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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 Vivienne Kirlinhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/102969de8f2b102e369fb188d2571cb6.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/get-new-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-history-culture--6573502Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:55:53 +0000Vivienne KirlinVivienne Kirlinfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/314/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/314/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion, and Business & Career Development. Get 3 free audiobooks to experience. You can listen to books on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you save time and enhance knowledge. Don't miss this great opportunity! 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/oswald-s-tale-an-american-mystery-by-norman-mailer--65149980https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery Author: Norman Mailer Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In perhaps his most important literary feat, Norman Mailer fashions an unprecedented portrait of one of the great villains—and enigmas—in United States history. Here is Lee Harvey Oswald—his family background, troubled marriage, controversial journey to Russia, and return to an “America [waiting] for him like an angry relative whose eyes glare in the heat.” Based on KGB and FBI transcripts, government reports, letters and diaries, and Mailer’s own international research, this is an epic account of a man whose cunning, duplicity, and self-invention were both at home in and at odds with the country he forever altered.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273697Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery Author: Norman Mailer Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery Author: Norman Mailer Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 20 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In perhaps his most important literary feat, Norman Mailer fashions an unprecedented portrait of one of the great villains—and enigmas—in United States history. Here is Lee Harvey Oswald—his family background, troubled marriage, controversial journey to Russia, and return to an “America [waiting] for him like an angry relative whose eyes glare in the heat.” Based on KGB and FBI transcripts, government reports, letters and diaries, and Mailer’s own international research, this is an epic account of a man whose cunning, duplicity, and self-invention were both at home in and at odds with the country he forever altered.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/turner-the-extraordinary-life-and-momentous-times-of-j-m-w-turner-by-franny-moyle--65149962https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner Author: Franny Moyle Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life of one of Western art's most admired and misunderstood painters   J.M.W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an antiquated system of patronage. Bringing a new level of expression and color to his canvases, he paved the way for the modern artist.   Turner was very much a man of his changing era. In his lifetime, he saw Britain ravaged by Napoleonic wars, revived by the Industrial Revolution, and embarked upon a new moment of Imperial glory with the ascendancy of Queen Victoria. His own life embodied astonishing transformation. Born the son of a barber in Covent Garden, he was buried amid pomp and ceremony in St. Paul's Cathedral.   Turner was accepted into the prestigious Royal Academy at the height of the French Revolution when a climate of fear dominated Britain. Unable to travel abroad he explored at home, reimagining the landscape to create some of the most iconic scenes of his country. But his work always had a profound human element. When a moment of peace allowed travel into Europe, Turner was one of the first artists to capture the beauty of the Alps, to revive Venice as a subject, and to follow in Byron’s footsteps through the Rhine country.   While he was commercially successful for most of his career, Turner's personal life remained fraught. His mother suffered from mental illness and was committed to Bedlam.  Turner never married but had several long-term mistresses and illegitimate daughters. His erotic drawings were numerous but were covered up by prurient Victorians after his death.   Turner's late, impressionistic work was held up by his Victorian detractors as example of a creeping madness. Affection for the artist’s work soured. John Ruskin, the greatest of all 19th century art critics, did what he could to rescue Turner’s reputation, but Turner’s very last works confounded even his greatest defender.   TURNER humanizes this surprising genius while placing him in his fascinating historical context. Franny Moyle brilliantly tells the story of the man to give us an astonishing portrait of the artist and a vivid evocation of Britain and Europe in flux.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274378Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner Author: Franny Moyle Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner Author: Franny Moyle Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life of one of Western art's most admired and misunderstood painters   J.M.W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an antiquated system of patronage. Bringing a new level of expression and color to his canvases, he paved the way for the modern artist.   Turner was very much a man of his changing era. In his lifetime, he saw Britain ravaged by Napoleonic wars, revived by the Industrial Revolution, and embarked upon a new moment of Imperial glory with the ascendancy of Queen Victoria. His own life embodied astonishing transformation. Born the son of a barber in Covent Garden, he was buried amid pomp and ceremony in St. Paul's Cathedral.   Turner was accepted into the prestigious Royal Academy at the height of the French Revolution when a climate of fear dominated Britain. Unable to travel abroad he explored at home, reimagining the landscape to create some of the most iconic scenes of his country. But his work always had a profound human element. When a moment of peace allowed travel into Europe, Turner was one of the first artists to capture the beauty of the Alps, to revive Venice as a subject, and to follow in Byron’s footsteps through the Rhine country.   While he was commercially successful for most of his career, Turner's personal life remained fraught. His mother suffered from mental illness and was committed to Bedlam.  Turner never married but had several long-term mistresses and illegitimate daughters. His erotic drawings were numerous but were covered up by prurient Victorians after his death.   Turner's late, impressionistic work was held up by his Victorian detractors as example of a creeping madness. Affection for the artist’s work soured. John Ruskin, the greatest of all 19th century art critics, did what he could to rescue Turner’s reputation, but Turner’s very last works confounded even his greatest defender.   TURNER humanizes this surprising genius while placing him in his fascinating historical context. Franny Moyle brilliantly tells the story of the man to give us an astonishing portrait of the artist and a vivid evocation of Britain and Europe in flux.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alfred-hitchcock-a-brief-life-by-peter-ackroyd--65149961https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life Author: Peter Ackroyd Narrator: Gildart Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century?      As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press's portrait of him, drawing certain carefully selected childhood anecdotes into full focus and blurring all others out. In this quick-witted portrait, Ackroyd reveals something more: a lugubriously jolly man fond of practical jokes, who smashes a once-used tea cup every morning to remind himself of the frailty of life. Iconic film stars make cameo appearances, just as Hitch did in his own films: Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, and James Stewart despair of his detached directing style and, perhaps most famously of all, Tippi Hedren endures cuts and bruises from a real-life fearsome flock of birds.      Alfred Hitchcock wrests the director's chair back from the master of control and discovers what lurks just out of sight, in the corner of the shot.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274369Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life Author: Peter Ackroyd Narrator: Gildart Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life Author: Peter Ackroyd Narrator: Gildart Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century?      As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press's portrait of him, drawing certain carefully selected childhood anecdotes into full focus and blurring all others out. In this quick-witted portrait, Ackroyd reveals something more: a lugubriously jolly man fond of practical jokes, who smashes a once-used tea cup every morning to remind himself of the frailty of life. Iconic film stars make cameo appearances, just as Hitch did in his own films: Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, and James Stewart despair of his detached directing style and, perhaps most famously of all, Tippi Hedren endures cuts and bruises from a real-life fearsome flock of birds.      Alfred Hitchcock wrests the director's chair back from the master of control and discovers what lurks just out of sight, in the corner of the shot.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crazy-horse-and-custer-the-parallel-lives-of-two-american-warriors-by-stephen-e-ambrose--65149973https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose.   On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611  U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle.  The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273813Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose.   On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611  U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle.  The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their societies at very early ages; both had been stripped of power, and in disgrace had worked to earn back the respect of their people. And to both of them, the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge. Their parallel lives would pave the way, in a manner unknown to either, for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-and-winding-road-by-alan-johnson--65149933https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long and Winding Road Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson’s multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary journey, almost unimaginable in today’s Britain. This third volume tells of Alan’s early political skirmishes as a trades union leader, where his negotiating skills and charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair and other senior members of the Labour Party. As a result, Alan was chosen to stand in the constituency of Hull West and Hessle, and entered Parliament as an MP after the landslide election victory for Labour in May 1997. But this is no self-aggrandizing memoir of Westminster politicking and skulduggery. Supporting the struggle of his constituents, the Hull trawlermen and their families, for justice comes more naturally to Alan than do the byzantine complexities of Parliamentary procedure. But of course he does succeed there, and rises through various ministerial positions to the office of Home Secretary in 2009. In The Long and Winding Road, Alan’s characteristic honesty and authenticity shine through every word. His book takes you into a world which is at once familiar and strange: this is politics as you’ve never seen it before…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275422Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long and Winding Road Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long and Winding Road Author: Alan Johnson Narrator: Alan Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: October 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson’s multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary journey, almost unimaginable in today’s Britain. This third volume tells of Alan’s early political skirmishes as a trades union leader, where his negotiating skills and charismatic style soon came to the notice of Tony Blair and other senior members of the Labour Party. As a result, Alan was chosen to stand in the constituency of Hull West and Hessle, and entered Parliament as an MP after the landslide election victory for Labour in May 1997. But this is no self-aggrandizing memoir of Westminster politicking and skulduggery. Supporting the struggle of his constituents, the Hull trawlermen and their families, for justice comes more naturally to Alan than do the byzantine complexities of Parliamentary procedure. But of course he does succeed there, and rises through various ministerial positions to the office of Home Secretary in 2009. In The Long and Winding Road, Alan’s characteristic honesty and authenticity shine through every word. His book takes you into a world which is at once familiar and strange: this is politics as you’ve never seen it before…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sometimes-brilliant-the-impossible-adventure-of-a-spiritual-seeker-and-visionary-physician-who-helped-conquer-the-worst-disease-in-history--65149947https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History Author: Larry Brilliant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right circumstances to effect positive change, is the kind that keeps hope and the sense of possibility alive. After sitting at the feet of Martin Luther King at the University of Michigan in 1963, Larry Brilliant was swept up into the civil rights movement, marching and protesting across America and Europe. As a radical young doctor he followed the hippie trail from London over the Khyber Pass with his wife Girija, Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm commune to India. There, he found himself in a Himalayan ashram wondering whether he had stumbled into a cult. Instead, one of India’s greatest spiritual teachers, Neem Karoli Baba, opened Larry’s heart and told him his destiny was to work for the World Health Organization to help eradicate killer smallpox. He would never have believed he would become a key player in eliminating a 10,000-year-old disease that killed more than half a billion people in the 20th century alone. Brilliant’s unlikely trajectory, chronicled in Sometimes Brilliant, has brought him into close proximity with political leaders, spiritual masters, cultural heroes, and titans of technology around the world—from the Grateful Dead to Mikhail Gorbachev, from Ram Dass, the Dalai Lama, Lama Govinda, and Karmapa to Steve Jobs and the founders of Google, Salesforce, Facebook, Microsoft and eBay and Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama. Anchored by the engrossing account of the heroic efforts of the extraordinary people involved in smallpox eradication in India, this is a riveting and fascinating epidemiological adventure, an honest reckoning of an entire generation, and a deeply moving spiritual memoir. It is a testament to faith, love, service, and what it means to engage with life’s most important questions in pursuit of a better, more brilliant existence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275105Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History Author: Larry Brilliant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right circumstances to effect positive change, is the kind that keeps hope and the sense of possibility alive. After sitting at the feet of Martin Luther King at the University of Michigan in 1963, Larry Brilliant was swept up into the civil rights movement, marching and protesting across America and Europe. As a radical young doctor he followed the hippie trail from London over the Khyber Pass with his wife Girija, Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm commune to India. There, he found himself in a Himalayan ashram wondering whether he had stumbled into a cult. Instead, one of India’s greatest spiritual teachers, Neem Karoli Baba, opened Larry’s heart and told him his destiny was to work for the World Health Organization to help eradicate killer smallpox. He would never have believed he would become a key player in eliminating a 10,000-year-old disease that killed more than half a billion people in the 20th century alone. Brilliant’s unlikely trajectory, chronicled in Sometimes Brilliant, has brought him into close proximity with political leaders, spiritual masters, cultural heroes, and titans of technology around the world—from the Grateful Dead to Mikhail Gorbachev, from Ram Dass, the Dalai Lama, Lama Govinda, and Karmapa to Steve Jobs and the founders of Google, Salesforce, Facebook, Microsoft and eBay and Presidents Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama. Anchored by the engrossing account of the heroic efforts of the extraordinary people involved in smallpox eradication in India, this is a riveting and fascinating epidemiological adventure, an honest reckoning of an entire generation, and a deeply moving spiritual memoir. It is a testament to faith, love, service, and what it means to engage with life’s most important questions in pursuit of a better, more brilliant existence.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eleanor-and-hick-the-love-affair-that-shaped-a-first-lady-by-susan-quinn--65149986https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady Author: Susan Quinn Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok—a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. By that time, she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life—now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next thirty years, until Eleanor’s death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship: They were, at different points, lovers, confidantes, professional advisors, and caring friends.    They couldn't have been more different. Eleanor had been raised in one of the nation’s most powerful political families and was introduced to society as a debutante before marrying her distant cousin, Franklin. Hick, as she was known, had grown up poor in rural South Dakota and worked as a servant girl after she escaped an abusive home, eventually becoming one of the most respected reporters at the AP. Her admiration drew the buttoned-up Eleanor out of her shell, and the two quickly fell in love. For the next thirteen years, Hick had her own room at the White House, next door to the First Lady.    These fiercely compassionate women inspired each other to right the wrongs of the turbulent era in which they lived. During the Depression, Hick reported from the nation’s poorest areas for the WPA, and Eleanor used these reports to lobby her husband for New Deal programs. Hick encouraged Eleanor to turn their frequent letters into her popular and long-lasting syndicated column 'My Day,' and to befriend the female journalists who became her champions. When Eleanor’s tenure as First Lady ended with FDR's death, Hick pushed her to continue to use her popularity for good—advice Eleanor took by leading the UN’s postwar Human Rights Commission. At every turn, the bond these women shared was grounded in their determination to better their troubled world.   Deeply researched and told with great warmth, Eleanor and Hick is a vivid portrait of love and a revealing look at how an unlikely romance influenced some of the most consequential years in American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273557Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady Author: Susan Quinn Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady Author: Susan Quinn Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok—a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history In 1932, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt entered the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. By that time, she had put her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her and developed an independent life—now threatened by the public role she would be forced to play. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press: Lorena Hickok. Over the next thirty years, until Eleanor’s death, the two women carried on an extraordinary relationship: They were, at different points, lovers, confidantes, professional advisors, and caring friends.    They couldn't have been more different. Eleanor had been raised in one of the nation’s most powerful political families and was introduced to society as a debutante before marrying her distant cousin, Franklin. Hick, as she was known, had grown up poor in rural South Dakota and worked as a servant girl after she escaped an abusive home, eventually becoming one of the most respected reporters at the AP. Her admiration drew the buttoned-up Eleanor out of her shell, and the two quickly fell in love. For the next thirteen years, Hick had her own room at the White House, next door to the First Lady.    These fiercely compassionate women inspired each other to right the wrongs of the turbulent era in which they lived. During the Depression, Hick reported from the nation’s poorest areas for the WPA, and Eleanor used these reports to lobby her husband for New Deal programs. Hick encouraged Eleanor to turn their frequent letters into her popular and long-lasting syndicated column 'My Day,' and to befriend the female journalists who became her champions. When Eleanor’s tenure as First Lady ended with FDR's death, Hick pushed her to continue to use her popularity for good—advice Eleanor took by leading the UN’s postwar Human Rights Commission. At every turn, the bond these women shared was grounded in their determination to better their troubled world.   Deeply researched and told with great warmth, Eleanor and Hick is a vivid portrait of love and a revealing look at how an unlikely romance influenced some of the most consequential years in American history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-life-everlasting-the-extraordinary-story-of-one-boy-s-gift-to-medical-science-by-sarah-gray--65149976https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science Author: Sarah Gray Narrator: Sarah Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: September 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A donor mother’s powerful memoir of grief and rebirth that is also a fascinating medical science whodunit, taking us inside the world of organ, eye, tissue, and blood donation and cutting-edge scientific research. When Sarah Gray received the devastating news that her unborn son Thomas was diagnosed with anencephaly, a terminal condition, she decided she wanted his death—and life—to have meaning. In the weeks before she gave birth to her twin sons in 2010, she arranged to donate Thomas’s organs. Due to his low birth weight, they would go to research rather than transplant. As transplant donors have the opportunity to meet recipients, Sarah wanted to know how Thomas's donation would be used. That curiosity fueled a scientific odyssey that leads Sarah to some of the most prestigious scientific facilities in the country, including Harvard, Duke, and the University of Pennsylvania. Pulling back the curtain of protocol and confidentiality, she introduces the researchers who received Thomas’s donations, held his liver in their hands, studied his cells under the microscope. Sarah’s journey to find solace and understanding takes her beyond her son’s donations—offering a breathtaking overview of the world of medical research and the valiant scientists on the horizon of discovery. She goes behind the scenes at organ procurement organizations, introducing skilled technicians for whom death means saving lives, empathetic counselors, and the brilliant minds who are finding surprising and inventive ways to treat and cure disease through these donations. She also shares the moving stories of other donor families. A Life Everlasting is an unforgettable testament to hope, a tribute to life and discovery, and a portrait of unsung heroes pushing the boundaries of medical science for the benefit of all humanity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273175Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science Author: Sarah Gray Narrator: Sarah Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy's Gift to Medical Science Author: Sarah Gray Narrator: Sarah Gray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: September 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A donor mother’s powerful memoir of grief and rebirth that is also a fascinating medical science whodunit, taking us inside the world of organ, eye, tissue, and blood donation and cutting-edge scientific research. When Sarah Gray received the devastating news that her unborn son Thomas was diagnosed with anencephaly, a terminal condition, she decided she wanted his death—and life—to have meaning. In the weeks before she gave birth to her twin sons in 2010, she arranged to donate Thomas’s organs. Due to his low birth weight, they would go to research rather than transplant. As transplant donors have the opportunity to meet recipients, Sarah wanted to know how Thomas's donation would be used. That curiosity fueled a scientific odyssey that leads Sarah to some of the most prestigious scientific facilities in the country, including Harvard, Duke, and the University of Pennsylvania. Pulling back the curtain of protocol and confidentiality, she introduces the researchers who received Thomas’s donations, held his liver in their hands, studied his cells under the microscope. Sarah’s journey to find solace and understanding takes her beyond her son’s donations—offering a breathtaking overview of the world of medical research and the valiant scientists on the horizon of discovery. She goes behind the scenes at organ procurement organizations, introducing skilled technicians for whom death means saving lives, empathetic counselors, and the brilliant minds who are finding surprising and inventive ways to treat and cure disease through these donations. She also shares the moving stories of other donor families. A Life Everlasting is an unforgettable testament to hope, a tribute to life and discovery, and a portrait of unsung heroes pushing the boundaries of medical science for the benefit of all humanity.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-late-bloomer-a-memoir-of-my-body-by-ken-baker--65149968https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Late Bloomer: A Memoir of My Body Author: Ken Baker Narrator: Ken Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Now a feature film, The Late Bloomer is the revealing, harrowing and often funny memoir of a celebrity journalist and former hotshot hockey player who discovers that he has been biochemically infused with a female hormone. On the surface, Ken Baker seemed a model man. He was a nationally ranked hockey goalie; a Hollywood correspondent for People; a guest-lister at celebrity parties; and girls came on to him. Inside, though, he didn't feel like the man he was supposed to be. Although attracted to women, Ken had little sex drive and thus even less of a sex life. To his anguish, he repeatedly found himself unable to perform sexually. And, regardless of strenuous workouts, his body struggled to build muscle, earning him the nickname 'Pear' from his macho teammates. Physically, matters turned bizarre when he discovered that he was lactating. The testosterone-driven culture in which Ken grew up made it agonizingly difficult for him to seek help. But in time he discovered something that lifted years of pain, frustration, and confusion: a brain tumor was causing his body to be flooded with massive amounts of a female hormone, which was disabling his masculinity. Five hours of surgery accomplished what years of therapy, rumination, and denial could not -- and allowed Ken Baker to finally feel -- and function -- like a man. Now Ken's story comes to the screen in the feature film, The Late Bloomer, starring Academy Award-winner J.K. Simmons and Jane Lynch.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272470Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Late Bloomer: A Memoir of My Body Author: Ken Baker Narrator: Ken Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Late Bloomer: A Memoir of My Body Author: Ken Baker Narrator: Ken Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Now a feature film, The Late Bloomer is the revealing, harrowing and often funny memoir of a celebrity journalist and former hotshot hockey player who discovers that he has been biochemically infused with a female hormone. On the surface, Ken Baker seemed a model man. He was a nationally ranked hockey goalie; a Hollywood correspondent for People; a guest-lister at celebrity parties; and girls came on to him. Inside, though, he didn't feel like the man he was supposed to be. Although attracted to women, Ken had little sex drive and thus even less of a sex life. To his anguish, he repeatedly found himself unable to perform sexually. And, regardless of strenuous workouts, his body struggled to build muscle, earning him the nickname 'Pear' from his macho teammates. Physically, matters turned bizarre when he discovered that he was lactating. The testosterone-driven culture in which Ken grew up made it agonizingly difficult for him to seek help. But in time he discovered something that lifted years of pain, frustration, and confusion: a brain tumor was causing his body to be flooded with massive amounts of a female hormone, which was disabling his masculinity. Five hours of surgery accomplished what years of therapy, rumination, and denial could not -- and allowed Ken Baker to finally feel -- and function -- like a man. Now Ken's story comes to the screen in the feature film, The Late Bloomer, starring Academy Award-winner J.K. Simmons and Jane Lynch.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/irena-s-children-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-woman-who-saved-2-500-children-from-the-warsaw-ghetto-by-tilar-j-mazzeo--65149949https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot comes an extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler—the “female Oskar Schindler”—who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. In 1942, one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. While she was there, she began to understand the fate that awaited the Jewish families who were unable to leave. Soon she reached out to the trapped families, going from door to door and asking them to trust her with their young children. Driven to extreme measures and with the help of a network of local tradesmen, ghetto residents, and her star-crossed lover in the Jewish resistance, Irena ultimately smuggled thousands of children past the Nazis. She made dangerous trips through the city’s sewers, hid children in coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through secret passages in abandoned buildings. But Irena did something even more astonishing at immense personal risk: she kept a secret list buried in bottles under an old apple tree in a friend’s back garden. On it were the names and true identities of these Jewish children, recorded so their families could find them after the war. She could not know that more than ninety percent of their families would perish. Irena’s Children, “a fascinating narrative of…the extraordinary moral and physical courage of those who chose to fight inhumanity with compassion” (Chaya Deitsch author of Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family), is a truly heroic tale of survival, resilience, and redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273846Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo Narrator: Amanda Carlin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot comes an extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler—the “female Oskar Schindler”—who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. In 1942, one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. While she was there, she began to understand the fate that awaited the Jewish families who were unable to leave. Soon she reached out to the trapped families, going from door to door and asking them to trust her with their young children. Driven to extreme measures and with the help of a network of local tradesmen, ghetto residents, and her star-crossed lover in the Jewish resistance, Irena ultimately smuggled thousands of children past the Nazis. She made dangerous trips through the city’s sewers, hid children in coffins, snuck them under overcoats at checkpoints, and slipped them through secret passages in abandoned buildings. But Irena did something even more astonishing at immense personal risk: she kept a secret list buried in bottles under an old apple tree in a friend’s back garden. On it were the names and true identities of these Jewish children, recorded so their families could find them after the war. She could not know that more than ninety percent of their families would perish. Irena’s Children, “a fascinating narrative of…the extraordinary moral and physical courage of those who chose to fight inhumanity with compassion” (Chaya Deitsch author of Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family), is a truly heroic tale of survival, resilience, and redemption.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-adventures-of-kit-carson-by-dewitt-c-peters--65149938https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson Author: Dewitt C. Peters Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide - an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literature, but most was pure fiction. This work is the authorized biography, much of it in his own words. It was first published right around the time of his death. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275196Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson Author: Dewitt C. Peters Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275196 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson Author: Dewitt C. Peters Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide - an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literature, but most was pure fiction. This work is the authorized biography, much of it in his own words. It was first published right around the time of his death. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/south-the-story-of-shackleton-s-last-expedition-1914-1917-by-ernest-shackleton--65149937https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 Author: Ernest Shackleton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 3.82 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic, to the Ross Sea south of the Pacific, by way of the Pole. It set out from London on 1 August 1914, and reached the Weddell Sea on January 10, 1915, where the pack ice closed in on the Endurance. The ship was broken by the ice on 27 October 1915. The 28 crew members managed to flee to Elephant Island, bringing three small boats with them. Shackleton and five other men managed to reach the southern coast of South Georgia in one of the small boats (in a real epic journey). Shackleton managed to rescue all of the stranded crew from Elephant Island without loss in the Chilean's navy seagoing steam tug Yelcho, on August 30, 1916, in the middle of the Antarctic winter. (Summary from Wikipedia) As the last section of this project we include a short original recording by Ernest Shackleton about the expedition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275136Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 Author: Ernest Shackleton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 Author: Ernest Shackleton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 3.82 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic, to the Ross Sea south of the Pacific, by way of the Pole. It set out from London on 1 August 1914, and reached the Weddell Sea on January 10, 1915, where the pack ice closed in on the Endurance. The ship was broken by the ice on 27 October 1915. The 28 crew members managed to flee to Elephant Island, bringing three small boats with them. Shackleton and five other men managed to reach the southern coast of South Georgia in one of the small boats (in a real epic journey). Shackleton managed to rescue all of the stranded crew from Elephant Island without loss in the Chilean's navy seagoing steam tug Yelcho, on August 30, 1916, in the middle of the Antarctic winter. (Summary from Wikipedia) As the last section of this project we include a short original recording by Ernest Shackleton about the expedition.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-on-of-the-middle-border-by-hamlin-garland--65149935https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A on of the Middle Border Author: Hamlin Garland Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank it with the very greatest of that kind in literature. . . . It is the poet who sees the vast scale of human struggle with nature or the things she will withhold unless they are forced from her by man's tireless toil and mighty mechanism, and in the vision he knows a battle-joy as distinctive of this Son of the Middle Border as his fidelity to the sordid and squalid details of the campaign, or his exultation of the beauty of the West which he has so passionately hated and finally so passionately loves. As you read the story of his life you realize it the memorial of a generation, of a whole order of American experience; as you review it you perceive it an epic of such mood and make as has not been imagined before.(Introduction by William Dean Howells, New York Times review, August 26, 1917)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275137Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A on of the Middle Border Author: Hamlin Garland Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A on of the Middle Border Author: Hamlin Garland Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank it with the very greatest of that kind in literature. . . . It is the poet who sees the vast scale of human struggle with nature or the things she will withhold unless they are forced from her by man's tireless toil and mighty mechanism, and in the vision he knows a battle-joy as distinctive of this Son of the Middle Border as his fidelity to the sordid and squalid details of the campaign, or his exultation of the beauty of the West which he has so passionately hated and finally so passionately loves. As you read the story of his life you realize it the memorial of a generation, of a whole order of American experience; as you review it you perceive it an epic of such mood and make as has not been imagined before.(Introduction by William Dean Howells, New York Times review, August 26, 1917)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alexander-hamilton-s-guide-to-life-by-jeff-wilser--65149960https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life Author: Jeff Wilser Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An entertaining look at the life and wisdom of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who mastered the arts of wit, war, and wealth, long before becoming the subject of the runaway Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical.    Two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton is shining once more under the world’s spotlight—and we need him now more than ever. Hamilton was a self-starter. Scrappy. Orphaned as a child, he came to America with nothing but a code of honor and a hunger to work. He then went on to help win the Revolutionary War and ratify the Constitution, create the country’s financial system, charm New York’s most eligible ladies, and land his face on our $10 bill. The ultimate underdog, he combined a reckless, renegade spirit with a much-needed dose of American optimism. As he made his mark on history, Hamilton also mastered the arts of wit, war, and wealth. He died before he could teach us these lessons, but Alexander Hamilton’s Guide to Life unlocks his core principles—intended for anyone interested in success, romance, money, or dueling. They include:   ·         Speak with Authority Even If You Have None (Career) ·         Seduce with Your Strengths (Romance) ·         Find Time for the Quills and the Bills (Money) ·         Put the Father in Founding Father (Friends & Family) ·         Being Right Trumps Being Popular (Leadership)   For history buffs and pop-culture addicts alike, this mix of biography, humor, and advice offers a fresh take on a nearly forgotten Founding Father, and will spark a revolution in your own life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273184Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life Author: Jeff Wilser Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life Author: Jeff Wilser Narrator: Johnathan McClain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An entertaining look at the life and wisdom of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who mastered the arts of wit, war, and wealth, long before becoming the subject of the runaway Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical.    Two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton is shining once more under the world’s spotlight—and we need him now more than ever. Hamilton was a self-starter. Scrappy. Orphaned as a child, he came to America with nothing but a code of honor and a hunger to work. He then went on to help win the Revolutionary War and ratify the Constitution, create the country’s financial system, charm New York’s most eligible ladies, and land his face on our $10 bill. The ultimate underdog, he combined a reckless, renegade spirit with a much-needed dose of American optimism. As he made his mark on history, Hamilton also mastered the arts of wit, war, and wealth. He died before he could teach us these lessons, but Alexander Hamilton’s Guide to Life unlocks his core principles—intended for anyone interested in success, romance, money, or dueling. They include:   ·         Speak with Authority Even If You Have None (Career) ·         Seduce with Your Strengths (Romance) ·         Find Time for the Quills and the Bills (Money) ·         Put the Father in Founding Father (Friends & Family) ·         Being Right Trumps Being Popular (Leadership)   For history buffs and pop-culture addicts alike, this mix of biography, humor, and advice offers a fresh take on a nearly forgotten Founding Father, and will spark a revolution in your own life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-underground-american-dream-my-true-story-as-an-undocumented-immigrant-who-became-a-wall-street-executive-by-julissa-arce--65149989https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive Author: Julissa Arce Narrator: Julissa Arce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A National Bestseller! What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of family must she come from? How could she get into this country? What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United States? JULISSA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just plain wrong. On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her closest friends. From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Arce-the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs-had secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today- people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes, her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273804Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive Author: Julissa Arce Narrator: Julissa...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive Author: Julissa Arce Narrator: Julissa Arce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A National Bestseller! What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of family must she come from? How could she get into this country? What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United States? JULISSA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just plain wrong. On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her closest friends. From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Arce-the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs-had secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today- people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes, her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-with-earth-wind-fire-by-herb-powell-maurice-white--65149984https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire Author: Herb Powell, Maurice White Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today. With a foreword by David Foster. With its dynamic horns, contrasting vocals, and vivid stage shows, Earth, Wind & Fire was one of the most popular acts of the late twentieth century—the band ''that changed the sound of black pop'' (Rolling Stone)—and its music continues to inspire modern artists including Usher, Jay-Z, Cee-Lo Green, and Outkast. At last, the band’s founder, Maurice White, shares the story of his success. White reflects on the great blessings music has brought to his life and the struggles he’s endured: his mother leaving him behind in Memphis when he was four; learning to play the drums with Booker T. Jones; moving to Chicago at eighteen and later Los Angeles after leaving the Ramsey Lewis Trio; forming EWF, only to have the original group fall apart; working with Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond; his diagnosis of Parkinson’s; and his final public performance with the group at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Through it all, White credits his faith for his amazing success and guidance in overcoming his many challenges. My Life with Earth Wind, and Fire is an intimate, moving, and beautiful memoir from a man whose creativity and determination carried him to great success, and whose faith enabled him to savor every moment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273173Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire Author: Herb Powell, Maurice White Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire Author: Herb Powell, Maurice White Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The late Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today. With a foreword by David Foster. With its dynamic horns, contrasting vocals, and vivid stage shows, Earth, Wind & Fire was one of the most popular acts of the late twentieth century—the band ''that changed the sound of black pop'' (Rolling Stone)—and its music continues to inspire modern artists including Usher, Jay-Z, Cee-Lo Green, and Outkast. At last, the band’s founder, Maurice White, shares the story of his success. White reflects on the great blessings music has brought to his life and the struggles he’s endured: his mother leaving him behind in Memphis when he was four; learning to play the drums with Booker T. Jones; moving to Chicago at eighteen and later Los Angeles after leaving the Ramsey Lewis Trio; forming EWF, only to have the original group fall apart; working with Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond; his diagnosis of Parkinson’s; and his final public performance with the group at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Through it all, White credits his faith for his amazing success and guidance in overcoming his many challenges. My Life with Earth Wind, and Fire is an intimate, moving, and beautiful memoir from a man whose creativity and determination carried him to great success, and whose faith enabled him to savor every moment.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rasputin-file-by-edvard-radzinsky--65149957https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rasputin File Author: Edvard Radzinsky Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role Grigory Rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist Russia. But in 1995 a lost file from the State Archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of Rasputin’s inner circle. With this extensive and explicit amplification of the historical record, Edvard Radzinsky has written a definitive biography, reconstructing in full the fascinating life of an improbable holy man who changed the course of Russian history. Translated from the Russian by Judson Rosengrant.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272971Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rasputin File Author: Edvard Radzinsky Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 27 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rasputin File Author: Edvard Radzinsky Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role Grigory Rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist Russia. But in 1995 a lost file from the State Archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of Rasputin’s inner circle. With this extensive and explicit amplification of the historical record, Edvard Radzinsky has written a definitive biography, reconstructing in full the fascinating life of an improbable holy man who changed the course of Russian history. Translated from the Russian by Judson Rosengrant.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shakespeare-identified-by-j-thomas-looney--65149974https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare Identified Author: J. Thomas Looney Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled specialists must doubtless appear to many as a glaring act of over- boldness; whilst to pretend to have actually solved this most momentous of literary puzzles will seem to some like sheer hallucination. What I have to propose, however, is not an accidental discovery, but one resulting from a systematic search. And it is to the nature of the method, combined with a happy inspiration and a fortunate chance, that the results here described were reached. These convinced me that the opponents of the orthodox view had made good their case to this extent, that there was no sufficient evidence that the man William Shakspere had written the works with which he was credited, whilst there was a very strong prima facie presumption that he had not. Everything seemed to point to his being but a mask, behind which some great genius, for inscrutable reasons, had elected to work out his own destiny. (Summary by ToddHW, from Introduction)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273932Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare Identified Author: J. Thomas Looney Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare Identified Author: J. Thomas Looney Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled specialists must doubtless appear to many as a glaring act of over- boldness; whilst to pretend to have actually solved this most momentous of literary puzzles will seem to some like sheer hallucination. What I have to propose, however, is not an accidental discovery, but one resulting from a systematic search. And it is to the nature of the method, combined with a happy inspiration and a fortunate chance, that the results here described were reached. These convinced me that the opponents of the orthodox view had made good their case to this extent, that there was no sufficient evidence that the man William Shakspere had written the works with which he was credited, whilst there was a very strong prima facie presumption that he had not. Everything seemed to point to his being but a mask, behind which some great genius, for inscrutable reasons, had elected to work out his own destiny. (Summary by ToddHW, from Introduction)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-idiot-part-01-and-02-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky--65149951https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Idiot (Part 01 and 02) Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 104 Ratings of Narrator: 3.97 of Total 37 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society. The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt. But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant who is in thrall to the equally doomed Natasha Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiralling dance of death... (Summary by Martin Geeson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273922Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Idiot (Part 01 and 02) Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Idiot (Part 01 and 02) Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 104 Ratings of Narrator: 3.97 of Total 37 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society. The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt. But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant who is in thrall to the equally doomed Natasha Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiralling dance of death... (Summary by Martin Geeson)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sportsman-s-sketches-by-ivan-turgenev--65149948https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sportsman's Sketches Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Tovarisch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Sportsman's Sketches (Russian: ??????? ????????; also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album) was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his own observations while hunting at his mother's estate at Spasskoye, where he learned of the abuse of the peasants and the injustices of the Russian system that constrained them. The frequent abuse of Turgenev by his mother certainly had an effect on this work. The stories were first published in The Contemporary with each story separate before appearing in 1852 in book form. He was about to give up writing when the first story, "Khor and Kalinich," was well received. This work is part of the Russian realist tradition in that the narrator is usually an uncommitted observer of the people he meets. - Summary by Wikipedia]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273941Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sportsman's Sketches Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Tovarisch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sportsman's Sketches Author: Ivan Turgenev Narrator: Tovarisch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A Sportsman's Sketches (Russian: ??????? ????????; also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album) was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition. He wrote this collection of short stories based on his own observations while hunting at his mother's estate at Spasskoye, where he learned of the abuse of the peasants and the injustices of the Russian system that constrained them. The frequent abuse of Turgenev by his mother certainly had an effect on this work. The stories were first published in The Contemporary with each story separate before appearing in 1852 in book form. He was about to give up writing when the first story, "Khor and Kalinich," was well received. This work is part of the Russian realist tradition in that the narrator is usually an uncommitted observer of the people he meets. - Summary by Wikipedia]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lives-of-the-queens-of-england-volume-4-by-agnes-strickland--65149936https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before. Volume 4 includes the biographies of Elizabeth of York, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymore, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard. (Summary by Ann Boulais)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273899Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before. Volume 4 includes the biographies of Elizabeth of York, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymore, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard. (Summary by Ann Boulais)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/queen-anne-the-politics-of-passion-by-anne-somerset--65149987https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion Author: Anne Somerset Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain’s last Stuart monarch, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sovereign state, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. She had a history of personal misfortune, overcoming ill health (she suffered from crippling arthritis; by the time she became Queen she was a virtual invalid) and living through seventeen miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature births in seventeen years. By the end of her comparatively short twelve-year reign, Britain had emerged as a great power; the succession of outstanding victories won by her general, John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, had humbled France and laid the foundations for Britain’s future naval and colonial supremacy. While the Queen’s military was performing dazzling exploits on the continent, her own attention—indeed her realm—rested on a more intimate conflict: the female friendship on which her happiness had for decades depended and which became for her a source of utter torment. At the core of Anne Somerset’s riveting new biography, published to great acclaim in England (“Definitive”—London Evening Standard; “Wonderfully pacy and absorbing”—Daily Mail), is a portrait of this deeply emotional, complex bond between two very different women: Queen Anne—reserved, stolid, shrewd; and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the Queen’s great general—beautiful, willful, outspoken, whose acerbic wit was equally matched by her fearsome temper.             Against a fraught background—the revolution that deposed Anne’s father, James II, and brought her to power . . . religious differences (she was born Protestant—her parents’ conversion to Catholicism had grave implications—and she grew up so suspicious of the Roman church that she considered its doctrines “wicked and dangerous”) . . . violently partisan politics (Whigs versus Tories) . . . a war with France that lasted for almost her entire reign . . . the constant threat of foreign invasion and civil war—the  much-admired historian, author of Elizabeth I (“Exhilarating”—The Spectator; “Ample, stylish, eloquent”—The Washington Post Book World), tells the extraordinary story of how Sarah goaded and provoked the Queen beyond endurance, and, after the withdrawal of Anne’s favor, how her replacement, Sarah’s cousin, the feline Abigail Masham, became the ubiquitous royal confidante and, so Sarah whispered to growing scandal, the object of the Queen's sexual infatuation. To write this remarkably rich and passionate biography, Somerset, winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, has made use of royal archives, parliamentary records, personal correspondence and previously unpublished material. Queen Anne is history on a large scale—a revelation of a centuries-overlooked monarch.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270034Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion Author: Anne Somerset Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 26 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion Author: Anne Somerset Narrator: Hannah Curtis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain’s last Stuart monarch, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sovereign state, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. She had a history of personal misfortune, overcoming ill health (she suffered from crippling arthritis; by the time she became Queen she was a virtual invalid) and living through seventeen miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature births in seventeen years. By the end of her comparatively short twelve-year reign, Britain had emerged as a great power; the succession of outstanding victories won by her general, John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, had humbled France and laid the foundations for Britain’s future naval and colonial supremacy. While the Queen’s military was performing dazzling exploits on the continent, her own attention—indeed her realm—rested on a more intimate conflict: the female friendship on which her happiness had for decades depended and which became for her a source of utter torment. At the core of Anne Somerset’s riveting new biography, published to great acclaim in England (“Definitive”—London Evening Standard; “Wonderfully pacy and absorbing”—Daily Mail), is a portrait of this deeply emotional, complex bond between two very different women: Queen Anne—reserved, stolid, shrewd; and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the Queen’s great general—beautiful, willful, outspoken, whose acerbic wit was equally matched by her fearsome temper.             Against a fraught background—the revolution that deposed Anne’s father, James II, and brought her to power . . . religious differences (she was born Protestant—her parents’ conversion to Catholicism had grave implications—and she grew up so suspicious of the Roman church that she considered its doctrines “wicked and dangerous”) . . . violently partisan politics (Whigs versus Tories) . . . a war with France that lasted for almost her entire reign . . . the constant threat of foreign invasion and civil war—the  much-admired historian, author of Elizabeth I (“Exhilarating”—The Spectator; “Ample, stylish, eloquent”—The Washington Post Book World), tells the extraordinary story of how Sarah goaded and provoked the Queen beyond endurance, and, after the withdrawal of Anne’s favor, how her replacement, Sarah’s cousin, the feline Abigail Masham, became the ubiquitous royal confidante and, so Sarah whispered to growing scandal, the object of the Queen's sexual infatuation. To write this remarkably rich and passionate biography, Somerset, winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, has made use of royal archives, parliamentary records, personal correspondence and previously unpublished material. Queen Anne is history on a large scale—a revelation of a centuries-overlooked monarch.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-world-in-flames-a-black-boyhood-in-a-white-supremacist-doomsday-cult-by-jerald-walker--65149982https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult Author: Jerald Walker Narrator: C.S. Treadway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A lively memoir of growing up with blind African American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world—for fans of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird. It’s 1970, and Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of a church whose beliefs he finds not only confusing but terrifying. Composed of a hodgepodge of requirements and restrictions—including a prohibition against doctors and hospitals—the underpinning tenet of Herbert W. Armstrong’s Worldwide Church of God was that its members were divinely chosen and all others would soon perish in rivers of flames. The substantial membership was ruled by fear, intimidation, and threats. Anyone who dared leave the church would endure hardship for the remainder of this life and eternal suffering in the next. The next life, according to Armstrong, would arrive in 1975, three years after the start of the Great Tribulation. Jerry would be eleven years old. Jerry’s parents were particularly vulnerable to the promise of relief from the world’s hardships. When they joined the church, in 1960, they were living in a two-room apartment in a dangerous Chicago housing project with the first four of their seven children, and, most significantly, they both were blind, having lost their sight to childhood accidents. They took comfort in the belief that they had been chosen for a special afterlife, even if it meant following a religion with a white supremacist ideology and dutifully sending tithes to Armstrong, whose church boasted more than 100,000 members and more than $80 million in annual revenues at its height. When the prophecy of the 1972 Great Tribulation does not materialize, Jerry is considerably less disappointed than relieved. When the 1975 end-time prophecy also fails, he finally begins to question his faith and imagine the possibility of choosing a destiny of his own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270262Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult Author: Jerald Walker Narrator: C.S. Treadway Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult Author: Jerald Walker Narrator: C.S. Treadway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A lively memoir of growing up with blind African American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world—for fans of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird. It’s 1970, and Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of a church whose beliefs he finds not only confusing but terrifying. Composed of a hodgepodge of requirements and restrictions—including a prohibition against doctors and hospitals—the underpinning tenet of Herbert W. Armstrong’s Worldwide Church of God was that its members were divinely chosen and all others would soon perish in rivers of flames. The substantial membership was ruled by fear, intimidation, and threats. Anyone who dared leave the church would endure hardship for the remainder of this life and eternal suffering in the next. The next life, according to Armstrong, would arrive in 1975, three years after the start of the Great Tribulation. Jerry would be eleven years old. Jerry’s parents were particularly vulnerable to the promise of relief from the world’s hardships. When they joined the church, in 1960, they were living in a two-room apartment in a dangerous Chicago housing project with the first four of their seven children, and, most significantly, they both were blind, having lost their sight to childhood accidents. They took comfort in the belief that they had been chosen for a special afterlife, even if it meant following a religion with a white supremacist ideology and dutifully sending tithes to Armstrong, whose church boasted more than 100,000 members and more than $80 million in annual revenues at its height. When the prophecy of the 1972 Great Tribulation does not materialize, Jerry is considerably less disappointed than relieved. When the 1975 end-time prophecy also fails, he finally begins to question his faith and imagine the possibility of choosing a destiny of his own.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-final-battle-the-last-months-of-franklin-roosevelt-by-joseph-lelyveld--65149975https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Notable Book • A prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax. 'A gripping, deeply human account... Moving, elegiac.' —The New York Times Book Review The story has been told piecemeal but never like this, with a close focus on Roosevelt himself and his hopes for a stable international order after the war, and how these led him into a prolonged courtship of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, involving secret, arduous journeys to Tehran and the Crimea. In between, as the war entered its final phase, came the thunderbolt of a dire medical diagnosis, raising urgent questions about the ability of the longest-serving president to stand for a fourth term at a time when he had little choice. Neither his family nor top figures in his administration were informed of his diagnosis, let alone the public or his closest ally, Winston Churchill. With D-Day looming, Roosevelt took a month off on a plantation in the south where he was examined daily by a navy cardiologist, then waited two more months before finally announcing, on the eve of his party’s convention, that he’d be a candidate. A political grand master still, he manipulated the selection of a new running mate, with an eye to a possible succession, displaying some of his old vigor and wit in a winning campaign. With precision and compassion, Joseph Lelyveld examines the choices Roosevelt faced, shining new light on his state of mind, preoccupations, and motives, both as leader of the wartime alliance and in his personal life. Confronting his own mortality, Roosevelt operated in the belief that he had a duty to see the war through to the end, telling himself he could always resign if he found he couldn’t carry on. Lelyveld delivers an incisive portrait of this deliberately inscrutable man, a consummate leader to the very last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270023Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270023 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Dan Woren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Notable Book • A prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax. 'A gripping, deeply human account... Moving, elegiac.' —The New York Times Book Review The story has been told piecemeal but never like this, with a close focus on Roosevelt himself and his hopes for a stable international order after the war, and how these led him into a prolonged courtship of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, involving secret, arduous journeys to Tehran and the Crimea. In between, as the war entered its final phase, came the thunderbolt of a dire medical diagnosis, raising urgent questions about the ability of the longest-serving president to stand for a fourth term at a time when he had little choice. Neither his family nor top figures in his administration were informed of his diagnosis, let alone the public or his closest ally, Winston Churchill. With D-Day looming, Roosevelt took a month off on a plantation in the south where he was examined daily by a navy cardiologist, then waited two more months before finally announcing, on the eve of his party’s convention, that he’d be a candidate. A political grand master still, he manipulated the selection of a new running mate, with an eye to a possible succession, displaying some of his old vigor and wit in a winning campaign. With precision and compassion, Joseph Lelyveld examines the choices Roosevelt faced, shining new light on his state of mind, preoccupations, and motives, both as leader of the wartime alliance and in his personal life. Confronting his own mortality, Roosevelt operated in the belief that he had a duty to see the war through to the end, telling himself he could always resign if he found he couldn’t carry on. Lelyveld delivers an incisive portrait of this deliberately inscrutable man, a consummate leader to the very last.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-believer-stalin-s-last-american-spy-by-kati-marton--65149964https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy Author: Kati Marton Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Kati Marton’s True Believer is a true story of intrigue, treachery, murder, torture, fascism, and an unshakable faith in the ideals of Communism….A fresh take on espionage activities from a critical period of history” (Washington Independent Review of Books). True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American who spied for Stalin during the 1930s and forties. Later, a pawn in Stalin’s sinister master strategy, Field was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his own Communist comrades. How does an Ivy League-educated, US State Department employee, deeply rooted in American culture and history, become a hardcore Stalinist? The 1930s, when Noel Field joined the secret underground of the International Communist Movement, were a time of national collapse. Communism promised the righting of social and political wrongs and many in Field’s generation were seduced by its siren song. Few, however, went as far as Noel Field in betraying their own country. With a reporter’s eye for detail, and a historian’s grasp of the cataclysmic events of the twentieth century, Kati Marton, in a “relevant…fascinating…vividly reconstructed” (The New York Times Book Review) account, captures Field’s riveting quest for a life of meaning that went horribly wrong. True Believer is supported by unprecedented access to Field family correspondence, Soviet Secret Police records, and reporting on key players from Alger Hiss, CIA Director Allen Dulles, and World War II spy master, “Wild Bill” Donovan—to the most sinister of all: Josef Stalin. “Relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it can take one to” (Publishers Weekly), True Believer is “riveting reading” (USA TODAY), an astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carré.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272709Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy Author: Kati Marton Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy Author: Kati Marton Narrator: Amanda Carlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Kati Marton’s True Believer is a true story of intrigue, treachery, murder, torture, fascism, and an unshakable faith in the ideals of Communism….A fresh take on espionage activities from a critical period of history” (Washington Independent Review of Books). True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American who spied for Stalin during the 1930s and forties. Later, a pawn in Stalin’s sinister master strategy, Field was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his own Communist comrades. How does an Ivy League-educated, US State Department employee, deeply rooted in American culture and history, become a hardcore Stalinist? The 1930s, when Noel Field joined the secret underground of the International Communist Movement, were a time of national collapse. Communism promised the righting of social and political wrongs and many in Field’s generation were seduced by its siren song. Few, however, went as far as Noel Field in betraying their own country. With a reporter’s eye for detail, and a historian’s grasp of the cataclysmic events of the twentieth century, Kati Marton, in a “relevant…fascinating…vividly reconstructed” (The New York Times Book Review) account, captures Field’s riveting quest for a life of meaning that went horribly wrong. True Believer is supported by unprecedented access to Field family correspondence, Soviet Secret Police records, and reporting on key players from Alger Hiss, CIA Director Allen Dulles, and World War II spy master, “Wild Bill” Donovan—to the most sinister of all: Josef Stalin. “Relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it can take one to” (Publishers Weekly), True Believer is “riveting reading” (USA TODAY), an astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carré.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hitler-ascent-1889-1939-by-volker-ullrich--65149958https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 Author: Volker Ullrich Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A major new biography—an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personification of evil. For all the literature about Adolf Hitler there have been just four seminal biographies; this is the fifth, a landmark work that sheds important new light on Hitler himself. Drawing on previously unseen papers and a wealth of recent scholarly research, Volker Ullrich reveals the man behind the public persona, from Hitler's childhood to his failures as a young man in Vienna to his experiences during the First World War to his rise as a far-right party leader. Ullrich deftly captures Hitler's intelligence, instinctive grasp of politics, and gift for oratory as well as his megalomania, deep insecurity, and repulsive worldview. Many previous biographies have focused on the larger social conditions that explain the rise of the Third Reich. Ullrich gives us a comprehensive portrait of a postwar Germany humiliated by defeat, wracked by political crisis, and starved by an economic depression, but his real gift is to show vividly how Hitler used his ruthlessness and political talent to shape the Nazi party and lead it to power. For decades the world has tried to grasp how Hitler was possible. By focusing on the man at the center of it all, on how he experienced his world, formed his political beliefs, and wielded power, this riveting biography brings us closer than ever to the answer. Translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273756Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 Author: Volker Ullrich Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34 hours 45 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 Author: Volker Ullrich Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 34 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A major new biography—an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personification of evil. For all the literature about Adolf Hitler there have been just four seminal biographies; this is the fifth, a landmark work that sheds important new light on Hitler himself. Drawing on previously unseen papers and a wealth of recent scholarly research, Volker Ullrich reveals the man behind the public persona, from Hitler's childhood to his failures as a young man in Vienna to his experiences during the First World War to his rise as a far-right party leader. Ullrich deftly captures Hitler's intelligence, instinctive grasp of politics, and gift for oratory as well as his megalomania, deep insecurity, and repulsive worldview. Many previous biographies have focused on the larger social conditions that explain the rise of the Third Reich. Ullrich gives us a comprehensive portrait of a postwar Germany humiliated by defeat, wracked by political crisis, and starved by an economic depression, but his real gift is to show vividly how Hitler used his ruthlessness and political talent to shape the Nazi party and lead it to power. For decades the world has tried to grasp how Hitler was possible. By focusing on the man at the center of it all, on how he experienced his world, formed his political beliefs, and wielded power, this riveting biography brings us closer than ever to the answer. Translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bridge-to-brilliance-how-one-principal-in-a-tough-community-is-inspiring-the-world-by-rebecca-paley-nadia-lopez--65149995https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World Author: Rebecca Paley, Nadia Lopez Narrator: Nadia Lopez, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy is the story of American education. Nadia Lopez . . . must be a principal, a mentor, and sometimes a mother. I hope that you’re as impressed by her dedication to these kids as I’ve been.'  —Brandon Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Humans of New York  The inspirational account of the creation of a pathbreaking inner-city middle school in Brooklyn, New York, by the magnetic young principal who rocketed to national fame via Humans of New York   When thirteen-year-old Vidal Chastanet told photographer Brandon Stanton that his principal ,“Ms. Lopez,” was the person who most influenced his life, it was the pebble that started a whirlwind for Nadia Lopez and her small, new public school in one of Brooklyn’s most wretched communities. The posting on Stanton’s wildly popular site Humans of New York (HONY) went mega-viral. Lopez—not long before on the verge of quitting—found herself in the national spotlight and headed for a meeting with Obama, as well as the beneficiary of a million-dollar IndieGoGo campaign for the school. Here is her first-person account of what it took to get to that moment. Mott Hall Bridges Academy isn’t just a hallway inside a typically underserved public school in one of New York City’s most underprivileged communities—it is a school that glows with energy and excitement. Lopez tells the kids every day that they’re extraordinary and that she loves them. When trouble stirs, she asks: “Would I have been proud to see what happened in that classroom? No? Then why did it happen?” She tells her teachers: “Don’t tell me our scholars can’t learn; because if you can’t teach them, then I’ll come teach your class for a couple of weeks.” Everything was an uphill battle—to get the school launched, to recruit faculty and students, to solve a million new problems every day, from violent crime to vanishing supplies, but Lopez illustrates how leadership often means just picking the right people to support you. In middle school, one year lost with an unengaged teacher is a year that can send a kid down a terrible path. And then, of course, there is the educational system itself, how “teaching to the test” is an enormous problem, particularly in schools with kids who are already disadvantaged and underprepared. The Bridge to Brilliance is an audiobook filled with common sense and caring that will carry her message to classrooms far from Brooklyn. As she says, modestly, “There are hundreds of Ms. Lopezes around this country doing good work for kids. This honors all of them.” With an Introduction read by the Author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272637Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World Author: Rebecca Paley, Nadia Lopez Narrator: Nadia Lopez,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/272637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World Author: Rebecca Paley, Nadia Lopez Narrator: Nadia Lopez, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 30, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “The story of Mott Hall Bridges Academy is the story of American education. Nadia Lopez . . . must be a principal, a mentor, and sometimes a mother. I hope that you’re as impressed by her dedication to these kids as I’ve been.'  —Brandon Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Humans of New York  The inspirational account of the creation of a pathbreaking inner-city middle school in Brooklyn, New York, by the magnetic young principal who rocketed to national fame via Humans of New York   When thirteen-year-old Vidal Chastanet told photographer Brandon Stanton that his principal ,“Ms. Lopez,” was the person who most influenced his life, it was the pebble that started a whirlwind for Nadia Lopez and her small, new public school in one of Brooklyn’s most wretched communities. The posting on Stanton’s wildly popular site Humans of New York (HONY) went mega-viral. Lopez—not long before on the verge of quitting—found herself in the national spotlight and headed for a meeting with Obama, as well as the beneficiary of a million-dollar IndieGoGo campaign for the school. Here is her first-person account of what it took to get to that moment. Mott Hall Bridges Academy isn’t just a hallway inside a typically underserved public school in one of New York City’s most underprivileged communities—it is a school that glows with energy and excitement. Lopez tells the kids every day that they’re extraordinary and that she loves them. When trouble stirs, she asks: “Would I have been proud to see what happened in that classroom? No? Then why did it happen?” She tells her teachers: “Don’t tell me our scholars can’t learn; because if you can’t teach them, then I’ll come teach your class for a couple of weeks.” Everything was an uphill battle—to get the school launched, to recruit faculty and students, to solve a million new problems every day, from violent crime to vanishing supplies, but Lopez illustrates how leadership often means just picking the right people to support you. In middle school, one year lost with an unengaged teacher is a year that can send a kid down a terrible path. And then, of course, there is the educational system itself, how “teaching to the test” is an enormous problem, particularly in schools with kids who are already disadvantaged and underprepared. The Bridge to Brilliance is an audiobook filled with common sense and caring that will carry her message to classrooms far from Brooklyn. As she says, modestly, “There are hundreds of Ms. Lopezes around this country doing good work for kids. This honors all of them.” With an Introduction read by the Author]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-expectations-version-2-by-charles-dickens--65149988https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Expectations (Version 2) Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Peter John Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 145 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 50 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of "Pip" from his childhood, through often painful experiences, to adulthood. It charts his progress as he moves from the Kent marshes - his social status radically changed having gained an unknown benefactor - to busy commercial London. The book is richly populated with a variety of extraordinary characters many of whom, unbeknownst to them, have lives that are inextricably linked to the others. It is all there, love, hate, passion, humour, rejection, duplicity, betrayal, a whole gamut of emotions and human strengths and weaknesses . This is one of Dickens most fascinating, and disturbing novels. (Summary by Peter Keeble)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273367Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Expectations (Version 2) Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Peter John Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Expectations (Version 2) Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Peter John Keeble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 145 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 50 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of "Pip" from his childhood, through often painful experiences, to adulthood. It charts his progress as he moves from the Kent marshes - his social status radically changed having gained an unknown benefactor - to busy commercial London. The book is richly populated with a variety of extraordinary characters many of whom, unbeknownst to them, have lives that are inextricably linked to the others. It is all there, love, hate, passion, humour, rejection, duplicity, betrayal, a whole gamut of emotions and human strengths and weaknesses . This is one of Dickens most fascinating, and disturbing novels. (Summary by Peter Keeble)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boy-who-runs-the-odyssey-of-julius-achon-by-john-brant--65149969https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon Author: John Brant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: August 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation by way of Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run, this is the inspirational true story of the Ugandan boy soldier who became a world-renowned runner, then found his calling as director of a world-renowned African children’s charity. “Julius can’t remember who first saw the men. He heard no warning sounds—no dog barking or twig snapping. Until this point, events had moved too swiftly for Julius to be afraid, but now panic seized him. In another instant, he realized that his old life was finished.” Thus begins the extraordinary odyssey of Julius Achon, a journey that takes a barefoot twelve-year-old boy from a village in northern Uganda to the rebel camp of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army, where he was made a boy soldier, and then, miraculously, to a career as one of the world’s foremost middle-distance runners. But when a devastating tragedy prevents Julius from pursuing the gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he is once again set adrift and forced to forge a new path for himself, finally finding his true calling as an internationally recognized humanitarian. Today, Julius is the director of the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda through access to healthcare, education, and athletics. While pursuing his destiny, Julius encounters a range of unforgettable characters who variously befriend and betray him: the demonic Joseph Kony, a “world-class warlord”; John Cook, a brilliant and eccentric U.S. track coach; Jim Fee, an American businessman who helps Julius build a state-of-the-art medical center deep in the Ugandan bush; and finally Kristina, Julius’s mother, whose own tragic journey forms the pivot for this spellbinding narrative of love, loss, suffering, and redemption. Written by award-winning sportswriter John Brant, The Boy Who Runs is an empowering tale of obstacles overcome, challenges met, and light wrested from darkness. It’s a story about forging your true path and finding your higher purpose—even when the road ahead bends in unexpected directions. Advance praise for The Boy Who Runs “Brant proves again why he is one of our best sportswriters, masterfully weaving a compelling narrative of an African country at war, along with the transformation of a young man from athlete to humanitarian. . . . [Achon’s] life story is a shining example of the Olympic spirit.”—Booklist (starred review) “Fantastic . . . Brant does a beautiful job of chronicling the tension. . . . Indeed, his work is first-rate throughout the book, and it makes for a read-in-one-sitting story.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Inspiring . . . Achon’s difficult journey as an athlete and humanitarian reveals how sport can provide a valuable avenue of hope for those seeking to rise above tragic circumstances.”—Library Journal “This is an astonishing story about an amazing athlete who outruns not only the grinding poverty and deprivation of the Ugandan bush but brutal war and imminent death, then dedicates himself to saving his family and friends. This man has the heart of a lion. I couldn’t put this book down.”—John L. Parker, Jr., author of Once a Runner “An instant classic . . . John Brant has given us an epic, moving, and ultimately hopeful story about the power of sport and friendship to transcend boundaries and make the world a better place.”—Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269039Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon Author: John Brant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boy Who Runs: The Odyssey of Julius Achon Author: John Brant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: August 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation by way of Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run, this is the inspirational true story of the Ugandan boy soldier who became a world-renowned runner, then found his calling as director of a world-renowned African children’s charity. “Julius can’t remember who first saw the men. He heard no warning sounds—no dog barking or twig snapping. Until this point, events had moved too swiftly for Julius to be afraid, but now panic seized him. In another instant, he realized that his old life was finished.” Thus begins the extraordinary odyssey of Julius Achon, a journey that takes a barefoot twelve-year-old boy from a village in northern Uganda to the rebel camp of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army, where he was made a boy soldier, and then, miraculously, to a career as one of the world’s foremost middle-distance runners. But when a devastating tragedy prevents Julius from pursuing the gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he is once again set adrift and forced to forge a new path for himself, finally finding his true calling as an internationally recognized humanitarian. Today, Julius is the director of the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund, a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life in rural Uganda through access to healthcare, education, and athletics. While pursuing his destiny, Julius encounters a range of unforgettable characters who variously befriend and betray him: the demonic Joseph Kony, a “world-class warlord”; John Cook, a brilliant and eccentric U.S. track coach; Jim Fee, an American businessman who helps Julius build a state-of-the-art medical center deep in the Ugandan bush; and finally Kristina, Julius’s mother, whose own tragic journey forms the pivot for this spellbinding narrative of love, loss, suffering, and redemption. Written by award-winning sportswriter John Brant, The Boy Who Runs is an empowering tale of obstacles overcome, challenges met, and light wrested from darkness. It’s a story about forging your true path and finding your higher purpose—even when the road ahead bends in unexpected directions. Advance praise for The Boy Who Runs “Brant proves again why he is one of our best sportswriters, masterfully weaving a compelling narrative of an African country at war, along with the transformation of a young man from athlete to humanitarian. . . . [Achon’s] life story is a shining example of the Olympic spirit.”—Booklist (starred review) “Fantastic . . . Brant does a beautiful job of chronicling the tension. . . . Indeed, his work is first-rate throughout the book, and it makes for a read-in-one-sitting story.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Inspiring . . . Achon’s difficult journey as an athlete and humanitarian reveals how sport can provide a valuable avenue of hope for those seeking to rise above tragic circumstances.”—Library Journal “This is an astonishing story about an amazing athlete who outruns not only the grinding poverty and deprivation of the Ugandan bush but brutal war and imminent death, then dedicates himself to saving his family and friends. This man has the heart of a lion. I couldn’t put this book down.”—John L. Parker, Jr., author of Once a Runner “An instant classic . . . John Brant has given us an epic, moving, and ultimately hopeful story about the power of sport and friendship to transcend boundaries and make the world a better place.”—Daniel Coyle, author of The Talent Code]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/personal-memoirs-of-u-s-grant-by-ulysses-s-grant--65150013https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Jim Clevenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 35 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.31 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. (Summary by U. S. Grant)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271085Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Jim Clevenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 35 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Jim Clevenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 35 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.31 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. (Summary by U. S. Grant)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/patient-h-m-a-story-of-memory-madness-and-family-secrets-by-luke-dittrich--65150025https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets Author: Luke Dittrich Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King”* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless pursuit of knowledge. Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Post • NPR • The Economist • New York • Wired • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe epilepsy—received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry’s seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long-term memories. Over the next sixty years, Patient H.M., as Henry was known, became the most studied individual in the history of neuroscience, a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory today. Patient H.M. is, at times, a deeply personal journey. Dittrich’s grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison—and thousands of other patients. The author’s investigation into the dark roots of modern memory science ultimately forces him to confront unsettling secrets in his own family history, and to reveal the tragedy that fueled his grandfather’s relentless experimentation—experimentation that would revolutionize our understanding of ourselves. Dittrich uses the case of Patient H.M. as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, one that moves from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT. He takes readers inside the old asylums and operating theaters where psychosurgeons, as they called themselves, conducted their human experiments, and behind the scenes of a bitter custody battle over the ownership of the most important brain in the world. Patient H.M. combines the best of biography, memoir, and science journalism to create a haunting, endlessly fascinating story, one that reveals the wondrous and devastating things that can happen when hubris, ambition, and human imperfection collide. “An exciting, artful blend of family and medical history.”—The New York Times *Kirkus Reviews (starred review)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269314Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets Author: Luke Dittrich Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269314 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets Author: Luke Dittrich Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King”* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much to teach us about our relentless pursuit of knowledge. Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Post • NPR • The Economist • New York • Wired • Kirkus Reviews • BookPage In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe epilepsy—received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry’s seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long-term memories. Over the next sixty years, Patient H.M., as Henry was known, became the most studied individual in the history of neuroscience, a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory today. Patient H.M. is, at times, a deeply personal journey. Dittrich’s grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison—and thousands of other patients. The author’s investigation into the dark roots of modern memory science ultimately forces him to confront unsettling secrets in his own family history, and to reveal the tragedy that fueled his grandfather’s relentless experimentation—experimentation that would revolutionize our understanding of ourselves. Dittrich uses the case of Patient H.M. as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, one that moves from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT. He takes readers inside the old asylums and operating theaters where psychosurgeons, as they called themselves, conducted their human experiments, and behind the scenes of a bitter custody battle over the ownership of the most important brain in the world. Patient H.M. combines the best of biography, memoir, and science journalism to create a haunting, endlessly fascinating story, one that reveals the wondrous and devastating things that can happen when hubris, ambition, and human imperfection collide. “An exciting, artful blend of family and medical history.”—The New York Times *Kirkus Reviews (starred review)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kierkegaard-a-single-life-by-stephen-backhouse--65149981https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kierkegaard: A Single Life Author: Stephen Backhouse Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An accessible, expert introduction to one of the greatest minds of nineteenth century. Whether you're completely new to him, or if you're already familiar with his work, Kierkegaard: A Single Life presents a fresh understanding of his life and thought. Kierkegaard was a brilliant and enigmatic loner whose ideas permeated culture, shaped modern Christianity, and influenced people as diverse as Franz Kafka and Martin Luther King Jr. Though few people today have read his work, that lack of familiarity with the real Kierkegaard is changing with this biography by scholar Stephen Backhouse, who clearly presents the man's mind as well as the acute sensitivity behind Kierkegaard's books. Drawing on biographical material that has newly come to light, Kierkegaard: A Single Life introduces his many guises—the thinker, the lover, the recluse, the writer, the controversialist—in prose as compelling and fluid as a novel and pursues clarity to long-standing questions about him: - What made this Danish theologian so controversial and influential? - Why were so many people drawn to his books, even if they didn't understand what they were reading? - Can his complicated relationship with the Church and religion be untangled? - Or, for that matter, what about his complicated—at times almost paradoxical—relationship with every sphere of life from politics to poetry? To be considered everything from a great intellect to a dandy, from a martyr to a 'false messiah' is no mean feat, and this biography sheds light on Søren Kierkegaard as he was with empathy and humor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268872Tue, 09 Aug 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kierkegaard: A Single Life Author: Stephen Backhouse Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kierkegaard: A Single Life Author: Stephen Backhouse Narrator: Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An accessible, expert introduction to one of the greatest minds of nineteenth century. Whether you're completely new to him, or if you're already familiar with his work, Kierkegaard: A Single Life presents a fresh understanding of his life and thought. Kierkegaard was a brilliant and enigmatic loner whose ideas permeated culture, shaped modern Christianity, and influenced people as diverse as Franz Kafka and Martin Luther King Jr. Though few people today have read his work, that lack of familiarity with the real Kierkegaard is changing with this biography by scholar Stephen Backhouse, who clearly presents the man's mind as well as the acute sensitivity behind Kierkegaard's books. Drawing on biographical material that has newly come to light, Kierkegaard: A Single Life introduces his many guises—the thinker, the lover, the recluse, the writer, the controversialist—in prose as compelling and fluid as a novel and pursues clarity to long-standing questions about him: - What made this Danish theologian so controversial and influential? - Why were so many people drawn to his books, even if they didn't understand what they were reading? - Can his complicated relationship with the Church and religion be untangled? - Or, for that matter, what about his complicated—at times almost paradoxical—relationship with every sphere of life from politics to poetry? To be considered everything from a great intellect to a dandy, from a martyr to a 'false messiah' is no mean feat, and this biography sheds light on Søren Kierkegaard as he was with empathy and humor.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/executing-the-rosenbergs-death-and-diplomacy-in-a-cold-war-world-by-phd-lori-clune--65150016https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Executing the Rosenbergs: Death and Diplomacy in a Cold War World Author: PhD Lori Clune Narrator: Kathleen Mary Carthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for allegedly passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, an affair FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover labeled the ""crime of the century."" Their case became an international sensation, inspiring petitions, letters of support, newspaper editorials, and protests in countries around the world. Nevertheless, the Rosenbergs were executed after years of appeals, making them the only civilians ever put to death for conspiracy-related activities. Yet even after their executions, protests continued. The Rosenberg case quickly transformed into legend, while the media spotlight shifted to their two orphaned sons. In Executing the Rosenbergs, Lori Clune demonstrates that the Rosenberg case played a pivotal role in the world's perception of the United States. Based on newly discovered documents from the State Department, Clune narrates the widespread dissent against the Rosenberg decision in 80 cities and 48 countries. Even as the Truman and Eisenhower administrations attempted to turn the case into pro-democracy propaganda, U.S. allies and potential allies questioned whether the United States had the moral authority to win the Cold War. Meanwhile, the death of Stalin in 1953 also raised the stakes of the executions; without a clear hero and villain, the struggle between democracy and communism shifted into morally ambiguous terrain. Transcending questions of guilt or innocence, Clune weaves the case -and its aftermath -into the fabric of the Cold War, revealing its far-reaching global effects. An original approach to one of the most fascinating episodes in Cold War history, Executing the Rosenbergs broadens a quintessentially American story into a global one."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270366Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Executing the Rosenbergs: Death and Diplomacy in a Cold War World Author: PhD Lori Clune Narrator: Kathleen Mary Carthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Executing the Rosenbergs: Death and Diplomacy in a Cold War World Author: PhD Lori Clune Narrator: Kathleen Mary Carthy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested for allegedly passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, an affair FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover labeled the ""crime of the century."" Their case became an international sensation, inspiring petitions, letters of support, newspaper editorials, and protests in countries around the world. Nevertheless, the Rosenbergs were executed after years of appeals, making them the only civilians ever put to death for conspiracy-related activities. Yet even after their executions, protests continued. The Rosenberg case quickly transformed into legend, while the media spotlight shifted to their two orphaned sons. In Executing the Rosenbergs, Lori Clune demonstrates that the Rosenberg case played a pivotal role in the world's perception of the United States. Based on newly discovered documents from the State Department, Clune narrates the widespread dissent against the Rosenberg decision in 80 cities and 48 countries. Even as the Truman and Eisenhower administrations attempted to turn the case into pro-democracy propaganda, U.S. allies and potential allies questioned whether the United States had the moral authority to win the Cold War. Meanwhile, the death of Stalin in 1953 also raised the stakes of the executions; without a clear hero and villain, the struggle between democracy and communism shifted into morally ambiguous terrain. Transcending questions of guilt or innocence, Clune weaves the case -and its aftermath -into the fabric of the Cold War, revealing its far-reaching global effects. An original approach to one of the most fascinating episodes in Cold War history, Executing the Rosenbergs broadens a quintessentially American story into a global one."]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trials-of-the-earth-the-true-story-of-a-pioneer-woman-by-mary-mann-hamilton--65150035https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman Author: Mary Mann Hamilton Narrator: Barbara Benjamin Creel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The astonishing first-person account of Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family, and make a home in the early American South. Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta. The result is this astonishing first-person account of a pioneer woman who braved grueling work, profound tragedy, and a pitiless wilderness (she and her family faced floods, tornadoes, fires, bears, panthers, and snakes) to protect her home in the early American South. An early draft of Trials of the Earth was submitted to a writers' competition sponsored by Little, Brown in 1933. It didn't win, and we almost lost the chance to bring this raw, vivid narrative to readers. Eighty-three years later, in partnership with Mary Mann Hamilton's descendants, we're proud to share this irreplaceable piece of American history. Written in spare, rich prose, Trials of the Earth is a precious record of one woman's extraordinary endurance and courage that will resonate with readers of history and fiction alike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268964Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman Author: Mary Mann Hamilton Narrator: Barbara Benjamin Creel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman Author: Mary Mann Hamilton Narrator: Barbara Benjamin Creel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The astonishing first-person account of Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family, and make a home in the early American South. Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta. The result is this astonishing first-person account of a pioneer woman who braved grueling work, profound tragedy, and a pitiless wilderness (she and her family faced floods, tornadoes, fires, bears, panthers, and snakes) to protect her home in the early American South. An early draft of Trials of the Earth was submitted to a writers' competition sponsored by Little, Brown in 1933. It didn't win, and we almost lost the chance to bring this raw, vivid narrative to readers. Eighty-three years later, in partnership with Mary Mann Hamilton's descendants, we're proud to share this irreplaceable piece of American history. Written in spare, rich prose, Trials of the Earth is a precious record of one woman's extraordinary endurance and courage that will resonate with readers of history and fiction alike.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-of-auschwitz-by-stanley-goleniewski--65149966https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Of Auschwitz Author: Stanley Goleniewski Narrator: Stanley Goleniewski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The purpose of my book is to share with you and the word the tragic events which I witnessed and lived through. My experience constitutes and an unusual testimony which should not be forgotten but studied by future generations, to learn the ultimate truth about Auschwitz. I write this book to tell about my experience and what I witnessed. However, I still remember vividly, the smoke coming from the chimneys of the crematoria, the stench of burning human bodies, the hard work in rain and snow, hunger and horrendous fatigue, diseases, lice, fleas, bugs and bloody dysentery. I am the Holocaust survivor who remembers vividly the horrors of Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269271Sat, 09 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Of Auschwitz Author: Stanley Goleniewski Narrator: Stanley Goleniewski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269271 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out Of Auschwitz Author: Stanley Goleniewski Narrator: Stanley Goleniewski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: July 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The purpose of my book is to share with you and the word the tragic events which I witnessed and lived through. My experience constitutes and an unusual testimony which should not be forgotten but studied by future generations, to learn the ultimate truth about Auschwitz. I write this book to tell about my experience and what I witnessed. However, I still remember vividly, the smoke coming from the chimneys of the crematoria, the stench of burning human bodies, the hard work in rain and snow, hunger and horrendous fatigue, diseases, lice, fleas, bugs and bloody dysentery. I am the Holocaust survivor who remembers vividly the horrors of Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catullus-bedspread-the-life-of-rome-s-most-erotic-poet-by-daisy-dunn--65150067https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet Author: Daisy Dunn Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first modern” poet, and follows a young man’s journey through a world filled with all the indulgences and sexual excesses of the time, from doomed love affairs to shrewd political maneuvering and backstabbing—an accessible, appealing look at one of history’s greatest poets. Born to one of Verona’s leading families, Catullus spent most of his young adulthood in Rome, mingling with the likes of Caesar and Cicero and chronicling his life through his poetry. Famed for his lyrical and subversive voice, his poems about his friends were jocular, often obscenely funny, while those who crossed him found themselves skewered in raunchy verse, sudden objects of hilarity and ridicule. These bawdy poems were disseminated widely throughout Rome. Many of his poems recall his secret longstanding affair with the seductive older Clodia. While Catullus and Clodia made love in the shadows, the whole of Italy was quaking as Caesar, Pompey and Crassus forged a doomed alliance for power. During these tumultuous years, Catullus increasingly turned to darker subject matter, and he finally composed his greatest work of all—a poem about the decoration on a bedspread—which forms the heart of this biography, a work of beauty that will achieve immortality and make Catullus a legend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265981Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet Author: Daisy Dunn Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet Author: Daisy Dunn Narrator: Mike Grady Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first modern” poet, and follows a young man’s journey through a world filled with all the indulgences and sexual excesses of the time, from doomed love affairs to shrewd political maneuvering and backstabbing—an accessible, appealing look at one of history’s greatest poets. Born to one of Verona’s leading families, Catullus spent most of his young adulthood in Rome, mingling with the likes of Caesar and Cicero and chronicling his life through his poetry. Famed for his lyrical and subversive voice, his poems about his friends were jocular, often obscenely funny, while those who crossed him found themselves skewered in raunchy verse, sudden objects of hilarity and ridicule. These bawdy poems were disseminated widely throughout Rome. Many of his poems recall his secret longstanding affair with the seductive older Clodia. While Catullus and Clodia made love in the shadows, the whole of Italy was quaking as Caesar, Pompey and Crassus forged a doomed alliance for power. During these tumultuous years, Catullus increasingly turned to darker subject matter, and he finally composed his greatest work of all—a poem about the decoration on a bedspread—which forms the heart of this biography, a work of beauty that will achieve immortality and make Catullus a legend.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hospital-always-wins-a-memoir-by-issa-ibrahim--65150012https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Author: Issa Ibrahim Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Issa Ibrahim’s memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years. Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family’s descent into chaos in the drug-crazed late 1980s. Following his father’s death, Issa, grief-stricken and vulnerable, travels down a road that leads to psychosis—and to one of the most nightmarish scenarios conceivable. Issa receives the insanity plea and is committed to an insane asylum with no release date. But that is only the beginning of his odyssey. Institutional and sexual sins cause further punishments, culminating in a heated legal battle for freedom. Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental-health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery. Ultimately this is a story about survival and atonement through creativity and courage against almost insurmountable odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Author: Issa Ibrahim Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Author: Issa Ibrahim Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Issa Ibrahim’s memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years. Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family’s descent into chaos in the drug-crazed late 1980s. Following his father’s death, Issa, grief-stricken and vulnerable, travels down a road that leads to psychosis—and to one of the most nightmarish scenarios conceivable. Issa receives the insanity plea and is committed to an insane asylum with no release date. But that is only the beginning of his odyssey. Institutional and sexual sins cause further punishments, culminating in a heated legal battle for freedom. Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental-health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery. Ultimately this is a story about survival and atonement through creativity and courage against almost insurmountable odds.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-the-goddamn-ice-cube-chasing-fear-and-finding-home-in-the-great-white-north-by-blair-braverman--65149994https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North Author: Blair Braverman Narrator: Blair Braverman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman confronting her fears and finding home in the North. Blair Braverman fell in love with the North at an early age: By the time she was nineteen, she had left her home in California, moved to Norway to learn how to drive sled dogs, and worked as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. By turns funny and sobering, bold and tender, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube charts Blair’s endeavor to become a “tough girl”—someone who courts danger in an attempt to become fearless. As she ventures into a ruthless arctic landscape, Blair faces down physical exhaustion—being buried alive in an ice cave, and driving a dogsled across the tundra through a whiteout blizzard in order to avoid corrupt police—and grapples with both love and violence as she negotiates the complex demands of being a young woman in a man’s land. Brilliantly original and bracingly honest, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube captures the triumphs and the perils of the journey to self-discovery and independence in a landscape that is as beautiful as it is unforgiving.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268549Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North Author: Blair Braverman Narrator: Blair Braverman Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268549 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North Author: Blair Braverman Narrator: Blair Braverman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman confronting her fears and finding home in the North. Blair Braverman fell in love with the North at an early age: By the time she was nineteen, she had left her home in California, moved to Norway to learn how to drive sled dogs, and worked as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska. By turns funny and sobering, bold and tender, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube charts Blair’s endeavor to become a “tough girl”—someone who courts danger in an attempt to become fearless. As she ventures into a ruthless arctic landscape, Blair faces down physical exhaustion—being buried alive in an ice cave, and driving a dogsled across the tundra through a whiteout blizzard in order to avoid corrupt police—and grapples with both love and violence as she negotiates the complex demands of being a young woman in a man’s land. Brilliantly original and bracingly honest, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube captures the triumphs and the perils of the journey to self-discovery and independence in a landscape that is as beautiful as it is unforgiving.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kick-the-true-story-of-jfk-s-sister-and-the-heir-to-chatsworth-by-paula-byrne--65149993https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth Author: Paula Byrne Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Paula Byrne brings J.F.K.’s adored little sister, Kick, back to life.” —Vanity Fair From celebrated biographer Paula Byrne, the remarkable life of the vivacious, unconventional—and nearly forgotten—young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy, and would break with her family for love. Encouraged to be “winners” from a young age, Rose and Joe Kennedy’s children were the embodiment of ambitious, wholesome Americanism. Yet even within this ebullient group of overachievers, the fourth Kennedy child, the irrepressible Kathleen, stood out. Lively, charismatic, extremely clever, and blessed with graceful athleticism and a sunny disposition, the alluring socialite fondly known as Kick was a firecracker who effortlessly made friends and stole hearts. Moving across the Atlantic when her father was appointed as the ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, Kick—the “nicest Kennedy”—quickly became the family’s star. Despite making little effort to fit into British high society, she charmed everyone from the beau monde to Fleet Street with her unconventional attitude and easygoing humor. Growing increasingly independent, Kick would also shock and alienate her devout family by falling in love and marrying the scion of a virulently anti-Catholic family— William Cavendish, the heir apparent of the Duke of Devonshire and Chatsworth. But the marriage would last only a few months; Billy was killed in combat in 1944, just four years before Kick’s own unexpected death in an airplane crash at twenty-eight. Byrne recounts this remarkable young woman’s life in detail as never before, from her work at the Washington Times-Herald and volunteerism for the Red Cross in wartime England; to her love of politics and astute, opinionated observations; to her decision to renounce her faith for the man she loved. Sympathetic and compelling, Kick shines a spotlight on this feisty and unique Kennedy long relegated to the shadows of her legendary family’s history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265982Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth Author: Paula Byrne Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth Author: Paula Byrne Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Paula Byrne brings J.F.K.’s adored little sister, Kick, back to life.” —Vanity Fair From celebrated biographer Paula Byrne, the remarkable life of the vivacious, unconventional—and nearly forgotten—young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy, and would break with her family for love. Encouraged to be “winners” from a young age, Rose and Joe Kennedy’s children were the embodiment of ambitious, wholesome Americanism. Yet even within this ebullient group of overachievers, the fourth Kennedy child, the irrepressible Kathleen, stood out. Lively, charismatic, extremely clever, and blessed with graceful athleticism and a sunny disposition, the alluring socialite fondly known as Kick was a firecracker who effortlessly made friends and stole hearts. Moving across the Atlantic when her father was appointed as the ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, Kick—the “nicest Kennedy”—quickly became the family’s star. Despite making little effort to fit into British high society, she charmed everyone from the beau monde to Fleet Street with her unconventional attitude and easygoing humor. Growing increasingly independent, Kick would also shock and alienate her devout family by falling in love and marrying the scion of a virulently anti-Catholic family— William Cavendish, the heir apparent of the Duke of Devonshire and Chatsworth. But the marriage would last only a few months; Billy was killed in combat in 1944, just four years before Kick’s own unexpected death in an airplane crash at twenty-eight. Byrne recounts this remarkable young woman’s life in detail as never before, from her work at the Washington Times-Herald and volunteerism for the Red Cross in wartime England; to her love of politics and astute, opinionated observations; to her decision to renounce her faith for the man she loved. Sympathetic and compelling, Kick shines a spotlight on this feisty and unique Kennedy long relegated to the shadows of her legendary family’s history.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/founding-brothers-the-revolutionary-generation-pulitzer-prize-winner-by-joseph-j-ellis--65149970https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Author: Joseph J. Ellis Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.74 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation: Burr and Hamilton's deadly duel, and what may have really happened; Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan; Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slavery--his last public act--and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adams's difficult term as Washington's successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son; and finally, Adams and Jefferson's renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy. In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time; Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins; Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spoke more than a few sentences in public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger-than-life, and America's only truly indispensable figure. Ellis argues that the checks and balances that permitted the infant American republic to endure were not primarily legal, constitutional, or institutional, but intensely personal, rooted in the dynamic interaction of leaders with quite different visions and values. Revisiting the old-fashioned idea that character matters, Founding Brothers informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267118Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Author: Joseph J. Ellis Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Author: Joseph J. Ellis Narrator: Bob Walter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.74 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation: Burr and Hamilton's deadly duel, and what may have really happened; Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan; Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slavery--his last public act--and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adams's difficult term as Washington's successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son; and finally, Adams and Jefferson's renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy. In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time; Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins; Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spoke more than a few sentences in public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger-than-life, and America's only truly indispensable figure. Ellis argues that the checks and balances that permitted the infant American republic to endure were not primarily legal, constitutional, or institutional, but intensely personal, rooted in the dynamic interaction of leaders with quite different visions and values. Revisiting the old-fashioned idea that character matters, Founding Brothers informs our understanding of American politics--then and now--and gives us a new perspective on the unpredictable forces that shape history.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jackson-1964-and-other-dispatches-from-fifty-years-of-reporting-on-race-in-america-by-calvin-trillin--65149997https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches From Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America Author: Calvin Trillin Narrator: Calvin Trillin, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author and beloved New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, a deeply resonant, career-spanning collection of articles on race and racism, from the 1960s to the present In the early sixties, Calvin Trillin got his start as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Over the next five decades of reporting, he often returned to scenes of racial tension. Now, for the first time, the best of Trillin’s pieces on race in America have been collected in one volume. In the title essay of Jackson, 1964, we experience Trillin’s riveting coverage of the pathbreaking voter registration drive known as the Mississippi Summer Project—coverage that includes an unforgettable airplane conversation between Martin Luther King, Jr., and a young white man sitting across the aisle. (“I’d like to be loved by everyone,” King tells him, “but we can’t always wait for love.”) In the years that follow, Trillin rides along with the National Guard units assigned to patrol black neighborhoods in Wilmington, Delaware; reports on the case of a black homeowner accused of manslaughter in the death of a white teenager in an overwhelmingly white Long Island suburb; and chronicles the remarkable fortunes of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, a black carnival krewe in New Orleans whose members parade on Mardi Gras in blackface. He takes on issues that are as relevant today as they were when he wrote about them. Excessive sentencing is examined in a 1970 piece about a black militant in Houston serving thirty years in prison for giving away one marijuana cigarette. The role of race in the use of deadly force by police is highlighted in a 1975 article about an African American shot by a white policeman in Seattle. Uniting all these pieces are Trillin’s unflinching eye and graceful prose. Jackson, 1964 is an indispensable account of a half-century of race and racism in America, through the lens of a master journalist and writer who was there to bear witness. Read by Robert Fass, with the introduction read by the author Praise for Jackson, 1964 “Trillin’s elegant storytelling and keen observations sometimes churned my wrath about the glacial pace of progress. That’s because to me and millions of African-Americans, the topics of race and poverty—and their adverse impact on the mind and spirit—are, as Trillin acknowledges, not theoretical; they’re personal.”—Dorothy Butler Gilliam, The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) “These pieces . . . will continue to be read for the pleasure they deliver as well as for the pain they describe.”—The New York Times “With the diligent clarity, humane wit, polished prose and attention to pertinent detail that exemplify Trillin’s journalism at its best . . . Jackson, 1964 drives home a sobering realization: Even with signs of progress, racism in America is news that stays news.”—USA Today “These unsettling tales, elegantly written and wonderfully reported, are like black-and-white snapshots from the national photo album. They depict a society in flux but also stubbornly unmoved through the decades when it comes to many aspects of race relations. . . . The grace Trillin brings to his job makes his stories all the more poignant.”—The Christian Science Monitor “An exceptional collection [from] master essayist Trillin.”—Booklist (starred review)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264491Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches From Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America Author: Calvin Trillin Narrator: Calvin Trillin, Robert Fass...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches From Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America Author: Calvin Trillin Narrator: Calvin Trillin, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author and beloved New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, a deeply resonant, career-spanning collection of articles on race and racism, from the 1960s to the present In the early sixties, Calvin Trillin got his start as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Over the next five decades of reporting, he often returned to scenes of racial tension. Now, for the first time, the best of Trillin’s pieces on race in America have been collected in one volume. In the title essay of Jackson, 1964, we experience Trillin’s riveting coverage of the pathbreaking voter registration drive known as the Mississippi Summer Project—coverage that includes an unforgettable airplane conversation between Martin Luther King, Jr., and a young white man sitting across the aisle. (“I’d like to be loved by everyone,” King tells him, “but we can’t always wait for love.”) In the years that follow, Trillin rides along with the National Guard units assigned to patrol black neighborhoods in Wilmington, Delaware; reports on the case of a black homeowner accused of manslaughter in the death of a white teenager in an overwhelmingly white Long Island suburb; and chronicles the remarkable fortunes of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, a black carnival krewe in New Orleans whose members parade on Mardi Gras in blackface. He takes on issues that are as relevant today as they were when he wrote about them. Excessive sentencing is examined in a 1970 piece about a black militant in Houston serving thirty years in prison for giving away one marijuana cigarette. The role of race in the use of deadly force by police is highlighted in a 1975 article about an African American shot by a white policeman in Seattle. Uniting all these pieces are Trillin’s unflinching eye and graceful prose. Jackson, 1964 is an indispensable account of a half-century of race and racism in America, through the lens of a master journalist and writer who was there to bear witness. Read by Robert Fass, with the introduction read by the author Praise for Jackson, 1964 “Trillin’s elegant storytelling and keen observations sometimes churned my wrath about the glacial pace of progress. That’s because to me and millions of African-Americans, the topics of race and poverty—and their adverse impact on the mind and spirit—are, as Trillin acknowledges, not theoretical; they’re personal.”—Dorothy Butler Gilliam, The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) “These pieces . . . will continue to be read for the pleasure they deliver as well as for the pain they describe.”—The New York Times “With the diligent clarity, humane wit, polished prose and attention to pertinent detail that exemplify Trillin’s journalism at its best . . . Jackson, 1964 drives home a sobering realization: Even with signs of progress, racism in America is news that stays news.”—USA Today “These unsettling tales, elegantly written and wonderfully reported, are like black-and-white snapshots from the national photo album. They depict a society in flux but also stubbornly unmoved through the decades when it comes to many aspects of race relations. . . . The grace Trillin brings to his job makes his stories all the more poignant.”—The Christian Science Monitor “An exceptional collection [from] master essayist Trillin.”—Booklist (starred review)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/company-commander-by-charles-b-macdonald--65149991https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Company Commander Author: Charles B. MacDonald Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a newly commissioned captain of a veteran US Army regiment, MacDonald’s first combat experience was war at its most hellish―the Battle of the Bulge. In this plainspoken but eloquent narrative, we live each minute at MacDonald’s side, sharing in all of combat’s misery, terror, and drama. How this green commander gains his men’s loyalty in the snows of war-torn Europe is one of the most unforgettable war stories of all time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Company Commander Author: Charles B. MacDonald Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Company Commander Author: Charles B. MacDonald Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a newly commissioned captain of a veteran US Army regiment, MacDonald’s first combat experience was war at its most hellish―the Battle of the Bulge. In this plainspoken but eloquent narrative, we live each minute at MacDonald’s side, sharing in all of combat’s misery, terror, and drama. How this green commander gains his men’s loyalty in the snows of war-torn Europe is one of the most unforgettable war stories of all time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-the-truth-shame-the-devil-the-life-legacy-and-love-of-my-son-michael-brown-by-lezley-mcspadden--65150042https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown Author: Lezley McSpadden Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This revelatory memoir by the mother of Michael Brown, the African American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history. “I wasn’t there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn’t see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that’s how to tell my son’s story and the journey we shared together as mother and son,” says Lezley McSpadden When Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown was born, he was adored and doted on by his aunts, uncles, grandparents, his father, and most of all by his sixteen-year-old mother, who nicknamed him Mike Mike. McSpadden never imagined that her son’s name would inspire the resounding chants of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and ignite the global conversation about the disparities in the American policing system. In Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil, McSpadden picks up the pieces of the tragedy that shook her life and the country to their core and reveals the unforgettable story of her life, her son, and their truth. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a riveting family memoir about the journey of a young woman triumphing over insurmountable obstacles and learning to become a good mother. With brutal honesty, McSpadden brings us inside her experiences being raised by a hardworking, single mother; her pregnancy at age fifteen and the painful subsequent decision to drop out of school to support her son; how she survived domestic abuse; and her unwavering commitment to raising four strong and healthy children, even if it meant doing so on her own. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, recounting her time on the ground with peaceful protestors, how she was treated by police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment when the grand jury announced that it would not indict the man who had killed her son. After the system failed to deliver justice for Michael Brown, McSpadden and thousands of others across America took it upon themselves to carry on his legacy in the fight against injustice and racism. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a portrait of our time, an urgent call to action, and a moving testament to the undying bond between mothers and sons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown Author: Lezley McSpadden Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown Author: Lezley McSpadden Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This revelatory memoir by the mother of Michael Brown, the African American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history. “I wasn’t there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn’t see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that’s how to tell my son’s story and the journey we shared together as mother and son,” says Lezley McSpadden When Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown was born, he was adored and doted on by his aunts, uncles, grandparents, his father, and most of all by his sixteen-year-old mother, who nicknamed him Mike Mike. McSpadden never imagined that her son’s name would inspire the resounding chants of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and ignite the global conversation about the disparities in the American policing system. In Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil, McSpadden picks up the pieces of the tragedy that shook her life and the country to their core and reveals the unforgettable story of her life, her son, and their truth. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a riveting family memoir about the journey of a young woman triumphing over insurmountable obstacles and learning to become a good mother. With brutal honesty, McSpadden brings us inside her experiences being raised by a hardworking, single mother; her pregnancy at age fifteen and the painful subsequent decision to drop out of school to support her son; how she survived domestic abuse; and her unwavering commitment to raising four strong and healthy children, even if it meant doing so on her own. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, recounting her time on the ground with peaceful protestors, how she was treated by police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment when the grand jury announced that it would not indict the man who had killed her son. After the system failed to deliver justice for Michael Brown, McSpadden and thousands of others across America took it upon themselves to carry on his legacy in the fight against injustice and racism. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a portrait of our time, an urgent call to action, and a moving testament to the undying bond between mothers and sons.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/photographs-of-my-father-by-paul-spike--65149971https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Photographs of My Father Author: Paul Spike Narrator: Paul Spike, MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At the National Council of Churches, Robert Spike had organized American churches to support the passage of both the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, to march in Selma and to organize in Mississippi. An important white leader in the black civil rights struggle, he helped the LBJ White House pass legislation and write crucial civil rights speeches. In the midst of what he described as “the dirtiest fight of my life” struggling to save a federal Mississippi education program, he was viciously murdered in Columbus, Ohio. The murder was never solved. Very little effort went into finding the murderer. The Columbus police and the FBI hinted the unsolved murder was connected to Spike’s undisclosed gay life. During his father's rise in the civil rights movement, Paul Spike lived a life typical of a young man in the 1960s, finding his way through a labyrinth of booze, drugs, and girls. At Columbia University, he was active in the 1968 student rebellion and friends with many SDS radicals. That rootless life ended with his father's murder.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266848Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Photographs of My Father Author: Paul Spike Narrator: Paul Spike, MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Photographs of My Father Author: Paul Spike Narrator: Paul Spike, MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At the National Council of Churches, Robert Spike had organized American churches to support the passage of both the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, to march in Selma and to organize in Mississippi. An important white leader in the black civil rights struggle, he helped the LBJ White House pass legislation and write crucial civil rights speeches. In the midst of what he described as “the dirtiest fight of my life” struggling to save a federal Mississippi education program, he was viciously murdered in Columbus, Ohio. The murder was never solved. Very little effort went into finding the murderer. The Columbus police and the FBI hinted the unsolved murder was connected to Spike’s undisclosed gay life. During his father's rise in the civil rights movement, Paul Spike lived a life typical of a young man in the 1960s, finding his way through a labyrinth of booze, drugs, and girls. At Columbia University, he was active in the 1968 student rebellion and friends with many SDS radicals. That rootless life ended with his father's murder.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mistresses-of-cliveden-three-centuries-of-scandal-power-and-intrigue-in-an-english-stately-home-by-natalie-livingstone--65150080https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home Author: Natalie Livingstone Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, intrigue, and passion. Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits the Cliveden estate. Overlooking the Thames, the mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion—from its salacious, deadly beginnings in the seventeenth century to the 1960s Profumo Affair, the sex scandal that toppled the British government. Now, in this immersive chronicle, the manor’s current mistress, Natalie Livingstone, opens the doors to this prominent house and lets the walls do the talking. Built during the reign of Charles II by the Duke of Buckingham, Cliveden attracted notoriety as a luxurious retreat in which the duke could conduct his scandalous affair with the ambitious courtesan Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury. In 1668, Anna Maria’s cuckolded husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, challenged Buckingham to a duel. Buckingham killed Shrewsbury and claimed Anna Maria as his prize, making her the first mistress of Cliveden. Through the centuries, other enigmatic and indomitable women would assume stewardship over the estate, including Elizabeth, Countess of Orkney and illicit lover of William III, who became one of England’s wealthiest women; Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the queen that Britain was promised and then denied; Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, confidante of Queen Victoria and a glittering society hostess turned political activist; and the American-born Nancy Astor, the first female member of Parliament, who described herself as an “ardent feminist” and welcomed controversy. Though their privileges were extraordinary, in Livingstone’s hands, their struggles and sacrifices are universal. Cliveden weathered renovation and restoration, world conflicts and cold wars, societal shifts and technological advances. Rich in historical and architectural detail, The Mistresses of Cliveden is a tale of sex and power, and of the exceptional women who evaded, exploited, and confronted the expectations of their times. Praise for The Mistresses of Cliveden “Theatrical festivities, political jockeying and court intrigues are deftly described with a verve and attention to domestic comforts that show the author at her best. . . . [Livingstone’s] portraits of strenuous and assertive women who resisted subjection, sometimes deploying their sexual allure to succeed, on other occasions drawing on their husband’s wealth, are astute, spirited, and empathetic.”—The Wall Street Journal “Missing Downton Abbey already? This tome promises ‘three centuries of scandal, power, and intrigue’ and Natalie Livingstone definitely delivers.”—Good Housekeeping “Lively . . . The current chatelaine—the author herself—deserves no small credit for keeping the house’s legend alive. . . . Any of her action-filled chapters would merit a mini-series.”—The New York Times Book Review “Though the personal tales and tidbits are fascinating, and the sensational details of these women’s lives will intrigue Downton Abbey devotees, the real star of the story is Cliveden.”—Booklist “Lovers of modern English history and the scandals that infiltrated upper-crust society will find much to enjoy in this work.”—Library Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265823Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home Author: Natalie Livingstone Narrator: Elizabeth...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home Author: Natalie Livingstone Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, intrigue, and passion. Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits the Cliveden estate. Overlooking the Thames, the mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion—from its salacious, deadly beginnings in the seventeenth century to the 1960s Profumo Affair, the sex scandal that toppled the British government. Now, in this immersive chronicle, the manor’s current mistress, Natalie Livingstone, opens the doors to this prominent house and lets the walls do the talking. Built during the reign of Charles II by the Duke of Buckingham, Cliveden attracted notoriety as a luxurious retreat in which the duke could conduct his scandalous affair with the ambitious courtesan Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury. In 1668, Anna Maria’s cuckolded husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury, challenged Buckingham to a duel. Buckingham killed Shrewsbury and claimed Anna Maria as his prize, making her the first mistress of Cliveden. Through the centuries, other enigmatic and indomitable women would assume stewardship over the estate, including Elizabeth, Countess of Orkney and illicit lover of William III, who became one of England’s wealthiest women; Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the queen that Britain was promised and then denied; Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, confidante of Queen Victoria and a glittering society hostess turned political activist; and the American-born Nancy Astor, the first female member of Parliament, who described herself as an “ardent feminist” and welcomed controversy. Though their privileges were extraordinary, in Livingstone’s hands, their struggles and sacrifices are universal. Cliveden weathered renovation and restoration, world conflicts and cold wars, societal shifts and technological advances. Rich in historical and architectural detail, The Mistresses of Cliveden is a tale of sex and power, and of the exceptional women who evaded, exploited, and confronted the expectations of their times. Praise for The Mistresses of Cliveden “Theatrical festivities, political jockeying and court intrigues are deftly described with a verve and attention to domestic comforts that show the author at her best. . . . [Livingstone’s] portraits of strenuous and assertive women who resisted subjection, sometimes deploying their sexual allure to succeed, on other occasions drawing on their husband’s wealth, are astute, spirited, and empathetic.”—The Wall Street Journal “Missing Downton Abbey already? This tome promises ‘three centuries of scandal, power, and intrigue’ and Natalie Livingstone definitely delivers.”—Good Housekeeping “Lively . . . The current chatelaine—the author herself—deserves no small credit for keeping the house’s legend alive. . . . Any of her action-filled chapters would merit a mini-series.”—The New York Times Book Review “Though the personal tales and tidbits are fascinating, and the sensational details of these women’s lives will intrigue Downton Abbey devotees, the real star of the story is Cliveden.”—Booklist “Lovers of modern English history and the scandals that infiltrated upper-crust society will find much to enjoy in this work.”—Library Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-are-charleston-tragedy-and-triumph-at-mother-emanuel-by-bernard-edward-powers-jr-marjory-wentworth-herb-frazier--65150004https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel Author: Bernard Edward Powers Jr., Marjory Wentworth, Herb Frazier Narrator: Barry Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: We Are Charleston not only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement. On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof’s court hearing was held on video conference, some of the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen—forgiving the killer. The “Emanuel Nine” set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world. In many ways, this church’s story is America’s story—the oldest A.M.E. church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015, opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society.   We Are Charleston tells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst of adversity. Exploring the storied history of the A.M.E. Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God’s mercy in the midst of tremendous pain. We Are Charleston may help us discover what can be right in a world that so often has gone wrong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263358Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel Author: Bernard Edward Powers Jr., Marjory Wentworth, Herb Frazier Narrator: Barry Scott...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel Author: Bernard Edward Powers Jr., Marjory Wentworth, Herb Frazier Narrator: Barry Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: We Are Charleston not only recounts the events of that terrible day but also offers a history lesson that reveals a deeper look at the suffering, triumph, and even the ongoing rage of the people who formed Mother Emanuel A.M.E. church and the wider denominational movement. On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine members of the congregation. The captured shooter, twenty-one-year-old Dylan Roof, a white supremacist, was charged with their murders. Two days after the shooting, while Roof’s court hearing was held on video conference, some of the families of his nine victims, one by one, appeared on the screen—forgiving the killer. The “Emanuel Nine” set a profound example for their families, their city, their nation, and indeed the world. In many ways, this church’s story is America’s story—the oldest A.M.E. church in the Deep South fighting for freedom and civil rights but also fighting for grace and understanding. Fighting to transcend bigotry, fraud, hatred, racism, poverty, and misery. The shootings in June 2015, opened up a deep wound of racism that still permeates Southern institutions and remains part of American society.   We Are Charleston tells the story of a people, continually beaten down, who seem to continually triumph over the worst of adversity. Exploring the storied history of the A.M.E. Church may be a way of explaining the price and power of forgiveness, a way of revealing God’s mercy in the midst of tremendous pain. We Are Charleston may help us discover what can be right in a world that so often has gone wrong.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-fish-a-memoir-by-mim-e-rivas-antwone-q-fisher--65149996https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Fish: A Memoir Author: Mim E. Rivas, Antwone Q. Fisher Narrator: Thomas Anthony Penny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born -- first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters. A tumultuous and ultimately gratifying tale of self-discovery written in Fisher's gritty yet melodic literary voice, Finding Fish is an unforgettable reading experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265746Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Fish: A Memoir Author: Mim E. Rivas, Antwone Q. Fisher Narrator: Thomas Anthony Penny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265746 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Fish: A Memoir Author: Mim E. Rivas, Antwone Q. Fisher Narrator: Thomas Anthony Penny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born -- first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters. A tumultuous and ultimately gratifying tale of self-discovery written in Fisher's gritty yet melodic literary voice, Finding Fish is an unforgettable reading experience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/double-cup-love-on-the-trail-of-family-food-and-broken-hearts-in-china-by-eddie-huang--65150087https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China Author: Eddie Huang Narrator: Eddie Huang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the author of Fresh Off the Boat, now a hit ABC sitcom, comes a hilarious and fiercely original story of culture, family, love, and red-cooked pork Eddie Huang was finally happy. Sort of. He’d written a bestselling book and was the star of a TV show that took him to far-flung places around the globe. His New York City restaurant was humming, his OKCupid hand was strong, and he’d even hung fresh Ralph Lauren curtains to create the illusion of a bedroom in the tiny apartment he shared with his younger brother Evan, who ran their restaurant business. Then he fell in love—and everything fell apart. The business was creating tension within the family; his life as a media star took him away from his first passion—food; and the woman he loved—an All-American white girl—made him wonder: How Chinese am I? The only way to find out, he decided, was to reverse his parents’ migration and head back to the motherland. On a quest to heal his family, reconnect with his culture, and figure out whether he should marry his American girl, Eddie flew to China with his two brothers and a mission: to set up shop to see if his food stood up to Chinese palates—and to immerse himself in the culture to see if his life made sense in China. Naturally, nothing went according to plan. Double Cup Love takes readers from Williamsburg dive bars to the skies over Mongolia, from Michelin-starred restaurants in Shanghai to street-side soup peddlers in Chengdu. The book rockets off as a sharply observed, globe-trotting comic adventure that turns into an existential suspense story with high stakes. Eddie takes readers to the crossroads where he has to choose between his past and his future, between who he once was and who he might become. Double Cup Love is about how we search for love and meaning—in family and culture, in romance and marriage—but also how that search, with all its aching and overpowering complexity, can deliver us to our truest selves. Praise for Eddie Huang’s Double Cup Love “Double Cup Love invites the readers to journey through [Eddie Huang’s] love story, new friendships, brotherhood, a whole lot of eating and more. Huang’s honest recounting shouts and whispers on every page in all-caps dialogues and hilarious side-commentary. Huang pulls simple truths and humor out of his complex adventure to China. His forthright sharing of anecdotes is sincere and generates uncontrollable laughter. . . . His latest memoir affirms not only that the self-described “human panda” is an engaging storyteller but a great listener, especially in the language of food.”—Chicago Tribune “An elaborate story of love and self-discovery . . . Huang’s writing is wry and zippy; he regards the world with an understanding of its absurdities and injustices and with a willingness to be surprised.”—Jon Caramanica, The New York Times “Huang is determined to tease out the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which Asian-Americans give up parts of themselves in order to move forward. . . . Fortunately for us, he’s not afraid to speak up about it.”—The New Yorker “Huang connects in Chengdu the same way he assimilated in America—through food, hip-hop and a never-ending authenticity, which readers experience through his hilarious writing voice and style.”—New York Daily News]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263466Tue, 31 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China Author: Eddie Huang Narrator: Eddie Huang Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China Author: Eddie Huang Narrator: Eddie Huang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the author of Fresh Off the Boat, now a hit ABC sitcom, comes a hilarious and fiercely original story of culture, family, love, and red-cooked pork Eddie Huang was finally happy. Sort of. He’d written a bestselling book and was the star of a TV show that took him to far-flung places around the globe. His New York City restaurant was humming, his OKCupid hand was strong, and he’d even hung fresh Ralph Lauren curtains to create the illusion of a bedroom in the tiny apartment he shared with his younger brother Evan, who ran their restaurant business. Then he fell in love—and everything fell apart. The business was creating tension within the family; his life as a media star took him away from his first passion—food; and the woman he loved—an All-American white girl—made him wonder: How Chinese am I? The only way to find out, he decided, was to reverse his parents’ migration and head back to the motherland. On a quest to heal his family, reconnect with his culture, and figure out whether he should marry his American girl, Eddie flew to China with his two brothers and a mission: to set up shop to see if his food stood up to Chinese palates—and to immerse himself in the culture to see if his life made sense in China. Naturally, nothing went according to plan. Double Cup Love takes readers from Williamsburg dive bars to the skies over Mongolia, from Michelin-starred restaurants in Shanghai to street-side soup peddlers in Chengdu. The book rockets off as a sharply observed, globe-trotting comic adventure that turns into an existential suspense story with high stakes. Eddie takes readers to the crossroads where he has to choose between his past and his future, between who he once was and who he might become. Double Cup Love is about how we search for love and meaning—in family and culture, in romance and marriage—but also how that search, with all its aching and overpowering complexity, can deliver us to our truest selves. Praise for Eddie Huang’s Double Cup Love “Double Cup Love invites the readers to journey through [Eddie Huang’s] love story, new friendships, brotherhood, a whole lot of eating and more. Huang’s honest recounting shouts and whispers on every page in all-caps dialogues and hilarious side-commentary. Huang pulls simple truths and humor out of his complex adventure to China. His forthright sharing of anecdotes is sincere and generates uncontrollable laughter. . . . His latest memoir affirms not only that the self-described “human panda” is an engaging storyteller but a great listener, especially in the language of food.”—Chicago Tribune “An elaborate story of love and self-discovery . . . Huang’s writing is wry and zippy; he regards the world with an understanding of its absurdities and injustices and with a willingness to be surprised.”—Jon Caramanica, The New York Times “Huang is determined to tease out the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which Asian-Americans give up parts of themselves in order to move forward. . . . Fortunately for us, he’s not afraid to speak up about it.”—The New Yorker “Huang connects in Chengdu the same way he assimilated in America—through food, hip-hop and a never-ending authenticity, which readers experience through his hilarious writing voice and style.”—New York Daily News]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elizabeth-the-forgotten-years-by-john-guy--65150024https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Author: John Guy Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: COSTA AWARD FINALIST  ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR  FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR  Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding “A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.” –Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows her at the height of her power. Elizabeth was crowned queen at twenty-five, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were behind her that she began to wield power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers, who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but to rule. In this magisterial biography, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. We see her confronting challenges at home and abroad: war against France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggers riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she is smitten by a much younger man, but can she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne?   For the better part of a decade John Guy mined long-overlooked archives, scouring handwritten letters and court documents to sweep away myths and rumors. This prodigious historical detective work has enabled him to reveal, for the first time, the woman behind the polished veneer: determined, prone to fits of jealous rage, wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone. At last we hear her in her own voice expressing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns. Guy writes like a dream, and this combination of groundbreaking research and propulsive narrative puts him in a class of his own. 'Significant, forensic and myth-busting, John Guy inspires total confidence in a narrative which is at once pacey and rich in detail.'  -- Anna Whitelock, TLS   “Most historians focus on the early decades, with Elizabeth’s last years acting as a postscript to the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Guy argues that this period is crucial to understanding a more human side of the smart redhead.” – The Economist, Book of the Year]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265148Tue, 24 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Author: John Guy Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Author: John Guy Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: COSTA AWARD FINALIST  ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR  FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR  Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding “A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.” –Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows her at the height of her power. Elizabeth was crowned queen at twenty-five, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were behind her that she began to wield power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers, who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but to rule. In this magisterial biography, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. We see her confronting challenges at home and abroad: war against France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggers riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she is smitten by a much younger man, but can she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne?   For the better part of a decade John Guy mined long-overlooked archives, scouring handwritten letters and court documents to sweep away myths and rumors. This prodigious historical detective work has enabled him to reveal, for the first time, the woman behind the polished veneer: determined, prone to fits of jealous rage, wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone. At last we hear her in her own voice expressing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns. Guy writes like a dream, and this combination of groundbreaking research and propulsive narrative puts him in a class of his own. 'Significant, forensic and myth-busting, John Guy inspires total confidence in a narrative which is at once pacey and rich in detail.'  -- Anna Whitelock, TLS   “Most historians focus on the early decades, with Elizabeth’s last years acting as a postscript to the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Guy argues that this period is crucial to understanding a more human side of the smart redhead.” – The Economist, Book of the Year]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bill-o-reilly-s-legends-and-lies-the-patriots-by-david-fisher--65150000https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies Author: David Fisher Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: no one was on stable ground and few could be trusted. Through the fascinating tales of the first Americans,Legends and Lies: The Patriots reveals the contentious arguments that turned friends into foes and the country into a warzone. From the riots over a child's murder that led to the Boston Massacre to the suspicious return of Ben Franklin, the 'First American;' from the Continental Army's first victory under George Washington's leadership to the little known southern Guerilla campaign of 'Swamp Fox' Francis Marion, and the celebration of America's first Christmas, The Patriots recreates the amazing combination of resourcefulness, perseverance, strategy, and luck that led to this country's creation. Told in the same fast-paced, immersive narrative as the first Legends and Lies, The Patriots is an irresistible, adventure-packed journey back into one of the most storied moments of our nation's rich history. Introduction read by Bill O'Reilly.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262905Tue, 24 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies Author: David Fisher Narrator: Holter Graham Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots Series: Part of Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies Author: David Fisher Narrator: Holter Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 80 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: no one was on stable ground and few could be trusted. Through the fascinating tales of the first Americans,Legends and Lies: The Patriots reveals the contentious arguments that turned friends into foes and the country into a warzone. From the riots over a child's murder that led to the Boston Massacre to the suspicious return of Ben Franklin, the 'First American;' from the Continental Army's first victory under George Washington's leadership to the little known southern Guerilla campaign of 'Swamp Fox' Francis Marion, and the celebration of America's first Christmas, The Patriots recreates the amazing combination of resourcefulness, perseverance, strategy, and luck that led to this country's creation. Told in the same fast-paced, immersive narrative as the first Legends and Lies, The Patriots is an irresistible, adventure-packed journey back into one of the most storied moments of our nation's rich history. Introduction read by Bill O'Reilly.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-make-white-people-laugh-by-negin-farsad--65149998https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Make White People Laugh Author: Negin Farsad Narrator: Negin Farsad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism. Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world through jokes. And yes, sometimes that includes fart jokes. In this candid and uproarious book, Farsad shares her personal experiences growing up as the 'other' in an American culture that has no time for nuance. In fact, she longed to be black and/or Mexican at various points of her youth, you know, like normal kids. Right? RIGHT? Writing bluntly and hilariously about the elements of race we are often too politically correct to discuss, Farsad takes a long hard look at the iconography that still shapes our concepts of 'black,' 'white,' and 'Muslim' today-and what it means when white culture defines the culture. Farsad asks the important questions like, What does it mean to have a hyphenated identity? How can we actually combat racism, stereotyping, and exclusion? Do Iranians get bunions at a higher rate than other ethnic groups? (She's asking for a friend.) How to Make White People Laugh tackles these questions with wit, humor, and incisive intellect. And along the way, you might just learn a thing or two about tetherball, Duck Dynasty, and wine slushies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658Tue, 24 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Make White People Laugh Author: Negin Farsad Narrator: Negin Farsad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Make White People Laugh Author: Negin Farsad Narrator: Negin Farsad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism. Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world through jokes. And yes, sometimes that includes fart jokes. In this candid and uproarious book, Farsad shares her personal experiences growing up as the 'other' in an American culture that has no time for nuance. In fact, she longed to be black and/or Mexican at various points of her youth, you know, like normal kids. Right? RIGHT? Writing bluntly and hilariously about the elements of race we are often too politically correct to discuss, Farsad takes a long hard look at the iconography that still shapes our concepts of 'black,' 'white,' and 'Muslim' today-and what it means when white culture defines the culture. Farsad asks the important questions like, What does it mean to have a hyphenated identity? How can we actually combat racism, stereotyping, and exclusion? Do Iranians get bunions at a higher rate than other ethnic groups? (She's asking for a friend.) How to Make White People Laugh tackles these questions with wit, humor, and incisive intellect. And along the way, you might just learn a thing or two about tetherball, Duck Dynasty, and wine slushies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elizabeth-the-forgotten-years-by-john-guy--65150021https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Author: John Guy Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 19, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: here is the court of Elizabeth I as never known before. History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers -- and still to come is the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. We have not, until now, had the full picture. This gripping and vivid portrait of her life and times -- often told in her own words (and including details such as her love of chess and marzipan) -- reveals a woman who was insecure, human ('You know I am no morning woman'), and unpopular even with the men who fought for her. This is the real Elizabeth, for the first time. © John Guy 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266026Thu, 19 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Author: John Guy Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Author: John Guy Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 19, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: here is the court of Elizabeth I as never known before. History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers -- and still to come is the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. We have not, until now, had the full picture. This gripping and vivid portrait of her life and times -- often told in her own words (and including details such as her love of chess and marzipan) -- reveals a woman who was insecure, human ('You know I am no morning woman'), and unpopular even with the men who fought for her. This is the real Elizabeth, for the first time. © John Guy 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-underdogs-children-dogs-and-the-power-of-unconditional-love-by-melissa-fay-greene--65150089https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love Author: Melissa Fay Greene Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Underdogs tells the story of Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, who was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was “too disabled.” Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. “How many people are stranded like I was,” she wondered, “who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?” A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk’s service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a manmade, synthetic species, and oft- referred to as “Man’s Best Friend” almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen’s story and a few exquisitely rendered stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families. Written with characteristic insight, humanity, humor, and irrepressible joy, what could have been merely touching is a penetrating, compassionate exploration of larger questions: about our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263026Tue, 17 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love Author: Melissa Fay Greene Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love Author: Melissa Fay Greene Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Underdogs tells the story of Karen Shirk, felled at age twenty-four by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent, immobile patient, who was turned down by every service dog agency in the country because she was “too disabled.” Her nurse encouraged her to tone down the suicidal thoughts, find a puppy, and raise her own service dog. Karen did this, and Ben, a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. “How many people are stranded like I was,” she wondered, “who would lead productive lives if only they had a dog?” A thousand state-of-the-art dogs later, Karen Shirk’s service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life. Long shunned by scientists as a manmade, synthetic species, and oft- referred to as “Man’s Best Friend” almost patronizingly, dogs are finally paid respectful attention by a new generation of neuroscientists and animal behaviorists. Melissa Fay Greene weaves the latest scientific discoveries about our co-evolution with dogs with Karen’s story and a few exquisitely rendered stories of suffering children and their heartbroken families. Written with characteristic insight, humanity, humor, and irrepressible joy, what could have been merely touching is a penetrating, compassionate exploration of larger questions: about our attachment to dogs, what constitutes a productive life, and what can be accomplished with unconditional love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-self-made-man-the-political-life-of-abraham-lincoln-1809-1849-by-sidney-blumenthal--65150051https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809 – 1849 Author: Sidney Blumenthal Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). From his youth as a voracious newspaper reader, Abraham Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom Paine, as well as Shakespeare and the Bible. In the “fascinating” (Booklist, starred review) A Self-Made Man, Sidney Blumenthal reveals how Lincoln’s antislavery thinking began in his childhood in backwoods Kentucky and Indiana. Intensely ambitious, he held political aspirations from his earliest years. Yet he was a socially awkward suitor who had a nervous breakdown over his inability to deal with the opposite sex. His marriage to the upper class Mary Todd was crucial to his social aspirations and his political career. “The Lincoln of Blumenthal’s pen is…a brave progressive facing racist assaults on his religion, ethnicity, and very legitimacy that echo the anti-Obama birther movement….Blumenthal takes the wily pol of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals and goes deeper, finding a Vulcan logic and House of Cards ruthlessness” (The Washingtonian). Based on prodigious research of Lincoln’s record, and of the period and its main players, Blumenthal’s robust biography reflects both Lincoln’s time and the struggle that consumes our own political debate. This first volume traces Lincoln from his birth in 1809 through his education in the political arts, rise to the Congress, and fall into the wilderness from which he emerged as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln. “Splendid…no one can come away from reading A Self-Made Man…without eagerly anticipating the ensuing volumes.” (Washington Monthly).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263227Tue, 10 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809 – 1849 Author: Sidney Blumenthal Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263227 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809 – 1849 Author: Sidney Blumenthal Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). From his youth as a voracious newspaper reader, Abraham Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom Paine, as well as Shakespeare and the Bible. In the “fascinating” (Booklist, starred review) A Self-Made Man, Sidney Blumenthal reveals how Lincoln’s antislavery thinking began in his childhood in backwoods Kentucky and Indiana. Intensely ambitious, he held political aspirations from his earliest years. Yet he was a socially awkward suitor who had a nervous breakdown over his inability to deal with the opposite sex. His marriage to the upper class Mary Todd was crucial to his social aspirations and his political career. “The Lincoln of Blumenthal’s pen is…a brave progressive facing racist assaults on his religion, ethnicity, and very legitimacy that echo the anti-Obama birther movement….Blumenthal takes the wily pol of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals and goes deeper, finding a Vulcan logic and House of Cards ruthlessness” (The Washingtonian). Based on prodigious research of Lincoln’s record, and of the period and its main players, Blumenthal’s robust biography reflects both Lincoln’s time and the struggle that consumes our own political debate. This first volume traces Lincoln from his birth in 1809 through his education in the political arts, rise to the Congress, and fall into the wilderness from which he emerged as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln. “Splendid…no one can come away from reading A Self-Made Man…without eagerly anticipating the ensuing volumes.” (Washington Monthly).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bite-me-how-lyme-disease-stole-my-childhood-made-me-crazy-and-almost-killed-me-by-ally-hilfiger--65150031https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bite Me: How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me Author: Ally Hilfiger Narrator: Ally Hilfiger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of eighteen. She couldn't put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and had acted in an off-Broadway play. But now, Ally was pushed to a psychotic break after struggling since she was seven years old with physical symptoms that no doctor could explain; everything from joint pain, to night sweats, memory loss, nausea, and brain fog. A doctor in the psych ward was finally able to give her the answers her and her family had desperately been searching for, and the diagnosis that all the previous doctors had missed. She learned that she had Lyme disease-and finally had a breakthrough. What she didn't know was that this diagnosis would lead her down some of the most excruciating years of her life before beginning her journey to recovery from eleven years of misdiagnosis and physical pain. She would need to find her courage to heal physically, mentally, and emotionally, and become the survivor she is today. Set against the backdrop of the fast-paced fashion and entertainment industries, Bite Me shares the heartbreaking and hilarious stories that moved Ally forward on her journey from sickness to health. Its themes will be familiar to more than 300,000 Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, many of whom, like Ally, wondered for years what was wrong with them. Bite Me offers readers hope and ideas for how one can transition from victim to survivor, and shares the spiritual principles and actions that have contributed to her wholeness as a human, mother, and international spokesperson against Lyme disease.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263352Tue, 10 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bite Me: How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me Author: Ally Hilfiger Narrator: Ally Hilfiger Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263352 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bite Me: How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy, and Almost Killed Me Author: Ally Hilfiger Narrator: Ally Hilfiger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of eighteen. She couldn't put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and had acted in an off-Broadway play. But now, Ally was pushed to a psychotic break after struggling since she was seven years old with physical symptoms that no doctor could explain; everything from joint pain, to night sweats, memory loss, nausea, and brain fog. A doctor in the psych ward was finally able to give her the answers her and her family had desperately been searching for, and the diagnosis that all the previous doctors had missed. She learned that she had Lyme disease-and finally had a breakthrough. What she didn't know was that this diagnosis would lead her down some of the most excruciating years of her life before beginning her journey to recovery from eleven years of misdiagnosis and physical pain. She would need to find her courage to heal physically, mentally, and emotionally, and become the survivor she is today. Set against the backdrop of the fast-paced fashion and entertainment industries, Bite Me shares the heartbreaking and hilarious stories that moved Ally forward on her journey from sickness to health. Its themes will be familiar to more than 300,000 Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, many of whom, like Ally, wondered for years what was wrong with them. Bite Me offers readers hope and ideas for how one can transition from victim to survivor, and shares the spiritual principles and actions that have contributed to her wholeness as a human, mother, and international spokesperson against Lyme disease.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-romanovs-1613-1918-by-simon-sebag-montefiore--65150086https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: 1613-1918 Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Narrator: Simon Russell Beale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?   This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance, with a global cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy and Pushkin, to Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria and Lenin. To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice: six of the last twelve tsars were murdered. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire, and dominated his court with a dining club notable for compulsory drunkenness, naked dwarfs and fancy dress. Catherine the Great overthrew her own husband (who was murdered soon afterward), enjoyed affairs with a series of young male favorites, conquered Ukraine and fascinated Europe. Paul I was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who in turn faced Napoleon’s invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever composed by a ruler. The Romanovs climaxes with a fresh, unforgettable portrayal of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the rise and murder of Rasputin, war and revolution—and the harrowing massacre of the entire family. Dazzlingly entertaining and beautifully written from start to finish, The Romanovs brings these monarchs—male and female, great and flawed, their families and courts—blazingly to life. Drawing on new archival research, Montefiore delivers an enthralling epic of triumph and tragedy, love and murder, encompassing the seminal years 1812, 1914 and 1917, that is both a universal study of power and a portrait of empire that helps define Russia today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263647Tue, 03 May 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: 1613-1918 Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Narrator: Simon Russell Beale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 45 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: 1613-1918 Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Narrator: Simon Russell Beale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?   This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance, with a global cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, from Ivan the Terrible to Tolstoy and Pushkin, to Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria and Lenin. To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice: six of the last twelve tsars were murdered. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire, and dominated his court with a dining club notable for compulsory drunkenness, naked dwarfs and fancy dress. Catherine the Great overthrew her own husband (who was murdered soon afterward), enjoyed affairs with a series of young male favorites, conquered Ukraine and fascinated Europe. Paul I was strangled by courtiers backed by his own son, Alexander I, who in turn faced Napoleon’s invasion and the burning of Moscow, then went on to take Paris. Alexander II liberated the serfs, survived five assassination attempts and wrote perhaps the most explicit love letters ever composed by a ruler. The Romanovs climaxes with a fresh, unforgettable portrayal of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the rise and murder of Rasputin, war and revolution—and the harrowing massacre of the entire family. Dazzlingly entertaining and beautifully written from start to finish, The Romanovs brings these monarchs—male and female, great and flawed, their families and courts—blazingly to life. Drawing on new archival research, Montefiore delivers an enthralling epic of triumph and tragedy, love and murder, encompassing the seminal years 1812, 1914 and 1917, that is both a universal study of power and a portrait of empire that helps define Russia today.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jungle-of-stone-the-extraordinary-journey-of-john-l-stephens-and-frederick-catherwood-and-the-discovery-of-the-lost-civilization-of-the-m--65150008https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya Author: William Carlsen Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling chronicle of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the world’s most intrepid travelers. Seized by the reports, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood—both already celebrated for their adventures in Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, and Rome—sailed together out of New York Harbor on an expedition into the forbidding rainforests of present-day Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. What they found would upend the West’s understanding of human history. In the tradition of Lost City of Z and In the Kingdom of Ice, former San Francisco Chronicle journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist William Carlsen reveals the remarkable story of the discovery of the ancient Maya. Enduring disease, war, and the torments of nature and terrain, Stephens and Catherwood meticulously uncovered and documented the remains of an astonishing civilization that had flourished in the Americas at the same time as classic Greece and Rome—and had been its rival in art, architecture, and power. Their masterful book about the experience, written by Stephens and illustrated by Catherwood, became a sensation, hailed by Edgar Allan Poe as “perhaps the most interesting book of travel ever published” and recognized today as the birth of American archaeology. Most important, Stephens and Catherwood were the first to grasp the significance of the Maya remains, understanding that their antiquity and sophistication overturned the West’s assumptions about the development of civilization. By the time of the flowering of classical Greece (400 b.c.), the Maya were already constructing pyramids and temples around central plazas. Within a few hundred years the structures took on a monumental scale that required millions of man-hours of labor, and technical and organizational expertise. Over the next millennium, dozens of city-states evolved, each governed by powerful lords, some with populations larger than any city in Europe at the time, and connected by road-like causeways of crushed stone. The Maya developed a cohesive, unified cosmology, an array of common gods, a creation story, and a shared artistic and architectural vision. They created stucco and stone monuments and bas reliefs, sculpting figures and hieroglyphs with refined artistic skill. At their peak, an estimated ten million people occupied the Maya’s heartland on the Yucatan Peninsula, a region where only half a million now live. And yet by the time the Spanish reached the “New World,” the Maya had all but disappeared; they would remain a mystery for the next three hundred years. Today, the tables are turned: the Maya are justly famous, if sometimes misunderstood, while Stephens and Catherwood have been nearly forgotten. Based on Carlsen’s rigorous research and his own 1,500-mile journey throughout the Yucatan and Central America, Jungle of Stone is equally a thrilling adventure narrative and a revelatory work of history that corrects our understanding of Stephens, Catherwood, and the Maya themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262848Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya Author: William Carlsen Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling chronicle of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the world’s most intrepid travelers. Seized by the reports, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood—both already celebrated for their adventures in Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, and Rome—sailed together out of New York Harbor on an expedition into the forbidding rainforests of present-day Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. What they found would upend the West’s understanding of human history. In the tradition of Lost City of Z and In the Kingdom of Ice, former San Francisco Chronicle journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist William Carlsen reveals the remarkable story of the discovery of the ancient Maya. Enduring disease, war, and the torments of nature and terrain, Stephens and Catherwood meticulously uncovered and documented the remains of an astonishing civilization that had flourished in the Americas at the same time as classic Greece and Rome—and had been its rival in art, architecture, and power. Their masterful book about the experience, written by Stephens and illustrated by Catherwood, became a sensation, hailed by Edgar Allan Poe as “perhaps the most interesting book of travel ever published” and recognized today as the birth of American archaeology. Most important, Stephens and Catherwood were the first to grasp the significance of the Maya remains, understanding that their antiquity and sophistication overturned the West’s assumptions about the development of civilization. By the time of the flowering of classical Greece (400 b.c.), the Maya were already constructing pyramids and temples around central plazas. Within a few hundred years the structures took on a monumental scale that required millions of man-hours of labor, and technical and organizational expertise. Over the next millennium, dozens of city-states evolved, each governed by powerful lords, some with populations larger than any city in Europe at the time, and connected by road-like causeways of crushed stone. The Maya developed a cohesive, unified cosmology, an array of common gods, a creation story, and a shared artistic and architectural vision. They created stucco and stone monuments and bas reliefs, sculpting figures and hieroglyphs with refined artistic skill. At their peak, an estimated ten million people occupied the Maya’s heartland on the Yucatan Peninsula, a region where only half a million now live. And yet by the time the Spanish reached the “New World,” the Maya had all but disappeared; they would remain a mystery for the next three hundred years. Today, the tables are turned: the Maya are justly famous, if sometimes misunderstood, while Stephens and Catherwood have been nearly forgotten. Based on Carlsen’s rigorous research and his own 1,500-mile journey throughout the Yucatan and Central America, Jungle of Stone is equally a thrilling adventure narrative and a revelatory work of history that corrects our understanding of Stephens, Catherwood, and the Maya themselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/game-of-crowns-elizabeth-camilla-kate-and-the-throne-by-christopher-andersen--65150097https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne Author: Christopher Andersen Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A moving and compulsively readable look into the lives, loves, relationships, and rivalries among the three women at the heart of the British royal family today: Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla Parker-Bowles, and Kate Middleton—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Good Son, These Few Precious Days, and The Day Diana Died. One has been famous longer than anyone on the planet—a dutiful daughter, a frustrated mother, a doting grandmother, a steel-willed taskmaster, a wily stateswoman, an enduring symbol of an institution that has lasted a thousand years, and a global icon who has not only been an eyewitness to history but a part of it. One is the great-granddaughter of a King’s mistress and one of the most famous “other women” of the modern age—a woman who somehow survived a firestorm of scorn to ultimately marry the love of her life, and in the process replace her arch rival, one of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century. One is a beautiful commoner, the university-educated daughter of a flight attendant-turned-millionaire entrepreneur, a fashion scion the equal of her adored mother-in-law, and the first woman since King George V’s wife, Queen Mary, to lay claim to being the daughter-in-law of one future king, the wife another, and the mother of yet another. Game of Crowns is an in-depth and exquisitely researched exploration of the lives of these three remarkable women and the striking and sometimes subtle ways in which their lives intersect and intertwine. Examining their surprising similarities and stark differences, Andersen travels beyond the royal palace walls to illustrate who these three women really are today—and how they will directly reshape the landscape of the monarchy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262722Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne Author: Christopher Andersen Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262722 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne Author: Christopher Andersen Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A moving and compulsively readable look into the lives, loves, relationships, and rivalries among the three women at the heart of the British royal family today: Queen Elizabeth II, Camilla Parker-Bowles, and Kate Middleton—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Good Son, These Few Precious Days, and The Day Diana Died. One has been famous longer than anyone on the planet—a dutiful daughter, a frustrated mother, a doting grandmother, a steel-willed taskmaster, a wily stateswoman, an enduring symbol of an institution that has lasted a thousand years, and a global icon who has not only been an eyewitness to history but a part of it. One is the great-granddaughter of a King’s mistress and one of the most famous “other women” of the modern age—a woman who somehow survived a firestorm of scorn to ultimately marry the love of her life, and in the process replace her arch rival, one of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century. One is a beautiful commoner, the university-educated daughter of a flight attendant-turned-millionaire entrepreneur, a fashion scion the equal of her adored mother-in-law, and the first woman since King George V’s wife, Queen Mary, to lay claim to being the daughter-in-law of one future king, the wife another, and the mother of yet another. Game of Crowns is an in-depth and exquisitely researched exploration of the lives of these three remarkable women and the striking and sometimes subtle ways in which their lives intersect and intertwine. Examining their surprising similarities and stark differences, Andersen travels beyond the royal palace walls to illustrate who these three women really are today—and how they will directly reshape the landscape of the monarchy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waking-up-white-and-finding-myself-in-the-story-of-race-by-debby-irving--65150050https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Author: Debby Irving Narrator: Debby Irving Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 60 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Debby Irving is an emerging voice in the national racial justice community. Combining her organization development skills, classroom teaching experience, and understanding of systemic racism, Irving educates and consults with individuals and organizations seeking to create racial equity at both the personal and institutional level. Irving grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts, during the socially turbulent 1960s and '70s. After a blissfully sheltered, upper-middle-class suburban childhood, she found herself simultaneously intrigued and horrified by the racial divide she observed in nearby Boston. Her career began in a variety of urban performance-art and community-based non-profits, where she repeatedly found that her best efforts to 'help' caused more harm than the good she intended. Her one-step-forward-two-steps-back experience of racial understanding eventually lead her to dig deeply into her own white privilege, where she found truths she never knew existed. Waking Up White describes that journey and the lessons learned along the way. Now a racial justice educator and writer, Irving works with other white people to transform confusion into curiosity and anxiety into action. She's worked in private and public urban schools, both in the classroom and at the board level, to foster community among students, teachers, staff, and families by focusing on honest dialog that educates and connects people through shared interests and divergent backgrounds. A graduate of the Winsor School in Boston, she holds a BA from Kenyon College and an MBA from Simmons College. Waking Up White is her first book.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262988Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Author: Debby Irving Narrator: Debby Irving Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Author: Debby Irving Narrator: Debby Irving Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 60 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Debby Irving is an emerging voice in the national racial justice community. Combining her organization development skills, classroom teaching experience, and understanding of systemic racism, Irving educates and consults with individuals and organizations seeking to create racial equity at both the personal and institutional level. Irving grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts, during the socially turbulent 1960s and '70s. After a blissfully sheltered, upper-middle-class suburban childhood, she found herself simultaneously intrigued and horrified by the racial divide she observed in nearby Boston. Her career began in a variety of urban performance-art and community-based non-profits, where she repeatedly found that her best efforts to 'help' caused more harm than the good she intended. Her one-step-forward-two-steps-back experience of racial understanding eventually lead her to dig deeply into her own white privilege, where she found truths she never knew existed. Waking Up White describes that journey and the lessons learned along the way. Now a racial justice educator and writer, Irving works with other white people to transform confusion into curiosity and anxiety into action. She's worked in private and public urban schools, both in the classroom and at the board level, to foster community among students, teachers, staff, and families by focusing on honest dialog that educates and connects people through shared interests and divergent backgrounds. A graduate of the Winsor School in Boston, she holds a BA from Kenyon College and an MBA from Simmons College. Waking Up White is her first book.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nurses-a-year-of-secrets-drama-and-miracles-with-the-heroes-of-the-hospital-by-alexandra-robbins--65150037https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital Author: Alexandra Robbins Narrator: Alexandra Robbins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nursing is more than a career; it's a calling, and one of the most important fascinating, and dangerous professions in the world. As the frontline responders battling traumas, illnesses, and aggression from surprising sources, nurses are remarkable. Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them. In The Nurses, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff-only door to write a lively, fast-paced story and a riveting work of investigative journalism. Robbins followed real-life nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating audiobook filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humor and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic, engaging characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos -- the hazing ('nurses eat their young'); sex (not exactly like on TV, but it happens more often than you think); painkiller and addiction (disproportionately a problem among the best and brightest); and bullying (by doctors, patients, and others). The result is a riveting story possessing all the twists and turns of a brilliantly told narrative -- and a shocking, unvarnished examination of our health care system.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263342Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital Author: Alexandra Robbins Narrator: Alexandra Robbins Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263342 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital Author: Alexandra Robbins Narrator: Alexandra Robbins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nursing is more than a career; it's a calling, and one of the most important fascinating, and dangerous professions in the world. As the frontline responders battling traumas, illnesses, and aggression from surprising sources, nurses are remarkable. Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them. In The Nurses, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff-only door to write a lively, fast-paced story and a riveting work of investigative journalism. Robbins followed real-life nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating audiobook filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humor and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic, engaging characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos -- the hazing ('nurses eat their young'); sex (not exactly like on TV, but it happens more often than you think); painkiller and addiction (disproportionately a problem among the best and brightest); and bullying (by doctors, patients, and others). The result is a riveting story possessing all the twists and turns of a brilliantly told narrative -- and a shocking, unvarnished examination of our health care system.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chasing-the-last-laugh-mark-twain-s-raucous-and-redemptive-round-the-world-comedy-tour-by-richard-zacks--65150005https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour Author: Richard Zacks Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of Island of Vice and The Pirate Hunter, a rich and lively account of how Mark Twain’s late-life adventures abroad helped him recover from financial disaster and family tragedy—and revived his world-class sense of humor Mark Twain, the highest-paid writer in America in 1894, was also one of the nation’s worst investors. “There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate,” he wrote. “When he can’t afford it and when he can.” The publishing company Twain owned was failing; his investment in a typesetting device was bleeding red ink. After losing hundreds of thousands of dollars back when a beer cost a nickel, he found himself neck-deep in debt. His heiress wife, Livy, took the setback hard. “I have a perfect horror and heart-sickness over it,” she wrote. “I cannot get away from the feeling that business failure means disgrace.”      But Twain vowed to Livy he would pay back every penny. And so, just when the fifty-nine-year-old, bushy-browed icon imagined that he would be settling into literary lionhood, telling jokes at gilded dinners, he forced himself to mount the “platform” again, embarking on a round-the-world stand-up comedy tour. No author had ever done that. He cherry-picked his best stories—such as stealing his first watermelon and buying a bucking bronco—and spun them into a ninety-minute performance.      Twain trekked across the American West and onward by ship to the faraway lands of Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, India, Ceylon, and South Africa. He rode an elephant twice and visited the Taj Mahal. He saw Zulus dancing and helped sort diamonds at the Kimberley mines. (He failed to slip away with a sparkly souvenir.) He played shuffleboard on cruise ships and battled captains for the right to smoke in peace. He complained that his wife and daughter made him shave and change his shirt every day.      The great American writer fought off numerous illnesses and travel nuisances to circle the globe and earn a huge payday and a tidal wave of applause. Word of his success, however, traveled slowly enough that one American newspaper reported that he had died penniless in London. That’s when he famously quipped: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”      Throughout his quest, Twain was aided by cutthroat Standard Oil tycoon H.H. Rogers, with whom he had struck a deep friendship, and he was hindered by his own lawyer (and future secretary of state) Bainbridge Colby, whom he deemed “head idiot of this century.”      In Chasing the Last Laugh, author Richard Zacks, drawing extensively on unpublished material in notebooks and letters from Berkeley’s ongoing Mark Twain Project, chronicles a poignant chapter in the author’s life—one that began in foolishness and bad choices but culminated in humor, hard-won wisdom, and ultimate triumph.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262949Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour Author: Richard Zacks Narrator: George Guidall Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour Author: Richard Zacks Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of Island of Vice and The Pirate Hunter, a rich and lively account of how Mark Twain’s late-life adventures abroad helped him recover from financial disaster and family tragedy—and revived his world-class sense of humor Mark Twain, the highest-paid writer in America in 1894, was also one of the nation’s worst investors. “There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate,” he wrote. “When he can’t afford it and when he can.” The publishing company Twain owned was failing; his investment in a typesetting device was bleeding red ink. After losing hundreds of thousands of dollars back when a beer cost a nickel, he found himself neck-deep in debt. His heiress wife, Livy, took the setback hard. “I have a perfect horror and heart-sickness over it,” she wrote. “I cannot get away from the feeling that business failure means disgrace.”      But Twain vowed to Livy he would pay back every penny. And so, just when the fifty-nine-year-old, bushy-browed icon imagined that he would be settling into literary lionhood, telling jokes at gilded dinners, he forced himself to mount the “platform” again, embarking on a round-the-world stand-up comedy tour. No author had ever done that. He cherry-picked his best stories—such as stealing his first watermelon and buying a bucking bronco—and spun them into a ninety-minute performance.      Twain trekked across the American West and onward by ship to the faraway lands of Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, India, Ceylon, and South Africa. He rode an elephant twice and visited the Taj Mahal. He saw Zulus dancing and helped sort diamonds at the Kimberley mines. (He failed to slip away with a sparkly souvenir.) He played shuffleboard on cruise ships and battled captains for the right to smoke in peace. He complained that his wife and daughter made him shave and change his shirt every day.      The great American writer fought off numerous illnesses and travel nuisances to circle the globe and earn a huge payday and a tidal wave of applause. Word of his success, however, traveled slowly enough that one American newspaper reported that he had died penniless in London. That’s when he famously quipped: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”      Throughout his quest, Twain was aided by cutthroat Standard Oil tycoon H.H. Rogers, with whom he had struck a deep friendship, and he was hindered by his own lawyer (and future secretary of state) Bainbridge Colby, whom he deemed “head idiot of this century.”      In Chasing the Last Laugh, author Richard Zacks, drawing extensively on unpublished material in notebooks and letters from Berkeley’s ongoing Mark Twain Project, chronicles a poignant chapter in the author’s life—one that began in foolishness and bad choices but culminated in humor, hard-won wisdom, and ultimate triumph.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enter-helen-the-invention-of-helen-gurley-brown-and-the-rise-of-the-modern-single-woman-by-brooke-hauser--65150001https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman Author: Brooke Hauser Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Engaging…. Nimble-footed…. Amusing….Throughout, Hauser weaves in passages connecting Brown to her contemporaries and the cultural landscape of the 1960s…[to] situate her life in the context of its times.”— New York Times Book Review This female Mad Men-like story chronicles the legendary Cosmopolitan magazine editor’s rise to power as both a cultural icon and trailblazer who redefined what it means to be an American woman. In the mid-Sixties, Helen Gurley Brown, author of the groundbreaking Sex and the Single Girl, took over the ailing Cosmopolitan magazine and revamped it into one of the most successful brands in the world. At a time when magazines taught housewives how to make the perfect casserole, Helen reimagined Cosmo and womanhood itself, championing the independent, ambitious, man-loving single woman. Though she was married, to Hollywood producer David Brown, no one embodied the idea of the Cosmo Girl more than the Ozarks-born Helen, who willed, worked, and—yes—occasionally slept her way to the top, eventually becoming one of the most influential media players in the world. Drawing on new interviews with Helen’s friends and former colleagues as well as her personal letters, Enter Helen brings New York City vibrantly to life during the Sexual Revolution and the Women’s Movement and features a cast of characters including Hugh Hefner, Nora Ephron, and Gloria Steinem. It is the cinematic story of an icon who bucked convention, defined her own destiny, and became a controversial model for modern feminism, laying the groundwork for television shows like Sex and the City and Girls. “Bad Feminist” or not, Helen Gurley Brown got people talking—about sex, work, reproductive choices, and having it all—forever changing the conversation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262081Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman Author: Brooke Hauser Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman Author: Brooke Hauser Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Engaging…. Nimble-footed…. Amusing….Throughout, Hauser weaves in passages connecting Brown to her contemporaries and the cultural landscape of the 1960s…[to] situate her life in the context of its times.”— New York Times Book Review This female Mad Men-like story chronicles the legendary Cosmopolitan magazine editor’s rise to power as both a cultural icon and trailblazer who redefined what it means to be an American woman. In the mid-Sixties, Helen Gurley Brown, author of the groundbreaking Sex and the Single Girl, took over the ailing Cosmopolitan magazine and revamped it into one of the most successful brands in the world. At a time when magazines taught housewives how to make the perfect casserole, Helen reimagined Cosmo and womanhood itself, championing the independent, ambitious, man-loving single woman. Though she was married, to Hollywood producer David Brown, no one embodied the idea of the Cosmo Girl more than the Ozarks-born Helen, who willed, worked, and—yes—occasionally slept her way to the top, eventually becoming one of the most influential media players in the world. Drawing on new interviews with Helen’s friends and former colleagues as well as her personal letters, Enter Helen brings New York City vibrantly to life during the Sexual Revolution and the Women’s Movement and features a cast of characters including Hugh Hefner, Nora Ephron, and Gloria Steinem. It is the cinematic story of an icon who bucked convention, defined her own destiny, and became a controversial model for modern feminism, laying the groundwork for television shows like Sex and the City and Girls. “Bad Feminist” or not, Helen Gurley Brown got people talking—about sex, work, reproductive choices, and having it all—forever changing the conversation.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duchess-by-amanda-foreman--65150054https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess Author: Amanda Foreman Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England’s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana’s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure. Praise for The Duchess “Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman’s dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was–passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman.”–Simon Schama “Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age.”–The New York Times Book Review  “Riveting . . . marvelously diverting.”–The New Yorker]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262710Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess Author: Amanda Foreman Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Duchess Author: Amanda Foreman Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England’s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana’s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure. Praise for The Duchess “Georgiana bursts from the pages of Amanda Foreman’s dazzling biography like the force of nature she undoubtedly was–passionate, political, addicted to gambling, and drunk on life. This is a stunning book about an astonishing woman.”–Simon Schama “Biography at its best . . . seamlessly merges a life and its times, capturing not just an individual but an age.”–The New York Times Book Review  “Riveting . . . marvelously diverting.”–The New Yorker]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kick-kennedy-the-charmed-life-and-tragic-death-of-the-favorite-kennedy-daughter-by-barbara-leaming--65150036https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter Author: Barbara Leaming Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father’s acknowledged “favorite of all the children” and her brother Jack’s “psychological twin.” She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming and somehow not quite like anyone else on whatever stage she happened to grace. The daughter of the American ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, Kick swept into Britain’s aristocracy like a fresh wind on a sweltering summer day. In a decaying world where everything was based on stultifying sameness and similarity, she was gloriously, exhilaratingly different. Kick was the girl whom all the boys fell in love with, the girl who remained painfully out of reach for most of them. To Kick, everything about this life was fun and amusing--until suddenly it was not. For this is also a story of how a girl like Kick, a girl who had everything, a girl who seemed made for happiness, confronted crushing sadness. Willing to pay the price for choosing the love she wanted, she would have to face the consequences of forsaking much that was dear to her. Bestselling and award-winning biographer Barbara Leaming draws on her unique access to firsthand accounts, extensive conversations with many of the key players, and previously-unseen sources to transport us to another world, one of immense wealth, arcane rituals and rules, glamour and tragedy, that has now disappeared forever. It was a world of dukes and duchesses, of grand houses, of country house weekends, and of wild rich boys. But it was also a world of blood and war, and of immeasurable loss. It was a time of complete upheaval, as reflected in the life of this most unlikely and unforgettable central character. Kick Kennedy reveals her story, that of a young girl learning about love, sex, and death--and doing it all at warp speed as the world races toward war and then reels in the war’s chaotic aftermath. This is the coming-of-age story of the female star of the Kennedy family, and ultimately a tragic, romantic story that will break your heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262674Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter Author: Barbara Leaming Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter Author: Barbara Leaming Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father’s acknowledged “favorite of all the children” and her brother Jack’s “psychological twin.” She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming and somehow not quite like anyone else on whatever stage she happened to grace. The daughter of the American ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, Kick swept into Britain’s aristocracy like a fresh wind on a sweltering summer day. In a decaying world where everything was based on stultifying sameness and similarity, she was gloriously, exhilaratingly different. Kick was the girl whom all the boys fell in love with, the girl who remained painfully out of reach for most of them. To Kick, everything about this life was fun and amusing--until suddenly it was not. For this is also a story of how a girl like Kick, a girl who had everything, a girl who seemed made for happiness, confronted crushing sadness. Willing to pay the price for choosing the love she wanted, she would have to face the consequences of forsaking much that was dear to her. Bestselling and award-winning biographer Barbara Leaming draws on her unique access to firsthand accounts, extensive conversations with many of the key players, and previously-unseen sources to transport us to another world, one of immense wealth, arcane rituals and rules, glamour and tragedy, that has now disappeared forever. It was a world of dukes and duchesses, of grand houses, of country house weekends, and of wild rich boys. But it was also a world of blood and war, and of immeasurable loss. It was a time of complete upheaval, as reflected in the life of this most unlikely and unforgettable central character. Kick Kennedy reveals her story, that of a young girl learning about love, sex, and death--and doing it all at warp speed as the world races toward war and then reels in the war’s chaotic aftermath. This is the coming-of-age story of the female star of the Kennedy family, and ultimately a tragic, romantic story that will break your heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-reagan-what-made-ronald-reagan-great-and-why-it-matters-by-james-rosebush--65150009https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Reagan: What Made Ronald Reagan Great and Why It Matters Author: James Rosebush Narrator: James Rosebush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: WHAT MADE RONALD REAGAN TICK? What was the secret to his greatness, the source of his influence, the key to his character, the strength behind his leadership? And why does it matter to the nation today? Just the mention of his name still evokes deep admiration and affection among Americans of every stripe, on both sides of the aisle. Many have previously sought to capture the essence of this very public figure often called 'mysterious and unknowable.' But now, as James Rosebush tells Reagan's story from first-hand experience in TRUE REAGAN, we come closer to understanding the heart of this great American. In his roles as the longest-serving Chief of Staff to Nancy Reagan and Deputy Assistant to President Reagan (his point man on philanthropy and public/private partnerships), James Rosebush had unrivaled one-on-one access to Reagan, observing his personality, his decision-making, his guarded nature. Rosebush's revelations are moving and meant to inspire us to look to our 40th President for guidance now as we face the global challenges of a complicated 21st century. Ronald Reagan was first and foremost an intensely private person, although the life he led placed him at the center of people's attention from his earliest years. Small-town boy and college athlete, sportscaster and lifelong sports fan, actor and movie star, union leader and TV spokesman, Democrat and Republican, governor and president: what an incredible and extraordinary path. Rosebush tells how his center core was formed by his mother, who devoted herself to helping others even as the Reagans struggled themselves. The spiritual foundation she instilled in him by teaching him the Bible governed his thoughts, beliefs and actions all his life. In a very real sense, his upbringing destined Reagan to become a global evangelist for American Exceptionalism - but importantly, as Rosebush learned first-hand, that did not mean Reagan thought Americans themselves were superior, as today's pundits and politicians often preach. Rather, Reagan believed that the ideals of America's founding were superior, enabling all Americans to live lives based on high ideals and spiritual principles, and thus achieve unparalleled success. Reagan was uniquely able to lead from true conviction and strength, his confidence stemming from an unshakeable fundamental belief system. Better understanding the essence of this inspiring and principled leader is critical to our future. Journey back with Rosebush through the innumerable examples he recounts from first-hand observation and marvel once again at TRUE REAGAN.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261034Tue, 12 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Reagan: What Made Ronald Reagan Great and Why It Matters Author: James Rosebush Narrator: James Rosebush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Reagan: What Made Ronald Reagan Great and Why It Matters Author: James Rosebush Narrator: James Rosebush Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: WHAT MADE RONALD REAGAN TICK? What was the secret to his greatness, the source of his influence, the key to his character, the strength behind his leadership? And why does it matter to the nation today? Just the mention of his name still evokes deep admiration and affection among Americans of every stripe, on both sides of the aisle. Many have previously sought to capture the essence of this very public figure often called 'mysterious and unknowable.' But now, as James Rosebush tells Reagan's story from first-hand experience in TRUE REAGAN, we come closer to understanding the heart of this great American. In his roles as the longest-serving Chief of Staff to Nancy Reagan and Deputy Assistant to President Reagan (his point man on philanthropy and public/private partnerships), James Rosebush had unrivaled one-on-one access to Reagan, observing his personality, his decision-making, his guarded nature. Rosebush's revelations are moving and meant to inspire us to look to our 40th President for guidance now as we face the global challenges of a complicated 21st century. Ronald Reagan was first and foremost an intensely private person, although the life he led placed him at the center of people's attention from his earliest years. Small-town boy and college athlete, sportscaster and lifelong sports fan, actor and movie star, union leader and TV spokesman, Democrat and Republican, governor and president: what an incredible and extraordinary path. Rosebush tells how his center core was formed by his mother, who devoted herself to helping others even as the Reagans struggled themselves. The spiritual foundation she instilled in him by teaching him the Bible governed his thoughts, beliefs and actions all his life. In a very real sense, his upbringing destined Reagan to become a global evangelist for American Exceptionalism - but importantly, as Rosebush learned first-hand, that did not mean Reagan thought Americans themselves were superior, as today's pundits and politicians often preach. Rather, Reagan believed that the ideals of America's founding were superior, enabling all Americans to live lives based on high ideals and spiritual principles, and thus achieve unparalleled success. Reagan was uniquely able to lead from true conviction and strength, his confidence stemming from an unshakeable fundamental belief system. Better understanding the essence of this inspiring and principled leader is critical to our future. Journey back with Rosebush through the innumerable examples he recounts from first-hand observation and marvel once again at TRUE REAGAN.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tudor-passion-manipulation-murder-the-story-of-england-s-most-notorious-royal-family-by-leanda-de-lisle--65150007https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family Author: Leanda De Lisle Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 98 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 29 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Tudors are England’s most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle’s gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family’s obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen’s lap—and later her bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past—those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget. By creating a full family portrait set against the background of this past, de Lisle enables us to see the Tudor dynasty in its own terms, and presents new perspectives and revelations on key figures and events. De Lisle discovers a family dominated by remarkable women doing everything possible to secure its future; shows why the princes in the Tower had to vanish; and reexamines the bloodiness of Mary’s reign, Elizabeth’s fraught relationships with her cousins, and the true significance of previously overlooked figures. Throughout the Tudor story, Leanda de Lisle emphasizes the supreme importance of achieving peace and stability in a violent and uncertain world, and of protecting and securing the bloodline. Tudor is bristling with religious and political intrigue but at heart is a thrilling story of one family’s determined and flamboyant ambition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262804Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family Author: Leanda De Lisle Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family Author: Leanda De Lisle Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 98 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 29 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Tudors are England’s most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle’s gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family’s obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen’s lap—and later her bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past—those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget. By creating a full family portrait set against the background of this past, de Lisle enables us to see the Tudor dynasty in its own terms, and presents new perspectives and revelations on key figures and events. De Lisle discovers a family dominated by remarkable women doing everything possible to secure its future; shows why the princes in the Tower had to vanish; and reexamines the bloodiness of Mary’s reign, Elizabeth’s fraught relationships with her cousins, and the true significance of previously overlooked figures. Throughout the Tudor story, Leanda de Lisle emphasizes the supreme importance of achieving peace and stability in a violent and uncertain world, and of protecting and securing the bloodline. Tudor is bristling with religious and political intrigue but at heart is a thrilling story of one family’s determined and flamboyant ambition.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-bondage-and-my-freedom-by-frederick-douglass--65150006https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Bondage and My Freedom Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is Ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography. it was written after ten years of reflection following his legal emancipation in 1846 and his break with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison catapulted Douglass into the international spotlight as the foremost spokesman for American blacks, both freed and slave. Written during his celebrated career as a newspaper editor and speaker, My Bondage and My Freedom reveals the author of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, written in 1845, has grown more mature, forceful, analytical, and complex with a deepened commitment to the fight for equal rights and liberties.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262805Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Bondage and My Freedom Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Bondage and My Freedom Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Don Hagen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is Ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography. it was written after ten years of reflection following his legal emancipation in 1846 and his break with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison catapulted Douglass into the international spotlight as the foremost spokesman for American blacks, both freed and slave. Written during his celebrated career as a newspaper editor and speaker, My Bondage and My Freedom reveals the author of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, written in 1845, has grown more mature, forceful, analytical, and complex with a deepened commitment to the fight for equal rights and liberties.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tradition-the-highly-improbable-ultimately-triumphant-broadway-to-hollywood-story-of-fiddler-on-the-roof-the-world-s-most-beloved-musical--65150046https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof,the World’s Most Beloved Musical Author: Barbara Isenberg Narrator: Adam Grupper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Since it first opened on Broadway in September, 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has constantly been onstage somewhere, including five Broadway revivals, four productions on London's West End and thousands of schools, army bases and countries from Argentina to Japan. Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film and significant revivals-- Harold Prince, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, Austin Pendleton, Joanna Merlin, Norman Jewison, Topol, Harvey Fierstein and more-- to produce a lively, popular chronicle of the making of Fiddler. Published in celebration of Fiddler's 50th anniversary, Tradition! is the book for everyone who loves Fiddler and can sing along with the original cast album.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259431Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof,the World’s Most Beloved Musical Author:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof,the World’s Most Beloved Musical Author: Barbara Isenberg Narrator: Adam Grupper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Since it first opened on Broadway in September, 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has constantly been onstage somewhere, including five Broadway revivals, four productions on London's West End and thousands of schools, army bases and countries from Argentina to Japan. Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film and significant revivals-- Harold Prince, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, Austin Pendleton, Joanna Merlin, Norman Jewison, Topol, Harvey Fierstein and more-- to produce a lively, popular chronicle of the making of Fiddler. Published in celebration of Fiddler's 50th anniversary, Tradition! is the book for everyone who loves Fiddler and can sing along with the original cast album.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/writing-my-wrongs-life-death-and-one-man-s-story-of-redemption-in-an-american-prison-by-shaka-senghor--65150120https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison Author: Shaka Senghor Narrator: Shaka Senghor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.89 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “extraordinary, unforgettable” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America’s mass incarceration epidemic, from a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age eleven, his parents’ marriage began to unravel, and beatings from his mother worsened, which sent him on a downward spiral. He ran away from home, turned to drug dealing to survive, and ended up in prison for murder at the age of nineteen, full of anger and despair. Writing My Wrongs is the story of what came next. During his nineteen-year incarceration, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement, Senghor discovered literature, meditation, self-examination, and the kindness of others—tools he used to confront the demons of his past, forgive the people who hurt him, and begin atoning for the wrongs he had committed. Upon his release at age thirty-eight, Senghor became an activist and mentor to young men and women facing circumstances like his. His work in the community and the courage to share his story led him to fellowships at the MIT Media Lab and the Kellogg Foundation and invitations to speak at events like TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival. In equal turns, Writing My Wrongs is a page-turning portrait of life in the shadow of poverty, violence, and fear; an unforgettable story of redemption; and a compelling witness to our country’s need for rethinking its approach to crime, prison, and the men and women sent there.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256472Tue, 08 Mar 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison Author: Shaka Senghor Narrator: Shaka Senghor Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and One Man's Story of Redemption in an American Prison Author: Shaka Senghor Narrator: Shaka Senghor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.89 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “extraordinary, unforgettable” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America’s mass incarceration epidemic, from a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age eleven, his parents’ marriage began to unravel, and beatings from his mother worsened, which sent him on a downward spiral. He ran away from home, turned to drug dealing to survive, and ended up in prison for murder at the age of nineteen, full of anger and despair. Writing My Wrongs is the story of what came next. During his nineteen-year incarceration, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement, Senghor discovered literature, meditation, self-examination, and the kindness of others—tools he used to confront the demons of his past, forgive the people who hurt him, and begin atoning for the wrongs he had committed. Upon his release at age thirty-eight, Senghor became an activist and mentor to young men and women facing circumstances like his. His work in the community and the courage to share his story led him to fellowships at the MIT Media Lab and the Kellogg Foundation and invitations to speak at events like TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival. In equal turns, Writing My Wrongs is a page-turning portrait of life in the shadow of poverty, violence, and fear; an unforgettable story of redemption; and a compelling witness to our country’s need for rethinking its approach to crime, prison, and the men and women sent there.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boiling-river-by-andres-ruzo--65150105https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boiling River Series: Part of Ted Books Author: Andrés Ruzo Narrator: Andrés Ruzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon—where rivers boil and legends come to life. When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, Ruzo—now a geoscientist—hears his aunt mention that she herself had visited this strange river. Determined to discover if the boiling river is real, Ruzo sets out on a journey deep into the Amazon. What he finds astounds him: In this long, wide, and winding river, the waters run so hot that locals brew tea in them; small animals that fall in are instantly cooked. As he studies the river, Ruzo faces challenges more complex than he had ever imaged. The Boiling River follows this young explorer as he navigates a tangle of competing interests—local shamans, illegal cattle farmers and loggers, and oil companies. This true account reads like a modern-day adventure, complete with extraordinary characters, captivating plot twists, and jaw-dropping details—including stunning photographs and a never-before-published account about this incredible natural wonder. Ultimately, though, The Boiling River is about a man trying to understand the moral obligation that comes with scientific discovery —to protect a sacred site from misuse, neglect, and even from his own discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255724Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boiling River Series: Part of Ted Books Author: Andrés Ruzo Narrator: Andrés Ruzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boiling River Series: Part of Ted Books Author: Andrés Ruzo Narrator: Andrés Ruzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon—where rivers boil and legends come to life. When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, Ruzo—now a geoscientist—hears his aunt mention that she herself had visited this strange river. Determined to discover if the boiling river is real, Ruzo sets out on a journey deep into the Amazon. What he finds astounds him: In this long, wide, and winding river, the waters run so hot that locals brew tea in them; small animals that fall in are instantly cooked. As he studies the river, Ruzo faces challenges more complex than he had ever imaged. The Boiling River follows this young explorer as he navigates a tangle of competing interests—local shamans, illegal cattle farmers and loggers, and oil companies. This true account reads like a modern-day adventure, complete with extraordinary characters, captivating plot twists, and jaw-dropping details—including stunning photographs and a never-before-published account about this incredible natural wonder. Ultimately, though, The Boiling River is about a man trying to understand the moral obligation that comes with scientific discovery —to protect a sacred site from misuse, neglect, and even from his own discovery.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heroines-of-mercy-street-by-pamela-d-toler--65150084https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroines of Mercy Street Author: Pamela D. Toler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point. Heroines of Mercy Street follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255400Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroines of Mercy Street Author: Pamela D. Toler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroines of Mercy Street Author: Pamela D. Toler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves, politicians, speculators, and spies who passed through the hospital in the crossroads of the Civil War, were nurses who gave their time freely and willingly to save lives and aid the wounded. These women saw casualties on a scale Americans had never seen before, and medicine was at a turning point. Heroines of Mercy Street follows the lives of women like Dorothea Dix, Mary Phinney, Anne Reading, and more before, during, and after their epic struggle in Alexandria and reveals their personal contributions to this astounding period in the advancement of medicine.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-refills-a-doctor-confronts-his-addiction-by-peter-grinspoon--65150078https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction Author: Peter Grinspoon Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery. Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When the police finally came calling--after a tip from a sharp-eyed pharmacist--Grinspoon's house of cards came tumbling down fast. His professional ego turned out to be an impediment to getting clean as he cycled through recovery to relapse, his reputation, family life, and lifestyle in ruins. What finally moves him to recover and reclaim life--including working with other physicians who themselves are addicts--makes for inspiring reading.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction Author: Peter Grinspoon Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction Author: Peter Grinspoon Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery. Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When the police finally came calling--after a tip from a sharp-eyed pharmacist--Grinspoon's house of cards came tumbling down fast. His professional ego turned out to be an impediment to getting clean as he cycled through recovery to relapse, his reputation, family life, and lifestyle in ruins. What finally moves him to recover and reclaim life--including working with other physicians who themselves are addicts--makes for inspiring reading.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-for-room-314-my-year-of-hope-and-despair-in-a-new-york-city-high-school-by-ed-boland--65150122https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School Author: Ed Boland Narrator: Ed Boland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this insightfully honest and moving memoir about the realities of teaching in an inner-city school, Ed Boland 'smashes the dangerous myth of the hero-teacher [and] shows us how high the stakes are for our most vulnerable students' (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black). In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable to help them. Freddy runs a drug ring for his incarcerated brother; Nee-cole is homeschooled on the subway by her brilliant homeless mother; Byron's Ivy League dream is dashed because he is undocumented. In the end, Boland isn't hoisted on his students' shoulders and no one passes AP anything. This is no urban fairy tale of at-risk kids saved by a Hollywood hero, but a searing indictment of schools that claim to be progressive but still fail their students. Told with compassion, humor, and a keen eye, Boland's story is sure to ignite debate about the future of American education and attempts to reform it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251898Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School Author: Ed Boland Narrator: Ed Boland Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School Author: Ed Boland Narrator: Ed Boland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this insightfully honest and moving memoir about the realities of teaching in an inner-city school, Ed Boland 'smashes the dangerous myth of the hero-teacher [and] shows us how high the stakes are for our most vulnerable students' (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black). In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school. But his hopes quickly collided headlong with the appalling reality of his students' lives and a hobbled education system unable to help them. Freddy runs a drug ring for his incarcerated brother; Nee-cole is homeschooled on the subway by her brilliant homeless mother; Byron's Ivy League dream is dashed because he is undocumented. In the end, Boland isn't hoisted on his students' shoulders and no one passes AP anything. This is no urban fairy tale of at-risk kids saved by a Hollywood hero, but a searing indictment of schools that claim to be progressive but still fail their students. Told with compassion, humor, and a keen eye, Boland's story is sure to ignite debate about the future of American education and attempts to reform it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-happened-miss-simone-a-biography-by-alan-light--65150065https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography Author: Alan Light Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Inspired by the Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, an intimate and vivid look at the legendary life of Nina Simone, the classically trained pianist who evolved into a chart-topping chanteuse and committed civil rights activist.    From music journalist and former Spin and Vibe editor-in-chief Alan Light comes a biography of incandescent soul singer and Black Power icon Nina Simone, one of the most influential, provocative, and least understood artists of our time. Drawn from a trove of rare archival footage, audio recordings and interviews (including Simone's remarkable private diaries), this nuanced examination of Nina Simone’s life highlights her musical inventiveness and unwavering quest for equality, while laying bare the personal demons that plagued her from the time of her Jim Crow childhood in North Carolina to her self-imposed exile in Liberia and Paris later in life.   Harnessing the singular voice of Miss Simone herself and incorporating candid reflections from those who knew her best, including her only daughter, Light brings us face to face with a legend, examining the very public persona and very private struggles of one of our greatest artists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255592Tue, 09 Feb 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography Author: Alan Light Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography Author: Alan Light Narrator: Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Inspired by the Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, an intimate and vivid look at the legendary life of Nina Simone, the classically trained pianist who evolved into a chart-topping chanteuse and committed civil rights activist.    From music journalist and former Spin and Vibe editor-in-chief Alan Light comes a biography of incandescent soul singer and Black Power icon Nina Simone, one of the most influential, provocative, and least understood artists of our time. Drawn from a trove of rare archival footage, audio recordings and interviews (including Simone's remarkable private diaries), this nuanced examination of Nina Simone’s life highlights her musical inventiveness and unwavering quest for equality, while laying bare the personal demons that plagued her from the time of her Jim Crow childhood in North Carolina to her self-imposed exile in Liberia and Paris later in life.   Harnessing the singular voice of Miss Simone herself and incorporating candid reflections from those who knew her best, including her only daughter, Light brings us face to face with a legend, examining the very public persona and very private struggles of one of our greatest artists.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-righteous-man-samuel-battle-and-the-shattering-of-the-color-line-in-new-york-by-arthur-browne--65150053https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York Author: Arthur Browne Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the New York Police Department’s first black officer.   When Samuel Battle broke the color line as New York City’s first African American cop in the second decade of the twentieth century, he had to fear his racist colleagues as much as criminals. He had to be three times better than his white peers, and many times more resilient. His life was threatened. He was displayed like a circus animal. Yet, fearlessly claiming his rights, he prevailed in a four-decade odyssey that is both the story of one man’s courageous dedication to racial progress and a harbinger of the divisions between police and the people they serve that plague twenty-first-century America. By dint of brains, brawn, and an outsized personality, Battle rode the forward wave of African American history in New York. He circulated among renowned turn-of-the-century entertainers and writers. He weathered threatening hostility as a founding citizen of black Harlem. He served as “godfather” to the regiment of black soldiers that won glory in World War I as the “Hellfighters of Harlem.” He befriended sports stars like Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Sugar Ray Robinson, and he bonded with legendary tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. Along the way, he mentored an equally smart, equally tough young man in a still more brutal fight to integrate the New York Fire Department. At the close of his career, Battle looked back proudly on the against-all-odd journey taken by a man who came of age as the son of former slaves in the South. He had navigated the corruption of Tammany Hall, the treachery of gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz, the anything-goes era of Prohibition, the devastation of the Depression, and the race riots that erupted in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. By then he was a trusted aide to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and a friend to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Realizing that his story was the story of race in New York across the first half of the century, Battle commissioned a biography to be written by none other than Langston Hughes, the preeminent voice of the Harlem Renaissance. But their eighty-thousand-word collaboration failed to find a publisher, and has remained unpublished since. Using Hughes’s manuscript, which is quoted liberally throughout this book, as well as his own archival research and interviews with survivors, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Arthur Browne has created an important and compelling social history of New York, revealed a fascinating episode in the life of Langston Hughes, and delivered the riveting life and times of a remarkable and unjustly forgotten man, setting Samuel Battle where he belongs in the pantheon of American civil rights pioneers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251790Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York Author: Arthur Browne Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York Author: Arthur Browne Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A history of African Americans in New York City from the 1910s to 1960, told through the life of Samuel Battle, the New York Police Department’s first black officer.   When Samuel Battle broke the color line as New York City’s first African American cop in the second decade of the twentieth century, he had to fear his racist colleagues as much as criminals. He had to be three times better than his white peers, and many times more resilient. His life was threatened. He was displayed like a circus animal. Yet, fearlessly claiming his rights, he prevailed in a four-decade odyssey that is both the story of one man’s courageous dedication to racial progress and a harbinger of the divisions between police and the people they serve that plague twenty-first-century America. By dint of brains, brawn, and an outsized personality, Battle rode the forward wave of African American history in New York. He circulated among renowned turn-of-the-century entertainers and writers. He weathered threatening hostility as a founding citizen of black Harlem. He served as “godfather” to the regiment of black soldiers that won glory in World War I as the “Hellfighters of Harlem.” He befriended sports stars like Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Sugar Ray Robinson, and he bonded with legendary tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. Along the way, he mentored an equally smart, equally tough young man in a still more brutal fight to integrate the New York Fire Department. At the close of his career, Battle looked back proudly on the against-all-odd journey taken by a man who came of age as the son of former slaves in the South. He had navigated the corruption of Tammany Hall, the treachery of gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz, the anything-goes era of Prohibition, the devastation of the Depression, and the race riots that erupted in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. By then he was a trusted aide to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and a friend to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Realizing that his story was the story of race in New York across the first half of the century, Battle commissioned a biography to be written by none other than Langston Hughes, the preeminent voice of the Harlem Renaissance. But their eighty-thousand-word collaboration failed to find a publisher, and has remained unpublished since. Using Hughes’s manuscript, which is quoted liberally throughout this book, as well as his own archival research and interviews with survivors, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Arthur Browne has created an important and compelling social history of New York, revealed a fascinating episode in the life of Langston Hughes, and delivered the riveting life and times of a remarkable and unjustly forgotten man, setting Samuel Battle where he belongs in the pantheon of American civil rights pioneers.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-republic-of-imagination-by-azar-nafisi--65150128https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favourite novels, she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination', a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Republic of Imagination Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the author of the bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran comes a powerful and passionate case for the vital role of fiction today. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics to her eager students in Iran. In this exhilarating follow-up, Nafisi has written the book her fans have been waiting for: an impassioned, beguiling and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, she energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favourite novels, she invites us to join her as citizens of her 'Republic of Imagination', a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/subversive-southerner-anne-braden-and-the-struggle-for-racial-justice-in-the-cold-war-south-by-catherine-fosl--65150127https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South Author: Catherine Fosl Narrator: Sara Morsey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anne McCarty Braden (1924–2006) rejected her segregationist, privileged past to become one of the civil rights movement’s staunchest white allies. In 1954 she was charged with sedition by McCarthyist politicians who played on fears of communism to preserve southern segregation. Though Braden remained controversial―even within the civil rights movement―in 1963 she became one of only five white southerners whose contributions to the movement were commended by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in his famed “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Braden’s activism ultimately spanned nearly six decades, making her one of the most enduring white voices against racism in modern US history. Subversive Southerner is more than a riveting biography of an extraordinary southern white woman; it is also a social history of how racism, sexism, and anticommunism intertwined in the twentieth-century South as ripples from the Cold War divided the emerging civil rights movement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252039Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South Author: Catherine Fosl Narrator: Sara Morsey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252039 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South Author: Catherine Fosl Narrator: Sara Morsey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 26, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anne McCarty Braden (1924–2006) rejected her segregationist, privileged past to become one of the civil rights movement’s staunchest white allies. In 1954 she was charged with sedition by McCarthyist politicians who played on fears of communism to preserve southern segregation. Though Braden remained controversial―even within the civil rights movement―in 1963 she became one of only five white southerners whose contributions to the movement were commended by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in his famed “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Braden’s activism ultimately spanned nearly six decades, making her one of the most enduring white voices against racism in modern US history. Subversive Southerner is more than a riveting biography of an extraordinary southern white woman; it is also a social history of how racism, sexism, and anticommunism intertwined in the twentieth-century South as ripples from the Cold War divided the emerging civil rights movement.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coleshanger-a-humorous-recollection-of-english-village-life-at-the-turn-of-the-last-century-by-thomas-corfield--65150099https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coleshanger: A humorous recollection of English village life at the turn of the last century. Author: Thomas Corfield Narrator: Thomas Corfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 25, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward. “They won’t cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea.” Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical and charming recount of English village life in the early part of the last century, a tale waiting seventy years to be heard, but still very much the story of us today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262203Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coleshanger: A humorous recollection of English village life at the turn of the last century. Author: Thomas Corfield Narrator: Thomas Corfield Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coleshanger: A humorous recollection of English village life at the turn of the last century. Author: Thomas Corfield Narrator: Thomas Corfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 25, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Coleshanger people are pretty bad,” said Uncle Edward. “They won’t cross water after sunset. And they have to be in bed by midnight, otherwise they think that they'll be turned into baboons and apes. They also worship the flea.” Written in 1952, Coleshanger is a humorous, whimsical and charming recount of English village life in the early part of the last century, a tale waiting seventy years to be heard, but still very much the story of us today.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alexander-hamilton-by-charles-arthur-conant--65150040https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander Hamilton Author: Charles Arthur Conant Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Founding father Alexander Hamilton led a passionate and meaningful life. Nicknamed Little Lion for his short stature and bold ideas, Hamilton played an integral role in the founding of America's union after the Revolutionary War, as well the drafting and executing of America's Constitution. His life, chronicled in Charles Arthur Conant's biography of him, exemplifies that of hard work and accomplishment. Along with fighting in the Revolutionary War, he became America's first Secretary of the Treasury under Washington's administration where he set up the nation's first financial system. This biographical account of Hamilton's life shows how important he was to the birth and eventual administration of the young American nation. The life of Alexander Hamilton, as recently performed in the Broadway musical.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252067Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander Hamilton Author: Charles Arthur Conant Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander Hamilton Author: Charles Arthur Conant Narrator: John Pruden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Founding father Alexander Hamilton led a passionate and meaningful life. Nicknamed Little Lion for his short stature and bold ideas, Hamilton played an integral role in the founding of America's union after the Revolutionary War, as well the drafting and executing of America's Constitution. His life, chronicled in Charles Arthur Conant's biography of him, exemplifies that of hard work and accomplishment. Along with fighting in the Revolutionary War, he became America's first Secretary of the Treasury under Washington's administration where he set up the nation's first financial system. This biographical account of Hamilton's life shows how important he was to the birth and eventual administration of the young American nation. The life of Alexander Hamilton, as recently performed in the Broadway musical.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-auntie-rosa-the-family-of-rosa-parks-remembers-her-life-and-lessons-by-sheila-mccauley-keys-eddie-b-allen--65150041https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons Author: Sheila McCauley Keys, Eddie B. Allen Narrator: Robin Ray Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 10, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this most intimate portrait yet of a great American hero, 'the lady who wouldn't give up her seat on the bus,' the family of Rosa Parks describes the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. In Our Auntie Rosa, Mrs. Parks's loved ones share their remembrances and reflections to create a previously unpainted picture of the real woman behind the legend. Rose Parks largely disappeared from the public when she and her husband, Raymond, relocated to Detroit in 1957, escaping violently racist south. It was in Detroit where Mrs. Parks reconnected with her only sibling, Sylvester McCauley, whom she affectionately called 'Brother,' and her thirteen nieces and nephews. Years later, after Raymond's and Sylvester's deaths, these children would become her only family, and the closest that she would ever experience to having biological sons and daughters. Mrs. Parks would go on to receive the 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom and a spot on Time's list of the hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, as well as forty-three honorary doctorate degrees, and have dozens of city streets, community centers, and monuments named for her – to mention just a few tributes. Yet the woman her family knew as 'Auntie Rosa' was a soft-spoken person whom very few people actually knew. In this book, her family shares with readers what she shared with them about her experiences growing up in a racist South, her deep dedication to truth and justice, and the personal values she held closest to her heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262592Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons Author: Sheila McCauley Keys, Eddie B. Allen Narrator: Robin Ray Eller Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons Author: Sheila McCauley Keys, Eddie B. Allen Narrator: Robin Ray Eller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 10, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this most intimate portrait yet of a great American hero, 'the lady who wouldn't give up her seat on the bus,' the family of Rosa Parks describes the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. In Our Auntie Rosa, Mrs. Parks's loved ones share their remembrances and reflections to create a previously unpainted picture of the real woman behind the legend. Rose Parks largely disappeared from the public when she and her husband, Raymond, relocated to Detroit in 1957, escaping violently racist south. It was in Detroit where Mrs. Parks reconnected with her only sibling, Sylvester McCauley, whom she affectionately called 'Brother,' and her thirteen nieces and nephews. Years later, after Raymond's and Sylvester's deaths, these children would become her only family, and the closest that she would ever experience to having biological sons and daughters. Mrs. Parks would go on to receive the 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom and a spot on Time's list of the hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, as well as forty-three honorary doctorate degrees, and have dozens of city streets, community centers, and monuments named for her – to mention just a few tributes. Yet the woman her family knew as 'Auntie Rosa' was a soft-spoken person whom very few people actually knew. In this book, her family shares with readers what she shared with them about her experiences growing up in a racist South, her deep dedication to truth and justice, and the personal values she held closest to her heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thousand-naked-strangers-a-paramedic-s-wild-ride-to-the-edge-and-back-by-kevin-hazzard--65150103https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back Author: Kevin Hazzard Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A former paramedic’s 'thrilling, captivating' (Booklist), and mordantly funny account of a decade spent as a first responder in Atlanta saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his life—his days were too safe, too routine. A failed salesman turned local reporter, he wanted to test himself, see how he might respond to pressure and danger. He signed up for emergency medical training and became, at age twenty-six, a newly minted EMT running calls in the worst sections of Atlanta. His life entered a different realm—one of blood, violence, and amazing grace. Thoroughly intimidated at first and frequently terrified, he experienced on a nightly basis the adrenaline rush of walking into chaos. But in his downtime, Kevin reflected on how people’s facades drop away when catastrophe strikes. As his hours on the job piled up, he realized he was beginning to see into the truth of things. There is no pretense five beats into a chest compression, or in an alley next to a crack den, or on a dimly lit highway where cars have collided. Eventually, what had at first seemed impossible happened: Kevin acquired mastery. And in the process he was able to discern the professional differences between his freewheeling peers, what marked each—as he termed them—as “a tourist,” “true believer,” or “killer.” Combining indelible scenes that remind us of life’s fragile beauty with laugh-out-loud moments that keep us smiling through the worst, A Thousand Naked Strangers is an absorbing read about one man’s journey of self-discovery—a trip that also teaches us about ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251647Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back Author: Kevin Hazzard Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back Author: Kevin Hazzard Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A former paramedic’s 'thrilling, captivating' (Booklist), and mordantly funny account of a decade spent as a first responder in Atlanta saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his life—his days were too safe, too routine. A failed salesman turned local reporter, he wanted to test himself, see how he might respond to pressure and danger. He signed up for emergency medical training and became, at age twenty-six, a newly minted EMT running calls in the worst sections of Atlanta. His life entered a different realm—one of blood, violence, and amazing grace. Thoroughly intimidated at first and frequently terrified, he experienced on a nightly basis the adrenaline rush of walking into chaos. But in his downtime, Kevin reflected on how people’s facades drop away when catastrophe strikes. As his hours on the job piled up, he realized he was beginning to see into the truth of things. There is no pretense five beats into a chest compression, or in an alley next to a crack den, or on a dimly lit highway where cars have collided. Eventually, what had at first seemed impossible happened: Kevin acquired mastery. And in the process he was able to discern the professional differences between his freewheeling peers, what marked each—as he termed them—as “a tourist,” “true believer,” or “killer.” Combining indelible scenes that remind us of life’s fragile beauty with laugh-out-loud moments that keep us smiling through the worst, A Thousand Naked Strangers is an absorbing read about one man’s journey of self-discovery—a trip that also teaches us about ourselves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lightless-sky-a-twelve-year-old-refugee-s-harrowing-escape-from-afghanistan-and-his-extraordinary-journey-across-half-the-world-by-gulw--65150061https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World Author: Gulwali Passarlay Narrator: Assaf Cohen, Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time. “To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?” In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans who wanted to use him. To protect her son, Gulwali’s mother sent him away. The search for safety would lead the twelve-year-old across eight countries, from the mountains of eastern Afghanistan through Iran and Europe to Britain. Over the course of twelve harrowing months, Gulwali endured imprisonment, hunger, cruelty, brutality, loneliness, and terror—and nearly drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Eventually granted asylum in England, Gulwali was sent to a good school, learned English, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to help carry the Olympic Torch in the 2012 London Games. In The Lightless Sky, Gulwali recalls his remarkable experience and offers a firsthand look at one of the most pressing issues of our time: the modern refugee crisis—the worst displacement of millions of men, women, and children in generations. Few, like Gulwali, make it to a country that offers the chance of freedom and opportunity. A celebration of courage and determination, The Lightless Sky is a poignant account of an exceptional human being who is today an ardent advocate of democracy—and a reminder of our responsibilities to those caught in terrifying and often deadly circumstances beyond their control.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251671Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World Author: Gulwali...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lightless Sky: A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World Author: Gulwali Passarlay Narrator: Assaf Cohen, Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time. “To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?” In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans who wanted to use him. To protect her son, Gulwali’s mother sent him away. The search for safety would lead the twelve-year-old across eight countries, from the mountains of eastern Afghanistan through Iran and Europe to Britain. Over the course of twelve harrowing months, Gulwali endured imprisonment, hunger, cruelty, brutality, loneliness, and terror—and nearly drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Eventually granted asylum in England, Gulwali was sent to a good school, learned English, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to help carry the Olympic Torch in the 2012 London Games. In The Lightless Sky, Gulwali recalls his remarkable experience and offers a firsthand look at one of the most pressing issues of our time: the modern refugee crisis—the worst displacement of millions of men, women, and children in generations. Few, like Gulwali, make it to a country that offers the chance of freedom and opportunity. A celebration of courage and determination, The Lightless Sky is a poignant account of an exceptional human being who is today an ardent advocate of democracy—and a reminder of our responsibilities to those caught in terrifying and often deadly circumstances beyond their control.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/men-and-rubber-the-story-of-business-by-harvey-s-firestone--65150076https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men and Rubber, The Story of Business Author: Harvey S. Firestone Narrator: Merelyn Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This work tells the tale of Harvey S. Firestone, the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of his rise to fame and wealth and the ideals behind his success. Firestone's philosophy is that a business that exists without a reason is due for an early death. If you ask yourself why you are in business and can find no answer other than "I want to make money", you will save money by getting out of business and going to work for someone, for you are in business without sufficient reason. The single reason for the existence of any business must be that it supplies a human need or want, and, if his experience is worth anything, a business which has this reason for its existence will be bound in the end to prosper if thought be put into it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255909Sun, 03 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men and Rubber, The Story of Business Author: Harvey S. Firestone Narrator: Merelyn Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Men and Rubber, The Story of Business Author: Harvey S. Firestone Narrator: Merelyn Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This work tells the tale of Harvey S. Firestone, the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of his rise to fame and wealth and the ideals behind his success. Firestone's philosophy is that a business that exists without a reason is due for an early death. If you ask yourself why you are in business and can find no answer other than "I want to make money", you will save money by getting out of business and going to work for someone, for you are in business without sufficient reason. The single reason for the existence of any business must be that it supplies a human need or want, and, if his experience is worth anything, a business which has this reason for its existence will be bound in the end to prosper if thought be put into it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oscar-wilde-his-life-and-confessions-by-frank-harris--65150125https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions Author: Frank Harris Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 90 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 21 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" the subject more or less intimately, and the more objective or scholarly accounts produced by later generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257221Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions Author: Frank Harris Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257221 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions Author: Frank Harris Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 13 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 90 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 21 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Consumers of biography are familiar with the division between memoirs of the living or recently dead written by those who "knew" the subject more or less intimately, and the more objective or scholarly accounts produced by later generations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-life-on-the-rockies-by-enos-a-mills--65150124https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Life on the Rockies Author: Enos A. Mills Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twenty years it has been my good fortune to live most of the time with nature, on the mountains of the West. I have made scores of long exploring rambles over the mountains in every season of the year, a nature-lover charmed with the birds and the trees. On my later excursions I have gone alone and without firearms. During three succeeding winters, in which I was a Government Experiment Officer and called the "State Snow Observer," I scaled many of the higher peaks of the Rockies and made many studies on the upper slopes of these mountains." (Summary from the Preface of Wild Life on the Rockies)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257551Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Life on the Rockies Author: Enos A. Mills Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Life on the Rockies Author: Enos A. Mills Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twenty years it has been my good fortune to live most of the time with nature, on the mountains of the West. I have made scores of long exploring rambles over the mountains in every season of the year, a nature-lover charmed with the birds and the trees. On my later excursions I have gone alone and without firearms. During three succeeding winters, in which I was a Government Experiment Officer and called the "State Snow Observer," I scaled many of the higher peaks of the Rockies and made many studies on the upper slopes of these mountains." (Summary from the Preface of Wild Life on the Rockies)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/woman-on-the-american-frontier-by-william-worthington-fowler--65150123https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woman on the American Frontier Author: William Worthington Fowler Narrator: Bridget Gaige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Many books describe the role of men during American history. However, at the same time, women did much: comforted, fought, helped, raised children, and much more. This book is full of mini-biographies of women in many places, and many ages- each chapter telling about a different subject. (Summary by Stav Nisser)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257553Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woman on the American Frontier Author: William Worthington Fowler Narrator: Bridget Gaige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woman on the American Frontier Author: William Worthington Fowler Narrator: Bridget Gaige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Many books describe the role of men during American history. However, at the same time, women did much: comforted, fought, helped, raised children, and much more. This book is full of mini-biographies of women in many places, and many ages- each chapter telling about a different subject. (Summary by Stav Nisser)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marco-polo-by-john-mac--65150121https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo Author: John Mac Narrator: Philippe Spiteri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Voici le récit des aventures de Marco Polo, ce personnage de légende, parti de Venise à 17 ans pour un long voyage périlleux de 24 années à la rencontre des peuples et pays d'Orient, d'Inde et d'Asie. Nous allons parcourir le monde, de l'Empire Ottoman à la Chine, en passant par les déserts et les mers d'Asie, l'Inde et la Perse, les steppes de l'Asie Centrale et l'ile de Sumatra. Nous irons à la rencontre de contrées lointaines, des peuples différents et de leur culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253020Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo Author: John Mac Narrator: Philippe Spiteri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo Author: John Mac Narrator: Philippe Spiteri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Voici le récit des aventures de Marco Polo, ce personnage de légende, parti de Venise à 17 ans pour un long voyage périlleux de 24 années à la rencontre des peuples et pays d'Orient, d'Inde et d'Asie. Nous allons parcourir le monde, de l'Empire Ottoman à la Chine, en passant par les déserts et les mers d'Asie, l'Inde et la Perse, les steppes de l'Asie Centrale et l'ile de Sumatra. Nous irons à la rencontre de contrées lointaines, des peuples différents et de leur culture.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eighty-years-and-more-reminiscences-1815-1897-by-elizabeth-cady-stanton--65150119https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth begins her memoirs with this quotation, "Social science affirms that woman's place in society marks the level of civilization", and dedicates this book to "Susan B. Anthony, my steadfast friend for half a century." (Summary by Becky Miller)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257115Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth begins her memoirs with this quotation, "Social science affirms that woman's place in society marks the level of civilization", and dedicates this book to "Susan B. Anthony, my steadfast friend for half a century." (Summary by Becky Miller)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lives-of-the-twelve-caesars-by-gaius-suetonius-tranquillus--65150118https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars Author: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of the Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors. Together with Tacitus' Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves' novels "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God". (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257413Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars Author: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Twelve Caesars Author: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. The work was written in 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian, while Suetonius was Hadrian's personal secretary. On the Life of the Caesars concentrates on the acts and personalities of the Julio-Claudians and their immediate successors. Together with Tacitus' Annals, this work is a major source for the historical details in Robert Graves' novels "I Claudius" and "Claudius the God". (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daniel-boone-by-john-stevens-cabot-abbott--65150117https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott Narrator: Allyson Hester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 3.68 of Total 19 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days and not given the recognition they deserve. This biography clearly paints a picture of the benevolent person of Daniel Boone as well as the achievements he made in furthering European settlement in America. (Summary by Allyson Hester)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257898Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott Narrator: Allyson Hester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott Narrator: Allyson Hester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 61 Ratings of Narrator: 3.68 of Total 19 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a detailed biography of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. His accomplishments are brushed over in history classes these days and not given the recognition they deserve. This biography clearly paints a picture of the benevolent person of Daniel Boone as well as the achievements he made in furthering European settlement in America. (Summary by Allyson Hester)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/edison-his-life-and-inventions-by-frank-lewis-dyer--65150116https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Edison, His Life and Inventions Author: Frank Lewis Dyer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.49 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 2.25 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, "It is designed in these pages to bring the reader face to face with Edison; to glance at an interesting childhood and a youthful period marked by a capacity for doing things, and by an insatiable thirst for knowledge; then to accompany him into the great creative stretch of forty years, during which he has done so much. This book shows him plunged deeply into work for which he has always had an incredible capacity, reveals the exercise of his unsurpassed inventive ability, his keen reasoning powers, his tenacious memory, his fertility of resource; follows him through a series of innumerable experiments, conducted methodically, reaching out like rays of search-light into all the regions of science and nature, and finally exhibits him emerging triumphantly from countless difficulties bearing with him in new arts the fruits of victorious struggle." (written by Justin Barrett, with authors' quote taken from the work itself)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257137Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Edison, His Life and Inventions Author: Frank Lewis Dyer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257137 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Edison, His Life and Inventions Author: Frank Lewis Dyer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.49 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 2.25 of Total 12 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, "It is designed in these pages to bring the reader face to face with Edison; to glance at an interesting childhood and a youthful period marked by a capacity for doing things, and by an insatiable thirst for knowledge; then to accompany him into the great creative stretch of forty years, during which he has done so much. This book shows him plunged deeply into work for which he has always had an incredible capacity, reveals the exercise of his unsurpassed inventive ability, his keen reasoning powers, his tenacious memory, his fertility of resource; follows him through a series of innumerable experiments, conducted methodically, reaching out like rays of search-light into all the regions of science and nature, and finally exhibits him emerging triumphantly from countless difficulties bearing with him in new arts the fruits of victorious struggle." (written by Justin Barrett, with authors' quote taken from the work itself)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lives-of-the-queens-of-england-volume-2-by-agnes-strickland--65150115https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 2 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257394Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 2 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 2 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/briefe-aus-dem-gefangnis-by-rosa-luxemburg--65150114https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Briefe aus dem Gefängnis Author: Rosa Luxemburg Narrator: Hokuspokus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Rosa Luxemburg war eine bedeutende Vertreterin der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung und des proletarischen Internationalismus. Sie gehörte zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der KPD, deren Programm sie hauptsächlich verfasste. Während des ersten Weltkriegs verbrachte Rosa Luxemburg drei Jahre und vier Monate im Gefängnis, ein Jahr im Berliner Weibergefängnis (Barnimstraße), dann zwei Jahre und vier Monate in Berlin, Wronke und Breslau. Während dieser Zeit schrieb sie viele persönliche Briefe an Sophie Liebknecht, die einen tiefen Einblick in die starke Persönlichkeit dieser ungewöhnlichen Frau geben. Die Leser lernen "den Reichtum ihres unermüdlich quellenden Herzens kennen. Sie sollen sehen, wie diese Frau, über ihren eigenen Leiden stehend, alle Wesen der Schöpfung mit verstehender Liebe und dichterischer Kraft umfängt, wie ihr Herz in Vogelrufen erzittert, wie Verse beschwingter Sprache in ihr widerklingen, wie Schicksal und tägliches Tun der Freunde in ihr geborgen sind." (Aus der Einleitung) Am 15. Januar 1919, nur zwei Monate nach ihrer Freilassung wurde sie unter teils ungeklärten Umständen zusammen mit Karl Liebknecht von rechtsradikalen Freikorps-Soldaten ermordet. (Summary by Wikipedia and Hokuspokus)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257846Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Briefe aus dem Gefängnis Author: Rosa Luxemburg Narrator: Hokuspokus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 51 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Briefe aus dem Gefängnis Author: Rosa Luxemburg Narrator: Hokuspokus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Rosa Luxemburg war eine bedeutende Vertreterin der europäischen Arbeiterbewegung und des proletarischen Internationalismus. Sie gehörte zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der KPD, deren Programm sie hauptsächlich verfasste. Während des ersten Weltkriegs verbrachte Rosa Luxemburg drei Jahre und vier Monate im Gefängnis, ein Jahr im Berliner Weibergefängnis (Barnimstraße), dann zwei Jahre und vier Monate in Berlin, Wronke und Breslau. Während dieser Zeit schrieb sie viele persönliche Briefe an Sophie Liebknecht, die einen tiefen Einblick in die starke Persönlichkeit dieser ungewöhnlichen Frau geben. Die Leser lernen "den Reichtum ihres unermüdlich quellenden Herzens kennen. Sie sollen sehen, wie diese Frau, über ihren eigenen Leiden stehend, alle Wesen der Schöpfung mit verstehender Liebe und dichterischer Kraft umfängt, wie ihr Herz in Vogelrufen erzittert, wie Verse beschwingter Sprache in ihr widerklingen, wie Schicksal und tägliches Tun der Freunde in ihr geborgen sind." (Aus der Einleitung) Am 15. Januar 1919, nur zwei Monate nach ihrer Freilassung wurde sie unter teils ungeklärten Umständen zusammen mit Karl Liebknecht von rechtsradikalen Freikorps-Soldaten ermordet. (Summary by Wikipedia and Hokuspokus)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-funfzig-jahre-museumsarbeit-by-wilhelm-von-bode--65150113https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit Author: Wilhelm Von Bode Narrator: Dirk Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Wilhelm von Bode war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Museumsfachmann und gilt als der Mitbegründer des modernen Museumswesens. Bode war eine der zentralen Persönlichkeiten in der deutschen Kultur des späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. 1904 gründete er das Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (heute Bode-Museum) auf der Museumsinsel in Berlin, war dort Generaldirektor der staatlichen Kunstsammlungen und schuf grundlegende Arbeiten zur Geschichte der deutschen, niederländischen und italienischen Malerei und Plastik. Aufgrund seines entscheidenden Einflusses auf die Entwicklung der Berliner Kunstsammlungen wurde er auch Museums-Condottiere" und Bismarck der Berliner Museen" genannt. 1889 bis 1914 leitete er ebenfalls die Neugründung der im deutsch-französischen Krieg vernichteten städtischen Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Straßburg. In seinem Buch Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit gibt Wilhelm von Bode einen Überblick von der Entwicklung der Sammlungen in Zeit 1872 - 1922, soweit er sie erweitert oder selbst ins Leben gerufen hat. Persönliche Erlebnisse hat er dort einfließen lassen, wo sie ihm von allgemeiner Bedeutung erscheinen. (Zusammenfassung von Wikipedia und Wassermann)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258085Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit Author: Wilhelm Von Bode Narrator: Dirk Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit Author: Wilhelm Von Bode Narrator: Dirk Weber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Wilhelm von Bode war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Museumsfachmann und gilt als der Mitbegründer des modernen Museumswesens. Bode war eine der zentralen Persönlichkeiten in der deutschen Kultur des späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. 1904 gründete er das Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (heute Bode-Museum) auf der Museumsinsel in Berlin, war dort Generaldirektor der staatlichen Kunstsammlungen und schuf grundlegende Arbeiten zur Geschichte der deutschen, niederländischen und italienischen Malerei und Plastik. Aufgrund seines entscheidenden Einflusses auf die Entwicklung der Berliner Kunstsammlungen wurde er auch Museums-Condottiere" und Bismarck der Berliner Museen" genannt. 1889 bis 1914 leitete er ebenfalls die Neugründung der im deutsch-französischen Krieg vernichteten städtischen Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Straßburg. In seinem Buch Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit gibt Wilhelm von Bode einen Überblick von der Entwicklung der Sammlungen in Zeit 1872 - 1922, soweit er sie erweitert oder selbst ins Leben gerufen hat. Persönliche Erlebnisse hat er dort einfließen lassen, wo sie ihm von allgemeiner Bedeutung erscheinen. (Zusammenfassung von Wikipedia und Wassermann)]]>185nfzigcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hero-tales-from-american-history-by-theodore-roosevelt--65150112https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero Tales from American History Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: David Leeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Its purpose ... is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to the well-being of a masterful race the virtues of gentleness, of patriotism, and of lofty adherence to an ideal. It is a good thing for all Americans ... to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. (Summary from the book's dedication.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258116Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero Tales from American History Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: David Leeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero Tales from American History Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: David Leeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Its purpose ... is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to the well-being of a masterful race the virtues of gentleness, of patriotism, and of lofty adherence to an ideal. It is a good thing for all Americans ... to remember the men who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. (Summary from the book's dedication.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-first-summer-in-the-sierra-by-john-muir--65150111https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My First Summer in the Sierra Author: John Muir Narrator: Adrian Praetzellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 152 Ratings of Narrator: 4.36 of Total 55 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California's Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest "insect people" amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that "the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. This recording commemorates the 140th anniversary of that first summer. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258333Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My First Summer in the Sierra Author: John Muir Narrator: Adrian Praetzellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My First Summer in the Sierra Author: John Muir Narrator: Adrian Praetzellis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 152 Ratings of Narrator: 4.36 of Total 55 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California's Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest "insect people" amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that "the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. This recording commemorates the 140th anniversary of that first summer. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lives-of-the-queens-of-england-volume-6-by-agnes-strickland--65150110https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before. Volume six includes the biography of Elizabeth I through the year 1586. (Introduction by Ann Boulais)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257395Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before. Volume six includes the biography of Elizabeth I through the year 1586. (Introduction by Ann Boulais)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-child-s-book-of-american-biography-by-mary-stoyell-stimpson--65150109https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Child's Book of American Biography Author: Mary Stoyell Stimpson Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learn more about these famous people. (from the Forward of the text)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258834Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Child's Book of American Biography Author: Mary Stoyell Stimpson Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Child's Book of American Biography Author: Mary Stoyell Stimpson Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learn more about these famous people. (from the Forward of the text)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-in-the-south-by-jacob-stroyer--65150108https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258344 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in the South Author: Jacob Stroyer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 82 Ratings of Narrator: 3.41 of Total 27 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from his early childhood on the planation up to his involvement in Confederacy's war effort and eventually his experience of becoming a free man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258344Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258344 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in the South Author: Jacob Stroyer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258344 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in the South Author: Jacob Stroyer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 82 Ratings of Narrator: 3.41 of Total 27 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from his early childhood on the planation up to his involvement in Confederacy's war effort and eventually his experience of becoming a free man.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pirates-own-book-by-charles-ellms--65150107https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates Own Book Author: Charles Ellms Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257466Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates Own Book Author: Charles Ellms Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pirates Own Book Author: Charles Ellms Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-narrative-of-the-most-remarkable-particulars-in-the-life-of-james-albert-ukawsaw-gronniosaw-by-ukawsaw-gronniosaw--65150106https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Author: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Narrator: TriciaG Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 21 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered the first published by an African in Britain. Gronniosaw's autobiography was produced in Kidderminster in the late 1760s. Its full title is A Narrative of the Most remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by himself. It was the first Slave narrative in the English language. Published in Bath in 1772, it gives a vivid account of Gronniosaw's life, from his capture in Africa through slavery to a life of poverty in Colchester and Kidderminster. It is devoid of the anti-slavery backlash ubiquitous in subsequent slave narratives. (Summary modified from Wikipedia) Note to those who dislike incongruities: This is read by a North American, Caucasian woman.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257569Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Author: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Narrator: TriciaG Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Author: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Narrator: TriciaG Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 21 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 - 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered the first published by an African in Britain. Gronniosaw's autobiography was produced in Kidderminster in the late 1760s. Its full title is A Narrative of the Most remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by himself. It was the first Slave narrative in the English language. Published in Bath in 1772, it gives a vivid account of Gronniosaw's life, from his capture in Africa through slavery to a life of poverty in Colchester and Kidderminster. It is devoid of the anti-slavery backlash ubiquitous in subsequent slave narratives. (Summary modified from Wikipedia) Note to those who dislike incongruities: This is read by a North American, Caucasian woman.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-makers-of-canada-champlain-by-narcisse-eutropee-dionne--65150104https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Makers of Canada: Champlain Author: Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biography of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, founder of Quebec, and father of New France. ( Summary by Cathy Barratt )]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259040Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Makers of Canada: Champlain Author: Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Makers of Canada: Champlain Author: Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne Narrator: Cate Barratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biography of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, founder of Quebec, and father of New France. ( Summary by Cathy Barratt )]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-my-guest-by-conrad-n-hilton--65150101https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be My Guest Author: Conrad N. Hilton Narrator: Edwards Fitzs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Be My Guest is the inspiring saga of the man behind one of America's great success stories. Conrad Hilton was born in San Antonio, Socorro County, Territory of New Mexico. Born into a family of six, including two sisters named Felice and Eva; a brother, Carl; his mother, Mary Laufersweiler Hilton; and his father, named Augustus Holver Hilton, or Gus. His father was a big man physically - a robust six footer with big hands, big feet, a handlebar mustache, and a big voice. Gus bought his first hotel in Cisco, Texas, and built his first hotel in Dallas, Texas. Then he bought his second hotel, the famous Waldorf Astoria in New York, in 1931, which became a Hilton Hotel 15 years later. This had been Gus' first big dream, and he worked hard to make it a reality, suffering heartbreak and struggling against the odds - over this infinitesimal building in the middle of nowhere - more than at any other time in his career, barring the Depression. Conrad Hilton went to Goss Military Institute in Albuquerque when he was almost 12. At 15 he met his wife, Helen Keller. She has written a book called Optimism. In the book, she wrote, "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope," and summed up by stating that, "Optimism is the harmony between man's spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing [his] works good." At 16 his father had sold his coal mines for $10 thousand, which in those days made him one of the richest men in the territory. In 1904 the dollar was worth something. Men worked for a dollar a day and, on that, lived decently and raised families of five or six. With his money Gus was the equivalent of a millionaire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be My Guest Author: Conrad N. Hilton Narrator: Edwards Fitzs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be My Guest Author: Conrad N. Hilton Narrator: Edwards Fitzs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Be My Guest is the inspiring saga of the man behind one of America's great success stories. Conrad Hilton was born in San Antonio, Socorro County, Territory of New Mexico. Born into a family of six, including two sisters named Felice and Eva; a brother, Carl; his mother, Mary Laufersweiler Hilton; and his father, named Augustus Holver Hilton, or Gus. His father was a big man physically - a robust six footer with big hands, big feet, a handlebar mustache, and a big voice. Gus bought his first hotel in Cisco, Texas, and built his first hotel in Dallas, Texas. Then he bought his second hotel, the famous Waldorf Astoria in New York, in 1931, which became a Hilton Hotel 15 years later. This had been Gus' first big dream, and he worked hard to make it a reality, suffering heartbreak and struggling against the odds - over this infinitesimal building in the middle of nowhere - more than at any other time in his career, barring the Depression. Conrad Hilton went to Goss Military Institute in Albuquerque when he was almost 12. At 15 he met his wife, Helen Keller. She has written a book called Optimism. In the book, she wrote, "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope," and summed up by stating that, "Optimism is the harmony between man's spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing [his] works good." At 16 his father had sold his coal mines for $10 thousand, which in those days made him one of the richest men in the territory. In 1904 the dollar was worth something. Men worked for a dollar a day and, on that, lived decently and raised families of five or six. With his money Gus was the equivalent of a millionaire.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nobel-prize-in-1904-by-various-contributors--65150100https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nobel Prize in 1904 Author: Various Contributors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Nobel Prizes are international awards bestowed once a year by Scandinavian committees for cultural and scientific advances. They were established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Laureats of 1904 were: in Physics: Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt, 1842 - 1919), "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies"; in Chemistry: Sir William Ramsay (1852 - 1916), "for his discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system"; in Physiology or Medicine: Ivan Petrovich Pawlow (1849 - 1936), "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged"; in Literature: Frédéric Mistral (one half, 1830 - 1914), "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist", and José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (one half, 1832 - 1916), "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama"; in Peace: Institut de droit international (Institute of International Law), "for its efforts as an unofficial body to formulate the general principles of the science of international law.". This multilingual collection contains the presentation speeches for the Laureats, their biographies, as well as the famous "Nobel lectures" for the three scientific awards. The presentation speeches, originally given in Swedish, were translated by the Nobel Foundation into the mother tongue of the Laureats. (Summary by Availle and Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259058Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nobel Prize in 1904 Author: Various Contributors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nobel Prize in 1904 Author: Various Contributors Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Nobel Prizes are international awards bestowed once a year by Scandinavian committees for cultural and scientific advances. They were established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Laureats of 1904 were: in Physics: Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt, 1842 - 1919), "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies"; in Chemistry: Sir William Ramsay (1852 - 1916), "for his discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system"; in Physiology or Medicine: Ivan Petrovich Pawlow (1849 - 1936), "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged"; in Literature: Frédéric Mistral (one half, 1830 - 1914), "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist", and José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (one half, 1832 - 1916), "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama"; in Peace: Institut de droit international (Institute of International Law), "for its efforts as an unofficial body to formulate the general principles of the science of international law.". This multilingual collection contains the presentation speeches for the Laureats, their biographies, as well as the famous "Nobel lectures" for the three scientific awards. The presentation speeches, originally given in Swedish, were translated by the Nobel Foundation into the mother tongue of the Laureats. (Summary by Availle and Wikipedia)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charles-dickens-by-g-k-chesterton--65150098https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles Dickens Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style. (Summary by Karen Merline)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257856Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles Dickens Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257856 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles Dickens Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style. (Summary by Karen Merline)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charles-i-by-jacob-abbott--65150096https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles I Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Charles I. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257857Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles I Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles I Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Charles I. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gallipoli-diary-by-john-graham-gillam--65150095https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gallipoli Diary Author: John Graham Gillam Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanelles in March, 1915, he had visions of "trekking up the Gallipoli Peninsula with the Navy bombarding a way for us up the Straits and along the coast-line of the Sea of Marmora, until after a brief campaign we entered triumphantly Constantinople, there to meet the Russian Army, which would link up with ourselves to form part of a great chain encircling and throttling the Central Empires. . . We little appreciated the difficulties of the task," he continues, in potent understatement. Gillam's charge was shepherding supplies--food and munitions--from beach depots to the trenches for a brigade of 4000 men. Since it was his first experience with "real war," he decided to keep a diary, which he did from the day he landed at Gallipoli (April 25, 1915) until he was evacuated at the end of the campaign in January 1916. He aptly states in the preface to the published Version of his diary: "those who desire to survey the whole amazing Gallipoli campaign in perspective must look elsewhere than in these pages. Their sole object was to record the personal impressions, feeling, and doings from day to day of one supply officer to a Division whose gallantry in that campaign well earned for it the epithet "Immortal." As the campaign intensifies, Gillam's entries mature. Early on (May 30), a sample entry: "This afternoon I ride . . . to Morto Bay, and on the way have a delightful cross-country canter. I have difficulty, though, in making my mare jump trenches. She jumped hurdles at Warwick race-course like a bird." A month later, on June 30, "The smell of dead bodies is at times almost unbearable in the trenches, and chloride of lime is thrown over them. I know of no more sickly smell than chloride of lime with the smell of a dead body blended in." Another month, and respect for the Turks, and also for the rugged terrain of the peninsula is evident (August 29): "Behind me, purple Turkish hills, every point of which is held by the enemy. Then in between our line and the hills the scrubby low-lying country. . . I look at it hopelessly--for I know now, as we all do, that the conquest of the Peninsula is more than we can hope for. All that is left to us is to hang on day by day. . . Death in various forms walks with us always . . ." Today, the Turkish Government maintains a war memorial and cemeteries at the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park. Memories are very much alive there. Preserved trenches and the sad graves of many, many soldiers from both sides of the conflict are made especially poignant by the beauty of the setting-- the sea and high hills beyond. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257141Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gallipoli Diary Author: John Graham Gillam Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gallipoli Diary Author: John Graham Gillam Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanelles in March, 1915, he had visions of "trekking up the Gallipoli Peninsula with the Navy bombarding a way for us up the Straits and along the coast-line of the Sea of Marmora, until after a brief campaign we entered triumphantly Constantinople, there to meet the Russian Army, which would link up with ourselves to form part of a great chain encircling and throttling the Central Empires. . . We little appreciated the difficulties of the task," he continues, in potent understatement. Gillam's charge was shepherding supplies--food and munitions--from beach depots to the trenches for a brigade of 4000 men. Since it was his first experience with "real war," he decided to keep a diary, which he did from the day he landed at Gallipoli (April 25, 1915) until he was evacuated at the end of the campaign in January 1916. He aptly states in the preface to the published Version of his diary: "those who desire to survey the whole amazing Gallipoli campaign in perspective must look elsewhere than in these pages. Their sole object was to record the personal impressions, feeling, and doings from day to day of one supply officer to a Division whose gallantry in that campaign well earned for it the epithet "Immortal." As the campaign intensifies, Gillam's entries mature. Early on (May 30), a sample entry: "This afternoon I ride . . . to Morto Bay, and on the way have a delightful cross-country canter. I have difficulty, though, in making my mare jump trenches. She jumped hurdles at Warwick race-course like a bird." A month later, on June 30, "The smell of dead bodies is at times almost unbearable in the trenches, and chloride of lime is thrown over them. I know of no more sickly smell than chloride of lime with the smell of a dead body blended in." Another month, and respect for the Turks, and also for the rugged terrain of the peninsula is evident (August 29): "Behind me, purple Turkish hills, every point of which is held by the enemy. Then in between our line and the hills the scrubby low-lying country. . . I look at it hopelessly--for I know now, as we all do, that the conquest of the Peninsula is more than we can hope for. All that is left to us is to hang on day by day. . . Death in various forms walks with us always . . ." Today, the Turkish Government maintains a war memorial and cemeteries at the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park. Memories are very much alive there. Preserved trenches and the sad graves of many, many soldiers from both sides of the conflict are made especially poignant by the beauty of the setting-- the sea and high hills beyond. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lord-kitchener-by-g-k-chesterton--65150094https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Kitchener Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: Ray Clare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exceptionally a friend of Mahomedans." (Summary quoted from Gilbert Keith Chesterton)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258269Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Kitchener Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: Ray Clare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lord Kitchener Author: G. K. Chesterton Narrator: Ray Clare Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exceptionally a friend of Mahomedans." (Summary quoted from Gilbert Keith Chesterton)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-goethe-volume-1-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe--65150093https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 1 Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257349Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 1 Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 1 Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-men-of-action-by-burton-egbert-stevenson--65150092https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Men of Action Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257638Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Men of Action Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Men of Action Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-madam-guyon-by-jeanne-marie-bouvier-de-la-motte-guyon--65150091https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Madam Guyon Author: Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon Narrator: Peaceuntoyou Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. This translation is by Thomas Taylor Allen was first published in 1897. Allen's dates are unknown. (Summary from Wikipedia.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257354Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Madam Guyon Author: Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon Narrator: Peaceuntoyou Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257354 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Madam Guyon Author: Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon Narrator: Peaceuntoyou Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) (April 13, 1648 - June 9, 1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on the topic, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. This translation is by Thomas Taylor Allen was first published in 1897. Allen's dates are unknown. (Summary from Wikipedia.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parallel-lives-of-the-noble-greeks-and-romans-vol-1-by-lucius-mestrius-plutarchus--65150090https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, as such, but in exploring the influence of character, good or bad, on the lives and destinies of famous men. The first pair of lives the Epaminondas-Scipio Africanus no longer exists, and many of the remaining lives are truncated, contain obvious lacunae and/or have been tampered with by later writers. His Life of Alexander is one of the five surviving secondary or tertiary sources about Alexander the Great and it includes anecdotes and descriptions of incidents that appear in no other source. Likewise, his portrait of Numa Pompilius, an early Roman king, also contains unique information about the early Roman calendar. In this copy-right expired 11-volume translation from the Loeb Classical library, the order of the paired lives is rearranged to present the Greek lives in chronological order. Vol 1 presents the paired lives of Theseus and Romulus, Lycurgus and Numa, and Solon and Poplicola. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258406Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, as such, but in exploring the influence of character, good or bad, on the lives and destinies of famous men. The first pair of lives the Epaminondas-Scipio Africanus no longer exists, and many of the remaining lives are truncated, contain obvious lacunae and/or have been tampered with by later writers. His Life of Alexander is one of the five surviving secondary or tertiary sources about Alexander the Great and it includes anecdotes and descriptions of incidents that appear in no other source. Likewise, his portrait of Numa Pompilius, an early Roman king, also contains unique information about the early Roman calendar. In this copy-right expired 11-volume translation from the Loeb Classical library, the order of the paired lives is rearranged to present the Greek lives in chronological order. Vol 1 presents the paired lives of Theseus and Romulus, Lycurgus and Numa, and Solon and Poplicola. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-men-of-mind-by-burton-egbert-stevenson--65150088https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Men of Mind Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257639Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Men of Mind Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Men of Mind Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/michel-strogoff-by-jules-verne--65150085https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Michel Strogoff Author: Jules Verne Narrator: 8 Comédiens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Découvrez les aventures de Michel Strogoff, capitaine des courriers du tsar de Russie, dont la mission à très hauts risques l'emmène de Moscou à Irkoutsk, capitale de la Sibérie orientale. Son objectif ? Avertir le grand-duc, frère du tsar, sans nouvelles de Moscou, de l'invasion imminente des hordes tartares. Son voyage de plus de 5500 km sera menacé par les Tartares commandés par un ancien officier impérial révolté contre le tsar, Ivan Ogareff. Capturé, blessé, il rencontrera malgré tout sur cette route pleine d'obstacles la belle Nadia. Déterminé, courageux, rusé, Michel Strogoff parviendra-t-il à accomplir sa mission et à sauver l'Empire russe ? Michel Strogoff est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1875, paru dans la série des Voyages Extraordinaires.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253058Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Michel Strogoff Author: Jules Verne Narrator: 8 Comédiens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/253058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Michel Strogoff Author: Jules Verne Narrator: 8 Comédiens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 11 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Découvrez les aventures de Michel Strogoff, capitaine des courriers du tsar de Russie, dont la mission à très hauts risques l'emmène de Moscou à Irkoutsk, capitale de la Sibérie orientale. Son objectif ? Avertir le grand-duc, frère du tsar, sans nouvelles de Moscou, de l'invasion imminente des hordes tartares. Son voyage de plus de 5500 km sera menacé par les Tartares commandés par un ancien officier impérial révolté contre le tsar, Ivan Ogareff. Capturé, blessé, il rencontrera malgré tout sur cette route pleine d'obstacles la belle Nadia. Déterminé, courageux, rusé, Michel Strogoff parviendra-t-il à accomplir sa mission et à sauver l'Empire russe ? Michel Strogoff est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1875, paru dans la série des Voyages Extraordinaires.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/being-a-boy-by-charles-dudley-warner--65150082https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being a Boy Author: Charles Dudley Warner Narrator: Mark Penfold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts. (Introduction by Mark Penfold)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257694Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being a Boy Author: Charles Dudley Warner Narrator: Mark Penfold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Being a Boy Author: Charles Dudley Warner Narrator: Mark Penfold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Warner's thoughtful and often humorous memoir of his life as a young farm-boy in Charlemont, Massachusetts. (Introduction by Mark Penfold)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/soren-kierkegaard-various-readings-by-various-contributors--65150081https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soren Kierkegaard, Various Readings Author: Various Contributors Narrator: Craig Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The writings listed here represent books about Soren Kierkegaard. A fragment of his work, On the Dedication to "That Single Individual", has made it to the public domain. Who was Soren Kierkegaard? He was a Danish philosopher and religious author; b. Copenhagen May 6, 1813; d. there Nov. 11, 1855. His father, Michael, a clothing merchant, once cursed God when he was young. This one incident caused him so much distress that it affected him with a deep melancholy, which he transferred to poor Soren. Michael was an evil man. He tricked Soren into thinking that the whole world existed in his own living room by taking him for imaginary walks about the neighborhood, or anywhere Soren wanted to go, as long as it existed in his imagination only. Later in life, when Soren was on his own, he rarely left Copenhagen, but he did walk about the streets and greet passersby, discussing events of the day. After 6 years of "splendid inactivity" he obtained his degree in Theology from the University of Copenhagen with the submission of his thesis paper in 1841, On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates. Just before graduation he fell in love with Regine Olsen and proposed that they marry. She accepted, but Soren was unable to live up to the requirements of marriage and broke off the engagement after a short period. He lived a life of despair afterward. His father, Regine, and Socrates were the major influences in his life. So say all the authors in the following readings, but I disagree. Soren considered a variety of callings, he could be philosopher, a scientist, or a preacher, but he ultimately decided that Christianity was his interest. He wondered if J. P. Mynster, bishop of Zealand and head of the National Church of Denmark, was preaching true Christianity or not. He decided at this point that his "task is a Socratic task, to revise the conception of what it means to be a Christian". He was interested only in the "How" of Christianity, not the "What" of Christianity. He became an author, an author who was always "in the process of becoming" what he would be. He became many authors, Victor Eremita, Johannes de Silentio, Johannes Climacus, Vigilius Haufniensis, Nicolaus Notabene, Hilarius Bookbinder, Frater Taciturnus, and Soren Kierkegaard. All of them wrote books between the years 1843 and 1855. He used his imagination to create each author as an existing individual Human being, one who exists, "between the esthetic and the ethical" where "the esthetic is existing; the ethicist is struggling against the religious", as one "aware of the religious-and the leap" of faith, one "who ordinarily despairs of nothing, despairs of repetition", one who has "used a love affair in relation to what it means to exist", one who believed "that in relation to God we are always in the wrong," one who cries to God "I cannot understand you, but I will love you" one who as "the ethicist, in despair, has chosen himself out of terror of having himself" and finally as one who said "that truth is objectively a paradox shows precisely that subjectivity is truth" so "Only truth that builds up is truth for you". The authors are all in agreement that Soren's father, Regine, and Socrates were influential in his life. None of them were able to state that Jesus Christ had any influence upon him at all. Soren Kierkegaard said, "God is not like a king in a predicament, who says to the highly trusted Minister of the Interior, "You must do everything, you must create the atmosphere for our proposal and win public opinion to our side." "But in relation to God, there are no secret instruction for a human being any more than there are any backstairs. Even the most eminent genius who comes to give a report had best come in fear and trembling, for God is not hard pressed for geniuses. He can create a few legion of them if needed." God wants each individual to examine to judge and to decide. http://www.archive.org/details/forselfexaminati011847mbp Here is a link to to some of his works http://www.religion-online.org/listbycategory.asp?Cat=110 one to a biography http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/kierkegaard/aboutkierk.html - and a link to Kierkegaard reorganized (systemetized?) - http://www.plough.com/ebooks/Provocations.html - (Summary by Soupy)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258724Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soren Kierkegaard, Various Readings Author: Various Contributors Narrator: Craig Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soren Kierkegaard, Various Readings Author: Various Contributors Narrator: Craig Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The writings listed here represent books about Soren Kierkegaard. A fragment of his work, On the Dedication to "That Single Individual", has made it to the public domain. Who was Soren Kierkegaard? He was a Danish philosopher and religious author; b. Copenhagen May 6, 1813; d. there Nov. 11, 1855. His father, Michael, a clothing merchant, once cursed God when he was young. This one incident caused him so much distress that it affected him with a deep melancholy, which he transferred to poor Soren. Michael was an evil man. He tricked Soren into thinking that the whole world existed in his own living room by taking him for imaginary walks about the neighborhood, or anywhere Soren wanted to go, as long as it existed in his imagination only. Later in life, when Soren was on his own, he rarely left Copenhagen, but he did walk about the streets and greet passersby, discussing events of the day. After 6 years of "splendid inactivity" he obtained his degree in Theology from the University of Copenhagen with the submission of his thesis paper in 1841, On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates. Just before graduation he fell in love with Regine Olsen and proposed that they marry. She accepted, but Soren was unable to live up to the requirements of marriage and broke off the engagement after a short period. He lived a life of despair afterward. His father, Regine, and Socrates were the major influences in his life. So say all the authors in the following readings, but I disagree. Soren considered a variety of callings, he could be philosopher, a scientist, or a preacher, but he ultimately decided that Christianity was his interest. He wondered if J. P. Mynster, bishop of Zealand and head of the National Church of Denmark, was preaching true Christianity or not. He decided at this point that his "task is a Socratic task, to revise the conception of what it means to be a Christian". He was interested only in the "How" of Christianity, not the "What" of Christianity. He became an author, an author who was always "in the process of becoming" what he would be. He became many authors, Victor Eremita, Johannes de Silentio, Johannes Climacus, Vigilius Haufniensis, Nicolaus Notabene, Hilarius Bookbinder, Frater Taciturnus, and Soren Kierkegaard. All of them wrote books between the years 1843 and 1855. He used his imagination to create each author as an existing individual Human being, one who exists, "between the esthetic and the ethical" where "the esthetic is existing; the ethicist is struggling against the religious", as one "aware of the religious-and the leap" of faith, one "who ordinarily despairs of nothing, despairs of repetition", one who has "used a love affair in relation to what it means to exist", one who believed "that in relation to God we are always in the wrong," one who cries to God "I cannot understand you, but I will love you" one who as "the ethicist, in despair, has chosen himself out of terror of having himself" and finally as one who said "that truth is objectively a paradox shows precisely that subjectivity is truth" so "Only truth that builds up is truth for you". The authors are all in agreement that Soren's father, Regine, and Socrates were influential in his life. None of them were able to state that Jesus Christ had any influence upon him at all. Soren Kierkegaard said, "God is not like a king in a predicament, who says to the highly trusted Minister of the Interior, "You must do...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-by-benjamin-franklin--65150079https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Gary Gilberd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 231 Ratings of Narrator: 3.57 of Total 82 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions for good living which makes this work America's first "How to Succeed" book. Edited by Frank Woodworth Pine (1869-1919). (Summary by Gary)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258779Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Gary Gilberd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Gary Gilberd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 231 Ratings of Narrator: 3.57 of Total 82 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions for good living which makes this work America's first "How to Succeed" book. Edited by Frank Woodworth Pine (1869-1919). (Summary by Gary)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-mother-jones-by-mary-harris-jones--65150077https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mother Jones Author: Mary Harris Jones Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the Wobblies), and was active in the United Mine Workers and the Socialist Party of America. (Summary by Denny)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258797Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mother Jones Author: Mary Harris Jones Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mother Jones Author: Mary Harris Jones Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the Wobblies), and was active in the United Mine Workers and the Socialist Party of America. (Summary by Denny)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bible-tcnt-nt-01-27-the-new-testament-by-twentieth-century-new-testament--65150075https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bible (TCNT) NT 01-27: The New Testament Author: Twentieth Century New Testament Narrator: J A Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Published in 1904, The Twentieth Century New Testament is considered the first translation of the Bible into modern English. It was produced in Britain over a period of 15 years by approximately 20 people -- ministers, housewives, school teachers and businessmen -- who were united by their desire for a New Testament in the language of the people. They were advised by such scholars as J. Rendel Harris and Richard Weymouth so their rendering is quite accurate. In addition they made some effort at rearranging the New Testament books in the order scholars believe they were written -- Mark comes before Matthew, for instance. They also include brief introductions before each book. Though little-known today, the reader will find in The Twentieth Century New Testament a delightful translation that is rewarding both for in-depth study and personal reading. (Summary by Pleonic)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257090Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bible (TCNT) NT 01-27: The New Testament Author: Twentieth Century New Testament Narrator: J A Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 54...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bible (TCNT) NT 01-27: The New Testament Author: Twentieth Century New Testament Narrator: J A Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Published in 1904, The Twentieth Century New Testament is considered the first translation of the Bible into modern English. It was produced in Britain over a period of 15 years by approximately 20 people -- ministers, housewives, school teachers and businessmen -- who were united by their desire for a New Testament in the language of the people. They were advised by such scholars as J. Rendel Harris and Richard Weymouth so their rendering is quite accurate. In addition they made some effort at rearranging the New Testament books in the order scholars believe they were written -- Mark comes before Matthew, for instance. They also include brief introductions before each book. Though little-known today, the reader will find in The Twentieth Century New Testament a delightful translation that is rewarding both for in-depth study and personal reading. (Summary by Pleonic)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-heroines-of-history-by-john-s-jenkins--65150074https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heroines of History Author: John S. Jenkins Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 124 Ratings of Narrator: 3.37 of Total 27 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame Roland. Mr. Jenkins, whose name remains on the title-page of this volume, was prevented from finishing the work for a long time by sickness, and finally by death. The first chapter is from his pen, and the rest has been written according to his instructions by one whom he selected, and who has had access to works rare in this country, such as Monstrelet's Chronicles, Tooke's Life of Catherine II., Madame Roland's Appeal, etc. (Summary by TriciaG & Publisher's Preface)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257350Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heroines of History Author: John S. Jenkins Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257350 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Heroines of History Author: John S. Jenkins Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 124 Ratings of Narrator: 3.37 of Total 27 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame Roland. Mr. Jenkins, whose name remains on the title-page of this volume, was prevented from finishing the work for a long time by sickness, and finally by death. The first chapter is from his pen, and the rest has been written according to his instructions by one whom he selected, and who has had access to works rare in this country, such as Monstrelet's Chronicles, Tooke's Life of Catherine II., Madame Roland's Appeal, etc. (Summary by TriciaG & Publisher's Preface)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-alfred-the-great-by-bishop-of-sherbourne-asser--65150073https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Alfred the Great Author: Bishop Of Sherbourne Asser Narrator: R. S. Steinberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B. Killings)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259032Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Alfred the Great Author: Bishop Of Sherbourne Asser Narrator: R. S. Steinberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Alfred the Great Author: Bishop Of Sherbourne Asser Narrator: R. S. Steinberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B. Killings)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/current-superstitions-by-fanny-dickerson-bergen--65150072https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Current Superstitions Author: Fanny Dickerson Bergen Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one of the original researchers of North American oral traditions relating to such key life events and experiences as babyhood and childhood, marriage, wishes and dreams, luck, warts and cures, death omens and mortuary customs, and "such truck," as Huck Finn would say.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257894Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Current Superstitions Author: Fanny Dickerson Bergen Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Current Superstitions Author: Fanny Dickerson Bergen Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one of the original researchers of North American oral traditions relating to such key life events and experiences as babyhood and childhood, marriage, wishes and dreams, luck, warts and cures, death omens and mortuary customs, and "such truck," as Huck Finn would say.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-narrative-of-the-life-of-rev-noah-davis-a-colored-man-by-noah-davis--65150071https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man Author: Noah Davis Narrator: Bryan Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is to]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257579Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man Author: Noah Davis Narrator: Bryan Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man Author: Noah Davis Narrator: Bryan Ness Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is to]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-artists-volume-1-by-jennie-ellis-keysor--65150070https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Artists: Volume 1 Author: Jennie Ellis Keysor Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful tool for art study as there are references for further study, as well as ideas for language arts to incorporate into the study. Summary by Laura Caldwell]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258143Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Artists: Volume 1 Author: Jennie Ellis Keysor Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Artists: Volume 1 Author: Jennie Ellis Keysor Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful tool for art study as there are references for further study, as well as ideas for language arts to incorporate into the study. Summary by Laura Caldwell]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-narrative-of-the-life-of-mrs-mary-jemison-by-james-e-seaver--65150069https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison Author: James E. Seaver Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last husband, and many historical facts never before published. (Summary by James Seaver)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257548Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison Author: James E. Seaver Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison Author: James E. Seaver Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last husband, and many historical facts never before published. (Summary by James Seaver)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mrs-shelley-by-lucy-madox-rossetti--65150068https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mrs. Shelley Author: Lucy Madox Rossetti Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving and truthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs.Shelley." -Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti Mrs. Shelley is a biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, author of Frankenstein and other works, wife of Percy Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin who penned The Vindication of the Rights of Women, and daughter of William Godwin, a philosopher and novelist. The life of this woman, who at nineteen wrote a story that has become a part of everyday culture, is its own story to tell. The author Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti was the daughter of the artist Ford Madox Brown and the wife of William Michael Rossetti of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. (Summary by A.L. Gramour)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257229Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mrs. Shelley Author: Lucy Madox Rossetti Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mrs. Shelley Author: Lucy Madox Rossetti Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving and truthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs.Shelley." -Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti Mrs. Shelley is a biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, author of Frankenstein and other works, wife of Percy Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin who penned The Vindication of the Rights of Women, and daughter of William Godwin, a philosopher and novelist. The life of this woman, who at nineteen wrote a story that has become a part of everyday culture, is its own story to tell. The author Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti was the daughter of the artist Ford Madox Brown and the wife of William Michael Rossetti of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. (Summary by A.L. Gramour)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-charlemagne-by-notker-the-stammerer--65150066https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Charlemagne Author: Notker The Stammerer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Notker's work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne and his family. It was written for Charles the Fat, great-grandson of Charlemagne, who visited Saint Gall in 883. Traditionally, it has been scorned by traditional historians, who refer to the Monk as one who "took pleasure in amusing anecdotes and witty tales, but who was ill-informed about the true march of historical events". However, several of the Monk's tales, such as that of the nine rings of the Avar stronghold, have been used in modern biographies of Charlemagne. (Summary abstracted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259034Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Charlemagne Author: Notker The Stammerer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Charlemagne Author: Notker The Stammerer Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Notker's work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne and his family. It was written for Charles the Fat, great-grandson of Charlemagne, who visited Saint Gall in 883. Traditionally, it has been scorned by traditional historians, who refer to the Monk as one who "took pleasure in amusing anecdotes and witty tales, but who was ill-informed about the true march of historical events". However, several of the Monk's tales, such as that of the nine rings of the Avar stronghold, have been used in modern biographies of Charlemagne. (Summary abstracted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/agricola-by-publius-cornelius-tacitus--65150064https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257615 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agricola Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit. On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman historian Tacitus, written c 98, which recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general. It also covers, briefly, the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain. As in the Germania, Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire; the book also contains eloquent and vicious polemics against the rapacity and greed of Rome. This translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, was first published in 1877. (Summary from Wikipedia.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257615Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257615 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agricola Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257615 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Agricola Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit. On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman historian Tacitus, written c 98, which recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general. It also covers, briefly, the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain. As in the Germania, Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire; the book also contains eloquent and vicious polemics against the rapacity and greed of Rome. This translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, was first published in 1877. (Summary from Wikipedia.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chopin-the-man-and-his-music-by-james-huneker--65150063https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chopin: the Man and His Music Author: James Huneker Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. (Summary by Julie VW)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257083Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chopin: the Man and His Music Author: James Huneker Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chopin: the Man and His Music Author: James Huneker Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. (Summary by Julie VW)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/henry-ford-s-own-story-by-rose-wilder-lane--65150062https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Henry Ford's Own Story Author: Rose Wilder Lane Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 382 Ratings of Narrator: 4.34 of Total 118 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" series of popular children's books. In this biography of Henry Ford, Ms. Lane worked directly with Ford to tell his story from his birth to his founding of the Ford Motor Company and his use of modern assembly lines to mass produce his cars. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258149Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Henry Ford's Own Story Author: Rose Wilder Lane Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Henry Ford's Own Story Author: Rose Wilder Lane Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 382 Ratings of Narrator: 4.34 of Total 118 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" series of popular children's books. In this biography of Henry Ford, Ms. Lane worked directly with Ford to tell his story from his birth to his founding of the Ford Motor Company and his use of modern assembly lines to mass produce his cars. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greek-view-of-life-by-goldsworthy-lowes-dickinson--65150060https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greek View of Life Author: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 3.23 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the truth of all existence.” This elegantly-written work provides a splendid introduction to the Greeks of the classic period: how they thought, wrote, and organised their lives and loves. Although it dates from the 1890s, there is very little about it that has dated. To its author’s credit, the subject of “Greek love” is dealt with in a sane and factual context - despite the judicial assassination of Oscar Wilde going on in the background. A Cambridge don much admired by his students (including E. M. Forster), Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson belonged to the Apostles, a secret society with a strong ethic of male friendship. Alfred Tennyson and his beloved Arthur Hallam were early members. Dickinson is chiefly remembered as a historian and pacifist who played a significant part in the founding of the League of Nations. Inevitably, given his interests and intellectual background, he became a close associate of the Bloomsbury Group. The Greek View of Life is no dry academic tome. It is a popularizing work in the best sense: accessibly written and illustrated with apt quotations given in sturdy translations, never in the original Greek. It is a joy to read. (Introduction by Martin Geeson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257305Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greek View of Life Author: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 41 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257305 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greek View of Life Author: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.7 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 3.23 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the truth of all existence.” This elegantly-written work provides a splendid introduction to the Greeks of the classic period: how they thought, wrote, and organised their lives and loves. Although it dates from the 1890s, there is very little about it that has dated. To its author’s credit, the subject of “Greek love” is dealt with in a sane and factual context - despite the judicial assassination of Oscar Wilde going on in the background. A Cambridge don much admired by his students (including E. M. Forster), Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson belonged to the Apostles, a secret society with a strong ethic of male friendship. Alfred Tennyson and his beloved Arthur Hallam were early members. Dickinson is chiefly remembered as a historian and pacifist who played a significant part in the founding of the League of Nations. Inevitably, given his interests and intellectual background, he became a close associate of the Bloomsbury Group. The Greek View of Life is no dry academic tome. It is a popularizing work in the best sense: accessibly written and illustrated with apt quotations given in sturdy translations, never in the original Greek. It is a joy to read. (Introduction by Martin Geeson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lives-of-the-most-eminent-painters-sculptors-and-architects-vol-1-by-giorgio-vasari--65150059https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1 Author: Giorgio Vasari Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most- read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "one of the founding texts in art history".]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258267Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1 Author: Giorgio Vasari Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1 Author: Giorgio Vasari Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most- read work of the older literature of art", "some of the Italian Renaissance's most influential writing on art", and "one of the founding texts in art history".]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mary-queen-of-scots-by-jacob-abbott--65150058https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mary Queen of Scots Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 123 Ratings of Narrator: 2.84 of Total 37 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Mary Queen of Scots. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258283Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mary Queen of Scots Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mary Queen of Scots Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 123 Ratings of Narrator: 2.84 of Total 37 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Mary Queen of Scots. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-my-childhood-by-clara-barton--65150057https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Childhood Author: Clara Barton Narrator: Veronica Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259146Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Childhood Author: Clara Barton Narrator: Veronica Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Childhood Author: Clara Barton Narrator: Veronica Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-romance-of-missionary-heroism-by-john-c-lambert--65150056https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romance of Missionary Heroism Author: John C Lambert Narrator: David Leeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The title page gives this book the subtitle, "True stories of the intrepid bravery and stirring adventures of missionaries with uncivilized man, wild beasts, and the forces of nature in all parts of the world." The thrilling accounts in this collection include stories of Jacob Chamberlain's medical ministry in India, the dangers faced by Alexander Mackay in Uganda, James Chalmers' work among the headhunters of New Guinea, John Paton's mission to the South Sea cannibals, and the Hawaiian queen Kapiolani's challenge to the gods of the volcano. "Romantic" in the sense that these brave missionaries faced the unknown, but never "romanticized" - all sacrificed home and luxury, and many suffered the loss of family, fortune, and even their lives. (Summary by D. Leeson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259091Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romance of Missionary Heroism Author: John C Lambert Narrator: David Leeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romance of Missionary Heroism Author: John C Lambert Narrator: David Leeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The title page gives this book the subtitle, "True stories of the intrepid bravery and stirring adventures of missionaries with uncivilized man, wild beasts, and the forces of nature in all parts of the world." The thrilling accounts in this collection include stories of Jacob Chamberlain's medical ministry in India, the dangers faced by Alexander Mackay in Uganda, James Chalmers' work among the headhunters of New Guinea, John Paton's mission to the South Sea cannibals, and the Hawaiian queen Kapiolani's challenge to the gods of the volcano. "Romantic" in the sense that these brave missionaries faced the unknown, but never "romanticized" - all sacrificed home and luxury, and many suffered the loss of family, fortune, and even their lives. (Summary by D. Leeson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-gauss-zum-gedachtnis-by-wolfgang-sartorius-freiherr-von-waltershausen--65150055https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Gauss zum Gedächtnis Author: Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr Von Waltershausen Narrator: Redaer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Diesen Text veröffentlichte sein Freund, der Geologe und Naturforscher Waltershausen, kurz nach dem Tode von Gauß. - Summary by redaer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258086Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Gauss zum Gedächtnis Author: Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr Von Waltershausen Narrator: Redaer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258086 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Gauss zum Gedächtnis Author: Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr Von Waltershausen Narrator: Redaer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Diesen Text veröffentlichte sein Freund, der Geologe und Naturforscher Waltershausen, kurz nach dem Tode von Gauß. - Summary by redaer]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-goethe-volume-2-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe--65150052https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 2 Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258840Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 2 Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258840 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Goethe Volume 2 Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question whether he existed at all, these stories stand as timeless classics known in almost every culture in the world. This is volume 12 of 12. (Summary by Chip)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-world-i-live-in-by-helen-keller--65150049https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World I Live In Author: Helen Keller Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.36 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together are to you. In large measure we travel the same highways, read the same books, speak the same language, yet our experiences are different. All my comings and goings turn on the hand as on a pivot. It is the hand that binds me to the world of men and women. The hand is my feeler with which I reach through isolation and darkness and seize every pleasure, every activity that my fingers encounter. With the dropping of a little word from another's hand into mine, a slight flutter of the fingers, began the intelligence, the joy, the fullness of my life. Helen Keller, quoted from her essay, The Seeing Hand (Summary from text and Laura Caldwell)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259190Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World I Live In Author: Helen Keller Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The World I Live In Author: Helen Keller Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 33 Ratings of Narrator: 4.36 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together are to you. In large measure we travel the same highways, read the same books, speak the same language, yet our experiences are different. All my comings and goings turn on the hand as on a pivot. It is the hand that binds me to the world of men and women. The hand is my feeler with which I reach through isolation and darkness and seize every pleasure, every activity that my fingers encounter. With the dropping of a little word from another's hand into mine, a slight flutter of the fingers, began the intelligence, the joy, the fullness of my life. Helen Keller, quoted from her essay, The Seeing Hand (Summary from text and Laura Caldwell)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-apology-of-socrates-ancient-greek-by-plato--65150048https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Apology of Socrates (Ancient Greek) Author: Plato Narrator: Zaaf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Apology is Plato's Version of the speech delivered by Socrates before the Athenian people in his defence agaist charges of impiety and of misleading others, which ended in his condemnation and death in 399 BC. It is the earliest and most eloquent expression of what has been termed 'philosophical faith', as that love and search for truth which gives meaning to life and trust in the face of death. (Summary by zaaf)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258771Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Apology of Socrates (Ancient Greek) Author: Plato Narrator: Zaaf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Apology of Socrates (Ancient Greek) Author: Plato Narrator: Zaaf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Apology is Plato's Version of the speech delivered by Socrates before the Athenian people in his defence agaist charges of impiety and of misleading others, which ended in his condemnation and death in 399 BC. It is the earliest and most eloquent expression of what has been termed 'philosophical faith', as that love and search for truth which gives meaning to life and trust in the face of death. (Summary by zaaf)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parallel-lives-of-the-noble-greeks-and-romans-vol-2-by-lucius-mestrius-plutarchus--65150047https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, as such, but in exploring the influence of character, good or bad, on the lives and destinies of famous men. The first pair of lives the Epaminondas-Scipio Africanus no longer exists, and many of the remaining lives are truncated, contain obvious lacunae and/or have been tampered with by later writers. His Life of Alexander is one of the five surviving secondary or tertiary sources about Alexander the Great and it includes anecdotes and descriptions of incidents that appear in no other source. Likewise, his portrait of Numa Pompilius, an early Roman king, also contains unique information about the early Roman calendar. In this copy-right expired 11-volume translation from the Loeb Classical library, the order of the paired lives is rearranged to present the Greek lives in chronological order. Vol 2 presents the paired lives of Themistocles and Camillus, Aristides and Cato Major, and Cimon and Lucullus. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258407Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. Plutarch was not concerned with writing histories, as such, but in exploring the influence of character, good or bad, on the lives and destinies of famous men. The first pair of lives the Epaminondas-Scipio Africanus no longer exists, and many of the remaining lives are truncated, contain obvious lacunae and/or have been tampered with by later writers. His Life of Alexander is one of the five surviving secondary or tertiary sources about Alexander the Great and it includes anecdotes and descriptions of incidents that appear in no other source. Likewise, his portrait of Numa Pompilius, an early Roman king, also contains unique information about the early Roman calendar. In this copy-right expired 11-volume translation from the Loeb Classical library, the order of the paired lives is rearranged to present the Greek lives in chronological order. Vol 2 presents the paired lives of Themistocles and Camillus, Aristides and Cato Major, and Cimon and Lucullus. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/parallel-lives-of-the-noble-greeks-and-romans-vol-3-by-lucius-mestrius-plutarchus--65150045https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 3 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258408Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 3 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 3 Author: Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiography-of-benvenuto-cellini-vol-2-by-benvenuto-cellini--65150044https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 Author: Benvenuto Cellini Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out. He writes of his time in Paris: Parts of his tale recount some extraordinary events and phenomena; such as his stories of conjuring up a legion of devils in the Colosseum, after one of his not innumerous mistresses had been spirited away from him by her mother; of the marvelous halo of light which he found surrounding his head at dawn and twilight after his Roman imprisonment, and his supernatural visions and angelic protection during that adversity; and of his being poisoned on two separate occasions. The autobiography is a classic, and commonly regarded as one of the most colourful; it is certainly the most important autobiography from the Renaissance. Cellini's autobiography is one of the books Tom Sawyer mentions as inspiration while freeing Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257687Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 Author: Benvenuto Cellini Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2 Author: Benvenuto Cellini Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out. He writes of his time in Paris: Parts of his tale recount some extraordinary events and phenomena; such as his stories of conjuring up a legion of devils in the Colosseum, after one of his not innumerous mistresses had been spirited away from him by her mother; of the marvelous halo of light which he found surrounding his head at dawn and twilight after his Roman imprisonment, and his supernatural visions and angelic protection during that adversity; and of his being poisoned on two separate occasions. The autobiography is a classic, and commonly regarded as one of the most colourful; it is certainly the most important autobiography from the Renaissance. Cellini's autobiography is one of the books Tom Sawyer mentions as inspiration while freeing Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/selected-letters-of-ludwig-van-beethoven-by-ludwig-van-beethoven--65150043https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven Author: Ludwig Van Beethoven Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258533Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven Author: Ludwig Van Beethoven Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 31...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258533 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven Author: Ludwig Van Beethoven Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anne-frank-the-diary-of-a-young-girl-by-anne-frank--65150039https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Susan Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 122 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate. Wrote Ernst Schnable, a German writer who has researched Frank's life: "Out of the millions that were silenced, this voice no louder than a child's whisper has outlasted the shouts of the murderers and has soared above the voices of time."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Susan Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Susan Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 122 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate. Wrote Ernst Schnable, a German writer who has researched Frank's life: "Out of the millions that were silenced, this voice no louder than a child's whisper has outlasted the shouts of the murderers and has soared above the voices of time."]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-charles-darwin-by-charles-darwin--65150038https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin Author: Charles Darwin Narrator: LivelyHive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.92 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death. Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3. The book was edited by Charles Darwin's son Francis Darwin, who removed several passages about Darwin's critical views of God and Christianity (see Charles Darwin's views on religion). It was published in London by John Murray as part of The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. The omitted passages were later restored by Darwin's granddaughter Nora Barlow in a 1958 edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Origin. This edition was published in London by Collins under the title of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. With the original omissions restored. Edited and with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow. The original is in the public domain as its copyright has expired, but the later Version remains under copyright.(Summary by Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258780Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin Author: Charles Darwin Narrator: LivelyHive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin Author: Charles Darwin Narrator: LivelyHive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.92 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is the autobiography of the British naturalist Charles Darwin which was published in 1887, five years after his death. Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3. The book was edited by Charles Darwin's son Francis Darwin, who removed several passages about Darwin's critical views of God and Christianity (see Charles Darwin's views on religion). It was published in London by John Murray as part of The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. The omitted passages were later restored by Darwin's granddaughter Nora Barlow in a 1958 edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Origin. This edition was published in London by Collins under the title of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. With the original omissions restored. Edited and with appendix and notes by his granddaughter Nora Barlow. The original is in the public domain as its copyright has expired, but the later Version remains under copyright.(Summary by Wikipedia)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiography-of-anthony-trollope-by-anthony-trollope--65150034https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Jessica Louise Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-deprecating tone is at times hilarious and at times piteously moving. His detailed descriptions of his writing process and his philosophy of writing as work rather than art are fascinating. Fans of Trollope will enjoy learning the man's perceptions of his novels' shortcomings and triumphs. Anyone will appreciate learning about his years devoted to churning out literature for profit while working full time with the post office. (Summary by JessicaLouise)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257058Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Jessica Louise Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Author: Anthony Trollope Narrator: Jessica Louise Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Anthony Trollope's autobiography will delight you whether or not you've read (or listened to) any of his many works. His honest if self-deprecating tone is at times hilarious and at times piteously moving. His detailed descriptions of his writing process and his philosophy of writing as work rather than art are fascinating. Fans of Trollope will enjoy learning the man's perceptions of his novels' shortcomings and triumphs. Anyone will appreciate learning about his years devoted to churning out literature for profit while working full time with the post office. (Summary by JessicaLouise)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-benjamin-franklin-by-samuel-g-goodrich--65150033https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Benjamin Franklin Author: Samuel G. Goodrich Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period. Each chapter has numerous questions intended for the the reader or the teacher to quiz themselves to see if they gathered the pertinent information. The quiz questions will not be recorded. Also part of this book are numerous short essays written by Franklin on various topics. These entertaining and insightful samples occupy sections 17 through 27. (Summary by phil chenevert)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259033Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Benjamin Franklin Author: Samuel G. Goodrich Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Benjamin Franklin Author: Samuel G. Goodrich Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period. Each chapter has numerous questions intended for the the reader or the teacher to quiz themselves to see if they gathered the pertinent information. The quiz questions will not be recorded. Also part of this book are numerous short essays written by Franklin on various topics. These entertaining and insightful samples occupy sections 17 through 27. (Summary by phil chenevert)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/china-and-the-chinese-by-herbert-allen-giles--65150032https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257858 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China and the Chinese Author: Herbert Allen Giles Narrator: David Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University's second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257858Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257858 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China and the Chinese Author: Herbert Allen Giles Narrator: David Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257858 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China and the Chinese Author: Herbert Allen Giles Narrator: David Barnes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University's second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lives-of-the-queens-of-england-volume-1-by-agnes-strickland--65150030https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.28 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 1.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before. Volume one includes the biographies of Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Scotland, Adelicia of Louvaine, Matilda of Boulogne and Eleanora of Aquitaine. (Introduction by Ann Boulais)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257393Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 Author: Agnes Strickland Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.28 of Total 29 Ratings of Narrator: 1.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066. Although by today's standards, it is not seen as a very scholarly work, the Stricklands used many sources that had not been used before. Volume one includes the biographies of Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Scotland, Adelicia of Louvaine, Matilda of Boulogne and Eleanora of Aquitaine. (Introduction by Ann Boulais)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-journeys-to-the-homes-of-good-men-and-great-by-elbert-hubbard--65150029https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Author: Elbert Hubbard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speaks with them about their work. If they are dead he reflects on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography, part interview and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258239Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Author: Elbert Hubbard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Author: Elbert Hubbard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speaks with them about their work. If they are dead he reflects on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography, part interview and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-kit-carson-by-edward-s-ellis--65150028https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Kit Carson Author: Edward S. Ellis Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colonel in the United States Army....His lot was cast on the extreme western frontier, where, when but a youth, he earned the respect of the tough and frequently lawless men with whom he came in contact. Integrity, bravery, loyalty to friends, marvelous quickness in making right decisions, in crisis of danger, consummate knowledge of woodcraft, a leadership as skilful as it was daring; all these were distinguishing traits in the composition of Carson and were the foundations of the broader fame which he acquired as the friend and invaluable counselor of Fremont, the Pathfinder, in his expeditions across the Rocky Mountains. (Summary from the Introduction)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259037Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Kit Carson Author: Edward S. Ellis Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Kit Carson Author: Edward S. Ellis Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colonel in the United States Army....His lot was cast on the extreme western frontier, where, when but a youth, he earned the respect of the tough and frequently lawless men with whom he came in contact. Integrity, bravery, loyalty to friends, marvelous quickness in making right decisions, in crisis of danger, consummate knowledge of woodcraft, a leadership as skilful as it was daring; all these were distinguishing traits in the composition of Carson and were the foundations of the broader fame which he acquired as the friend and invaluable counselor of Fremont, the Pathfinder, in his expeditions across the Rocky Mountains. (Summary from the Introduction)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-my-boyhood-and-youth-by-john-muir--65150027https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Author: John Muir Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 3.64 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- scant space for three or four small sticks, around which in hard zero weather all the family of ten shivered, and beneath which in the morning we found our socks and coarse, soggy boots frozen solid." Thus, with perceptive eye for detail, the American naturalist, John Muir, describes life on a pioneer Wisconsin farm in the 1850's. Muir was only eleven years old when his father uprooted the family from a relatively comfortable life in Dunbar, Scotland, to settle in the backwoods of North America. The elder Muir was a religious fundamentalist. What his father taught, John Muir writes, was "grim self denial, in season and out of season, to mortify the flesh, keep our bodies in subjection to Bible laws, and mercilessly punish ourselves for every fault, imagined or committed." Muir's father believed that the Bible was "the only book human beings could possibly require," while John secretly read every volume of poetry and literature he could get his hands on. With no formal schooling after leaving Scotland, John also learned from nature--keenly observing details of the seasons, the life of the farm oxen, and wild animals and birds. John also became an amateur inventor, eking out time from farm chores by getting up at 1 a.m. to whittle intricate wooden clocks by candlelight in the unheated farm house basement. Muir finally made a break for freedom--his decision was to go to Madison, Wisconsin, and enter his clocks in the State Fair, with the hope that somebody might see them and offer him a job in a machine shop! All the baggage he carried the day he left home was a package made up of "two clocks and a small thermometer made of a piece of old washboard, all three tied together with no covering or case of any sort, the whole looking like one very complicated machine." His father's goodbye was to admonish John about the "wicked world" and to warn him sternly that if he should find himself in need of money, none would be forthcoming. John would have to depend on himself. How John Muir made his way from that Wisconsin farm to become the great American naturalist, spokesman for Yosemite and the California redwoods, is the stuff of legend: which makes Muir's autobiographical account of his early boyhood a fascinating read. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257480Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Author: John Muir Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Author: John Muir Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 3.64 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: "The only fire for the whole house was the kitchen stove, with a fire box about eighteen inches long and eight inches wide and deep,- scant space for three or four small sticks, around which in hard zero weather all the family of ten shivered, and beneath which in the morning we found our socks and coarse, soggy boots frozen solid." Thus, with perceptive eye for detail, the American naturalist, John Muir, describes life on a pioneer Wisconsin farm in the 1850's. Muir was only eleven years old when his father uprooted the family from a relatively comfortable life in Dunbar, Scotland, to settle in the backwoods of North America. The elder Muir was a religious fundamentalist. What his father taught, John Muir writes, was "grim self denial, in season and out of season, to mortify the flesh, keep our bodies in subjection to Bible laws, and mercilessly punish ourselves for every fault, imagined or committed." Muir's father believed that the Bible was "the only book human beings could possibly require," while John secretly read every volume of poetry and literature he could get his hands on. With no formal schooling after leaving Scotland, John also learned from nature--keenly observing details of the seasons, the life of the farm oxen, and wild animals and birds. John also became an amateur inventor, eking out time from farm chores by getting up at 1 a.m. to whittle intricate wooden clocks by candlelight in the unheated farm house basement. Muir finally made a break for freedom--his decision was to go to Madison, Wisconsin, and enter his clocks in the State Fair, with the hope that somebody might see them and offer him a job in a machine shop! All the baggage he carried the day he left home was a package made up of "two clocks and a small thermometer made of a piece of old washboard, all three tied together with no covering or case of any sort, the whole looking like one very complicated machine." His father's goodbye was to admonish John about the "wicked world" and to warn him sternly that if he should find himself in need of money, none would be forthcoming. John would have to depend on himself. How John Muir made his way from that Wisconsin farm to become the great American naturalist, spokesman for Yosemite and the California redwoods, is the stuff of legend: which makes Muir's autobiographical account of his early boyhood a fascinating read. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/theodore-roosevelt-an-autobiography-by-theodore-roosevelt--65150026https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 98 Ratings of Narrator: 2.66 of Total 35 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken presidents in American history. Not only are we privy to the formation of his political ideals, but also to his love of the frontier and the great outdoors. (Summary from Bartleby.com)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257497Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 53 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 98 Ratings of Narrator: 2.66 of Total 35 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken presidents in American history. Not only are we privy to the formation of his political ideals, but also to his love of the frontier and the great outdoors. (Summary from Bartleby.com)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-of-ulysses-s-grant-to-his-father-and-his-youngest-sister-by-ulysses-s-grant--65150023https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Jim Clevenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man and capable soldier, to whose patriotism, courage, persistence, and skill was so largely due the successful termination of the war between the States, the contest which assured the foundations of the Republic. We are interested not only in learning what this man did, but in coming to know, as far as may be practicable, what manner of man he was. It is all-important in a study of development of character to have placed within reach the utterances of the man himself. There is no utterance that can give as faithful a picture of a man's method of thought and principle of action as the personal letter written, with no thought of later publication, to those who are near to him. This collection of letters will constitute a suitable companion volume to Grant's Personal Memoirs and to the accepted biographies of the Great Commander whose memory is honored by his fellow-citizens not only for the patience, persistence, and skill of the leader of armies, as evidenced in the brilliant campaigns that culminated with Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, and Appomattox, but for the sturdy integrity of character, modest bearing, and sweetness of nature of the great citizen. (Excerpt from the preface)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258248Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Jim Clevenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Jim Clevenger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Among the national leaders whose names will always hold an honorable place in American history is Ulysses S. Grant, the simple-hearted man and capable soldier, to whose patriotism, courage, persistence, and skill was so largely due the successful termination of the war between the States, the contest which assured the foundations of the Republic. We are interested not only in learning what this man did, but in coming to know, as far as may be practicable, what manner of man he was. It is all-important in a study of development of character to have placed within reach the utterances of the man himself. There is no utterance that can give as faithful a picture of a man's method of thought and principle of action as the personal letter written, with no thought of later publication, to those who are near to him. This collection of letters will constitute a suitable companion volume to Grant's Personal Memoirs and to the accepted biographies of the Great Commander whose memory is honored by his fellow-citizens not only for the patience, persistence, and skill of the leader of armies, as evidenced in the brilliant campaigns that culminated with Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, and Appomattox, but for the sturdy integrity of character, modest bearing, and sweetness of nature of the great citizen. (Excerpt from the preface)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-my-life-by-helen-keller--65150022https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life Author: Helen Keller Narrator: Maria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 295 Ratings of Narrator: 3.64 of Total 83 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to meet her teacher Ann Sullivan, and learnt to communicate using the manual alphabet. It then goes on to chronicle her days as a college student. (Summary by Maria)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259156Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life Author: Helen Keller Narrator: Maria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life Author: Helen Keller Narrator: Maria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 295 Ratings of Narrator: 3.64 of Total 83 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller's life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to meet her teacher Ann Sullivan, and learnt to communicate using the manual alphabet. It then goes on to chronicle her days as a college student. (Summary by Maria)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/william-the-conqueror-by-jacob-abbott--65150020https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: William the Conqueror Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to William the Conqueror. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259286Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: William the Conqueror Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: William the Conqueror Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to William the Conqueror. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-was-who-5000-bc-1914-biographical-dictionary-of-the-famous-and-those-who-wanted-to-be-by-irwin-leslie-gordon--65150019https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Author: Irwin Leslie Gordon Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to inform the public that only persons who can produce proper evidence of their demise will be admitted to Who Was Who. Press Agent notices or complimentary comments are absolutely excluded, and those offering to pay for the insertion of names will be prosecuted. As persons become eligible they will be included without solicitation, while the pages will be expurgated of others should good luck warrant." Each section is shared by three readers: Sean McGaughey (Sections 1-12), Jim Mowatt (Sections 1-4), Alan Davis Drake (Sections 1-2), Laurie Anne Walden (Sections 3-12), and Sibella Denton (Sections 5-12).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259302Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Author: Irwin Leslie Gordon Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be Author: Irwin Leslie Gordon Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to inform the public that only persons who can produce proper evidence of their demise will be admitted to Who Was Who. Press Agent notices or complimentary comments are absolutely excluded, and those offering to pay for the insertion of names will be prosecuted. As persons become eligible they will be included without solicitation, while the pages will be expurgated of others should good luck warrant." Each section is shared by three readers: Sean McGaughey (Sections 1-12), Jim Mowatt (Sections 1-4), Alan Davis Drake (Sections 1-2), Laurie Anne Walden (Sections 3-12), and Sibella Denton (Sections 5-12).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/richard-i-by-jacob-abbott--65150018https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard I Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Richard I. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258441Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard I Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard I Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Richard I. (Summary from the preface of the book)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-of-a-woman-homesteader-by-elinore-pruitt-stewart--65150017https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters of a Woman Homesteader Author: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Narrator: Lynne Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 307 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 97 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for herself and her two-year-old daughter, Jerrine. Turning her hand to the nearest work, she went out by the day as house-cleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to better herself, she accepted employment as a housekeeper for a well-to-do Scotch cattle-man, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a quarter-section in Wyoming. The letters, written through several years to a former employer in Denver, tell the story of her new life in the new country. They are genuine letters, and are printed as written, except for occasional omissions and the alteration of some of the names. (Publishers' Note, May 1914)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258266Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters of a Woman Homesteader Author: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Narrator: Lynne Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters of a Woman Homesteader Author: Elinore Pruitt Stewart Narrator: Lynne Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 307 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 97 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The writer of the following letters is a young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident and went to Denver to seek support for herself and her two-year-old daughter, Jerrine. Turning her hand to the nearest work, she went out by the day as house-cleaner and laundress. Later, seeking to better herself, she accepted employment as a housekeeper for a well-to-do Scotch cattle-man, Mr. Stewart, who had taken up a quarter-section in Wyoming. The letters, written through several years to a former employer in Denver, tell the story of her new life in the new country. They are genuine letters, and are printed as written, except for occasional omissions and the alteration of some of the names. (Publishers' Note, May 1914)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meine-emancipation-verweisung-und-rechtfertigung-by-louise-aston--65150015https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meine Emancipation, Verweisung und Rechtfertigung Author: Louise Aston Narrator: Hokuspokus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 1845, Louise Aston lebt als geschiedene Frau in Berlin und bewegt sich in intellektuellen Kreisen. Sie raucht in der Öffentlichkeit und trägt Männerkleider. Anonyme Beschwerden über sie führen zu polizeilicher Überwachung. Schließlich wird sie als "staatsgefährliche Person" aus Berlin ausgewiesen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258298Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meine Emancipation, Verweisung und Rechtfertigung Author: Louise Aston Narrator: Hokuspokus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meine Emancipation, Verweisung und Rechtfertigung Author: Louise Aston Narrator: Hokuspokus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 1845, Louise Aston lebt als geschiedene Frau in Berlin und bewegt sich in intellektuellen Kreisen. Sie raucht in der Öffentlichkeit und trägt Männerkleider. Anonyme Beschwerden über sie führen zu polizeilicher Überwachung. Schließlich wird sie als "staatsgefährliche Person" aus Berlin ausgewiesen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-a-soul-by-saint-therese-of-lisieux--65150014https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of a Soul Author: Saint Therese Of Lisieux Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of the nine Martin children. When Therese was 3, her mother died. Louis Martin moved his family to Lisieux to be closer to his late wife's brother and his family. It was there that Therese's sister, Pauline, entered the Carmel at Lisieux on October 2, 1882. Therese at that time also heard the Divine Call to religious life. Therese entered the Carmel on April 9, 1888, after much oppostion to her entering at the age of 15. It was there that she wrote L'Histoire d'une Ame (The Story of a Soul) through obedience. Eventually, Therese's other sisters entered the religious life, one at the Carmel of Lisieux and the other became a Poor Clare at the Visitation Convent at Caen. Therese died on September 30, 1897, at the Carmel of Lisieux of tuberculosis. She was beatified on April 29, 1923 and canonized on May 17, 1925. (Summary written by Ann Boulais.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259143Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of a Soul Author: Saint Therese Of Lisieux Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of a Soul Author: Saint Therese Of Lisieux Narrator: Ann Boulais Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of the nine Martin children. When Therese was 3, her mother died. Louis Martin moved his family to Lisieux to be closer to his late wife's brother and his family. It was there that Therese's sister, Pauline, entered the Carmel at Lisieux on October 2, 1882. Therese at that time also heard the Divine Call to religious life. Therese entered the Carmel on April 9, 1888, after much oppostion to her entering at the age of 15. It was there that she wrote L'Histoire d'une Ame (The Story of a Soul) through obedience. Eventually, Therese's other sisters entered the religious life, one at the Carmel of Lisieux and the other became a Poor Clare at the Visitation Convent at Caen. Therese died on September 30, 1897, at the Carmel of Lisieux of tuberculosis. She was beatified on April 29, 1923 and canonized on May 17, 1925. (Summary written by Ann Boulais.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-by-frederick-douglass--65150011https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Jeanette Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 222 Ratings of Narrator: 3.35 of Total 74 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th Century in the United States. (Summary by Jeanette)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258347Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Jeanette Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258347 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass Narrator: Jeanette Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 222 Ratings of Narrator: 3.35 of Total 74 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th Century in the United States. (Summary by Jeanette)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-abraham-lincoln-by-mary-agnes-hamilton--65150010https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Abraham Lincoln Author: Mary Agnes Hamilton Narrator: John Lieder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person's perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to "Honest Abe", the author traces Lincoln's ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky, his youth in Indiana, his adult life in Illinois and his years in the White House. She also provides a good background on the causes and course of the American Civil War. Hamilton is not always historically precise. For example, she erroneously names Jefferson Davis as the Southern Democratic candidate for president running against Lincoln and Douglas in 1860 rather than John C. Breckinridge. However, overall "The Story of Abraham Lincoln" is a good summarization and interesting account of the life, values and politics of Lincoln. Cautions: Chapter 7 contains a single use of an epithet for African-Americans in a quotation from a British magazine. Chapter 8 ends with an example of a stereotypical Southern black dialect which many may find offensive. (Summary by John Lieder.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259144Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Abraham Lincoln Author: Mary Agnes Hamilton Narrator: John Lieder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Abraham Lincoln Author: Mary Agnes Hamilton Narrator: John Lieder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person's perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to "Honest Abe", the author traces Lincoln's ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky, his youth in Indiana, his adult life in Illinois and his years in the White House. She also provides a good background on the causes and course of the American Civil War. Hamilton is not always historically precise. For example, she erroneously names Jefferson Davis as the Southern Democratic candidate for president running against Lincoln and Douglas in 1860 rather than John C. Breckinridge. However, overall "The Story of Abraham Lincoln" is a good summarization and interesting account of the life, values and politics of Lincoln. Cautions: Chapter 7 contains a single use of an epithet for African-Americans in a quotation from a British magazine. Chapter 8 ends with an example of a stereotypical Southern black dialect which many may find offensive. (Summary by John Lieder.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peter-the-great-by-jacob-abbott--65150003https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peter the Great Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers. The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all. (from the Preface of Peter the Great)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258392Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peter the Great Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258392 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peter the Great Author: Jacob Abbott Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers. The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all. (from the Preface of Peter the Great)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-the-spider-by-jean-henri-fabre--65150002https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of the Spider Author: Jean-Henri Fabre Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 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: Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young age of 19 and began teaching at the college of Ajaccio, Corsica, called Carpentras. In 1852, he taught at the lycée in Avignon. (Summary from Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259013Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of the Spider Author: Jean-Henri Fabre Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of the Spider Author: Jean-Henri Fabre Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 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: Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young age of 19 and began teaching at the college of Ajaccio, Corsica, called Carpentras. In 1852, he taught at the lycée in Avignon. (Summary from Wikipedia)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-geronimo-by-jim-kjelgaard--65149939https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Geronimo Author: Jim Kjelgaard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.65 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 2.93 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Geronimo (1829 - 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a battle with Mexican soldiers. After an attack by a company of Mexican soldiers killed his mother, wife and three children in 1858, Geronimo joined revenge attacks on the Mexicans. During his career as a war chief, he was notorious for consistently urging raids upon Mexican Provinces and their towns, and later against American locations across Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. (Summary by Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274809Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Geronimo Author: Jim Kjelgaard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Geronimo Author: Jim Kjelgaard Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.65 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 2.93 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Geronimo (1829 - 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a battle with Mexican soldiers. After an attack by a company of Mexican soldiers killed his mother, wife and three children in 1858, Geronimo joined revenge attacks on the Mexicans. During his career as a war chief, he was notorious for consistently urging raids upon Mexican Provinces and their towns, and later against American locations across Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. (Summary by Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-adventures-of-alexander-selkirk-by-john-howell--65149942https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk Author: John Howell Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This work was the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 to December 13, 1721), a Scottish sailor who was employed in a number of different trades during his early life. As a young man, Selkirk learned the skills of tanning and shoemaking, and later became a buccaneer (a government-sanctioned pirate) on the Cinque Ports, working his way up to the position of ship's sailing master or navigator. But in the case of Selkirk, his experiences would eventually help him to survive his isolation on a deserted island in the Juan Fernández archipelago, off the coast of Chile, where he spent 52 months before being rescued. The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk is a real-life "survivor man" narrative: Alone, pitted against nature with only his wits and the barest of tools at his disposal, the protagonist eventually triumphs over his adversities. Certainly this theme is at the heart of what makes it so timeless, but it includes an exploration into the story of who Selkirk was before the adventure began. In his research, Howell diligently investigated Selkirk's life through parish records from the small town of Largo in Fife, Scotland, where Selkirk was born and spent his childhood. He also conducted interviews with surviving relatives, and gleamed information from the published accounts of others with whom Selkirk had sailed, such as privateer and explorer, Captain William Dampier, and the man who ultimately rescued him, Captain Woodes Rogers. (Introduction by James K. White)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274845Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk Author: John Howell Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk Author: John Howell Narrator: James K. White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This work was the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 to December 13, 1721), a Scottish sailor who was employed in a number of different trades during his early life. As a young man, Selkirk learned the skills of tanning and shoemaking, and later became a buccaneer (a government-sanctioned pirate) on the Cinque Ports, working his way up to the position of ship's sailing master or navigator. But in the case of Selkirk, his experiences would eventually help him to survive his isolation on a deserted island in the Juan Fernández archipelago, off the coast of Chile, where he spent 52 months before being rescued. The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk is a real-life "survivor man" narrative: Alone, pitted against nature with only his wits and the barest of tools at his disposal, the protagonist eventually triumphs over his adversities. Certainly this theme is at the heart of what makes it so timeless, but it includes an exploration into the story of who Selkirk was before the adventure began. In his research, Howell diligently investigated Selkirk's life through parish records from the small town of Largo in Fife, Scotland, where Selkirk was born and spent his childhood. He also conducted interviews with surviving relatives, and gleamed information from the published accounts of others with whom Selkirk had sailed, such as privateer and explorer, Captain William Dampier, and the man who ultimately rescued him, Captain Woodes Rogers. (Introduction by James K. White)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-george-washington-in-words-of-one-syllable-by-josephine-pollard--65149946https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable Author: Josephine Pollard Narrator: ACBowgus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Life story of a public man cannot help being to some extent the same thing as a history of the times in which he lived, and to the case of none does this remark apply with more force than to that of the "Father of his Country;" which very title shows the degree to which the personality of its bearer became identified with the public life of the nation. While a great deal of the space in this book, consequently, has had to be devoted to American Revolutionary History, it is hoped that excess in this direction has been avoided, and that the main purpose of the work will be attained, i.e. to give its young readers a distinct and vivid idea of the exalted character and priceless services of Washington, so far as these can be brought within the understanding of a child. (Summary from the preface of the book.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274657Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable Author: Josephine Pollard Narrator: ACBowgus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable Author: Josephine Pollard Narrator: ACBowgus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: January 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Life story of a public man cannot help being to some extent the same thing as a history of the times in which he lived, and to the case of none does this remark apply with more force than to that of the "Father of his Country;" which very title shows the degree to which the personality of its bearer became identified with the public life of the nation. While a great deal of the space in this book, consequently, has had to be devoted to American Revolutionary History, it is hoped that excess in this direction has been avoided, and that the main purpose of the work will be attained, i.e. to give its young readers a distinct and vivid idea of the exalted character and priceless services of Washington, so far as these can be brought within the understanding of a child. (Summary from the preface of the book.)]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sergeant-york-and-his-people-by-sam-k-cowan--65149959https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sergeant York and His People Author: Sam K. Cowan Narrator: Brett W. Downey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 19 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in the ways of the world. Caught by the enemy in the cove of a hill in the Forest of Argonne, he did not run; but sank into the bushes and single-handed fought a battalion of German machine gunners until he made them come down that hill to him with their hands in air. There were one hundred and thirty-two of them left, and he marched them, prisoners, into the American line. Marshal Foch, in decorating him, said, "What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe." His ancestors were cane-cutters and Indian fighters. Their lives were rich in the romance of adventure. They were men of strong hate and gentle love. His people have lived in the simplicity of the pioneer. This is not a war-story, but the tale of the making of a man. His ancestors were able to leave him but one legacy-an idea of American manhood. In the period that has elapsed since he came down from the mountains he has done three things-and any one of them would have marked him for distinction. (Summary by Sam Cowan)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274843Sun, 25 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sergeant York and His People Author: Sam K. Cowan Narrator: Brett W. Downey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274843 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sergeant York and His People Author: Sam K. Cowan Narrator: Brett W. Downey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 19 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From a cabin back in the mountains of Tennessee, forty-eight miles from the railroad, a young man went to the World War. He was untutored in the ways of the world. Caught by the enemy in the cove of a hill in the Forest of Argonne, he did not run; but sank into the bushes and single-handed fought a battalion of German machine gunners until he made them come down that hill to him with their hands in air. There were one hundred and thirty-two of them left, and he marched them, prisoners, into the American line. Marshal Foch, in decorating him, said, "What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe." His ancestors were cane-cutters and Indian fighters. Their lives were rich in the romance of adventure. They were men of strong hate and gentle love. His people have lived in the simplicity of the pioneer. This is not a war-story, but the tale of the making of a man. His ancestors were able to leave him but one legacy-an idea of American manhood. In the period that has elapsed since he came down from the mountains he has done three things-and any one of them would have marked him for distinction. (Summary by Sam Cowan)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-intimate-view-of-robert-g-ingersoll-by-i-newton-baker--65149972https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll Author: I. Newton Baker Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written as a tribute to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll after his death, by Isaac Newton Baker, his secretary of 14 years, and presented to the Ingersoll family. Later expanded and published by the family so the world could learn more about the public and private life, personality, work, thoughts and ideals of the most famous orator of the late 1800's, also dubbed "The Greatest Agnostic Of the Century".]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll Author: I. Newton Baker Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271050 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll Author: I. Newton Baker Narrator: Michele Fry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written as a tribute to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll after his death, by Isaac Newton Baker, his secretary of 14 years, and presented to the Ingersoll family. Later expanded and published by the family so the world could learn more about the public and private life, personality, work, thoughts and ideals of the most famous orator of the late 1800's, also dubbed "The Greatest Agnostic Of the Century".]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/memoirs-of-napoleon-vol-1-by-louis-antoine-fauvelet-de-bourrienne--65149940https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of Napoleon, Vol. 1 Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the Military College of Brienne to another college in Paris in 1784. Napoleon has a stern or disdainful personality. He looks down on the French, who have taken over Corsica. At age 16 Napoleon finds fault with the military education, sending his recommendations to the Minister of War. Because of this speaking out, he is speedily graduated and sent to a regiment of artillery. After diplomatic travel, the author again meets Napoleon in Paris at a time when both are in dire financial straits. After witnessing an angry-mob scene, the author goes to Stuttgart as Secretary of Legation while Napoleon returns to Corsica. In 1799 the two return to Paris. The French government wants to send Napoleon to a new location as brigadier-general of infantry. he rejects the offer and is thus struck off the list of general officers. Eventually Napoleon gets command of Paris. In 1796 Napoleon marries Josephine. His attentions to her alternate between violent outrages resulting in infidelity and the other other extreme of repentant gentleness. During the Napoleonic wars Napoleon's troops progress through Europe--first Italy, then Austria. (Summary by Bill Boerst)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274795Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of Napoleon, Vol. 1 Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memoirs of Napoleon, Vol. 1 Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the Military College of Brienne to another college in Paris in 1784. Napoleon has a stern or disdainful personality. He looks down on the French, who have taken over Corsica. At age 16 Napoleon finds fault with the military education, sending his recommendations to the Minister of War. Because of this speaking out, he is speedily graduated and sent to a regiment of artillery. After diplomatic travel, the author again meets Napoleon in Paris at a time when both are in dire financial straits. After witnessing an angry-mob scene, the author goes to Stuttgart as Secretary of Legation while Napoleon returns to Corsica. In 1799 the two return to Paris. The French government wants to send Napoleon to a new location as brigadier-general of infantry. he rejects the offer and is thus struck off the list of general officers. Eventually Napoleon gets command of Paris. In 1796 Napoleon marries Josephine. His attentions to her alternate between violent outrages resulting in infidelity and the other other extreme of repentant gentleness. During the Napoleonic wars Napoleon's troops progress through Europe--first Italy, then Austria. (Summary by Bill Boerst)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-englishwomen-by-m-b-synge--65149945https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Englishwomen Author: M. B. Synge Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their country in troubled times, women who were reformers in prison conditions, and those who sought improvement in the education and living conditions of the poor. Some were great painters, poets, and writers. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274794Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Englishwomen Author: M. B. Synge Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 9, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Englishwomen Author: M. B. Synge Narrator: Laura Caldwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their country in troubled times, women who were reformers in prison conditions, and those who sought improvement in the education and living conditions of the poor. Some were great painters, poets, and writers. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daniel-boone-thwaites-by-reuben-gold-thwaites--65149999https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone (Thwaites) Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us along on some of those adventures. An exciting read of one of America's true historical heroes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271025Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone (Thwaites) Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daniel Boone (Thwaites) Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us along on some of those adventures. An exciting read of one of America's true historical heroes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/st-rose-of-lima-the-flower-of-the-new-world-by-florence-mary-capes--65149990https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World Author: Florence Mary Capes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 - August 24, 1617), was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own private efforts. A lay member of the Dominican Order, she was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Catholic Church. (Summary from Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271222Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World Author: Florence Mary Capes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World Author: Florence Mary Capes Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 - August 24, 1617), was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own private efforts. A lay member of the Dominican Order, she was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Catholic Church. (Summary from Wikipedia)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-story-of-a-russian-exile-by-marie-sukloff--65149983https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life-Story of a Russian Exile Author: Marie Sukloff Narrator: Expatriate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Hero or assassin? Victim or criminal? Marie Sukloff fits no easy category. A young peasant woman who became a political radical and activist, Sukloff carried out an assassination plot against a Russian governor known for murderous pogroms and rampages against the Jews of his province. This mesmerizing autobiographical account tells the story of Sukloff's peasant childhood, radicalization, direct action, exile to Siberia, and escape. She tells her story with a colorful verve, sincerity, intensity, and simplicity that makes it almost impossible to put down, raising questions of political philosophy and responsibility that challenge the complacency of every reader. - Summary by Expatriate]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271208Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life-Story of a Russian Exile Author: Marie Sukloff Narrator: Expatriate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life-Story of a Russian Exile Author: Marie Sukloff Narrator: Expatriate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Hero or assassin? Victim or criminal? Marie Sukloff fits no easy category. A young peasant woman who became a political radical and activist, Sukloff carried out an assassination plot against a Russian governor known for murderous pogroms and rampages against the Jews of his province. This mesmerizing autobiographical account tells the story of Sukloff's peasant childhood, radicalization, direct action, exile to Siberia, and escape. She tells her story with a colorful verve, sincerity, intensity, and simplicity that makes it almost impossible to put down, raising questions of political philosophy and responsibility that challenge the complacency of every reader. - Summary by Expatriate]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mozart-the-man-and-the-artist-as-revealed-in-his-own-words-by-friedrich-kerst--65149978https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mozart: The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words Author: Friedrich Kerst Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.17 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this "wunderkinder" took to the stage and began his life as a prolific and celebrated creator-genius of such luminous works the world has not known since. This collection of morsels taken from his personal letters is engaging and gives a look into the mind of the boy wonder. Was he mad? Was he miraculous? (Summary by Aaron Elliott)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273259Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mozart: The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words Author: Friedrich Kerst Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mozart: The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words Author: Friedrich Kerst Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.17 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His name is one of the most recognizable names in history and one of the most enduring of composers. At age 5, this "wunderkinder" took to the stage and began his life as a prolific and celebrated creator-genius of such luminous works the world has not known since. This collection of morsels taken from his personal letters is engaging and gives a look into the mind of the boy wonder. Was he mad? Was he miraculous? (Summary by Aaron Elliott)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/geronimo-s-story-of-his-life-by-geronimo--65149965https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geronimo's Story of His Life Author: Geronimo Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 334 Ratings of Narrator: 3.92 of Total 89 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Geronimo's Story of His Life is the oral life history of a legendary Apache warrior. Composed in 1905, while Geronimo was being held as a U.S. prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Geronimo's story found audience and publication through the efforts of S. M. Barrett--Lawton, Oklahoma, Superintendent of Education, who wrote in his preface that "the initial idea of the compilation of this work was . . . to extend to Geronimo as a prisoner of war the courtesy due any captive, i.e. the right to state the causes which impelled him in his opposition to our civilization and laws." Barrett, with the assistance of Asa Deklugie, son of Nedni chief Whoa as Apache translator, wrote down the story as Geronimo told it --beginning with an Apache creation myth. Geronimo recounted bloody battles with Mexican troopers, against whom he had vowed vengeance in 1858 after they murdered his mother, his wife, and his three small children. He told of treaties made between Apaches and the U.S. Army--and treaties broken. There were periods of confinement on the reservations, and escapes. And there were his final days on the run, when the U.S. Army put 5000 men in the field against his small band of 39 Apache. Geronimo had been a prisoner of war for 19 years when he told his story. Born in 1829, he was by then an old man, no longer a warrior, and he had come to an accommodation with many things "white," including an appreciation of money. U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel took him to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, where he roped cows in the "wild west show" and signed his name for "ten, fifteen, or twenty five cents." By then he was perhaps the United States' most "famous" Indian. In 1905 he was even invited to ride horseback in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade (though still a prisoner of war!). Geronimo dedicated his book to Roosevelt with the plea that he and his people be allowed to return to their ancestral land in Arizona. "It is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace." Geronimo died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1909, still a prisoner of war. (Introduction by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273293Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geronimo's Story of His Life Author: Geronimo Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Geronimo's Story of His Life Author: Geronimo Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 334 Ratings of Narrator: 3.92 of Total 89 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Geronimo's Story of His Life is the oral life history of a legendary Apache warrior. Composed in 1905, while Geronimo was being held as a U.S. prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Geronimo's story found audience and publication through the efforts of S. M. Barrett--Lawton, Oklahoma, Superintendent of Education, who wrote in his preface that "the initial idea of the compilation of this work was . . . to extend to Geronimo as a prisoner of war the courtesy due any captive, i.e. the right to state the causes which impelled him in his opposition to our civilization and laws." Barrett, with the assistance of Asa Deklugie, son of Nedni chief Whoa as Apache translator, wrote down the story as Geronimo told it --beginning with an Apache creation myth. Geronimo recounted bloody battles with Mexican troopers, against whom he had vowed vengeance in 1858 after they murdered his mother, his wife, and his three small children. He told of treaties made between Apaches and the U.S. Army--and treaties broken. There were periods of confinement on the reservations, and escapes. And there were his final days on the run, when the U.S. Army put 5000 men in the field against his small band of 39 Apache. Geronimo had been a prisoner of war for 19 years when he told his story. Born in 1829, he was by then an old man, no longer a warrior, and he had come to an accommodation with many things "white," including an appreciation of money. U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel took him to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, where he roped cows in the "wild west show" and signed his name for "ten, fifteen, or twenty five cents." By then he was perhaps the United States' most "famous" Indian. In 1905 he was even invited to ride horseback in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade (though still a prisoner of war!). Geronimo dedicated his book to Roosevelt with the plea that he and his people be allowed to return to their ancestral land in Arizona. "It is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace." Geronimo died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1909, still a prisoner of war. (Introduction by Sue Anderson)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/random-reminiscences-of-men-and-events-by-john-d-rockefeller--65149963https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Random Reminiscences of Men and Events Author: John D. Rockefeller Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.09 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A good book by the oil revolutionist of the 20th century. As they say "Men should listen to experience" and this book is all about the experience of the second highest taxpayer of the US during the 20's. Though it is not in the book, this is a small poem he wrote: I was early taught to work as well as play, My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday. (Summary by sidhu177)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273257Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Random Reminiscences of Men and Events Author: John D. Rockefeller Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Random Reminiscences of Men and Events Author: John D. Rockefeller Narrator: William Tomcho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.09 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A good book by the oil revolutionist of the 20th century. As they say "Men should listen to experience" and this book is all about the experience of the second highest taxpayer of the US during the 20's. Though it is not in the book, this is a small poem he wrote: I was early taught to work as well as play, My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday. (Summary by sidhu177)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-and-adventures-of-nat-love-by-nat-love--65149954https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Author: Nat Love Narrator: Lee Elliott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nat Love was born a slave, emancipated into abject poverty, grew up riding the range as a cowboy and spent his maturity riding the rails as a Pullman Porter. For me, the most amazing thing about him is that despite the circumstances of his life, which included being owned like a farm animal solely because of the color of his skin and spending later decades living and working as an equal with white coworkers, he was an unrepentant racist! Convinced that the only good Indian was a dead one, and that all Mexicans were "greasers" and/or "bums," he rarely passed up a chance to shoot a member of either group, whether in self-defense or cold blood, and shows no sign of having appreciated the difference. At one point, he fell in love with a Mexican girl but, apparently unable to tolerate this reality, considered her "Spanish." Nat Love was a fascinating character who lived in equally interesting times, and one only wishes his autobiography was much longer and more detailed. summary by ohsostrange]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271214Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Author: Nat Love Narrator: Lee Elliott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/271214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Author: Nat Love Narrator: Lee Elliott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nat Love was born a slave, emancipated into abject poverty, grew up riding the range as a cowboy and spent his maturity riding the rails as a Pullman Porter. For me, the most amazing thing about him is that despite the circumstances of his life, which included being owned like a farm animal solely because of the color of his skin and spending later decades living and working as an equal with white coworkers, he was an unrepentant racist! Convinced that the only good Indian was a dead one, and that all Mexicans were "greasers" and/or "bums," he rarely passed up a chance to shoot a member of either group, whether in self-defense or cold blood, and shows no sign of having appreciated the difference. At one point, he fell in love with a Mexican girl but, apparently unable to tolerate this reality, considered her "Spanish." Nat Love was a fascinating character who lived in equally interesting times, and one only wishes his autobiography was much longer and more detailed. summary by ohsostrange]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-battle-flyer-by-manfred-von-richthofen--65149952https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Battle Flyer Author: Manfred Von Richthofen Narrator: Tom Weiss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 78 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 20 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 - 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members of Jasta 2 in 1916. He quickly distinguished himself as a fighter pilot, and during 1917 became leader of Jasta 11 and then the larger unit Jagdgeschwader 1 (better known as the "Flying Circus"). By 1918, he was regarded as a national hero in Germany, and was very well known by the other side. Richthofen was shot down and killed near Amiens on 21 April 1918. There has been considerable discussion and debate regarding aspects of his career, especially the circumstances of his death. He remains perhaps the most widely known fighter pilot of all time. This recording is a short autobiography of Manfred von Richthofen. For information, the Ordre Pour le Mérite, was also known by the flyers as The Blue Max. (Summary by Wikipedia and Tom Weiss)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273300Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Battle Flyer Author: Manfred Von Richthofen Narrator: Tom Weiss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273300 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Battle Flyer Author: Manfred Von Richthofen Narrator: Tom Weiss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 78 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 20 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 - 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members of Jasta 2 in 1916. He quickly distinguished himself as a fighter pilot, and during 1917 became leader of Jasta 11 and then the larger unit Jagdgeschwader 1 (better known as the "Flying Circus"). By 1918, he was regarded as a national hero in Germany, and was very well known by the other side. Richthofen was shot down and killed near Amiens on 21 April 1918. There has been considerable discussion and debate regarding aspects of his career, especially the circumstances of his death. He remains perhaps the most widely known fighter pilot of all time. This recording is a short autobiography of Manfred von Richthofen. For information, the Ordre Pour le Mérite, was also known by the flyers as The Blue Max. (Summary by Wikipedia and Tom Weiss)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-deep-woods-to-civilization-chapters-in-the-autobiography-of-an-indian-by-charles-alexander-eastman--65149950https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian Author: Charles Alexander Eastman Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.05 of Total 37 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the Deep Woods to Civilization is the sequel to Indian Boyhood. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) gives his account of what it was like to transition from the ways of his Inidan life to that of the white man. His father, long thought dead, had converted to Christianity and wished the same for his son as well as receiving education in the white man's school. At the age of 15, Ohiyesa must learn to balance the old familiar life of the American Indian with that of the new in the world of the white man, one of his first acts being the cutting of his long hair and attending school. It also chronicles his life of college to becoming a doctor at Pine Ridge in South Dakota, his marriage to Elaine Goodale, and his involvement in politics, the YMCA, and Boy Scouts of America. ( Laura Victoria)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273252Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian Author: Charles Alexander Eastman Narrator: Laura Victoria Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian Author: Charles Alexander Eastman Narrator: Laura Victoria Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.05 of Total 37 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the Deep Woods to Civilization is the sequel to Indian Boyhood. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) gives his account of what it was like to transition from the ways of his Inidan life to that of the white man. His father, long thought dead, had converted to Christianity and wished the same for his son as well as receiving education in the white man's school. At the age of 15, Ohiyesa must learn to balance the old familiar life of the American Indian with that of the new in the world of the white man, one of his first acts being the cutting of his long hair and attending school. It also chronicles his life of college to becoming a doctor at Pine Ridge in South Dakota, his marriage to Elaine Goodale, and his involvement in politics, the YMCA, and Boy Scouts of America. ( Laura Victoria)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-lady-s-captivity-among-chinese-pirates-in-the-chinese-seas-by-fanny-loviot--65149943https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274744 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Author: Fanny Loviot Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This thrilling narrative recounts the true story of Fanny Loviot, a wealthy, young French girl who was kidnapped at sea. After setting sail for California in 1855, Fanny's boat was overtaken by Chinese pirates who held her hostage and demanded a ransom. This personal account follows her trying time in captivity, as well as her dramatic rescue by British authorities. - Summary by Mary Kay]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274744Thu, 01 Jan 2015 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274744 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Author: Fanny Loviot Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274744 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Author: Fanny Loviot Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.46 of Total 13 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This thrilling narrative recounts the true story of Fanny Loviot, a wealthy, young French girl who was kidnapped at sea. After setting sail for California in 1855, Fanny's boat was overtaken by Chinese pirates who held her hostage and demanded a ransom. This personal account follows her trying time in captivity, as well as her dramatic rescue by British authorities. - Summary by Mary Kay]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twelve-years-a-slave-by-solomon-northup--65149944https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Narrator: Peter J. Fernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 27, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Twelve Years a Slave (Originally published in 1853 with the sub-title: 'Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana') is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but was bound into slavery later in life. Northup's account describes the daily life of slaves in Bayou Beof, their diet, the relationship between the master and slave, the means that slave catchers used to recapture them and the ugly realities that slaves suffered. Northup's slave narrative is comparable to that of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs or William Wells Brown, and there are many similarities. Scholars reference this work today; one example is Jesse Holland, who referred to him in an interview given on January 20, 2009 on Democracy.now. He did so because Northup's extremely detailed description of Washington in 1841 helps the neuromancers understand the location of some slave markets, and is an important part of understanding that African slaves built many of the monuments in Washington, including the Capitol and part of the original Executive Mansion. The book, which was originally published in 1853, tells the story of how two men approached him under the guise of circus promoters who were interested in his violin skills. They offered him a generous but fair amount of money to work for their circus, and then offered to put him up in a hotel in Washington D.C. Upon arriving there he was drugged, bound, and moved to a slave pen in the city owned by a man named James Burch, which was located in the Yellow House, which was one of several sites where African Americans were sold on the National Mall in DC. Another was Robey s Tavern; these slave markets were located between what are now the Department of Education and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, within view of the Capitol, according to researcher Jesse Holland, and Northup's own account[1]. Burch would coerce Northup into making up a new past for himself, one in which he had been born as a slave in Georgia. Burch told Northup that if he were ever to reveal his true past to another person he would be killed. When Northup continually asserts that he is a freeman of New York, Burch violently whips him until the paddle breaks and Rathburn insists on Burch to stop. Northup mentions different kind of owners that Northup had throughout his 12 years as a slave in Louisiana, and how he suffered severely under them: being forced to eat the meager slave diet, live on the dirt floor of a slave cabin, endure numerous beatings, being attacked with an axe, whippings and unimaginable emotional pain from being in such a state. One temporary master he was leased to was named Tibbeats; the man tried to kill him with an axe, but Northup ended up whipping him instead. Finally the book discusses how Northup eventually ended up winning back his freedom. A white carpenter from Canada named Samuel Bass arrived to do some work for Northup s current owner, and after conversing with him, Northup realized that Bass was quite different from the other white men he had met in the south; he said he stood out because he was openly laughed at for opposing the sub-human arguments slavery was based on. It was to Bass that Northup finally confided his story, and ultimately Bass would deliver the letters back to Northup s wife that would start the legal process of earning him his freedom back. This was no small matter, for if they had been caught, it could easily have resulted in their death, as Northup says.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274622Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Narrator: Peter J. Fernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/274622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Narrator: Peter J. Fernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 27, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Twelve Years a Slave (Originally published in 1853 with the sub-title: 'Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana') is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but was bound into slavery later in life. Northup's account describes the daily life of slaves in Bayou Beof, their diet, the relationship between the master and slave, the means that slave catchers used to recapture them and the ugly realities that slaves suffered. Northup's slave narrative is comparable to that of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs or William Wells Brown, and there are many similarities. Scholars reference this work today; one example is Jesse Holland, who referred to him in an interview given on January 20, 2009 on Democracy.now. He did so because Northup's extremely detailed description of Washington in 1841 helps the neuromancers understand the location of some slave markets, and is an important part of understanding that African slaves built many of the monuments in Washington, including the Capitol and part of the original Executive Mansion. The book, which was originally published in 1853, tells the story of how two men approached him under the guise of circus promoters who were interested in his violin skills. They offered him a generous but fair amount of money to work for their circus, and then offered to put him up in a hotel in Washington D.C. Upon arriving there he was drugged, bound, and moved to a slave pen in the city owned by a man named James Burch, which was located in the Yellow House, which was one of several sites where African Americans were sold on the National Mall in DC. Another was Robey s Tavern; these slave markets were located between what are now the Department of Education and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, within view of the Capitol, according to researcher Jesse Holland, and Northup's own account[1]. Burch would coerce Northup into making up a new past for himself, one in which he had been born as a slave in Georgia. Burch told Northup that if he were ever to reveal his true past to another person he would be killed. When Northup continually asserts that he is a freeman of New York, Burch violently whips him until the paddle breaks and Rathburn insists on Burch to stop. Northup mentions different kind of owners that Northup had throughout his 12 years as a slave in Louisiana, and how he suffered severely under them: being forced to eat the meager slave diet, live on the dirt floor of a slave cabin, endure numerous beatings, being attacked with an axe, whippings and unimaginable emotional pain from being in such a state. One temporary master he was leased to was named Tibbeats; the man tried to kill him with an axe, but Northup ended up whipping him instead. Finally the book discusses how Northup eventually ended up winning back his freedom. A white carpenter from Canada named Samuel Bass arrived to do some work for Northup s current owner, and after conversing with him, Northup realized that Bass was quite different from the other white men he had met in the south; he said he stood out because he was openly laughed at for opposing the sub-human arguments slavery was based on. It was to Bass that Northup finally confided his story, and ultimately Bass would deliver the letters back to Northup s wife that would start the legal process of earning him his freedom back. This was no small matter, for if they...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-first-american-the-life-and-times-of-benjamin-franklin-by-h-w-brands--65149956https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Author: H.W. Brands Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 28, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Historian H.W. Brands' acclaimed, comprehensive biography of Ben Franklin--the first in over 60 years--made the New York Times best-seller list, was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The New Yorker hails, 'Like its subject, this biography is both solid and enchanting.' Many consider Franklin the most fascinating American man who ever lived. A scientist, businessman, diplomat, author, inventor, philosopher and politician, he is America's original Renaissance man. His remarkable and varied accomplishments include the discovery of electricity and the modernization of the postal system. Brilliant and bawdy, a master statesman and a cultural icon, Franklin was so important and popular in his day that, according to the author, '... only Washington mattered as much.' Drawing from a wealth of sources, including previously unpublished letters to and from Franklin, Brands creates an unforgettable tribute to a man for the ages. Nelson Runger's narration highlights the incredible events and fascinating personality traits that made Franklin a legend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269669Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Author: H.W. Brands Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin Author: H.W. Brands Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 28, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Historian H.W. Brands' acclaimed, comprehensive biography of Ben Franklin--the first in over 60 years--made the New York Times best-seller list, was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The New Yorker hails, 'Like its subject, this biography is both solid and enchanting.' Many consider Franklin the most fascinating American man who ever lived. A scientist, businessman, diplomat, author, inventor, philosopher and politician, he is America's original Renaissance man. His remarkable and varied accomplishments include the discovery of electricity and the modernization of the postal system. Brilliant and bawdy, a master statesman and a cultural icon, Franklin was so important and popular in his day that, according to the author, '... only Washington mattered as much.' Drawing from a wealth of sources, including previously unpublished letters to and from Franklin, Brands creates an unforgettable tribute to a man for the ages. Nelson Runger's narration highlights the incredible events and fascinating personality traits that made Franklin a legend.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-journey-to-the-western-islands-of-scotland-by-samuel-johnson-james-boswell--65149985https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author: Samuel Johnson, James Boswell Narrator: Alexander Spencer, Patrick Tull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 4, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1773, an unlikely pair-a dominant figure of English literature and a young lawyer-set out on horseback to follow roads and cattle-trails across the Highlands to the Western Islands of Scotland. Their conversation and accounts are filled with curious detail, flashing wit and fascinating encounters with the high and low of the country.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269403Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author: Samuel Johnson, James Boswell Narrator: Alexander Spencer, Patrick Tull Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Author: Samuel Johnson, James Boswell Narrator: Alexander Spencer, Patrick Tull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 4, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1773, an unlikely pair-a dominant figure of English literature and a young lawyer-set out on horseback to follow roads and cattle-trails across the Highlands to the Western Islands of Scotland. Their conversation and accounts are filled with curious detail, flashing wit and fascinating encounters with the high and low of the country.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-diary-of-samuel-pepys-by-samuel-pepys--65149992https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diary of Samuel Pepys Author: Samuel Pepys Narrator: Alexander Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: February 6, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Samuel Pepys was born in London in 1633 and died in Clapham in 1703. In his life, he was Secretary of Naval Affairs and President of the Royal Society, mingling with the greatest of the land. He lived through civil war, plague, and the greatest fire London has suffered outside of the Blitz in World War II. In 1660, at the age of 27, he began a diary, chronicling one of the most colorful periods of the Restoration.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266603Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diary of Samuel Pepys Author: Samuel Pepys Narrator: Alexander Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diary of Samuel Pepys Author: Samuel Pepys Narrator: Alexander Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 17 minutes Release date: February 6, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Samuel Pepys was born in London in 1633 and died in Clapham in 1703. In his life, he was Secretary of Naval Affairs and President of the Royal Society, mingling with the greatest of the land. He lived through civil war, plague, and the greatest fire London has suffered outside of the Blitz in World War II. In 1660, at the age of 27, he began a diary, chronicling one of the most colorful periods of the Restoration.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-let-s-go-to-the-dogs-tonight-by-alexandra-fuller--65149979https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Author: Alexandra Fuller Narrator: Lisette Lecat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1972, when Alexandra Fuller was two years old, her parents finally abandoned their English life and returned to what was then Southern Rhodesia and to the beginning of a civil war. By the time she was eight, the war was in full swing.Her parents veered from being determined farmers to being blind drunk, whilst Alexandra and her sister, the only survivors of five children, alternately take up target practice and sing Rod Stewart songs from sun bleached rocks. This memoir is about living through a civil war; it is about losing children and losing that war, and realising that the side you have been fighting for may well be the wrong one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266781Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Author: Alexandra Fuller Narrator: Lisette Lecat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Author: Alexandra Fuller Narrator: Lisette Lecat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1972, when Alexandra Fuller was two years old, her parents finally abandoned their English life and returned to what was then Southern Rhodesia and to the beginning of a civil war. By the time she was eight, the war was in full swing.Her parents veered from being determined farmers to being blind drunk, whilst Alexandra and her sister, the only survivors of five children, alternately take up target practice and sing Rod Stewart songs from sun bleached rocks. This memoir is about living through a civil war; it is about losing children and losing that war, and realising that the side you have been fighting for may well be the wrong one.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mad-bad-and-dangerous-to-know-updated-and-revised-to-celebrate-the-author-s-75th-year-by-ranulph-fiennes--65149977https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year Author: Ranulph Fiennes Narrator: Ranulph Fiennes Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 20, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE. He has been an elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, an explorer, a bestselling author and nearly replaced Sean Connery as James Bond. In his autobiography he describes how he led expeditions all over the world and became the first person to travel to both poles on land. He tells of how he discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole - the expedition that cost him several fingers, and very nearly his life. His most recent challenge was scaling the north face of the Eiger, one of the most awesome mountaineering challenges in the world. Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, 3rd Baronet, looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour. (P)2007 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270818Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year Author: Ranulph Fiennes Narrator: Ranulph Fiennes Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year Author: Ranulph Fiennes Narrator: Ranulph Fiennes Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 20, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ranulph Fiennes has travelled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth, almost died countless times, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, raised millions of pounds for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE. He has been an elite soldier, an athlete, a mountaineer, an explorer, a bestselling author and nearly replaced Sean Connery as James Bond. In his autobiography he describes how he led expeditions all over the world and became the first person to travel to both poles on land. He tells of how he discovered the lost city of Ubar in Oman and attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole - the expedition that cost him several fingers, and very nearly his life. His most recent challenge was scaling the north face of the Eiger, one of the most awesome mountaineering challenges in the world. Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes OBE, 3rd Baronet, looks back on a life lived at the very limits of human endeavour. (P)2007 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin-by-benjamin-franklin--65150083https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Fredd Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 2, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Benjamin Franklin was not only one of America's Founding Fathers—he was also a fascinating character who lived an exciting life. Whether carousing with prostitutes in Paris, taunting lightning bolts with kites, or founding America's first volunteer firefighting organization, Franklin was always at the center of activity. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin details this American's early years, his career, and his conflicted relationship with his son.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252182Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Fredd Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Author: Benjamin Franklin Narrator: Fredd Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 2, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Benjamin Franklin was not only one of America's Founding Fathers—he was also a fascinating character who lived an exciting life. Whether carousing with prostitutes in Paris, taunting lightning bolts with kites, or founding America's first volunteer firefighting organization, Franklin was always at the center of activity. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin details this American's early years, his career, and his conflicted relationship with his son.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anne-morrow-lindbergh-her-life-by-susan-hertog--65150126https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life Author: Susan Hertog Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this first full-length study of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Susan Hertog pierces the public image of Anne and Charles to reveal their story from inside the marriage and gives us a true understanding of the author of the bestselling classic The Gift from the Sea. Susan Hertog plumbs the depths of Anne Lindbergh’s search for her own identity and vision as she struggles to remain faithful to her marriage and to motherhood. Anne Morrow Lindbergh is the story not only of a brilliant writer who probed the heart of womanhood, but also the anatomy of a marriage, the journey of a young bride who overcame the pressures of fame, personal tragedy, and social constraint to find answers that continue to illuminate the lives of women today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255322Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:25:13 +0000Vivienne KirlinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life Author: Susan Hertog Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life Author: Susan Hertog Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 22, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this first full-length study of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Susan Hertog pierces the public image of Anne and Charles to reveal their story from inside the marriage and gives us a true understanding of the author of the bestselling classic The Gift from the Sea. Susan Hertog plumbs the depths of Anne Lindbergh’s search for her own identity and vision as she struggles to remain faithful to her marriage and to motherhood. Anne Morrow Lindbergh is the story not only of a brilliant writer who probed the heart of womanhood, but also the anatomy of a marriage, the journey of a young bride who overcame the pressures of fame, personal tragedy, and social constraint to find answers that continue to illuminate the lives of women today.]]>185cleanfull