled by the wide gulf that threatens to open up between her and her feisty mother whose pluck and determination has been largely responsible for that escape.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sting-ray-afternoons-a-memoir-by-steve-rushin--65149755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir Author: Steve Rushin Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father -- one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen -- traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. In Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love. 'Funny, elegiac... a remarkably sunny coming-of-age story about growing up in a Midwest world.' -- NPR]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295724Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir Author: Steve Rushin Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir Author: Steve Rushin Narrator: Greg Baglia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father -- one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen -- traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. In Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love. 'Funny, elegiac... a remarkably sunny coming-of-age story about growing up in a Midwest world.' -- NPR]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diana-her-true-story-in-her-own-words-by-andrew-morton--65149782https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Caroline Langrishe, Michael Maloney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 56 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted initially with disbelief and ridicule, the #1 New York Times bestselling biography has become a unique literary classic, not just because of its explosive contents but also because of Diana’s intimate involvement in the publication. Never before had a senior royal spoken in such a raw, unfiltered way about her unhappy marriage, her relationship with the Queen, her extraordinary life inside the House of Windsor, her hopes, her fears, and her dreams. Now, twenty-five years on, biographer Andrew Morton has revisited the secret tapes he and the late princess made to reveal startling new insights into her life and mind. In this fully revised edition of his groundbreaking biography, Morton considers Diana’s legacy and her relevance to the modern royal family. An icon in life and a legend in death, Diana continues to fascinate. Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words is the closest we will ever come to her autobiography.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296215Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Caroline Langrishe, Michael Maloney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Caroline Langrishe, Michael Maloney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 1 minute Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 56 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted initially with disbelief and ridicule, the #1 New York Times bestselling biography has become a unique literary classic, not just because of its explosive contents but also because of Diana’s intimate involvement in the publication. Never before had a senior royal spoken in such a raw, unfiltered way about her unhappy marriage, her relationship with the Queen, her extraordinary life inside the House of Windsor, her hopes, her fears, and her dreams. Now, twenty-five years on, biographer Andrew Morton has revisited the secret tapes he and the late princess made to reveal startling new insights into her life and mind. In this fully revised edition of his groundbreaking biography, Morton considers Diana’s legacy and her relevance to the modern royal family. An icon in life and a legend in death, Diana continues to fascinate. Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words is the closest we will ever come to her autobiography.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-glory-was-i-had-such-friends-a-memoir-by-amy-silverstein--65149774https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir Author: Amy Silverstein Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant. Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart—immediately. A shot at survival meant uprooting her life and moving across the country to California. When her friends heard of her plans, there was only one reaction: “I’m there.” Nine remarkable women—Joy, Jill, Leja, Jody, Lauren, Robin, Valerie, Ann, and Jane—put demanding jobs and pressing family obligations on hold to fly across the country and be by Amy’s side. Creating a calendar spreadsheet, the women—some of them strangers to one another—passed the baton of friendship, one to the next, and headed straight and strong into the battle to help save Amy’s life. Empowered by the kind of empathy that can only grow with age, these women, each knowing Amy from different stages of her life, banded together to provide her with something that medicine alone could not.  Sleeping on a cot beside her bed, they rubbed her back and feet when the pain was unbearable, adorned her room with death-distracting decorations, and engaged in their “best talks ever.”  They saw the true measure of their friend’s strength, and they each responded in kind. My Glory Was I Had Such Friends is a tribute to these women and the intense hours they spent together—hours of heightened emotion and self-awareness, where everything was laid bare. Candid and heartrending, this once-in-a-lifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of “showing up” for those we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294603Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir Author: Amy Silverstein Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir Author: Amy Silverstein Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Silverstein tells the story of the extraordinary group of women who supported her as she waited on the precipice for a life-saving heart transplant. Nearly twenty-six years after receiving her first heart transplant, Amy Silverstein’s donor heart plummeted into failure. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart—immediately. A shot at survival meant uprooting her life and moving across the country to California. When her friends heard of her plans, there was only one reaction: “I’m there.” Nine remarkable women—Joy, Jill, Leja, Jody, Lauren, Robin, Valerie, Ann, and Jane—put demanding jobs and pressing family obligations on hold to fly across the country and be by Amy’s side. Creating a calendar spreadsheet, the women—some of them strangers to one another—passed the baton of friendship, one to the next, and headed straight and strong into the battle to help save Amy’s life. Empowered by the kind of empathy that can only grow with age, these women, each knowing Amy from different stages of her life, banded together to provide her with something that medicine alone could not.  Sleeping on a cot beside her bed, they rubbed her back and feet when the pain was unbearable, adorned her room with death-distracting decorations, and engaged in their “best talks ever.”  They saw the true measure of their friend’s strength, and they each responded in kind. My Glory Was I Had Such Friends is a tribute to these women and the intense hours they spent together—hours of heightened emotion and self-awareness, where everything was laid bare. Candid and heartrending, this once-in-a-lifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of “showing up” for those we love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shark-drunk-the-art-of-catching-a-large-shark-from-a-tiny-rubber-dinghy-in-a-big-ocean-by-morten-stroksnes--65149736https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean Author: Morten Stroksnes Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the ocean   The Lofoten archipelago, just North of the Arctic Circle, is a place of unsurpassed beauty—the skyline spikes with dramatic peaks; the radiant greens and purples of the Northern Lights follow summers where the sun never sets. It’s a place of small villages, where the art of fishing, though evolving, is still practiced in traditional ways. Beneath the great depths surrounding these islands lurks the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-four feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not known just for its size: Its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends, the author and the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, as they embark on a wild pursuit of the famed creature—all from a tiny rubber boat. Together they tackle existential questions and encounter the world’s most powerful maelstrom as they attempt to understand the ocean from every possible angle, drawing on poetry, science, history, ecology, mythology, and their own—sometimes intoxicated—observations, meanwhile pursuing the elusive Greenland shark. By turns thrilling, wise, and hilarious, Shark Drunk is a celebration of adventure, marine life, and, above all, friendship. Winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize 2015 Winner of the Norwegian Critics’ Prize for Literature 2015 Winner of the Norwegian Reine Ord Prize at Lofoten International Literature Festival 2016]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294629Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean Author: Morten Stroksnes Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean Author: Morten Stroksnes Narrator: P.J. Ochlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the ocean   The Lofoten archipelago, just North of the Arctic Circle, is a place of unsurpassed beauty—the skyline spikes with dramatic peaks; the radiant greens and purples of the Northern Lights follow summers where the sun never sets. It’s a place of small villages, where the art of fishing, though evolving, is still practiced in traditional ways. Beneath the great depths surrounding these islands lurks the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-four feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not known just for its size: Its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends, the author and the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, as they embark on a wild pursuit of the famed creature—all from a tiny rubber boat. Together they tackle existential questions and encounter the world’s most powerful maelstrom as they attempt to understand the ocean from every possible angle, drawing on poetry, science, history, ecology, mythology, and their own—sometimes intoxicated—observations, meanwhile pursuing the elusive Greenland shark. By turns thrilling, wise, and hilarious, Shark Drunk is a celebration of adventure, marine life, and, above all, friendship. Winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize 2015 Winner of the Norwegian Critics’ Prize for Literature 2015 Winner of the Norwegian Reine Ord Prize at Lofoten International Literature Festival 2016]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-the-gray-zone-a-neuroscientist-explores-the-border-between-life-and-death-by-adrian-owen--65149769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death Author: Adrian Owen Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this “riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication” (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or “gray zone” states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of our own brains. “Vivid, emotional, and thought-provoking” (Publishers Weekly), Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the brain: the so-called “gray zone” between full consciousness and brain death. People in this middle place have sustained traumatic brain injuries or are the victims of stroke or degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Many are oblivious to the outside world, and their doctors believe they are incapable of thought. But a sizeable number—as many as twenty percent—are experiencing something different: intact minds adrift deep within damaged brains and bodies. An expert in the field, Adrian Owen led a team that, in 2006, discovered this lost population and made medical history. Scientists, physicians, and philosophers have only just begun to grapple with the implications. Following Owen’s journey of exciting medical discovery, Into the Gray Zone asks some tough and terrifying questions, such as: What is life like for these patients? What can their families and friends do to help them? What are the ethical implications for religious organizations, politicians, the Right to Die movement, and even insurers? And perhaps most intriguing of all: in defining what a life worth living is, are we too concerned with the physical and not giving enough emphasis to the power of thought? What, truly, defines a satisfying life? “Strangely uplifting…the testimonies of people who have returned from the gray zone evoke the mysteries of consciousness and identity with tremendous power” (The New Yorker). This book is about the difference between a brain and a mind, a body and a person. Into the Gray Zone is “a fascinating memoir…reads like a thriller” (Mail on Sunday).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294378Tue, 20 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death Author: Adrian Owen Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death Author: Adrian Owen Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this “riveting read, meshing memoir with scientific explication” (Nature), a world-renowned neuroscientist reveals how he learned to communicate with patients in vegetative or “gray zone” states and, more importantly, he explains what those interactions tell us about the working of our own brains. “Vivid, emotional, and thought-provoking” (Publishers Weekly), Into the Gray Zone takes readers to the edge of a dazzling, humbling frontier in our understanding of the brain: the so-called “gray zone” between full consciousness and brain death. People in this middle place have sustained traumatic brain injuries or are the victims of stroke or degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Many are oblivious to the outside world, and their doctors believe they are incapable of thought. But a sizeable number—as many as twenty percent—are experiencing something different: intact minds adrift deep within damaged brains and bodies. An expert in the field, Adrian Owen led a team that, in 2006, discovered this lost population and made medical history. Scientists, physicians, and philosophers have only just begun to grapple with the implications. Following Owen’s journey of exciting medical discovery, Into the Gray Zone asks some tough and terrifying questions, such as: What is life like for these patients? What can their families and friends do to help them? What are the ethical implications for religious organizations, politicians, the Right to Die movement, and even insurers? And perhaps most intriguing of all: in defining what a life worth living is, are we too concerned with the physical and not giving enough emphasis to the power of thought? What, truly, defines a satisfying life? “Strangely uplifting…the testimonies of people who have returned from the gray zone evoke the mysteries of consciousness and identity with tremendous power” (The New Yorker). This book is about the difference between a brain and a mind, a body and a person. Into the Gray Zone is “a fascinating memoir…reads like a thriller” (Mail on Sunday).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/surpassing-certainty-what-my-twenties-taught-me-by-janet-mock--65149796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me Author: Janet Mock Narrator: Janet Mock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A defining chronicle of strength and spirit” (Kirkus Reviews), Surpassing Certainty is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world—without a road map to guide her. This memoir “should be required reading for your 20s” (Cosmopolitan). A few months before her twentieth birthday, Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a strip club. Finally content in her body after her teenage transition, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing herself as she navigates dating and disclosure, sex and intimacy, and most important, letting herself be truly seen. Under the neon lights of Club Nu, Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor naval base, who becomes her first. The pleasures and perils of their relationship serve as a backdrop for Janet’s progression through all the universal growing pains—falling in and out of love, living away from home, and figuring out what she wants to do with her life. Fueled by her dreams and an inimitable drive, Janet makes her way through New York City intent on building a career in the highly competitive world of magazine publishing—within the unique context of being trans, a woman, and a person of color. Hers is a timely glimpse about the barriers many face—and a much-needed guide on how to make a way out of no way. Long before she became one of the world’s most respected media figures and lauded leaders for equality and justice, Janet learned how to advocate for herself before becoming an advocate for others. In this “honest and timely appraisal of what it means to be true to yourself” (Booklist), Surpassing Certainty offers an “exquisitely packaged gift of her experiences...that signals something greater” (Bitch Magazine).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293917Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me Author: Janet Mock Narrator: Janet Mock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me Author: Janet Mock Narrator: Janet Mock Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “A defining chronicle of strength and spirit” (Kirkus Reviews), Surpassing Certainty is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world—without a road map to guide her. This memoir “should be required reading for your 20s” (Cosmopolitan). A few months before her twentieth birthday, Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a strip club. Finally content in her body after her teenage transition, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing herself as she navigates dating and disclosure, sex and intimacy, and most important, letting herself be truly seen. Under the neon lights of Club Nu, Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor naval base, who becomes her first. The pleasures and perils of their relationship serve as a backdrop for Janet’s progression through all the universal growing pains—falling in and out of love, living away from home, and figuring out what she wants to do with her life. Fueled by her dreams and an inimitable drive, Janet makes her way through New York City intent on building a career in the highly competitive world of magazine publishing—within the unique context of being trans, a woman, and a person of color. Hers is a timely glimpse about the barriers many face—and a much-needed guide on how to make a way out of no way. Long before she became one of the world’s most respected media figures and lauded leaders for equality and justice, Janet learned how to advocate for herself before becoming an advocate for others. In this “honest and timely appraisal of what it means to be true to yourself” (Booklist), Surpassing Certainty offers an “exquisitely packaged gift of her experiences...that signals something greater” (Bitch Magazine).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-don-t-have-to-say-you-love-me-a-memoir-by-sherman-alexie--65149768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Author: Sherman Alexie Narrator: Sherman Alexie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more complex than most. She plunged her family into chaos with a drinking habit, but shed her addiction when it was on the brink of costing her everything. She survived a violent past, but created an elaborate facade to hide the truth. She selflessly cared for strangers, but was often incapable of showering her children with the affection that they so desperately craved. She wanted a better life for her son, but it was only by leaving her behind that he could hope to achieve it. It's these contradictions that made Lillian Alexie a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated, and very human woman. When she passed away, the incongruities that defined his mother shook Sherman and his remembrance of her. Grappling with the haunting ghosts of the past in the wake of loss, he responded the only way he knew how: he wrote. The result is a stunning memoir filled with raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine, much less survive. An unflinching and unforgettable remembrance, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me is a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292390Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Author: Sherman Alexie Narrator: Sherman Alexie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Author: Sherman Alexie Narrator: Sherman Alexie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more complex than most. She plunged her family into chaos with a drinking habit, but shed her addiction when it was on the brink of costing her everything. She survived a violent past, but created an elaborate facade to hide the truth. She selflessly cared for strangers, but was often incapable of showering her children with the affection that they so desperately craved. She wanted a better life for her son, but it was only by leaving her behind that he could hope to achieve it. It's these contradictions that made Lillian Alexie a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated, and very human woman. When she passed away, the incongruities that defined his mother shook Sherman and his remembrance of her. Grappling with the haunting ghosts of the past in the wake of loss, he responded the only way he knew how: he wrote. The result is a stunning memoir filled with raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine, much less survive. An unflinching and unforgettable remembrance, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me is a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/making-rent-in-bed-stuy-a-memoir-of-trying-to-make-it-in-new-york-city-by-brandon-harris--65149816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City Author: Brandon Harris Narrator: Brandon Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A young African American millennial filmmaker’s funny, sometimes painful, true-life coming-of-age story of trying to make it in New York City—a chronicle of poverty and wealth, creativity and commerce, struggle and insecurity, and the economic and cultural forces intertwined with ''the serious, life-threatening process'' of gentrification. Making Rent in Bed-Stuy explores the history and sociocultural importance of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn’s largest historically black community, through the lens of a coming-of-age young American negro artist living at the dawn of an era in which urban class warfare is politely referred to as gentrification. Bookended by accounts of two different breakups, from a roommate and a lover, both who come from the white American elite, the book oscillates between chapters of urban bildungsroman and a historical examination of some of Bed-Stuy’s most salient aesthetic and political legacies. Filled with personal stories and a vibrant cast of iconoclastic characters— friends and acquaintances such as Spike Lee; Lena Dunham; and Paul MacCleod, who made a living charging $5 for a tour of his extensive Elvis collection—Making Rent in Bed-Stuy poignantly captures what happens when youthful idealism clashes head-on with adult reality. Melding in-depth reportage and personal narrative that investigates the disappointments and ironies of the Obama era, the book describes Brandon Harris’s radicalization, and the things he lost, and gained, along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292658Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City Author: Brandon Harris Narrator: Brandon Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City Author: Brandon Harris Narrator: Brandon Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A young African American millennial filmmaker’s funny, sometimes painful, true-life coming-of-age story of trying to make it in New York City—a chronicle of poverty and wealth, creativity and commerce, struggle and insecurity, and the economic and cultural forces intertwined with ''the serious, life-threatening process'' of gentrification. Making Rent in Bed-Stuy explores the history and sociocultural importance of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn’s largest historically black community, through the lens of a coming-of-age young American negro artist living at the dawn of an era in which urban class warfare is politely referred to as gentrification. Bookended by accounts of two different breakups, from a roommate and a lover, both who come from the white American elite, the book oscillates between chapters of urban bildungsroman and a historical examination of some of Bed-Stuy’s most salient aesthetic and political legacies. Filled with personal stories and a vibrant cast of iconoclastic characters— friends and acquaintances such as Spike Lee; Lena Dunham; and Paul MacCleod, who made a living charging $5 for a tour of his extensive Elvis collection—Making Rent in Bed-Stuy poignantly captures what happens when youthful idealism clashes head-on with adult reality. Melding in-depth reportage and personal narrative that investigates the disappointments and ironies of the Obama era, the book describes Brandon Harris’s radicalization, and the things he lost, and gained, along the way.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mean-dads-for-a-better-america-the-generous-rewards-of-an-old-fashioned-childhood-by-tom-shillue--65149798https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mean Dads for a Better America: The Generous Rewards of an Old-Fashioned Childhood Author: Tom Shillue Narrator: Tom Shillue Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the stand-up comedian and popular host on the Fox News Network, a nostalgic look back at his childhood and the simple American values that shaped his worldview—a portrait of growing up in 1970s America. As a comedian and conservative thinker, whip-smart funny Tom Shillue grounds his ideas about our current culture and political climate in stories from his childhood. Growing up as one of five kids in a devout Irish Catholic family in a small town outside of Boston, Tom sincerely believes that the rough-and-tumble, rules-dominated world in which he came of age was a better America—a time and place that made him into the well-adjusted, happy, successful man he is today. In Mean Dads for a Better America, Tom reminisces about his childhood, his family, and the traditional values he cherishes. He takes us back to a time when neighbors disciplined each other’s children without fear of being sued, when kids made it to the family table for dinner, when parents’ rules were gospel, when the occasional fistfight was considered a fair way to solve a problem, and when children were free to roam, make mistakes, and experience the first tastes of independence. On the Fox News Network, Tom debates, debunks, and entertains with his hilarious approach to issues of the day. Here, he brings that talent and wisdom to the page, tackling the issues that confound many Americans, like our hypersensitive culture and overzealous parenting. As Tom celebrates the stability of family life and the sanity of days gone by, he encourages us to hold on to our sense of humor and look back at our own lives, as we work towards creating a better future for ourselves and our kids, all while making us laugh.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293334Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mean Dads for a Better America: The Generous Rewards of an Old-Fashioned Childhood Author: Tom Shillue Narrator: Tom Shillue Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mean Dads for a Better America: The Generous Rewards of an Old-Fashioned Childhood Author: Tom Shillue Narrator: Tom Shillue Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the stand-up comedian and popular host on the Fox News Network, a nostalgic look back at his childhood and the simple American values that shaped his worldview—a portrait of growing up in 1970s America. As a comedian and conservative thinker, whip-smart funny Tom Shillue grounds his ideas about our current culture and political climate in stories from his childhood. Growing up as one of five kids in a devout Irish Catholic family in a small town outside of Boston, Tom sincerely believes that the rough-and-tumble, rules-dominated world in which he came of age was a better America—a time and place that made him into the well-adjusted, happy, successful man he is today. In Mean Dads for a Better America, Tom reminisces about his childhood, his family, and the traditional values he cherishes. He takes us back to a time when neighbors disciplined each other’s children without fear of being sued, when kids made it to the family table for dinner, when parents’ rules were gospel, when the occasional fistfight was considered a fair way to solve a problem, and when children were free to roam, make mistakes, and experience the first tastes of independence. On the Fox News Network, Tom debates, debunks, and entertains with his hilarious approach to issues of the day. Here, he brings that talent and wisdom to the page, tackling the issues that confound many Americans, like our hypersensitive culture and overzealous parenting. As Tom celebrates the stability of family life and the sanity of days gone by, he encourages us to hold on to our sense of humor and look back at our own lives, as we work towards creating a better future for ourselves and our kids, all while making us laugh.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bright-hour-a-memoir-of-living-and-dying-by-nina-riggs--65149786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying Author: Nina Riggs Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” —Nora Krug, The Washington Post “Beautiful and haunting.” —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY “Deeply affecting…simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.” —People (Book of the Week) “Vivid, immediate.” —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal * Best Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post * Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Glamour * The Seattle Times * Vulture * InStyle * Bookpage * Bookriot * Real Simple * The Atlanta Journal-Constitution * The New York Times bestseller by poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is “a stunning…heart-rending meditation on life…It is this year’s When Breath Becomes Air” (The Washington Post). We are breathless but we love the days. They are promises. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other. Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal. How does a dying person learn to live each day “unattached to outcome”? How does one approach the moments, big and small, with both love and honesty? How does a young mother and wife prepare her two young children and adored husband for a loss that will shape the rest of their lives? How do we want to be remembered? Exploring motherhood, marriage, friendship, and memory, Nina asks: What makes a meaningful life when one has limited time? “Profound and poignant” (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Bright Hour is about how to make the most of all the days, even the painful ones. It’s about the way literature, especially Nina’s direct ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and her other muse, Montaigne, can be a balm and a form of prayer. Brilliantly written and exceptionally moving, it’s a “deeply affecting memoir, a simultaneously heartbreaking and funny account of living with loss and the specter of death. As Riggs lyrically, unflinchingly details her reality, she finds beauty and truth that comfort even amid the crushing sadness” (People, Book of the Week). Tender and heartwarming, The Bright Hour “is a gentle reminder to cherish each day” (Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books) and offers us this important perspective: “You can read a multitude books about how to die, but Riggs, a dying woman, will show you how to live” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293209Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying Author: Nina Riggs Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying Author: Nina Riggs Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” —Nora Krug, The Washington Post “Beautiful and haunting.” —Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY “Deeply affecting…simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.” —People (Book of the Week) “Vivid, immediate.” —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal * Best Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post * Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Glamour * The Seattle Times * Vulture * InStyle * Bookpage * Bookriot * Real Simple * The Atlanta Journal-Constitution * The New York Times bestseller by poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young sons and the direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, is “a stunning…heart-rending meditation on life…It is this year’s When Breath Becomes Air” (The Washington Post). We are breathless but we love the days. They are promises. They are the only way to walk from one night to the other. Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal. How does a dying person learn to live each day “unattached to outcome”? How does one approach the moments, big and small, with both love and honesty? How does a young mother and wife prepare her two young children and adored husband for a loss that will shape the rest of their lives? How do we want to be remembered? Exploring motherhood, marriage, friendship, and memory, Nina asks: What makes a meaningful life when one has limited time? “Profound and poignant” (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Bright Hour is about how to make the most of all the days, even the painful ones. It’s about the way literature, especially Nina’s direct ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and her other muse, Montaigne, can be a balm and a form of prayer. Brilliantly written and exceptionally moving, it’s a “deeply affecting memoir, a simultaneously heartbreaking and funny account of living with loss and the specter of death. As Riggs lyrically, unflinchingly details her reality, she finds beauty and truth that comfort even amid the crushing sadness” (People, Book of the Week). Tender and heartwarming, The Bright Hour “is a gentle reminder to cherish each day” (Entertainment Weekly, Best New Books) and offers us this important perspective: “You can read a multitude books about how to die, but Riggs, a dying woman, will show you how to live” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-john-f-kennedy-by-my-ebook-publishing-house--65149777https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of John F. Kennedy Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 2, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: John F. Kennedy glimmers through history as the young, idealistic president whose Camelot administration promised a new dawn for America. John Fitzgerald Kennedy led his nation for little more than a thousand days, yet his presidency is intensely remembered, not merely as a byproduct of his tragic fate. Kennedy steered the nation away from the brink of nuclear war, initiated the first nuclear test ban treaty, created the Peace Corps, and launched America on its mission to the moon and beyond. JFK inspired a nation, particularly the massive generation of baby boomers, injecting hope and revitalizing faith in the American project. But fifty years after he was murdered, it's hard to separate the real JFK, with all his faults, from the many myths about him. This is his story of his life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294852Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of John F. Kennedy Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294852 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of John F. Kennedy Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 2, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: John F. Kennedy glimmers through history as the young, idealistic president whose Camelot administration promised a new dawn for America. John Fitzgerald Kennedy led his nation for little more than a thousand days, yet his presidency is intensely remembered, not merely as a byproduct of his tragic fate. Kennedy steered the nation away from the brink of nuclear war, initiated the first nuclear test ban treaty, created the Peace Corps, and launched America on its mission to the moon and beyond. JFK inspired a nation, particularly the massive generation of baby boomers, injecting hope and revitalizing faith in the American project. But fifty years after he was murdered, it's hard to separate the real JFK, with all his faults, from the many myths about him. This is his story of his life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-adam-clarke-by-samuel-dunn--65149793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Adam Clarke Author: Samuel Dunn Narrator: Beth Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 33 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The biography of the great theologian Adam Clarke. Clarke was a prolific writer of theology and the author of the definitive Commentary on the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, inarguably the most comprehensive study of the Scriptures ever produced. Written by Samuel Dunn, a contemporary of Adam Clarke and his protégé, this biography explores Clarke's early life, conversion, education, adulthood as a theologian and his death. Great study of a great man of God.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293136Thu, 01 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Adam Clarke Author: Samuel Dunn Narrator: Beth Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 33 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Adam Clarke Author: Samuel Dunn Narrator: Beth Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 33 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The biography of the great theologian Adam Clarke. Clarke was a prolific writer of theology and the author of the definitive Commentary on the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, inarguably the most comprehensive study of the Scriptures ever produced. Written by Samuel Dunn, a contemporary of Adam Clarke and his protégé, this biography explores Clarke's early life, conversion, education, adulthood as a theologian and his death. Great study of a great man of God.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-like-the-fox-machiavelli-in-his-world-by-erica-benner--65149723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World Author: Erica Benner Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli-arguably the most misunderstood thinker of all time-fought to change his corrupt world. Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner sets the record straight: far from the ruthless “Machiavellian” henchman that people think he was, Machiavelli emerges here as a profound ethical thinker who fought to uphold high moral standards and restore the democratic freedoms of his beloved Florence. Shaking the dust from history, Benner masterfully interweaves Machiavelli’s words with those of his friends and enemies, giving us a biography with all the energy of fiction. Through dialogues and diaries, we witness dramatic episodes, including Savonarola’s fiery sermons against the elite in Florence’s piazza, Machiavelli’s secret negotiations with Caterina Sforza at the court of Forlí, and the Florentines’ frantic preparations to resist Pope Julius’s plan to over-throw their Republic. Benner relates how Machiavelli rose as an advisor in the Florentine Republic, advancing the city’s interests as a diplomat and military strategist, only to become a political pariah when the Republic was defeated. His egalitarian politics made him an enemy of the Medici family, and his secular outlook put him at odds with religious zealots. But he soon learned to mask his true convictions, becoming a great artist of foxlike dissimulation. Machiavelli’s masterpiece, The Prince, was in fact a critique of princely power, but the critique had to be veiled, written as it was after the Medici triumphed over the Republic. In Be Like the Fox, the most accurate and compelling portrait of Machiavelli yet, Benner recounts the gripping story of a brilliant political thinker, showing that Machiavelli’s ideas-about democratic institutions, diplomacy, and freedom-are more important than ever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293325Thu, 01 Jun 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World Author: Erica Benner Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World Author: Erica Benner Narrator: Karen Saltus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The dramatic, myth-shattering story of how Machiavelli-arguably the most misunderstood thinker of all time-fought to change his corrupt world. Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner sets the record straight: far from the ruthless “Machiavellian” henchman that people think he was, Machiavelli emerges here as a profound ethical thinker who fought to uphold high moral standards and restore the democratic freedoms of his beloved Florence. Shaking the dust from history, Benner masterfully interweaves Machiavelli’s words with those of his friends and enemies, giving us a biography with all the energy of fiction. Through dialogues and diaries, we witness dramatic episodes, including Savonarola’s fiery sermons against the elite in Florence’s piazza, Machiavelli’s secret negotiations with Caterina Sforza at the court of Forlí, and the Florentines’ frantic preparations to resist Pope Julius’s plan to over-throw their Republic. Benner relates how Machiavelli rose as an advisor in the Florentine Republic, advancing the city’s interests as a diplomat and military strategist, only to become a political pariah when the Republic was defeated. His egalitarian politics made him an enemy of the Medici family, and his secular outlook put him at odds with religious zealots. But he soon learned to mask his true convictions, becoming a great artist of foxlike dissimulation. Machiavelli’s masterpiece, The Prince, was in fact a critique of princely power, but the critique had to be veiled, written as it was after the Medici triumphed over the Republic. In Be Like the Fox, the most accurate and compelling portrait of Machiavelli yet, Benner recounts the gripping story of a brilliant political thinker, showing that Machiavelli’s ideas-about democratic institutions, diplomacy, and freedom-are more important than ever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-loyal-son-the-war-in-ben-franklin-s-house-by-daniel-mark-epstein--65149758https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House Author: Daniel Mark Epstein Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution—from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns. Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly appearance—are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the more enigmatic aspects of Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding relationship with his illegitimate son William. When he was twenty-four, Franklin fathered a child with a woman who was not his wife. He adopted the boy, raised him, and educated him to be his aide. Ben and William became inseparable. After the famous kite-in-a-thunderstorm experiment, it was William who proved that the electrical charge in a lightning bolt travels from the ground up, not from the clouds down. On a diplomatic mission to London, it was William who charmed London society. He was invited to walk in the procession of the coronation of George III; Ben was not. The outbreak of the American Revolution caused a devastating split between father and son. By then, William was royal governor of New Jersey, while Ben was one of the foremost champions of American independence. In 1776, the Continental Congress imprisoned William for treason. George Washington made efforts to win William’s release, while his father, to the world’s astonishment, appeared to have abandoned him to his fate. A fresh take on the combustible politics of the age of independence, The Loyal Son is a gripping account of how the agony of the American Revolution devastated one of America’s most distinguished families. Like Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough, Epstein is a storyteller first and foremost, a historian who weaves together fascinating incidents discovered in long-neglected documents to draw us into the private world of the men and women who made America. “The history of loyalist William Franklin and his famous father has been told before but not as fully or as well as it is by Daniel Mark Epstein in The Loyal Son. Mr. Epstein, a biographer and poet, has done a lot of fresh research and invests his narrative with literary grace and judicious sympathy for both father and son.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291603Tue, 30 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House Author: Daniel Mark Epstein Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House Author: Daniel Mark Epstein Narrator: Scott Brick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 30, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution—from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns. Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly appearance—are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the more enigmatic aspects of Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding relationship with his illegitimate son William. When he was twenty-four, Franklin fathered a child with a woman who was not his wife. He adopted the boy, raised him, and educated him to be his aide. Ben and William became inseparable. After the famous kite-in-a-thunderstorm experiment, it was William who proved that the electrical charge in a lightning bolt travels from the ground up, not from the clouds down. On a diplomatic mission to London, it was William who charmed London society. He was invited to walk in the procession of the coronation of George III; Ben was not. The outbreak of the American Revolution caused a devastating split between father and son. By then, William was royal governor of New Jersey, while Ben was one of the foremost champions of American independence. In 1776, the Continental Congress imprisoned William for treason. George Washington made efforts to win William’s release, while his father, to the world’s astonishment, appeared to have abandoned him to his fate. A fresh take on the combustible politics of the age of independence, The Loyal Son is a gripping account of how the agony of the American Revolution devastated one of America’s most distinguished families. Like Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough, Epstein is a storyteller first and foremost, a historian who weaves together fascinating incidents discovered in long-neglected documents to draw us into the private world of the men and women who made America. “The history of loyalist William Franklin and his famous father has been told before but not as fully or as well as it is by Daniel Mark Epstein in The Loyal Son. Mr. Epstein, a biographer and poet, has done a lot of fresh research and invests his narrative with literary grace and judicious sympathy for both father and son.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hue-and-cry-at-our-house-a-year-remembered-by-benjamin-taylor--65149843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered Author: Benjamin Taylor Narrator: Benjamin Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The award-winning memoir of one tumultuous year of boyhood in Fort Worth, Texas, opening with a handshake with JFK, and recalling the changes and revelations of the months that followed. Winner of the LA Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and a New York Times Editor's Choice.   “A marvel of a book—elegant, touching, singular.” —Mary Karr “Brief and moving . . . An elegantly written book, erudite, perceptive and at times painfully candid.”—Moira Hodgson, Wall Street Journal After John F. Kennedy’s speech in front of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on November 22, 1963, he was greeted by, among others, an 11-year-old Benjamin Taylor and his mother waiting to shake his hand. Only a few hours later, Taylor’s teacher called the class in from recess and, through tears, told them of the president’s assassination. From there Taylor traces a path through the next twelve months, recalling the tumult as he saw everything he had once considered stable begin to grow more complex. Looking back on the love and tension within his family, the childhood friendships that lasted and those that didn’t, his memories of summer camp and family trips, he reflects upon the outsized impact our larger American story had on his own.   Benjamin Taylor is one of the most talented writers working today. In lyrical, translucent prose, he thoughtfully extends the story of twelve months into the years before and after, painting a portrait of the artist not simply as a young man, but across his whole life. As he writes, “[A]ny twelve months could stand for the whole. Our years are so implicated in one another that the least important is important enough . . . Any year I chose would show the same mettle, the same frailties stamping me at eleven and twelve.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291385Tue, 23 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered Author: Benjamin Taylor Narrator: Benjamin Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291385 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered Author: Benjamin Taylor Narrator: Benjamin Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The award-winning memoir of one tumultuous year of boyhood in Fort Worth, Texas, opening with a handshake with JFK, and recalling the changes and revelations of the months that followed. Winner of the LA Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and a New York Times Editor's Choice.   “A marvel of a book—elegant, touching, singular.” —Mary Karr “Brief and moving . . . An elegantly written book, erudite, perceptive and at times painfully candid.”—Moira Hodgson, Wall Street Journal After John F. Kennedy’s speech in front of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on November 22, 1963, he was greeted by, among others, an 11-year-old Benjamin Taylor and his mother waiting to shake his hand. Only a few hours later, Taylor’s teacher called the class in from recess and, through tears, told them of the president’s assassination. From there Taylor traces a path through the next twelve months, recalling the tumult as he saw everything he had once considered stable begin to grow more complex. Looking back on the love and tension within his family, the childhood friendships that lasted and those that didn’t, his memories of summer camp and family trips, he reflects upon the outsized impact our larger American story had on his own.   Benjamin Taylor is one of the most talented writers working today. In lyrical, translucent prose, he thoughtfully extends the story of twelve months into the years before and after, painting a portrait of the artist not simply as a young man, but across his whole life. As he writes, “[A]ny twelve months could stand for the whole. Our years are so implicated in one another that the least important is important enough . . . Any year I chose would show the same mettle, the same frailties stamping me at eleven and twelve.”]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/against-the-current-au-revoir-to-corporate-life-and-bonjour-to-a-life-afloat-in-france-by-mike-bodnar--65149781https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against The Current: Au Revoir to Corporate Life and Bonjour to a Life Afloat in France! Author: Mike Bodnar Narrator: Mike Bodnar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Would you leave your job, sell your house, abandon your family and friends and move to France to live on a boat? With no income, and no idea what the next day would bring? Probably not. But that's what Mike and Liz did, choosing to cast off from corporate life to live and travel the waterways of France. They’re boarded by armed police, nearly lose their boat, and pull a near-drowned body from the water. With a blade against his neck, Mike’s fate rests on a soccer game, and he and Liz accuse a Frenchman of not knowing how to 'soil a bat'. This is their adventure, a book for anyone who’s ever thought they might like to just get away from it all, throw caution to the wind and see what tomorrow feels like. It will take you to the limits, bring you down to earth, but most of all it will make you laugh out loud. Join Mike and Liz, as they go sailing on a notion…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293535Tue, 23 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against The Current: Au Revoir to Corporate Life and Bonjour to a Life Afloat in France! Author: Mike Bodnar Narrator: Mike Bodnar Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against The Current: Au Revoir to Corporate Life and Bonjour to a Life Afloat in France! Author: Mike Bodnar Narrator: Mike Bodnar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Would you leave your job, sell your house, abandon your family and friends and move to France to live on a boat? With no income, and no idea what the next day would bring? Probably not. But that's what Mike and Liz did, choosing to cast off from corporate life to live and travel the waterways of France. They’re boarded by armed police, nearly lose their boat, and pull a near-drowned body from the water. With a blade against his neck, Mike’s fate rests on a soccer game, and he and Liz accuse a Frenchman of not knowing how to 'soil a bat'. This is their adventure, a book for anyone who’s ever thought they might like to just get away from it all, throw caution to the wind and see what tomorrow feels like. It will take you to the limits, bring you down to earth, but most of all it will make you laugh out loud. Join Mike and Liz, as they go sailing on a notion…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-push-a-climber-s-journey-of-endurance-risk-and-going-beyond-limits-by-tommy-caldwell--65149819https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits Author: Tommy Caldwell Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan    “The rarest of adventure reads:  it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple yet unwavering resolve can turn adversity into reward.” —The Denver Post A finalist for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history—Yosemite’s nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after nineteen days on the route. Caldwell’s odds-defying feat—the subject of the documentary film The Dawn Wall to be released nationwide in September—was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete. This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell’s affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan’s biggest, steepest, blankest face—the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father. The Push is an arresting story of focus, drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation, a book that will appeal to anyone seeking to overcome fear and doubt, cultivate perseverance, turn failure into growth, and find connection with family and with the natural world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290803Tue, 16 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits Author: Tommy Caldwell Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits Author: Tommy Caldwell Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan    “The rarest of adventure reads:  it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches readers with an absolutely captivating glimpse into how a simple yet unwavering resolve can turn adversity into reward.” —The Denver Post A finalist for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history—Yosemite’s nearly vertical 3,000-foot Dawn Wall, after nineteen days on the route. Caldwell’s odds-defying feat—the subject of the documentary film The Dawn Wall to be released nationwide in September—was the culmination of an entire lifetime of pushing himself to his limits as an athlete. This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell’s affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan’s biggest, steepest, blankest face—the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father. The Push is an arresting story of focus, drive, motivation, endurance, and transformation, a book that will appeal to anyone seeking to overcome fear and doubt, cultivate perseverance, turn failure into growth, and find connection with family and with the natural world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-flight-charles-lindbergh-s-daring-and-immortal-1927-transatlantic-crossing-by-dan-hampton--65149803https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing Author: Dan Hampton Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A gripping and unique ''in-the-cockpit'' account of Charles Lindbergh’s extraordinary first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, by acclaimed aviation historian (Viper Pilot, Lords of the Sky) and former fighter pilot Dan Hampton—''one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history'' (New York Post). America’s finest aviation story in the hands of our finest aviation historian, The Flight is Dan Hampton’s biggest, most dramatic book yet. On the morning of May 20, 1927, a little known pilot named Charles Lindbergh waited to take off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island. He was determined to claim the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised to the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris—a contest that had already claimed six men’s lives. Just twenty-five years old, Lindbergh had never before flown over water. Yet thirty-three hours later, his single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, touched down in Paris. Overnight, Charles Lindbergh became the most famous aviator of all time. The Flight is a long overdue, flyer’s-eye-view look at Lindbergh’s legendary journey. Decorated fighter pilot and bestselling author Dan Hampton offers a unique appreciation for Lindbergh’s accomplishment: Hampton has flown the exact same route many times, knowledge that informs and shapes The Flight. Relying upon a trove of primary sources, including Lindbergh’s own personal diary and writings, Hampton crafts a dramatic narrative of a challenging, death-defying feat that many had believed was impossible. Moving hour by hour, Hampton recounts Lindbergh’s uncertainty over his equipment and his courage as he traverses the vast darkness of the Atlantic with no radar. Moving between the sky and ground, Hampton intersperses the tale of the flight with Lindbergh’s personal history as well as some of the stories of those waiting for him on the ground, praying he would make it safely across.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291559Tue, 16 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing Author: Dan Hampton Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing Author: Dan Hampton Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A gripping and unique ''in-the-cockpit'' account of Charles Lindbergh’s extraordinary first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, by acclaimed aviation historian (Viper Pilot, Lords of the Sky) and former fighter pilot Dan Hampton—''one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history'' (New York Post). America’s finest aviation story in the hands of our finest aviation historian, The Flight is Dan Hampton’s biggest, most dramatic book yet. On the morning of May 20, 1927, a little known pilot named Charles Lindbergh waited to take off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island. He was determined to claim the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised to the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris—a contest that had already claimed six men’s lives. Just twenty-five years old, Lindbergh had never before flown over water. Yet thirty-three hours later, his single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, touched down in Paris. Overnight, Charles Lindbergh became the most famous aviator of all time. The Flight is a long overdue, flyer’s-eye-view look at Lindbergh’s legendary journey. Decorated fighter pilot and bestselling author Dan Hampton offers a unique appreciation for Lindbergh’s accomplishment: Hampton has flown the exact same route many times, knowledge that informs and shapes The Flight. Relying upon a trove of primary sources, including Lindbergh’s own personal diary and writings, Hampton crafts a dramatic narrative of a challenging, death-defying feat that many had believed was impossible. Moving hour by hour, Hampton recounts Lindbergh’s uncertainty over his equipment and his courage as he traverses the vast darkness of the Atlantic with no radar. Moving between the sky and ground, Hampton intersperses the tale of the flight with Lindbergh’s personal history as well as some of the stories of those waiting for him on the ground, praying he would make it safely across.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alive-the-story-of-the-andes-survivors-by-piers-paul-read--65149742https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293287 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Author: Piers Paul Read Narrator: Paul Ansdell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 85 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive,these men and women not only had to keep their faith, they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends? A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic bestselling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293287Tue, 16 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293287 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Author: Piers Paul Read Narrator: Paul Ansdell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293287 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Author: Piers Paul Read Narrator: Paul Ansdell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 85 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive,these men and women not only had to keep their faith, they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends? A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic bestselling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crooked-outwitting-the-back-pain-industry-and-getting-on-the-road-to-recovery-by-cathryn-jakobson-ramin--65149806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291903 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery Author: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Narrator: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery. In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicine—often ineffective and sometimes harmful —exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system. The result of six years of intensive investigation, Crooked offers a startling look at the poorly identified risks of spine medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations. The result is a brilliant and comprehensive book that is not only important but essential to millions of back pain sufferers, and all types of health care professionals. Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options—showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish. With Crooked, she reveals what it takes to outwit the back pain industry and get on the road to recovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291903Tue, 09 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291903 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery Author: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Narrator: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291903 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery Author: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Narrator: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery. In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicine—often ineffective and sometimes harmful —exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system. The result of six years of intensive investigation, Crooked offers a startling look at the poorly identified risks of spine medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations. The result is a brilliant and comprehensive book that is not only important but essential to millions of back pain sufferers, and all types of health care professionals. Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options—showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish. With Crooked, she reveals what it takes to outwit the back pain industry and get on the road to recovery.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-and-two-mcsorley-s-my-dad-and-me-by-rafe-bartholomew--65149784https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me Author: Rafe Bartholomew Narrator: Rafe Bartholomew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A deeply stirring memoir of fathers, sons, and the oldest bar in New York City. Since it opened in 1854, McSorley's Old Ale House has been a New York institution. This is the landmark watering hole where Abraham Lincoln campaigned and Boss Tweed kicked back with the Tammany Hall machine. Where a pair of Houdini's handcuffs found their final resting place. And where soldiers left behind wishbones before departing for the First World War, never to return and collect them. Many of the bar's traditions remain intact, from the newspaper-covered walls to the plates of cheese and raw onions, the sawdust-strewn floors to the tall-tales told by its bartenders. But in addition to the bar's rich history, McSorley's is home to a deeply personal story about two men: Rafe Bartholomew, the writer who grew up in the landmark pub, and his father, Geoffrey 'Bart' Bartholomew, a career bartender who has been working the taps for forty-five years. On weekends, Rafe Bartholomew would tag along for the early hours of his dad's shift, polishing brass doorknobs, watching over the bar cats, and handling other odd jobs until he grew old enough to join Bart behind the bar. McSorley's was a place of bizarre rituals, bawdy humor, and tasks as unique as the bar itself: protecting the decades-old dust that had gathered on treasured artifacts; shot-putting thirty-pound grease traps into high-walled Dumpsters; and trying to keep McSorley's open through the worst of Hurricane Sandy. But for Rafe, the bar means home. It's the place where he and his father have worked side by side, serving light and dark ale, always in pairs, the way it's always been done. Where they've celebrated victories, like the publication of his father's first book of poetry, and coped with misfortune, like the death of Rafe's mother. Where Rafe learned to be part of something bigger than himself and also how to be his own man. By turns touching, crude, and wildly funny, Rafe's story reveals universal truths about family, loss, and the bursting history of one of New York's most beloved institutions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291897Tue, 09 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me Author: Rafe Bartholomew Narrator: Rafe Bartholomew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me Author: Rafe Bartholomew Narrator: Rafe Bartholomew Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A deeply stirring memoir of fathers, sons, and the oldest bar in New York City. Since it opened in 1854, McSorley's Old Ale House has been a New York institution. This is the landmark watering hole where Abraham Lincoln campaigned and Boss Tweed kicked back with the Tammany Hall machine. Where a pair of Houdini's handcuffs found their final resting place. And where soldiers left behind wishbones before departing for the First World War, never to return and collect them. Many of the bar's traditions remain intact, from the newspaper-covered walls to the plates of cheese and raw onions, the sawdust-strewn floors to the tall-tales told by its bartenders. But in addition to the bar's rich history, McSorley's is home to a deeply personal story about two men: Rafe Bartholomew, the writer who grew up in the landmark pub, and his father, Geoffrey 'Bart' Bartholomew, a career bartender who has been working the taps for forty-five years. On weekends, Rafe Bartholomew would tag along for the early hours of his dad's shift, polishing brass doorknobs, watching over the bar cats, and handling other odd jobs until he grew old enough to join Bart behind the bar. McSorley's was a place of bizarre rituals, bawdy humor, and tasks as unique as the bar itself: protecting the decades-old dust that had gathered on treasured artifacts; shot-putting thirty-pound grease traps into high-walled Dumpsters; and trying to keep McSorley's open through the worst of Hurricane Sandy. But for Rafe, the bar means home. It's the place where he and his father have worked side by side, serving light and dark ale, always in pairs, the way it's always been done. Where they've celebrated victories, like the publication of his father's first book of poetry, and coped with misfortune, like the death of Rafe's mother. Where Rafe learned to be part of something bigger than himself and also how to be his own man. By turns touching, crude, and wildly funny, Rafe's story reveals universal truths about family, loss, and the bursting history of one of New York's most beloved institutions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-apparent-distress-a-doctor-s-coming-of-age-on-the-front-lines-of-american-medicine-by-rachel-pearson--65149765https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine Author: Rachel Pearson Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at risk In medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes. Rachel Pearson confronted these harsh realities when she started medical school in Galveston, Texas. Pearson, herself from a working-class background, remains haunted by the suicide of a close friend, experiences firsthand the heartbreak of her own errors in a patient’s care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas town’s medical system. In No Apparent Distress, she chronicles her experiences and the raging disparities in a system that favors the rich and the white. This is at once an indictment of American health care and a deeply moving tale of one doctor’s coming-of-age.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292278Tue, 09 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine Author: Rachel Pearson Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine Author: Rachel Pearson Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at risk In medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes. Rachel Pearson confronted these harsh realities when she started medical school in Galveston, Texas. Pearson, herself from a working-class background, remains haunted by the suicide of a close friend, experiences firsthand the heartbreak of her own errors in a patient’s care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas town’s medical system. In No Apparent Distress, she chronicles her experiences and the raging disparities in a system that favors the rich and the white. This is at once an indictment of American health care and a deeply moving tale of one doctor’s coming-of-age.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pablo-escobar-the-history-of-the-biggest-narco-by-my-ebook-publishing-house--65149776https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pablo Escobar: The History of the Biggest Narco Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Pablo Escobar Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is irrefutable - legend. For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood, a man whose greatness lay not in his crimes, but in his charity; for the Colombian rich he was just a bloodthirsty gangster, a Bogie Man used to scare children in their beds; for the rest of the world flush with his imported cocaine, he was public enemy number one. When talking about Colombia, there is usually one thing that instantly comes to mind "cocaine. While this stereotype is not completely true, it is difficult not to associate the country with drugs. Naturally, the name Pablo Escobar will come up when reading about the emergence of the drug industry in the country. Escobar and his Medellin cartel once led the drug trade in Colombia, trafficking around 80% of the world's cocaine supply. During his period of influence, Escobar amassed an estimated net worth of $25 billion. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Early Years of Pablo Escobar Escobar and his Rise to Power Pablo's Family Was Pablo Escobar Like Robin Hood? Prison of La Catedral The End of Escobar Much, much more! Download this audiobook today!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293210Mon, 08 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pablo Escobar: The History of the Biggest Narco Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pablo Escobar: The History of the Biggest Narco Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Pablo Escobar Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is irrefutable - legend. For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood, a man whose greatness lay not in his crimes, but in his charity; for the Colombian rich he was just a bloodthirsty gangster, a Bogie Man used to scare children in their beds; for the rest of the world flush with his imported cocaine, he was public enemy number one. When talking about Colombia, there is usually one thing that instantly comes to mind "cocaine. While this stereotype is not completely true, it is difficult not to associate the country with drugs. Naturally, the name Pablo Escobar will come up when reading about the emergence of the drug industry in the country. Escobar and his Medellin cartel once led the drug trade in Colombia, trafficking around 80% of the world's cocaine supply. During his period of influence, Escobar amassed an estimated net worth of $25 billion. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Early Years of Pablo Escobar Escobar and his Rise to Power Pablo's Family Was Pablo Escobar Like Robin Hood? Prison of La Catedral The End of Escobar Much, much more! Download this audiobook today!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-storied-city-the-quest-for-timbuktu-and-the-fantastic-mission-to-save-its-past-by-charlie-english--65149854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past Author: Charlie English Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Timbuktu is a real place, and Charlie English will fuel your wanderlust with true descriptions of the fabled city’s past, present, and future.” –Fodor’s  Two tales of a city: The historical race to “discover” one of the world’s most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend. To Westerners, the name “Timbuktu” long conjured a tantalizing paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for “discovery”  tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city.  But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way too. A medieval center of learning, it was home to tens of thousands—according to some, hundreds of thousands—of ancient manuscripts, on subjects ranging from religion to poetry, law to history, pharmacology, and astronomy. When al-Qaeda–linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents, a remarkable thing happened: a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the manuscripts into hiding. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines these two suspenseful strands into a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289841Tue, 02 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past Author: Charlie English Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past Author: Charlie English Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Timbuktu is a real place, and Charlie English will fuel your wanderlust with true descriptions of the fabled city’s past, present, and future.” –Fodor’s  Two tales of a city: The historical race to “discover” one of the world’s most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend. To Westerners, the name “Timbuktu” long conjured a tantalizing paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for “discovery”  tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city.  But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way too. A medieval center of learning, it was home to tens of thousands—according to some, hundreds of thousands—of ancient manuscripts, on subjects ranging from religion to poetry, law to history, pharmacology, and astronomy. When al-Qaeda–linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents, a remarkable thing happened: a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the manuscripts into hiding. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines these two suspenseful strands into a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederick-douglass-the-story-of-an-american-slave-by-frederick-douglass--65149820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frederick Douglass: The Story of an American Slave Series: Part of The Classic Literature Collection Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Jim Hodges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting and edifying audio recordings. Enter the world of a slave, with all the pathos, brutal honesty, and striving of the heart to breathe free. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. During service to masters cruel and kind, he nevertheless learned to read and write. After suffering whippings, hunger, heat, cold, and grueling labor, he escaped from slavery in 1838. In 1841 he addressed an Anti-Slavery Society convention and spoke so eloquently that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator; numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave. In response, he wrote this, his first autobiography. Go back through time with the The Classic Literature Collection featuring some of your all-time favorite classics novels.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292196Tue, 02 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frederick Douglass: The Story of an American Slave Series: Part of The Classic Literature Collection Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Jim Hodges...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Frederick Douglass: The Story of an American Slave Series: Part of The Classic Literature Collection Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Jim Hodges Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting and edifying audio recordings. Enter the world of a slave, with all the pathos, brutal honesty, and striving of the heart to breathe free. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. During service to masters cruel and kind, he nevertheless learned to read and write. After suffering whippings, hunger, heat, cold, and grueling labor, he escaped from slavery in 1838. In 1841 he addressed an Anti-Slavery Society convention and spoke so eloquently that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator; numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave. In response, he wrote this, his first autobiography. Go back through time with the The Classic Literature Collection featuring some of your all-time favorite classics novels.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-marriage-bureau-the-true-story-of-how-two-matchmakers-arranged-love-in-wartime-london-by-penrose-halson--65149740https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London Author: Penrose Halson Narrator: Jane Copland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London’s Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking. Drawing on the bureau’s extensive archives, Penrose Halson—who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau—tells their story, and those of their clients. From shop girls to debutantes; widowers to war veterans, clients came in search of security, social acceptance, or simply love. And thanks to the meticulous organization and astute intuition of the Bureau’s matchmakers, most found what they were looking for. Penrose Halson draws from newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and interviews with the proprietors themselves to bring the romance and heartbreak of matchmaking during wartime to vivid, often hilarious, life in this unforgettable story of a most unusual business. “A book full of charm and hilarity.”—Country Life]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290783Tue, 02 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London Author: Penrose Halson Narrator: Jane Copland Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London Author: Penrose Halson Narrator: Jane Copland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London’s Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking. Drawing on the bureau’s extensive archives, Penrose Halson—who many years later found herself the proprietor of the bureau—tells their story, and those of their clients. From shop girls to debutantes; widowers to war veterans, clients came in search of security, social acceptance, or simply love. And thanks to the meticulous organization and astute intuition of the Bureau’s matchmakers, most found what they were looking for. Penrose Halson draws from newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and interviews with the proprietors themselves to bring the romance and heartbreak of matchmaking during wartime to vivid, often hilarious, life in this unforgettable story of a most unusual business. “A book full of charm and hilarity.”—Country Life]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mockingbird-songs-my-friendship-with-harper-lee-by-wayne-flynt--65149731https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee Author: Wayne Flynt Narrator: Mike Ortego, Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An indelible portrait of one of the most famous and beloved authors in the canon of American literature—a collection of letters between Harper Lee and one of her closest friends that reveals the famously private writer as never before, in her own words. The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic novel about courage, community, and equality, inspired him to return in the early 1960s and craft a career documenting and teaching Alabama history. His writing resonated with many Alabamians, in particular three sisters: Louise, Alice, and Nelle Harper Lee. Beginning with their first meeting in 1983, a mutual respect and affection for the state’s history and literature matured into a deep friendship between two families who can trace their roots there back more than five generations. Flynt and Nelle Harper Lee began writing to one other while she was living in New York—heartfelt, insightful, and humorous letters in which they swapped stories, information, and opinions on topics both personal and professional: their families, books, Alabama history and social values, health concerns, and even their fears and accomplishments. Though their earliest missives began formally—''Dear Dr. Flynt''—as the years passed and their mutual admiration grew, their exchanges became more intimate and emotional, opening with ''Dear Friend'' and closing with ''I love you, Nelle.'' Through their enduring correspondence, the Lees and the Flynts became completely immersed in each other’s lives. Beautifully written, intelligent, and telling, this remarkable compendium of their letters—a correspondence that lasted for a quarter century, from 1992 until Harper Lee’s death in February 2016—offers an incisive and compelling look into the mind, heart, and work of one of the most beloved authors in modern literary history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290786Tue, 02 May 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee Author: Wayne Flynt Narrator: Mike Ortego, Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee Author: Wayne Flynt Narrator: Mike Ortego, Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 19 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An indelible portrait of one of the most famous and beloved authors in the canon of American literature—a collection of letters between Harper Lee and one of her closest friends that reveals the famously private writer as never before, in her own words. The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic novel about courage, community, and equality, inspired him to return in the early 1960s and craft a career documenting and teaching Alabama history. His writing resonated with many Alabamians, in particular three sisters: Louise, Alice, and Nelle Harper Lee. Beginning with their first meeting in 1983, a mutual respect and affection for the state’s history and literature matured into a deep friendship between two families who can trace their roots there back more than five generations. Flynt and Nelle Harper Lee began writing to one other while she was living in New York—heartfelt, insightful, and humorous letters in which they swapped stories, information, and opinions on topics both personal and professional: their families, books, Alabama history and social values, health concerns, and even their fears and accomplishments. Though their earliest missives began formally—''Dear Dr. Flynt''—as the years passed and their mutual admiration grew, their exchanges became more intimate and emotional, opening with ''Dear Friend'' and closing with ''I love you, Nelle.'' Through their enduring correspondence, the Lees and the Flynts became completely immersed in each other’s lives. Beautifully written, intelligent, and telling, this remarkable compendium of their letters—a correspondence that lasted for a quarter century, from 1992 until Harper Lee’s death in February 2016—offers an incisive and compelling look into the mind, heart, and work of one of the most beloved authors in modern literary history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jefferson-architect-of-american-liberty-by-john-b-boles--65149795https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty Author: John B. Boles Narrator: Michael Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 129 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker -- as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, and inventing a politics that emphasized the states over the federal government -- a political philosophy that shapes our national life to this day. Boles offers new insight into Jefferson's actions and thinking on race. His Jefferson is not a hypocrite, but a tragic figure -- a man who could not hold simultaneously to his views on abolition, democracy, and patriarchal responsibility. Yet despite his flaws, Jefferson's ideas would outlive him and make him into nothing less than the architect of American liberty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291218Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty Author: John B. Boles Narrator: Michael Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 14 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty Author: John B. Boles Narrator: Michael Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 129 Ratings of Narrator: 4.58 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker -- as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, and inventing a politics that emphasized the states over the federal government -- a political philosophy that shapes our national life to this day. Boles offers new insight into Jefferson's actions and thinking on race. His Jefferson is not a hypocrite, but a tragic figure -- a man who could not hold simultaneously to his views on abolition, democracy, and patriarchal responsibility. Yet despite his flaws, Jefferson's ideas would outlive him and make him into nothing less than the architect of American liberty.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hero-of-the-empire-the-making-of-winston-churchill-by-candice-millard--65149797https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill Author: Candice Millard Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard, read by Simon Vance. 'Completely engrossing' Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic - and emblematic - year in the early life of Winston Churchill At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill believed that to achieve his ambition of becoming Prime Minister he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Although he had put himself in real danger in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering the Spanish-American War in Cuba, glory and fame had eluded him. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899 to write about the brutal colonial war against the Boers. Just two weeks later, he was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape - but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory alone. The story of his escape is extraordinary enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Churchill would later remark that this period, 'could I have seen my future, was to lay the foundations of my later life'. Candice Millard tells a magnificent story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters - including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener and Gandhi - with whom he would later share the world stage, and gives us an unexpected perspective on one of the iconic figures in our history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293990Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill Author: Candice Millard Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill Author: Candice Millard Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard, read by Simon Vance. 'Completely engrossing' Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic - and emblematic - year in the early life of Winston Churchill At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill believed that to achieve his ambition of becoming Prime Minister he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Although he had put himself in real danger in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering the Spanish-American War in Cuba, glory and fame had eluded him. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899 to write about the brutal colonial war against the Boers. Just two weeks later, he was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape - but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory alone. The story of his escape is extraordinary enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Churchill would later remark that this period, 'could I have seen my future, was to lay the foundations of my later life'. Candice Millard tells a magnificent story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters - including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener and Gandhi - with whom he would later share the world stage, and gives us an unexpected perspective on one of the iconic figures in our history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mirror-touch-notes-from-a-doctor-who-can-feel-your-pain-by-joel-salinas--65149815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mirror Touch: Notes from a Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain Author: Joel Salinas Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A doctor with a rare—seemingly superhuman—neurological trait takes us on a compelling tour deep into the human brain in this blend of memoir and scientific exploration that combines the compassionate wisdom of Oliver Sacks and the personal revelations of Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight. Dr. Joel Salinas is a Harvard-trained researcher and neurologist with extraordinary gifts that provide him unique access to his patients and enable him to experience life in an extraordinary way. He has mirror-touch synesthesia, a neurological trait that allows him to feel others’ emotions and physical sensations. Susceptible to the pain and discomfort of his patients—most of whom suffer from strokes, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, and a host of other painful disorders and extreme injuries—Salinas uses his heightened emphatic ability—what he calls ''compulsory mindfulness''—to help understand and better treat their conditions. Using his own experiences as a neurologist and synesthete as a narrative through line, Salinas also shares the remarkable stories of equally remarkable subjects who similarly live in a heightened state of awareness, whether because of a congenital condition, after a seemingly debilitating stroke, or amidst an ecstatic seizure. Written with intelligence and compassion, and anchored by the latest developments in neurology, psychology and psychiatry, Mirror Touch is an enthralling investigation into the power of the brain—one that proves that the mind, in wondrous and mysterious fashion, continues to promise exciting and inexhaustible ways to think, to see, and to be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289827Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mirror Touch: Notes from a Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain Author: Joel Salinas Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289827 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mirror Touch: Notes from a Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain Author: Joel Salinas Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A doctor with a rare—seemingly superhuman—neurological trait takes us on a compelling tour deep into the human brain in this blend of memoir and scientific exploration that combines the compassionate wisdom of Oliver Sacks and the personal revelations of Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight. Dr. Joel Salinas is a Harvard-trained researcher and neurologist with extraordinary gifts that provide him unique access to his patients and enable him to experience life in an extraordinary way. He has mirror-touch synesthesia, a neurological trait that allows him to feel others’ emotions and physical sensations. Susceptible to the pain and discomfort of his patients—most of whom suffer from strokes, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, and a host of other painful disorders and extreme injuries—Salinas uses his heightened emphatic ability—what he calls ''compulsory mindfulness''—to help understand and better treat their conditions. Using his own experiences as a neurologist and synesthete as a narrative through line, Salinas also shares the remarkable stories of equally remarkable subjects who similarly live in a heightened state of awareness, whether because of a congenital condition, after a seemingly debilitating stroke, or amidst an ecstatic seizure. Written with intelligence and compassion, and anchored by the latest developments in neurology, psychology and psychiatry, Mirror Touch is an enthralling investigation into the power of the brain—one that proves that the mind, in wondrous and mysterious fashion, continues to promise exciting and inexhaustible ways to think, to see, and to be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elizabeth-i-by-abigail-archer--65149808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth I Author: Abigail Archer Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: England’s first Queen Elizabeth gave her name to an age. Inheriting a bankrupt, famished, and powerless country, she healed its religious rifts, replenished its treasury, redefined diplomatic guile, defeated the Spanish Armada, and inspired a new flowering of English culture. Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth was declared a bastard. As Henry kept marrying and discarding wives, she had to be adroit and canny to avoid being snared in the schemes of courtiers plotting to win the crown. And when at last she ascended the throne, her councilors told her she could survive only by marrying. But she reigned for forty-four years as Glorianna, the “Virgin Queen,” whose wit, evasions, and towering intellect frustrated enemies both within and outside her island kingdom. The more we know about Elizabeth’s endless complexity, the more remains to be learned. Here’s a beginning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289900Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth I Author: Abigail Archer Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth I Author: Abigail Archer Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: England’s first Queen Elizabeth gave her name to an age. Inheriting a bankrupt, famished, and powerless country, she healed its religious rifts, replenished its treasury, redefined diplomatic guile, defeated the Spanish Armada, and inspired a new flowering of English culture. Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth was declared a bastard. As Henry kept marrying and discarding wives, she had to be adroit and canny to avoid being snared in the schemes of courtiers plotting to win the crown. And when at last she ascended the throne, her councilors told her she could survive only by marrying. But she reigned for forty-four years as Glorianna, the “Virgin Queen,” whose wit, evasions, and towering intellect frustrated enemies both within and outside her island kingdom. The more we know about Elizabeth’s endless complexity, the more remains to be learned. Here’s a beginning.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/henry-viii-by-abigail-archer--65149802https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Henry VIII Author: Abigail Archer Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Henry VIII ruled England from 1509 to 1547. As a young man, he was fond of sports and hunting, and was said to be uncommonly handsome. Standing more than six feet tall, he loomed large in the lives and minds of his subjects as he navigated his country through the tricky diplomatic and military hazards of the sixteenth century. A man of enormous appetites, Henry conducted affairs with many women, married six, and executed two. His infatuation with Anne Boleyn set in motion a chain of events that reshaped the church in England and eroded the dominance of Rome. But the popular image of Henry as a crude tyrant, dispatching courtiers, enemies, and wives with gusto, obscures a more nuanced and fascinating character. He was a true Renaissance king who presided over one of Europe’s greatest courts and nudged Western civilization onto a new course. Here, from Abigail Archer, author of the New York Times bestseller Elizabeth I, is the story of Henry VIII.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289901Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Henry VIII Author: Abigail Archer Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Henry VIII Author: Abigail Archer Narrator: Sarah Nichols Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Henry VIII ruled England from 1509 to 1547. As a young man, he was fond of sports and hunting, and was said to be uncommonly handsome. Standing more than six feet tall, he loomed large in the lives and minds of his subjects as he navigated his country through the tricky diplomatic and military hazards of the sixteenth century. A man of enormous appetites, Henry conducted affairs with many women, married six, and executed two. His infatuation with Anne Boleyn set in motion a chain of events that reshaped the church in England and eroded the dominance of Rome. But the popular image of Henry as a crude tyrant, dispatching courtiers, enemies, and wives with gusto, obscures a more nuanced and fascinating character. He was a true Renaissance king who presided over one of Europe’s greatest courts and nudged Western civilization onto a new course. Here, from Abigail Archer, author of the New York Times bestseller Elizabeth I, is the story of Henry VIII.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dryland-one-woman-s-swim-to-sobriety-by-nancy-stearns-bercaw--65149759https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dryland: One Woman's Swim to Sobriety Author: Nancy Stearns Bercaw Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For swimming champion Nancy Stearns Bercaw, the pool was a natural habitat. But on land, she could never shake the feeling of being a fish out of water. Starting at age two, Nancy devoted her life to swimming, even qualifying for the 1988 Olympic Trials in the fifty-meter freestyle event. But nearly two decades later, when she hung up her cap and goggles, she was confronted with a different kind of challenge: learning who she was out of the lanes. In this honest, intimate memoir, Nancy reflects on her years wandering the globe, where tragic events and a lost sense of self escalate her dependence on booze. Thirty-three years after her first sip of alcohol, the swimmer comes to a stunning realization while living with her husband and son in Abu Dhabi—she’s drowning in the desert. Nancy looks to the Bedouin people for the strength to conquer one final opponent: alcohol addiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291585Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dryland: One Woman's Swim to Sobriety Author: Nancy Stearns Bercaw Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dryland: One Woman's Swim to Sobriety Author: Nancy Stearns Bercaw Narrator: Donna Postel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For swimming champion Nancy Stearns Bercaw, the pool was a natural habitat. But on land, she could never shake the feeling of being a fish out of water. Starting at age two, Nancy devoted her life to swimming, even qualifying for the 1988 Olympic Trials in the fifty-meter freestyle event. But nearly two decades later, when she hung up her cap and goggles, she was confronted with a different kind of challenge: learning who she was out of the lanes. In this honest, intimate memoir, Nancy reflects on her years wandering the globe, where tragic events and a lost sense of self escalate her dependence on booze. Thirty-three years after her first sip of alcohol, the swimmer comes to a stunning realization while living with her husband and son in Abu Dhabi—she’s drowning in the desert. Nancy looks to the Bedouin people for the strength to conquer one final opponent: alcohol addiction.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/world-s-greatest-teacher-by-brad-meltzer--65149748https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World's Greatest Teacher Author: Brad Meltzer Narrator: Brad Meltzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of the teacher who changed Brad's life. Originally published in Parade Magazine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291207Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World's Greatest Teacher Author: Brad Meltzer Narrator: Brad Meltzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: World's Greatest Teacher Author: Brad Meltzer Narrator: Brad Meltzer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The story of the teacher who changed Brad's life. Originally published in Parade Magazine.]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/young-and-damned-and-fair-the-life-of-catherine-howard-fifth-wife-of-king-henry-viii-by-gareth-russell--65149840https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this biography of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Catherine Howard, is “a stunning achievement” (The Sunday Times, London), and “a masterly work of Tudor history that is engrossing, sympathetic, suspenseful, and illuminating” (Charlotte Gordon, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography). On the morning of July 28, 1540, a teenager named Catherine Howard began her reign as queen of an England simmering with rebellion and terrifying uncertainty. Sixteen months later, she would follow her cousin Anne Boleyn to the scaffold, having been convicted of adultery and high treason. The broad outlines of Catherine’s career might be familiar, but her story up until now has been incomplete. Unlike previous biographies, which portray her as a naïve victim of an ambitious family, Gareth Russell’s “excellent account puts the oft-ignored Catherine in her proper historical context” (Daily Mail, London) and sheds new light on her rise and downfall by showing her in her context, a milieu that includes the aristocrats and, most critically, the servants who surrounded her and who, in the end, conspired against her. By illuminating Catherine’s entwined upstairs/downstairs world as well as societal tensions beyond the palace walls, Russell offers a fascinating portrayal of court life in the sixteenth century and a fresh analysis of the forces beyond Catherine’s control that led to her execution. Including a forgotten text of Catherine’s confession in her own words, color illustrations, family tree, map, and extensive notes, Young and Damned and Fair is “a gripping account of a young woman’s future destroyed by forces beyond her control…an important and timely book” (Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire). This account changes our understanding of one of history’s most famous women while telling the compelling and very human story of complex individuals attempting to survive in a dangerous age.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289692Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII Author: Gareth Russell Narrator: Jenny Funnell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this biography of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Catherine Howard, is “a stunning achievement” (The Sunday Times, London), and “a masterly work of Tudor history that is engrossing, sympathetic, suspenseful, and illuminating” (Charlotte Gordon, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography). On the morning of July 28, 1540, a teenager named Catherine Howard began her reign as queen of an England simmering with rebellion and terrifying uncertainty. Sixteen months later, she would follow her cousin Anne Boleyn to the scaffold, having been convicted of adultery and high treason. The broad outlines of Catherine’s career might be familiar, but her story up until now has been incomplete. Unlike previous biographies, which portray her as a naïve victim of an ambitious family, Gareth Russell’s “excellent account puts the oft-ignored Catherine in her proper historical context” (Daily Mail, London) and sheds new light on her rise and downfall by showing her in her context, a milieu that includes the aristocrats and, most critically, the servants who surrounded her and who, in the end, conspired against her. By illuminating Catherine’s entwined upstairs/downstairs world as well as societal tensions beyond the palace walls, Russell offers a fascinating portrayal of court life in the sixteenth century and a fresh analysis of the forces beyond Catherine’s control that led to her execution. Including a forgotten text of Catherine’s confession in her own words, color illustrations, family tree, map, and extensive notes, Young and Damned and Fair is “a gripping account of a young woman’s future destroyed by forces beyond her control…an important and timely book” (Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire). This account changes our understanding of one of history’s most famous women while telling the compelling and very human story of complex individuals attempting to survive in a dangerous age.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-s-work-a-moral-argument-for-choice-by-dr-willie-parker--65149809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice Author: Dr. Willie Parker Narrator: Caz Harleaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this “vivid and companionable memoir of a remarkable life” (The New Yorker), an outspoken, Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider reveals his personal and professional journeys in an effort to seize the moral high ground on the question of choice and reproductive justice. Dr. Willie Parker grew up in the Deep South, lived in a Christian household, and converted to an even more fundamentalist form of Christianity as a young man. But upon reading an interpretation of the Good Samaritan in a sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he realized that in order to be a true Christian, he must show compassion for all people at all times. In 2009, he stopped practicing obstetrics to focus entirely on providing safe abortions for women who need help the most—often women in poverty and women of color—in the hotbed of the pro-choice debate: the South. He thereafter traded in his private practice and his penthouse apartment in Hawaii for the life of an itinerant abortion provider, becoming one of the few doctors to provide such services in Mississippi and Alabama. In Life’s Work, Dr. Willie Parker tells a deeply personal and thought-provoking narrative that illuminates the complex societal, political, religious, and personal realities of abortion in the United States from the unique perspective of someone who performs them and defends the right to do so every day. In revealing his daily battle against mandatory waiting periods and bogus rules, Dr. Parker makes a powerful Christian case for championing reproductive rights. “At a moment when reproductive health and rights are under attack…Dr. Parker’s book is a beacon of hope and a call to action” (Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289778Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice Author: Dr. Willie Parker Narrator: Caz Harleaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice Author: Dr. Willie Parker Narrator: Caz Harleaux Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this “vivid and companionable memoir of a remarkable life” (The New Yorker), an outspoken, Christian reproductive justice advocate and abortion provider reveals his personal and professional journeys in an effort to seize the moral high ground on the question of choice and reproductive justice. Dr. Willie Parker grew up in the Deep South, lived in a Christian household, and converted to an even more fundamentalist form of Christianity as a young man. But upon reading an interpretation of the Good Samaritan in a sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he realized that in order to be a true Christian, he must show compassion for all people at all times. In 2009, he stopped practicing obstetrics to focus entirely on providing safe abortions for women who need help the most—often women in poverty and women of color—in the hotbed of the pro-choice debate: the South. He thereafter traded in his private practice and his penthouse apartment in Hawaii for the life of an itinerant abortion provider, becoming one of the few doctors to provide such services in Mississippi and Alabama. In Life’s Work, Dr. Willie Parker tells a deeply personal and thought-provoking narrative that illuminates the complex societal, political, religious, and personal realities of abortion in the United States from the unique perspective of someone who performs them and defends the right to do so every day. In revealing his daily battle against mandatory waiting periods and bogus rules, Dr. Parker makes a powerful Christian case for championing reproductive rights. “At a moment when reproductive health and rights are under attack…Dr. Parker’s book is a beacon of hope and a call to action” (Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prince-charles-the-passions-and-paradoxes-of-an-improbable-life-by-sally-bedell-smith--65149790https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Sally Bedell Smith, Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen comes the first major biography of Prince Charles in more than twenty years—perfect for fans of The Crown. Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography—the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time—is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life that sheds light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throne one day. Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet has spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now. With a Preface read by the Author Advance praise for Prince Charles “Prince Charles is an eighteenth-century gentleman with a twenty-first-century mission. His love of tradition combines with an outlook that can be bracingly avant garde. Sally Bedell Smith captures his contradictions and his convictions in this fascinating book that is not just about a man who would be king, but also about the duties that come with privilege.”—Walter Isaacson “For all we know about Prince Charles, there is so much we didn’t know—until now. Sally Bedell Smith has given us a complete and compelling portrait of the man in the shadow of the throne. It’s all here, from the back stairs of the palaces to the front pages of the tabs. Read all about it!”—Tom Brokaw]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284847Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Sally Bedell Smith, Rosalyn Landor Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Sally Bedell Smith, Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen comes the first major biography of Prince Charles in more than twenty years—perfect for fans of The Crown. Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography—the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time—is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life that sheds light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throne one day. Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet has spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now. With a Preface read by the Author Advance praise for Prince Charles “Prince Charles is an eighteenth-century gentleman with a twenty-first-century mission. His love of tradition combines with an outlook that can be bracingly avant garde. Sally Bedell Smith captures his contradictions and his convictions in this fascinating book that is not just about a man who would be king, but also about the duties that come with privilege.”—Walter Isaacson “For all we know about Prince Charles, there is so much we didn’t know—until now. Sally Bedell Smith has given us a complete and compelling portrait of the man in the shadow of the throne. It’s all here, from the back stairs of the palaces to the front pages of the tabs. Read all about it!”—Tom Brokaw]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yellow-envelope-one-gift-three-rules-and-a-life-changing-journey-around-the-world-by-kim-dinan--65149838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Envelope: One Gift, Three Rules, and A Life-Changing Journey Around the World Author: Kim Dinan Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: After Kim and her husband, Brian, decide to quit their jobs to travel around the world, they're given a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away. There are only three rules for the envelope: don't overthink it, share your experiences, and don't feel pressured to give it all away. Through Ecuador, Peru, Nepal, and beyond, Kim and Brian face obstacles, including major challenges to their relationship. As they distribute the money to people they encounter along the way, they learn that money does not have anything to do with the capacity to give but that it is the giving of ourselves that is transformational.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291501Sat, 01 Apr 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Envelope: One Gift, Three Rules, and A Life-Changing Journey Around the World Author: Kim Dinan Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Envelope: One Gift, Three Rules, and A Life-Changing Journey Around the World Author: Kim Dinan Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: After Kim and her husband, Brian, decide to quit their jobs to travel around the world, they're given a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away. There are only three rules for the envelope: don't overthink it, share your experiences, and don't feel pressured to give it all away. Through Ecuador, Peru, Nepal, and beyond, Kim and Brian face obstacles, including major challenges to their relationship. As they distribute the money to people they encounter along the way, they learn that money does not have anything to do with the capacity to give but that it is the giving of ourselves that is transformational.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jefferson-and-the-rights-of-man-jefferson-and-his-time-volume-2-by-dumas-malone--65149801https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2 Series: #2 of The Jefferson and His Time Series Author: Dumas Malone Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 27, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize–winning six-volume biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington’s first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290440Mon, 27 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2 Series: #2 of The Jefferson and His Time Series Author: Dumas Malone Narrator: Anna...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290440 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2 Series: #2 of The Jefferson and His Time Series Author: Dumas Malone Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 27, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize–winning six-volume biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington’s first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-jefferson-from-boy-to-man-by-jayne-dalessandro-cox--65149817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man Author: Jayne DAlessandro-Cox Narrator: James Brinkley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Have you ever wondered, 'Who really was Thomas Jefferson?' History tells us he was a brilliant scholar, violinist, surveyor, astronomer, lawyer, planter, bibliophile, architect, founding father, statesman, governor of Virginia, ambassador to France, Secretary of State under George Washington, Vice-President under John Adams, the 3rd U.S. president, scientist, natural philosopher, family man, and sage. So much is known about Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence until his death, but little was known about his first 31 years of life, until now! Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man is a biographical, autobiographical, and historically accurate account of Jefferson's journey to manhood...an era that was virtually "in the shadows". You will learn about his ancestry, childhood, adolescence, family, friends, boarding schools, family deaths, college years, romance, law practice, fire, earthquakes, flood, and more. It is partially spoken in a journal format, and supplemented with background information to further inform the listener. Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man provides personal information about our iconic founding father that will help unlock the mystery that surrounds Virginia's most beloved son. As you listen about Thomas Jefferson, the boy, you will realize how his early life years helped shape the personality, character, intellect, morals, and religious beliefs of Jefferson, the man. The audio is filled with emotion, humor, personal reflection, and fanciful imagery, and includes many authentic Jefferson quotes. Many say that Thomas Jefferson was complicated. I say, "In order to understand the man, it is important to learn about the boy." Enjoy listening to Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man to unlock the mystery!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291325Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man Author: Jayne DAlessandro-Cox Narrator: James Brinkley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291325 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man Author: Jayne DAlessandro-Cox Narrator: James Brinkley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Have you ever wondered, 'Who really was Thomas Jefferson?' History tells us he was a brilliant scholar, violinist, surveyor, astronomer, lawyer, planter, bibliophile, architect, founding father, statesman, governor of Virginia, ambassador to France, Secretary of State under George Washington, Vice-President under John Adams, the 3rd U.S. president, scientist, natural philosopher, family man, and sage. So much is known about Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence until his death, but little was known about his first 31 years of life, until now! Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man is a biographical, autobiographical, and historically accurate account of Jefferson's journey to manhood...an era that was virtually "in the shadows". You will learn about his ancestry, childhood, adolescence, family, friends, boarding schools, family deaths, college years, romance, law practice, fire, earthquakes, flood, and more. It is partially spoken in a journal format, and supplemented with background information to further inform the listener. Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man provides personal information about our iconic founding father that will help unlock the mystery that surrounds Virginia's most beloved son. As you listen about Thomas Jefferson, the boy, you will realize how his early life years helped shape the personality, character, intellect, morals, and religious beliefs of Jefferson, the man. The audio is filled with emotion, humor, personal reflection, and fanciful imagery, and includes many authentic Jefferson quotes. Many say that Thomas Jefferson was complicated. I say, "In order to understand the man, it is important to learn about the boy." Enjoy listening to Thomas Jefferson-From Boy to Man to unlock the mystery!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-splendid-savage-the-restless-life-of-frederick-russell-burnham-by-steve-kemper--65149836https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham Author: Steve Kemper Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Frederick Russell Burnham’s amazing story resembles a newsreel fused with a Saturday matinee thriller. One of the few people who could turn his garrulous friend Theodore Roosevelt into a listener, Burnham was once world-famous as “the American scout.” His expertise in woodcraft, learned from frontiersmen and Indians, helped inspire another friend, Robert Baden-Powell, to found the Boy Scouts. His adventures encompassed Apache wars and range feuds, booms and busts in mining camps around the globe, explorations in remote regions of Africa, and death-defying military feats that brought him renown and high honors. His skills led to his unusual appointment, as an American, to be chief of scouts for the British during the Boer War, where his daring exploits earned him the Distinguished Service Order from King Edward VII. After a lifetime pursuing golden prospects from the deserts of Mexico and Africa to the tundra of the Klondike, Burnham found wealth, in his sixties, near his childhood home in southern California. Other men of his era had a few such adventures, but Burnham had them all. His friend H. Rider Haggard, author of many bestselling exotic tales, remarked, “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes.” Among other well-known individuals who figure in Burnham’s story are Cecil Rhodes and William Howard Taft, as well as some of the wealthiest men of the day, including John Hays Hammond, E. H. Harriman, Harry Payne Whitney, and the Guggenheim brothers. Failure and tragedy streaked his life as well, but he was endlessly willing to set off into the unknown, where the future felt up for grabs and values worth dying for were at stake. Steve Kemper brings a quintessential American story to vivid life in this gripping biography.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289127Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham Author: Steve Kemper Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham Author: Steve Kemper Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Frederick Russell Burnham’s amazing story resembles a newsreel fused with a Saturday matinee thriller. One of the few people who could turn his garrulous friend Theodore Roosevelt into a listener, Burnham was once world-famous as “the American scout.” His expertise in woodcraft, learned from frontiersmen and Indians, helped inspire another friend, Robert Baden-Powell, to found the Boy Scouts. His adventures encompassed Apache wars and range feuds, booms and busts in mining camps around the globe, explorations in remote regions of Africa, and death-defying military feats that brought him renown and high honors. His skills led to his unusual appointment, as an American, to be chief of scouts for the British during the Boer War, where his daring exploits earned him the Distinguished Service Order from King Edward VII. After a lifetime pursuing golden prospects from the deserts of Mexico and Africa to the tundra of the Klondike, Burnham found wealth, in his sixties, near his childhood home in southern California. Other men of his era had a few such adventures, but Burnham had them all. His friend H. Rider Haggard, author of many bestselling exotic tales, remarked, “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes.” Among other well-known individuals who figure in Burnham’s story are Cecil Rhodes and William Howard Taft, as well as some of the wealthiest men of the day, including John Hays Hammond, E. H. Harriman, Harry Payne Whitney, and the Guggenheim brothers. Failure and tragedy streaked his life as well, but he was endlessly willing to set off into the unknown, where the future felt up for grabs and values worth dying for were at stake. Steve Kemper brings a quintessential American story to vivid life in this gripping biography.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-family-gene-a-mission-to-turn-my-deadly-inheritance-into-a-hopeful-future-by-joselin-linder--65149799https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future Author: Joselin Linder Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Joselin Linder was in her twenties, her legs started to swell. She thought little of it, until her health problems started to compound in ways that baffled her doctors. Diagnosed with extreme liver blockage and dangerous levels of lymph fluid, Joselin turned to the most similar case she could think of—her father’s. Joselin compared the medical chart of her father—who had died of an undiagnosed disease, ten years prior—-with that of an uncle who had died under similarly strange circumstances. Delving further into the past, she discovered her that her great grandmother had symptoms like hers, and she recognized that she was dealing with something more than a fluke. Whatever had killed her father, uncle, and great-grandmother was likely genetic, and the clock was ticking for the family members of her own generation. Setting out to build a more complete picture of the disease that haunted her family, she approached Dr. Christine “Kricket” Seidman, the head of a group of world-class genetic researchers at Harvard Medical School and a colleague of her late father’s, for help. Dr. Seidman has been attempting the map the faulty gene for seventeen years and has confirmed not only that Joselin’s symptoms are genetic, but that Joselin’s family is this disease’s founder population—a group of people experiencing the baffling symptoms of a brand new mutation. Here, Joselin she tells the story of their gene: the lives it claimed and the future of genetics it foretells. Digging into family records and medical history, interviews with family and friends and her own experiences with Harvard doctors, Joselin pieces together the story of a deadly gene to write a gripping and unforgettable exploration of family, history, love, and mortality. A compelling story of survival and perseverance, THE FAMILY GENE is an important story of a young woman reckoning with her father’s death, her own mortality, and her ethical obligations to herself, family, and society.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284523Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future Author: Joselin Linder Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future Author: Joselin Linder Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Joselin Linder was in her twenties, her legs started to swell. She thought little of it, until her health problems started to compound in ways that baffled her doctors. Diagnosed with extreme liver blockage and dangerous levels of lymph fluid, Joselin turned to the most similar case she could think of—her father’s. Joselin compared the medical chart of her father—who had died of an undiagnosed disease, ten years prior—-with that of an uncle who had died under similarly strange circumstances. Delving further into the past, she discovered her that her great grandmother had symptoms like hers, and she recognized that she was dealing with something more than a fluke. Whatever had killed her father, uncle, and great-grandmother was likely genetic, and the clock was ticking for the family members of her own generation. Setting out to build a more complete picture of the disease that haunted her family, she approached Dr. Christine “Kricket” Seidman, the head of a group of world-class genetic researchers at Harvard Medical School and a colleague of her late father’s, for help. Dr. Seidman has been attempting the map the faulty gene for seventeen years and has confirmed not only that Joselin’s symptoms are genetic, but that Joselin’s family is this disease’s founder population—a group of people experiencing the baffling symptoms of a brand new mutation. Here, Joselin she tells the story of their gene: the lives it claimed and the future of genetics it foretells. Digging into family records and medical history, interviews with family and friends and her own experiences with Harvard doctors, Joselin pieces together the story of a deadly gene to write a gripping and unforgettable exploration of family, history, love, and mortality. A compelling story of survival and perseverance, THE FAMILY GENE is an important story of a young woman reckoning with her father’s death, her own mortality, and her ethical obligations to herself, family, and society.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-longfellah-s-son-an-almost-true-irish-story-by-michael-cassidy--65149853https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story Author: Michael Cassidy Narrator: Michael Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 11, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “The Longfellah’s Son by Michael Cassidy is the new Angela's Ashes, only about a better-off Irish son who blows his privileges, in a funny, fast-paced nakedly honest memoir. The writing is superb!” - Adair Lara, National best-selling author of Hold Me Close, Let Me Go and Naked, Drunk, and Writing 'He waved goodbye to her from the gate. It pained him to see her hands over her mouth standing motionless under the hall doorway, watching her child embark on an uncertain future. He was broken inside, wanting to cry because he feared what was waiting nine thousand miles away, but also guilty for the pain he was causing her. But instead of breaking, he smiled brightly, and, like a politician up for reelection, waved a hearty farewell,then quickly disappeared into the oblivion his brother's car provided. Murphy and his brother had a cup of tea at Shannon airport while waiting for his boarding call. Then they shook hands in farewell. 'This will kill your mother.' Were his brother's final words. Soon the silver place was shooting out over the Atlantic, distancing him with each second from his mother, from the small boy who was part of him, and from Ireland.' This is an 'almost true' story. As true, anyway, as memories of an Irish son wrung from confessionals where his condemnation to burn forever in hell was confirmed, and dredged from the bottom of the bottle where his only solace seemed to elusively linger, might be. Murphy was a child of the newly emerging 1950’s Irish middle class, and was raised in the environment of a conflicted marriage that never should have happened. While his privileged upbringing seemed idyllic to the outside world, his reality was starkly different. He became a meteor raging through the lives of those who loved him and many who didn’t. This Irish memoir of an Irish Catholic childhood begins in Limerick, Ireland, and takes us on a personal journey complete with the challenges of Catholic schooling, the confusion of adolescence within a culture that condemned even the thought of anything carnal, the allure of omnipresent alcohol, and the desperate need to escape the misery so bound up in strong family ties that escape was near impossible. Told with forgiveness and humor and compassion for the innocent child who turned rebellious and self-destructive and learned most lessons the hard way, 'Rarely have I come across a more powerful record of the debilitating effect of sustained drunkenness on the physical, mental, and moral health of a human being. In its searing portrait of the dead-eyed, relentless, self-gratification that drives addictive behavior, few such memoirs compare with the brutal impact of The Longfellah’s Son: An Almost True Irish Story by Michael Cassidy.' - James W. Flannery, W.B. Yeats Scholar, Critic, Winship Professor Emeritus of the Arts and Humanities, Emory University Atlanta, GA “Cassidy writes as only the Irish can, entwining lyrical beauty with brutal honesty. Young Murphy, born into a wealthy Limerick family, at first sees the world and its inequities through a puzzled child's innocent eyes. Then we watch as he grows into a rebellious and sometimes lost young man. For me, The Longfellah's Son is a true visit to Ireland allowing the reader to experience both this beautiful country's magic and the pain, regardless of one's social strata.” - Jil Plummer, Author of Caravan to Armageddon, Amber Dust, and Remember to Remember]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290092Sat, 11 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story Author: Michael Cassidy Narrator: Michael Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290092 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story Author: Michael Cassidy Narrator: Michael Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 11, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “The Longfellah’s Son by Michael Cassidy is the new Angela's Ashes, only about a better-off Irish son who blows his privileges, in a funny, fast-paced nakedly honest memoir. The writing is superb!” - Adair Lara, National best-selling author of Hold Me Close, Let Me Go and Naked, Drunk, and Writing 'He waved goodbye to her from the gate. It pained him to see her hands over her mouth standing motionless under the hall doorway, watching her child embark on an uncertain future. He was broken inside, wanting to cry because he feared what was waiting nine thousand miles away, but also guilty for the pain he was causing her. But instead of breaking, he smiled brightly, and, like a politician up for reelection, waved a hearty farewell,then quickly disappeared into the oblivion his brother's car provided. Murphy and his brother had a cup of tea at Shannon airport while waiting for his boarding call. Then they shook hands in farewell. 'This will kill your mother.' Were his brother's final words. Soon the silver place was shooting out over the Atlantic, distancing him with each second from his mother, from the small boy who was part of him, and from Ireland.' This is an 'almost true' story. As true, anyway, as memories of an Irish son wrung from confessionals where his condemnation to burn forever in hell was confirmed, and dredged from the bottom of the bottle where his only solace seemed to elusively linger, might be. Murphy was a child of the newly emerging 1950’s Irish middle class, and was raised in the environment of a conflicted marriage that never should have happened. While his privileged upbringing seemed idyllic to the outside world, his reality was starkly different. He became a meteor raging through the lives of those who loved him and many who didn’t. This Irish memoir of an Irish Catholic childhood begins in Limerick, Ireland, and takes us on a personal journey complete with the challenges of Catholic schooling, the confusion of adolescence within a culture that condemned even the thought of anything carnal, the allure of omnipresent alcohol, and the desperate need to escape the misery so bound up in strong family ties that escape was near impossible. Told with forgiveness and humor and compassion for the innocent child who turned rebellious and self-destructive and learned most lessons the hard way, 'Rarely have I come across a more powerful record of the debilitating effect of sustained drunkenness on the physical, mental, and moral health of a human being. In its searing portrait of the dead-eyed, relentless, self-gratification that drives addictive behavior, few such memoirs compare with the brutal impact of The Longfellah’s Son: An Almost True Irish Story by Michael Cassidy.' - James W. Flannery, W.B. Yeats Scholar, Critic, Winship Professor Emeritus of the Arts and Humanities, Emory University Atlanta, GA “Cassidy writes as only the Irish can, entwining lyrical beauty with brutal honesty. Young Murphy, born into a wealthy Limerick family, at first sees the world and its inequities through a puzzled child's innocent eyes. Then we watch as he grows into a rebellious and sometimes lost young man. For me, The Longfellah's Son is a true visit to Ireland allowing the reader to experience both this beautiful country's magic and the pain, regardless of one's social strata.” - Jil Plummer, Author of Caravan to Armageddon, Amber Dust, and Remember to Remember]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-world-remade-america-in-world-war-i-by-g-j-meyer--65149861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World Remade: America in World War I Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A bracing, indispensable account of America’s epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the savage European conflict that would redraw the map of the continent—and the globe. The World Remade is an engrossing chronicle of America’s pivotal, still controversial intervention into World War I, encompassing the tumultuous politics and towering historical figures that defined the era and forged the future. When it declared war, the United States was the youngest of the major powers and militarily the weakest by far. On November 11, 1918, when the fighting stopped, it was not only the richest country on earth but the mightiest. With the mercurial, autocratic President Woodrow Wilson as a primary focus, G. J. Meyer takes readers from the heated deliberations over U.S. involvement, through the provocations and manipulations that drew us into the fight, to the battlefield itself and the shattering aftermath of the struggle. America’s entry into the Great War helped make possible the defeat of Germany that had eluded Britain, France, Russia, and Italy in three and a half years of horrendous carnage. Victory, in turn, led to a peace treaty so ill-conceived, so vindictive, that the world was put on the road to an even bloodier confrontation a mere twenty years later. On the home front, Meyer recounts the break-up of traditional class structures, the rise of the progressive and labor movements, the wave of anti-German hysteria, and the explosive expansion of both the economy and federal power, including shocking suspensions of constitutional protections that planted the seeds of today’s national security state. Here also are revealing portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert La Follette, Eugene Debs, and John J. “Black Jack” Pershing, among others, as well as European leaders such as “Welsh Wizard” David Lloyd George of Britain, “Tiger” Georges Clemenceau of France, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Meyer interweaves the many strands of his story into a gripping narrative that casts new light on one of the darkest, most forgotten corners of U.S. history. In the grand tradition of his earlier work A World Undone—which centered on the European perspective—The World Remade adds a new, uniquely American dimension to our understanding of the seminal conflict of the twentieth century. Praise for The World Remade “[G. J.] Meyer offers wonderful insights into many of the key players in this arresting saga . . . one that should be read to understand our emergence as a global power.”—Booklist (starred review) “Meyer gives a good sense of America’s future at that negotiating table and Wilson’s celebrated role at Versailles as the leader of the free world. . . . A refreshing look at this still-much-debated world debacle.”—Kirkus Reviews “Characters come alive and the past seems near. . . . Meyer succeeds brilliantly with his basic narrative approach, and any reader who wants to learn about American participation in the war will benefit from this book.”—Publishers Weekly “This book is well written, sharp, and has bearing on our present and future involvement in wars. A+”—Seattle Book Review “This lengthy revisionist history will fit well with American history and governmental studies departments in both public and academic libraries.”—Library Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285022Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World Remade: America in World War I Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World Remade: America in World War I Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A bracing, indispensable account of America’s epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the savage European conflict that would redraw the map of the continent—and the globe. The World Remade is an engrossing chronicle of America’s pivotal, still controversial intervention into World War I, encompassing the tumultuous politics and towering historical figures that defined the era and forged the future. When it declared war, the United States was the youngest of the major powers and militarily the weakest by far. On November 11, 1918, when the fighting stopped, it was not only the richest country on earth but the mightiest. With the mercurial, autocratic President Woodrow Wilson as a primary focus, G. J. Meyer takes readers from the heated deliberations over U.S. involvement, through the provocations and manipulations that drew us into the fight, to the battlefield itself and the shattering aftermath of the struggle. America’s entry into the Great War helped make possible the defeat of Germany that had eluded Britain, France, Russia, and Italy in three and a half years of horrendous carnage. Victory, in turn, led to a peace treaty so ill-conceived, so vindictive, that the world was put on the road to an even bloodier confrontation a mere twenty years later. On the home front, Meyer recounts the break-up of traditional class structures, the rise of the progressive and labor movements, the wave of anti-German hysteria, and the explosive expansion of both the economy and federal power, including shocking suspensions of constitutional protections that planted the seeds of today’s national security state. Here also are revealing portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert La Follette, Eugene Debs, and John J. “Black Jack” Pershing, among others, as well as European leaders such as “Welsh Wizard” David Lloyd George of Britain, “Tiger” Georges Clemenceau of France, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Meyer interweaves the many strands of his story into a gripping narrative that casts new light on one of the darkest, most forgotten corners of U.S. history. In the grand tradition of his earlier work A World Undone—which centered on the European perspective—The World Remade adds a new, uniquely American dimension to our understanding of the seminal conflict of the twentieth century. Praise for The World Remade “[G. J.] Meyer offers wonderful insights into many of the key players in this arresting saga . . . one that should be read to understand our emergence as a global power.”—Booklist (starred review) “Meyer gives a good sense of America’s future at that negotiating table and Wilson’s celebrated role at Versailles as the leader of the free world. . . . A refreshing look at this still-much-debated world debacle.”—Kirkus Reviews “Characters come alive and the past seems near. . . . Meyer succeeds brilliantly with his basic narrative approach, and any reader who wants to learn about American participation in the war will benefit from this book.”—Publishers Weekly “This book is well written, sharp, and has bearing on our present and future involvement in wars. A+”—Seattle Book Review “This lengthy revisionist history will fit well with American history and governmental studies departments in both public...]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stranger-in-the-woods-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-last-true-hermit-by-michael-finkel--65149857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Author: Michael Finkel Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 113 Ratings of Narrator: 4.27 of Total 26 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. A New York Times bestseller In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave? what did he learn?—as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283500Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Author: Michael Finkel Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Author: Michael Finkel Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 113 Ratings of Narrator: 4.27 of Total 26 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. A New York Times bestseller In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life—why did he leave? what did he learn?—as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-calling-a-life-rocked-by-mountains-by-barry-blanchard--65149832https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains Series: Part of Patagonia Author: Barry Blanchard Narrator: Barry Blanchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cadets. Soon kicked out for insubordination, he was already hooked on climbing and saw alpinism as a way to make his single mother proud and end his family’s cycle of poverty. He describes early climbs attempted with nothing to guide him but written trail descriptions and the cajones of youth. He slowly acquires the skills, equipment and partners necessary to tackle more and more difficult climbs, farther and farther afield: throughout the Canadian Rockies, into Alaska and the French Alps and on to Everest, Peru, and the challenging mountains in Pakistan. From each he learns lessons that only nature and extreme endeavor can teach. This is the story of the culture of climbing in the days of punk rock, spurred on by the rhythm of adrenaline and the arrogance of youth. It is also a portrait of the power of the mountains to lift us – physically, emotionally, intellectually,]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains Series: Part of Patagonia Author: Barry Blanchard Narrator: Barry Blanchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains Series: Part of Patagonia Author: Barry Blanchard Narrator: Barry Blanchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cadets. Soon kicked out for insubordination, he was already hooked on climbing and saw alpinism as a way to make his single mother proud and end his family’s cycle of poverty. He describes early climbs attempted with nothing to guide him but written trail descriptions and the cajones of youth. He slowly acquires the skills, equipment and partners necessary to tackle more and more difficult climbs, farther and farther afield: throughout the Canadian Rockies, into Alaska and the French Alps and on to Everest, Peru, and the challenging mountains in Pakistan. From each he learns lessons that only nature and extreme endeavor can teach. This is the story of the culture of climbing in the days of punk rock, spurred on by the rhythm of adrenaline and the arrogance of youth. It is also a portrait of the power of the mountains to lift us – physically, emotionally, intellectually,]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/communist-daze-the-many-misadventures-of-a-soviet-doctor-by-vladimir-a-tsesis--65149855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Communist Daze: The Many Misadventures of a Soviet Doctor Author: Vladimir A. Tsesis Narrator: Daniel Gamburg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 20, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet village awash in gray buildings and ramshackle fences, a home to a large, collective farm and to the most oddball and endearing cast of characters possible. For three years in the 1960s, Vladimir Tsesis―inestimable Soviet doctor and irrepressible jester―was stationed in a village where racing tractor drivers tossed vodka bottles to each other for sport; where farmers and townspeople secretly mocked and tried to endure the Communist way of life; where milk for children, running water, and adequate electricity were rare; where the world’s smallest, motley parade became the country’s longest; and where one compulsively amorous Communist Party leader met a memorable, chilling fate. From a frantic pursuit of calcium-deprived, lunatic Socialist chickens to a father begging on his knees to Soviet officials to obtain antibiotics for his dying child, Vladimir’s tales of Gradieshti are unforgettable. Sometimes hysterical, often moving, always a remarkable and highly entertaining insider’s look at rural life under the old Soviet regime, they are a sobering exposé of the terrible inadequacies of its much-lauded socialist medical system.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284079Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Communist Daze: The Many Misadventures of a Soviet Doctor Author: Vladimir A. Tsesis Narrator: Daniel Gamburg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284079 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Communist Daze: The Many Misadventures of a Soviet Doctor Author: Vladimir A. Tsesis Narrator: Daniel Gamburg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: February 20, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet village awash in gray buildings and ramshackle fences, a home to a large, collective farm and to the most oddball and endearing cast of characters possible. For three years in the 1960s, Vladimir Tsesis―inestimable Soviet doctor and irrepressible jester―was stationed in a village where racing tractor drivers tossed vodka bottles to each other for sport; where farmers and townspeople secretly mocked and tried to endure the Communist way of life; where milk for children, running water, and adequate electricity were rare; where the world’s smallest, motley parade became the country’s longest; and where one compulsively amorous Communist Party leader met a memorable, chilling fate. From a frantic pursuit of calcium-deprived, lunatic Socialist chickens to a father begging on his knees to Soviet officials to obtain antibiotics for his dying child, Vladimir’s tales of Gradieshti are unforgettable. Sometimes hysterical, often moving, always a remarkable and highly entertaining insider’s look at rural life under the old Soviet regime, they are a sobering exposé of the terrible inadequacies of its much-lauded socialist medical system.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-me-everything-you-don-t-remember-the-stroke-that-changed-my-life-by-christine-hyung-oak-lee--65149884https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life Author: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at thirty-three, based on the author’s viral Buzzfeed essay Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a headache on New Year’s Eve 2006. By that afternoon, she saw the world—quite literally—upside down. By New Year’s Day, she was unable to form a coherent sentence. And after hours in the ER, days in the hospital, and multiple questions and tests, she learned that she had had a stroke. For months, Lee outsourced her memories to her notebook. It is from these memories that she has constructed this frank and compelling memoir. In a precise and captivating narrative, Lee navigates fearlessly between chronologies, weaving her childhood humiliations and joys together with the story of the early days of her marriage; and then later, in painstaking, painful, and unflinching detail, her stroke and every upset, temporary or permanent, that it causes. Lee processes her stroke and illuminates the connection between memory and identity in an honest, meditative, and truly funny manner, utterly devoid of self-pity. And as she recovers, she begins to realize that this unexpected and devastating event provides a catalyst for coming to terms with her true self.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283100Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life Author: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life Author: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at thirty-three, based on the author’s viral Buzzfeed essay Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a headache on New Year’s Eve 2006. By that afternoon, she saw the world—quite literally—upside down. By New Year’s Day, she was unable to form a coherent sentence. And after hours in the ER, days in the hospital, and multiple questions and tests, she learned that she had had a stroke. For months, Lee outsourced her memories to her notebook. It is from these memories that she has constructed this frank and compelling memoir. In a precise and captivating narrative, Lee navigates fearlessly between chronologies, weaving her childhood humiliations and joys together with the story of the early days of her marriage; and then later, in painstaking, painful, and unflinching detail, her stroke and every upset, temporary or permanent, that it causes. Lee processes her stroke and illuminates the connection between memory and identity in an honest, meditative, and truly funny manner, utterly devoid of self-pity. And as she recovers, she begins to realize that this unexpected and devastating event provides a catalyst for coming to terms with her true self.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lay-down-your-guns-one-doctor-s-battle-for-hope-and-healing-in-honduras-by-greg-r-taylor--65149831https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lay Down Your Guns: One Doctor’s Battle for Hope and Healing in Honduras Author: Greg R. Taylor Narrator: Zilah Mendoza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Honduras’ “wild west” mountain jungles, Amanda Madrid found her calling as a medical doctor to poor farmers. When Amanda’s father rejects her dream to be a doctor, eighteen-year-old Amanda strikes out alone and enters medical school in Tegucigalpa. Her work as a medical officer, public health consultant, and director of an international holistic Christian ministry called Predisan could have resulted in prestigious luxury for her. Instead these experiences led Dr. Madrid to the mountains on horseback and prepared her for the biggest challenge of her life. When illegal drug trafficking and murders lead to closing medical clinics, Dr. Madrid goes toe to toe with cartel mercenaries, the unarmed doctor in her signature red high heels against men in combat boots armed with AK-47s. This is the story about the life of a Honduran doctor heartbroken about the many killings and bad medicine of cartels. Can the same kind of love and prayer she gives her patients also cause these violent men to lay down their guns?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283831Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lay Down Your Guns: One Doctor’s Battle for Hope and Healing in Honduras Author: Greg R. Taylor Narrator: Zilah Mendoza Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lay Down Your Guns: One Doctor’s Battle for Hope and Healing in Honduras Author: Greg R. Taylor Narrator: Zilah Mendoza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In Honduras’ “wild west” mountain jungles, Amanda Madrid found her calling as a medical doctor to poor farmers. When Amanda’s father rejects her dream to be a doctor, eighteen-year-old Amanda strikes out alone and enters medical school in Tegucigalpa. Her work as a medical officer, public health consultant, and director of an international holistic Christian ministry called Predisan could have resulted in prestigious luxury for her. Instead these experiences led Dr. Madrid to the mountains on horseback and prepared her for the biggest challenge of her life. When illegal drug trafficking and murders lead to closing medical clinics, Dr. Madrid goes toe to toe with cartel mercenaries, the unarmed doctor in her signature red high heels against men in combat boots armed with AK-47s. This is the story about the life of a Honduran doctor heartbroken about the many killings and bad medicine of cartels. Can the same kind of love and prayer she gives her patients also cause these violent men to lay down their guns?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/he-is-our-cousin-cousin-by-antony-barlow--65149852https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: "He is our cousin, Cousin" Author: Antony Barlow Narrator: Sam Dastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 10, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Antony Barlow comes from a very old Quaker family, dating back to the earliest days of Quakerism in the 17th Century, when members were still being persecuted for their beliefs. On the death of his mother, Joan Barlow in 2007 at the age of 93, he became the custodian of the invaluable collection of family archives, including fading ancient letters, crumbling historical documents, dageurreotypes and perhaps most importantly, their old family Bible dating from 1616. This wonderful old book has an amazing history all of its own, as in the days of persecution, its first owner, James Lancaster, fleeing from the law, dropped it while crossing Morecambe Bay, and the stains are still visible even today. This is one of many stories vividly recounted in this intriguing story. The book also tells how a group of Dissenters in the 1650s, followers of George Fox, broke away from what he saw as the corruption of the established church, and set out on their own, seeking what he called the light of God in everyone without dogma or creed. Many were imprisoned for their beliefs, but who over the centuries have come to be respected for their honest dealings and courage in the face of oppression with famous names such as the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry, abolitionist Samuel Bowly, philanthropist George Cadbury, educational reformer Joseph Rowntree, pacifist John Henry Barlow, diplomat and Peace prize laureate Philip Noel Baker all featuring largely in this story. Antony tells it all, both good times and bad, including his descent from the Plantagenet Kings or how an eccentric cousin gave away all his huge fortune to Queen Victoria. There are tragic tales of infant mortality and the heart-breaking and painful early death from meningitis of his great Grandfather, Professor John Barlow, possibly one of the most gifted scientists of his generation. He describes his father's time in the ambulance Unit, embedded with the 8th army in Egypt and Syria in the Second World War and of his near death from epidemic encephalitis whilst in Ethiopia; and of the pain of separation from his wife during the long five years of the war. He speaks honestly and movingly too of his own struggles with his sexuality and the help he received from Quakers. As in the early days, Quakers only married within the faith, many of the Quakers of whom he writes are more often than not, his relatives or indeed theCousin of the title of his book He is our cousin, cousin. This book, therefore, is not only a personal family history but also very much the history of Quakers, since most of his ancestors have at one time or another been caught up in the great issues that have engaged the Society since its inception. From persecution and pacifism to temperance and anti-slavery one or other of his family have been leading champions. Along the way we also come across sailors and silk merchants, wool merchants and cheese merchants, pioneering businessmen and distinguished academicians, and all of them devout Quakers. It is a fascinating history and one which he tells vividly and with pride.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284910Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: "He is our cousin, Cousin" Author: Antony Barlow Narrator: Sam Dastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: "He is our cousin, Cousin" Author: Antony Barlow Narrator: Sam Dastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 10, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Antony Barlow comes from a very old Quaker family, dating back to the earliest days of Quakerism in the 17th Century, when members were still being persecuted for their beliefs. On the death of his mother, Joan Barlow in 2007 at the age of 93, he became the custodian of the invaluable collection of family archives, including fading ancient letters, crumbling historical documents, dageurreotypes and perhaps most importantly, their old family Bible dating from 1616. This wonderful old book has an amazing history all of its own, as in the days of persecution, its first owner, James Lancaster, fleeing from the law, dropped it while crossing Morecambe Bay, and the stains are still visible even today. This is one of many stories vividly recounted in this intriguing story. The book also tells how a group of Dissenters in the 1650s, followers of George Fox, broke away from what he saw as the corruption of the established church, and set out on their own, seeking what he called the light of God in everyone without dogma or creed. Many were imprisoned for their beliefs, but who over the centuries have come to be respected for their honest dealings and courage in the face of oppression with famous names such as the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry, abolitionist Samuel Bowly, philanthropist George Cadbury, educational reformer Joseph Rowntree, pacifist John Henry Barlow, diplomat and Peace prize laureate Philip Noel Baker all featuring largely in this story. Antony tells it all, both good times and bad, including his descent from the Plantagenet Kings or how an eccentric cousin gave away all his huge fortune to Queen Victoria. There are tragic tales of infant mortality and the heart-breaking and painful early death from meningitis of his great Grandfather, Professor John Barlow, possibly one of the most gifted scientists of his generation. He describes his father's time in the ambulance Unit, embedded with the 8th army in Egypt and Syria in the Second World War and of his near death from epidemic encephalitis whilst in Ethiopia; and of the pain of separation from his wife during the long five years of the war. He speaks honestly and movingly too of his own struggles with his sexuality and the help he received from Quakers. As in the early days, Quakers only married within the faith, many of the Quakers of whom he writes are more often than not, his relatives or indeed theCousin of the title of his book He is our cousin, cousin. This book, therefore, is not only a personal family history but also very much the history of Quakers, since most of his ancestors have at one time or another been caught up in the great issues that have engaged the Society since its inception. From persecution and pacifism to temperance and anti-slavery one or other of his family have been leading champions. Along the way we also come across sailors and silk merchants, wool merchants and cheese merchants, pioneering businessmen and distinguished academicians, and all of them devout Quakers. It is a fascinating history and one which he tells vividly and with pride.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/six-encounters-with-lincoln-a-president-confronts-democracy-and-its-demons-by-elizabeth-brown-pryor--65149876https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons Author: Elizabeth Brown Pryor Narrator: Beverly Brown, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist. A tense exchange on a navy ship with a Confederate editor and businessman. In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character and opinions in unexpected ways, illustrating his difficulties in managing a republic and creating a presidency. Pryor probes both the political demons that Lincoln battled in his ambitious exercise of power and the demons that arose from the very nature of democracy itself: the clamorous diversity of the populace, with its outspoken demands. She explores the trouble Lincoln sometimes had in communicating and in juggling the multiple concerns that make up being a political leader; how conflicted he was over the problem of emancipation; and the misperceptions Lincoln and the South held about each other. Pryor also provides a fascinating discussion of Lincoln’s fondness for storytelling and how he used his skills as a raconteur to enhance both his personal and political power. Based on scrupulous research that draws on hundreds of eyewitness letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts, Six Encounters with Lincoln offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln as the beleaguered politician who was not especially popular with the people he needed to govern with, and who had to deal with the many critics, naysayers, and dilemmas he faced without always knowing the right answer. What it shows most clearly is that greatness was not simply laid on Lincoln’s shoulders like a mantle, but was won in fits and starts. With a Foreword read by the Author's sister, Beverly Brown]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281648Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons Author: Elizabeth Brown Pryor Narrator: Beverly Brown, Kimberly Farr...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons Author: Elizabeth Brown Pryor Narrator: Beverly Brown, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist. A tense exchange on a navy ship with a Confederate editor and businessman. In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character and opinions in unexpected ways, illustrating his difficulties in managing a republic and creating a presidency. Pryor probes both the political demons that Lincoln battled in his ambitious exercise of power and the demons that arose from the very nature of democracy itself: the clamorous diversity of the populace, with its outspoken demands. She explores the trouble Lincoln sometimes had in communicating and in juggling the multiple concerns that make up being a political leader; how conflicted he was over the problem of emancipation; and the misperceptions Lincoln and the South held about each other. Pryor also provides a fascinating discussion of Lincoln’s fondness for storytelling and how he used his skills as a raconteur to enhance both his personal and political power. Based on scrupulous research that draws on hundreds of eyewitness letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts, Six Encounters with Lincoln offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln as the beleaguered politician who was not especially popular with the people he needed to govern with, and who had to deal with the many critics, naysayers, and dilemmas he faced without always knowing the right answer. What it shows most clearly is that greatness was not simply laid on Lincoln’s shoulders like a mantle, but was won in fits and starts. With a Foreword read by the Author's sister, Beverly Brown]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perpetual-now-a-story-of-amnesia-memory-and-love-by-michael-d-lemonick--65149864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love Author: Michael D. Lemonick Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a 'perpetual now,' where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking revelations about memory, learning, and consciousness her unique case has uncovered. Lonni Sue Johnson was a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her. But in late 2007, she contracted encephalitis. The disease burned through her hippocampus like wildfire, leaving her severely amnesic, living in a present that rarely progresses beyond ten to fifteen minutes.      Remarkably, she still retains much of the intellect and artistic skills from her previous life, but it's not at all clear how closely her consciousness resembles yours or mine. As such, Lonni Sue's story has become part of a much larger scientific narrative—one that is currently challenging traditional wisdom about how human memory and awareness are stored in the brain.      In this probing, compassionate, and illuminating book, award-winning science journalist Michael D. Lemonick uses the unique drama of Lonni Sue Johnson's day-to-day life to give us a nuanced and intimate understanding of the science that lies at the very heart of human nature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281646Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love Author: Michael D. Lemonick Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281646 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love Author: Michael D. Lemonick Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a 'perpetual now,' where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking revelations about memory, learning, and consciousness her unique case has uncovered. Lonni Sue Johnson was a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her. But in late 2007, she contracted encephalitis. The disease burned through her hippocampus like wildfire, leaving her severely amnesic, living in a present that rarely progresses beyond ten to fifteen minutes.      Remarkably, she still retains much of the intellect and artistic skills from her previous life, but it's not at all clear how closely her consciousness resembles yours or mine. As such, Lonni Sue's story has become part of a much larger scientific narrative—one that is currently challenging traditional wisdom about how human memory and awareness are stored in the brain.      In this probing, compassionate, and illuminating book, award-winning science journalist Michael D. Lemonick uses the unique drama of Lonni Sue Johnson's day-to-day life to give us a nuanced and intimate understanding of the science that lies at the very heart of human nature.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/olive-witch-by-abeer-y-hoque--65149863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olive Witch Author: Abeer Y. Hoque Narrator: Abeer Y. Hoque Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the 1970s, Nigeria is flush with oil money, building new universities, and hanging on to old colonial habits. Abeer Hoque is a Bangladeshi girl growing up in a small sunlit town, where the red clay earth, corporal punishment and running games are facts of life. At thirteen she moves with her family to suburban Pittsburgh and finds herself surrounded by clouded skies and high schoolers who speak in movie quotes and pop culture slang. Finding her place as a young woman in America proves more difficult than she can imagine. Disassociated from her parents, and laid low by academic pressure and spiralling depression, she is committed to a psychiatric ward in Philadelphia. When she moves to Bangladesh on her own, it proves to be yet another beginning for someone who is only just getting used to being an outsider - wherever she is. Arresting and beautifully written, with poems and weather conditions framing each chapter, Olive Witch is an intimate memoir about taking the long way home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281886Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olive Witch Author: Abeer Y. Hoque Narrator: Abeer Y. Hoque Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Olive Witch Author: Abeer Y. Hoque Narrator: Abeer Y. Hoque Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the 1970s, Nigeria is flush with oil money, building new universities, and hanging on to old colonial habits. Abeer Hoque is a Bangladeshi girl growing up in a small sunlit town, where the red clay earth, corporal punishment and running games are facts of life. At thirteen she moves with her family to suburban Pittsburgh and finds herself surrounded by clouded skies and high schoolers who speak in movie quotes and pop culture slang. Finding her place as a young woman in America proves more difficult than she can imagine. Disassociated from her parents, and laid low by academic pressure and spiralling depression, she is committed to a psychiatric ward in Philadelphia. When she moves to Bangladesh on her own, it proves to be yet another beginning for someone who is only just getting used to being an outsider - wherever she is. Arresting and beautifully written, with poems and weather conditions framing each chapter, Olive Witch is an intimate memoir about taking the long way home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/captive-of-the-labyrinth-sarah-l-winchester-heiress-to-the-rifle-fortune-by-mary-jo-ignoffo--65149839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune Author: Mary Jo Ignoffo Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first full-length biography of Sarah Winchester, the subject of the movie Winchester starring Helen Mirren, now available for the first time in audio. Since her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a mysterious, haunted figure. After inheriting a vast fortune upon the death of her husband in 1881, Sarah purchased a simple farmhouse in San José, California. She began building additions to the house and continued construction on it for the next twenty years. A hostile press cast Sarah as the conscience of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company—a widow shouldering responsibility for the many deaths caused by the rifle that brought her riches. She was accused of being a ghost-obsessed spiritualist, and to this day it is largely believed that the extensive construction she executed on her San José house was done to appease the ghouls around her. But was she really as guilt-ridden and superstitious as history remembers her? When Winchester’s home was purchased after her death, it was transformed into a tourist attraction. The bizarre, sprawling mansion and the enigmatic nature of Winchester’s life were exaggerated by the new owners to generate publicity for their business. But as the mansion has become more widely known, the person of Winchester has receded from reality, and she is only remembered for squandering her riches to ward off disturbed spirits. Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune demystifies the life of this unique American. In the first full-length biography of Winchester, author and historian Mary Jo Ignoffo unearths the truth about this notorious eccentric, revealing that she was not a maddened spiritualist driven by remorse but an intelligent, articulate woman who sought to protect her private life amidst the chaos of her public existence. The author takes readers through Winchester’s several homes, explores her private life, and, by excerpting from personal correspondence, gives the heiress a voice for the first time since her death. Ignoffo’s research reveals that Winchester’s true financial priority was not dissipating her fortune on the mansion in San José but investing it for a philanthropic legacy. For too long Sarah Winchester has existed as a ghost herself—a woman whose existence lies somewhere between the facts of her life and a set of sensationalized recollections of who she may have been. Captive of the Labyrinth finally puts to rest the myths about this remarkable woman, and, in the process, uncovers the legacy she intended to leave behind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281898Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune Author: Mary Jo Ignoffo Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune Author: Mary Jo Ignoffo Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first full-length biography of Sarah Winchester, the subject of the movie Winchester starring Helen Mirren, now available for the first time in audio. Since her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a mysterious, haunted figure. After inheriting a vast fortune upon the death of her husband in 1881, Sarah purchased a simple farmhouse in San José, California. She began building additions to the house and continued construction on it for the next twenty years. A hostile press cast Sarah as the conscience of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company—a widow shouldering responsibility for the many deaths caused by the rifle that brought her riches. She was accused of being a ghost-obsessed spiritualist, and to this day it is largely believed that the extensive construction she executed on her San José house was done to appease the ghouls around her. But was she really as guilt-ridden and superstitious as history remembers her? When Winchester’s home was purchased after her death, it was transformed into a tourist attraction. The bizarre, sprawling mansion and the enigmatic nature of Winchester’s life were exaggerated by the new owners to generate publicity for their business. But as the mansion has become more widely known, the person of Winchester has receded from reality, and she is only remembered for squandering her riches to ward off disturbed spirits. Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune demystifies the life of this unique American. In the first full-length biography of Winchester, author and historian Mary Jo Ignoffo unearths the truth about this notorious eccentric, revealing that she was not a maddened spiritualist driven by remorse but an intelligent, articulate woman who sought to protect her private life amidst the chaos of her public existence. The author takes readers through Winchester’s several homes, explores her private life, and, by excerpting from personal correspondence, gives the heiress a voice for the first time since her death. Ignoffo’s research reveals that Winchester’s true financial priority was not dissipating her fortune on the mansion in San José but investing it for a philanthropic legacy. For too long Sarah Winchester has existed as a ghost herself—a woman whose existence lies somewhere between the facts of her life and a set of sensationalized recollections of who she may have been. Captive of the Labyrinth finally puts to rest the myths about this remarkable woman, and, in the process, uncovers the legacy she intended to leave behind.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lara-the-untold-love-story-and-the-inspiration-for-doctor-zhivago-by-anna-pasternak--65149892https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago Author: Anna Pasternak Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya—the true tragedy behind the timeless classic. When Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared the life of Boris Pasternak—whose novel-in-progress, Doctor Zhivago, was suspected of being anti-Soviet—he persecuted Boris’s mistress, typist, and literary muse, Olga Ivinskaya. Boris’s affair with Olga devastated the straitlaced Pasternaks, and they were keen to disavow Olga’s role in Boris’s writing process. Twice Olga was sentenced to work in Siberian labor camps, where she was interrogated about the book Boris was writing, but she refused to betray the man she loved. When Olga was released from the gulags, she assumed that Boris would leave his wife for her but, trapped by his family’s expectations and his own weak will, he never did.  Drawing on previously neglected family sources and original interviews, Anna Pasternak explores this hidden act of moral compromise by her great-uncle, and restores to history the passionate affair that inspired and animated Doctor Zhivago. Devastated that Olga suffered on his behalf and frustrated that he could not match her loyalty to him, Boris instead channeled his thwarted passion for Olga into the love story in Doctor Zhivago.  Filled with the rich detail of Boris’s secret life, Lara unearths a moving love story of courage, loyalty, suffering, drama, and loss, and casts a new light on the legacy of Doctor Zhivago.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281872Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago Author: Anna Pasternak Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago Author: Anna Pasternak Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya—the true tragedy behind the timeless classic. When Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared the life of Boris Pasternak—whose novel-in-progress, Doctor Zhivago, was suspected of being anti-Soviet—he persecuted Boris’s mistress, typist, and literary muse, Olga Ivinskaya. Boris’s affair with Olga devastated the straitlaced Pasternaks, and they were keen to disavow Olga’s role in Boris’s writing process. Twice Olga was sentenced to work in Siberian labor camps, where she was interrogated about the book Boris was writing, but she refused to betray the man she loved. When Olga was released from the gulags, she assumed that Boris would leave his wife for her but, trapped by his family’s expectations and his own weak will, he never did.  Drawing on previously neglected family sources and original interviews, Anna Pasternak explores this hidden act of moral compromise by her great-uncle, and restores to history the passionate affair that inspired and animated Doctor Zhivago. Devastated that Olga suffered on his behalf and frustrated that he could not match her loyalty to him, Boris instead channeled his thwarted passion for Olga into the love story in Doctor Zhivago.  Filled with the rich detail of Boris’s secret life, Lara unearths a moving love story of courage, loyalty, suffering, drama, and loss, and casts a new light on the legacy of Doctor Zhivago.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/attending-medicine-mindfulness-and-humanity-by-ronald-epstein--65149834https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity Author: Ronald Epstein Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books). The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending is a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors approach their work with patients. From his early days as a Harvard Medical School student, Epstein saw what made good doctors great—more accurate diagnoses, fewer errors, and stronger connections with their patients. This made a lasting impression on him and set the stage for his life’s work—identifying the qualities and habits that distinguish master clinicians from those who are merely competent. The secret, he learned, was mindfulness. Dr. Epstein “shows how taking time to pay attention to patients can lead to better outcomes on both sides of the stethoscope” (Publishers Weekly). Drawing on his clinical experiences and current research, Dr. Epstein explores four foundations of mindfulness—Attention, Curiosity, Beginner’s Mind, and Presence—and shows how clinicians can grow their capacity to provide high-quality care. The commodification of health care has shifted doctors’ focus away from the healing of patients to the bottom line. Clinician burnout is at an all-time high. Attending is the antidote. With compassion and intelligence, Epstein offers “a concise guide to his view of what mindfulness is, its value, and how it is a skill that anyone can work to acquire” (Library Journal).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281936Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity Author: Ronald Epstein Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity Author: Ronald Epstein Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books). The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending is a groundbreaking, intimate exploration of how doctors approach their work with patients. From his early days as a Harvard Medical School student, Epstein saw what made good doctors great—more accurate diagnoses, fewer errors, and stronger connections with their patients. This made a lasting impression on him and set the stage for his life’s work—identifying the qualities and habits that distinguish master clinicians from those who are merely competent. The secret, he learned, was mindfulness. Dr. Epstein “shows how taking time to pay attention to patients can lead to better outcomes on both sides of the stethoscope” (Publishers Weekly). Drawing on his clinical experiences and current research, Dr. Epstein explores four foundations of mindfulness—Attention, Curiosity, Beginner’s Mind, and Presence—and shows how clinicians can grow their capacity to provide high-quality care. The commodification of health care has shifted doctors’ focus away from the healing of patients to the bottom line. Clinician burnout is at an all-time high. Attending is the antidote. With compassion and intelligence, Epstein offers “a concise guide to his view of what mindfulness is, its value, and how it is a skill that anyone can work to acquire” (Library Journal).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/victoria-by-stanley-weintraub--65149827https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria Author: Stanley Weintraub Narrator: Donada Peters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography of Victoria highlights the many dramas of her life. For example, she was fatherless at eight months and treated poorly by her family, but survived to become the only English queen comparable to Elizabeth I. The character of Victoria herself, stubborn and vital, is also drawn out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281756Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria Author: Stanley Weintraub Narrator: Donada Peters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria Author: Stanley Weintraub Narrator: Donada Peters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography of Victoria highlights the many dramas of her life. For example, she was fatherless at eight months and treated poorly by her family, but survived to become the only English queen comparable to Elizabeth I. The character of Victoria herself, stubborn and vital, is also drawn out.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harriet-tubman-the-road-to-freedom-by-catherine-clinton--65149821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom Author: Catherine Clinton Narrator: Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 2.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history 'reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend' (Newsday). Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harper's Ferry slave uprising, she was General Tubman. For the many slaves she led north to freedom, she was Moses. To the slaveholders who sought her capture, she was a thief and a trickster. To abolitionists, she was a prophet. Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization. 'A thrilling reading experience. It expands outward from Tubman's individual story to give a sweeping, historical vision of slavery.' --NPR's Fresh Air]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283197Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom Author: Catherine Clinton Narrator: Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom Author: Catherine Clinton Narrator: Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 24, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 2.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history 'reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend' (Newsday). Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harper's Ferry slave uprising, she was General Tubman. For the many slaves she led north to freedom, she was Moses. To the slaveholders who sought her capture, she was a thief and a trickster. To abolitionists, she was a prophet. Now, in a biography widely praised for its impeccable research and its compelling narrative, Harriet Tubman is revealed for the first time as a singular and complex character, a woman who defied simple categorization. 'A thrilling reading experience. It expands outward from Tubman's individual story to give a sweeping, historical vision of slavery.' --NPR's Fresh Air]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/risking-and-resisting-discovering-the-untold-story-of-my-family-s-fight-for-freedom-in-world-war-ii-by-marie-lefebvre--65149850https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Risking and Resisting: Discovering the Untold Story of My Family's Fight for Freedom in World War II Author: Marie LeFebvre Narrator: Shannon Muchow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It all began with a letter from a stranger. A single message from across the Atlantic launched a journey of discovery to an unknown chapter of Marie Le Febvre's family's past, a chapter filled with extraordinary courage and unexpected connections. Marie's journey uncovered a heritage of risking and resisting during World War II, and forged in her a new understanding of freedom.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289551Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Risking and Resisting: Discovering the Untold Story of My Family's Fight for Freedom in World War II Author: Marie LeFebvre Narrator: Shannon Muchow...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Risking and Resisting: Discovering the Untold Story of My Family's Fight for Freedom in World War II Author: Marie LeFebvre Narrator: Shannon Muchow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 23, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It all began with a letter from a stranger. A single message from across the Atlantic launched a journey of discovery to an unknown chapter of Marie Le Febvre's family's past, a chapter filled with extraordinary courage and unexpected connections. Marie's journey uncovered a heritage of risking and resisting during World War II, and forged in her a new understanding of freedom.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-next-pandemic-on-the-front-lines-against-humankind-s-gravest-dangers-by-william-patrick-ali-s-khan--65149848https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers Author: William Patrick, Ali S Khan Narrator: Ben Sullivan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse. Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan. In his long career as a public health first responder -- protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information -- Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes, politicize emergencies, and, too often, fail to imagine the consequences of our actions. The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others -- and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281244Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers Author: William Patrick, Ali S Khan Narrator: Ben Sullivan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers Author: William Patrick, Ali S Khan Narrator: Ben Sullivan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An inside account of the fight to contain the world's deadliest diseases -- and the panic and corruption that make them worse. Throughout history, humankind's biggest killers have been infectious diseases: the Black Death, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS alone account for over one hundred million deaths. We ignore this reality most of the time, but when a new threat -- Ebola, SARS, Zika, coronavirus -- seems imminent, we send our best and bravest doctors to contain it. People like Dr. Ali S. Khan. In his long career as a public health first responder -- protected by a thin mask from infected patients, napping under nets to keep out scorpions, making life-and-death decisions on limited, suspect information -- Khan has found that rogue microbes will always be a problem, but outbreaks are often caused by people. We make mistakes, politicize emergencies, and, too often, fail to imagine the consequences of our actions. The Next Pandemic is a firsthand account of disasters like anthrax, bird flu, and others -- and how we could do more to prevent their return. It is both a gripping story of our brushes with fate and an urgent lesson on how we can keep ourselves safe from the inevitable next pandemic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lepers-of-molokai-by-charles-warren-stoddard--65149841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lepers of Molokai Author: Charles Warren Stoddard Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: January 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 3.87 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of the lepers of Molokai and of the Roman Catholic missionary, Father Damien, who ministered to those who languished in that desolate place, waiting for death to release them from a most intense form of physical and mental suffering. Fr. Damien, born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy (Hansen's disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the remote island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He, himself, contracted and died of this dreaded disease after caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of the people in the colony for sixteen years. (Adapted from Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283410Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lepers of Molokai Author: Charles Warren Stoddard Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: January 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lepers of Molokai Author: Charles Warren Stoddard Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: January 17, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 3.87 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of the lepers of Molokai and of the Roman Catholic missionary, Father Damien, who ministered to those who languished in that desolate place, waiting for death to release them from a most intense form of physical and mental suffering. Fr. Damien, born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy (Hansen's disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the remote island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He, himself, contracted and died of this dreaded disease after caring for the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of the people in the colony for sixteen years. (Adapted from Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-joan-of-arc-by-andrew-lang--65149883https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Joan of Arc Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: TimothyFR Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 258 Ratings of Narrator: 3.95 of Total 92 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France. Captured by her enemies, she was sold to the English and put on trial for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy". She was burned at the stake for heresy when she was 19 years old. Twenty-five years after her execution, an inquisitorial court examined the trial, pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is one of the patron saints of France. Most of what is known today of her story comes from the detailed court records of her trials. (Summary by timothyFR)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282993Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Joan of Arc Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: TimothyFR Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Joan of Arc Author: Andrew Lang Narrator: TimothyFR Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 258 Ratings of Narrator: 3.95 of Total 92 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France. Captured by her enemies, she was sold to the English and put on trial for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy". She was burned at the stake for heresy when she was 19 years old. Twenty-five years after her execution, an inquisitorial court examined the trial, pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is one of the patron saints of France. Most of what is known today of her story comes from the detailed court records of her trials. (Summary by timothyFR)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-saint-monica-by-frances-alice-forbes--65149873https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Saint Monica Author: Frances Alice Forbes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 78 Ratings of Narrator: 3.89 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason that she never sought to be so. Because she understood the sphere in which a woman's work in the world must usually lie, and led her life truly along the lines that God had laid down for her; because she suffered bravely, forgot herself for others, and remained faithful to her noble ideals, she ruled as a queen amongst those with whom her life was cast. Her influence was great and far-reaching, but she herself was the last to suspect it, the last to desire it, and that was perhaps the secret of its greatness. The type is rare at the present day, but, thank God! there are Monicas still in the world. If there were more, the world would be a better place. - Summary from the book]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282960Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Saint Monica Author: Frances Alice Forbes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Saint Monica Author: Frances Alice Forbes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 78 Ratings of Narrator: 3.89 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This book is above all things the story of a mother. But it is also the story of a noble woman—a woman who was truly great, for the reason that she never sought to be so. Because she understood the sphere in which a woman's work in the world must usually lie, and led her life truly along the lines that God had laid down for her; because she suffered bravely, forgot herself for others, and remained faithful to her noble ideals, she ruled as a queen amongst those with whom her life was cast. Her influence was great and far-reaching, but she herself was the last to suspect it, the last to desire it, and that was perhaps the secret of its greatness. The type is rare at the present day, but, thank God! there are Monicas still in the world. If there were more, the world would be a better place. - Summary from the book]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-log-cabin-lady-by-librivox-volunteers-various-authors--65149869https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Log-Cabin Lady Author: LibriVox Volunteers, Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear through mastery of manners and customs. It has been written by one who has not sacrificed the strength and honesty of her pioneer girlhood, but who added to these qualities that graciousness and charm which have given her distinction on two continents.' (from the introduction)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282999Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Log-Cabin Lady Author: LibriVox Volunteers, Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Log-Cabin Lady Author: LibriVox Volunteers, Various Authors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear through mastery of manners and customs. It has been written by one who has not sacrificed the strength and honesty of her pioneer girlhood, but who added to these qualities that graciousness and charm which have given her distinction on two continents.' (from the introduction)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/explore-create-my-life-in-pursuit-of-new-frontiers-hidden-worlds-and-the-creative-spark-by-david-fisher-richard-garriott--65149818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark Author: David Fisher, Richard Garriott Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An inventor, adventurer, entrepreneur, collector, and entertainer, and son of legendary scientist-astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard Garriott de Cayeux has been behind some of the most exciting undertakings of our time. A legendary pioneer of the online gaming industry—and a member of every gaming Hall of Fame—Garriott invented the multi-player online game, and coined the term “Avatar” to describe an individual’s online character. A lifelong adventurer and member of the Explorers Club, Garriott has used the fortune he amassed from the gaming business to embark on a number of thrilling expeditions. He has plumbed the depths of the Atlantic ocean to see the remains of the Titanic, hunted for meteorites in Antarctica, and in 2008 became one of the first private citizens to be launched into space. Richard has been one of the foremost pioneers of the private space industry, investing his time and energy into making space travel more accessible. In this fascinating memoir, Garriott invites readers on the great adventure that is his life. An audacious genius with an insatiable curiosity and an irrepressible playfulness, Garriott takes readers on an unforgettable intellectual experience that is enlightening, adventurous, and fun.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281017Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark Author: David Fisher, Richard Garriott Narrator: Christopher...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark Author: David Fisher, Richard Garriott Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An inventor, adventurer, entrepreneur, collector, and entertainer, and son of legendary scientist-astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard Garriott de Cayeux has been behind some of the most exciting undertakings of our time. A legendary pioneer of the online gaming industry—and a member of every gaming Hall of Fame—Garriott invented the multi-player online game, and coined the term “Avatar” to describe an individual’s online character. A lifelong adventurer and member of the Explorers Club, Garriott has used the fortune he amassed from the gaming business to embark on a number of thrilling expeditions. He has plumbed the depths of the Atlantic ocean to see the remains of the Titanic, hunted for meteorites in Antarctica, and in 2008 became one of the first private citizens to be launched into space. Richard has been one of the foremost pioneers of the private space industry, investing his time and energy into making space travel more accessible. In this fascinating memoir, Garriott invites readers on the great adventure that is his life. An audacious genius with an insatiable curiosity and an irrepressible playfulness, Garriott takes readers on an unforgettable intellectual experience that is enlightening, adventurous, and fun.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-of-isaac-mason-as-a-slave-by-isaac-mason--65149886https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave Author: Isaac Mason Narrator: Lynne Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Isaac Mason was born into slavery. As a young man, he escaped to freedom and made a life for himself. An intelligent man, he gave lectures on his experiences and was later encouraged to publish them in book form. - Summary by Lynne Thompson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282935Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave Author: Isaac Mason Narrator: Lynne Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life of Isaac Mason as a Slave Author: Isaac Mason Narrator: Lynne Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Isaac Mason was born into slavery. As a young man, he escaped to freedom and made a life for himself. An intelligent man, he gave lectures on his experiences and was later encouraged to publish them in book form. - Summary by Lynne Thompson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-revolution-where-you-live-stories-from-a-12-000-mile-journey-through-a-new-america-by-sarah-van-gelder--65149885https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey Through a New America Author: Sarah Van Gelder Narrator: Natalie Hoyt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: YES! Magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder sends dispatches from an eighteen-state journey across America, describing how people abandoned by big national institutions are developing creative community-based solutions to environmental and social problems. YES! Magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder was worried about the current state of American society. Environmental destruction, growing poverty, urban decay, rural decline-it's a long list. Can we turn this around, she wondered? Are there answers we haven't found yet? She confided her fears to a friend, who said to her, 'If the universe could deploy the one small person that is you, what would it have you do?' Her answer surprised them both: 'I'd go out traveling and see for myself.' So driving a twelve-year-old Toyota pickup truck with a tiny camper hand-painted by a Suquamish artist, van Gelder visited eighteen states and five Indian reservations, big cities and small towns. She wanted to meet people at the margins of society who were the least embedded in the big institutions that reward status quo thinking. She came away believing that a profound change is sweeping the country. She went to all kinds of places and met all kinds of people who were dealing with very different problems, but what united them all was best summed up by a phrase she saw on a mural in Newark: 'We the People LOVE This Place.' Through the connection we each have to place-our physical and ecological place and also the human community-we are creating a new America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279225Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey Through a New America Author: Sarah Van Gelder Narrator: Natalie Hoyt Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey Through a New America Author: Sarah Van Gelder Narrator: Natalie Hoyt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: YES! Magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder sends dispatches from an eighteen-state journey across America, describing how people abandoned by big national institutions are developing creative community-based solutions to environmental and social problems. YES! Magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder was worried about the current state of American society. Environmental destruction, growing poverty, urban decay, rural decline-it's a long list. Can we turn this around, she wondered? Are there answers we haven't found yet? She confided her fears to a friend, who said to her, 'If the universe could deploy the one small person that is you, what would it have you do?' Her answer surprised them both: 'I'd go out traveling and see for myself.' So driving a twelve-year-old Toyota pickup truck with a tiny camper hand-painted by a Suquamish artist, van Gelder visited eighteen states and five Indian reservations, big cities and small towns. She wanted to meet people at the margins of society who were the least embedded in the big institutions that reward status quo thinking. She came away believing that a profound change is sweeping the country. She went to all kinds of places and met all kinds of people who were dealing with very different problems, but what united them all was best summed up by a phrase she saw on a mural in Newark: 'We the People LOVE This Place.' Through the connection we each have to place-our physical and ecological place and also the human community-we are creating a new America.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-hunt-after-the-captain-by-oliver-wendell-holmes-sr--65149867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Hunt After 'The Captain' Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1862. Holmes, Sr. (1809 -1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. He was regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858). He is also recognized as an important medical reformer. (Summary by Atlantic Magazine, Wikipedia, David Wales)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282938Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Hunt After 'The Captain' Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 12 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Hunt After 'The Captain' Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1862. Holmes, Sr. (1809 -1894) was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. He was regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858). He is also recognized as an important medical reformer. (Summary by Atlantic Magazine, Wikipedia, David Wales)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/made-for-more-by-manna-ko--65149824https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Made For More Author: Manna Ko Narrator: Manna Ko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An Autobiographical Novel of Faith and Promise Manna began her career as an entrepreneur in Canada in the 1980s, and within a very short time, gained national recognition for her work. In the 1990s, she and her son moved to the United States, where she used her giftings and expertise to help other businesses around the country. Now with over twenty-seven years of entrepreneurial experience, she has spoken to almost 50,000 people, internationally. As a prolific Author, International Speaker, and Trainer, Manna is passionate about helping people live extraordinary lives, and she strategically uses her many platforms to help others achieve their dreams. She has written over a dozen books, and her life-giving Autobiographical Novel, Made For More, is selling in over 13 countries. Her newly released children’s books are no different. Manna brilliantly addresses life-lessons in a sweet, warm, and inviting manner. Together with the charming, hand-painted watercolor illustrations, the entire reading experience is designed to create tender memory-making opportunities for parents and children. Manna has an MA in Psychology, a Ph.D. in Philosophy, and numerous additional certifications. She contributes to several educational, disciplinary, and advisory boards, serves as Lead Trainer and Editor in Chief for KWA (Kingdom Writer’s Association), and is an Ordained Leader with Third Day Churches. Manna is also a marathon runner, a health and exercise enthusiast, an avid reader, is conversant in four languages, plays tennis and the piano, studied martial arts, and is active in her community. Manna and her family live in San Diego, California.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290509Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Made For More Author: Manna Ko Narrator: Manna Ko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Made For More Author: Manna Ko Narrator: Manna Ko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An Autobiographical Novel of Faith and Promise Manna began her career as an entrepreneur in Canada in the 1980s, and within a very short time, gained national recognition for her work. In the 1990s, she and her son moved to the United States, where she used her giftings and expertise to help other businesses around the country. Now with over twenty-seven years of entrepreneurial experience, she has spoken to almost 50,000 people, internationally. As a prolific Author, International Speaker, and Trainer, Manna is passionate about helping people live extraordinary lives, and she strategically uses her many platforms to help others achieve their dreams. She has written over a dozen books, and her life-giving Autobiographical Novel, Made For More, is selling in over 13 countries. Her newly released children’s books are no different. Manna brilliantly addresses life-lessons in a sweet, warm, and inviting manner. Together with the charming, hand-painted watercolor illustrations, the entire reading experience is designed to create tender memory-making opportunities for parents and children. Manna has an MA in Psychology, a Ph.D. in Philosophy, and numerous additional certifications. She contributes to several educational, disciplinary, and advisory boards, serves as Lead Trainer and Editor in Chief for KWA (Kingdom Writer’s Association), and is an Ordained Leader with Third Day Churches. Manna is also a marathon runner, a health and exercise enthusiast, an avid reader, is conversant in four languages, plays tennis and the piano, studied martial arts, and is active in her community. Manna and her family live in San Diego, California.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-st-ignatius-by-st-ignatius-loyola--65149893https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Author: St. Ignatius Loyola Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St. Teresa and St. Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.The saint in his narrative always refers to himself in the third person, and this mode of speech has here been retained. Many persons who have neither the time, nor, perhaps, the inclination, to read larger works, will read, we trust, with pleasure and profit this autobiography. Ignatius, as he lay wounded in his brother's house, read the lives of the saints to while away the time. Touched by grace, he cried, "What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do." May this little book, in like manner, inspire its readers with the desire of imitating St. Ignatius. This autobiography is a valuable key for the understanding of his Spiritual Exercises. It was kept in the archives for about 150 years (Summary from the preface)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282105Sun, 08 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Author: St. Ignatius Loyola Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 14 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Author: St. Ignatius Loyola Narrator: Phil Chenevert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few works in ascetical literature, except the writings of St. Teresa and St. Augustine, impart such a knowledge of the soul.The saint in his narrative always refers to himself in the third person, and this mode of speech has here been retained. Many persons who have neither the time, nor, perhaps, the inclination, to read larger works, will read, we trust, with pleasure and profit this autobiography. Ignatius, as he lay wounded in his brother's house, read the lives of the saints to while away the time. Touched by grace, he cried, "What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do." May this little book, in like manner, inspire its readers with the desire of imitating St. Ignatius. This autobiography is a valuable key for the understanding of his Spiritual Exercises. It was kept in the archives for about 150 years (Summary from the preface)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-st-ignatius-of-loyola-by-frances-alice-forbes--65149862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola Author: Frances Alice Forbes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491– 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was its first Superior General. After being seriously wounded in the Battle of Pamplona in 1521, he underwent a spiritual conversion while in recovery. De Vita Christi by Ludolph of Saxony purportedly inspired Loyola to abandon his previous military life and devote himself to labour for God. He died in July 1556, was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1609, canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622, and declared patron of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282096Sun, 08 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola Author: Frances Alice Forbes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola Author: Frances Alice Forbes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491– 1556) was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was its first Superior General. After being seriously wounded in the Battle of Pamplona in 1521, he underwent a spiritual conversion while in recovery. De Vita Christi by Ludolph of Saxony purportedly inspired Loyola to abandon his previous military life and devote himself to labour for God. He died in July 1556, was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1609, canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622, and declared patron of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/narrative-of-the-life-and-adventures-of-henry-bibb-an-american-slave-by-henry-bibb--65149878https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave Author: Henry Bibb Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother at a very young age and hired out to other slave owners for most of his childhood. Always yearning for his freedom, he made his first escape from slavery in 1842. He was recaptured and escaped, recaptured and escaped over and over; but he never gave up on his desire to be a man in control of his own destiny. Bibb eventually escaped the bondage of servitude for good and dedicated his life to speaking out against the institution of slavery. In the process he helped others obtain their freedom. He published Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, and American Slave in 1849 telling the story of his daily life as a slave, as a runaway and as a free man. He also illustrated the depravity of that “man-destroying system” and the “idea of utter helplessness in perpetual bondage.” Bibb stated in his Author's Preface that there were other very popular slave narratives published before his own; nevertheless, the uniqueness of his story is in the details of his experiences which, like the others, shine a glaringly truthful beam of light on the sins of this nation. Ultimately Bibb made his way to Canada where in 1851 he published the first black newspaper of that Country, Voice of the Fugitive. He died in 1854 at the age of 39. (Introduction by James K. White)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290694Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave Author: Henry Bibb Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave Author: Henry Bibb Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother at a very young age and hired out to other slave owners for most of his childhood. Always yearning for his freedom, he made his first escape from slavery in 1842. He was recaptured and escaped, recaptured and escaped over and over; but he never gave up on his desire to be a man in control of his own destiny. Bibb eventually escaped the bondage of servitude for good and dedicated his life to speaking out against the institution of slavery. In the process he helped others obtain their freedom. He published Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, and American Slave in 1849 telling the story of his daily life as a slave, as a runaway and as a free man. He also illustrated the depravity of that “man-destroying system” and the “idea of utter helplessness in perpetual bondage.” Bibb stated in his Author's Preface that there were other very popular slave narratives published before his own; nevertheless, the uniqueness of his story is in the details of his experiences which, like the others, shine a glaringly truthful beam of light on the sins of this nation. Ultimately Bibb made his way to Canada where in 1851 he published the first black newspaper of that Country, Voice of the Fugitive. He died in 1854 at the age of 39. (Introduction by James K. White)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memories-of-childhood-s-slavery-days-by-annie-l-burton--65149865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days Author: Annie L. Burton Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 3.32 of Total 31 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie Burton, who recounts her early carefree childhood as a slave on a southern plantation while the Civil War raged around her, and after the Emancipation Proclamation, how her life changed as she struggled to maintain herself and family, manage her finances, and develop as a free person of color. The last half of the narrative relies heavily upon speeches, poems, and hymns written by others that stirred Annie's religious passions and increased her pride in her heritage, including a very powerful speech by Dr. P. Thomas Stanford, "The Race Question in America", which no doubt gave Annie some historical perspective, boosted her pride, and offered much food for thought to her readers upon that important subject. (Summary by Michele Fry)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289927Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days Author: Annie L. Burton Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days Author: Annie L. Burton Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 3.32 of Total 31 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie Burton, who recounts her early carefree childhood as a slave on a southern plantation while the Civil War raged around her, and after the Emancipation Proclamation, how her life changed as she struggled to maintain herself and family, manage her finances, and develop as a free person of color. The last half of the narrative relies heavily upon speeches, poems, and hymns written by others that stirred Annie's religious passions and increased her pride in her heritage, including a very powerful speech by Dr. P. Thomas Stanford, "The Race Question in America", which no doubt gave Annie some historical perspective, boosted her pride, and offered much food for thought to her readers upon that important subject. (Summary by Michele Fry)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-poezdka-v-polesye-by-ivan-turgenev--65149856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Poezdka v Polesye Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Yakovlev Valery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: To tell the truth, this story - "A trip to Polesye" - is not so much complicated with philosophical or psychological ideas. In this story author had another goal - to describe the beauty of places where he was born, the beauty of nature. The only thing which hero's doing is the travel on horses across the small villages in the heart of Russia. You can also appreciate the artistic, colorful and talanted description of all that nature if you will read/listen to this small story. (Summary written by Yakovlev Valery)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303664Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Poezdka v Polesye Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Yakovlev Valery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Poezdka v Polesye Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Yakovlev Valery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: To tell the truth, this story - "A trip to Polesye" - is not so much complicated with philosophical or psychological ideas. In this story author had another goal - to describe the beauty of places where he was born, the beauty of nature. The only thing which hero's doing is the travel on horses across the small villages in the heart of Russia. You can also appreciate the artistic, colorful and talanted description of all that nature if you will read/listen to this small story. (Summary written by Yakovlev Valery)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kepler-by-walter-w-bryant--65149847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kepler Author: Walter W. Bryant Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at his early years. Two chapters deal with his working relationship with Tycho Brahe. These are followed by a look at Kepler's laws and his last years. (Summary by Bill Boerst)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289474Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kepler Author: Walter W. Bryant Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kepler Author: Walter W. Bryant Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at his early years. Two chapters deal with his working relationship with Tycho Brahe. These are followed by a look at Kepler's laws and his last years. (Summary by Bill Boerst)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/president-lincoln-s-attitude-towards-slavery-and-emancipation-by-henry-watson-wilbur--65149846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation Author: Henry Watson Wilbur Narrator: Guero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude toward slavery and emancipation. (Summary by Guero)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290484Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation Author: Henry Watson Wilbur Narrator: Guero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: President Lincoln's Attitude Towards Slavery and Emancipation Author: Henry Watson Wilbur Narrator: Guero Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A review of events prior to, during and following the American Civil War bringing an insightful perspective on Lincoln's true attitude toward slavery and emancipation. (Summary by Guero)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/richard-iii-makers-of-history-series-by-jacob-abbott--65149845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard III (Makers of History series) Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jacob Abbott chronicles the unspeakably treacherous rise of Richard III to the throne of England in the midst of the war between the Yorks and the Lancasters and his ultimate fall on the Field of Bosworth. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291070Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard III (Makers of History series) Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard III (Makers of History series) Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jacob Abbott chronicles the unspeakably treacherous rise of Richard III to the throne of England in the midst of the war between the Yorks and the Lancasters and his ultimate fall on the Field of Bosworth. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/outwitting-the-hun-my-escape-from-a-german-prison-camp-by-pat-o-brien--65149842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outwitting The Hun; My Escape From A German Prison Camp Author: Pat O'Brien Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 17 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A true war narrative, published in 1918 while WWI was still going on. (Summary by David Wales)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290497Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outwitting The Hun; My Escape From A German Prison Camp Author: Pat O'Brien Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outwitting The Hun; My Escape From A German Prison Camp Author: Pat O'Brien Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 17 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A true war narrative, published in 1918 while WWI was still going on. (Summary by David Wales)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adrift-on-an-ice-pan-by-sir-wilfred-grenfell--65149829https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrift on an Ice-Pan Author: Sir Wilfred Grenfell Narrator: Sean Michael Hogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This autobiographical work describes the author's harrowing experience caught on a small drifting piece of ice, while crossing a frozen bay by dog team on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. (Summary by Sean Michael Hogan)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303064Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrift on an Ice-Pan Author: Sir Wilfred Grenfell Narrator: Sean Michael Hogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adrift on an Ice-Pan Author: Sir Wilfred Grenfell Narrator: Sean Michael Hogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This autobiographical work describes the author's harrowing experience caught on a small drifting piece of ice, while crossing a frozen bay by dog team on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. (Summary by Sean Michael Hogan)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-to-his-children-by-theodore-roosevelt--65149826https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to His Children Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the President of the United States, stands revealed in this selection of letters he wrote his children throughout their school years. They shed light on the cheerful man who remained throughout his life as pure and gentle as the soul of a child, plus many little reveals that there were squirrels nesting in the presidential bedroom, rats in the basement, and children's pranks that damaged the White House artwork! Many of these letters are considered valuable guides for youth in all ranks of life, notably those on the relative merits of civil and military careers, and the proper proportions of sport and study. Only a short time before he died, Teddy Roosevelt said "I would rather have this book published than anything that has ever been written about me." ~ Summary by Michele Fry NOTE: Roosevelt gave titles to all his letters, and all letters in this audio collection are recorded in sequential order with their titles. Most are too short to be published as separate audio files, thus several have been combined in most cases.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291860Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to His Children Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters to His Children Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the President of the United States, stands revealed in this selection of letters he wrote his children throughout their school years. They shed light on the cheerful man who remained throughout his life as pure and gentle as the soul of a child, plus many little reveals that there were squirrels nesting in the presidential bedroom, rats in the basement, and children's pranks that damaged the White House artwork! Many of these letters are considered valuable guides for youth in all ranks of life, notably those on the relative merits of civil and military careers, and the proper proportions of sport and study. Only a short time before he died, Teddy Roosevelt said "I would rather have this book published than anything that has ever been written about me." ~ Summary by Michele Fry NOTE: Roosevelt gave titles to all his letters, and all letters in this audio collection are recorded in sequential order with their titles. Most are too short to be published as separate audio files, thus several have been combined in most cases.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/days-on-the-road-crossing-the-plains-in-1865-by-sarah-raymond-herndon--65149825https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865 Author: Sarah Raymond Herndon Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “We had spent almost all our money for toll, ferrying and other expenses on the road. It might be a serious matter to be in a strange place without money . . . There is nothing we can spare so well as Dick. . . . It would not do to be sentimental under existing circumstances.” This is the practical pioneer woman Sarah Raymond Herndon writing in her journal about selling her horse to finance the final days of her family’s trek across the plains to Montana. However, when her brother, Hillhouse, actually sells her beloved pony, Sarah is distraught. “I sobbed out loud. I could not help crying. I let the purse (with the money) roll out of my lap into the bottom of the wagon.” But then, she stiffens her resolve and displays a quiet sense of humor: “Of course, I knew the wagon bed was tight, and there was no danger of (the purse) being lost.” Sarah became the first school teacher in Virginia City, Montana. Her account of crossing the plains in 1865 is rich in emotion and incident. Summary by Sue Anderson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290491Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865 Author: Sarah Raymond Herndon Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865 Author: Sarah Raymond Herndon Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “We had spent almost all our money for toll, ferrying and other expenses on the road. It might be a serious matter to be in a strange place without money . . . There is nothing we can spare so well as Dick. . . . It would not do to be sentimental under existing circumstances.” This is the practical pioneer woman Sarah Raymond Herndon writing in her journal about selling her horse to finance the final days of her family’s trek across the plains to Montana. However, when her brother, Hillhouse, actually sells her beloved pony, Sarah is distraught. “I sobbed out loud. I could not help crying. I let the purse (with the money) roll out of my lap into the bottom of the wagon.” But then, she stiffens her resolve and displays a quiet sense of humor: “Of course, I knew the wagon bed was tight, and there was no danger of (the purse) being lost.” Sarah became the first school teacher in Virginia City, Montana. Her account of crossing the plains in 1865 is rich in emotion and incident. Summary by Sue Anderson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saint-charles-borromeo-a-sketch-of-the-reforming-cardinal-by-louise-m-stacpoole-kenny--65149814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal Author: Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny Narrator: Maria Therese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is November 4. (Summary from Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290757Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal Author: Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny Narrator: Maria Therese Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal Author: Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny Narrator: Maria Therese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Charles Borromeo was the cardinal archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was a leading figure during the Counter-Reformation and was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is November 4. (Summary from Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-young-abraham-lincoln-by-wayne-whipple--65149813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Author: Wayne Whipple Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a careful and fascinating collection of interviews with people who knew Lincoln as a boy and young man. A glimpse into the type of person he was from the very beginning. "All the world loves a lover"—and Abraham Lincoln loved everybody. With all his brain and brawn, his real greatness was in his heart. He has been called "the Great-Heart of the White House," and there is little doubt that more people have heard about him than there are who have read of the original "Great-Heart" in "The Pilgrim's Progress." Indeed, it is safe to say that more millions in the modern world are acquainted with the story of the rise of Abraham Lincoln from a poorly built log cabin to the highest place among "the seats of the mighty," than are familiar with the Bible story of Joseph who arose and stood next to the throne of the Pharaohs. A new story is told by a dear old lady, who did not wish her name given, about herself when she was a little girl, when a "drove of lawyers riding the old Eighth Judicial District of Illinois," came to drink from a famous cold spring on her father's premises. She described the uncouth dress of a tall young man, asking her father who he was, and he replied with a laugh, "Oh, that's Abe Lincoln." One day in their rounds, as the lawyers came through the front gate, a certain judge, whose name the narrator refused to divulge, knocked down with his cane her pet doll, which was leaning against the fence. The little girl cried over this contemptuous treatment of her "child." Young Lawyer Lincoln, seeing it all, sprang in and quickly picked up the fallen doll. Brushing off the dust with his great awkward hand he said, soothingly, to the wounded little mother-heart: "There now, little Black Eyes, don't cry. Your baby's alive. See, she isn't hurt a bit!" That tall young man never looked uncouth to her after that. It was this same old lady who told the writer that Lawyer Lincoln wore a new suit of clothes for the first time on the very day that he performed the oft-described feat of rescuing a helpless hog from a great deep hole in the road, and plastered his new clothes with mud to the great merriment of his legal friends. This well-known incident occurred not far from her father's place near Paris, Illinois.These and many other real remembrances have been collected here in this book for your edification. ( The introduction and Phil Chenevert)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291144Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Author: Wayne Whipple Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Author: Wayne Whipple Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a careful and fascinating collection of interviews with people who knew Lincoln as a boy and young man. A glimpse into the type of person he was from the very beginning. "All the world loves a lover"—and Abraham Lincoln loved everybody. With all his brain and brawn, his real greatness was in his heart. He has been called "the Great-Heart of the White House," and there is little doubt that more people have heard about him than there are who have read of the original "Great-Heart" in "The Pilgrim's Progress." Indeed, it is safe to say that more millions in the modern world are acquainted with the story of the rise of Abraham Lincoln from a poorly built log cabin to the highest place among "the seats of the mighty," than are familiar with the Bible story of Joseph who arose and stood next to the throne of the Pharaohs. A new story is told by a dear old lady, who did not wish her name given, about herself when she was a little girl, when a "drove of lawyers riding the old Eighth Judicial District of Illinois," came to drink from a famous cold spring on her father's premises. She described the uncouth dress of a tall young man, asking her father who he was, and he replied with a laugh, "Oh, that's Abe Lincoln." One day in their rounds, as the lawyers came through the front gate, a certain judge, whose name the narrator refused to divulge, knocked down with his cane her pet doll, which was leaning against the fence. The little girl cried over this contemptuous treatment of her "child." Young Lawyer Lincoln, seeing it all, sprang in and quickly picked up the fallen doll. Brushing off the dust with his great awkward hand he said, soothingly, to the wounded little mother-heart: "There now, little Black Eyes, don't cry. Your baby's alive. See, she isn't hurt a bit!" That tall young man never looked uncouth to her after that. It was this same old lady who told the writer that Lawyer Lincoln wore a new suit of clothes for the first time on the very day that he performed the oft-described feat of rescuing a helpless hog from a great deep hole in the road, and plastered his new clothes with mud to the great merriment of his legal friends. This well-known incident occurred not far from her father's place near Paris, Illinois.These and many other real remembrances have been collected here in this book for your edification. ( The introduction and Phil Chenevert)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thirty-years-a-slave-by-louis-hughes--65149807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thirty Years A Slave Author: Louis Hughes Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 652 Ratings of Narrator: 4.51 of Total 210 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly as a house servant, but was privy to the intimate details and workings of the entire McGee cotton plantation and empire. In Thirty Years A Slave Hughes provides vivid descriptions and explicit accounts of how the McGee plantation in Mississippi, and the McGee mansion in Tennessee functioned--accounts of the lives of the many slaves that lived, suffered and sometimes died under the cruel and unusual punishments meted out by Boss and his monstrously unstable and vindictive wife. He described the profane manner in which this peculiar institution dehumanized, on a daily basis, not only the black man but even more so the white man. Ultimately, Thirty Years A Slave is an expression of Hughes’s desire to accurately describe the nature of the influence that the institution of slavery had on this country during the two hundred years in which it existed here, and the influence it continues to have on the heart and soul of a post-Civil War, post-14th Amendment United States. (Introduction by James K. White)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291768Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thirty Years A Slave Author: Louis Hughes Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thirty Years A Slave Author: Louis Hughes Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 652 Ratings of Narrator: 4.51 of Total 210 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white father and a black slave woman. Throughout his life he worked mostly as a house servant, but was privy to the intimate details and workings of the entire McGee cotton plantation and empire. In Thirty Years A Slave Hughes provides vivid descriptions and explicit accounts of how the McGee plantation in Mississippi, and the McGee mansion in Tennessee functioned--accounts of the lives of the many slaves that lived, suffered and sometimes died under the cruel and unusual punishments meted out by Boss and his monstrously unstable and vindictive wife. He described the profane manner in which this peculiar institution dehumanized, on a daily basis, not only the black man but even more so the white man. Ultimately, Thirty Years A Slave is an expression of Hughes’s desire to accurately describe the nature of the influence that the institution of slavery had on this country during the two hundred years in which it existed here, and the influence it continues to have on the heart and soul of a post-Civil War, post-14th Amendment United States. (Introduction by James K. White)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-commemoration-15-april-2015-by-various-authors--65149804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 Author: Various Authors Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman’s poems, written shortly after the death, express his intense grief. Here are prose pieces that Whitman composed in the years following. Included too are three other eulogies regarded by Lincoln scholars as among the best, as well as a narrative from one of the doctors who attended the dying president and two speeches in the British Parliament. And finally three of the President’s finest compositions. ( summary by david wales)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290735Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 Author: Various Authors Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 Author: Various Authors Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman’s poems, written shortly after the death, express his intense grief. Here are prose pieces that Whitman composed in the years following. Included too are three other eulogies regarded by Lincoln scholars as among the best, as well as a narrative from one of the doctors who attended the dying president and two speeches in the British Parliament. And finally three of the President’s finest compositions. ( summary by david wales)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ecce-homo-by-friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche--65149794https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: TimSC Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's autobiography, Ecce Homo, was the last prose work that he wrote before his illness in 1889. Coming at the end of an extraordinarily productive year in which he had produced The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist, Nietzsche shuns any pretense at modesty with chapter titles include “Why I am so Wise”, “Why I am so Clever” and “Why I Write Such Excellent Books”. His translator Anthony M. Ludovici states, Ecce Homo “is not only a coping-stone worthy of the wonderful creations of that year, but also a fitting conclusion to his whole life, in the form of a grand summing up of his character as a man, his purpose as a reformer, and his achievement as a thinker.” (Introduction by Tim SC)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290485Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: TimSC Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: TimSC Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's autobiography, Ecce Homo, was the last prose work that he wrote before his illness in 1889. Coming at the end of an extraordinarily productive year in which he had produced The Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist, Nietzsche shuns any pretense at modesty with chapter titles include “Why I am so Wise”, “Why I am so Clever” and “Why I Write Such Excellent Books”. His translator Anthony M. Ludovici states, Ecce Homo “is not only a coping-stone worthy of the wonderful creations of that year, but also a fitting conclusion to his whole life, in the form of a grand summing up of his character as a man, his purpose as a reformer, and his achievement as a thinker.” (Introduction by Tim SC)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/escape-from-the-confederacy-by-benjamin-f-hasson--65149792https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape From The Confederacy Author: Benjamin F. Hasson Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a prison train taking prisoners to the infamous Andersonville prison. The short book points up Hasson's ingenuity in overcoming obstacles to his flight to Union lines but also shows an insight into the lives of Southern blacks, both slave and free. This oral version omits the last section of his book, which is a list of men captured from his regiment and their fates.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300862Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape From The Confederacy Author: Benjamin F. Hasson Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape From The Confederacy Author: Benjamin F. Hasson Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Benjamin F Hasson was a Union officer in the Civil War of the United States. After being captured by the Confederacy, he escaped from a prison train taking prisoners to the infamous Andersonville prison. The short book points up Hasson's ingenuity in overcoming obstacles to his flight to Union lines but also shows an insight into the lives of Southern blacks, both slave and free. This oral version omits the last section of his book, which is a list of men captured from his regiment and their fates.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-stories-of-wonderful-deeds-by-anonymous--65149791https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Author: Anonymous Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David Livingston, Canute, Sir Philip Sydney, and Elizabeth and Raleigh are just some of the well known people and incidents covered in short stories. (Summary by phil chenevert)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300878Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Author: Anonymous Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300878 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Stories of Wonderful Deeds Author: Anonymous Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David Livingston, Canute, Sir Philip Sydney, and Elizabeth and Raleigh are just some of the well known people and incidents covered in short stories. (Summary by phil chenevert)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/by-ox-team-to-california-a-narrative-of-crossing-the-plains-in-1860-by-lavinia-honeyman-porter--65149788https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 Author: Lavinia Honeyman Porter Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 117 Ratings of Narrator: 4.18 of Total 33 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never learned to cook); married to a professional man who knows “nothing of manual labor;” who is mother to a young son; and who has just found out she is pregnant with their second child. Imagine that this couple has become “embarrassed financially” by “imprudent speculations,” and that they are discussing what to do. They decide to buy a wagon and three yoke of unbroken oxen and head overland to California. "We were two such precious dunces,” writes Lavinia Honeyman Porter in her autobiographical account of their journey across the plains. “In a short time the six oxen were bought, driven to our home and turned loose in our barnyard--wild brutes, as handy as with their heels as with their horns. Not one of us was brave enough to venture into the corral with them and we soon concluded we had six white elephants on our hands.” From there on in, Lavinia's adventures get worse—and then better. For those who enjoy true stories of pioneering days and happy endings, this is an enjoyable read. (Introduction by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291802Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 Author: Lavinia Honeyman Porter Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860 Author: Lavinia Honeyman Porter Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 117 Ratings of Narrator: 4.18 of Total 33 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never learned to cook); married to a professional man who knows “nothing of manual labor;” who is mother to a young son; and who has just found out she is pregnant with their second child. Imagine that this couple has become “embarrassed financially” by “imprudent speculations,” and that they are discussing what to do. They decide to buy a wagon and three yoke of unbroken oxen and head overland to California. "We were two such precious dunces,” writes Lavinia Honeyman Porter in her autobiographical account of their journey across the plains. “In a short time the six oxen were bought, driven to our home and turned loose in our barnyard--wild brutes, as handy as with their heels as with their horns. Not one of us was brave enough to venture into the corral with them and we soon concluded we had six white elephants on our hands.” From there on in, Lavinia's adventures get worse—and then better. For those who enjoy true stories of pioneering days and happy endings, this is an enjoyable read. (Introduction by Sue Anderson)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/theodore-roosevelt-an-address-delivered-before-the-congress-of-the-united-states-by-henry-cabot-lodge--65149783https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States Author: Henry Cabot Lodge Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 - 1919) was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States. He was a leader of the Republican Party (the "GOP") and founder of the Progressive Party. He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity. Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 - 1924) was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He was also a friend and confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. He had the role (but not the official title) of the first Senate Majority Leader. - Summary by Wikipedia and david wales]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301538Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States Author: Henry Cabot Lodge Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States Author: Henry Cabot Lodge Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 - 1919) was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States. He was a leader of the Republican Party (the "GOP") and founder of the Progressive Party. He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity. Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 - 1924) was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He was also a friend and confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. He had the role (but not the official title) of the first Senate Majority Leader. - Summary by Wikipedia and david wales]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poor-richard-s-almanack-by-benjamin-franklin--65149778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poor Richard's Almanack Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs - short, pithy, instructive sayings - that were scattered throughout the pages of his Poor Richard's Almanack over its 25 years of once-a-year publication (1732-1758). Many of these sayings are familiar to all . . . "a penny saved is a penny earned" . . . "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" . . . but there are many more for you to laugh at, ponder over and learn from! Most were not invented by him, but these little gems of wisdom Franklin gleaned from all over the world are what made his Almanack so wildly popular, and himself a wealthy man. - Summary by Michele Fry, Soloist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300904Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poor Richard's Almanack Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Poor Richard's Almanack Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs - short, pithy, instructive sayings - that were scattered throughout the pages of his Poor Richard's Almanack over its 25 years of once-a-year publication (1732-1758). Many of these sayings are familiar to all . . . "a penny saved is a penny earned" . . . "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" . . . but there are many more for you to laugh at, ponder over and learn from! Most were not invented by him, but these little gems of wisdom Franklin gleaned from all over the world are what made his Almanack so wildly popular, and himself a wealthy man. - Summary by Michele Fry, Soloist]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diary-written-in-the-provincial-lunatic-asylum-by-mary-huestis-pengilly--65149763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum Author: Mary Huestis Pengilly Narrator: Elaine Webb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.1 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh conditions and treatments received at the hands of the nurses during her stay. Once Mary is released she takes it upon herself to make the authorities aware of the situation at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. (Summary by Elaine Webb)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302856Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum Author: Mary Huestis Pengilly Narrator: Elaine Webb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum Author: Mary Huestis Pengilly Narrator: Elaine Webb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.1 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh conditions and treatments received at the hands of the nurses during her stay. Once Mary is released she takes it upon herself to make the authorities aware of the situation at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. (Summary by Elaine Webb)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/transformed-or-the-history-of-a-river-thief-briefly-told-by-jerry-mcauley--65149756https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told Author: Jerry Mcauley Narrator: Curt Walton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jerry McAuley gives a testimony of his transformation from one of the wickedest men to ever live to being saved and a life of helping others do the same. (Summary by Curt Walton)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302528Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told Author: Jerry Mcauley Narrator: Curt Walton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told Author: Jerry Mcauley Narrator: Curt Walton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jerry McAuley gives a testimony of his transformation from one of the wickedest men to ever live to being saved and a life of helping others do the same. (Summary by Curt Walton)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mentor-benjamin-franklin-by-albert-bushnell-hart--65149753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mentor: Benjamin Franklin Author: Albert Bushnell Hart Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Benjamin Franklin was one of the leading figures of the 18th century and a founding father of the United States. His interests and accomplishments were broad and varied. Franklin is known as a brilliant inventor and a leading author, politician, diplomat, scientist, postmaster, and an influential printer in Philadelphia. These short vignettes for The Mentor magazine cover many of aspects of Franklin's amazing life and career. - Summary by Larry Wilson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301742Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mentor: Benjamin Franklin Author: Albert Bushnell Hart Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mentor: Benjamin Franklin Author: Albert Bushnell Hart Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Benjamin Franklin was one of the leading figures of the 18th century and a founding father of the United States. His interests and accomplishments were broad and varied. Franklin is known as a brilliant inventor and a leading author, politician, diplomat, scientist, postmaster, and an influential printer in Philadelphia. These short vignettes for The Mentor magazine cover many of aspects of Franklin's amazing life and career. - Summary by Larry Wilson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-letters-of-mrs-piozzi-written-when-she-was-eighty-by-hester-lynch-piozzi--65149752https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty Author: Hester Lynch Piozzi Narrator: Crln Yldz Ksr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Born into the influential Welsh Salusbury family and married to the rich brewer Henry Thrale, Hester Piozzi was associated to the most illustrious figures of London society in her time, among others the famous Samuel Johnson, to whose biography her diaries added valuable details. After surviving Mr. Thrale and her second husband Gabriel Mario Piozzi, at the age of 80, she fell in love with William Augustus Conway, to whom she wrote these letters. - Summary by Carolin]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302031Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty Author: Hester Lynch Piozzi Narrator: Crln Yldz Ksr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty Author: Hester Lynch Piozzi Narrator: Crln Yldz Ksr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Born into the influential Welsh Salusbury family and married to the rich brewer Henry Thrale, Hester Piozzi was associated to the most illustrious figures of London society in her time, among others the famous Samuel Johnson, to whose biography her diaries added valuable details. After surviving Mr. Thrale and her second husband Gabriel Mario Piozzi, at the age of 80, she fell in love with William Augustus Conway, to whom she wrote these letters. - Summary by Carolin]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-royal-son-and-mother-by-pauline-von-hugel--65149751https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Royal Son and Mother Author: Pauline Von Hugel Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest who is acclaimed as "The Apostle of the Alleghenies." He is the son of Prince Dimitri Alexeievich, a Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, and the German Countess Adelheid Amalie von Schmettau. Demetrius was raised Russian Orthodox, but at age seventeen he converted to Catholicism, the faith of his mother, following her miraculous recovery from a serious illness. Although the ambassador had planned a military career for his son and had sent him to America for an education, he was shocked to learn that his son had renounced his inheritance and had entered a seminary instead. Demetrius was ordained a Catholic priest in 1795 and devoted his life to ministering to the pioneers of rural Maryland and Pennsylvania. In 1796 Bishop John Carroll stationed him in Taneytown, Maryland, and in 1799 Father Demetrius founded a church in Loretto, Pennsylvania, deep in the Allegheny Mountains. For the next 41 years, this untiring priest wended his way through rugged hills along a network of Indian trails to bring the sacraments and the Word of God to hardy pioneer families. Braving every sort of danger and forgoing personal comfort, he established numerous missions in remote settlements across the Allegheny frontier. During his years as pastor in Loretto, his spiritual children grew in number from a dozen to over ten thousand. The author of this short work, Baroness Pauline von Hugel, is the daughter of Baron Charles Alexander Anselm von Hugel, Austrian Ambassador to Tuscany, and later, to Belgium. After the baron's death, Pauline resided with her widowed mother in Bournemouth and Boscombe in southern England and was known for her numerous charitable activities, especially her great solicitude for the poor. (Adapted from Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301086Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Royal Son and Mother Author: Pauline Von Hugel Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Royal Son and Mother Author: Pauline Von Hugel Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest who is acclaimed as "The Apostle of the Alleghenies." He is the son of Prince Dimitri Alexeievich, a Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, and the German Countess Adelheid Amalie von Schmettau. Demetrius was raised Russian Orthodox, but at age seventeen he converted to Catholicism, the faith of his mother, following her miraculous recovery from a serious illness. Although the ambassador had planned a military career for his son and had sent him to America for an education, he was shocked to learn that his son had renounced his inheritance and had entered a seminary instead. Demetrius was ordained a Catholic priest in 1795 and devoted his life to ministering to the pioneers of rural Maryland and Pennsylvania. In 1796 Bishop John Carroll stationed him in Taneytown, Maryland, and in 1799 Father Demetrius founded a church in Loretto, Pennsylvania, deep in the Allegheny Mountains. For the next 41 years, this untiring priest wended his way through rugged hills along a network of Indian trails to bring the sacraments and the Word of God to hardy pioneer families. Braving every sort of danger and forgoing personal comfort, he established numerous missions in remote settlements across the Allegheny frontier. During his years as pastor in Loretto, his spiritual children grew in number from a dozen to over ten thousand. The author of this short work, Baroness Pauline von Hugel, is the daughter of Baron Charles Alexander Anselm von Hugel, Austrian Ambassador to Tuscany, and later, to Belgium. After the baron's death, Pauline resided with her widowed mother in Bournemouth and Boscombe in southern England and was known for her numerous charitable activities, especially her great solicitude for the poor. (Adapted from Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clara-a-swain-m-d-by-mrs-robert-hoskins--65149747https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clara A. Swain, M.D. Author: Mrs. Robert Hoskins Narrator: Larry Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the "first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient." She graduated from the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia and was sent out to India where she eventually came to be in the service of royalty. - Summary by Larry Wilson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303868Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clara A. Swain, M.D. Author: Mrs. Robert Hoskins Narrator: Larry Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303868 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clara A. Swain, M.D. Author: Mrs. Robert Hoskins Narrator: Larry Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the "first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient." She graduated from the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia and was sent out to India where she eventually came to be in the service of royalty. - Summary by Larry Wilson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-story-of-one-short-life-1783-to-1818-by-elisabeth-g-stryker--65149744https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 Author: Elisabeth G. Stryker Narrator: Larry Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and also the first Bible Society that began distribution of millions of Bibles around the world. His final mission was to Africa where he helped found what become the country of Liberia. He died on the return voyage at the age of thirty-five. - Summary by Larry Wilson]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302049Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 Author: Elisabeth G. Stryker Narrator: Larry Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 Author: Elisabeth G. Stryker Narrator: Larry Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and also the first Bible Society that began distribution of millions of Bibles around the world. His final mission was to Africa where he helped found what become the country of Liberia. He died on the return voyage at the age of thirty-five. - Summary by Larry Wilson]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-first-american-sister-of-charity-elizabeth-bayley-seton-by-john-clement-reville--65149743https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton Author: John Clement Reville Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established schools in New York and Maryland and was the first to found a congregation of Religious Sisters in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, whose motherhouse stands today in Emmitsburg, Maryland.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300879Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton Author: John Clement Reville Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton Author: John Clement Reville Narrator: Dave7 Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established schools in New York and Maryland and was the first to found a congregation of Religious Sisters in the United States, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, whose motherhouse stands today in Emmitsburg, Maryland.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-s-inaugural-addresses-by-abraham-lincoln--65149711https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: John Greenman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.18 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also delivered on March 4th but four years later, in 1865. Just over a month later, April 18th, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. This was four days after Lincoln was shot on April 14th. He died the next day. - Summary by John Greenman]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303665Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: John Greenman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: John Greenman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.18 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also delivered on March 4th but four years later, in 1865. Just over a month later, April 18th, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. This was four days after Lincoln was shot on April 14th. He died the next day. - Summary by John Greenman]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-english-woman-survives-world-war-2-in-the-burma-jungle-by-dreamtime-audio-books--65149849https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An English Woman Survives World War 2 in the Burma Jungle Author: Dreamtime Audio Books Narrator: Mysterious Dreamtime Man Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: December 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the true story of how an English woman joined the Wasbies (Womens Auxiliary Service Burma ) in World War 2 to deliver food supplies to the soldiers in the Burma jungle. We hear how she lived with her parents growing up in India and how her father was in charge of the shipping port in Bombay guiding ships in and out of the port. We hear how her brother's plane was shot down over Rangoon in Burma during WW2, and how she went back to Burma in her 80's to try and find his plane and grave. We hear about a memorial service in London for her Brother and other pilots who were shot down by the Japanese. She talks about how she became sick and was rushed to hospital, while on the plane she helped a Sikh who's jaw was blown off. This remarkable lady describes how she met her husband during the war and how he travelled to Bombay to marry her. We hear how she lived in the camps in the Burma jungle and how she saw soldiers die fighting the Japanese in the Burma jungle. The last chapter she states emotionally, "For your tomorrows we gave our today at a memorial stone in Burma"]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289301Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An English Woman Survives World War 2 in the Burma Jungle Author: Dreamtime Audio Books Narrator: Mysterious Dreamtime Man Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An English Woman Survives World War 2 in the Burma Jungle Author: Dreamtime Audio Books Narrator: Mysterious Dreamtime Man Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: December 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the true story of how an English woman joined the Wasbies (Womens Auxiliary Service Burma ) in World War 2 to deliver food supplies to the soldiers in the Burma jungle. We hear how she lived with her parents growing up in India and how her father was in charge of the shipping port in Bombay guiding ships in and out of the port. We hear how her brother's plane was shot down over Rangoon in Burma during WW2, and how she went back to Burma in her 80's to try and find his plane and grave. We hear about a memorial service in London for her Brother and other pilots who were shot down by the Japanese. She talks about how she became sick and was rushed to hospital, while on the plane she helped a Sikh who's jaw was blown off. This remarkable lady describes how she met her husband during the war and how he travelled to Bombay to marry her. We hear how she lived in the camps in the Burma jungle and how she saw soldiers die fighting the Japanese in the Burma jungle. The last chapter she states emotionally, "For your tomorrows we gave our today at a memorial stone in Burma"]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-queen-victoria-the-unexpected-rise-of-britain-s-greatest-monarch-by-kate-williams--65149882https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect companion to the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria • A gripping account of Queen Victoria’s rise and early years in power from CNN’s official royal historian “Kate Williams has perfected the art of historical biography. Her pacy writing is underpinned by the most impeccable scholarship.”—Alison Weir   In 1819, a girl was born to the fourth son of King George III. No one could have expected such an unassuming, overprotected girl to be an effective ruler—yet Queen Victoria would become one of the most powerful monarchs in history.   Writing with novelistic flair and historical precision, Kate Williams reveals a vibrant woman in the prime of her life, while chronicling the byzantine machinations that continued even after the crown was placed on her head. Upon hearing that she had inherited the throne, eighteen-year-old Victoria banished her overambitious mother from the room, a simple yet resolute move that would set the tone for her reign. The queen clashed constantly not only with her mother and her mother’s adviser, the Irish adventurer John Conroy, but with her ministers and even her beloved Prince Albert—all of whom attempted to seize control from her.   Williams lays bare the passions that swirled around the throne—the court secrets, the sexual repression, and the endless intrigue. The result is a grand tale of a woman whose destiny began long before she was born and whose legacy lives on.   Praise for Becoming Queen Victoria   “An informative, entertaining, gossipy tale.”—Publishers Weekly   “A great read . . . With lively writing, Ms. Williams [makes] the story fresh and appealing.”—The Washington Times   “Sparkling, engaging.”—Open Letters Monthly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281261Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Queen Victoria: The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch Author: Kate Williams Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The perfect companion to the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria • A gripping account of Queen Victoria’s rise and early years in power from CNN’s official royal historian “Kate Williams has perfected the art of historical biography. Her pacy writing is underpinned by the most impeccable scholarship.”—Alison Weir   In 1819, a girl was born to the fourth son of King George III. No one could have expected such an unassuming, overprotected girl to be an effective ruler—yet Queen Victoria would become one of the most powerful monarchs in history.   Writing with novelistic flair and historical precision, Kate Williams reveals a vibrant woman in the prime of her life, while chronicling the byzantine machinations that continued even after the crown was placed on her head. Upon hearing that she had inherited the throne, eighteen-year-old Victoria banished her overambitious mother from the room, a simple yet resolute move that would set the tone for her reign. The queen clashed constantly not only with her mother and her mother’s adviser, the Irish adventurer John Conroy, but with her ministers and even her beloved Prince Albert—all of whom attempted to seize control from her.   Williams lays bare the passions that swirled around the throne—the court secrets, the sexual repression, and the endless intrigue. The result is a grand tale of a woman whose destiny began long before she was born and whose legacy lives on.   Praise for Becoming Queen Victoria   “An informative, entertaining, gossipy tale.”—Publishers Weekly   “A great read . . . With lively writing, Ms. Williams [makes] the story fresh and appealing.”—The Washington Times   “Sparkling, engaging.”—Open Letters Monthly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wars-of-the-roosevelts-the-ruthless-rise-of-america-s-greatest-political-family-by-william-j-mann--65149895https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family Author: William J. Mann Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 18 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America’s greatest and most influential families—the Roosevelts—exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic flair. Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews with the long-silent ''illegitimate'' branch of the family, William J. Mann paints an elegant, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts’ rise to power and prestige was actually driven by a series of intense personal contest that at times devolved into blood sport. His compelling and eye-opening masterwork is the story of a family at war with itself, of social Darwinism at its most ruthless—in which the strong devoured the weak and repudiated the inconvenient. Mann focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt, who, he argues, experienced this brutality firsthand, witnessing her Uncle Theodore cruelly destroy her father, Elliott—his brother and bitter rival—for political expediency. Mann presents a fascinating alternate picture of Eleanor, contending that this ''worshipful niece'' in fact bore a grudge against TR for the rest of her life, and dares to tell the truth about her intimate relationships without obfuscations, explanations, or labels. Mann also brings into focus Eleanor’s cousins, TR’s children, whose stories propelled the family rivalry but have never before been fully chronicled, as well as her illegitimate half-brother, Elliott Roosevelt Mann, who inherited his family’s ambition and skill without their name and privilege. Growing up in poverty just miles from his wealthy relatives, Elliott Mann embodied the American Dream, rising to middle-class prosperity and enjoying one of the very few happy, long-term marriages in the Roosevelt saga. For the first time, The Wars of the Roosevelts also includes the stories of Elliott’s daughter and grandchildren. Deeply psychological and finely rendered, The Wars of the Roosevelts illuminates not only the enviable strengths but also the profound shame of this remarkable and influential family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279269Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family Author: William J. Mann Narrator: Christopher Grove Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family Author: William J. Mann Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 18 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America’s greatest and most influential families—the Roosevelts—exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic flair. Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews with the long-silent ''illegitimate'' branch of the family, William J. Mann paints an elegant, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts’ rise to power and prestige was actually driven by a series of intense personal contest that at times devolved into blood sport. His compelling and eye-opening masterwork is the story of a family at war with itself, of social Darwinism at its most ruthless—in which the strong devoured the weak and repudiated the inconvenient. Mann focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt, who, he argues, experienced this brutality firsthand, witnessing her Uncle Theodore cruelly destroy her father, Elliott—his brother and bitter rival—for political expediency. Mann presents a fascinating alternate picture of Eleanor, contending that this ''worshipful niece'' in fact bore a grudge against TR for the rest of her life, and dares to tell the truth about her intimate relationships without obfuscations, explanations, or labels. Mann also brings into focus Eleanor’s cousins, TR’s children, whose stories propelled the family rivalry but have never before been fully chronicled, as well as her illegitimate half-brother, Elliott Roosevelt Mann, who inherited his family’s ambition and skill without their name and privilege. Growing up in poverty just miles from his wealthy relatives, Elliott Mann embodied the American Dream, rising to middle-class prosperity and enjoying one of the very few happy, long-term marriages in the Roosevelt saga. For the first time, The Wars of the Roosevelts also includes the stories of Elliott’s daughter and grandchildren. Deeply psychological and finely rendered, The Wars of the Roosevelts illuminates not only the enviable strengths but also the profound shame of this remarkable and influential family.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/noted-speeches-of-abraham-lincoln-by-abraham-lincoln--65149889https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280948Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln Author: Abraham Lincoln Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.23 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-true-life-story-of-swiftwater-bill-gates-by-iola-beebe--65149872https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The True Life Story of Swiftwater Bill Gates Author: Iola Beebe Narrator: Nick Bulka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life of American frontiersman, adventurer, and prospector "Swiftwater" Bill Gates as told by his mother in law. During the Klondike gold rush of the 1890's, Gates made and lost several fortunes. He once gave a dance house girl her weight in gold. His exploits in the Yukon are still talked about today. - Summary by Nick Bulka]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280932Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The True Life Story of Swiftwater Bill Gates Author: Iola Beebe Narrator: Nick Bulka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The True Life Story of Swiftwater Bill Gates Author: Iola Beebe Narrator: Nick Bulka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life of American frontiersman, adventurer, and prospector "Swiftwater" Bill Gates as told by his mother in law. During the Klondike gold rush of the 1890's, Gates made and lost several fortunes. He once gave a dance house girl her weight in gold. His exploits in the Yukon are still talked about today. - Summary by Nick Bulka]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/of-a-fire-on-the-moon-by-norman-mailer--65149822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of a Fire on the Moon Author: Norman Mailer Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer—the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction—wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America’s reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine: gripping firsthand dispatches from inside NASA’s clandestine operations in Houston and Cape Kennedy; technical insights into the magnitude of their awe-inspiring feat; and prescient meditations that place the event in human context as only Mailer could.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278568Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of a Fire on the Moon Author: Norman Mailer Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 33 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278568 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of a Fire on the Moon Author: Norman Mailer Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For many, the moon landing was the defining event of the twentieth century. So it seems only fitting that Norman Mailer—the literary provocateur who altered the landscape of American nonfiction—wrote the most wide-ranging, far-seeing chronicle of the Apollo 11 mission. A classic chronicle of America’s reach for greatness in the midst of the Cold War, Of a Fire on the Moon compiles the reportage Mailer published between 1969 and 1970 in Life magazine: gripping firsthand dispatches from inside NASA’s clandestine operations in Houston and Cape Kennedy; technical insights into the magnitude of their awe-inspiring feat; and prescient meditations that place the event in human context as only Mailer could.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-elephant-man-by-sir-frederick-treves--65149868https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elephant Man Author: Sir Frederick Treves Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB (1853 - 1923) was a prominent British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, "the Elephant Man". "The Elephant Man" is Treves' own first-hand account of how he met and befriended Joseph Merrick (whom he mistakenly calls John Merrick), a young man with very severe physical deformities, who was being exhibited as a side-show freak as being half-man half-elephant. Treves initially invited Merrick to his rooms in the London Hospital so as to examine him, and to ensure Merrick's admittance he gave him his card. Two years later, when Merrick arrived back in London, abandoned by his freak-show handler and chased by a mob, he showed the police who rescued him Treves' card. Through this fortuitous chance, Merrick came to live at the London hospital under the care and guardianship of Treves. The two men developed a great friendship and Treves was astonished to discover that Merrick was not only a highly intelligent man, but also a hopeless romantic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280905Sat, 03 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elephant Man Author: Sir Frederick Treves Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Elephant Man Author: Sir Frederick Treves Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB (1853 - 1923) was a prominent British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, "the Elephant Man". "The Elephant Man" is Treves' own first-hand account of how he met and befriended Joseph Merrick (whom he mistakenly calls John Merrick), a young man with very severe physical deformities, who was being exhibited as a side-show freak as being half-man half-elephant. Treves initially invited Merrick to his rooms in the London Hospital so as to examine him, and to ensure Merrick's admittance he gave him his card. Two years later, when Merrick arrived back in London, abandoned by his freak-show handler and chased by a mob, he showed the police who rescued him Treves' card. Through this fortuitous chance, Merrick came to live at the London hospital under the care and guardianship of Treves. The two men developed a great friendship and Treves was astonished to discover that Merrick was not only a highly intelligent man, but also a hopeless romantic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-english-woman-sergeant-in-the-serbian-army-by-flora-sandes--65149800https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army Author: Flora Sandes Narrator: MaryAnnS Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she traveled to Serbia, where, in the confusion of war, she was formally enrolled in the Serbian army. While the Serbian Army was regrouping in Corfu, Ms. Sandes returned to England to recuperate and publish these memoirs.(Summary from Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280813Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army Author: Flora Sandes Narrator: MaryAnnS Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army Author: Flora Sandes Narrator: MaryAnnS Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Flora Sandes was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she traveled to Serbia, where, in the confusion of war, she was formally enrolled in the Serbian army. While the Serbian Army was regrouping in Corfu, Ms. Sandes returned to England to recuperate and publish these memoirs.(Summary from Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/invasion-diary-by-richard-tregaskis--65149859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invasion Diary Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pat Grimes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1943 were bloody and pivotal, securing the Mediterranean, capitalizing on the overthrow of Mussolini, and pinning down German troops that could have been used on the Russian Front or in France after D-Day. The men who made the Allied victories in Sicily and Italy possible-soldiers and officers, bombardiers and drivers, doctors and generals-are honored and remembered in these pages by famed war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. His experiences take him from bomb-bay doors over Rome, to the chaotic front lines in Italy, where he nearly died from a shrapnel wound. The uniquely American features of the Second World War are unforgettably inscribed through the pen of Richard Tregaskis.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279586Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invasion Diary Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pat Grimes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 29, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279586 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invasion Diary Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pat Grimes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy in 1943 were bloody and pivotal, securing the Mediterranean, capitalizing on the overthrow of Mussolini, and pinning down German troops that could have been used on the Russian Front or in France after D-Day. The men who made the Allied victories in Sicily and Italy possible-soldiers and officers, bombardiers and drivers, doctors and generals-are honored and remembered in these pages by famed war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. His experiences take him from bomb-bay doors over Rome, to the chaotic front lines in Italy, where he nearly died from a shrapnel wound. The uniquely American features of the Second World War are unforgettably inscribed through the pen of Richard Tregaskis.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/writing-to-save-a-life-the-louis-till-file-by-john-edgar-wideman--65149871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File Author: John Edgar Wideman Narrator: Roger Guenveur Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington Post) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Emmett Till took a train from his home in Chicago to visit family in Money, Mississippi; a few weeks later he returned home dead. Murdered because he was a colored boy and had, allegedly, whistled at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till, chose to display her son’s brutalized face in a glass-topped casket, “so the world can see what they did to my baby.” Emmett Till’s murder and his mother’s refusal to allow his story to be forgotten have become American legends. But one darkly significant twist in the Till legend is rarely mentioned: Louis Till, Emmett’s father, Mamie’s husband, a soldier during World War II, was executed in Italy for committing rape and murder. In 1955, when he and Emmett were each only fourteen years old, Wideman saw a horrific photograph of dead Emmett’s battered face. Decades later, upon discovering that Louis Till had been court-martialed and hanged, he was impelled to investigate the tragically intertwined fates of father and son. Writing to Save a Life is “part exploration and part meditation, a searching account of [Wideman’s] attempt to learn more about the short life of Louis Till” (The New York Times Book Review) and shine light on the truths that have remained in darkness. Wideman, the author of the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, “is a master of quiet meditation…and his book is remarkable for its insight and power” (SFGate). An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, Writing to Save a Life is essential and “impressive” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) reading—an engaging, enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279570Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File Author: John Edgar Wideman Narrator: Roger Guenveur Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File Author: John Edgar Wideman Narrator: Roger Guenveur Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” (The Washington Post) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Emmett Till took a train from his home in Chicago to visit family in Money, Mississippi; a few weeks later he returned home dead. Murdered because he was a colored boy and had, allegedly, whistled at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till, chose to display her son’s brutalized face in a glass-topped casket, “so the world can see what they did to my baby.” Emmett Till’s murder and his mother’s refusal to allow his story to be forgotten have become American legends. But one darkly significant twist in the Till legend is rarely mentioned: Louis Till, Emmett’s father, Mamie’s husband, a soldier during World War II, was executed in Italy for committing rape and murder. In 1955, when he and Emmett were each only fourteen years old, Wideman saw a horrific photograph of dead Emmett’s battered face. Decades later, upon discovering that Louis Till had been court-martialed and hanged, he was impelled to investigate the tragically intertwined fates of father and son. Writing to Save a Life is “part exploration and part meditation, a searching account of [Wideman’s] attempt to learn more about the short life of Louis Till” (The New York Times Book Review) and shine light on the truths that have remained in darkness. Wideman, the author of the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, “is a master of quiet meditation…and his book is remarkable for its insight and power” (SFGate). An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, Writing to Save a Life is essential and “impressive” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) reading—an engaging, enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/guadalcanal-diary-2nd-edition-by-richard-tregaskis--65149877https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guadalcanal Diary: 2nd Edition Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground--only to be awoken by air raids--eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of U.S. troops on Guadalcanal. This 2nd edition features a new Introduction by Mark Bowden, renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278901Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guadalcanal Diary: 2nd Edition Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Guadalcanal Diary: 2nd Edition Author: Richard Tregaskis Narrator: Pete Cross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground--only to be awoken by air raids--eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of U.S. troops on Guadalcanal. This 2nd edition features a new Introduction by Mark Bowden, renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sealed-nectar-biography-of-the-noble-prophet-by-safi-ur-rahman-al-mubarkpuri--65149870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet Author: Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarkpuri Narrator: Bilal Abdul Kareem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A complete authoritative book on the life of Prophet Muhammad PBUH by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarkpuri. The Sealed Nector was honoured by the World Muslim League as first prize winner book. Whoever wants to know the whole life style of the Prophet in detail must listen to this audio-book. Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him, are severe against the disbelievers, and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. The mark of them (i.e. of their Faith) is on their faces (fore heads) from the traces of prostration (during prayers). This is their description in the Taurah (Torah). But their description in the Injeel (Gospel) is like a (sown) seed which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong, and becomes thick and it stands straight on its stem, delighting the sowers, that He may enrage the disbelievers with them. Allah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous good deeds, forgiveness and a mighty reward (Paradise). (Al-Fath: 29) The Prophet Muhammad (S) said: 'The example of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth. Some of which was fertile soil that absorbed rain-water and brought forth vegetation and grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rain-water and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking (making their animals drink from it) and to irrigate the land for cultivation. (And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring forth vegetation (then that land gave no benefits). The first is the example of the person who comprehends Allah's Religion (Islam) and gets benefit (from the knowledge) which Allah (Azawajal) has revealed through me (the Prophet) and learns and then teaches it to others. The (last example is that of a) person who does not care for it and does not take Allah's Guidance revealed through me (he is like that barren land).' (Al-Mukarramah)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279537Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet Author: Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarkpuri Narrator: Bilal Abdul Kareem Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet Author: Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarkpuri Narrator: Bilal Abdul Kareem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A complete authoritative book on the life of Prophet Muhammad PBUH by Sheikh Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarkpuri. The Sealed Nector was honoured by the World Muslim League as first prize winner book. Whoever wants to know the whole life style of the Prophet in detail must listen to this audio-book. Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him, are severe against the disbelievers, and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. The mark of them (i.e. of their Faith) is on their faces (fore heads) from the traces of prostration (during prayers). This is their description in the Taurah (Torah). But their description in the Injeel (Gospel) is like a (sown) seed which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong, and becomes thick and it stands straight on its stem, delighting the sowers, that He may enrage the disbelievers with them. Allah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous good deeds, forgiveness and a mighty reward (Paradise). (Al-Fath: 29) The Prophet Muhammad (S) said: 'The example of guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth. Some of which was fertile soil that absorbed rain-water and brought forth vegetation and grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rain-water and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking (making their animals drink from it) and to irrigate the land for cultivation. (And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring forth vegetation (then that land gave no benefits). The first is the example of the person who comprehends Allah's Religion (Islam) and gets benefit (from the knowledge) which Allah (Azawajal) has revealed through me (the Prophet) and learns and then teaches it to others. The (last example is that of a) person who does not care for it and does not take Allah's Guidance revealed through me (he is like that barren land).' (Al-Mukarramah)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/human-heart-cosmic-heart-a-doctor-s-quest-to-understand-treat-and-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-by-thomas-cowan--65149858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Author: Thomas Cowan Narrator: David Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was-and continues to be-practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice. He remained intrigued by the work of Price and Steiner and, in particular, with Steiner's provocative claim that the heart is not a pump. Dr. Cowan believes that Steiner was correct that the heart is not a pump, and our understanding of heart disease is completely wrong. And this gross misunderstanding is the reason heart disease remains the most common cause of death worldwide.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278909Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Author: Thomas Cowan Narrator: David Drummond...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Author: Thomas Cowan Narrator: David Drummond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was-and continues to be-practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice. He remained intrigued by the work of Price and Steiner and, in particular, with Steiner's provocative claim that the heart is not a pump. Dr. Cowan believes that Steiner was correct that the heart is not a pump, and our understanding of heart disease is completely wrong. And this gross misunderstanding is the reason heart disease remains the most common cause of death worldwide.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god-how-the-world-s-greatest-conqueror-gave-us-religious-freedom-by-jack-weatherford--65149890https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom Author: Jack Weatherford Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace? A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275776Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom Author: Jack Weatherford Narrator: Mark Bramhall...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom Author: Jack Weatherford Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace? A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/al-capone-his-life-legacy-and-legend-by-deirdre-bair--65149887https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend Author: Deirdre Bair Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone—Public Enemy Number One—has gripped popular imagination. Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. At the height of Prohibition, his multimillion-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that crested with the shocking St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire. And then the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz. After his release he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. But the slick mobster persona endures, immortalized in countless novels and movies.      The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery. Unscrupulous newspaper accounts and Capone’s own tall tales perpetuated his mystique, but through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous of these myths. With the help of Capone’s descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, uncovering a complex character that was flawed and sometimes cruel but also capable of nobility. And while revealing the private Al Capone, a genuine family man as remembered by those who knew him best, Bair relates how his descendants have borne his weighty legacy.      Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, devoted patriarch, and calculating monster.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275947Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend Author: Deirdre Bair Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 9 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend Author: Deirdre Bair Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone—Public Enemy Number One—has gripped popular imagination. Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. At the height of Prohibition, his multimillion-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that crested with the shocking St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire. And then the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz. After his release he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. But the slick mobster persona endures, immortalized in countless novels and movies.      The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery. Unscrupulous newspaper accounts and Capone’s own tall tales perpetuated his mystique, but through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous of these myths. With the help of Capone’s descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, uncovering a complex character that was flawed and sometimes cruel but also capable of nobility. And while revealing the private Al Capone, a genuine family man as remembered by those who knew him best, Bair relates how his descendants have borne his weighty legacy.      Rigorous and intimate, Al Capone provides new answers to the enduring questions about this fascinating figure, who was equal parts charismatic gangster, devoted patriarch, and calculating monster.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-and-precious-life-by-deborah-ziegler--65149837https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild and Precious Life Author: Deborah Ziegler Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the mother of Brittany Maynard comes an endearing memoir honoring the young woman who made the decision to travel to Oregon and end her life on her own terms after a defeating battle with a cancerous brain tumor. Written by Deborah Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard—a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a terminal brain tumor—this touching and beautiful memoir captures and celebrates her daughter’s spirit and the mostly untold story of Brittany's last year of life as she chose her right to die with dignity, a journey that inspired millions. In this poignant, powerful book, Deborah Ziegler makes good on the promise she made to her only child: that she would honor her daughter and carry forward her legacy by sharing their story and offering hope, empowerment, and inspiration to the growing tens of millions of people who are struggling with end-of-life issues. 'Brittany’s story…will have a ready audience, and Deborah’s frank account of their struggles will be comforting to others facing this difficult decision' (Booklist).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276004Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild and Precious Life Author: Deborah Ziegler Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild and Precious Life Author: Deborah Ziegler Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the mother of Brittany Maynard comes an endearing memoir honoring the young woman who made the decision to travel to Oregon and end her life on her own terms after a defeating battle with a cancerous brain tumor. Written by Deborah Ziegler, the mother of Brittany Maynard—a twenty-nine-year-old woman with a terminal brain tumor—this touching and beautiful memoir captures and celebrates her daughter’s spirit and the mostly untold story of Brittany's last year of life as she chose her right to die with dignity, a journey that inspired millions. In this poignant, powerful book, Deborah Ziegler makes good on the promise she made to her only child: that she would honor her daughter and carry forward her legacy by sharing their story and offering hope, empowerment, and inspiration to the growing tens of millions of people who are struggling with end-of-life issues. 'Brittany’s story…will have a ready audience, and Deborah’s frank account of their struggles will be comforting to others facing this difficult decision' (Booklist).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winston-churchill-reporting-adventures-of-a-young-war-correspondant-by-simon-read--65149874https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondant Author: Simon Read Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Before Winston Churchill's finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, he was a young man determined to make a name for himself. When his regiment was stationed in India, far from any action, Churchill sought other avenues, and his writing abilities opened the way. He became a war correspondent reporting from the front lines in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa. Churchill mastered his celebrated command of the English language while reporting from far-flung corners of the world between 1895 and 1900. He also developed strong opinions about war. Aided by a tremendous amount of courage and an unshakeable belief in his own destiney, he thought little of his own safety and jumped at any chance to be where bullets flew and canons roared: "I have faith in my star - that I am intended to do something in the world," he wrote to his mother before heading into battle at the age of twenty-three. Based on Winston's private letters and war reportage, Winston Churchill Reporting intertwines his daring exploits in combat, adventures in distant corners of the globe, and rise as a major literary talent - experiences that shaped the world leader he woulda become.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279617Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondant Author: Simon Read Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondant Author: Simon Read Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Before Winston Churchill's finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, he was a young man determined to make a name for himself. When his regiment was stationed in India, far from any action, Churchill sought other avenues, and his writing abilities opened the way. He became a war correspondent reporting from the front lines in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa. Churchill mastered his celebrated command of the English language while reporting from far-flung corners of the world between 1895 and 1900. He also developed strong opinions about war. Aided by a tremendous amount of courage and an unshakeable belief in his own destiney, he thought little of his own safety and jumped at any chance to be where bullets flew and canons roared: "I have faith in my star - that I am intended to do something in the world," he wrote to his mother before heading into battle at the age of twenty-three. Based on Winston's private letters and war reportage, Winston Churchill Reporting intertwines his daring exploits in combat, adventures in distant corners of the globe, and rise as a major literary talent - experiences that shaped the world leader he woulda become.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-anthony-by-athanasius-of-alexandria--65149881https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Anthony Author: Athanasius of Alexandria Narrator: Matthew James Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anthony (251-356CE) lived in Egypt, and became one of the fathers of Christian desert monasticism. When he was about 18 years old, and having inherited a large fortune, he heard a sermon about Jesus challenging the rich young ruler to "go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven; and come, follow Me." (Matt 19:21) Antony immediately sold all he had, and went out into the desert to life a life of poverty, chastity and obedience. For the rest of his life, he fought demons, performed miracles, becoming a legend in his own long lifetime. (Summary by Matthew James Gray)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281484Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Anthony Author: Athanasius of Alexandria Narrator: Matthew James Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Anthony Author: Athanasius of Alexandria Narrator: Matthew James Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anthony (251-356CE) lived in Egypt, and became one of the fathers of Christian desert monasticism. When he was about 18 years old, and having inherited a large fortune, he heard a sermon about Jesus challenging the rich young ruler to "go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven; and come, follow Me." (Matt 19:21) Antony immediately sold all he had, and went out into the desert to life a life of poverty, chastity and obedience. For the rest of his life, he fought demons, performed miracles, becoming a legend in his own long lifetime. (Summary by Matthew James Gray)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/life-and-marvelous-adventures-of-wild-bill-the-scout-by-j-w-buel--65149880https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout Author: J. W. Buel Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUT AND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. "Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable class, stands alone, without a prototype; his originality is as conspicuous as his remarkable escapades. He was desperate without being a desperado; a fighter without that disposition which invites danger or craves the excitement of an encounter. He killed many men, but in every instance it was either in self-defense or in the prosecution of a duty which he deemed justifiable. Wild Bill was a necessary character in the Far West during the period which marked his career. He was essentially a civilizer, in the sense of a vigilance posse. The law and order class found in him an effective agent for the correction of the lawless; it was fighting the desperate with one of their kind, and Bill had the cunning to remain on the side of society and to always flank his enemies." - Summary by from the book]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281528Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout Author: J. W. Buel Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281528 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout Author: J. W. Buel Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUT AND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. "Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable class, stands alone, without a prototype; his originality is as conspicuous as his remarkable escapades. He was desperate without being a desperado; a fighter without that disposition which invites danger or craves the excitement of an encounter. He killed many men, but in every instance it was either in self-defense or in the prosecution of a duty which he deemed justifiable. Wild Bill was a necessary character in the Far West during the period which marked his career. He was essentially a civilizer, in the sense of a vigilance posse. The law and order class found in him an effective agent for the correction of the lawless; it was fighting the desperate with one of their kind, and Bill had the cunning to remain on the side of society and to always flank his enemies." - Summary by from the book]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/john-stuart-mill-his-life-and-works-by-various-authors--65149879https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Author: Various Authors Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral character, certain botanical explorations, how effective he was as a critic, studies in morals and the law, and discoveries concerning political economy. They also explore ideas concerning his influence on institutions of higher learning, accomplishments as a politician, and fame as a philosopher. (Summary by Bill Boerst)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281535Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Author: Various Authors Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Author: Various Authors Narrator: Bill Boerst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral character, certain botanical explorations, how effective he was as a critic, studies in morals and the law, and discoveries concerning political economy. They also explore ideas concerning his influence on institutions of higher learning, accomplishments as a politician, and fame as a philosopher. (Summary by Bill Boerst)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-description-of-new-england-by-capt-john-smith--65149875https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Description of New England Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Algy Pug Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Virginia Indian girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. His books and maps may have been as important as his deeds, as they encouraged more Englishmen and women to follow the trail he had blazed and to colonize the New World. He gave the name New England to that region, and encouraged people with the comment, "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich." In 1614, Smith returned to the Americas in a voyage to the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts Bay. He named the region "New England". He made two attempts in 1614 and 1615 to return to the same coast. First a storm dismasted his ship. In the second attempt, he was captured by French pirates off the Azores. Smith escaped after weeks of captivity and made his way back to England, where he published an account of his two voyages as A Description of New England. He never left England again. He died in the year 1631 in London at the age of 51. (Introduction by Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281580Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Description of New England Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Algy Pug Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Description of New England Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Algy Pug Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the Virginia Indian girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. His books and maps may have been as important as his deeds, as they encouraged more Englishmen and women to follow the trail he had blazed and to colonize the New World. He gave the name New England to that region, and encouraged people with the comment, "Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich." In 1614, Smith returned to the Americas in a voyage to the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts Bay. He named the region "New England". He made two attempts in 1614 and 1615 to return to the same coast. First a storm dismasted his ship. In the second attempt, he was captured by French pirates off the Azores. Smith escaped after weeks of captivity and made his way back to England, where he published an account of his two voyages as A Description of New England. He never left England again. He died in the year 1631 in London at the age of 51. (Introduction by Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-richard-nash-esq-late-master-of-the-ceremonies-at-bath-by-oliver-goldsmith--65149828https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath Author: Oliver Goldsmith Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath. (Wikipedia) This, the best of Goldsmith's Biographies, was published the year after Nash's death. It was at once popular, and went through two editions in the same year in which it was published. To the second edition (it never reached a third), Goldsmith made many important additions. Yet strange to say none of these have been attended to by the editors of his Works. The text of this reprint is that of the second edition, compared with the first. The text of previous editions has been that of a mutilated first impression. (Peter Cunningham, Editor)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292068Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath Author: Oliver Goldsmith Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath Author: Oliver Goldsmith Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath. (Wikipedia) This, the best of Goldsmith's Biographies, was published the year after Nash's death. It was at once popular, and went through two editions in the same year in which it was published. To the second edition (it never reached a third), Goldsmith made many important additions. Yet strange to say none of these have been attended to by the editors of his Works. The text of this reprint is that of the second edition, compared with the first. The text of previous editions has been that of a mutilated first impression. (Peter Cunningham, Editor)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-history-of-emily-montague-vol-1-dramatic-reading-by-frances-moore-brooke--65149891https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) Author: Frances Moore Brooke Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 16, 2015 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collection of letters, the story follows the relationships between Edward Rivers (a British soldier), his friend, John Temple (rather a cad), Emily Montague (a young British woman), and her dearest friend, Arabella Fermor (a flirtatious drama queen). Giving glimpses into the new frontier discoveries of Canada, one not only peeks into the personal relationships of these characters but gets swept away by the enticing descriptions of the "new world." This is Volume 1 out of 4. - Summary by Amanda Friday]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275822Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) Author: Frances Moore Brooke Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275822 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) Author: Frances Moore Brooke Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 16, 2015 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collection of letters, the story follows the relationships between Edward Rivers (a British soldier), his friend, John Temple (rather a cad), Emily Montague (a young British woman), and her dearest friend, Arabella Fermor (a flirtatious drama queen). Giving glimpses into the new frontier discoveries of Canada, one not only peeks into the personal relationships of these characters but gets swept away by the enticing descriptions of the "new world." This is Volume 1 out of 4. - Summary by Amanda Friday]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-man-off-by-matthew-lewis--65149721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Man Off Author: Matthew Lewis Narrator: Malcolm Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Antarctica, June 6th 1998. 23-year-old Matt Lewis has just started his dream job: an observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat. As the crew haul in their lines for the day, the waves seem bigger than usual - they are casting shadows on the deck. A storm is brewing. What follows is an astonishing story of courage and tragedy. Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296574Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Man Off Author: Matthew Lewis Narrator: Malcolm Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Man Off Author: Matthew Lewis Narrator: Malcolm Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Antarctica, June 6th 1998. 23-year-old Matt Lewis has just started his dream job: an observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat. As the crew haul in their lines for the day, the waves seem bigger than usual - they are casting shadows on the deck. A storm is brewing. What follows is an astonishing story of courage and tragedy. Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marco-polo-and-the-wonders-of-the-east-by-hal-marcovitz--65149770https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East Author: Hal Marcovitz Narrator: Bill Brooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 22, 2013 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of the Italian tourist who became the first European to completely cross Asia and document his experieces in a book, The Travels of Marco Polo]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294144Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East Author: Hal Marcovitz Narrator: Bill Brooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East Author: Hal Marcovitz Narrator: Bill Brooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 22, 2013 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of the Italian tourist who became the first European to completely cross Asia and document his experieces in a book, The Travels of Marco Polo]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/christopher-columbus-and-the-discovery-of-the-new-world-by-carole-gallagher--65149767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World Author: Carole Gallagher Narrator: Bill Brooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 15, 2013 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Christopher Columbus never knew he had discovered a New World. He died unaware that his determined voyages had changed the world forever. This biography teaches young listeners about the life of the famous Italian explorer who became the first European to discover the West Indies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296605Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World Author: Carole Gallagher Narrator: Bill Brooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World Author: Carole Gallagher Narrator: Bill Brooke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 15, 2013 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Christopher Columbus never knew he had discovered a New World. He died unaware that his determined voyages had changed the world forever. This biography teaches young listeners about the life of the famous Italian explorer who became the first European to discover the West Indies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-becket-warrior-priest-rebel-victim-a-900-year-old-story-retold-by-john-guy--65149785https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold Author: John Guy Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 6, 2012 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Thomas Becket's early life as a merchant's son and his time as the Archbishop of Canterbury to his assassination in the Cathedral itself, this enlightening book brings to life a colossal figure of British history. 'Lively, effortlessly readable, superb. A beautifully layered portrait of one of the most complex characters in English history' The Times This is the man, not the legend . . . Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope. Yet he lost it all defying his closest friend and King, resulting in his bloody murder and the birth of a saint. In award-winning biographer John Guy's masterful account, the life, death and times of Thomas Becket come vividly into focus. 'Suspenseful, meticulously researched . . . however well you think you know the story, it is well worth the read' Financial Times 'Wonderfully moving and subtle. Reading of the assassination is almost unbearably intense and brings tears to one's eye' Daily Express 'Compelling, marvellously measured, entertainingly astute, and in places positively moving' The Independent 'Scintillates with energetic scene-setting, giving us a tactile, visual feel for early medieval England . . . breathes new life into an oft-told tale' Financial Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293429Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold Author: John Guy Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-Year-Old Story Retold Author: John Guy Narrator: Roy McMillan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 6, 2012 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Thomas Becket's early life as a merchant's son and his time as the Archbishop of Canterbury to his assassination in the Cathedral itself, this enlightening book brings to life a colossal figure of British history. 'Lively, effortlessly readable, superb. A beautifully layered portrait of one of the most complex characters in English history' The Times This is the man, not the legend . . . Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope. Yet he lost it all defying his closest friend and King, resulting in his bloody murder and the birth of a saint. In award-winning biographer John Guy's masterful account, the life, death and times of Thomas Becket come vividly into focus. 'Suspenseful, meticulously researched . . . however well you think you know the story, it is well worth the read' Financial Times 'Wonderfully moving and subtle. Reading of the assassination is almost unbearably intense and brings tears to one's eye' Daily Express 'Compelling, marvellously measured, entertainingly astute, and in places positively moving' The Independent 'Scintillates with energetic scene-setting, giving us a tactile, visual feel for early medieval England . . . breathes new life into an oft-told tale' Financial Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-most-dangerous-method-the-story-of-jung-freud-sabina-spielrein-by-john-kerr--65149773https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, & Sabina Spielrein Author: John Kerr Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1907 Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man's life. Six years later they were bitter antagonists, locked in a savage struggle that was as much personal and emotional as it was theoretical and professional. In between them stood a young woman named Sabina Spielrein, who had been both patient and lover to Jung and colleague and confidante to Freud before going on to become an innovative psychoanalyst herself. Drawing on years of research (and a cache of recently discovered documents), this mesmerizing book reconstructs the fatal triangle of Freud, Jung, and Spielrein. It encompasses clinical method and politics, hysteria and anti-Semitism, sexual duplicity and intellectual brilliance wielded as blackmail. Learned, humane, and impossible to put down, A Most Dangerous Method is intellectual history with the narrative power and emotional impact of great tragedy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294002Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, & Sabina Spielrein Author: John Kerr Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, & Sabina Spielrein Author: John Kerr Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1907 Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man's life. Six years later they were bitter antagonists, locked in a savage struggle that was as much personal and emotional as it was theoretical and professional. In between them stood a young woman named Sabina Spielrein, who had been both patient and lover to Jung and colleague and confidante to Freud before going on to become an innovative psychoanalyst herself. Drawing on years of research (and a cache of recently discovered documents), this mesmerizing book reconstructs the fatal triangle of Freud, Jung, and Spielrein. It encompasses clinical method and politics, hysteria and anti-Semitism, sexual duplicity and intellectual brilliance wielded as blackmail. Learned, humane, and impossible to put down, A Most Dangerous Method is intellectual history with the narrative power and emotional impact of great tragedy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-sarah-a-duchess-journey-to-find-herself-by-sarah-ferguson--65149764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Sarah: A Duchess’ Journey to Find Herself Author: Sarah Ferguson Narrator: Sarah Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Finding Sarah is an extraordinarily personal memoir by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. As she spends time with Dr. Phil McGraw, she gains a new understanding of her relationship with herself and with others. Suze Orman helps Sarah unravel the poisonous money issues she suffers from. Martha Beck teaches her how let go of her negative self-image. Many other friends and experts populate these pages, and you will meet them all. Sarah's journey is, in so many ways, everyone's journey, and as she shares her story, she also shares the advice and wisdom she benefited from along the way. Her struggles with adversity have taught her that life's lows can become a source of strength and courage. She knows first-hand what it means to feel lost, and she also knows that it is never too late to find your way back, to attain your goal, to take back control of your life, and to make a special dream come true. Through intimate diary excerpts and personal emails from friends and family, Sarah opens herself unsparingly. On every page of this book you will hear from Sarah's friends and guides, her 'real-life angels,' as they help her get to the root of her problems—from comfort eating to self-loathing, from reckless overspending to notorious mishaps. You will learn from them, as she did. In this way, Sarah hopes not only to talk to you as a friend but to inspire you, through her own experiences, to look closely at your own life and where you wish to improve it, then to encourage you to follow your instincts and find your true path. Sarah Ferguson did, and so can you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294003Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Sarah: A Duchess’ Journey to Find Herself Author: Sarah Ferguson Narrator: Sarah Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Sarah: A Duchess’ Journey to Find Herself Author: Sarah Ferguson Narrator: Sarah Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Finding Sarah is an extraordinarily personal memoir by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. As she spends time with Dr. Phil McGraw, she gains a new understanding of her relationship with herself and with others. Suze Orman helps Sarah unravel the poisonous money issues she suffers from. Martha Beck teaches her how let go of her negative self-image. Many other friends and experts populate these pages, and you will meet them all. Sarah's journey is, in so many ways, everyone's journey, and as she shares her story, she also shares the advice and wisdom she benefited from along the way. Her struggles with adversity have taught her that life's lows can become a source of strength and courage. She knows first-hand what it means to feel lost, and she also knows that it is never too late to find your way back, to attain your goal, to take back control of your life, and to make a special dream come true. Through intimate diary excerpts and personal emails from friends and family, Sarah opens herself unsparingly. On every page of this book you will hear from Sarah's friends and guides, her 'real-life angels,' as they help her get to the root of her problems—from comfort eating to self-loathing, from reckless overspending to notorious mishaps. You will learn from them, as she did. In this way, Sarah hopes not only to talk to you as a friend but to inspire you, through her own experiences, to look closely at your own life and where you wish to improve it, then to encourage you to follow your instincts and find your true path. Sarah Ferguson did, and so can you.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-crockett-the-lion-of-the-west-by-michael-wallis--65149771https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Crockett: The Lion of the West Author: Michael Wallis Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 18, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into 'Davy Crockett,' and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Bestselling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories. Born into a humble Tennessee family in 1786, Crockett never 'killed him a b'ar' when he was only three. But he did cut a huge swath across early-nineteenth-century America—as a bear hunter, a frontier explorer, a soldier serving under Andrew Jackson, an unlikely congressman, and, finally, a martyr in his now-controversial death at the Alamo. Wallis's David Crockett is more than a riveting story. It is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction, providing us with an extraordinary evocation of a true American hero and the rough-and-tumble times in which he lived.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293160Wed, 18 May 2011 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Crockett: The Lion of the West Author: Michael Wallis Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293160 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Crockett: The Lion of the West Author: Michael Wallis Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 18, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into 'Davy Crockett,' and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Bestselling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories. Born into a humble Tennessee family in 1786, Crockett never 'killed him a b'ar' when he was only three. But he did cut a huge swath across early-nineteenth-century America—as a bear hunter, a frontier explorer, a soldier serving under Andrew Jackson, an unlikely congressman, and, finally, a martyr in his now-controversial death at the Alamo. Wallis's David Crockett is more than a riveting story. It is a revelatory, authoritative biography that separates fact from fiction, providing us with an extraordinary evocation of a true American hero and the rough-and-tumble times in which he lived.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-paine-enlightenment-revolution-and-the-birth-of-modern-nations-by-craig-nelson--65149866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Author: Craig Nelson Narrator: Paul Hecht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 11, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that 'history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.' Thomas Edison called him 'the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible.' He was a founder of both the United States and the French Revolution. He invented the phrase, 'The United States of America.' He rose from abject poverty in working-class England to the highest levels of the era's intellectual elite. And yet, by the end of his life, Thomas Paine was almost universally reviled. He had run afoul of Washington, broke with Robespierre and narrowly escaped the guillotine, and was all but exiled from his native England.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281005Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Author: Craig Nelson Narrator: Paul Hecht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Author: Craig Nelson Narrator: Paul Hecht Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 11, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that 'history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.' Thomas Edison called him 'the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible.' He was a founder of both the United States and the French Revolution. He invented the phrase, 'The United States of America.' He rose from abject poverty in working-class England to the highest levels of the era's intellectual elite. And yet, by the end of his life, Thomas Paine was almost universally reviled. He had run afoul of Washington, broke with Robespierre and narrowly escaped the guillotine, and was all but exiled from his native England.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/betsy-ross-and-the-making-of-america-by-marla-r-miller--65149805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Betsy Ross and the Making of America Author: Marla R. Miller Narrator: Dana Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 27, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Legend has it that as the American colonies hurtled toward independence, representatives of the Continental Congress, including George Washington, walked into Betsy Ross’s Philadelphia upholstery shop and commissioned the first flag of the Revolutionary nation. Although this story has long made Betsy Ross one of America’s most celebrated patriots, little had been known until now about the woman behind the flag. Drawing on new sources and bringing a fresh, keen eye to the fabled creator of “the first flag,” Marla R. Miller thoroughly reconstructs the life behind the legend. This authoritative and thoughtful work provides a close look at the famous seamstress, and along the way delivers an epic depiction of the tensions that animated life in Revolutionary Philadelphia. At the same time, Miller casts new light on the lives of the hardworking artisan families who peopled the young nation and crafted its furniture, clothing, ships, and homes. This history of the ordinary craftspeople of the Revolutionary War and their most famous representative will be the definitive volume for years to come.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289625Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Betsy Ross and the Making of America Author: Marla R. Miller Narrator: Dana Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289625 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Betsy Ross and the Making of America Author: Marla R. Miller Narrator: Dana Green Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 27, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Legend has it that as the American colonies hurtled toward independence, representatives of the Continental Congress, including George Washington, walked into Betsy Ross’s Philadelphia upholstery shop and commissioned the first flag of the Revolutionary nation. Although this story has long made Betsy Ross one of America’s most celebrated patriots, little had been known until now about the woman behind the flag. Drawing on new sources and bringing a fresh, keen eye to the fabled creator of “the first flag,” Marla R. Miller thoroughly reconstructs the life behind the legend. This authoritative and thoughtful work provides a close look at the famous seamstress, and along the way delivers an epic depiction of the tensions that animated life in Revolutionary Philadelphia. At the same time, Miller casts new light on the lives of the hardworking artisan families who peopled the young nation and crafted its furniture, clothing, ships, and homes. This history of the ordinary craftspeople of the Revolutionary War and their most famous representative will be the definitive volume for years to come.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-zimmern-visits-singapore-chapter-11-from-the-bizarre-truth-by-andrew-zimmern--65149823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289791 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore: Chapter 11 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In Singapore, Zimmern dabbles in traditional Chinese medicine to eat away what ails him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289791Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289791 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore: Chapter 11 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289791 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore: Chapter 11 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 32 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In Singapore, Zimmern dabbles in traditional Chinese medicine to eat away what ails him.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-zimmern-s-pleasant-surprises-chapter-17-from-the-bizarre-truth-by-andrew-zimmern--65149811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern's Pleasant Surprises: Chapter 17 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern explains how to get the best deals, no matter where you are.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289796Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern's Pleasant Surprises: Chapter 17 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern's Pleasant Surprises: Chapter 17 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern explains how to get the best deals, no matter where you are.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andrew-zimmern-visits-china-and-andrew-zimmern-nature-s-candy-foreign-fruits-chapters-12-and-16-from-the-bizarre-truth-by-andrew-zimmern--65149775https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern visits China and Andrew Zimmern, Nature's Candy (Foreign Fruits): Chapters 12 and 16 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern indulges his love of Cantonese food.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289792Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern visits China and Andrew Zimmern, Nature's Candy (Foreign Fruits): Chapters 12 and 16 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Andrew Zimmern visits China and Andrew Zimmern, Nature's Candy (Foreign Fruits): Chapters 12 and 16 from THE BIZARRE TRUTH Author: Andrew Zimmern Narrator: Andrew Zimmern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 8, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine — bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply what’s served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic — the bizarre truth — about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern indulges his love of Cantonese food.]]>125cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/samuel-adams-a-life-by-ira-stoll--65149833https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Samuel Adams: A Life Author: Ira Stoll Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 18, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'I pity Mr. Sam Adams,' his cousin John Adams wrote to his wife, 'for he was born a Rebel.' At virtually every juncture of the American Revolution, from the Boston Massacre and Tea Party to Lexington and Concord and the ratification of the Constitution, Samuel Adams played a forceful role. With his fiery rhetoric and religious fervor, he was in many respects the moral conscience of the new nation. 'The love of liberty,' he thundered, 'is interwoven in the soul of man, and can never be totally extinguished.' And yet history has neglected him; today Samuel Adams is best known as a brand of beer. As relations with Great Britain healed in the nineteenth century, historians were all too willing to dismiss him as a zealot; Adams's distrust of secularism (he envisioned America as a 'Christian Sparta') has not endeared him to many contemporary scholars, either. Ira Stoll's fascinating biography not only restores this figure to his rightful place in history but portrays him as a man of God whose skepticism of a powerful central government, uncompromising support for freedom of the press, concern about the influence of money on elections, voluble love of liberty, and selfless endurance in a war for freedom has enormous relevance to Americans today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294058Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Samuel Adams: A Life Author: Ira Stoll Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 18, 2008...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Samuel Adams: A Life Author: Ira Stoll Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 18, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'I pity Mr. Sam Adams,' his cousin John Adams wrote to his wife, 'for he was born a Rebel.' At virtually every juncture of the American Revolution, from the Boston Massacre and Tea Party to Lexington and Concord and the ratification of the Constitution, Samuel Adams played a forceful role. With his fiery rhetoric and religious fervor, he was in many respects the moral conscience of the new nation. 'The love of liberty,' he thundered, 'is interwoven in the soul of man, and can never be totally extinguished.' And yet history has neglected him; today Samuel Adams is best known as a brand of beer. As relations with Great Britain healed in the nineteenth century, historians were all too willing to dismiss him as a zealot; Adams's distrust of secularism (he envisioned America as a 'Christian Sparta') has not endeared him to many contemporary scholars, either. Ira Stoll's fascinating biography not only restores this figure to his rightful place in history but portrays him as a man of God whose skepticism of a powerful central government, uncompromising support for freedom of the press, concern about the influence of money on elections, voluble love of liberty, and selfless endurance in a war for freedom has enormous relevance to Americans today.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-legend-of-colton-h-bryant-by-alexandra-fuller--65149860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Author: Alexandra Fuller Narrator: Ed Sala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 20, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The best-selling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller presents this heart-rending story of a simple man whose life is cut short. Colton H. Bryant loves Wyoming and loves life. Mind over matter, he always says-'If you don't mind, it don't matter.' And so, like his father and his father's father before him, he gets a dangerous job on the oil rig when he's old enough. He always said he'd die young, anyway.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283445Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Author: Alexandra Fuller Narrator: Ed Sala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant Author: Alexandra Fuller Narrator: Ed Sala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 20, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The best-selling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller presents this heart-rending story of a simple man whose life is cut short. Colton H. Bryant loves Wyoming and loves life. Mind over matter, he always says-'If you don't mind, it don't matter.' And so, like his father and his father's father before him, he gets a dangerous job on the oil rig when he's old enough. He always said he'd die young, anyway.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dog-man-an-uncommon-life-on-a-faraway-mountain-by-martha-sherrill--65149830https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain Author: Martha Sherrill Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 2, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As Dog Man opens, Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about—the snow country of Japan during World War II. In a mountain village, we meet Morie Sawataishi, a fierce individualist who has chosen to break the law by keeping an Akita dog hidden in a shed on his property. During the war, the magnificent and intensely loyal Japanese hunting dogs are donated to help the war effort, eaten, or used to make fur vests for the military. By the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945, there are only sixteen Akitas left in the country. The survival of the breed becomes Morie's passion and life, almost a spiritual calling. Devoted to the dogs, Morie is forever changed. His life becomes radically unconventional—almost preposterous—in ultra-ambitious, conformist Japan. For the dogs, Morie passes up promotions, bigger houses, and prestigious engineering jobs in Tokyo. Instead, he raises a family with his young wife, Kitako—a sheltered urban sophisticate—in Japan's remote and forbidding snow country. Their village is isolated, but interesting characters are always dropping by—dog buddies, in-laws from Tokyo, and a barefoot hunter who lives in the wild. Due in part to Morie's perseverance and passion, the Akita breed strengthens and becomes wildly popular, sometimes selling for millions of yen. Yet Morie won't sell his spectacular dogs. He only likes to give them away. Morie and Kitako remain in the snow country today, living in the traditional Japanese cottage they designed together more than thirty years ago—with tatami mats, an overhanging roof, a deep bathtub, and no central heat. At ninety-four years old, Morie still raises and trains the Akita dogs that have come to symbolize his life. In beautiful prose that is a joy to read, Sherrill opens up the world of the Dog Man and his wife, providing a profound look at what it is to be an individualist in a culture that reveres conformity—and what it means to live life in one's own way—while expertly revealing Japan and Japanese culture as we've never seen it before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294081Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain Author: Martha Sherrill Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain Author: Martha Sherrill Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 2, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As Dog Man opens, Martha Sherrill brings us to a world that Americans know very little about—the snow country of Japan during World War II. In a mountain village, we meet Morie Sawataishi, a fierce individualist who has chosen to break the law by keeping an Akita dog hidden in a shed on his property. During the war, the magnificent and intensely loyal Japanese hunting dogs are donated to help the war effort, eaten, or used to make fur vests for the military. By the time of the Japanese surrender in 1945, there are only sixteen Akitas left in the country. The survival of the breed becomes Morie's passion and life, almost a spiritual calling. Devoted to the dogs, Morie is forever changed. His life becomes radically unconventional—almost preposterous—in ultra-ambitious, conformist Japan. For the dogs, Morie passes up promotions, bigger houses, and prestigious engineering jobs in Tokyo. Instead, he raises a family with his young wife, Kitako—a sheltered urban sophisticate—in Japan's remote and forbidding snow country. Their village is isolated, but interesting characters are always dropping by—dog buddies, in-laws from Tokyo, and a barefoot hunter who lives in the wild. Due in part to Morie's perseverance and passion, the Akita breed strengthens and becomes wildly popular, sometimes selling for millions of yen. Yet Morie won't sell his spectacular dogs. He only likes to give them away. Morie and Kitako remain in the snow country today, living in the traditional Japanese cottage they designed together more than thirty years ago—with tatami mats, an overhanging roof, a deep bathtub, and no central heat. At ninety-four years old, Morie still raises and trains the Akita dogs that have come to symbolize his life. In beautiful prose that is a joy to read, Sherrill opens up the world of the Dog Man and his wife, providing a profound look at what it is to be an individualist in a culture that reveres conformity—and what it means to live life in one's own way—while expertly revealing Japan and Japanese culture as we've never seen it before.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-by-benjamin-franklin--65149888https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Adrian Cronauer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 15, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'From the poverty and obscurity in which I was born I have raised myself up.' In his own words Benjamin Franklin steps off the pages of history, brimming with candor, bright ideas, and common sense, and with something of an eye for the ladies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284035Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Adrian Cronauer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Adrian Cronauer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 15, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'From the poverty and obscurity in which I was born I have raised myself up.' In his own words Benjamin Franklin steps off the pages of history, brimming with candor, bright ideas, and common sense, and with something of an eye for the ladies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-day-donny-herbert-woke-up-a-true-story-by-rich-blake--65149835https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up: A True Story Author: Rich Blake Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 27, 2007 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Donny Herbert was a hardworking Buffalo city firefighter who, in December 1995, was searching the attic of a burning house when the snow-laden roof collapsed. For six minutes he was without oxygen. A beloved husband, a father of four boys, a neighborhood fixture who was always willing to lend a helping hand, Donny fell into a vegetative state that lasted nearly a decade. His prognosis was poor, and while he could open his eyes, he was unresponsive to the world around him. Donny Herbert was, for all practical purposes, gone. Until one day, in April 2005, when he woke up and spoke almost nonstop to his family and loved ones for nearly sixteen hours.The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up is the story of this remarkable moment, which was covered by the press worldwide, from the New York Times to the AP newswire. For his wife, Linda, who had held the family together for years, who had prayed nightly for Donny’s recovery, it was a miracle. For his doctors and nurses, it was a medical mystery. For his sonsÑincluding his youngest, with whom he had never before had a conversationÑit was a blessing. After his remarkable day, Donny Herbert fell into a deep sleep and never experienced a comparable moment of clarity. He died, in February 2006, from pneumonia.Written by Linda’s cousin, The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up makes the reader wonder: Was it an experimental drug cocktail or an act of God that brought Donny back? Linda believes that each contributed to the miraculous day when he woke, but more than anything, she credits Donny himself-a man with the strength to will himself back into his family’s lives, if only to remind them one last time of how very much he loved them. This is as much Linda’s storyÑone of perseverance and faith-as it is of a remarkable husband, father, and firefighter.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289621Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up: A True Story Author: Rich Blake Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up: A True Story Author: Rich Blake Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 27, 2007 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Donny Herbert was a hardworking Buffalo city firefighter who, in December 1995, was searching the attic of a burning house when the snow-laden roof collapsed. For six minutes he was without oxygen. A beloved husband, a father of four boys, a neighborhood fixture who was always willing to lend a helping hand, Donny fell into a vegetative state that lasted nearly a decade. His prognosis was poor, and while he could open his eyes, he was unresponsive to the world around him. Donny Herbert was, for all practical purposes, gone. Until one day, in April 2005, when he woke up and spoke almost nonstop to his family and loved ones for nearly sixteen hours.The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up is the story of this remarkable moment, which was covered by the press worldwide, from the New York Times to the AP newswire. For his wife, Linda, who had held the family together for years, who had prayed nightly for Donny’s recovery, it was a miracle. For his doctors and nurses, it was a medical mystery. For his sonsÑincluding his youngest, with whom he had never before had a conversationÑit was a blessing. After his remarkable day, Donny Herbert fell into a deep sleep and never experienced a comparable moment of clarity. He died, in February 2006, from pneumonia.Written by Linda’s cousin, The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up makes the reader wonder: Was it an experimental drug cocktail or an act of God that brought Donny back? Linda believes that each contributed to the miraculous day when he woke, but more than anything, she credits Donny himself-a man with the strength to will himself back into his family’s lives, if only to remind them one last time of how very much he loved them. This is as much Linda’s storyÑone of perseverance and faith-as it is of a remarkable husband, father, and firefighter.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-shortcuts-to-the-top-climbing-the-world-s-14-highest-peaks-by-ed-viesturs-david-roberts--65149810https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks Author: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 7, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THIS GRIPPING AND TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR FOLLOWS A LIVING LEGEND OF EXTREME MOUNTAINEERING AS HE MAKES HIS ASSAULT ON HISTORY, ONE 8,000-METER SUMMIT AT A TIME. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, “Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. No Shortcuts to the Top is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magnificent pursuit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289031Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks Author: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks Author: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts Narrator: Stephen Hoye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 7, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THIS GRIPPING AND TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR FOLLOWS A LIVING LEGEND OF EXTREME MOUNTAINEERING AS HE MAKES HIS ASSAULT ON HISTORY, ONE 8,000-METER SUMMIT AT A TIME. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much about the man who would become the first American to achieve that goal as it is about his stunning quest. As Viesturs recounts the stories of his most harrowing climbs, he reveals a man torn between the flat, safe world he and his loved ones share and the majestic and deadly places where only he can go. Viesturs lives by an unyielding motto, “Reaching the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” It is with this philosophy that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And, for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. No Shortcuts to the Top is more than the first full account of one of the staggering accomplishments of our time; it is a portrait of a brave and devoted family man and his beliefs that shaped this most perilous and magnificent pursuit.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/conduct-under-fire-four-american-doctors-and-their-fight-for-life-as-prisoners-of-the-japanese-by-john-glusman--65149851https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese Author: John Glusman Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 24, 2005 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese. In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May 1942. Here are the dramatic stories of the fall of Bataan, the siege of 'the Rock,' the daily struggles to tend the sick, the wounded, and the dying, during some of the heaviest bombardments of World War II. Once captive, the doctors and corpsmen waged a desperate war against disease and starvation for nearly three and a half years, amid an enemy who viewed surrender as a disgrace. To survive, the four POWs tried to function as a family. But the ties that bind couldn't protect them from a ruthless counteroffensive waged by American submarines or from the B-29 raids that burned Japan's major cities to the ground. Based on extensive interviews with American, British, Australian, and Japanese veterans, as well as dairies, letters, and war crimes testimony, this is a harrowing account of a brutal clash of cultures, of a race war that escalated into total war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284973Tue, 24 May 2005 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese Author: John Glusman Narrator: Arthur Morey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese Author: John Glusman Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 24, 2005 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are legendary in the annals of World War II. Those who survived faced the horrors of life as prisoners of the Japanese. In Conduct Under Fire, John A. Glusman chronicles these events through the eyes of his father and three fellow Navy doctors captured on Corregidor in May 1942. Here are the dramatic stories of the fall of Bataan, the siege of 'the Rock,' the daily struggles to tend the sick, the wounded, and the dying, during some of the heaviest bombardments of World War II. Once captive, the doctors and corpsmen waged a desperate war against disease and starvation for nearly three and a half years, amid an enemy who viewed surrender as a disgrace. To survive, the four POWs tried to function as a family. But the ties that bind couldn't protect them from a ruthless counteroffensive waged by American submarines or from the B-29 raids that burned Japan's major cities to the ground. Based on extensive interviews with American, British, Australian, and Japanese veterans, as well as dairies, letters, and war crimes testimony, this is a harrowing account of a brutal clash of cultures, of a race war that escalated into total war.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-by-frederick-douglass--65149894https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Charles Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 16, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Uncertain of his date of birth or the identity of his father, Frederick Douglass came into the world with one surety: he was born a slave, and would die a slave. But as he grew up, Douglass determined that he would teach himself to read and write, and that one day he would be free from slavery. In 1832, Douglass was sent to a plantation in St. Michael's, where he would live and work as a field hand for more than seven years. According to Douglass, this life was so dispiriting and exhausting, that at times thoughts of freedom all but disappeared from his mind. His journey out of bondage was mental, as well as physical. Douglass would go on to be one of the abolition movement's most persuasive speakers, and would eventually become a strong proponent for women's rights. His famous autobiography, the Narrative, reads like the impassioned plea of an abolitionist tract, compelling in its honest and forceful eloquence. Later Douglass would serve as minister to Haiti and would fight against the southern practice of lynching without benefit of trial by jury. After his first wife's death, he would startle his associates and friends by marrying a white woman, one of the most publicized interracial marriages in America. Douglass died in 1895. He was buried in Rochester, New York.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281317Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:25:13 +0000Maverick KuhlmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Charles Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Charles Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: December 16, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Uncertain of his date of birth or the identity of his father, Frederick Douglass came into the world with one surety: he was born a slave, and would die a slave. But as he grew up, Douglass determined that he would teach himself to read and write, and that one day he would be free from slavery. In 1832, Douglass was sent to a plantation in St. Michael's, where he would live and work as a field hand for more than seven years. According to Douglass, this life was so dispiriting and exhausting, that at times thoughts of freedom all but disappeared from his mind. His journey out of bondage was mental, as well as physical. Douglass would go on to be one of the abolition movement's most persuasive speakers, and would eventually become a strong proponent for women's rights. His famous autobiography, the Narrative, reads like the impassioned plea of an abolitionist tract, compelling in its honest and forceful eloquence. Later Douglass would serve as minister to Haiti and would fight against the southern practice of lynching without benefit of trial by jury. After his first wife's death, he would startle his associates and friends by marrying a white woman, one of the most publicized interracial marriages in America. Douglass died in 1895. He was buried in Rochester, New York.]]>185cleanfull