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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 Eusebio Eberthttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2662275d47e1f62593bd14314f8772bd.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unlock-top-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-history-culture--6573511Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:14:08 +0000Eusebio EbertEusebio Ebertfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/317/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/317/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts & Entertainment. You'll have the opportunity to receive 3 free audiobooks to explore new knowledge. Audiobooks can be listened to on multiple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access wisdom anytime, anywhere. Let's open the world of sound and knowledge together! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/young-men-and-fire-by-norman-maclean--65150702https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young Men and Fire Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts back together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316377Tue, 23 May 2017 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young Men and Fire Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young Men and Fire Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts back together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cary-grant-a-class-apart-by-graham-mccann--65150588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cary Grant: A Class Apart Author: Graham McCann Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For two moviegoing generations, Cary Grant was class—an effortless embodiment of gentlemanly grace and humor. But Cary Grant’s greatest achievement was in creating himself and the irresistible character he became. In this savvy, fascinating portrait, McCann tracks the transformation of a life and looks closely at the sources of Cary Grant’s charms, which did not come easily. Generously filled with anecdotes about fellow actors and directors, a realistic portrait of a complicated man emerges. And although Grant was criticized for remaining in Hollywood during World War II, it now seems that he may have worked as a special agent for British Intelligence: in 1947, Grant was awarded the King’s Medal for Service in the Cause for Freedom, an honor that was not made public at the time. One of classic Hollywood’s definitive leading men, Cary Grant was named one of the greatest male stars of all time by the American Film Institute. This biography yields a new appreciation of his work and his persona, which was at once familiar, yet always enigmatic, even to those who knew him best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125518Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cary Grant: A Class Apart Author: Graham McCann Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cary Grant: A Class Apart Author: Graham McCann Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For two moviegoing generations, Cary Grant was class—an effortless embodiment of gentlemanly grace and humor. But Cary Grant’s greatest achievement was in creating himself and the irresistible character he became. In this savvy, fascinating portrait, McCann tracks the transformation of a life and looks closely at the sources of Cary Grant’s charms, which did not come easily. Generously filled with anecdotes about fellow actors and directors, a realistic portrait of a complicated man emerges. And although Grant was criticized for remaining in Hollywood during World War II, it now seems that he may have worked as a special agent for British Intelligence: in 1947, Grant was awarded the King’s Medal for Service in the Cause for Freedom, an honor that was not made public at the time. One of classic Hollywood’s definitive leading men, Cary Grant was named one of the greatest male stars of all time by the American Film Institute. This biography yields a new appreciation of his work and his persona, which was at once familiar, yet always enigmatic, even to those who knew him best.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/outlaw-platoon-heroes-renegades-infidels-and-the-brotherhood-of-war-in-afghanistan-by-sean-parnell-john-bruning--65150577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 39 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting story of American fighting men, Outlaw Platoon is Lieutenant Sean Parnell’s stunning personal account of the legendary U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—an action-packed, highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery. A magnificent account of heroes, renegades, infidels, and brothers, it stands with Sebastian Junger’s War as one of the most important books to yet emerge from the heat, smoke, and fire of America’s War in Afghanistan.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 39 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting story of American fighting men, Outlaw Platoon is Lieutenant Sean Parnell’s stunning personal account of the legendary U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly Hindu Kesh, Outlaw Platoon is a Band of Brothers or We Were Soldiers Once and Young for the early 21st century—an action-packed, highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery. A magnificent account of heroes, renegades, infidels, and brothers, it stands with Sebastian Junger’s War as one of the most important books to yet emerge from the heat, smoke, and fire of America’s War in Afghanistan.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sister-queens-the-noble-tragic-lives-of-katherine-of-aragon-and-juana-queen-of-castile-by-julia-fox--65150593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile Author: Julia Fox Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose erratic behavior included keeping her beloved late husband’s coffin beside her for years. But historian Julia Fox, whose previous work painted an unprecedented portrait of Jane Boleyn, Anne’s sister, offers deeper insight in this first dual biography of Katherine and Juana, the daughters of Spain’s Ferdinand and Isabella, whose family ties remained strong despite their separation. Looking through the lens of their Spanish origins, Fox reveals these queens as flesh-and-blood women—equipped with character, intelligence, and conviction—who are worthy historical figures in their own right. When they were young, Juana’s and Katherine’s futures appeared promising. They had secured politically advantageous marriages, but their dreams of love and power quickly dissolved, and the unions for which they’d spent their whole lives preparing were fraught with duplicity and betrayal. Juana, the elder sister, unexpectedly became Spain’s sovereign, but her authority was continually usurped, first by her husband and later by her son. Katherine, a young widow after the death of Prince Arthur of Wales, soon remarried his doting brother Henry and later became a key figure in a drama that altered England’s religious landscape. Ousted from the positions of power and influence they had been groomed for and separated from their children, Katherine and Juana each turned to their rich and abiding faith and deep personal belief in their family’s dynastic legacy to cope with their enduring hardships. Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, duty, and sacrifice—a remarkable reflection on the conflict between ambition and loyalty during an age when the greatest sin, it seems, was to have been born a woman.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120529Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile Author: Julia Fox Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile Author: Julia Fox Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose erratic behavior included keeping her beloved late husband’s coffin beside her for years. But historian Julia Fox, whose previous work painted an unprecedented portrait of Jane Boleyn, Anne’s sister, offers deeper insight in this first dual biography of Katherine and Juana, the daughters of Spain’s Ferdinand and Isabella, whose family ties remained strong despite their separation. Looking through the lens of their Spanish origins, Fox reveals these queens as flesh-and-blood women—equipped with character, intelligence, and conviction—who are worthy historical figures in their own right. When they were young, Juana’s and Katherine’s futures appeared promising. They had secured politically advantageous marriages, but their dreams of love and power quickly dissolved, and the unions for which they’d spent their whole lives preparing were fraught with duplicity and betrayal. Juana, the elder sister, unexpectedly became Spain’s sovereign, but her authority was continually usurped, first by her husband and later by her son. Katherine, a young widow after the death of Prince Arthur of Wales, soon remarried his doting brother Henry and later became a key figure in a drama that altered England’s religious landscape. Ousted from the positions of power and influence they had been groomed for and separated from their children, Katherine and Juana each turned to their rich and abiding faith and deep personal belief in their family’s dynastic legacy to cope with their enduring hardships. Sister Queens is a gripping tale of love, duty, and sacrifice—a remarkable reflection on the conflict between ambition and loyalty during an age when the greatest sin, it seems, was to have been born a woman.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-be-black-by-baratunde-thurston--65150573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be Black Author: Baratunde Thurston Narrator: Baratunde Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-media’s insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black culture’s richness and variety. Fans of Stuff White People Like, This Week in Blackness, and Ending Racism in About an Hour will be captivated, uplifted, incensed, and inspired by this hilarious and powerful attack on America’s blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurston’s How to Be Black.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120839Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be Black Author: Baratunde Thurston Narrator: Baratunde Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be Black Author: Baratunde Thurston Narrator: Baratunde Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-media’s insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black culture’s richness and variety. Fans of Stuff White People Like, This Week in Blackness, and Ending Racism in About an Hour will be captivated, uplifted, incensed, and inspired by this hilarious and powerful attack on America’s blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurston’s How to Be Black.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elizabeth-the-queen-the-life-of-a-modern-monarch-by-sally-bedell-smith--65150603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.96 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II was the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well did we really know the world’s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last twentieth and twenty-first centuries with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.   In Elizabeth the Queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes “heiress presumptive” when her uncle abdicates the throne. We meet the thirteen-year-old Lilibet as she falls in love with a young navy cadet named Philip and becomes determined to marry him, even though her parents prefer wealthier English aristocrats. We see the teenage Lilibet repairing army trucks during World War II and standing with Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on V-E Day. We see the young Queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. Sally Bedell Smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the Queen’s daily routines—the “red boxes” of documents she reviewed each day, the weekly meetings she had with twelve prime ministers, her physically demanding tours abroad, and the constant scrutiny of the press—as well as her personal relationships: with her husband, Prince Philip, the love of her life; her children and their often-disastrous marriages; her grandchildren and friends.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117968Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 27...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.96 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II was the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well did we really know the world’s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II, who led her country and Commonwealth through the wars and upheavals of the last twentieth and twenty-first centuries with unparalleled composure, intelligence, and grace.   In Elizabeth the Queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes “heiress presumptive” when her uncle abdicates the throne. We meet the thirteen-year-old Lilibet as she falls in love with a young navy cadet named Philip and becomes determined to marry him, even though her parents prefer wealthier English aristocrats. We see the teenage Lilibet repairing army trucks during World War II and standing with Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on V-E Day. We see the young Queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. Sally Bedell Smith brings us inside the palace doors and into the Queen’s daily routines—the “red boxes” of documents she reviewed each day, the weekly meetings she had with twelve prime ministers, her physically demanding tours abroad, and the constant scrutiny of the press—as well as her personal relationships: with her husband, Prince Philip, the love of her life; her children and their often-disastrous marriages; her grandchildren and friends.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/warriors-don-t-cry-a-searing-memoir-of-the-battle-to-integrate-little-rock-s-central-high-by-melba-pattillo-beals--65150611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Author: Melba Pattillo Beals Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Central High School in 1957. They ran a gauntlet flanked by a rampaging mob and a heavily armed Arkansas National Guard—opposition so intense that soldiers from the elite 101st Airborne Division were called in to restore order. For Melba Beals and her eight friends those steps marked their transformation into reluctant warriors—on a battlefield that helped shape the civil rights movement. Warriors Don't Cry, drawn from Melba Beals's personal diaries, is a riveting true account of her junior year at Central High—one filled with telephone threats, brigades of attacking mothers, rogue police, fireball and acid-throwing attacks, economic blackmail, and, finally, a price upon Melba's head. With the help of her English-teacher mother; her eight fellow warriors; and her gun-toting, Bible-and-Shakespeare-loving grandmother, Melba survived. And, incredibly, from a year that would hold no sweet-sixteen parties or school plays, Melba Beals emerged with indestructible faith, courage, strength, and hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115975Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Author: Melba Pattillo Beals Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Author: Melba Pattillo Beals Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Central High School in 1957. They ran a gauntlet flanked by a rampaging mob and a heavily armed Arkansas National Guard—opposition so intense that soldiers from the elite 101st Airborne Division were called in to restore order. For Melba Beals and her eight friends those steps marked their transformation into reluctant warriors—on a battlefield that helped shape the civil rights movement. Warriors Don't Cry, drawn from Melba Beals's personal diaries, is a riveting true account of her junior year at Central High—one filled with telephone threats, brigades of attacking mothers, rogue police, fireball and acid-throwing attacks, economic blackmail, and, finally, a price upon Melba's head. With the help of her English-teacher mother; her eight fellow warriors; and her gun-toting, Bible-and-Shakespeare-loving grandmother, Melba survived. And, incredibly, from a year that would hold no sweet-sixteen parties or school plays, Melba Beals emerged with indestructible faith, courage, strength, and hope.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catherine-the-great-portrait-of-a-woman-by-robert-k-massie--65150592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs “[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—Newsweek ONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, Vogue, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Providence Journal Robert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherine’s family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies—all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115739Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs “[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—Newsweek ONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, Vogue, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Providence Journal Robert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherine’s family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies—all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-the-silence-the-great-war-mallory-and-the-conquest-of-everest-by-wade-davis--65150612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Author: Wade Davis Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned.   In this magisterial work of history and adventure, based on more than a decade of prodigious research in British, Canadian, and European archives, and months in the field in Nepal and Tibet, Wade Davis vividly re-creates British climbers’ epic attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. With new access to letters and diaries, Davis recounts the heroic efforts of George Mallory and his fellow climbers to conquer the mountain in the face of treacherous terrain and furious weather. Into the Silence sets their remarkable achievements in sweeping historical context: Davis shows how the exploration originated in nineteenth-century imperial ambitions, and he takes us far beyond the Himalayas to the trenches of World War I, where Mallory and his generation found themselves and their world utterly shattered.  In the wake of the war that destroyed all notions of honor and decency, the Everest expeditions, led by these scions of Britain’s elite, emerged as a symbol of national redemption and hope.   Beautifully written and rich with detail, Into the Silence is a classic account of exploration and endurance, and a timeless portrait of an extraordinary generation of adventurers, soldiers, and mountaineers the likes of which we will never see again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102472Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Author: Wade Davis Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Author: Wade Davis Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned.   In this magisterial work of history and adventure, based on more than a decade of prodigious research in British, Canadian, and European archives, and months in the field in Nepal and Tibet, Wade Davis vividly re-creates British climbers’ epic attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. With new access to letters and diaries, Davis recounts the heroic efforts of George Mallory and his fellow climbers to conquer the mountain in the face of treacherous terrain and furious weather. Into the Silence sets their remarkable achievements in sweeping historical context: Davis shows how the exploration originated in nineteenth-century imperial ambitions, and he takes us far beyond the Himalayas to the trenches of World War I, where Mallory and his generation found themselves and their world utterly shattered.  In the wake of the war that destroyed all notions of honor and decency, the Everest expeditions, led by these scions of Britain’s elite, emerged as a symbol of national redemption and hope.   Beautifully written and rich with detail, Into the Silence is a classic account of exploration and endurance, and a timeless portrait of an extraordinary generation of adventurers, soldiers, and mountaineers the likes of which we will never see again.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-women-of-the-cousins-war-the-duchess-the-queen-and-the-king-s-mother-by-michael-jones-david-baldwin-philippa-gregory--65150601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother Author: Michael Jones, David Baldwin, Philippa Gregory Narrator: Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 13, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three women largely forgotten by history: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty. In her essay on Jacquetta, Philippa Gregory uses original documents, archaeology, and histories of myth and witchcraft to create the first-ever biography of the young duchess who survived two reigns and two wars to become the first lady at two rival courts. David Baldwin, established authority on the Wars of the Roses, tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the first commoner to marry a king of England for love. And Michael Jones, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, writes of Margaret Beaufort, the almost-unknown matriarch of the House of Tudor. Beautifully illustrated throughout with rare portraits and source materials, The Women of the Cousins’ War offers fascinating insights into the inspirations behind Philippa Gregory’s fiction and will appeal to all with an interest in this epic period.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101245Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother Author: Michael Jones, David Baldwin, Philippa Gregory Narrator: Bianca...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother Author: Michael Jones, David Baldwin, Philippa Gregory Narrator: Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 13, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three women largely forgotten by history: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of the Tudor dynasty. In her essay on Jacquetta, Philippa Gregory uses original documents, archaeology, and histories of myth and witchcraft to create the first-ever biography of the young duchess who survived two reigns and two wars to become the first lady at two rival courts. David Baldwin, established authority on the Wars of the Roses, tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, the first commoner to marry a king of England for love. And Michael Jones, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, writes of Margaret Beaufort, the almost-unknown matriarch of the House of Tudor. Beautifully illustrated throughout with rare portraits and source materials, The Women of the Cousins’ War offers fascinating insights into the inspirations behind Philippa Gregory’s fiction and will appeal to all with an interest in this epic period.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-romanovs-the-final-chapter-by-robert-k-massie--65150617https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 16, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A “masterful” (The Washington Post Book World) account of the quest to solve one of the great mysteries in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Catherine the Great “Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. But were these the bones of the Romanovs? And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for more than sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? The Romanovs provides the answers, describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts to discover the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to solving one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99016Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 16, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A “masterful” (The Washington Post Book World) account of the quest to solve one of the great mysteries in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Catherine the Great “Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar room where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. But were these the bones of the Romanovs? And if these were their remains, where were the bones of the two younger Romanovs supposedly murdered with the rest of the family? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated for more than sixty years in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? The Romanovs provides the answers, describing in suspenseful detail the dramatic efforts to discover the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie presents a colorful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings, along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and Great Britain, all contributed to solving one of the great mysteries of the twentieth century.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-wonder-as-i-wander-an-autobiographical-journey-by-langston-hughes-arnold-rampersad--65150630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey Author: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves. Cover design by Sara Eisenman. Cover photograph by Roy DeCarava © Sherry Turner DeCarava.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98215Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey Author: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey Author: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves. Cover design by Sara Eisenman. Cover photograph by Roy DeCarava © Sherry Turner DeCarava.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-st-augustine-by-f-w-farrar--65150579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Augustine Author: F. W. Farrar Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: St. Augustine was the greatest Western philosopher for 1,000 years and a dominant influence on the history of Christian theology. From his conversion in 386 to his death in 430, he remained a great teacher, church statesman, and polemical theologian. St. Thomas Aquinas was one of many scholars influenced by Augustine’s theories. Four hundred of his sermons survive, and some are still foundational to theology students today. His Confessions stands among the great classics of spiritual autobiography, and his City of God is still in print.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98978Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Augustine Author: F. W. Farrar Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Augustine Author: F. W. Farrar Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: St. Augustine was the greatest Western philosopher for 1,000 years and a dominant influence on the history of Christian theology. From his conversion in 386 to his death in 430, he remained a great teacher, church statesman, and polemical theologian. St. Thomas Aquinas was one of many scholars influenced by Augustine’s theories. Four hundred of his sermons survive, and some are still foundational to theology students today. His Confessions stands among the great classics of spiritual autobiography, and his City of God is still in print.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-everett-ruess-the-life-and-unsolved-disappearance-of-a-legendary-wilderness-explorer-by-david-roberts--65150606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer Author: David Roberts Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following. “Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and passionate . . . a compelling portrait of the Ruess myth.”—Outside Wandering alone with burros and pack horses through California and the Southwest for five years in the early 1930s, on voyages lasting as long as ten months, Ruess became friends with photographers Edward Weston and Dorothea Lange, swapped prints with Ansel Adams, took part in a Hopi ceremony, learned to speak Navajo, and was among the first 'outsiders' to venture deeply into what was then (and to some extent still is) largely a little-known wilderness. When he vanished without a trace in November 1934, Ruess left behind thousands of pages of journals, letters, and poems, as well as more than a hundred watercolor paintings and blockprint engravings. Everett Ruess is hailed as a paragon of solo exploration, while the mystery of his death remains one of the greatest riddles in the annals of American adventure. David Roberts began probing the life and death of Everett Ruess for National Geographic Adventure magazine in 1998. Finding Everett Ruess is the result of his personal journeys into the remote areas explored by Ruess, his interviews with oldtimers who encountered the young vagabond and with Ruess’s closest living relatives, and his deep immersion in Ruess’s writings and artwork. More than seventy-five years after his vanishing, Ruess stirs the kinds of passion and speculation accorded such legendary doomed American adventurers as Into the Wild’s Chris McCandless and Amelia Earhart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98522Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer Author: David Roberts Narrator: Arthur Morey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer Author: David Roberts Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following. “Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and passionate . . . a compelling portrait of the Ruess myth.”—Outside Wandering alone with burros and pack horses through California and the Southwest for five years in the early 1930s, on voyages lasting as long as ten months, Ruess became friends with photographers Edward Weston and Dorothea Lange, swapped prints with Ansel Adams, took part in a Hopi ceremony, learned to speak Navajo, and was among the first 'outsiders' to venture deeply into what was then (and to some extent still is) largely a little-known wilderness. When he vanished without a trace in November 1934, Ruess left behind thousands of pages of journals, letters, and poems, as well as more than a hundred watercolor paintings and blockprint engravings. Everett Ruess is hailed as a paragon of solo exploration, while the mystery of his death remains one of the greatest riddles in the annals of American adventure. David Roberts began probing the life and death of Everett Ruess for National Geographic Adventure magazine in 1998. Finding Everett Ruess is the result of his personal journeys into the remote areas explored by Ruess, his interviews with oldtimers who encountered the young vagabond and with Ruess’s closest living relatives, and his deep immersion in Ruess’s writings and artwork. More than seventy-five years after his vanishing, Ruess stirs the kinds of passion and speculation accorded such legendary doomed American adventurers as Into the Wild’s Chris McCandless and Amelia Earhart.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/long-walk-to-freedom-the-autobiography-of-nelson-mandela-by-nelson-mandela--65150615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Author: Nelson Mandela Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 58 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is 'riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it' (Washington Post). Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. After his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela was at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is still revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98242Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Author: Nelson Mandela Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Author: Nelson Mandela Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 58 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is 'riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it' (Washington Post). Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. After his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela was at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is still revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/napoleon-in-a-nutshell-by-neil-wenborn--65150578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Napoleon is one of the giants of modern history. From the last days of the French Revolution to the epochal battle of Waterloo he bestrode the political landscape of Europe like a colossus, and the age to which he gave his name remains one of the most tumultuous in the history of the continent. But who was Napoleon Bonaparte? And why does he still arouse such powerful passions? This audiobook traces the remarkable rise and fall of a man who, as military leader and lawgiver, left his mark on the lives of millions in France and beyond, and whose presence continues to be felt in Europe and the wider world to the present day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116Wed, 11 May 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Napoleon is one of the giants of modern history. From the last days of the French Revolution to the epochal battle of Waterloo he bestrode the political landscape of Europe like a colossus, and the age to which he gave his name remains one of the most tumultuous in the history of the continent. But who was Napoleon Bonaparte? And why does he still arouse such powerful passions? This audiobook traces the remarkable rise and fall of a man who, as military leader and lawgiver, left his mark on the lives of millions in France and beyond, and whose presence continues to be felt in Europe and the wider world to the present day.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-floor-of-heaven-a-true-tale-of-the-last-frontier-and-the-yukon-gold-rush-by-howard-blum--65150594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush Author: Howard Blum Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the true story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures--gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen--are now victims of their own success. But then gold is discovered in Alaska and the adjacent Canadian Klondike and a new frontier suddenly looms: an immense unexplored territory filled with frozen waterways, dark spruce forests, and towering mountains capped by glistening layers of snow and ice. In a true-life tale that rivets from the first page, we meet Charlie Siringo, a top-hand sharp-shooting cowboy who becomes one of the Pinkerton Detective Agency’s shrewdest; George Carmack, a California-born American Marine who’s adopted by an Indian tribe, raises a family with a Taglish squaw, and makes the discovery that starts off the Yukon Gold Rush; and Jefferson 'Soapy' Smith, a sly and inventive conman who rules a vast criminal empire. As we follow this trio’s lives, we’re led inexorably into a perplexing mystery: a fortune in gold bars has somehow been stolen from the fortress-like Treadwell Mine in Juneau, Alaska. Charlie Siringo discovers that to run the thieves to ground, he must embark on a rugged cross-territory odyssey that will lead him across frigid waters and through a frozen wilderness to face down 'Soapy' Smith and his gang of 300 cutthroats. Hanging in the balance: George Carmack’s fortune in gold. At once a compelling true-life mystery and an unforgettable portrait of a time in America’s history, The Floor of Heaven is also an exhilarating tribute to the courage and undaunted spirit of the men and women who helped shape America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121209Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush Author: Howard Blum Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush Author: Howard Blum Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the true story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures--gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen--are now victims of their own success. But then gold is discovered in Alaska and the adjacent Canadian Klondike and a new frontier suddenly looms: an immense unexplored territory filled with frozen waterways, dark spruce forests, and towering mountains capped by glistening layers of snow and ice. In a true-life tale that rivets from the first page, we meet Charlie Siringo, a top-hand sharp-shooting cowboy who becomes one of the Pinkerton Detective Agency’s shrewdest; George Carmack, a California-born American Marine who’s adopted by an Indian tribe, raises a family with a Taglish squaw, and makes the discovery that starts off the Yukon Gold Rush; and Jefferson 'Soapy' Smith, a sly and inventive conman who rules a vast criminal empire. As we follow this trio’s lives, we’re led inexorably into a perplexing mystery: a fortune in gold bars has somehow been stolen from the fortress-like Treadwell Mine in Juneau, Alaska. Charlie Siringo discovers that to run the thieves to ground, he must embark on a rugged cross-territory odyssey that will lead him across frigid waters and through a frozen wilderness to face down 'Soapy' Smith and his gang of 300 cutthroats. Hanging in the balance: George Carmack’s fortune in gold. At once a compelling true-life mystery and an unforgettable portrait of a time in America’s history, The Floor of Heaven is also an exhilarating tribute to the courage and undaunted spirit of the men and women who helped shape America.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/symposium-the-apology-and-the-allegory-of-the-cave-by-plato--65150595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave Author: Plato Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This collection brings together three of Plato's most enduring classics: the Symposium, the Apology, and the famous 'Allegory of the Cave' from the Republic. The Symposium, a dialogue on the nature and purpose of love centered around the ideals of beauty and goodness, is arguably the deepest inquiry of its kind in Western philosophy. The Apology, Plato's account of the speech given by Socrates at his trial in 399 BC, constitutes an essential defense of Socrates' life and philosophy. Finally, the 'Allegory of the Cave,' written as a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Plato's brother, Glaucon, is a profound commentary on the human understanding of reality. This edition is the translation by Benjamin Jowett.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100393Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave Author: Plato Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave Author: Plato Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This collection brings together three of Plato's most enduring classics: the Symposium, the Apology, and the famous 'Allegory of the Cave' from the Republic. The Symposium, a dialogue on the nature and purpose of love centered around the ideals of beauty and goodness, is arguably the deepest inquiry of its kind in Western philosophy. The Apology, Plato's account of the speech given by Socrates at his trial in 399 BC, constitutes an essential defense of Socrates' life and philosophy. Finally, the 'Allegory of the Cave,' written as a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Plato's brother, Glaucon, is a profound commentary on the human understanding of reality. This edition is the translation by Benjamin Jowett.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/command-henry-v-by-marcus-cowper--65150632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England's medieval monarchs. Although his most famous battles and conquests took place in France, Henry, as was common amongst medieval aristocracy, was introduced to battle at an early age when he fought with his father, Henry IV, at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. On his accession to the throne, Henry turned his attention towards foreign affairs and the English position in France. This title will examine Henry's key battles and sieges, how he systematically extended English control throughout northern France and how he was perceived by his contemporaries as a military leader. It will also deal with his controversial military decisions, such as the slaughter of the French prisoners at Agincourt. Contents •Introduction •The early years •The military life •Opposing commanders •The hour of destiny •Inside the mind •When war is done •A life in words]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England's medieval monarchs. Although his most famous battles and conquests took place in France, Henry, as was common amongst medieval aristocracy, was introduced to battle at an early age when he fought with his father, Henry IV, at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. On his accession to the throne, Henry turned his attention towards foreign affairs and the English position in France. This title will examine Henry's key battles and sieges, how he systematically extended English control throughout northern France and how he was perceived by his contemporaries as a military leader. It will also deal with his controversial military decisions, such as the slaughter of the French prisoners at Agincourt. Contents •Introduction •The early years •The military life •Opposing commanders •The hour of destiny •Inside the mind •When war is done •A life in words]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-soul-mahatma-gandhi-and-his-struggle-with-india-by-joseph-lelyveld--65150614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments—his success in seizing India’s imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the country’s minorities, outcasts, and rural poor. Pulitzer Prize–winner Joseph Lelyveld shows in vivid, unmatched detail how Gandhi’s sense of mission, social values, and philosophy of nonviolent resistance were shaped on another subcontinent—during two decades in South Africa—and then tested by an India that quickly learned to revere him as a Mahatma, or “Great Soul,” while following him only a small part of the way to the social transformation he envisioned. The man himself emerges as one of history’s most remarkable self-creations, a prosperous lawyer who became an ascetic in a loincloth wholly dedicated to political and social action. Lelyveld leads us step-by-step through the heroic—and tragic—last months of this selfless leader’s long campaign when his nonviolent efforts culminated in the partition of India, the creation of Pakistan, and a bloodbath of ethnic cleansing that ended only with his own assassination. India and its politicians were ready to place Gandhi on a pedestal as “Father of the Nation” but were less inclined to embrace his teachings. Muslim support, crucial in his rise to leadership, soon waned, and the oppressed untouchables—for whom Gandhi spoke to Hindus as a whole—produced their own leaders. Here is a vital, brilliant reconsideration of Gandhi’s extraordinary struggles on two continents, of his fierce but, finally, unfulfilled hopes, and of his ever-evolving legacy, which more than six decades after his death still ensures his place as India’s social conscience—and not just India’s.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92496Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments—his success in seizing India’s imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the country’s minorities, outcasts, and rural poor. Pulitzer Prize–winner Joseph Lelyveld shows in vivid, unmatched detail how Gandhi’s sense of mission, social values, and philosophy of nonviolent resistance were shaped on another subcontinent—during two decades in South Africa—and then tested by an India that quickly learned to revere him as a Mahatma, or “Great Soul,” while following him only a small part of the way to the social transformation he envisioned. The man himself emerges as one of history’s most remarkable self-creations, a prosperous lawyer who became an ascetic in a loincloth wholly dedicated to political and social action. Lelyveld leads us step-by-step through the heroic—and tragic—last months of this selfless leader’s long campaign when his nonviolent efforts culminated in the partition of India, the creation of Pakistan, and a bloodbath of ethnic cleansing that ended only with his own assassination. India and its politicians were ready to place Gandhi on a pedestal as “Father of the Nation” but were less inclined to embrace his teachings. Muslim support, crucial in his rise to leadership, soon waned, and the oppressed untouchables—for whom Gandhi spoke to Hindus as a whole—produced their own leaders. Here is a vital, brilliant reconsideration of Gandhi’s extraordinary struggles on two continents, of his fierce but, finally, unfulfilled hopes, and of his ever-evolving legacy, which more than six decades after his death still ensures his place as India’s social conscience—and not just India’s.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-source-of-all-things-a-memoir-by-tracy-ross--65150596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source of All Things: A Memoir Author: Tracy Ross Narrator: Tracy Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Called “brave and heartbreaking” by Elle and “an extraordinary journey” by People, Tracy Ross’s riveting memoir about abuse, survival, and healing is now available in paperback. Tracy Ross’s adult life has been defined by her determination to push herself to the physical limits of what a person can endure. In The Source of All Things, she struggles to reconcile her stepfather’s abuse with her desire to make her family whole again. Tracy’s stepfather first molested her when she was eight years old. But he was also her family’s savior—the man who rescued her mother from deep depression and the protective figure who instilled in her the very passion for nature that saved her life. It wasn’t until she ran away from home at fourteen that her family was forced to confront the abuse that tore them apart.  The Source of All Things is a powerful, breathtakingly honest story about a mistake that has taken three decades and thousands of miles of raw wilderness to reconcile. Unfolding in the achingly gorgeous landscapes of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska, Tracy describes her search for a place in which to heal, the sacredness of the outdoors, and the ways in which nature, at its most wild and challenging, gave her the strength to overcome.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92212Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source of All Things: A Memoir Author: Tracy Ross Narrator: Tracy Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source of All Things: A Memoir Author: Tracy Ross Narrator: Tracy Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Called “brave and heartbreaking” by Elle and “an extraordinary journey” by People, Tracy Ross’s riveting memoir about abuse, survival, and healing is now available in paperback. Tracy Ross’s adult life has been defined by her determination to push herself to the physical limits of what a person can endure. In The Source of All Things, she struggles to reconcile her stepfather’s abuse with her desire to make her family whole again. Tracy’s stepfather first molested her when she was eight years old. But he was also her family’s savior—the man who rescued her mother from deep depression and the protective figure who instilled in her the very passion for nature that saved her life. It wasn’t until she ran away from home at fourteen that her family was forced to confront the abuse that tore them apart.  The Source of All Things is a powerful, breathtakingly honest story about a mistake that has taken three decades and thousands of miles of raw wilderness to reconcile. Unfolding in the achingly gorgeous landscapes of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska, Tracy describes her search for a place in which to heal, the sacredness of the outdoors, and the ways in which nature, at its most wild and challenging, gave her the strength to overcome.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bringing-adam-home-the-abduction-that-changed-america-by-les-standiford-joe-matthews--65150640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America Author: Les Standiford, Joe Matthews Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Les Standiford’s account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh is chilling, heartbreaking, hopeful, and as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I’ve ever read. A triumph in every way.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River “The most significant missing child case since the Lindbergh’s….A taut, compelling and often touching book about a long march to justice.” —Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent The abduction that changed America forever, the 1981 kidnapping and murder of six-year-old Adam Walsh—son of John Walsh, host of the Fox TV series America’s Most Wanted—in Hollywood, Florida, was a crime that went unsolved for a quarter of a century. Bringing Adam Home by author Les Standiford is a harrowing account of the terrible crime and its dramatic consequences, the emotional story of a father and mother’s efforts to seek justice and resolve the loss of their child, and a compelling portrait of Miami Beach Homicide Detective Joe Matthews, whose unwavering dedication brought the Adam Walsh case to its resolution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91712Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America Author: Les Standiford, Joe Matthews Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America Author: Les Standiford, Joe Matthews Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Les Standiford’s account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh is chilling, heartbreaking, hopeful, and as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I’ve ever read. A triumph in every way.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River “The most significant missing child case since the Lindbergh’s….A taut, compelling and often touching book about a long march to justice.” —Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent The abduction that changed America forever, the 1981 kidnapping and murder of six-year-old Adam Walsh—son of John Walsh, host of the Fox TV series America’s Most Wanted—in Hollywood, Florida, was a crime that went unsolved for a quarter of a century. Bringing Adam Home by author Les Standiford is a harrowing account of the terrible crime and its dramatic consequences, the emotional story of a father and mother’s efforts to seek justice and resolve the loss of their child, and a compelling portrait of Miami Beach Homicide Detective Joe Matthews, whose unwavering dedication brought the Adam Walsh case to its resolution.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/against-all-odds-a-life-of-beating-the-odds-by-scott-brown--65150602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against All Odds: A Life of Beating the Odds Author: Scott Brown Narrator: Scott Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Against All Odds is the extraordinary personal story of the man who rose up to meet the challenge of terrific opposition and become one of America's most promising new political figures—Senator Scott Brown. Brown is famous for succeeding popular Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy after Kennedy’s death in 2010—but, as he reveals in a compelling memoir reminiscent of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue and Clarence Thomas’s My Grandfather’s Son, his experiences with struggle and achievement go back a lifetime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91645Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against All Odds: A Life of Beating the Odds Author: Scott Brown Narrator: Scott Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against All Odds: A Life of Beating the Odds Author: Scott Brown Narrator: Scott Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Against All Odds is the extraordinary personal story of the man who rose up to meet the challenge of terrific opposition and become one of America's most promising new political figures—Senator Scott Brown. Brown is famous for succeeding popular Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy after Kennedy’s death in 2010—but, as he reveals in a compelling memoir reminiscent of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue and Clarence Thomas’s My Grandfather’s Son, his experiences with struggle and achievement go back a lifetime.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-obamas-the-untold-story-of-an-african-family-by-peter-firstbrook--65150701https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family Author: Peter Firstbrook Narrator: Peter Firstbrook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the first in-depth history of the Obama family, Peter Firstbrook recounts a journey that starts in a mud hut by the White Nile and ends seven centuries later in the White House. Interweaving oral history and tribal lore, interviews with Obama family members and other Kenyans, the writings of Kenyan historians, and original genealogical research, Firstbrook sets the fascinating story of the president’s family against the background of Kenya’s rich culture and complex history.   From the tribe’s cradleland in southern Sudan, he follows the family generation by generation, tracing the paths of the famous Luo warriors—Obama’s direct ancestors—and vividly illuminating Luo politics, society, and traditions. Firstbrook also brings to life the impact of English colonization in Africa through the eyes of President Obama’s grandfather Onyango. And Firstbrook delves into the troubled life of Obama’s father, a promising young man whose aspirations were stymied by post-independence tribal politics and a rash tendency toward self-destruction—two factors that his family believes contributed to his death in 1982. The Obamas reveals a family history—epic in scope yet intimate in feel—that is truly without precedent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90805Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family Author: Peter Firstbrook Narrator: Peter Firstbrook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family Author: Peter Firstbrook Narrator: Peter Firstbrook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the first in-depth history of the Obama family, Peter Firstbrook recounts a journey that starts in a mud hut by the White Nile and ends seven centuries later in the White House. Interweaving oral history and tribal lore, interviews with Obama family members and other Kenyans, the writings of Kenyan historians, and original genealogical research, Firstbrook sets the fascinating story of the president’s family against the background of Kenya’s rich culture and complex history.   From the tribe’s cradleland in southern Sudan, he follows the family generation by generation, tracing the paths of the famous Luo warriors—Obama’s direct ancestors—and vividly illuminating Luo politics, society, and traditions. Firstbrook also brings to life the impact of English colonization in Africa through the eyes of President Obama’s grandfather Onyango. And Firstbrook delves into the troubled life of Obama’s father, a promising young man whose aspirations were stymied by post-independence tribal politics and a rash tendency toward self-destruction—two factors that his family believes contributed to his death in 1982. The Obamas reveals a family history—epic in scope yet intimate in feel—that is truly without precedent.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/endgame-bobby-fischer-s-remarkable-rise-and-fall-from-america-s-brightest-prodigy-to-the-edge-of-madness-by-frank-brady--65150572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Author: Frank Brady Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the bestselling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischer’s, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of Bobby Fischer’s life. When Bobby Fischer passed away in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his life—he began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him. What motivated Fischer from such a young age, and what was the source of his remarkable intellect? How could a man so ambivalent about money and fame be so driven to succeed? What drew this man of Jewish descent to fulminate against Jews, and how was it that a mind so famously disciplined could unravel so completely? From Fischer’s meteoric rise, to an utterly dominant prime unequaled by any American chess player, to his eventual descent into madness, the book draws upon hundreds of newly discovered documents and recordings and numerous firsthand interviews conducted with those who knew Fischer best. It paints, for the very first time, a complete picture of one of America’s most enigmatic icons. This is the definitive account of a fascinating man and an extraordinary life, one that at last reconciles Fischer’s deeply contradictory legacy and answers the question, who was Bobby Fischer?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100939Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Author: Frank Brady Narrator: Ray Porter...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Author: Frank Brady Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the bestselling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischer’s, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of Bobby Fischer’s life. When Bobby Fischer passed away in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his life—he began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him. What motivated Fischer from such a young age, and what was the source of his remarkable intellect? How could a man so ambivalent about money and fame be so driven to succeed? What drew this man of Jewish descent to fulminate against Jews, and how was it that a mind so famously disciplined could unravel so completely? From Fischer’s meteoric rise, to an utterly dominant prime unequaled by any American chess player, to his eventual descent into madness, the book draws upon hundreds of newly discovered documents and recordings and numerous firsthand interviews conducted with those who knew Fischer best. It paints, for the very first time, a complete picture of one of America’s most enigmatic icons. This is the definitive account of a fascinating man and an extraordinary life, one that at last reconciles Fischer’s deeply contradictory legacy and answers the question, who was Bobby Fischer?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-quiet-world-saving-alaska-s-wilderness-kingdom-1910-1960-by-douglas-brinkley--65150621https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 Author: Douglas Brinkley Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaska’s wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaska’s wildlife, arrays the forces that have wreaked havoc on its primeval arctic refuge—from Klondike Gold Rush prospectors to environmental disasters like the Exxon-Valdez oil spill—and documents environmental heroes from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower and beyond. Not merely a record of Alaska’s past, Quiet World is a compelling call-to-arms for sustainability, conservationism, and conscientious environmental stewardship—a warning that the land once called Seward’s Folly may go down in history as America’s Greatest Mistake.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89624Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 Author: Douglas Brinkley Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 Author: Douglas Brinkley Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaska’s wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaska’s wildlife, arrays the forces that have wreaked havoc on its primeval arctic refuge—from Klondike Gold Rush prospectors to environmental disasters like the Exxon-Valdez oil spill—and documents environmental heroes from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower and beyond. Not merely a record of Alaska’s past, Quiet World is a compelling call-to-arms for sustainability, conservationism, and conscientious environmental stewardship—a warning that the land once called Seward’s Folly may go down in history as America’s Greatest Mistake.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-rose-a-nation-laid-bare-the-life-and-times-of-gypsy-rose-lee-by-karen-abbott--65150604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee Author: Karen Abbott Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered. America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free. But then, almost overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything. When the dust settled, Americans were primed for a star who could distract them from grim reality and excite them in new, unexpected ways. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed a preternatural gift for delivering exactly what America needed. With her superb narrative skills and eye for compelling detail, Karen Abbott brings to vivid life an era of ambition, glamour, struggle, and survival. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy’s world, including her intensely dramatic triangle relationship with her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose, a petite but ferocious woman who seduced men and women alike and literally killed to get her daughters on the stage. American Rose chronicles their story, as well as the story of the four scrappy and savvy showbiz brothers from New York City who would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee’s brand of burlesque. Modeling their shows after the glitzy, daring reviews staged in the theaters of Paris, the Minsky brothers relied on grit, determination, and a few tricks that fell just outside the law—and they would shape, and ultimately transform, the landscape of American entertainment. With a supporting cast of such Jazz- and Depression-era heavyweights as Lucky Luciano, Harry Houdini, FDR, and Fanny Brice, Karen Abbott weaves a rich narrative of a woman who defied all odds to become a legend—and whose sensational tale of tragedy and triumph embodies the American Dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89165Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee Author: Karen Abbott Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee Author: Karen Abbott Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered. America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free. But then, almost overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything. When the dust settled, Americans were primed for a star who could distract them from grim reality and excite them in new, unexpected ways. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed a preternatural gift for delivering exactly what America needed. With her superb narrative skills and eye for compelling detail, Karen Abbott brings to vivid life an era of ambition, glamour, struggle, and survival. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy’s world, including her intensely dramatic triangle relationship with her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose, a petite but ferocious woman who seduced men and women alike and literally killed to get her daughters on the stage. American Rose chronicles their story, as well as the story of the four scrappy and savvy showbiz brothers from New York City who would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee’s brand of burlesque. Modeling their shows after the glitzy, daring reviews staged in the theaters of Paris, the Minsky brothers relied on grit, determination, and a few tricks that fell just outside the law—and they would shape, and ultimately transform, the landscape of American entertainment. With a supporting cast of such Jazz- and Depression-era heavyweights as Lucky Luciano, Harry Houdini, FDR, and Fanny Brice, Karen Abbott weaves a rich narrative of a woman who defied all odds to become a legend—and whose sensational tale of tragedy and triumph embodies the American Dream.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-fidel-y-raul-mis-hermanos-la-historia-secreta-by-juanita-castro--65150589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Fidel y Raul, mis hermanos, la historia secreta Author: Juanita Castro Narrator: Tatiana Vecino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 10, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Este libro relata la vida de una familia y unos acontecimientos que cambiaron para siempre la historia de America Latina. Como nadie mas podia hacerlo, Juanita nos adentra en el mundo familiar de los Castro, desde su infancia y juventud hasta las nuevas generaciones, pasando por la gesta contra Batista, la Revolucion y el posterior desencanto de muchos. A lo largo de este fascinante relato desfilan los miticos personajes de la Revolucion Cubana. Fidel y Raul Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara y Celia Sanchez, entre otros, muestran aqui su faceta menos conocida. Juanita lleva mas de cincuenta anos guardando un doloroso secreto que hasta sus hermanos desconocen. He aqui el valiente relato de quien ha decidido revelarlo todo.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99140Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Fidel y Raul, mis hermanos, la historia secreta Author: Juanita Castro Narrator: Tatiana Vecino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Fidel y Raul, mis hermanos, la historia secreta Author: Juanita Castro Narrator: Tatiana Vecino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 10, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Este libro relata la vida de una familia y unos acontecimientos que cambiaron para siempre la historia de America Latina. Como nadie mas podia hacerlo, Juanita nos adentra en el mundo familiar de los Castro, desde su infancia y juventud hasta las nuevas generaciones, pasando por la gesta contra Batista, la Revolucion y el posterior desencanto de muchos. A lo largo de este fascinante relato desfilan los miticos personajes de la Revolucion Cubana. Fidel y Raul Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara y Celia Sanchez, entre otros, muestran aqui su faceta menos conocida. Juanita lleva mas de cincuenta anos guardando un doloroso secreto que hasta sus hermanos desconocen. He aqui el valiente relato de quien ha decidido revelarlo todo.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-years-before-the-mast-by-richard-henry-dana--65150648https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Years Before the Mast Author: Richard Henry Dana Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Richard Henry Dana referred to this book as 'a voice from the sea.' Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea. Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brigPilgrimfor a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Dana Point was named as a result of this journey. Drawing from his journals,Two Years before the Mastgives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time. This is a breathtaking true storyof adventure on the high seas.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89159Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Years Before the Mast Author: Richard Henry Dana Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Years Before the Mast Author: Richard Henry Dana Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Richard Henry Dana referred to this book as 'a voice from the sea.' Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea. Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brigPilgrimfor a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California. Dana Point was named as a result of this journey. Drawing from his journals,Two Years before the Mastgives a vivid and detailed account, shrewdly observed and beautifully described, of a common sailor's wretched treatment at sea, and of a way of life virtually unknown at that time. This is a breathtaking true storyof adventure on the high seas.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-mark-twain-by-mark-twain--65150610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Michael Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mark Twain's daughter, Susy, wrote: 'Papa…doesn't like to go to church at all, why I never understood, until just now, he told us the other day that he couldn't bear to hear any one talk but himself, but that he could listen to himself talk for hours without getting tired, of course he said this in joke, but I've no dought [sic] it was founded on truth.'—from the book Here is one of the great autobiographies of the English language: exuberant, wonderfully contemporary in spirit, written by a man twice as large as life, who—he said so himself—had no trouble remembering everything that had ever happened to him, and a lot of things besides. Nothing ever happened to Mark Twain in a small way. His adventures were invariably fraught with drama. Success and failure for him were equally spectacular. And so he roared down the years, feuding with publishers, being a sucker for inventors, always learning wisdom at the point of ruin and always relishing the absurd spectacle of humankind, whom he regarded with a blend of vitriol and affection.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89157Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Michael Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 19 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Michael Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mark Twain's daughter, Susy, wrote: 'Papa…doesn't like to go to church at all, why I never understood, until just now, he told us the other day that he couldn't bear to hear any one talk but himself, but that he could listen to himself talk for hours without getting tired, of course he said this in joke, but I've no dought [sic] it was founded on truth.'—from the book Here is one of the great autobiographies of the English language: exuberant, wonderfully contemporary in spirit, written by a man twice as large as life, who—he said so himself—had no trouble remembering everything that had ever happened to him, and a lot of things besides. Nothing ever happened to Mark Twain in a small way. His adventures were invariably fraught with drama. Success and failure for him were equally spectacular. And so he roared down the years, feuding with publishers, being a sucker for inventors, always learning wisdom at the point of ruin and always relishing the absurd spectacle of humankind, whom he regarded with a blend of vitriol and affection.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/colonel-roosevelt-by-edmund-morris--65150619https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Colonel Roosevelt Series: #3 of Theodore Roosevelt Author: Edmund Morris Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK •  “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex, marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive. Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, founded a third political party, survived an assassin’s bullet, and explored an unknown river longer than the Rhine? Packed with more adventure, variety, drama, humor, and tragedy than a big novel, yet documented down to the smallest fact, this masterwork recounts the last decade of perhaps the most amazing life in American history. “Hair-raising . . . awe-inspiring . . . a worthy close to a trilogy sure to be regarded as one of the best studies not just of any president, but of any American.”—San Francisco Chronicle]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88301Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Colonel Roosevelt Series: #3 of Theodore Roosevelt Author: Edmund Morris Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Colonel Roosevelt Series: #3 of Theodore Roosevelt Author: Edmund Morris Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK •  “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex, marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive. Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, founded a third political party, survived an assassin’s bullet, and explored an unknown river longer than the Rhine? Packed with more adventure, variety, drama, humor, and tragedy than a big novel, yet documented down to the smallest fact, this masterwork recounts the last decade of perhaps the most amazing life in American history. “Hair-raising . . . awe-inspiring . . . a worthy close to a trilogy sure to be regarded as one of the best studies not just of any president, but of any American.”—San Francisco Chronicle]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hero-the-life-and-legend-of-lawrence-of-arabia-by-michael-korda--65150580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Author: Michael Korda Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer whose exploits as “Lawrence of Arabia” created a legacy of mythic proportions in his own lifetime. Many know T.E. Lawrence from David Lean’s Oscar-winning 1962 biopic—based, itself, upon Lawrence’s autobiographical Seven Pillars of Wisdom—but in the tradition of modern biographers like John Meacham, David McCullough, and Barbara Leaming, Michael Korda’s penetrating new examination reveals new depth and character in the twentieth century’s quintessential English hero.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83774Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Author: Michael Korda Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Author: Michael Korda Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer whose exploits as “Lawrence of Arabia” created a legacy of mythic proportions in his own lifetime. Many know T.E. Lawrence from David Lean’s Oscar-winning 1962 biopic—based, itself, upon Lawrence’s autobiographical Seven Pillars of Wisdom—but in the tradition of modern biographers like John Meacham, David McCullough, and Barbara Leaming, Michael Korda’s penetrating new examination reveals new depth and character in the twentieth century’s quintessential English hero.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-by-ulysses-s-grant--65150569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances—Grant was dying of throat cancer—and encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography. Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died, and one week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of sixty-three. Publication of the memoirs came at a time when the public was being treated to a spate of wartime reminiscences, many of them defensive in nature, seeking to refight battles or attack old enemies. Grant's penetrating and stately work reveals a nobility of spirit and an innate grasp of the important facts, which he rarely displayed in private life. He writes in his preface that he took up the task 'with a sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the National or the Confederate side.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances—Grant was dying of throat cancer—and encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography. Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died, and one week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of sixty-three. Publication of the memoirs came at a time when the public was being treated to a spate of wartime reminiscences, many of them defensive in nature, seeking to refight battles or attack old enemies. Grant's penetrating and stately work reveals a nobility of spirit and an innate grasp of the important facts, which he rarely displayed in private life. He writes in his preface that he took up the task 'with a sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, whether on the National or the Confederate side.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cleopatra-a-life-by-stacy-schiff--65150609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cleopatra: A Life Author: Stacy Schiff Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83726Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cleopatra: A Life Author: Stacy Schiff Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cleopatra: A Life Author: Stacy Schiff Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lion-of-liberty-patrick-henry-and-the-call-to-a-new-nation-by-harlow-giles-unger--65150627https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 26, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Known to generations of Americans for his stirring call to arms, 'Give me liberty or give me death,' Patrick Henry is all but forgotten today as the first of the Founding Fathers to call for independence, the first to call for revolution, and the first to call for a bill of rights. If Washington was the 'Sword of the Revolution' and Jefferson, 'the Pen,' Patrick Henry more than earned his epithet as 'the Trumpet' of the Revolution for rousing Americans to arms in the Revolutionary War. Henry was one of the towering figures of the nation's formative years and perhaps the greatest orator in American history. To this day, many Americans misunderstand what Patrick Henry's cry for 'liberty or death' meant to him and to his tens of thousands of devoted followers in Virginia. A prototype of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American frontiersman, Henry claimed individual liberties as a 'natural right' to live free of 'the tyranny of rulers'—American as well as British. Henry believed that individual rights were more secure in small republics than in large republics, which many of the other Founding Fathers hoped to create after the Revolution. Henry was one of the most important and colorful of our Founding Fathers—a driving force behind three of the most important events in American history: the War of Independence, the enactment of the Bill of Rights, and, tragically, as America's first important proponent of state's rights, the Civil War. This biography is history at its best, telling a story both human and philosophical. As Unger points out, Henry's words continue to echo across America and inspire millions to fight government intrusion in their daily lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83771Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 26, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Known to generations of Americans for his stirring call to arms, 'Give me liberty or give me death,' Patrick Henry is all but forgotten today as the first of the Founding Fathers to call for independence, the first to call for revolution, and the first to call for a bill of rights. If Washington was the 'Sword of the Revolution' and Jefferson, 'the Pen,' Patrick Henry more than earned his epithet as 'the Trumpet' of the Revolution for rousing Americans to arms in the Revolutionary War. Henry was one of the towering figures of the nation's formative years and perhaps the greatest orator in American history. To this day, many Americans misunderstand what Patrick Henry's cry for 'liberty or death' meant to him and to his tens of thousands of devoted followers in Virginia. A prototype of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American frontiersman, Henry claimed individual liberties as a 'natural right' to live free of 'the tyranny of rulers'—American as well as British. Henry believed that individual rights were more secure in small republics than in large republics, which many of the other Founding Fathers hoped to create after the Revolution. Henry was one of the most important and colorful of our Founding Fathers—a driving force behind three of the most important events in American history: the War of Independence, the enactment of the Bill of Rights, and, tragically, as America's first important proponent of state's rights, the Civil War. This biography is history at its best, telling a story both human and philosophical. As Unger points out, Henry's words continue to echo across America and inspire millions to fight government intrusion in their daily lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiography-of-mark-twain-vol-1-the-complete-and-authoritative-edition-by-mark-twain--65150635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “I’ve struck it!” Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. “And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography.” Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his “Final (and Right) Plan” for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion—to “talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment”—meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for one hundred years meant that when they came out, he would be “dead, and unaware, and indifferent,” and that he was therefore free to speak his “whole frank mind.” The year 2010 marked the one hundredth anniversary of Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone, here, for the first time, is Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography, in its entirety, exactly as he left it. This major literary event offers the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain’s authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave, as he intended.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88333Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “I’ve struck it!” Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. “And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography.” Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his “Final (and Right) Plan” for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion—to “talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment”—meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for one hundred years meant that when they came out, he would be “dead, and unaware, and indifferent,” and that he was therefore free to speak his “whole frank mind.” The year 2010 marked the one hundredth anniversary of Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone, here, for the first time, is Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography, in its entirety, exactly as he left it. This major literary event offers the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain’s authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave, as he intended.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-man-s-wilderness-an-alaskan-odyssey-by-richard-proenneke-sam-keith--65150608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey Author: Richard Proenneke, Sam Keith Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds with the world but content with one's own thoughts and company. Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. He found a place, built a cabin, and stayed to become part of the country. One Man's Wilderness is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company. From Proenneke's journals, and with first-hand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116195Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey Author: Richard Proenneke, Sam Keith Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey Author: Richard Proenneke, Sam Keith Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds with the world but content with one's own thoughts and company. Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. He found a place, built a cabin, and stayed to become part of the country. One Man's Wilderness is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company. From Proenneke's journals, and with first-hand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grace-of-silence-a-memoir-by-michele-norris--65150644https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir Author: Michele Norris Narrator: Michele Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 21, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the wake of talk of a “postracial” America upon Barack Obama’s ascension as president of the United States, Michele Norris, cohost of National Public Radio’s flagship program All Things Considered, set out to write, through original reporting, a book about “the hidden conversation” on race that is unfolding nationwide. She would, she thought, base her book on the frank disclosures of others on the subject, but she was soon disabused of her presumption when forced to confront the fact that “the conversation” in her own family had not been forthright.   Norris unearthed painful family secrets that compelled her to question her own self-understanding: from her father’s shooting by a Birmingham police officer weeks after his discharge from the navy at the conclusion of World War II to her maternal grandmother’s peddling pancake mix as an itinerant Aunt Jemima to white farm women in the Midwest. In what became a profoundly personal and bracing journey into her family’s past, Norris traveled from her childhood home in Minneapolis to her ancestral roots in the Deep South to explore the reasons for the “things left unsaid” by her father and mother when she was growing up, the better to come to terms with her own identity. Along the way she discovered how her character was forged by both revelation and silence.   Extraordinary for Norris’s candor in examining her own racial legacy and what it means to be an American, The Grace of Silence is also informed by rigorous research in its evocation of time and place, scores of interviews with ordinary folk, and wise observations about evolving attitudes, at once encouraging and disturbing, toward race in America today. For its particularity and universality, it is powerfully moving, a tour de force.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83517Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir Author: Michele Norris Narrator: Michele Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir Author: Michele Norris Narrator: Michele Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 21, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the wake of talk of a “postracial” America upon Barack Obama’s ascension as president of the United States, Michele Norris, cohost of National Public Radio’s flagship program All Things Considered, set out to write, through original reporting, a book about “the hidden conversation” on race that is unfolding nationwide. She would, she thought, base her book on the frank disclosures of others on the subject, but she was soon disabused of her presumption when forced to confront the fact that “the conversation” in her own family had not been forthright.   Norris unearthed painful family secrets that compelled her to question her own self-understanding: from her father’s shooting by a Birmingham police officer weeks after his discharge from the navy at the conclusion of World War II to her maternal grandmother’s peddling pancake mix as an itinerant Aunt Jemima to white farm women in the Midwest. In what became a profoundly personal and bracing journey into her family’s past, Norris traveled from her childhood home in Minneapolis to her ancestral roots in the Deep South to explore the reasons for the “things left unsaid” by her father and mother when she was growing up, the better to come to terms with her own identity. Along the way she discovered how her character was forged by both revelation and silence.   Extraordinary for Norris’s candor in examining her own racial legacy and what it means to be an American, The Grace of Silence is also informed by rigorous research in its evocation of time and place, scores of interviews with ordinary folk, and wise observations about evolving attitudes, at once encouraging and disturbing, toward race in America today. For its particularity and universality, it is powerfully moving, a tour de force.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-philosophy-the-lives-and-opinions-of-the-greater-philosophers-by-will-durant--65150620https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers Author: Will Durant Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman. Durant lucidly describes the philosophical systems of such world-famous “monarchs of the mind” as Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Voltaire, and Nietzsche. Along with their ideas, he offers their flesh-and-blood biographies, placing their thoughts within their own time and place and elucidating their influence on our modern intellectual heritage. This book is packed with wisdom and wit. The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any listener who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83496Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers Author: Will Durant Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers Author: Will Durant Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman. Durant lucidly describes the philosophical systems of such world-famous “monarchs of the mind” as Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Voltaire, and Nietzsche. Along with their ideas, he offers their flesh-and-blood biographies, placing their thoughts within their own time and place and elucidating their influence on our modern intellectual heritage. This book is packed with wisdom and wit. The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any listener who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/simon-wiesenthal-the-life-and-legends-by-tom-segev--65150646https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends Author: Tom Segev Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This first fully documented biography of Simon Wiesenthal, the legendary Nazi hunter, is also a brilliant character study of a man whose life was part invention but wholly dedicated to ensuring both that the Nazis be held responsible for their crimes and that the destruction of European Jewry never be forgotten. Like most Jews in Eastern Europe on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, twenty-four-year-old Simon Wiesenthal did not grasp the nature of the Nazi threat. But six years later, when a skeletal Wiesenthal was liberated from the concentration camp at Mauthausen, he fully fathomed the crimes of the Nazis. Within days he had assembled a list of nearly 150 Nazi war criminals, the first of dozens of such lists he would make over a lifetime as a Nazi hunter. A hero in the eyes of many, Wiesenthal was also attacked for his unrelenting pursuit of the past, when others preferred to forget. For this new biography, rich in newsworthy revelations, historian and journalist Tom Segev has obtained access to Wiesenthal’s private papers and to sixteen archives, including records of the U.S., Israeli, Polish, and East German secret services. Segev is able to reveal the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthal’s life, including his stunning role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, his relationship with Israel’s Mossad, his controversial investigative techniques, his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer, and the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. Segev’s challenge in writing this biography was Wiesenthal’s own complicated relationship to truth. Wiesenthal told many versions of his life, his suffering in the camps, and his involvement with the arrest of individual Nazis. Segev shows that in order to gain the information he sought and twist the arms of reluctant government figures, Wiesenthal needed to seem more influential than he really was. For two generations of Americans, Simon Wiesenthal was a Jewish superhero—depicted on film by Ben Kingsley and Laurence Olivier—and the muse for a Frederick Forsyth thriller. Now Segev demonstrates that the truth of Wiesenthal’s existence is as compelling as the fiction. Simon Wiesenthal is an unforgettable life of one of the great men of the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83402Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends Author: Tom Segev Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends Author: Tom Segev Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This first fully documented biography of Simon Wiesenthal, the legendary Nazi hunter, is also a brilliant character study of a man whose life was part invention but wholly dedicated to ensuring both that the Nazis be held responsible for their crimes and that the destruction of European Jewry never be forgotten. Like most Jews in Eastern Europe on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, twenty-four-year-old Simon Wiesenthal did not grasp the nature of the Nazi threat. But six years later, when a skeletal Wiesenthal was liberated from the concentration camp at Mauthausen, he fully fathomed the crimes of the Nazis. Within days he had assembled a list of nearly 150 Nazi war criminals, the first of dozens of such lists he would make over a lifetime as a Nazi hunter. A hero in the eyes of many, Wiesenthal was also attacked for his unrelenting pursuit of the past, when others preferred to forget. For this new biography, rich in newsworthy revelations, historian and journalist Tom Segev has obtained access to Wiesenthal’s private papers and to sixteen archives, including records of the U.S., Israeli, Polish, and East German secret services. Segev is able to reveal the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthal’s life, including his stunning role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, his relationship with Israel’s Mossad, his controversial investigative techniques, his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer, and the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel. Segev’s challenge in writing this biography was Wiesenthal’s own complicated relationship to truth. Wiesenthal told many versions of his life, his suffering in the camps, and his involvement with the arrest of individual Nazis. Segev shows that in order to gain the information he sought and twist the arms of reluctant government figures, Wiesenthal needed to seem more influential than he really was. For two generations of Americans, Simon Wiesenthal was a Jewish superhero—depicted on film by Ben Kingsley and Laurence Olivier—and the muse for a Frederick Forsyth thriller. Now Segev demonstrates that the truth of Wiesenthal’s existence is as compelling as the fiction. Simon Wiesenthal is an unforgettable life of one of the great men of the twentieth century.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-intimate-lives-of-the-founding-fathers-by-thomas-fleming--65150636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Author: Thomas Fleming Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming offers a compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives. From hot-tempered Mary Ball Washington to promiscuous Rachel Lavien Hamilton, the founding fathers' mothers powerfully shaped their sons' visions of domestic life. But lovers and wives played more critical roles as friends and often partners in fame. We learn of the youthful Washington's tortured love for the coquettish Sarah Fairfax, wife of his close friend; of Franklin's two 'wives,' one in London and one in Philadelphia; of Adams' long absences, which required a lonely, deeply unhappy Abigail to keep home and family together for years on end; of Hamilton's adulterous betrayal of his wife and their reconciliation; and how the brilliant Madison was jilted by a flirtatious fifteen-year-old and went on to marry the effervescent Dolley, who helped make this shy man into a popular president. Jefferson's controversial relationship to Sally Hemings is also examined, with a different vision of where his heart lay. Fleming nimbly takes us through a great deal of early American history, as the founding fathers strove to reconcile their private and public lives, often beset by a media every bit as gossip-seeking and inflammatory as ours today. He offers a powerful look at the challenges women faced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While often brilliant and articulate, the wives of the founding fathers all struggled with the distractions and dangers of frequent childbearing and searing anxiety about infant mortality. All the more remarkable, then, that these women loomed so large in the lives of their husbands—and, in some cases, their country.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83293Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Author: Thomas Fleming Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Author: Thomas Fleming Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming offers a compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives. From hot-tempered Mary Ball Washington to promiscuous Rachel Lavien Hamilton, the founding fathers' mothers powerfully shaped their sons' visions of domestic life. But lovers and wives played more critical roles as friends and often partners in fame. We learn of the youthful Washington's tortured love for the coquettish Sarah Fairfax, wife of his close friend; of Franklin's two 'wives,' one in London and one in Philadelphia; of Adams' long absences, which required a lonely, deeply unhappy Abigail to keep home and family together for years on end; of Hamilton's adulterous betrayal of his wife and their reconciliation; and how the brilliant Madison was jilted by a flirtatious fifteen-year-old and went on to marry the effervescent Dolley, who helped make this shy man into a popular president. Jefferson's controversial relationship to Sally Hemings is also examined, with a different vision of where his heart lay. Fleming nimbly takes us through a great deal of early American history, as the founding fathers strove to reconcile their private and public lives, often beset by a media every bit as gossip-seeking and inflammatory as ours today. He offers a powerful look at the challenges women faced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While often brilliant and articulate, the wives of the founding fathers all struggled with the distractions and dangers of frequent childbearing and searing anxiety about infant mortality. All the more remarkable, then, that these women loomed so large in the lives of their husbands—and, in some cases, their country.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/medium-raw-a-bloody-valentine-to-the-world-of-food-and-the-people-who-cook-by-anthony-bourdain--65150689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Author: Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Anthony Bourdain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 6, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 93 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 33 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, Alice Waters, the Top Chef winners and losers, and many more. If Hunter S. Thompson had written a book about the restaurant business, it could have been Medium Raw.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82989Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Author: Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Anthony Bourdain Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Author: Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Anthony Bourdain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 6, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 93 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 33 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, Alice Waters, the Top Chef winners and losers, and many more. If Hunter S. Thompson had written a book about the restaurant business, it could have been Medium Raw.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/amazing-people-of-london-inspirational-stories-by-charles-magerison--65150685https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing People of London: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What would it have been like to meet William Shakespeare when he lived in London? What would you have asked Charles Dickens about the experiences that led him to write Oliver Twist and other great stories? In this Amazing London BioView, you can do so, via the virtual interview process. You can meet the great names and understand how they contributed to London becoming a great city.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82892Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing People of London: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing People of London: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What would it have been like to meet William Shakespeare when he lived in London? What would you have asked Charles Dickens about the experiences that led him to write Oliver Twist and other great stories? In this Amazing London BioView, you can do so, via the virtual interview process. You can meet the great names and understand how they contributed to London becoming a great city.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blind-descent-the-quest-to-discover-the-deepest-place-on-earth-by-james-m-tabor--65150638https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Author: James M. Tabor Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made: both poles by 1912, Everest in 1958, the Challenger Deep in 1961. In 1969 we even walked on the moon. And yet as late as 2000, the earth’s deepest cave—the supercave—remained undiscovered. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong.   In 2004, two great scientist-explorers are attempting to find the bottom of the world. Bold, heroic American Bill Stone is committed to the vast Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander Klimchouk—Stone’s polar opposite in temperament and style, but every bit his equal in scientific expertise, physical bravery, and sheer determination—has targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia, where underground dangers are compounded by the horrors of separatist war in this former Soviet republic. Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover—to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison. These supercavers spent months in multiple camps almost two vertical miles deep and many more miles from their caves’ exits. They had to contend with thousand-foot drops, deadly flooded tunnels, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and much more. Perhaps even worse were the psychological horrors produced by weeks plunged into absolute, perpetual darkness, beyond all hope of rescue, including a particularly insidious derangement called The Rapture. James M. Tabor was granted unprecedented access to logs, journals, photographs, and video footage of these expeditions, as well as many hours of personal interviews with surviving participants. Blind Descent is an unforgettable addition to the classic literature of discovery and adventure. It is also a testament to human survival and endurance—and to two extraordinary men whose relentless pursuit of greatness led them to heights of triumph and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined. Includes a 16-pg full-color insert]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61968Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Author: James M. Tabor Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Author: James M. Tabor Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made: both poles by 1912, Everest in 1958, the Challenger Deep in 1961. In 1969 we even walked on the moon. And yet as late as 2000, the earth’s deepest cave—the supercave—remained undiscovered. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong.   In 2004, two great scientist-explorers are attempting to find the bottom of the world. Bold, heroic American Bill Stone is committed to the vast Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander Klimchouk—Stone’s polar opposite in temperament and style, but every bit his equal in scientific expertise, physical bravery, and sheer determination—has targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia, where underground dangers are compounded by the horrors of separatist war in this former Soviet republic. Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover—to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison. These supercavers spent months in multiple camps almost two vertical miles deep and many more miles from their caves’ exits. They had to contend with thousand-foot drops, deadly flooded tunnels, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and much more. Perhaps even worse were the psychological horrors produced by weeks plunged into absolute, perpetual darkness, beyond all hope of rescue, including a particularly insidious derangement called The Rapture. James M. Tabor was granted unprecedented access to logs, journals, photographs, and video footage of these expeditions, as well as many hours of personal interviews with surviving participants. Blind Descent is an unforgettable addition to the classic literature of discovery and adventure. It is also a testament to human survival and endurance—and to two extraordinary men whose relentless pursuit of greatness led them to heights of triumph and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined. Includes a 16-pg full-color insert]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/amazing-classical-musicians-volume-1-inspirational-stories-by-charles-magerison--65150634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing Classical Musicians - Volume 1: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In days when there was no radio or television, people relied on travelling entertainers. Mozart was one of these. In between his travels, he wrote his great compositions. On this audio you can meet other great composers and hear how they composed their works.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82947Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing Classical Musicians - Volume 1: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing Classical Musicians - Volume 1: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In days when there was no radio or television, people relied on travelling entertainers. Mozart was one of these. In between his travels, he wrote his great compositions. On this audio you can meet other great composers and hear how they composed their works.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anne-frank-the-diary-of-a-young-girl-the-definitive-edition-by-anne-frank--65150670https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61785 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Selma Blair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 25, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 157 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 36 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel Prize–winner Nadia Murad “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust ... remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61785Tue, 25 May 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61785 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Selma Blair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61785 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Selma Blair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 25, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 157 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 36 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s first publication with a new introduction by Nobel Prize–winner Nadia Murad “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust ... remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiger-the-real-story-by-steve-helling--65150629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger: The Real Story Author: Steve Helling Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 4, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: He was born to a father who described him as the 'chosen one,' a boy who would grow into a man with the power to impact nations. His mother called him the 'universal child,' blessed with the ability to hold the races together. Choosing the unlikely avenue of golf, they groomed their son for the fame and influence that they always believed was his destiny. At twenty, Tiger Woods made his debut in a Nike commercial. 'Hello, world,' he said. 'Are you ready for me?' The world was ready. For the next thirteen years, Tiger nearly lived up to his parents' expectations. He conquered the sport of golf, using his father's training to cultivate skills that the sport had never before seen. He became a global icon: a charismatic, multiracial superstar who revolutionized the golfing world and inspired crossover fans of all races. He was a Madison Avenue darling, earning more for his squeaky clean persona than he earned for his sport. He settled down with a beautiful Swedish model and started a family. His net worth approached a billion dollars. Everything was going according to plan—until the scandal hit. The women, the drugs, the domestic violence, the bizarre car accident—as the media breathlessly mixed news with speculation, Tiger's wholesome image was shattered. No longer the paragon of self-restraint, Tiger became the poster boy for self-destruction. Corporate America exercised its fickle option and Tiger Woods was suddenly transformed from a commercial spokesman into a tabloid king. Before the scandal, the world knew very little about Tiger Woods. After the scandal, they knew him even less. His handlers kept a tight rein on the private superstar, carefully controlling his media coverage. Although everyone recognizes Tiger Woods, his true character has remained a mystery. Steve Helling, aPeoplemagazine writer who has covered Tiger for years, draws on intimate sources—many speaking out for the first time—to create a vivid, sometimes inspiring, often astonishing portrait of the golfer. Tiger: The Real Storyis the riveting story of a gifted athlete who tasted unprecedented success and fame. Using his storied golf career as a backdrop, it examines how the people closest to Tiger—an ambitious father, an ambivalent mother, and a starstruck wife—have shaped him into a complex and conflicted man. Central to the story is Tiger himself: how media hype and a sudden fall from grace have nearly destroyed his personal and professional life…and where he goes from here.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61781Tue, 04 May 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger: The Real Story Author: Steve Helling Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 4, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger: The Real Story Author: Steve Helling Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 4, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: He was born to a father who described him as the 'chosen one,' a boy who would grow into a man with the power to impact nations. His mother called him the 'universal child,' blessed with the ability to hold the races together. Choosing the unlikely avenue of golf, they groomed their son for the fame and influence that they always believed was his destiny. At twenty, Tiger Woods made his debut in a Nike commercial. 'Hello, world,' he said. 'Are you ready for me?' The world was ready. For the next thirteen years, Tiger nearly lived up to his parents' expectations. He conquered the sport of golf, using his father's training to cultivate skills that the sport had never before seen. He became a global icon: a charismatic, multiracial superstar who revolutionized the golfing world and inspired crossover fans of all races. He was a Madison Avenue darling, earning more for his squeaky clean persona than he earned for his sport. He settled down with a beautiful Swedish model and started a family. His net worth approached a billion dollars. Everything was going according to plan—until the scandal hit. The women, the drugs, the domestic violence, the bizarre car accident—as the media breathlessly mixed news with speculation, Tiger's wholesome image was shattered. No longer the paragon of self-restraint, Tiger became the poster boy for self-destruction. Corporate America exercised its fickle option and Tiger Woods was suddenly transformed from a commercial spokesman into a tabloid king. Before the scandal, the world knew very little about Tiger Woods. After the scandal, they knew him even less. His handlers kept a tight rein on the private superstar, carefully controlling his media coverage. Although everyone recognizes Tiger Woods, his true character has remained a mystery. Steve Helling, aPeoplemagazine writer who has covered Tiger for years, draws on intimate sources—many speaking out for the first time—to create a vivid, sometimes inspiring, often astonishing portrait of the golfer. Tiger: The Real Storyis the riveting story of a gifted athlete who tasted unprecedented success and fame. Using his storied golf career as a backdrop, it examines how the people closest to Tiger—an ambitious father, an ambivalent mother, and a starstruck wife—have shaped him into a complex and conflicted man. Central to the story is Tiger himself: how media hype and a sudden fall from grace have nearly destroyed his personal and professional life…and where he goes from here.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-wolsey-the-late-cardinal-his-life-and-death-by-george-cavendish--65150628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death Author: George Cavendish Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This extraordinary “eye-witness” account of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s rise and fall from power was written between 1554 and 1558 by his gentleman-usher, George Cavendish, who was privy to so much of the Cardinal’s ambitious endeavors. However, Cavendish prudently waited a long time before chronicling his observations for fear of his life, as there were those who may have take his memoirs the wrong way. Cavendish describes in great detail the daily life of Wolsey, listing his huge household of servants to give a good idea of the magnitude of this larger-than-life man who outdid Henry VIII in lifestyle and riches, which was his undoing. Throughout the book, he records Wolsey’s endless acquisitions of bishoprics—including the very rich monastery of St. Albans, even though he was never a monk—all to feather his already very wealthy nest. Cavendish also tells of Wolsey’s scheme to put himself over and above the Archbishop of York, the senior prelate in England, later to be named Pope. Wolsey is eventually charged with treason but dies in Leicester, and it is said that had he not died, he would have been more than likely subject to a beheading. Cavendish also delves into the lives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, the infamous Duke of Norfolk, and other prominent figures of the Tudor period, all to bring the sixteenth century to vivid life. This rare document, considered “the most important single source for our knowledge of Wolsey,” was edited for easy comprehension by Roger Lockyer, a former faculty member of Royal Holloway College, University of London, and an authority on the tumultuous Tudor period which was so pivotal in England’s storied history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61961Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death Author: George Cavendish Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death Author: George Cavendish Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This extraordinary “eye-witness” account of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s rise and fall from power was written between 1554 and 1558 by his gentleman-usher, George Cavendish, who was privy to so much of the Cardinal’s ambitious endeavors. However, Cavendish prudently waited a long time before chronicling his observations for fear of his life, as there were those who may have take his memoirs the wrong way. Cavendish describes in great detail the daily life of Wolsey, listing his huge household of servants to give a good idea of the magnitude of this larger-than-life man who outdid Henry VIII in lifestyle and riches, which was his undoing. Throughout the book, he records Wolsey’s endless acquisitions of bishoprics—including the very rich monastery of St. Albans, even though he was never a monk—all to feather his already very wealthy nest. Cavendish also tells of Wolsey’s scheme to put himself over and above the Archbishop of York, the senior prelate in England, later to be named Pope. Wolsey is eventually charged with treason but dies in Leicester, and it is said that had he not died, he would have been more than likely subject to a beheading. Cavendish also delves into the lives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, the infamous Duke of Norfolk, and other prominent figures of the Tudor period, all to bring the sixteenth century to vivid life. This rare document, considered “the most important single source for our knowledge of Wolsey,” was edited for easy comprehension by Roger Lockyer, a former faculty member of Royal Holloway College, University of London, and an authority on the tumultuous Tudor period which was so pivotal in England’s storied history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-early-life-a-roving-commission-by-sir-winston-churchill--65150637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Early Life: A Roving Commission Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 20, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a visionary, statesman, historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.This is the story of the first thirty years of his life, up to the point where his unique parliamentary career was just beginning. From childhood and his apprentice days at Harrow and Sandhurst we follow him on active service to Cuba, the northwest frontier, Omdurman and the Boer War—including the historic story of his escape from captivity—whilst in the background are his early adventures in politics and literature. 'I have tried, in each part of the quarter-century in which this tale lies, to show the point of view appropriate to my years, whether as a child, a schoolboy, a cadet, a subaltern, a war-correspondent or a youthful politician…When I survey this work as a whole I find I have drawn a picture of a vanished age.'—from the author's preface My Early Lifegives listeners insights into the shaping of a great leader.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61895Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Early Life: A Roving Commission Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Early Life: A Roving Commission Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 20, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a visionary, statesman, historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.This is the story of the first thirty years of his life, up to the point where his unique parliamentary career was just beginning. From childhood and his apprentice days at Harrow and Sandhurst we follow him on active service to Cuba, the northwest frontier, Omdurman and the Boer War—including the historic story of his escape from captivity—whilst in the background are his early adventures in politics and literature. 'I have tried, in each part of the quarter-century in which this tale lies, to show the point of view appropriate to my years, whether as a child, a schoolboy, a cadet, a subaltern, a war-correspondent or a youthful politician…When I survey this work as a whole I find I have drawn a picture of a vanished age.'—from the author's preface My Early Lifegives listeners insights into the shaping of a great leader.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alexander-of-macedonia-the-world-conquered-by-robin-lane-fox--65150585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the 'Alexander Romance' became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor Robin Lane Fox has made the study of Alexander of Macedon the focus of his brilliant career. In these lectures, Professor Fox answers questions about Alexander that have percolated throughout history: Why did Alexander succeed? What was he like? How did he change the world and its history?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the 'Alexander Romance' became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor Robin Lane Fox has made the study of Alexander of Macedon the focus of his brilliant career. In these lectures, Professor Fox answers questions about Alexander that have percolated throughout history: Why did Alexander succeed? What was he like? How did he change the world and its history?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/david-livingstone-man-of-prayer-and-action-by-c-silvester-horne--65150633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Livingstone: Man of Prayer and Action Author: C. Silvester Horne Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written just forty years after David Livingstone’s death, this admiring account of the famous missionary’s life and work takes us deep into the “dark continent” of nineteenth-century Africa, where he labored to bring “Christianity, commerce and civilization.” A national hero in Victorian Britain, Livingstone earned fame as an explorer and scientific investigator, an antislavery crusader, and imperial reformer, as well as in the role of a Protestant missionary and martyr who eventually died in Africa of malaria. “In those forty years great and astounding changes have been witnessed in the Continent which is associated with his fame…But nothing that has happened since has diminished by a single laurel the wreath he won, and will wear for ever…Livingstone is greatest, not as a scientist, nor an explorer, but as a man and a missionary.”—from the book]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61773Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Livingstone: Man of Prayer and Action Author: C. Silvester Horne Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Livingstone: Man of Prayer and Action Author: C. Silvester Horne Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written just forty years after David Livingstone’s death, this admiring account of the famous missionary’s life and work takes us deep into the “dark continent” of nineteenth-century Africa, where he labored to bring “Christianity, commerce and civilization.” A national hero in Victorian Britain, Livingstone earned fame as an explorer and scientific investigator, an antislavery crusader, and imperial reformer, as well as in the role of a Protestant missionary and martyr who eventually died in Africa of malaria. “In those forty years great and astounding changes have been witnessed in the Continent which is associated with his fame…But nothing that has happened since has diminished by a single laurel the wreath he won, and will wear for ever…Livingstone is greatest, not as a scientist, nor an explorer, but as a man and a missionary.”—from the book]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mandela-s-way-fifteen-lessons-on-life-love-and-courage-by-richard-stengel--65150676https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage Author: Richard Stengel Narrator: Richard Stengel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 30, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader’s wisdom into 15 vital life lessons We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-five, is the closest thing the world has to a secular saint. He liber­ated a country from a system of violent prejudice and helped unite oppressor and oppressed in a way that had never been done before. Now Richard Stengel, the editor of Time maga­zine, has distilled countless hours of intimate conver­sation with Mandela into fifteen essential life lessons. For nearly three years, including the critical period when Mandela moved South Africa toward the first democratic elections in its history, Stengel collaborated with Mandela on his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, and traveled with him everywhere. Eating with him, watching him campaign, hearing him think out loud, Stengel came to know all the different sides of this complex man and became a cherished friend and colleague. In Mandela’s Way, Stengel recounts the moments in which “the grandfather of South Africa” was tested and shares the wisdom he learned: why courage is more than the absence of fear, why we should keep our rivals close, why the answer is not always either/or but often “both,” how important it is for each of us to find something away from the world that gives us pleasure and satisfaction—our own garden. Woven into these life lessons are remarkable stories—of Mandela’s child­hood as the protégé of a tribal king, of his early days as a freedom fighter, of the twenty-seven-year imprison­ment that could not break him, and of his fulfilling remarriage at the age of eighty. This uplifting book captures the spirit of this extraordinary man—warrior, martyr, husband, statesman, and moral leader—and spurs us to look within ourselves, reconsider the things we take for granted, and contemplate the legacy we’ll leave behind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61249Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage Author: Richard Stengel Narrator: Richard Stengel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage Author: Richard Stengel Narrator: Richard Stengel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 30, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader’s wisdom into 15 vital life lessons We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-five, is the closest thing the world has to a secular saint. He liber­ated a country from a system of violent prejudice and helped unite oppressor and oppressed in a way that had never been done before. Now Richard Stengel, the editor of Time maga­zine, has distilled countless hours of intimate conver­sation with Mandela into fifteen essential life lessons. For nearly three years, including the critical period when Mandela moved South Africa toward the first democratic elections in its history, Stengel collaborated with Mandela on his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, and traveled with him everywhere. Eating with him, watching him campaign, hearing him think out loud, Stengel came to know all the different sides of this complex man and became a cherished friend and colleague. In Mandela’s Way, Stengel recounts the moments in which “the grandfather of South Africa” was tested and shares the wisdom he learned: why courage is more than the absence of fear, why we should keep our rivals close, why the answer is not always either/or but often “both,” how important it is for each of us to find something away from the world that gives us pleasure and satisfaction—our own garden. Woven into these life lessons are remarkable stories—of Mandela’s child­hood as the protégé of a tribal king, of his early days as a freedom fighter, of the twenty-seven-year imprison­ment that could not break him, and of his fulfilling remarriage at the age of eighty. This uplifting book captures the spirit of this extraordinary man—warrior, martyr, husband, statesman, and moral leader—and spurs us to look within ourselves, reconsider the things we take for granted, and contemplate the legacy we’ll leave behind.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/george-nicholas-and-wilhelm-three-royal-cousins-and-the-road-to-world-war-i-by-miranda-carter--65150643https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Miranda Carter uses the cousins’ correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell the tragicomic story of a tiny, glittering, solipsistic world that was often preposterously out of kilter with its times, struggling to stay in command of politics and world events as history overtook it. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm is a brilliant and sometimes darkly hilarious portrait of these men—damaged, egotistical Wilhelm; quiet, stubborn Nicholas; and anxious, dutiful George—and their lives, foibles and obsessions, from tantrums to uniforms to stamp collecting. It is also alive with fresh, subtle portraits of other familiar figures: Queen Victoria—grandmother to two of them, grandmother-in-law to the third—whose conservatism and bullying obsession with family left a dangerous legacy; and Edward VII, the playboy “arch-vulgarian” who turned out to have a remarkable gift for international relations and the theatrics of mass politics. At the same time, Carter weaves through their stories a riveting account of the events that led to World War I, showing how the personal and the political interacted, sometimes to devastating effect. For all three men the war would be a disaster that destroyed forever the illusion of their close family relationships, with any sense of peace and harmony shattered in a final coda of murder, betrayal and abdication.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61231Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Miranda Carter uses the cousins’ correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell the tragicomic story of a tiny, glittering, solipsistic world that was often preposterously out of kilter with its times, struggling to stay in command of politics and world events as history overtook it. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm is a brilliant and sometimes darkly hilarious portrait of these men—damaged, egotistical Wilhelm; quiet, stubborn Nicholas; and anxious, dutiful George—and their lives, foibles and obsessions, from tantrums to uniforms to stamp collecting. It is also alive with fresh, subtle portraits of other familiar figures: Queen Victoria—grandmother to two of them, grandmother-in-law to the third—whose conservatism and bullying obsession with family left a dangerous legacy; and Edward VII, the playboy “arch-vulgarian” who turned out to have a remarkable gift for international relations and the theatrics of mass politics. At the same time, Carter weaves through their stories a riveting account of the events that led to World War I, showing how the personal and the political interacted, sometimes to devastating effect. For all three men the war would be a disaster that destroyed forever the illusion of their close family relationships, with any sense of peace and harmony shattered in a final coda of murder, betrayal and abdication.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cheerful-money-me-my-family-and-the-last-days-of-wasp-splendor-by-tad-friend--65150607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor Author: Tad Friend Narrator: William Dufris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tad Friend’s family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of Swarthmore College, and at a Smith college poetry contest judged by W. H. Auden, his mother came in second—to Sylvia Plath. For centuries, Wasps like his ancestors dominated American life. But then, in the ’60s, their fortunes began to fall. As a young man, Friend noticed that his family tree, for all its glories, was full of alcoholics, depressives, and reckless eccentrics. Yet his identity had already been shaped by the family’s age-old traditions and expectations. Part memoir, part family history, and part cultural study of the long swoon of the American Wasp, Cheerful Money is a captivating examination of a cultural crack-up and a man trying to escape its wreckage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61308Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor Author: Tad Friend Narrator: William Dufris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor Author: Tad Friend Narrator: William Dufris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tad Friend’s family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of Swarthmore College, and at a Smith college poetry contest judged by W. H. Auden, his mother came in second—to Sylvia Plath. For centuries, Wasps like his ancestors dominated American life. But then, in the ’60s, their fortunes began to fall. As a young man, Friend noticed that his family tree, for all its glories, was full of alcoholics, depressives, and reckless eccentrics. Yet his identity had already been shaped by the family’s age-old traditions and expectations. Part memoir, part family history, and part cultural study of the long swoon of the American Wasp, Cheerful Money is a captivating examination of a cultural crack-up and a man trying to escape its wreckage.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tudors-the-complete-story-of-england-s-most-notorious-dynasty-by-g-j-meyer--65150665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country. The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of personal happiness in order to survive.    The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love. Praise for The Tudors “A rich and vibrant tapestry.”—The Star-Ledger “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press “Energetic and comprehensive . . . [a] sweeping history of the gloriously infamous Tudor era . . . Unlike the somewhat ponderous British biographies of the Henrys, Elizabeths, and Boleyns that seem to pop up perennially, The Tudors displays flashy, fresh irreverence [and cuts] to the quick of the action.”—Kirkus Reviews   “[A] cheeky, nuanced, and authoritative perspective . . . brims with enriching background discussions.”—Publishers Weekly   “[A] lively new history.”—Bloomberg]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60660Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country. The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of personal happiness in order to survive.    The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love. Praise for The Tudors “A rich and vibrant tapestry.”—The Star-Ledger “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all things Tudor.”—Associated Press “Energetic and comprehensive . . . [a] sweeping history of the gloriously infamous Tudor era . . . Unlike the somewhat ponderous British biographies of the Henrys, Elizabeths, and Boleyns that seem to pop up perennially, The Tudors displays flashy, fresh irreverence [and cuts] to the quick of the action.”—Kirkus Reviews   “[A] cheeky, nuanced, and authoritative perspective . . . brims with enriching background discussions.”—Publishers Weekly   “[A] lively new history.”—Bloomberg]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/willie-mays-the-life-the-legend-by-james-s-hirsch--65150631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend Author: James S. Hirsch Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays. Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Author James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player. Mays was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who, during the turbulent civil rights era, urged understanding and reconciliation. More than his records, his legacy is defined by the pure joy that he brought to fans and the loving memories that have been passed to future generations so they might know the magic and beauty of the game. With meticulous research and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends, family, and teammates, Hirsch presents a brilliant portrait of one of America’s most significant cultural icons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60973Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend Author: James S. Hirsch Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend Author: James S. Hirsch Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays. Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Author James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player. Mays was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who, during the turbulent civil rights era, urged understanding and reconciliation. More than his records, his legacy is defined by the pure joy that he brought to fans and the loving memories that have been passed to future generations so they might know the magic and beauty of the game. With meticulous research and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends, family, and teammates, Hirsch presents a brilliant portrait of one of America’s most significant cultural icons.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-climb-tragic-ambitions-on-everest-by-anatoli-boukreev-g-weston-dewalt--65150639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Author: Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston Dewalt Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world—but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor leadership, bad decisions, and a blinding storm conspired to kill. Twenty-three men and women, disoriented and out of oxygen, struggled to find their way down the side of the mountain. In the dark, battered by snow and driven by hurricane-force winds, some of the climbers became hopelessly lost and resigned themselves to death. But head climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev refused to give up hope. Climbing blind in the maw of a life-threatening storm, Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death. This is an amazing true story of an expedition fated for disaster, of the blind ambition that drives people to attempt such dangerous ventures, and of a modern-day hero, who risked his own life to save others.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60677Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Author: Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston Dewalt Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Author: Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston Dewalt Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world—but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor leadership, bad decisions, and a blinding storm conspired to kill. Twenty-three men and women, disoriented and out of oxygen, struggled to find their way down the side of the mountain. In the dark, battered by snow and driven by hurricane-force winds, some of the climbers became hopelessly lost and resigned themselves to death. But head climbing guide Anatoli Boukreev refused to give up hope. Climbing blind in the maw of a life-threatening storm, Boukreev brought climbers back from the edge of certain death. This is an amazing true story of an expedition fated for disaster, of the blind ambition that drives people to attempt such dangerous ventures, and of a modern-day hero, who risked his own life to save others.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-unquiet-mind-a-memoir-of-moods-and-madness-by-kay-redfield-jamison--65150605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Author: Kay Redfield Jamison Narrator: Kay Redfield Jamison Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 12, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 77 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.  Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60328Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Author: Kay Redfield Jamison Narrator: Kay Redfield Jamison Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Author: Kay Redfield Jamison Narrator: Kay Redfield Jamison Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 12, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 77 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.  Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hayek-his-contribution-to-the-political-and-economic-thought-of-our-time-by-eamonn-butler--65150598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time Author: Eamonn Butler Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nobel prize winner F. A. Hayek is one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, but up to now there has been no book for the non-specialist that describes his ideas and explains their significance. Eamonn Butler’s clear, systematic, perceptive study fills this gap. Starting with a short survey of Hayek’s life, Dr. Butler goes on to analyze all the main elements in his thought under six basic headings: Understanding How Society Works; The Market Process; Hayek’s Critique of Socialism; Criticism of Social Justice; The Institutions of a Liberal Order; and The Constitution of a Liberal State. Hayek’s influence in helping a generation to understand the nature of society and the errors of collectivism goes far beyond that of any other writer of his period. Having been decades ahead of his time when he began to write, Hayek is proving to be one of the most seminal thinkers of our age.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60630Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time Author: Eamonn Butler Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time Author: Eamonn Butler Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nobel prize winner F. A. Hayek is one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, but up to now there has been no book for the non-specialist that describes his ideas and explains their significance. Eamonn Butler’s clear, systematic, perceptive study fills this gap. Starting with a short survey of Hayek’s life, Dr. Butler goes on to analyze all the main elements in his thought under six basic headings: Understanding How Society Works; The Market Process; Hayek’s Critique of Socialism; Criticism of Social Justice; The Institutions of a Liberal Order; and The Constitution of a Liberal State. Hayek’s influence in helping a generation to understand the nature of society and the errors of collectivism goes far beyond that of any other writer of his period. Having been decades ahead of his time when he began to write, Hayek is proving to be one of the most seminal thinkers of our age.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-darwin-myth-the-life-and-lies-of-charles-darwin-by-benjamin-wiker--65150618https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin Author: Benjamin Wiker Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 18, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's reputation has wavered between two extremes—secular saint or heretic. But the truth is much more complicated than that. While he was by all accounts a kind and virtuous man, Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection has been one of the most destructive ideas in history. So who is Charles Darwin? What did he really believe—and what did his research really prove? Laying out the evidence and sound scientific arguments, Wiker offers a critical analysis of Darwin's theories as well as the social, scientific, and religious implications of his work, illuminating the inevitable truth about Darwin's powerful, yet ultimately poisonous, legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60434Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin Author: Benjamin Wiker Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin Author: Benjamin Wiker Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 18, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's reputation has wavered between two extremes—secular saint or heretic. But the truth is much more complicated than that. While he was by all accounts a kind and virtuous man, Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection has been one of the most destructive ideas in history. So who is Charles Darwin? What did he really believe—and what did his research really prove? Laying out the evidence and sound scientific arguments, Wiker offers a critical analysis of Darwin's theories as well as the social, scientific, and religious implications of his work, illuminating the inevitable truth about Darwin's powerful, yet ultimately poisonous, legacy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/up-from-slavery-by-booker-t-washington--65150583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up from Slavery Author: Booker T. Washington Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For the fifty years that followed its original publication in 1901, Up From Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington was the embodiment of the American self-made man, and his autobiography gave voice for the first time to a vast group that had to pull itself up from nothing. The well-documented ordeals and observations of this humble and plainspoken schoolmaster reveal traces of Washington's other nature: the ambitious and tough-minded analyst. Here was a man who had to balance the demands of his fellow blacks with the constraints imposed on him by whites. Historically acknowledged as one of America's most powerful and persuasive orators, Booker T. Washington consistently challenged the forces of racial prejudice at a time when such behavior from a black man was unheard of. While he mollified white leaders by publicly agreeing with their racist views of social parity, he also worked tirelessly to convince blacks to work together as one people in order to improve their lives and the future of their race. This story of Booker T. Washington's rise to distinction emphasizes that a strong work ethic and excellence in whatever one is doing will be rewarded no matter what race or what position a person holds in life. As far as Washington was concerned, slavery only made the black person stronger. He also argued that both blacks and whites would benefit more from giving blacks vocational training than from encouraging the 'craze for Greek and Latin learning.' While this set him at odds with other black leaders of his time, it also set the groundwork for Washington's Tuskegee Institute to be the best-funded black educational institution of its era.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119639Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up from Slavery Author: Booker T. Washington Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up from Slavery Author: Booker T. Washington Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For the fifty years that followed its original publication in 1901, Up From Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington was the embodiment of the American self-made man, and his autobiography gave voice for the first time to a vast group that had to pull itself up from nothing. The well-documented ordeals and observations of this humble and plainspoken schoolmaster reveal traces of Washington's other nature: the ambitious and tough-minded analyst. Here was a man who had to balance the demands of his fellow blacks with the constraints imposed on him by whites. Historically acknowledged as one of America's most powerful and persuasive orators, Booker T. Washington consistently challenged the forces of racial prejudice at a time when such behavior from a black man was unheard of. While he mollified white leaders by publicly agreeing with their racist views of social parity, he also worked tirelessly to convince blacks to work together as one people in order to improve their lives and the future of their race. This story of Booker T. Washington's rise to distinction emphasizes that a strong work ethic and excellence in whatever one is doing will be rewarded no matter what race or what position a person holds in life. As far as Washington was concerned, slavery only made the black person stronger. He also argued that both blacks and whites would benefit more from giving blacks vocational training than from encouraging the 'craze for Greek and Latin learning.' While this set him at odds with other black leaders of his time, it also set the groundwork for Washington's Tuskegee Institute to be the best-funded black educational institution of its era.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ayn-rand-and-the-world-she-made-by-anne-c-heller--65150662https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ayn Rand and the World She Made Author: Anne C. Heller Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 27, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ayn Rand is best known as the author of two phenomenally best-selling ideological novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over twelve million copies in the United States alone. Through them, she built a cult following in the late 1950s and became the guiding light of Libertarianism and of White House economic policy in the 1960s and ‘70s. Her defenses of radical individualism and of selfishness as a “capitalist virtue” have permanently altered the American cultural landscape. Anne Conover Heller traveled to Russia to discover Rand’s Russian and Jewish roots and her misunderstood youth, interview surviving acquaintances, and unearth new archival material. The result is the most comprehensive, revealing and unbiased biography of one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59808Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ayn Rand and the World She Made Author: Anne C. Heller Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ayn Rand and the World She Made Author: Anne C. Heller Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 27, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ayn Rand is best known as the author of two phenomenally best-selling ideological novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over twelve million copies in the United States alone. Through them, she built a cult following in the late 1950s and became the guiding light of Libertarianism and of White House economic policy in the 1960s and ‘70s. Her defenses of radical individualism and of selfishness as a “capitalist virtue” have permanently altered the American cultural landscape. Anne Conover Heller traveled to Russia to discover Rand’s Russian and Jewish roots and her misunderstood youth, interview surviving acquaintances, and unearth new archival material. The result is the most comprehensive, revealing and unbiased biography of one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-mother-the-official-biography-by-william-shawcross--65150574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen Mother: The Official Biography Author: William Shawcross Narrator: William Shawcross Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 27, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles—and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the ourse of an entire century. Now, William Shawcross—given unrestricted access to the Queen Mother’s personal papers, letters, and diaries—gives us a portrait of unprecedented vividness and detail. Here is the girl who helped convalescing soldiers during the First World War . . . the young Duchess of York helping her reluctant husband assume the throne when his brother abdicated . . . the Queen refusing to take refuge from the bombing of London, risking her own life to instill courage and hope in others who were living through the Blitz . . . the dowager Queen—the last Edwardian, the charming survivor of a long-lost era—representing her nation at home and abroad . . . the matriarch of the Royal Family and “the nation’s best-loved grandmother.” A revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121273Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen Mother: The Official Biography Author: William Shawcross Narrator: William Shawcross Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen Mother: The Official Biography Author: William Shawcross Narrator: William Shawcross Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 27, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles—and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined that her long life (she died in 2002) would come to reflect a changing nation over the ourse of an entire century. Now, William Shawcross—given unrestricted access to the Queen Mother’s personal papers, letters, and diaries—gives us a portrait of unprecedented vividness and detail. Here is the girl who helped convalescing soldiers during the First World War . . . the young Duchess of York helping her reluctant husband assume the throne when his brother abdicated . . . the Queen refusing to take refuge from the bombing of London, risking her own life to instill courage and hope in others who were living through the Blitz . . . the dowager Queen—the last Edwardian, the charming survivor of a long-lost era—representing her nation at home and abroad . . . the matriarch of the Royal Family and “the nation’s best-loved grandmother.” A revelatory royal biography that is, as well, a singular history of Britain in the twentieth century.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-the-new-black-by-anthony-bozza-tracy-morgan--65150675https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am the New Black Author: Anthony Bozza, Tracy Morgan Narrator: Tracy Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 20, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious character Tracy Jordan on the award-winning hit sitcom 30 Rock, whose turbulent personal life often mirrors that of his fictional alter ego? Is he Chico Divine, the life of the party–any party, anytime, anywhere–getting ladies pregnant everywhere he goes? Or is he a soulful, tender family man who emerged from a hardscrabble ghetto upbringing and, against all odds, achieved superstardom, raised a solid family, prevailed over a collection of lethal bad habits, and is still ascending new heights and coming into his own? The answer is: Tracy Morgan is all that. And a bag of potato chips with a 50¢ soda. When he was just a boy living in the Tompkins Projects in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, being funny was about survival. With the right snap, Tracy could shut down the playground bullies who picked on him and his physically disabled older brother. And with a wild enough prank, he could exact revenge on whoever stole his Pumas at the community pool. Later, being funny was about escape–from the untouchable sadness of his father's death, from the desperation of the drug dealer's trade, from the life-and-death battles waged on the streets of the South Bronx in the age of crack. But these days being funny is about living his dream–a dream born in the comedy clubs of Harlem and realized on shows like Martin and Saturday Night Live, where he was a cast member for seven years, and in movies like The Longest Yard and Half-Baked. With brutal honesty and his trademark take-no-prisoners humor, Tracy tells the story of his rise to fame, with all its highs and its many lows–from the very public battles with alcohol and diabetes that threatened both his career and his life to the private and poignant end of his twenty-year marriage. In his singularly warped and brilliant way he muses on family, love, sex, race, politics, ambition, and what it takes to bring the funny. Hilarious, inspiring, searing, and touching, I Am the New Black is a fascinating peek inside the minds of one of the most compelling and defining comedians of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59845Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am the New Black Author: Anthony Bozza, Tracy Morgan Narrator: Tracy Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am the New Black Author: Anthony Bozza, Tracy Morgan Narrator: Tracy Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 20, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious character Tracy Jordan on the award-winning hit sitcom 30 Rock, whose turbulent personal life often mirrors that of his fictional alter ego? Is he Chico Divine, the life of the party–any party, anytime, anywhere–getting ladies pregnant everywhere he goes? Or is he a soulful, tender family man who emerged from a hardscrabble ghetto upbringing and, against all odds, achieved superstardom, raised a solid family, prevailed over a collection of lethal bad habits, and is still ascending new heights and coming into his own? The answer is: Tracy Morgan is all that. And a bag of potato chips with a 50¢ soda. When he was just a boy living in the Tompkins Projects in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, being funny was about survival. With the right snap, Tracy could shut down the playground bullies who picked on him and his physically disabled older brother. And with a wild enough prank, he could exact revenge on whoever stole his Pumas at the community pool. Later, being funny was about escape–from the untouchable sadness of his father's death, from the desperation of the drug dealer's trade, from the life-and-death battles waged on the streets of the South Bronx in the age of crack. But these days being funny is about living his dream–a dream born in the comedy clubs of Harlem and realized on shows like Martin and Saturday Night Live, where he was a cast member for seven years, and in movies like The Longest Yard and Half-Baked. With brutal honesty and his trademark take-no-prisoners humor, Tracy tells the story of his rise to fame, with all its highs and its many lows–from the very public battles with alcohol and diabetes that threatened both his career and his life to the private and poignant end of his twenty-year marriage. In his singularly warped and brilliant way he muses on family, love, sex, race, politics, ambition, and what it takes to bring the funny. Hilarious, inspiring, searing, and touching, I Am the New Black is a fascinating peek inside the minds of one of the most compelling and defining comedians of our time.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-philosophy-of-thomas-aquinas-by-peter-kreeft--65150575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas Author: Peter Kreeft Narrator: Peter Kreeft Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 16, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An enthusiastic admirer of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, professor and philosopher Peter Kreeft details the rational thought and precise literary talent that established Aquinas as the foremost thinker of his time-and as the most important philosopher for the almost two thousand years between Aristotle and Descartes. A landmark of philosophical achievement, Aquinas's Summa Theologica has given theologians and philosophers much to discuss since the thirteenth century. Peter Kreeft explains why.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60475Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas Author: Peter Kreeft Narrator: Peter Kreeft Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas Author: Peter Kreeft Narrator: Peter Kreeft Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 16, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An enthusiastic admirer of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, professor and philosopher Peter Kreeft details the rational thought and precise literary talent that established Aquinas as the foremost thinker of his time-and as the most important philosopher for the almost two thousand years between Aristotle and Descartes. A landmark of philosophical achievement, Aquinas's Summa Theologica has given theologians and philosophers much to discuss since the thirteenth century. Peter Kreeft explains why.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strength-in-what-remains-by-tracy-kidder--65150658https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strength in What Remains Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Tracy Kidder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man’s remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him–a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances. Deo arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, plagued by horrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettable story as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life in search of meaning and forgiveness. An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59220Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strength in What Remains Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Tracy Kidder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strength in What Remains Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Tracy Kidder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man’s remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him–a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances. Deo arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, plagued by horrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettable story as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life in search of meaning and forgiveness. An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-patient-tells-a-story-medical-mysteries-and-the-art-of-diagnosis-by-lisa-sanders--65150673https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Patient Tells A Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis Author: Lisa Sanders Narrator: Lisa Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 11, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column 'Diagnosis,' the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. 'The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in the hospital or in my office who are suddenly, surprisingly ill, what they really want to know is, ‘What is wrong with me?’ They want a road map that will help them manage their new surroundings. The ability to give this unnerving and unfamiliar place a name, to know it—on some level—restores a measure of control, independent of whether or not that diagnosis comes attached to a cure. Because, even today, a diagnosis is frequently all a good doctor has to offer.' A healthy young man suddenly loses his memory—making him unable to remember the events of each passing hour. Two patients diagnosed with Lyme disease improve after antibiotic treatment—only to have their symptoms mysteriously return. A young woman lies dying in the ICU—bleeding, jaundiced, incoherent—and none of her doctors know what is killing her. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Lisa Sanders takes us bedside to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a firsthand account of the expertise and intuition that lead a doctor to make the right diagnosis. Never in human history have doctors had the knowledge, the tools, and the skills that they have today to diagnose illness and disease. And yet mistakes are made, diagnoses missed, symptoms or tests misunderstood. In this high-tech world of modern medicine, Sanders shows us that knowledge, while essential, is not sufficient to unravel the complexities of illness. She presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness—the diagnosis—revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient’s story, the challenges of the physical exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Sanders chronicles the real-life drama of doctors solving these difficult medical mysteries that not only illustrate the art and science of diagnosis, but often save the patients’ lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58848Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Patient Tells A Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis Author: Lisa Sanders Narrator: Lisa Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Patient Tells A Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis Author: Lisa Sanders Narrator: Lisa Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 11, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column 'Diagnosis,' the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. 'The experience of being ill can be like waking up in a foreign country. Life, as you formerly knew it, is on hold while you travel through this other world as unknown as it is unexpected. When I see patients in the hospital or in my office who are suddenly, surprisingly ill, what they really want to know is, ‘What is wrong with me?’ They want a road map that will help them manage their new surroundings. The ability to give this unnerving and unfamiliar place a name, to know it—on some level—restores a measure of control, independent of whether or not that diagnosis comes attached to a cure. Because, even today, a diagnosis is frequently all a good doctor has to offer.' A healthy young man suddenly loses his memory—making him unable to remember the events of each passing hour. Two patients diagnosed with Lyme disease improve after antibiotic treatment—only to have their symptoms mysteriously return. A young woman lies dying in the ICU—bleeding, jaundiced, incoherent—and none of her doctors know what is killing her. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Lisa Sanders takes us bedside to witness the process of solving these and other diagnostic dilemmas, providing a firsthand account of the expertise and intuition that lead a doctor to make the right diagnosis. Never in human history have doctors had the knowledge, the tools, and the skills that they have today to diagnose illness and disease. And yet mistakes are made, diagnoses missed, symptoms or tests misunderstood. In this high-tech world of modern medicine, Sanders shows us that knowledge, while essential, is not sufficient to unravel the complexities of illness. She presents an unflinching look inside the detective story that marks nearly every illness—the diagnosis—revealing the combination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients who are sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, Sanders portrays the absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient’s story, the challenges of the physical exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, the vagaries of tests, and the near calamity of diagnostic errors. In Every Patient Tells a Story, Dr. Sanders chronicles the real-life drama of doctors solving these difficult medical mysteries that not only illustrate the art and science of diagnosis, but often save the patients’ lives.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stilwell-and-the-american-experience-in-china-1911-45-by-barbara-w-tuchman--65150651https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of one of our men on the ground. In the cantankerous but level-headed “Vinegar Joe,” Tuchman found a subject who allowed her to perform, in the words of the National Review, “one of the historian’s most envied magic acts: conjoining a fine biography of a man with a fascinating epic story.” Joseph Stilwell was the military attaché to China in 1935 to 1939, commander of United States forces, and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942–44. His story unfolds against the background of China’s history, from the revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China’s Nationalist government faced attack from Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58914Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of one of our men on the ground. In the cantankerous but level-headed “Vinegar Joe,” Tuchman found a subject who allowed her to perform, in the words of the National Review, “one of the historian’s most envied magic acts: conjoining a fine biography of a man with a fascinating epic story.” Joseph Stilwell was the military attaché to China in 1935 to 1939, commander of United States forces, and allied chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek in 1942–44. His story unfolds against the background of China’s history, from the revolution of 1911 to the turmoil of World War II, when China’s Nationalist government faced attack from Japanese invaders and Communist insurgents.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ecce-homo-by-friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche--65150650https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: Stephen Van Doren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book passes under review all of Nietzsche’s previous works so that we, his “posthumous” readers, can finally understand him on his own terms. He reaches final reckonings with his many enemies, including Richard Wagner, German nationalism, “modern men” in general, and above all, Christianity, proclaiming himself the Antichrist. Ecce Homo is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career, a last great testament to Nietzsche’s will. A main purpose of the book was to offer Nietzsche’s own perspective on his work as a philosopher and human being. Ecce Homo also forcefully repudiates those interpretations of his previous works purporting to find support there for imperialism, anti-Semitism, militarism, and social Darwinism. Nietzsche strives to present a new image of the philosopher and of himself as a philosopher. He expounds upon his life as a child, his tastes as an individual, and his vision for humanity. According to one of Nietzsche’s most prominent English translators, Walter Kaufmann, this book offers “Nietzsche’s own interpretation of his development, his works, and his significance.” Within this work, Nietzsche is self-consciously striving to present a new image of the philosopher and of himself. On these grounds, some consider Ecce Homo a literary work comparable in its artistry to Van Gogh’s paintings.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58922Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: Stephen Van Doren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: Stephen Van Doren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book passes under review all of Nietzsche’s previous works so that we, his “posthumous” readers, can finally understand him on his own terms. He reaches final reckonings with his many enemies, including Richard Wagner, German nationalism, “modern men” in general, and above all, Christianity, proclaiming himself the Antichrist. Ecce Homo is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career, a last great testament to Nietzsche’s will. A main purpose of the book was to offer Nietzsche’s own perspective on his work as a philosopher and human being. Ecce Homo also forcefully repudiates those interpretations of his previous works purporting to find support there for imperialism, anti-Semitism, militarism, and social Darwinism. Nietzsche strives to present a new image of the philosopher and of himself as a philosopher. He expounds upon his life as a child, his tastes as an individual, and his vision for humanity. According to one of Nietzsche’s most prominent English translators, Walter Kaufmann, this book offers “Nietzsche’s own interpretation of his development, his works, and his significance.” Within this work, Nietzsche is self-consciously striving to present a new image of the philosopher and of himself. On these grounds, some consider Ecce Homo a literary work comparable in its artistry to Van Gogh’s paintings.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-moveable-feast-the-restored-edition-by-ernest-hemingway--65150693https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 14, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text before publication. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest’s sole surviving son, and an introduction by grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, editor of this edition, the book also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley. Also included are irreverent portraits of literary luminaries, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford, and insightful recollections of Hemingway’s own early experiments with his craft. Widely celebrated and debated by critics and readers everywhere, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58553Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 14, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text before publication. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest’s sole surviving son, and an introduction by grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, editor of this edition, the book also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley. Also included are irreverent portraits of literary luminaries, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford, and insightful recollections of Hemingway’s own early experiments with his craft. Widely celebrated and debated by critics and readers everywhere, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-life-1849-1855-a-mid-life-crisis-and-a-re-entry-to-politics-by-michael-burlingame--65150657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1849-1855: A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics (1849-1855) “I was losing interest in politics and went to the practice of law with greater earnestness than ever before” - Mid-life Crises (1849-1854) This point in Lincoln’s life is marked by a sudden return to the practice of law. Highly moral and judicious, he often took little or no money for cases, and would not represent a client if he didn’t believe in his case. Lincoln tried to settle many cases out of court. He developed a persona of being affable and open, especially to juries, giving him a noted advantage. He also served on the circuit courts, where lawyers had to prepare cases quickly and where lodging was often quite difficult to find. This period is marked by the passing of both Lincoln’s son Eddie and his father, and it notes Lincoln’s acceptance of Christianity. “Aroused as he had never been before” – Reentering Politics (1854-1855) The encroachment of slavery to other states caused Lincoln to put a hold on his law career and take up the cause of abolition. He was derogatorily attacked by opposing politicians who are against his ideals. Lincoln was approached by the anti-foreign, anti-Catholic Know Nothing party asking for his representation in the legislature, which he refused. In many speeches, Lincoln begins to attack the morality of Southern slave-holders and the hypocrisy of slavery existing in the U.S. He is also narrowly defeated in his bid for senate.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122611Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1849-1855: A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1849-1855: A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics (1849-1855) “I was losing interest in politics and went to the practice of law with greater earnestness than ever before” - Mid-life Crises (1849-1854) This point in Lincoln’s life is marked by a sudden return to the practice of law. Highly moral and judicious, he often took little or no money for cases, and would not represent a client if he didn’t believe in his case. Lincoln tried to settle many cases out of court. He developed a persona of being affable and open, especially to juries, giving him a noted advantage. He also served on the circuit courts, where lawyers had to prepare cases quickly and where lodging was often quite difficult to find. This period is marked by the passing of both Lincoln’s son Eddie and his father, and it notes Lincoln’s acceptance of Christianity. “Aroused as he had never been before” – Reentering Politics (1854-1855) The encroachment of slavery to other states caused Lincoln to put a hold on his law career and take up the cause of abolition. He was derogatorily attacked by opposing politicians who are against his ideals. Lincoln was approached by the anti-foreign, anti-Catholic Know Nothing party asking for his representation in the legislature, which he refused. In many speeches, Lincoln begins to attack the morality of Southern slave-holders and the hypocrisy of slavery existing in the U.S. He is also narrowly defeated in his bid for senate.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-life-1855-1858-building-a-new-party-a-house-divided-and-the-lincoln-douglas-debates-by-michael-burlingame--65150647https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1855-1858: Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates ( 1855-1858) “Unite With Us and Help Us to Triumph” – Building the Illinois Republican Party ( 1855-1857) Lincoln struggles to form a new party to take the place of the defunct Whig party. He has strong doubts that a peaceful end to slavery is possible. Joining with anti-slavery, anti-nativist forces, Lincoln launches the Republican Party of Illinois and the first Republican convention takes place. Supporting a non-radical anti-slavery platform Lincoln intervenes between radicals and conservatives to settle disputes at the convention. When the Dred Scott case is decided, Lincoln publicly denounces the court decision. His finest debates with Stephen A. Douglass take place and Lincoln calls into question the hypocrisy of the Southern disgust of race mixing, as the population of Southern mulattos “dwarfed” that of the north. “A House Divided” Lincoln vs. Douglass (1857-1858) Stephen Douglass vies for Republican support and begins to deny his affiliations with Democrats, stating that he had planned to curtail the spread of slavery geographically by building a railroad. Yet as late as 1858, Douglass wrote often of his belief, which had historical precedent, that blacks were not self-governing citizens and could not be granted passports. Lincoln saw him as a threat in that Douglas’ views were able to win Republicans and at the same time woo Democrats. During this time, Lincoln delivers his famous “house divided” speech in which he claims that slavery must either exist or cease to exist in all territories. “A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath” –the Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858 Despite Douglass being more popular than Lincoln, he lost many supporters due to strong and growing anti-slavery sentiments, a dwindling support from the Whig party, and a general dissatisfaction with the Democrat party. Douglass arrived well dressed for the debates with horse-drawn carriages and bands, whereas Lincoln would arrive quietly by train, and in very shabby clothing. Douglass often took to misquoting and lying, which local newspapers noted, sparking harsh criticism of him. The press also purposefully published inaccurate transcriptions of Lincoln’s speeches. Democratic election fraud was largely at play as Republicans failed to gain control of the legislature although the Republican popular vote was larger than it had been in 1856.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122612Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1855-1858: Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1855-1858: Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates ( 1855-1858) “Unite With Us and Help Us to Triumph” – Building the Illinois Republican Party ( 1855-1857) Lincoln struggles to form a new party to take the place of the defunct Whig party. He has strong doubts that a peaceful end to slavery is possible. Joining with anti-slavery, anti-nativist forces, Lincoln launches the Republican Party of Illinois and the first Republican convention takes place. Supporting a non-radical anti-slavery platform Lincoln intervenes between radicals and conservatives to settle disputes at the convention. When the Dred Scott case is decided, Lincoln publicly denounces the court decision. His finest debates with Stephen A. Douglass take place and Lincoln calls into question the hypocrisy of the Southern disgust of race mixing, as the population of Southern mulattos “dwarfed” that of the north. “A House Divided” Lincoln vs. Douglass (1857-1858) Stephen Douglass vies for Republican support and begins to deny his affiliations with Democrats, stating that he had planned to curtail the spread of slavery geographically by building a railroad. Yet as late as 1858, Douglass wrote often of his belief, which had historical precedent, that blacks were not self-governing citizens and could not be granted passports. Lincoln saw him as a threat in that Douglas’ views were able to win Republicans and at the same time woo Democrats. During this time, Lincoln delivers his famous “house divided” speech in which he claims that slavery must either exist or cease to exist in all territories. “A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath” –the Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858 Despite Douglass being more popular than Lincoln, he lost many supporters due to strong and growing anti-slavery sentiments, a dwindling support from the Whig party, and a general dissatisfaction with the Democrat party. Douglass arrived well dressed for the debates with horse-drawn carriages and bands, whereas Lincoln would arrive quietly by train, and in very shabby clothing. Douglass often took to misquoting and lying, which local newspapers noted, sparking harsh criticism of him. The press also purposefully published inaccurate transcriptions of Lincoln’s speeches. Democratic election fraud was largely at play as Republicans failed to gain control of the legislature although the Republican popular vote was larger than it had been in 1856.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-life-1809-1837-lincoln-s-frontier-background-shapes-the-future-president-by-michael-burlingame--65150642https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-1837: Lincoln's Frontier Background Shapes the Future President Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” Lincoln’s Frontier Background Shapes the Future President ( 1809-1837) 'I have seen a good deal of the backside of this world.' In Chapter 1, we are introduced to Lincoln's lineage and the history of his grandparents, his parents and the various locations in which they settled. But this chapter is mainly devoted to Lincoln’s father Thomas, recounting many of his ventures, personality traits and the intricacies of his relationship with his son. We also learn of his son’s childhood experiences, mainly those in his first seven years, which helped shape Lincoln into the man he becomes. 'I used to be a slave” - Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana This chapter begins with an account of the Lincoln family's difficult move to Indiana and the intense labor it took to build a home there. The Indiana years were marked by the death of Lincoln's mother and the introduction of Lincoln's stepmother, the woman who cultivated his interests and encouraged his education. We get a clear understanding of the role that learning and education played in his life, his developing personality, work ethic and religious views. 'Separated from his father, he studied English Grammar” - New Salem (1831-1834) Chapter 3 begins with a description of the business ventures that Lincoln participated in and leads to several anecdotes which give us a clear idea of the character and personality of the future president. We get a true understanding of his years in New Salem and his experiences there as he progresses from store clerk, to soldier, frontier merchant, surveyor, postmaster, political personality and on to the state legislature. 'A Napoleon of astuteness and political finesse” - Frontier Legislature (1834-1837) This chapter goes further into Lincoln's law studies and political career as a legislator and outlines the ideologies that shape his presidency. We also learn of his relationship with Ann Rutledge, whose passing leads him into a severe depression. His votes and work in the legislature begin to reflect his pro-suffrage, equal rights views.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122535Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-1837: Lincoln's Frontier Background Shapes the Future President Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-1837: Lincoln's Frontier Background Shapes the Future President Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” Lincoln’s Frontier Background Shapes the Future President ( 1809-1837) 'I have seen a good deal of the backside of this world.' In Chapter 1, we are introduced to Lincoln's lineage and the history of his grandparents, his parents and the various locations in which they settled. But this chapter is mainly devoted to Lincoln’s father Thomas, recounting many of his ventures, personality traits and the intricacies of his relationship with his son. We also learn of his son’s childhood experiences, mainly those in his first seven years, which helped shape Lincoln into the man he becomes. 'I used to be a slave” - Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana This chapter begins with an account of the Lincoln family's difficult move to Indiana and the intense labor it took to build a home there. The Indiana years were marked by the death of Lincoln's mother and the introduction of Lincoln's stepmother, the woman who cultivated his interests and encouraged his education. We get a clear understanding of the role that learning and education played in his life, his developing personality, work ethic and religious views. 'Separated from his father, he studied English Grammar” - New Salem (1831-1834) Chapter 3 begins with a description of the business ventures that Lincoln participated in and leads to several anecdotes which give us a clear idea of the character and personality of the future president. We get a true understanding of his years in New Salem and his experiences there as he progresses from store clerk, to soldier, frontier merchant, surveyor, postmaster, political personality and on to the state legislature. 'A Napoleon of astuteness and political finesse” - Frontier Legislature (1834-1837) This chapter goes further into Lincoln's law studies and political career as a legislator and outlines the ideologies that shape his presidency. We also learn of his relationship with Ann Rutledge, whose passing leads him into a severe depression. His votes and work in the legislature begin to reflect his pro-suffrage, equal rights views.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-life-1859-1860-the-rail-splitter-fights-for-and-wins-the-republican-nomination-by-michael-burlingame--65150599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1859-1860: The 'Rail Splitter' Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” The ‘Rail Splitter’ Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) “That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep” – Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) Lincoln’s speeches were being published and widely circulated, as he began to practice law again as a means of income. When John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry occurred, Democrats cited this as an example of slave-agitation caused by the Republicans. Lincoln also began to address the southern threat of succession, deeming it an ‘act of treason’. In 1860, leading Republicans sought to boost Lincoln’s candidacy, as many saw him as the ‘more-electable’ of the candidates. Of all of the speeches in his political career, the ones that seemed the most difficult for Lincoln were his New York speeches as they made him feel uncomfortable and out of place. During this time, Lincoln acquired the moniker “rail-splitter” which stemmed from a casual comment he made. “The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans” – The Chicago Convention May 1860 Lincoln seemed to have a good chance of winning the election, despite his opponent, William Henry Seward. One major hurdle Lincoln faced was that he was seen as radical compared to Seward. Also, Seward supporters ranged from the sophisticated to the brash, and often made Lincoln feel inferior. But Seward was racked with mistakes of his political past in New York which included fiscal impropriety. A major victory for Lincoln at this point is Indiana, a victory that slows Seward’s momentum. Lincoln ultimately beats Seward for the Republican nomination.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122614Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1859-1860: The 'Rail Splitter' Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1859-1860: The 'Rail Splitter' Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” The ‘Rail Splitter’ Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) “That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep” – Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) Lincoln’s speeches were being published and widely circulated, as he began to practice law again as a means of income. When John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry occurred, Democrats cited this as an example of slave-agitation caused by the Republicans. Lincoln also began to address the southern threat of succession, deeming it an ‘act of treason’. In 1860, leading Republicans sought to boost Lincoln’s candidacy, as many saw him as the ‘more-electable’ of the candidates. Of all of the speeches in his political career, the ones that seemed the most difficult for Lincoln were his New York speeches as they made him feel uncomfortable and out of place. During this time, Lincoln acquired the moniker “rail-splitter” which stemmed from a casual comment he made. “The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans” – The Chicago Convention May 1860 Lincoln seemed to have a good chance of winning the election, despite his opponent, William Henry Seward. One major hurdle Lincoln faced was that he was seen as radical compared to Seward. Also, Seward supporters ranged from the sophisticated to the brash, and often made Lincoln feel inferior. But Seward was racked with mistakes of his political past in New York which included fiscal impropriety. A major victory for Lincoln at this point is Indiana, a victory that slows Seward’s momentum. Lincoln ultimately beats Seward for the Republican nomination.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-life-1837-1842-a-righteous-lawyer-deals-with-an-unhappy-marriage-by-michael-burlingame--65150590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1837-1842: A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage (1837-1842) 'We must fight the devil with fire” - Slasher Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837-1841) Lincoln's studies lead to him becoming a successful lawyer in Illinois. He is often published anonymously during the political campaign of 1837 and his works include detailed rebuttals against opposing politicians. As a pivotal member of the Whig party, Lincoln openly begins to condemn mob violence and lynching, and begins to publicly denounce slavery in his speeches. This chapter details much of the wrongdoings and disorderly conduct that mark the political landscape of the time. “It would just kill me to marry Mary Todd” - Courtship and Marriage (1840-1842) This chapter is entirely dedicated to Lincoln’s courtship and marriage to his wife, Mary Todd. His complete opposite, she is abusive, spiteful, argumentative and extremely thrifty. Many attribute Lincoln’s drive to become president to her, as even before their marriage, she referred to herself as a president’s wife and her disagreeable temperament often drove him out of the domestic realm and into the streets with the common people, making him extremely popular in the community.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122536Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1837-1842: A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1837-1842: A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage (1837-1842) 'We must fight the devil with fire” - Slasher Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837-1841) Lincoln's studies lead to him becoming a successful lawyer in Illinois. He is often published anonymously during the political campaign of 1837 and his works include detailed rebuttals against opposing politicians. As a pivotal member of the Whig party, Lincoln openly begins to condemn mob violence and lynching, and begins to publicly denounce slavery in his speeches. This chapter details much of the wrongdoings and disorderly conduct that mark the political landscape of the time. “It would just kill me to marry Mary Todd” - Courtship and Marriage (1840-1842) This chapter is entirely dedicated to Lincoln’s courtship and marriage to his wife, Mary Todd. His complete opposite, she is abusive, spiteful, argumentative and extremely thrifty. Many attribute Lincoln’s drive to become president to her, as even before their marriage, she referred to herself as a president’s wife and her disagreeable temperament often drove him out of the domestic realm and into the streets with the common people, making him extremely popular in the community.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abraham-lincoln-a-life-1843-1849-a-win-in-congress-and-a-battle-against-slavery-by-michael-burlingame--65150581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1843-1849: A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery (1843-1849) “I have got the preacher by the balls” - Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843-1847) This chapter begins with Lincoln’s fight for a seat in congress against two other Whig candidates. This part of his life is notably marked by domestic disturbances, many of which shaped people’s idea of Lincoln, the man. Taking a pro-tariff stance in his campaign, he is elected to congress in 1846. We learn of his affinity to poetry, which he avidly read and wrote, and see the development of the ‘old Abe’ archetype, which apparently stemmed from a casual nickname and stuck with him for the rest of his life. “A strong but judicious enemy to slavery” - Congressman Lincoln (1847-1849) As a member of congress the Lincolns move to Washington, which at the time could be described as a city dealing with both ‘magnificence and squalor.’ Lincoln became very popular for his wit and humor. His time in congress is marked by a very strong anti-Mexican War sentiment and a denunciation of President Polk, for which he was criticized. He battles for the Whig Party opinion that slavery should not spread to free territories and should be abolished where it exists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122537Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1843-1849: A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1843-1849: A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.” Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a “…profound and masterful portrait.” A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery (1843-1849) “I have got the preacher by the balls” - Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843-1847) This chapter begins with Lincoln’s fight for a seat in congress against two other Whig candidates. This part of his life is notably marked by domestic disturbances, many of which shaped people’s idea of Lincoln, the man. Taking a pro-tariff stance in his campaign, he is elected to congress in 1846. We learn of his affinity to poetry, which he avidly read and wrote, and see the development of the ‘old Abe’ archetype, which apparently stemmed from a casual nickname and stuck with him for the rest of his life. “A strong but judicious enemy to slavery” - Congressman Lincoln (1847-1849) As a member of congress the Lincolns move to Washington, which at the time could be described as a city dealing with both ‘magnificence and squalor.’ Lincoln became very popular for his wit and humor. His time in congress is marked by a very strong anti-Mexican War sentiment and a denunciation of President Polk, for which he was criticized. He battles for the Whig Party opinion that slavery should not spread to free territories and should be abolished where it exists.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/warlord-a-life-of-churchill-at-war-1874-1945-by-carlo-d-este--65150680https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Warlordis the definitive chronicle of Winston Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars. Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually at age sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns as prime minister and defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito for the democracies. Even though Churchill became one of the towering political leaders of the twentieth century, his childhood ambition was to be a soldier. Using extensive, untapped archival materials, D'Este reveals important and untold observations from Churchill's personal physician, as well as other colleagues and family members, in order to illuminate his character as never before. Warlord explores Churchill's strategies behind the major military campaigns of World War I and World War II—both his dazzling successes and disastrous failures—while also revealing his tumultuous relationships with his generals and other commanders, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. As riveting as the man it portrays,Warlordis a masterful, unsparing portrait of one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders during what was arguably the most crucial event in human history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Warlordis the definitive chronicle of Winston Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars. Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually at age sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns as prime minister and defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito for the democracies. Even though Churchill became one of the towering political leaders of the twentieth century, his childhood ambition was to be a soldier. Using extensive, untapped archival materials, D'Este reveals important and untold observations from Churchill's personal physician, as well as other colleagues and family members, in order to illuminate his character as never before. Warlord explores Churchill's strategies behind the major military campaigns of World War I and World War II—both his dazzling successes and disastrous failures—while also revealing his tumultuous relationships with his generals and other commanders, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. As riveting as the man it portrays,Warlordis a masterful, unsparing portrait of one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders during what was arguably the most crucial event in human history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-the-founding-fathers-by-brion-mcclanahan--65150669https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Brion McClanahan Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: They were the greatest generation in American history. Yet how much do you really know about the Founding Fathers? And how much of what you 'know' is actually myth perpetuated by leftist history professors who dismiss the Founders as wealthy, racist, sexist, dead-white-males whose principles deserve to be as dead as they are? Here to rescue the reputations of our Founding Fathers from the plague of modern political correctness isThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. Author and professor Brion McClanahan profiles Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, and other important Founders; traces the key issues of the day and shows how they dealt with them; and in the process details the Founders' deep faith, commitment to the cause of independence, impeccable character, and visionary political ideals. Even better, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers proves that the Founders had a better understanding of the problems we face today than do our own hopelessly liberal and painfully self-serving members of Congress. McClanahan shows that if you want real and relevant insights into the issues of banking, war powers, executive authority, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, states' rights, gun control, judicial activism, trade, and taxes, you'd be better served reading the Founders than you would be watching congressional debates on C-SPAN or reading the New York Times. That makes The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers much more than simply a restoration of a bit of our patrimony, reconnecting us with the greatest political thinkers in our history—as urgently needed as that is. McClanahan shows that it was from their debates—and their bedrock conservative principles—that we secured our liberty. He argues that only by understanding their principles will we be able to keep the freedom that Americans have cherished for generations. That makes this a vital guide to restoring a sane, sober, Constitutional sense of responsibility to today's public debates.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58488Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Brion McClanahan Narrator: Tom Weiner...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Brion McClanahan Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: They were the greatest generation in American history. Yet how much do you really know about the Founding Fathers? And how much of what you 'know' is actually myth perpetuated by leftist history professors who dismiss the Founders as wealthy, racist, sexist, dead-white-males whose principles deserve to be as dead as they are? Here to rescue the reputations of our Founding Fathers from the plague of modern political correctness isThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. Author and professor Brion McClanahan profiles Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, and other important Founders; traces the key issues of the day and shows how they dealt with them; and in the process details the Founders' deep faith, commitment to the cause of independence, impeccable character, and visionary political ideals. Even better, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers proves that the Founders had a better understanding of the problems we face today than do our own hopelessly liberal and painfully self-serving members of Congress. McClanahan shows that if you want real and relevant insights into the issues of banking, war powers, executive authority, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, states' rights, gun control, judicial activism, trade, and taxes, you'd be better served reading the Founders than you would be watching congressional debates on C-SPAN or reading the New York Times. That makes The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers much more than simply a restoration of a bit of our patrimony, reconnecting us with the greatest political thinkers in our history—as urgently needed as that is. McClanahan shows that it was from their debates—and their bedrock conservative principles—that we secured our liberty. He argues that only by understanding their principles will we be able to keep the freedom that Americans have cherished for generations. That makes this a vital guide to restoring a sane, sober, Constitutional sense of responsibility to today's public debates.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-two-victoria-and-albert-rulers-partners-rivals-by-gillian-gill--65150698https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals Author: Gillian Gill Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 19, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’ s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch and misery as a woman until she married her German cousin Albert and accepted him as her lord and master. Now renowned chronicler Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity, qualities neither had seen much of as children. The love affair that emerges is far more captivating, complex, and relevant than that depicted in any previous account. The epic relationship began poorly. The cousins first met as teenagers for a few brief, awkward, chaperoned weeks in 1836. At seventeen, charming rather than beautiful, Victoria already “showed signs of wanting her own way.” Albert, the boy who had been groomed for her since birth, was chubby, self-absorbed, and showed no interest in girls, let alone this princess. So when they met again in 1839 as queen and presumed prince-consort-to-be, neither had particularly high hopes. But the queen was delighted to discover a grown man, refined, accomplished, and whiskered. “Albert is beautiful!” Victoria wrote, and she proposed just three days later. As Gill reveals, Victoria and Albert entered their marriage longing for intimate companionship, yet each was determined to be the ruler. This dynamic would continue through the years–each spouse, headstrong and impassioned, eager to lead the marriage on his or her own terms. For two decades, Victoria and Albert engaged in a very public contest for dominance. Against all odds, the marriage succeeded, but it was always a work in progress. And in the end, it was Albert’s early death that set the Queen free to create the myth of her marriage as a peaceful idyll and her husband as Galahad, pure and perfect. As Gill shows, the marriage of Victoria and Albert was great not because it was perfect but because it was passionate and complicated. Wonderfully nuanced, surprising, often acerbic–and informed by revealing excerpts from the pair’s journals and letters–We Two is a revolutionary portrait of a queen and her prince, a fascinating modern perspective on a couple who have become a legend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58251Tue, 19 May 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals Author: Gillian Gill Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals Author: Gillian Gill Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 19, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’ s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch and misery as a woman until she married her German cousin Albert and accepted him as her lord and master. Now renowned chronicler Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity, qualities neither had seen much of as children. The love affair that emerges is far more captivating, complex, and relevant than that depicted in any previous account. The epic relationship began poorly. The cousins first met as teenagers for a few brief, awkward, chaperoned weeks in 1836. At seventeen, charming rather than beautiful, Victoria already “showed signs of wanting her own way.” Albert, the boy who had been groomed for her since birth, was chubby, self-absorbed, and showed no interest in girls, let alone this princess. So when they met again in 1839 as queen and presumed prince-consort-to-be, neither had particularly high hopes. But the queen was delighted to discover a grown man, refined, accomplished, and whiskered. “Albert is beautiful!” Victoria wrote, and she proposed just three days later. As Gill reveals, Victoria and Albert entered their marriage longing for intimate companionship, yet each was determined to be the ruler. This dynamic would continue through the years–each spouse, headstrong and impassioned, eager to lead the marriage on his or her own terms. For two decades, Victoria and Albert engaged in a very public contest for dominance. Against all odds, the marriage succeeded, but it was always a work in progress. And in the end, it was Albert’s early death that set the Queen free to create the myth of her marriage as a peaceful idyll and her husband as Galahad, pure and perfect. As Gill shows, the marriage of Victoria and Albert was great not because it was perfect but because it was passionate and complicated. Wonderfully nuanced, surprising, often acerbic–and informed by revealing excerpts from the pair’s journals and letters–We Two is a revolutionary portrait of a queen and her prince, a fascinating modern perspective on a couple who have become a legend.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/whittaker-chambers-a-biography-by-sam-tanenhaus--65150661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Author: Sam Tanenhaus Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 19, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Whittaker Chambers is the first biography of this complex and enigmatic figure. Drawing on dozens of interviews and on materials from forty archives in the United States and abroad—including still-classified KGB dossiers—Tanenhaus traces the remarkable journey that led Chambers from a sleepy Long Island village to center stage in America's greatest political trial and then, in his last years, to a unique role as the godfather of post-war conservatism. This biography is rich in startling information about Chambers' days as New York's 'hottest literary Bolshevik'; his years as a Communist agent and then defector, hunted by the KGB; his conversion to Quakerism; his secret sexual turmoil; his turbulent decade at Time magazine, where he rose from the obscurity of the book-review page to transform the magazine into an oracle of apocalyptic anti-Communism. But all this was a prelude to the memorable events that began in August 1948, when Chambers testified against Alger Hiss in the spy case that changed America. Whittaker Chambers goes far beyond all previous accounts of the Hiss case, re-creating its improbable twists and turns and disentangling the motives that propelled a vivid cast of characters in unpredictable directions. A rare conjunction of exacting scholarship and narrative art, Whittaker Chambers is a vivid tapestry of twentieth century history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58283Tue, 19 May 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Author: Sam Tanenhaus Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 34 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Author: Sam Tanenhaus Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 19, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Whittaker Chambers is the first biography of this complex and enigmatic figure. Drawing on dozens of interviews and on materials from forty archives in the United States and abroad—including still-classified KGB dossiers—Tanenhaus traces the remarkable journey that led Chambers from a sleepy Long Island village to center stage in America's greatest political trial and then, in his last years, to a unique role as the godfather of post-war conservatism. This biography is rich in startling information about Chambers' days as New York's 'hottest literary Bolshevik'; his years as a Communist agent and then defector, hunted by the KGB; his conversion to Quakerism; his secret sexual turmoil; his turbulent decade at Time magazine, where he rose from the obscurity of the book-review page to transform the magazine into an oracle of apocalyptic anti-Communism. But all this was a prelude to the memorable events that began in August 1948, when Chambers testified against Alger Hiss in the spy case that changed America. Whittaker Chambers goes far beyond all previous accounts of the Hiss case, re-creating its improbable twists and turns and disentangling the motives that propelled a vivid cast of characters in unpredictable directions. A rare conjunction of exacting scholarship and narrative art, Whittaker Chambers is a vivid tapestry of twentieth century history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-equal-my-fight-against-race-preferences-by-ward-connerly--65150656https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating Equal: My Fight against Race Preferences Author: Ward Connerly Narrator: Ward Connerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 29, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of a man who searched his conscience, decided that the American Dream should be colorblind, and then set out to change the rules. Part memoir, part history lesson, and part road map, Creating Equal tells how a black man fought against affirmative action in California and Washington state. It begins in segregated Louisiana with a hard-working, resilient family that refused to be destroyed by personal tragedy or to be defined by race. This is where Ward Connerly grew up. In 1993, he would be called to make the most difficult decision of his life: to convince the regents of the University of California to end affirmative action. Two years later, he did the same thing for Washington state.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58222Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating Equal: My Fight against Race Preferences Author: Ward Connerly Narrator: Ward Connerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating Equal: My Fight against Race Preferences Author: Ward Connerly Narrator: Ward Connerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 29, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of a man who searched his conscience, decided that the American Dream should be colorblind, and then set out to change the rules. Part memoir, part history lesson, and part road map, Creating Equal tells how a black man fought against affirmative action in California and Washington state. It begins in segregated Louisiana with a hard-working, resilient family that refused to be destroyed by personal tragedy or to be defined by race. This is where Ward Connerly grew up. In 1993, he would be called to make the most difficult decision of his life: to convince the regents of the University of California to end affirmative action. Two years later, he did the same thing for Washington state.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ishi-in-two-worlds-a-biography-of-the-last-wild-indian-in-north-america-by-theodora-kroeber--65150672https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America Author: Theodora Kroeber Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 24, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California. Finally identified as a Yahi by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T. T. Waterman and lived there the rest of his life under the care and protection of Alfred Kroeber and the staff of the University of California's Museum of Anthropology.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58199Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America Author: Theodora Kroeber Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America Author: Theodora Kroeber Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 24, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California. Finally identified as a Yahi by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T. T. Waterman and lived there the rest of his life under the care and protection of Alfred Kroeber and the staff of the University of California's Museum of Anthropology.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/work-hard-be-nice-how-two-inspired-teachers-created-the-most-promising-schools-in-america-by-jay-mathews--65150674https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America Author: Jay Mathews Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 8, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that—and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia. KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from America's best, most charismatic teachers: lessons need to be lively; school days need to be longer (the KIPP day is nine and a half hours); the completion of homework has to be sacrosanct (KIPP teachers are available by telephone day and night). Chants, songs, and slogans such as 'Work hard, be nice' energize the program. Illuminating the ups and downs of the KIPP founders and their students, Mathews gives us something quite rare: a hopeful book about education.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54972Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America Author: Jay Mathews Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America Author: Jay Mathews Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 8, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that—and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia. KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from America's best, most charismatic teachers: lessons need to be lively; school days need to be longer (the KIPP day is nine and a half hours); the completion of homework has to be sacrosanct (KIPP teachers are available by telephone day and night). Chants, songs, and slogans such as 'Work hard, be nice' energize the program. Illuminating the ups and downs of the KIPP founders and their students, Mathews gives us something quite rare: a hopeful book about education.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-john-stuart-mill-by-john-stuart-mill--65150660https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill Author: John Stuart Mill Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mill’s autobiography deals with but one part of a life, the life of the mind-but a mind that ranks as one of the most remarkable and significant of the nineteenth century. The book memorably depicts the emergence of a brilliant child prodigy, the product of an extraordinary education that both hastened his development and brought him to the brink of suicide by the age of twenty-one; illumined with equal clarity is the story of John Stuart Mill’s renewed commitment to life, and of the further conflicts that marked his long evolution toward maturity as a major philosopher and social thinker. Superb in its dispassionate objectivity, the Autobiography stands as a work of enduring stature and relevance, the final testament of a rare and luminous intelligence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55091Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill Author: John Stuart Mill Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill Author: John Stuart Mill Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mill’s autobiography deals with but one part of a life, the life of the mind-but a mind that ranks as one of the most remarkable and significant of the nineteenth century. The book memorably depicts the emergence of a brilliant child prodigy, the product of an extraordinary education that both hastened his development and brought him to the brink of suicide by the age of twenty-one; illumined with equal clarity is the story of John Stuart Mill’s renewed commitment to life, and of the further conflicts that marked his long evolution toward maturity as a major philosopher and social thinker. Superb in its dispassionate objectivity, the Autobiography stands as a work of enduring stature and relevance, the final testament of a rare and luminous intelligence.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coming-out-of-the-ice-an-unexpected-life-by-victor-herman--65150653https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life Author: Victor Herman Narrator: Christopher Hurt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1931, a young American named Victor Herman accompanied his parents to the Soviet Union, where his father was to set up a Ford Motor Company plant. In 1938, he was inexplicably thrown into a Soviet prison. It was forty-five years before he was able to return to America. His was a common nightmare during the Stalin years. Those who survived imprisonment and torture were either sent north to hard labor in the icy forests and mines or into exile. Victor Herman was one of the few who survived. During his life in and out of Russian prisons, he fell in love with a Russian gymnast, who followed him into exile. She lived with him and their child for a year in Siberia in a cave chopped out of ice. Theirs was a romance destined to thrive even under desperate conditions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55093Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life Author: Victor Herman Narrator: Christopher Hurt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life Author: Victor Herman Narrator: Christopher Hurt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1931, a young American named Victor Herman accompanied his parents to the Soviet Union, where his father was to set up a Ford Motor Company plant. In 1938, he was inexplicably thrown into a Soviet prison. It was forty-five years before he was able to return to America. His was a common nightmare during the Stalin years. Those who survived imprisonment and torture were either sent north to hard labor in the icy forests and mines or into exile. Victor Herman was one of the few who survived. During his life in and out of Russian prisons, he fell in love with a Russian gymnast, who followed him into exile. She lived with him and their child for a year in Siberia in a cave chopped out of ice. Theirs was a romance destined to thrive even under desperate conditions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charles-de-gaulle-a-biography-by-don-cook--65150616https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles de Gaulle: A Biography Author: Don Cook Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This magnificent volume by veteran European correspondent Don Cook is the first major biography of de Gaulle written by an American from an American perspective. Rich with new anecdotal material, it offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe’s most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman. Arrogant, haughty, single-minded in war, politics, and his personal life, Charles de Gaulle ranks in many ways as the most powerful personality of an epoch blessed—or cursed—with powerful men. Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Truman, Kennedy, and Khrushchev all locked horns with de Gaulle, and all eventually bowed to his wishes. This exciting biography takes full measure of the man and his times, when great soldiers and statesmen fought center stage and the fate of the world hung in the balance.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55094Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles de Gaulle: A Biography Author: Don Cook Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles de Gaulle: A Biography Author: Don Cook Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This magnificent volume by veteran European correspondent Don Cook is the first major biography of de Gaulle written by an American from an American perspective. Rich with new anecdotal material, it offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe’s most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman. Arrogant, haughty, single-minded in war, politics, and his personal life, Charles de Gaulle ranks in many ways as the most powerful personality of an epoch blessed—or cursed—with powerful men. Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Truman, Kennedy, and Khrushchev all locked horns with de Gaulle, and all eventually bowed to his wishes. This exciting biography takes full measure of the man and his times, when great soldiers and statesmen fought center stage and the fate of the world hung in the balance.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jeb-stuart-the-last-cavalier-by-burke-davis--65150652https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Here is a full and definitive biography of the dashing and enigmatic Confederate hero of the Civil War, General J. E. B. Stuart. This life-size portrait of Stuart surveys his life from childhood through his training at West Point, his years on the Western frontier, and his decision to stand with Virginia when war arrived. His brilliant Civil War career is covered in detail, from the raid on Chambersburg through to his final, fatal clash at Yellow Tavern. “The rudimentary field communications of the Civil War demanded of the cavalry the utmost in bravery, durability, and vigilance,” writes Burke Davis in his introduction to this edition. “Victory or defeat of armies was often in the hands of their cavalrymen.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Here is a full and definitive biography of the dashing and enigmatic Confederate hero of the Civil War, General J. E. B. Stuart. This life-size portrait of Stuart surveys his life from childhood through his training at West Point, his years on the Western frontier, and his decision to stand with Virginia when war arrived. His brilliant Civil War career is covered in detail, from the raid on Chambersburg through to his final, fatal clash at Yellow Tavern. “The rudimentary field communications of the Civil War demanded of the cavalry the utmost in bravery, durability, and vigilance,” writes Burke Davis in his introduction to this edition. “Victory or defeat of armies was often in the hands of their cavalrymen.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/out-of-captivity-surviving-1-967-days-in-the-colombian-jungle-by-keith-stansell-tom-howes-marc-gonsalves-gary-brozek--65150679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle Author: Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, Marc Gonsalves, Gary Brozek Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[A] remarkable story….An honest and harrowing memoir of a life-changing ordeal.” —Arizona Republic The spellbinding New York Times bestseller, Out of Captivity is the amazing true story of Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell, three American civilian contractors who were held hostage by the FARC rebel group in Colombia for five and a half years. Written with Gary Brozek, this book is an astonishing tale of unbelievable hardship and indomitable will—an “action-packed” (Time magazine) real-life adventure that stands with Alive by Piers Paul Read, Norman Ollestad’s Crazy for the Storm, and other classic true stories of survival. This historical and political autobiography sheds light on the volatile conflict in Colombia that has stretched over the last half century, revealing the details of the horrific treatment and experiences of three American captives at the hands of the FARC.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54839Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle Author: Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, Marc Gonsalves, Gary Brozek Narrator: Mark Deakins...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle Author: Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, Marc Gonsalves, Gary Brozek Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[A] remarkable story….An honest and harrowing memoir of a life-changing ordeal.” —Arizona Republic The spellbinding New York Times bestseller, Out of Captivity is the amazing true story of Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell, three American civilian contractors who were held hostage by the FARC rebel group in Colombia for five and a half years. Written with Gary Brozek, this book is an astonishing tale of unbelievable hardship and indomitable will—an “action-packed” (Time magazine) real-life adventure that stands with Alive by Piers Paul Read, Norman Ollestad’s Crazy for the Storm, and other classic true stories of survival. This historical and political autobiography sheds light on the volatile conflict in Colombia that has stretched over the last half century, revealing the details of the horrific treatment and experiences of three American captives at the hands of the FARC.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1864-lincoln-at-the-gates-of-history-by-charles-bracelen-flood--65150613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At the beginning of 1864, the Civil War was far from won; terrible and bloody Union setbacks and casualties lay ahead. Abraham Lincoln was facing a re-election battle as some northern Democrats were ready to start peace talks that could leave the Confederacy a separate slaveholding American nation and as his secretary of the treasury, Salmon P. Chase, challenged him for the Republican nomination. But by the end of the year, the war's end was in sight, and slavery was on the verge of extinction. Despite all the turmoil of war and political infighting, Lincoln also set the stage for a new era of westward expansion. He shaped the decades to come through laws and subsidies that propelled railroads westward, by the Homestead Act that offered western lands to immigrant farmers and by the Act to Encourage Immigration that enabled 615,000 men, women, and children to arrive in America during the Civil War. As the year ended, John Wilkes Booth, who stalked Lincoln throughout 1864, was only a few weeks away from assassinating our greatest president.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119647Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At the beginning of 1864, the Civil War was far from won; terrible and bloody Union setbacks and casualties lay ahead. Abraham Lincoln was facing a re-election battle as some northern Democrats were ready to start peace talks that could leave the Confederacy a separate slaveholding American nation and as his secretary of the treasury, Salmon P. Chase, challenged him for the Republican nomination. But by the end of the year, the war's end was in sight, and slavery was on the verge of extinction. Despite all the turmoil of war and political infighting, Lincoln also set the stage for a new era of westward expansion. He shaped the decades to come through laws and subsidies that propelled railroads westward, by the Homestead Act that offered western lands to immigrant farmers and by the Act to Encourage Immigration that enabled 615,000 men, women, and children to arrive in America during the Civil War. As the year ended, John Wilkes Booth, who stalked Lincoln throughout 1864, was only a few weeks away from assassinating our greatest president.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maimonides-the-life-and-world-of-one-of-civilization-s-greatest-minds-by-joel-l-kraemer--65150600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds Author: Joel L. Kraemer Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. Recalling such bestsellers as David McCullough’s John Adams and Walter Isaacson’s Einstein, MAIMONIDES is a biography on a grand scale, brilliantly explicating one man’s life against the background of his time. As a physician, Maimonides is associated with Hippocrates as a founder of modern medicine; his influence in philosophy is equal to that of Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, and Kant; in religion, he is as significant as Moses, Martin Luther, and Saint Augustine; and as a lawgiver, he has been recognized by the United States Congress as one of the greatest alongside Hammurabi and Thomas Jefferson. Now, in a dazzling work of scholarship, Joel Kraemer tells the complete story of Maimonides’s rich life. Maimonides is at once a portrait of a great historical figure and an excursion into the Mediterranean world of the twelfth century. Joel Kraemer draws on a wealth of original sources to re-create a remarkable period in history when Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions clashed and mingled in a setting alive with intense intellectual exchange and religious conflict. Born in Muslim-ruled Spain in 1135, Moses Maimonides was deeply conversant with Arabic philosophy and literature. By the time he was thirty, he was known for his seminal works on the Jewish practices and law. In Egypt, his training as a physician earned him a place in the entourage of the great Sultan Saladin, and his books earned him respect and influenced generations of Christian, Muslim and Jewish thinkers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124479Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds Author: Joel L. Kraemer Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds Author: Joel L. Kraemer Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. Recalling such bestsellers as David McCullough’s John Adams and Walter Isaacson’s Einstein, MAIMONIDES is a biography on a grand scale, brilliantly explicating one man’s life against the background of his time. As a physician, Maimonides is associated with Hippocrates as a founder of modern medicine; his influence in philosophy is equal to that of Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, and Kant; in religion, he is as significant as Moses, Martin Luther, and Saint Augustine; and as a lawgiver, he has been recognized by the United States Congress as one of the greatest alongside Hammurabi and Thomas Jefferson. Now, in a dazzling work of scholarship, Joel Kraemer tells the complete story of Maimonides’s rich life. Maimonides is at once a portrait of a great historical figure and an excursion into the Mediterranean world of the twelfth century. Joel Kraemer draws on a wealth of original sources to re-create a remarkable period in history when Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions clashed and mingled in a setting alive with intense intellectual exchange and religious conflict. Born in Muslim-ruled Spain in 1135, Moses Maimonides was deeply conversant with Arabic philosophy and literature. By the time he was thirty, he was known for his seminal works on the Jewish practices and law. In Egypt, his training as a physician earned him a place in the entourage of the great Sultan Saladin, and his books earned him respect and influenced generations of Christian, Muslim and Jewish thinkers.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-face-is-black-is-true-callie-house-and-the-struggle-for-ex-slave-reparations-by-mary-frances-berry--65150699https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Author: Mary Frances Berry Narrator: Sharon Washington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Award-winning Civil Rights advocate Mary Frances Berry sheds new light on the fight for reparations. Callie House, an ex-slave who led the fight, founded the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association in 1899. Defying conventions of race, class, and gender, Callie led the organization in an attempt to petition the government for the pension promised them as freedmen. 'Callie House and her historic role deserve to be brought out of the shadows, and Berry achieves that superbly.'-Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60801Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Author: Mary Frances Berry Narrator: Sharon Washington Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Author: Mary Frances Berry Narrator: Sharon Washington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Award-winning Civil Rights advocate Mary Frances Berry sheds new light on the fight for reparations. Callie House, an ex-slave who led the fight, founded the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association in 1899. Defying conventions of race, class, and gender, Callie led the organization in an attempt to petition the government for the pension promised them as freedmen. 'Callie House and her historic role deserve to be brought out of the shadows, and Berry achieves that superbly.'-Publishers Weekly]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magnificent-century-by-thomas-b-costain--65150683https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Century Author: Thomas B. Costain Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 6, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Magnificent Century, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century. "Combines a love of the subject with factual history. . .a great story." (San Francisco Chronicle)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54399Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Century Author: Thomas B. Costain Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Century Author: Thomas B. Costain Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 6, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Magnificent Century, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century. "Combines a love of the subject with factual history. . .a great story." (San Francisco Chronicle)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/against-medical-advice-by-hal-friedman-james-patterson--65150700https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against Medical Advice Author: Hal Friedman, James Patterson Narrator: Kevin T. Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring true story, a child struggles with Tourette's syndrome-and overcomes extraordinary challenges with the help of his loving parents. Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. Simply put: Cory Friedman's life was a living hell. Against Medical Advice is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment. It is a heart-rending story of struggle and triumph with a climax as dramatic as any James Patterson thriller.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against Medical Advice Author: Hal Friedman, James Patterson Narrator: Kevin T. Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against Medical Advice Author: Hal Friedman, James Patterson Narrator: Kevin T. Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring true story, a child struggles with Tourette's syndrome-and overcomes extraordinary challenges with the help of his loving parents. Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. Simply put: Cory Friedman's life was a living hell. Against Medical Advice is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment. It is a heart-rending story of struggle and triumph with a climax as dramatic as any James Patterson thriller.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pocahontas-my-own-story-by-capt-john-smith--65150586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pocahontas: My Own Story Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the early seventeenth century, Captain John Smith led a company of English settlers to found the colony of Jamestown in Virginia. Here is Smith's own account of his adventures there and his relationship with the beautiful Indian princess, Pocahontas. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of about thirty tribes of Indians living in Virginia. When Captain John Smith was captured by these Indians in 1607, he was brought before Powhatan, who sentenced him to death. Sixteen-year-old Pocahontas convinced her father to spare Captain Smith's life, thus becoming a friend of the settlers and eventually influencing her father to be friendly, too. Years later, she saved the lives of the entire colony by secretly warning Captain Smith of another intended attack.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117748Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pocahontas: My Own Story Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pocahontas: My Own Story Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the early seventeenth century, Captain John Smith led a company of English settlers to found the colony of Jamestown in Virginia. Here is Smith's own account of his adventures there and his relationship with the beautiful Indian princess, Pocahontas. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of about thirty tribes of Indians living in Virginia. When Captain John Smith was captured by these Indians in 1607, he was brought before Powhatan, who sentenced him to death. Sixteen-year-old Pocahontas convinced her father to spare Captain Smith's life, thus becoming a friend of the settlers and eventually influencing her father to be friendly, too. Years later, she saved the lives of the entire colony by secretly warning Captain Smith of another intended attack.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-my-life-helen-keller-by-helen-keller--65150655https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life-Helen Keller Author: Helen Keller Narrator: George Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Helen Keller overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of deafness and blindness to become an icon of perseverance, respected and honored by readers, historians, and activists. Her autobiography The Story of My Life, published in the United States in 1903, is still read today for its ability to motivate and reassure readers. Helen began working on The Story of My Life while a student at Radcliffe College with help from John Albert Macy, a Harvard professor and future husband of Helen's first teacher and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan. In the book Keller recounts the first twenty-two years of her life, from her early childhood illness that left her blind and deaf through her second year at Radcliffe College.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124866Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life-Helen Keller Author: Helen Keller Narrator: George Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life-Helen Keller Author: Helen Keller Narrator: George Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Helen Keller overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of deafness and blindness to become an icon of perseverance, respected and honored by readers, historians, and activists. Her autobiography The Story of My Life, published in the United States in 1903, is still read today for its ability to motivate and reassure readers. Helen began working on The Story of My Life while a student at Radcliffe College with help from John Albert Macy, a Harvard professor and future husband of Helen's first teacher and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan. In the book Keller recounts the first twenty-two years of her life, from her early childhood illness that left her blind and deaf through her second year at Radcliffe College.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/annie-oakley-woman-at-arms-by-courtney-ryley-cooper--65150626https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms Author: Courtney Ryley Cooper Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswoman who ever lived. Born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio, she built herself from obscure and impoverished beginnings into the best known woman of her time. Courtney Ryley Cooper's classic biography traces Oakley's extraordinary journey and separates the facts from the many legends that have sprung up in its wake. We learn of her enduring marriage to Frank Butler and their first meeting, a shooting match in which the seemingly delicate young girl defeated the professional marksman; her association with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show and its triumphal tour through Europe and America; the train crash that nearly took her life; and her years as an actress and teacher. Her story remains to this day one of the grandest to have come out of the Old West.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117752Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms Author: Courtney Ryley Cooper Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms Author: Courtney Ryley Cooper Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswoman who ever lived. Born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio, she built herself from obscure and impoverished beginnings into the best known woman of her time. Courtney Ryley Cooper's classic biography traces Oakley's extraordinary journey and separates the facts from the many legends that have sprung up in its wake. We learn of her enduring marriage to Frank Butler and their first meeting, a shooting match in which the seemingly delicate young girl defeated the professional marksman; her association with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show and its triumphal tour through Europe and America; the train crash that nearly took her life; and her years as an actress and teacher. Her story remains to this day one of the grandest to have come out of the Old West.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reagan-i-knew-by-william-f-buckley-jr--65150625https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reagan I Knew Author: William F. Buckley, Jr. Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: No two people were more important to American conservatism in the postwar era than William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Buckley's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings, while Reagan brought the conservative movement out of the wilderness and into the White House. The pair met in 1961 when Reagan introduced a speech by Buckley. When nobody could turn on the microphone, Reagan climbed out a window, walked along a ledge to the locked control room, broke in, and flipped the correct switch. Buckley later described this moment as 'a nifty allegory of Reagan's approach to foreign policy: the calm appraisal of a situation, the willingness to take risks, and then the decisive moment leading to lights and sound.' For over thirty years, the two men shared jokes and vacations, advised each other on politics, and counseled each other's children. When Reagan was elected president, Buckley wrote him to say that Reagan should not offer him any position in the new administration; Reagan wrote back saying he had hoped to appoint Buckley US Ambassador to Afghanistan (then under Soviet occupation). For the rest of his term, Reagan called Buckley 'Mr. Ambassador.' On the day the Soviets withdrew, he wrote Buckley to congratulate him for single-handedly driving out the Red Army 'without ever leaving Kabul.' Yet for all the words that have been written about him, Ronald Reagan remains an enigma. His former speechwriter Peggy Noonan called him 'paradox all the way down,' and even his son Ron Reagan despaired of ever truly knowing him. But Reagan was not an enigma to William F. Buckley, Jr. They understood and taught each other for decades, and together they changed history. The Reagan I Knew traces the evolution of an extraordinary friendship between two American political giants.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83067Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reagan I Knew Author: William F. Buckley, Jr. Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reagan I Knew Author: William F. Buckley, Jr. Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: No two people were more important to American conservatism in the postwar era than William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Buckley's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings, while Reagan brought the conservative movement out of the wilderness and into the White House. The pair met in 1961 when Reagan introduced a speech by Buckley. When nobody could turn on the microphone, Reagan climbed out a window, walked along a ledge to the locked control room, broke in, and flipped the correct switch. Buckley later described this moment as 'a nifty allegory of Reagan's approach to foreign policy: the calm appraisal of a situation, the willingness to take risks, and then the decisive moment leading to lights and sound.' For over thirty years, the two men shared jokes and vacations, advised each other on politics, and counseled each other's children. When Reagan was elected president, Buckley wrote him to say that Reagan should not offer him any position in the new administration; Reagan wrote back saying he had hoped to appoint Buckley US Ambassador to Afghanistan (then under Soviet occupation). For the rest of his term, Reagan called Buckley 'Mr. Ambassador.' On the day the Soviets withdrew, he wrote Buckley to congratulate him for single-handedly driving out the Red Army 'without ever leaving Kabul.' Yet for all the words that have been written about him, Ronald Reagan remains an enigma. His former speechwriter Peggy Noonan called him 'paradox all the way down,' and even his son Ron Reagan despaired of ever truly knowing him. But Reagan was not an enigma to William F. Buckley, Jr. They understood and taught each other for decades, and together they changed history. The Reagan I Knew traces the evolution of an extraordinary friendship between two American political giants.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-by-harriet-jacobs--65150591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124865Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/army-life-in-a-black-regiment-by-thomas-w-higginson--65150587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Army Life in a Black Regiment Author: Thomas W Higginson Narrator: Felbrigg Herriot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson records the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the Civil War.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124711Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Army Life in a Black Regiment Author: Thomas W Higginson Narrator: Felbrigg Herriot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Army Life in a Black Regiment Author: Thomas W Higginson Narrator: Felbrigg Herriot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson records the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the Civil War.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-list-by-timothy-greenfield-sanders-elvis-mitchell--65150677https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black List Author: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell Narrator: With Contributers, Elvis Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: September 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine 'black list' for a new century. As seen in original portraits by renowned photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and in a series of incisive interviews conducted by award-winning journalist, critic, academic, and radio host Elvis Mitchell, this group exemplifies today's most accomplished, determined African-Americans, whose lives and careers form a trail of inspiration and example for people of all races. Spanning the arts, sports, politics, and business, the diverse accomplishments and lives of these remarkable individuals create a kaleidoscope of ideas and experiences, and provide the framework for a singular conver-sation about the influence of African-Americans on this country and on our world. The Black List is: Slash - Toni Morrison - Keenen Ivory Wayans - Vernon Jordan - Faye Wattleton - Marc Morial - Serena Williams - Lou Gossett Jr. - Russell Simmons - Lorna Simpson - Mahlon Duckett - Zane - Al Sharpton - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - William Rice - Thelma Golden - Sean Combs - Susan Rice - Chris Rock - Suzan-Lori Parks - Steve Stoute - Richard Parsons - Dawn Staley - Colin Powell - Bill T. Jones]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53699Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black List Author: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell Narrator: With Contributers, Elvis Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black List Author: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell Narrator: With Contributers, Elvis Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: September 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine 'black list' for a new century. As seen in original portraits by renowned photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and in a series of incisive interviews conducted by award-winning journalist, critic, academic, and radio host Elvis Mitchell, this group exemplifies today's most accomplished, determined African-Americans, whose lives and careers form a trail of inspiration and example for people of all races. Spanning the arts, sports, politics, and business, the diverse accomplishments and lives of these remarkable individuals create a kaleidoscope of ideas and experiences, and provide the framework for a singular conver-sation about the influence of African-Americans on this country and on our world. The Black List is: Slash - Toni Morrison - Keenen Ivory Wayans - Vernon Jordan - Faye Wattleton - Marc Morial - Serena Williams - Lou Gossett Jr. - Russell Simmons - Lorna Simpson - Mahlon Duckett - Zane - Al Sharpton - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - William Rice - Thelma Golden - Sean Combs - Susan Rice - Chris Rock - Suzan-Lori Parks - Steve Stoute - Richard Parsons - Dawn Staley - Colin Powell - Bill T. Jones]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-education-of-henry-adams-by-henry-adams--65150623https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Education of Henry Adams Author: Henry Adams Narrator: Wolfram Kandinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 12, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Few works have so firmly established their position in American literature as The Education of Henry Adams. As a man of extraordinary gifts and learning and a member of one of the greatest American families, Henry Adams wrote an insightful exploration of himself and the tumultuous age in which he lived. In the words of Van Wyck Brooks, he 'revealed a phase of American history with unparalleled boldness and truth.' In spite of his illustrious background and Harvard schooling, Henry Adams asserts that his conventional education was defective because it did not prepare him to live in a world transformed by the new science and the new technology. His intention was to write a kind of handbook to prepare 'young men, in universities and elsewhere, to be men of the world, equipped for any emergency.' The result is what many consider to be one of the finest autobiographies ever written.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53206Mon, 12 May 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Education of Henry Adams Author: Henry Adams Narrator: Wolfram Kandinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 45 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Education of Henry Adams Author: Henry Adams Narrator: Wolfram Kandinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 12, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Few works have so firmly established their position in American literature as The Education of Henry Adams. As a man of extraordinary gifts and learning and a member of one of the greatest American families, Henry Adams wrote an insightful exploration of himself and the tumultuous age in which he lived. In the words of Van Wyck Brooks, he 'revealed a phase of American history with unparalleled boldness and truth.' In spite of his illustrious background and Harvard schooling, Henry Adams asserts that his conventional education was defective because it did not prepare him to live in a world transformed by the new science and the new technology. His intention was to write a kind of handbook to prepare 'young men, in universities and elsewhere, to be men of the world, equipped for any emergency.' The result is what many consider to be one of the finest autobiographies ever written.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lewis-clark-the-journey-of-the-corps-of-discovery-by-ken-burns-dayton-duncan--65150667https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Author: Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan Narrator: Adam Arkin, Ken Burns Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color. In the spring of 1804, at the behest of President oThomas Jefferson, a party of explorers called the Corps of oDiscovery crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri, heading west into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. The expedition, led by two remarkable and utterly different commanders--the brilliant but troubled Meriwether Lewis and his trustworthy, gregarious friend William Clark--was to be the United States' first exploration into unknown spaces. The unlikely crew came from every corner of the young nation: soldiers from New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and Kentucky, French Canadian boatmen, several sons of white fathers and Indian mothers, a slave named York, and eventually a Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son. Together they would cross the continent, searching for the fabled Northwest Passage that had been the great dream of explorers since the time of Columbus. Along the way they would face incredible hardship, disappointment, and danger; record in their journals hundreds of animals and plants previously unknown to science; encounter a dizzying diversity of Indian cultures; and, most of all, share in one of America's most enduring adventures. Their story may have passed into national mythology, but never before has their experience been rendered as vividly, in words and pictures, as in this marvelous homage by Dayton Duncan. Plentiful excerpts from the journals kept by the two captains and four enlisted men convey the raw emotions, turbulent spirits, and constant surprises of the explorers, who each day confronted the unknown with fresh eyes. An elegant preface by Ken Burns, as well as contributions from Stephen E. Ambrose, William Least Heat-Moon, and Erica Funkhouser, enlarge upon important threads in Duncan's narrative, demonstrating the continued potency of events that took place almost two centuries ago. And a wealth of paintings, photographs, journal sketches, maps, and film images from the PBS documentary lends this historic, nation-redefining milestone a vibrancy and immediacy to which no American will be immune.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83395Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Author: Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan Narrator: Adam Arkin, Ken Burns Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Author: Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan Narrator: Adam Arkin, Ken Burns Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color. In the spring of 1804, at the behest of President oThomas Jefferson, a party of explorers called the Corps of oDiscovery crossed the Mississippi River and started up the Missouri, heading west into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. The expedition, led by two remarkable and utterly different commanders--the brilliant but troubled Meriwether Lewis and his trustworthy, gregarious friend William Clark--was to be the United States' first exploration into unknown spaces. The unlikely crew came from every corner of the young nation: soldiers from New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and Kentucky, French Canadian boatmen, several sons of white fathers and Indian mothers, a slave named York, and eventually a Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son. Together they would cross the continent, searching for the fabled Northwest Passage that had been the great dream of explorers since the time of Columbus. Along the way they would face incredible hardship, disappointment, and danger; record in their journals hundreds of animals and plants previously unknown to science; encounter a dizzying diversity of Indian cultures; and, most of all, share in one of America's most enduring adventures. Their story may have passed into national mythology, but never before has their experience been rendered as vividly, in words and pictures, as in this marvelous homage by Dayton Duncan. Plentiful excerpts from the journals kept by the two captains and four enlisted men convey the raw emotions, turbulent spirits, and constant surprises of the explorers, who each day confronted the unknown with fresh eyes. An elegant preface by Ken Burns, as well as contributions from Stephen E. Ambrose, William Least Heat-Moon, and Erica Funkhouser, enlarge upon important threads in Duncan's narrative, demonstrating the continued potency of events that took place almost two centuries ago. And a wealth of paintings, photographs, journal sketches, maps, and film images from the PBS documentary lends this historic, nation-redefining milestone a vibrancy and immediacy to which no American will be immune.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thing-about-life-is-that-one-day-you-ll-be-dead-a-memoir-by-david-shields--65150664https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead: A Memoir Author: David Shields Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 5, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mesmerized–at times unnerved–by his ninety-seven-year-old father’s nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating audiobook: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion–an exploration that paradoxically prompts a renewed and profound appreciation of life. Shields begins with the facts of birth and childhood, expertly weaving in anecdotal information about himself and his father. As the book proceeds through adolescence, middle age, old age, he juxtaposes biological details with bits of philosophical speculation, cultural history and criticism, and quotations from a wide range of writers and thinkers–from Lucretius to Woody Allen–yielding a magical whole: the universal story of our bodily being, a tender and often hilarious portrait of one family. An audiobook of extraordinary depth and resonance, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead will move listeners to contemplate the brevity and radiance of their own sojourn on earth and challenge them to rearrange their thinking in unexpected and crucial ways.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52355Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead: A Memoir Author: David Shields Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead: A Memoir Author: David Shields Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 5, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mesmerized–at times unnerved–by his ninety-seven-year-old father’s nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating audiobook: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion–an exploration that paradoxically prompts a renewed and profound appreciation of life. Shields begins with the facts of birth and childhood, expertly weaving in anecdotal information about himself and his father. As the book proceeds through adolescence, middle age, old age, he juxtaposes biological details with bits of philosophical speculation, cultural history and criticism, and quotations from a wide range of writers and thinkers–from Lucretius to Woody Allen–yielding a magical whole: the universal story of our bodily being, a tender and often hilarious portrait of one family. An audiobook of extraordinary depth and resonance, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead will move listeners to contemplate the brevity and radiance of their own sojourn on earth and challenge them to rearrange their thinking in unexpected and crucial ways.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-slave-no-more-two-men-who-escaped-to-freedom-including-their-own-narratives-of-emancipation-by-david-w-blight--65150690https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation Author: David W. Blight Narrator: Dominic Hoffman, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 6, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Slave narratives are extremely rare. Of the one hundred or so of these testimonies that survive, a mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group. Wallace Turnage was a teenage field hand on an Alabama plantation, John Washington an urban slave in Virginia. They never met. But both men saw opportunity in the chaos of the Civil War, both escaped North, and both left us remarkable accounts of their flights to freedom. Handed down through family and friends these narratives tell gripping stories of escape. Working from an unusual abundance of genealogical material, historian David W. Blight has reconstructed Turnage’s and Washington’s childhoods as sons of white slaveholders and their climb to black working-class stability in the North, where they reunited their families. In A SLAVE NO MORE, the untold stories of two ordinary men take their place at the heart of the American experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49553Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation Author: David W. Blight Narrator: Dominic Hoffman,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation Author: David W. Blight Narrator: Dominic Hoffman, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: November 6, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Slave narratives are extremely rare. Of the one hundred or so of these testimonies that survive, a mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group. Wallace Turnage was a teenage field hand on an Alabama plantation, John Washington an urban slave in Virginia. They never met. But both men saw opportunity in the chaos of the Civil War, both escaped North, and both left us remarkable accounts of their flights to freedom. Handed down through family and friends these narratives tell gripping stories of escape. Working from an unusual abundance of genealogical material, historian David W. Blight has reconstructed Turnage’s and Washington’s childhoods as sons of white slaveholders and their climb to black working-class stability in the North, where they reunited their families. In A SLAVE NO MORE, the untold stories of two ordinary men take their place at the heart of the American experience.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marco-polo-from-venice-to-xanadu-by-laurence-bergreen--65150688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu Author: Laurence Bergreen Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 23, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, comes the first fully authoritative biography of one of the most enchanting figures in world history. In this masterly work, Marco Polo’s incredible odyssey–along the Silk Road and through all the fantastic circumstances of his life–is chronicled in sumptuous and illuminating detail. Drawing on original sources in more than half a dozen languages, and his own travels along Polo’s route in China and Mongolia, Bergreen explores the lingering controversies surrounding Polo’s legend, settling age-old questions and testing others for significance. Synthesizing history, biography, and travelogue, this is a timely chronicle of a man who extended the boundaries of human knowledge and imagination. Destined to be the definitive account of its subject for decades to come, Marco Polo takes us on a journey to the limits of history–and beyond.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52254Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu Author: Laurence Bergreen Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu Author: Laurence Bergreen Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 23, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As the most celebrated European to explore Asia, Marco Polo was the original global traveler and the earliest bridge between East and West. A universal icon of adventure and discovery, he has inspired six centuries of popular fascination and spurious mythology. Now, from acclaimed author Laurence Bergreen, comes the first fully authoritative biography of one of the most enchanting figures in world history. In this masterly work, Marco Polo’s incredible odyssey–along the Silk Road and through all the fantastic circumstances of his life–is chronicled in sumptuous and illuminating detail. Drawing on original sources in more than half a dozen languages, and his own travels along Polo’s route in China and Mongolia, Bergreen explores the lingering controversies surrounding Polo’s legend, settling age-old questions and testing others for significance. Synthesizing history, biography, and travelogue, this is a timely chronicle of a man who extended the boundaries of human knowledge and imagination. Destined to be the definitive account of its subject for decades to come, Marco Polo takes us on a journey to the limits of history–and beyond.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shakespeare-by-bill-bryson--65150649https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 23, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition evokes the superstitions, academic discoveries, and myths surrounding the life of one of the greatest poets, and makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49411Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 23, 2007 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/49411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shakespeare Author: Bill Bryson Narrator: Bill Bryson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 23, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition evokes the superstitions, academic discoveries, and myths surrounding the life of one of the greatest poets, and makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-the-wild-by-jon-krakauer--65150678https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Wild Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Philip Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 21, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 1002 Ratings of Narrator: 4.39 of Total 46 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself... "Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama wandering of human yearning."--The New York Times "A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It's gripping stuff."--The Washington Post]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47384Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Wild Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Philip Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 21, 2007...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Wild Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Philip Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 21, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 1002 Ratings of Narrator: 4.39 of Total 46 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself... "Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama wandering of human yearning."--The New York Times "A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It's gripping stuff."--The Washington Post]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/body-of-work-meditations-on-mortality-from-the-human-anatomy-lab-by-christine-montross--65150597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab Author: Christine Montross Narrator: Renée Raudman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 23, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open. Christine Montross was a nervous first-year medical student, standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class, preparing herself for what was to come. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags is shocking no matter how long you've prepared yourself, but a strange thing happened when Montross met her cadaver. Instead of being disgusted by her, she was utterly intrigued—intrigued by the person the woman once was, humbled by the sacrifice she had made in donating her body to science, and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. They called her Eve. This is the story of Montross and Eve—the student and the subject—and the surprising relationship that grew between them. Body of Work is a mesmerizing, rarely seen glimpse into the day-to-day life of a medical student—yet one that follows naturally in the footsteps of recent highly successful literary renderings of the mysteries of medicine, such as Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. Christine Montross was a poet long before she became a doctor, and she brings an uncommon perspective to the emotional difficulty of the first year of medical school—the dispiriting task of remaining clinical and detached while in the anatomy lab, and the struggle with the line you've crossed by violating another's body once you leave it. Montross was so affected by her experience with Eve that she undertook to learn more about the history of cadavers and the study of anatomy. She visited an autopsy lab in Ireland and the University of Padua in Italy where Vesalius, a forefather of anatomy, once studied. She learned about body snatchers and grave robbers and anatomists who practiced their work on live criminals. Her disturbing, often entertaining anecdotes enrich this exquisitely crafted memoir, endowing an eerie beauty to the world of a doctor-in-training. Body of Work is an unforgettable examination of the mysteries of the human body and a remarkable look at our relationship with both the living and the dead.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116457Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab Author: Christine Montross Narrator: Renée Raudman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab Author: Christine Montross Narrator: Renée Raudman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 23, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is a hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open. Christine Montross was a nervous first-year medical student, standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class, preparing herself for what was to come. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags is shocking no matter how long you've prepared yourself, but a strange thing happened when Montross met her cadaver. Instead of being disgusted by her, she was utterly intrigued—intrigued by the person the woman once was, humbled by the sacrifice she had made in donating her body to science, and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. They called her Eve. This is the story of Montross and Eve—the student and the subject—and the surprising relationship that grew between them. Body of Work is a mesmerizing, rarely seen glimpse into the day-to-day life of a medical student—yet one that follows naturally in the footsteps of recent highly successful literary renderings of the mysteries of medicine, such as Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. Christine Montross was a poet long before she became a doctor, and she brings an uncommon perspective to the emotional difficulty of the first year of medical school—the dispiriting task of remaining clinical and detached while in the anatomy lab, and the struggle with the line you've crossed by violating another's body once you leave it. Montross was so affected by her experience with Eve that she undertook to learn more about the history of cadavers and the study of anatomy. She visited an autopsy lab in Ireland and the University of Padua in Italy where Vesalius, a forefather of anatomy, once studied. She learned about body snatchers and grave robbers and anatomists who practiced their work on live criminals. Her disturbing, often entertaining anecdotes enrich this exquisitely crafted memoir, endowing an eerie beauty to the world of a doctor-in-training. Body of Work is an unforgettable examination of the mysteries of the human body and a remarkable look at our relationship with both the living and the dead.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beggar-king-and-the-secret-of-happiness-a-true-story-by-joel-ben-izzy--65150681https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story Author: Joel Ben Izzy Narrator: Joel Izzy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 28, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift. Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his livelihood, he retreated into dark, sullen silence and depression. While searching for a spiritual explanation, he encountered his former mentor, a cantankerous and often drunk old man. Their meetings began a journey into the timeless wisdom of ancient tales: of beggars and kings, monks and tigers, lost horses, buried treasures, and ultimately the secret of happiness. In this altogether original book, Joel ben Izzy shares his personal account of surviving loss, gaining wisdom, and rediscovering one's true purpose. Weaving in tales he's collected over the years from Sufi, Muslim, Chinese, Jewish, Iraqi, Zen Buddhist, Italian, and Indian cultures, he passes along the lessons he has learned. As we travel with Izzy from tragedy back into light and sound, we are encouraged to see our own lives as stories, and to open our own hearts to happiness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50462Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story Author: Joel Ben Izzy Narrator: Joel Izzy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50462 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness: A True Story Author: Joel Ben Izzy Narrator: Joel Izzy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 28, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift. Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and his livelihood, he retreated into dark, sullen silence and depression. While searching for a spiritual explanation, he encountered his former mentor, a cantankerous and often drunk old man. Their meetings began a journey into the timeless wisdom of ancient tales: of beggars and kings, monks and tigers, lost horses, buried treasures, and ultimately the secret of happiness. In this altogether original book, Joel ben Izzy shares his personal account of surviving loss, gaining wisdom, and rediscovering one's true purpose. Weaving in tales he's collected over the years from Sufi, Muslim, Chinese, Jewish, Iraqi, Zen Buddhist, Italian, and Indian cultures, he passes along the lessons he has learned. As we travel with Izzy from tragedy back into light and sound, we are encouraged to see our own lives as stories, and to open our own hearts to happiness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-diana-chronicles-by-tina-brown--65150668https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/46651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diana Chronicles Author: Tina Brown Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 12, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Only Tina Brown, former editor-in-chief of Tatler–England’s glossiest gossip magazine–Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, could possibly give us the truth. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In THE DIANA CHRONICLES, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them: among them, Diana’s sexually charged mother, bad-girl sister-in-law Fergie, and, most formidable of all, her mother-in-law, the Queen. Add Camilla Parker Bowles into this combustible mix and it’s no wonder that Diana broke out of her royal cage into celebrity culture, where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/46651Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/46651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diana Chronicles Author: Tina Brown Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 12, 2007...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/46651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Diana Chronicles Author: Tina Brown Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 12, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess,” who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Only Tina Brown, former editor-in-chief of Tatler–England’s glossiest gossip magazine–Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, could possibly give us the truth. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In THE DIANA CHRONICLES, you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them: among them, Diana’s sexually charged mother, bad-girl sister-in-law Fergie, and, most formidable of all, her mother-in-law, the Queen. Add Camilla Parker Bowles into this combustible mix and it’s no wonder that Diana broke out of her royal cage into celebrity culture, where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crashing-through-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-the-man-who-dared-to-see-by-robert-kurson--65150687https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52761 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See Author: Robert Kurson Narrator: Doug Ordunio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s vision. The procedure was filled with risks, some of them deadly, others beyond May’s wildest dreams. There were countless reasons for May to refuse vision. He could think of only a single reason to go forward. Whatever his decision, he knew it would change his life. Beautifully written and thrillingly told, CRASHING THROUGH is a journey of suspense, daring, romance, and insight into the mysteries of vision and the brain. Robert Kurson gives us a fascinating account of one man’s choice to explore what it means to see–and to truly live.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52761Tue, 15 May 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52761 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See Author: Robert Kurson Narrator: Doug Ordunio Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/52761 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See Author: Robert Kurson Narrator: Doug Ordunio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s vision. The procedure was filled with risks, some of them deadly, others beyond May’s wildest dreams. There were countless reasons for May to refuse vision. He could think of only a single reason to go forward. Whatever his decision, he knew it would change his life. Beautifully written and thrillingly told, CRASHING THROUGH is a journey of suspense, daring, romance, and insight into the mysteries of vision and the brain. Robert Kurson gives us a fascinating account of one man’s choice to explore what it means to see–and to truly live.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-call-in-hell-a-doctor-s-iraq-war-story-by-richard-jadick-thomas-hayden--65150584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story Author: Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting memoir from the Navy doctor praised as 'Hero, M.D.' on the cover of Newsweek. Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. At thirty-eight, the last place the Navy doctor was expected to be was on the front lines. He was too old to be called up, but not too old to volunteer. In November 2004, with the military reeling from an acute doctor shortage, Jadick chose to accompany the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (the '1/8') to Iraq. During the Battle of Fallujah, Jadick and his team worked tirelessly and courageously around the clock to save their troops in the worst street fighting Americans had faced since Vietnam. It is estimated that without Jadick at the front, the Marines would have lost an additional thirty men. Of the hundreds of men he treated, only one died after reaching a hospital. This is the inspiring story of his decision to enter into the fray, a fascinating glimpse into wartime triage, and a compelling account of courage under fire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115671Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story Author: Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story Author: Richard Jadick, Thomas Hayden Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting memoir from the Navy doctor praised as 'Hero, M.D.' on the cover of Newsweek. Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. At thirty-eight, the last place the Navy doctor was expected to be was on the front lines. He was too old to be called up, but not too old to volunteer. In November 2004, with the military reeling from an acute doctor shortage, Jadick chose to accompany the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (the '1/8') to Iraq. During the Battle of Fallujah, Jadick and his team worked tirelessly and courageously around the clock to save their troops in the worst street fighting Americans had faced since Vietnam. It is estimated that without Jadick at the front, the Marines would have lost an additional thirty men. Of the hundreds of men he treated, only one died after reaching a hospital. This is the inspiring story of his decision to enter into the fray, a fascinating glimpse into wartime triage, and a compelling account of courage under fire.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-in-the-family-doctor-included-inspirational-stories-from-the-heart-of-a-pediatrician-by-vladimir-a-tsesis--65150582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All in the Family, Doctor Included: Inspirational Stories from the Heart of a Pediatrician Author: Vladimir A. Tsesis Narrator: Pat Bottino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: All in the Family, Doctor Included is a work of love and dedication that honors the human spirit at all ages. Vladimir Tsesis once again brings us poignant moments, cozy chuckles and sage advice from his busy pediatrics practice. Dr. Tsesis speaks about the importance and the beauty of the American family and its glorious triumphs over the dramatic predicaments facing modern society. Both humorous and serious, it is dedicated to the contemporary American family in search of purpose and meaning in the modern world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124072Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All in the Family, Doctor Included: Inspirational Stories from the Heart of a Pediatrician Author: Vladimir A. Tsesis Narrator: Pat Bottino Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124072 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All in the Family, Doctor Included: Inspirational Stories from the Heart of a Pediatrician Author: Vladimir A. Tsesis Narrator: Pat Bottino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: All in the Family, Doctor Included is a work of love and dedication that honors the human spirit at all ages. Vladimir Tsesis once again brings us poignant moments, cozy chuckles and sage advice from his busy pediatrics practice. Dr. Tsesis speaks about the importance and the beauty of the American family and its glorious triumphs over the dramatic predicaments facing modern society. Both humorous and serious, it is dedicated to the contemporary American family in search of purpose and meaning in the modern world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiographical-reflections-by-eric-voegelin--65150576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiographical Reflections Author: Eric Voegelin Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age. The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed the intellectual foundation of the twentieth century. Voegelin’s personal recollections of these men provide fresh insight into their thought as well, as he discusses their contributions to his own philosophical development and to the consciousness of the age. In the course of these reminiscences emerges a portrait of a man of wit, courage, affability, and principle.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124210Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiographical Reflections Author: Eric Voegelin Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiographical Reflections Author: Eric Voegelin Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age. The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed the intellectual foundation of the twentieth century. Voegelin’s personal recollections of these men provide fresh insight into their thought as well, as he discusses their contributions to his own philosophical development and to the consciousness of the age. In the course of these reminiscences emerges a portrait of a man of wit, courage, affability, and principle.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/baseball-in-41-a-celebration-of-the-best-baseball-season-ever-in-the-year-america-went-to-war-by-robert-w-creamer--65150571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Baseball in ’41: A Celebration of the “Best Baseball Season Ever”—in the Year America Went to War Author: Robert W. Creamer Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It was the year that Joe DiMaggio set his 56-game hitting streak, that Ted Williams batted .406, that the Dodgers and the Yankees battled each other in a classic World series—and that the United States went to war. In this look at what he calls 'the best baseball season ever,' Robert Creamer skillfully intertwines all these epochal baseball happenings with an informal history of a pivotal period in American life, as well as with his own memories of what it was like to be eighteen and a baseball fan when the game he loved vied for his attention with a looming war. For all who love baseball, Baseball in '41 makes it clear why the game is still the purest representation of the American Dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124229Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Baseball in ’41: A Celebration of the “Best Baseball Season Ever”—in the Year America Went to War Author: Robert W. Creamer Narrator: Grover Gardner...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Baseball in ’41: A Celebration of the “Best Baseball Season Ever”—in the Year America Went to War Author: Robert W. Creamer Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 1, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: It was the year that Joe DiMaggio set his 56-game hitting streak, that Ted Williams batted .406, that the Dodgers and the Yankees battled each other in a classic World series—and that the United States went to war. In this look at what he calls 'the best baseball season ever,' Robert Creamer skillfully intertwines all these epochal baseball happenings with an informal history of a pivotal period in American life, as well as with his own memories of what it was like to be eighteen and a baseball fan when the game he loved vied for his attention with a looming war. For all who love baseball, Baseball in '41 makes it clear why the game is still the purest representation of the American Dream.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/green-hills-of-africa-by-ernest-hemingway--65150695https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/44188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Green Hills of Africa Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: Josh Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 5, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The most intimate and elaborately enhanced addition to the Hemingway Library series: Hemingway’s memoir of his safari across the Serengeti—presented with archival material from the Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Library and with the never-before-published safari journal of Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer. When it was first published in 1935, The New York Times called Green Hills of Africa, “The best-written story of big-game hunting anywhere,” Hemingway’s evocative account of his safari through East Africa with his wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, captures his fascination with big-game hunting. In examining the grace of the chase and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. This new Hemingway Library Edition offers a fresh perspective on Hemingway’s classic travelogue, with a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, the author’s sole surviving son, who spent many years as a professional hunter in East Africa; a new introduction by Seán Hemingway, grandson of the author; and, published for the first time in its entirety, the African journal of Hemingway’s wife, Pauline, which offers an intimate glimpse into thoughts and experiences that shaped her husband’s craft.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/44188Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/44188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Green Hills of Africa Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: Josh Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/44188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Green Hills of Africa Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: Josh Lucas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 5, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The most intimate and elaborately enhanced addition to the Hemingway Library series: Hemingway’s memoir of his safari across the Serengeti—presented with archival material from the Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Library and with the never-before-published safari journal of Hemingway’s second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer. When it was first published in 1935, The New York Times called Green Hills of Africa, “The best-written story of big-game hunting anywhere,” Hemingway’s evocative account of his safari through East Africa with his wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, captures his fascination with big-game hunting. In examining the grace of the chase and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. This new Hemingway Library Edition offers a fresh perspective on Hemingway’s classic travelogue, with a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, the author’s sole surviving son, who spent many years as a professional hunter in East Africa; a new introduction by Seán Hemingway, grandson of the author; and, published for the first time in its entirety, the African journal of Hemingway’s wife, Pauline, which offers an intimate glimpse into thoughts and experiences that shaped her husband’s craft.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/master-of-the-senate-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-iii-by-robert-a-caro--65150622https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III Series: Part of The Years of Lyndon Johnson Author: Robert A. Caro Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 53 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done.   It was during these years that all Johnson’s experience—from his Texas Hill Country boyhood to his passionate representation in Congress of his hardscrabble constituents to his tireless construction of a political machine—came to fruition. Caro introduces the story with a dramatic account of the Senate itself: how Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun had made it the center of governmental energy, the forum in which the great issues of the country were thrashed out. And how, by the time Johnson arrived, it had dwindled into a body that merely responded to executive initiatives, all but impervious to the forces of change. Caro anatomizes the genius for political strategy and tactics by which, in an institution that had made the seniority system all-powerful for a century and more, Johnson became Majority Leader after only a single term-the youngest and greatest Senate Leader in our history; how he manipulated the Senate’s hallowed rules and customs and the weaknesses and strengths of his colleagues to change the “unchangeable” Senate from a loose confederation of sovereign senators to a whirring legislative machine under his own iron-fisted control.   Caro demonstrates how Johnson’s political genius enabled him to reconcile the unreconcilable: to retain the support of the southerners who controlled the Senate while earning the trust—or at least the cooperation—of the liberals, led by Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey, without whom he could not achieve his goal of winning the presidency. He shows the dark side of Johnson’s ambition: how he proved his loyalty to the great oil barons who had financed his rise to power by ruthlessly destroying the career of the New Dealer who was in charge of regulating them, Federal Power Commission Chairman Leland Olds. And we watch him achieve the impossible: convincing southerners that although he was firmly in their camp as the anointed successor to their leader, Richard Russell, it was essential that they allow him to make some progress toward civil rights. In a breathtaking tour de force, Caro details Johnson’s amazing triumph in maneuvering to passage the first civil rights legislation since 1875.   Master of the Senate, told with an abundance of rich detail that could only have come from Caro’s peerless research, is both a galvanizing portrait of the man himself—the titan of Capital Hill, volcanic, mesmerizing—and a definitive and revelatory study of the workings and personal and legislative power.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123077Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III Series: Part of The Years of Lyndon Johnson Author: Robert A. Caro Narrator: Grover Gardner...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III Series: Part of The Years of Lyndon Johnson Author: Robert A. Caro Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 53 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 28, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done.   It was during these years that all Johnson’s experience—from his Texas Hill Country boyhood to his passionate representation in Congress of his hardscrabble constituents to his tireless construction of a political machine—came to fruition. Caro introduces the story with a dramatic account of the Senate itself: how Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun had made it the center of governmental energy, the forum in which the great issues of the country were thrashed out. And how, by the time Johnson arrived, it had dwindled into a body that merely responded to executive initiatives, all but impervious to the forces of change. Caro anatomizes the genius for political strategy and tactics by which, in an institution that had made the seniority system all-powerful for a century and more, Johnson became Majority Leader after only a single term-the youngest and greatest Senate Leader in our history; how he manipulated the Senate’s hallowed rules and customs and the weaknesses and strengths of his colleagues to change the “unchangeable” Senate from a loose confederation of sovereign senators to a whirring legislative machine under his own iron-fisted control.   Caro demonstrates how Johnson’s political genius enabled him to reconcile the unreconcilable: to retain the support of the southerners who controlled the Senate while earning the trust—or at least the cooperation—of the liberals, led by Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey, without whom he could not achieve his goal of winning the presidency. He shows the dark side of Johnson’s ambition: how he proved his loyalty to the great oil barons who had financed his rise to power by ruthlessly destroying the career of the New Dealer who was in charge of regulating them, Federal Power Commission Chairman Leland Olds. And we watch him achieve the impossible: convincing southerners that although he was firmly in their camp as the anointed successor to their leader, Richard Russell, it was essential that they allow him to make some progress toward civil rights. In a breathtaking tour de force, Caro details Johnson’s amazing triumph in maneuvering to passage the first civil rights legislation since 1875.   Master of the Senate, told with an abundance of rich detail that could only have come from Caro’s peerless research, is both a galvanizing portrait of the man himself—the titan of Capital Hill, volcanic, mesmerizing—and a definitive and revelatory study of the workings and personal and legislative power.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-life-of-houdini-the-making-of-america-s-first-superhero-by-larry-sloman-william-kalush--65150686https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/42933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero Author: Larry Sloman, William Kalush Narrator: Adam Grupper Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 31, 2006 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar. Since his death eighty-eight years ago, Harry Houdini’s life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and bestselling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy, and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy. The Secret Life of Houdini traces the arc of the master magician’s life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame—his legacy later threatened by a group of fanatical Spiritualists led by esteemed British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Initiating the reader along the way into the arcane world of professional magic, Kalush and Sloman decode a life based on deception, providing an intimate and riveting portrayal of Houdini, the man and the legend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/42933Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/42933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero Author: Larry Sloman, William Kalush Narrator: Adam Grupper Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/42933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero Author: Larry Sloman, William Kalush Narrator: Adam Grupper Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 31, 2006 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar. Since his death eighty-eight years ago, Harry Houdini’s life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and bestselling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy, and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy. The Secret Life of Houdini traces the arc of the master magician’s life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame—his legacy later threatened by a group of fanatical Spiritualists led by esteemed British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Initiating the reader along the way into the arcane world of professional magic, Kalush and Sloman decode a life based on deception, providing an intimate and riveting portrayal of Houdini, the man and the legend.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grayson-by-lynne-cox--65150645https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grayson Author: Lynne Cox Narrator: Lynne Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 24, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An early-morning workout becomes an enchanting adventure when a record-holding swimmer reunites a baby whale and its mother. An inspiring, irresistible story for all ages, from the beloved author of Swimming to Antarctica. It’s five o’clock in the morning and still dark. Swimming outside the wave break off the Catalina coast, training for her next long-distance swim (she has already crossed the English Channel twice), 17-year-old Lynne Cox senses that something is following her. She worries that it might be a great white shark. Instead, it’s a baby gray whale, separated from its mother on their journey to the Bering Sea 8,000 miles away. Lynne needs to leave the water to rest, but she knows that if she does, the calf will follow her onto shore and die. To save its life, she must reunite mother and calf in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Miracles happen now and then. Sometimes we recognize them when they occur; sometimes it takes years of experience to understand. Looking back on that chilly morning, a beloved author and inspirational speaker shares her personal story of love, hope, loss, and faith.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50727Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grayson Author: Lynne Cox Narrator: Lynne Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 24, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grayson Author: Lynne Cox Narrator: Lynne Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 24, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An early-morning workout becomes an enchanting adventure when a record-holding swimmer reunites a baby whale and its mother. An inspiring, irresistible story for all ages, from the beloved author of Swimming to Antarctica. It’s five o’clock in the morning and still dark. Swimming outside the wave break off the Catalina coast, training for her next long-distance swim (she has already crossed the English Channel twice), 17-year-old Lynne Cox senses that something is following her. She worries that it might be a great white shark. Instead, it’s a baby gray whale, separated from its mother on their journey to the Bering Sea 8,000 miles away. Lynne needs to leave the water to rest, but she knows that if she does, the calf will follow her onto shore and die. To save its life, she must reunite mother and calf in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. Miracles happen now and then. Sometimes we recognize them when they occur; sometimes it takes years of experience to understand. Looking back on that chilly morning, a beloved author and inspirational speaker shares her personal story of love, hope, loss, and faith.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/churchill-remembered-by-mark-jones--65150682https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Churchill Remembered Author: Mark Jones Narrator: Sir Winston Churchill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘We Churchills die at forty,’ said Winston in 1908, ‘and I want to put something more on the slate before then.’ By the time he died in 1965, the slate was full. From his earliest days Churchill was an ambitious character, eager for action. He achieved fame and popularity through his dispatches from the Boer War, and in 1900 was elected MP for Oldham. Until the outbreak of war in 1939 Churchill was loved and loathed in equal measure. Critics and supporters alike recognised his vision, but often questioned his judgement. In the thirties, his out-of-touch views on subjects such as Indian nationalism meant that his warnings on German militarism were not taken seriously. On the day Churchill took office as Prime Minister, Hitler invaded the Low Countries; by mid-June France had fallen. A lesser man would have been overwhelmed. Even his opponents do not doubt his greatness as a leader during the Second World War. But the 1945 election brought a shock defeat. Despite this setback, in 1951 at the age of 77 he returned to serve a second term as Prime Minister. 'Churchill Remembered' draws on a wealth of archive broadcasts by, among others, Robert Boothby, Violet Bonham Carter, Nancy Astor, Oswald Mosley and Churchill himself, and encompasses the whole of his extraordinary life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41511Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Churchill Remembered Author: Mark Jones Narrator: Sir Winston Churchill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/41511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Churchill Remembered Author: Mark Jones Narrator: Sir Winston Churchill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 3, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: ‘We Churchills die at forty,’ said Winston in 1908, ‘and I want to put something more on the slate before then.’ By the time he died in 1965, the slate was full. From his earliest days Churchill was an ambitious character, eager for action. He achieved fame and popularity through his dispatches from the Boer War, and in 1900 was elected MP for Oldham. Until the outbreak of war in 1939 Churchill was loved and loathed in equal measure. Critics and supporters alike recognised his vision, but often questioned his judgement. In the thirties, his out-of-touch views on subjects such as Indian nationalism meant that his warnings on German militarism were not taken seriously. On the day Churchill took office as Prime Minister, Hitler invaded the Low Countries; by mid-June France had fallen. A lesser man would have been overwhelmed. Even his opponents do not doubt his greatness as a leader during the Second World War. But the 1945 election brought a shock defeat. Despite this setback, in 1951 at the age of 77 he returned to serve a second term as Prime Minister. 'Churchill Remembered' draws on a wealth of archive broadcasts by, among others, Robert Boothby, Violet Bonham Carter, Nancy Astor, Oswald Mosley and Churchill himself, and encompasses the whole of his extraordinary life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-moveable-feast-by-ernest-hemingway--65150697https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/35269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: James Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text before publication. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest’s sole surviving son, and an introduction by grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, editor of this edition, the book also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley. Also included are irreverent portraits of literary luminaries, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford, and insightful recollections of Hemingway’s own early experiments with his craft. Widely celebrated and debated by critics and readers everywhere, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/35269Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/35269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: James Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 1, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/35269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: James Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined the changes made to the text before publication. Now, this special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest’s sole surviving son, and an introduction by grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, editor of this edition, the book also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley. Also included are irreverent portraits of literary luminaries, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Maddox Ford, and insightful recollections of Hemingway’s own early experiments with his craft. Widely celebrated and debated by critics and readers everywhere, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and unquenchable enthusiasm that Hemingway himself epitomized.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clemente-the-passion-and-grace-of-baseball-s-last-hero-by-david-maraniss--65150671https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero Author: David Maraniss Narrator: David Maraniss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 25, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discover the remarkable life of Roberto Clemente—one of the most accomplished—and beloved—baseball heroes of his generation from Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss. On New Year’s Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero’s death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero, a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered, Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths. There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente’s underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, at a time when there were no blacks or Puerto Ricans playing organized ball in the United States, Clemente went on to become the greatest Latino player in the major leagues. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations and who now dominate the game. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente’s life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34366Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero Author: David Maraniss Narrator: David Maraniss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero Author: David Maraniss Narrator: David Maraniss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 25, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Discover the remarkable life of Roberto Clemente—one of the most accomplished—and beloved—baseball heroes of his generation from Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss. On New Year’s Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero’s death, killed in a plane crash as he attempted to deliver food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. David Maraniss now brings the great baseball player brilliantly back to life in Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero, a book destined to become a modern classic. Much like his acclaimed biography of Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered, Maraniss uses his narrative sweep and meticulous detail to capture the myth and a real man. Anyone who saw Clemente, as he played with a beautiful fury, will never forget him. He was a work of art in a game too often defined by statistics. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he won four batting titles and led his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he played. His career ended with three-thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat, and he and the immortal Lou Gehrig are the only players to have the five-year waiting period waived so they could be enshrined in the Hall of Fame immediately after their deaths. There is delightful baseball here, including thrilling accounts of the two World Series victories of Clemente’s underdog Pittsburgh Pirates, but this is far more than just another baseball book. Roberto Clemente was that rare athlete who rose above sports to become a symbol of larger themes. Born near the canebrakes of rural Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934, at a time when there were no blacks or Puerto Ricans playing organized ball in the United States, Clemente went on to become the greatest Latino player in the major leagues. He was, in a sense, the Jackie Robinson of the Spanish-speaking world, a ballplayer of determination, grace, and dignity who paved the way and set the highest standard for waves of Latino players who followed in later generations and who now dominate the game. The Clemente that Maraniss evokes was an idiosyncratic character who, unlike so many modern athletes, insisted that his responsibilities extended beyond the playing field. In his final years, his motto was that if you have a chance to help others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth. Here, in the final chapters, after capturing Clemente’s life and times, Maraniss retraces his final days, from the earthquake to the accident, using newly uncovered documents to reveal the corruption and negligence that led the unwitting hero on a mission of mercy toward his untimely death as an uninspected, overloaded plane plunged into the sea.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-walk-the-true-story-of-a-trek-to-freedom-by-slavomir-rawicz--65150624https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom Author: Slavomir Rawicz Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris, is based on this amazing true story. Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Siberian Gulag. In the spring of 1941, he escaped with six of his fellow prisoners, including one American. Thus began their astonishing trek to freedom. With no map or compass but only an ax head, a homemade knife, and a week’s supply of food, the compatriots spent a year making their way on foot to British India, through four thousand miles of the most forbidding terrain on earth. They braved the Himalayas, the desolate Siberian tundra, icy rivers, and the great Gobi Desert, always a hair’s breadth from death. Finally returning home, Rawicz reenlisted in the Polish army to fight the Germans. This is his story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89480Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom Author: Slavomir Rawicz Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89480 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom Author: Slavomir Rawicz Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris, is based on this amazing true story. Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Siberian Gulag. In the spring of 1941, he escaped with six of his fellow prisoners, including one American. Thus began their astonishing trek to freedom. With no map or compass but only an ax head, a homemade knife, and a week’s supply of food, the compatriots spent a year making their way on foot to British India, through four thousand miles of the most forbidding terrain on earth. They braved the Himalayas, the desolate Siberian tundra, icy rivers, and the great Gobi Desert, always a hair’s breadth from death. Finally returning home, Rawicz reenlisted in the Polish army to fight the Germans. This is his story.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-journey-of-crazy-horse-a-lakota-history-by-joseph-marshall--65150659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History Author: Joseph Marshall Narrator: Joseph Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 11, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 477 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 110 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and humble fighting man who—with valor, spirit, respect, and unparalleled leadership—fought for his people's land, livelihood, and honor. In this fascinating biography, Joseph M. Marshall, himself a Lakota Indian, creates a vibrant portrait of the man, his times, and his legacy. Thanks to firsthand research and his culture's rich oral tradition (rarely shared outside the Native American community), Marshall reveals many aspects of Crazy Horse's life, including details of the powerful vision that convinced him of his duty to help preserve the Lakota homeland—a vision that changed the course of Crazy Horse's life and spurred him confidently into battle time and time again. The Journey of Crazy Horse is the true story of how one man's fight for his people's survival roused his true genius as a strategist, commander, and trusted leader. And it is an unforgettable portrayal of a revered human being and a profound celebration of a culture, a community, and an enduring way of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50706Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History Author: Joseph Marshall Narrator: Joseph Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/50706 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History Author: Joseph Marshall Narrator: Joseph Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 11, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 477 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 110 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and humble fighting man who—with valor, spirit, respect, and unparalleled leadership—fought for his people's land, livelihood, and honor. In this fascinating biography, Joseph M. Marshall, himself a Lakota Indian, creates a vibrant portrait of the man, his times, and his legacy. Thanks to firsthand research and his culture's rich oral tradition (rarely shared outside the Native American community), Marshall reveals many aspects of Crazy Horse's life, including details of the powerful vision that convinced him of his duty to help preserve the Lakota homeland—a vision that changed the course of Crazy Horse's life and spurred him confidently into battle time and time again. The Journey of Crazy Horse is the true story of how one man's fight for his people's survival roused his true genius as a strategist, commander, and trusted leader. And it is an unforgettable portrayal of a revered human being and a profound celebration of a culture, a community, and an enduring way of life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-santa-claus-by-jeff-guinn--65150641https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Santa Claus Author: Jeff Guinn Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This enchanting holiday treasure combines historical fact with glorious legend as Saint Nicholas himself reveals the definitive story of Santa Claus. For anyone who has ever wondered...you're right to believe in him! In The Autobiography of Santa Claus, Santa shares his story with readers for the first time. Nicholas (his real name) was born in the Middle Eastern Country of Lycia to wealthy parents who died while he was young. The kind people of Lycia taught him the lessons of goodness and generosity, which he began to practice as a child by sharing his wealth with those in need. As a young man, Nicholas realized that his generosity had bestowed upon him special abilities to distribute his presents to deserving children everywhere. For example, he had stopped aging and could travel very, very rapidly. And so it was that Santa broadened his gift-giving and spread his message to many others, who shared his belief in the goodness of giving.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33559Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Santa Claus Author: Jeff Guinn Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Santa Claus Author: Jeff Guinn Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This enchanting holiday treasure combines historical fact with glorious legend as Saint Nicholas himself reveals the definitive story of Santa Claus. For anyone who has ever wondered...you're right to believe in him! In The Autobiography of Santa Claus, Santa shares his story with readers for the first time. Nicholas (his real name) was born in the Middle Eastern Country of Lycia to wealthy parents who died while he was young. The kind people of Lycia taught him the lessons of goodness and generosity, which he began to practice as a child by sharing his wealth with those in need. As a young man, Nicholas realized that his generosity had bestowed upon him special abilities to distribute his presents to deserving children everywhere. For example, he had stopped aging and could travel very, very rapidly. And so it was that Santa broadened his gift-giving and spread his message to many others, who shared his belief in the goodness of giving.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-american-life-by-ronald-reagan--65150684https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Life Author: Ronald Reagan Narrator: Ronald Reagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.49 of Total 63 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Don’t miss one of our greatest presidents’ bestselling autobiographies in his own words. Ronald Reagan’s story is a work of major historical importance, a narrative that The Washington Times calls “one of our classic American success stories.” Few presidents have accomplished more, or been so effective in changing the direction of government in ways that are both fundamental and lasting, than Ronald Reagan. Certainly no president has more dramatically raised the American spirit, or done so much to restore national strength and self-confidence. Here, then, is a truly American success story—a great and inspiring one. From modest beginnings as the son of a shoe salesman in Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Reagan achieved first a distinguished career in Hollywood and then, as governor of California and as president of the most powerful nation in the world, a career of public service unique in our history. Ronald Reagan’s account of that rise is told here with all the uncompromising candor, modesty, and wit that made him perhaps the most able communicator ever to occupy the White House, and also with the sense of drama of a gifted natural storyteller. He tells us, with warmth and pride, of his early years and of the elements that made him, in later life, a leader of such stubborn integrity, courage, and clear-minded optimism. Reading the account of this childhood, we understand how his parents, struggling to make ends meet despite family problems and the rigors of the Depression, shaped his belief in the virtues of American life—the need to help others, the desire to get ahead and to get things done, the deep trust in the basic goodness, values, and sense of justice of the American people—virtues that few presidents have expressed more eloquently than Ronald Reagan. With absolute authority and a keen eye for the details and the anecdotes that humanize history, Ronald Reagan takes the reader behind the scenes of his extraordinary career, from his first political experiences as president of the Screen Actors Guild (including his first meeting with a beautiful young actress who was later to become Nancy Reagan) to such high points of his presidency as the November 1985 Geneva meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, during which Reagan invited the Soviet leader outside for a breath of fresh air and then took him off for a walk and a man-to-man chat, without aides, that set the course for arms reduction and charted the end of the Cold War. Here he reveals what went on behind his decision to enter politics and run for the governorship of California, the speech nominating Barry Goldwater that first made Reagan a national political figure, his race for the presidency, his relations with the members of his own cabinet, and his frustrations with Congress. He gives us the details of the great themes and dramatic crises of his eight years in office, from Lebanon to Grenada, from the struggle to achieve arms control to tax reform, from Iran-Contra to the visits abroad that did so much to reestablish the United States in the eyes of the world as a friendly and peaceful power. His narrative is full of insights, from the unseen dangers of Gorbachev’s first visit to the United States to Reagan’s own personal correspondence with major foreign leaders, as well as his innermost feelings about life in the White House, the assassination attempt, his family—and the enduring love between himself and Mrs. Reagan. An American Life is a warm, richly detailed, and deeply human book, a brilliant self-portrait, a significant work of history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33239Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Life Author: Ronald Reagan Narrator: Ronald Reagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 1, 2004...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33239 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American Life Author: Ronald Reagan Narrator: Ronald Reagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.49 of Total 63 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Don’t miss one of our greatest presidents’ bestselling autobiographies in his own words. Ronald Reagan’s story is a work of major historical importance, a narrative that The Washington Times calls “one of our classic American success stories.” Few presidents have accomplished more, or been so effective in changing the direction of government in ways that are both fundamental and lasting, than Ronald Reagan. Certainly no president has more dramatically raised the American spirit, or done so much to restore national strength and self-confidence. Here, then, is a truly American success story—a great and inspiring one. From modest beginnings as the son of a shoe salesman in Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Reagan achieved first a distinguished career in Hollywood and then, as governor of California and as president of the most powerful nation in the world, a career of public service unique in our history. Ronald Reagan’s account of that rise is told here with all the uncompromising candor, modesty, and wit that made him perhaps the most able communicator ever to occupy the White House, and also with the sense of drama of a gifted natural storyteller. He tells us, with warmth and pride, of his early years and of the elements that made him, in later life, a leader of such stubborn integrity, courage, and clear-minded optimism. Reading the account of this childhood, we understand how his parents, struggling to make ends meet despite family problems and the rigors of the Depression, shaped his belief in the virtues of American life—the need to help others, the desire to get ahead and to get things done, the deep trust in the basic goodness, values, and sense of justice of the American people—virtues that few presidents have expressed more eloquently than Ronald Reagan. With absolute authority and a keen eye for the details and the anecdotes that humanize history, Ronald Reagan takes the reader behind the scenes of his extraordinary career, from his first political experiences as president of the Screen Actors Guild (including his first meeting with a beautiful young actress who was later to become Nancy Reagan) to such high points of his presidency as the November 1985 Geneva meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, during which Reagan invited the Soviet leader outside for a breath of fresh air and then took him off for a walk and a man-to-man chat, without aides, that set the course for arms reduction and charted the end of the Cold War. Here he reveals what went on behind his decision to enter politics and run for the governorship of California, the speech nominating Barry Goldwater that first made Reagan a national political figure, his race for the presidency, his relations with the members of his own cabinet, and his frustrations with Congress. He gives us the details of the great themes and dramatic crises of his eight years in office, from Lebanon to Grenada, from the struggle to achieve arms control to tax reform, from Iran-Contra to the visits abroad that did so much to reestablish the United States in the eyes of the world as a friendly and peaceful power. His narrative is full of insights, from the unseen dangers of Gorbachev’s first visit to the United States to Reagan’s own personal correspondence with major foreign leaders, as well as his innermost feelings about life in the White House, the assassination attempt, his family—and the enduring love between himself and Mrs. Reagan. An American Life is a warm, richly detailed, and deeply human book, a...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nancy-by-michael-deaver--65150692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nancy Author: Michael Deaver Narrator: Michael Deaver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 10, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Candid, moving and insightful, Nancy is the most personal look at Nancy Davis Reagan ever published Nancy Davis Reagan has led an extraordinary life; it has also been an extraordinarily private one. Now Mike Deaver, whose relationship with Mrs. Reagan dates back to the1960s, shares the side of Nancy that only her intimates know. The woman portrayed in Nancy is far more complicated than the stereotype. No cardboard cutout, she is pure flesh and blood, a woman of immense will and fortitude. And in the Reagans' fifty-year marriage, Ron always received top billing. She is convinced that her husband was one of the great men of the twentieth century -- a rare world leader who changed the tide of history. Nancy has been no bit player in the story. Deaver believes that Reagan would not have risen to such distinction without Nancy at his side. Reluctantly drawn into politics, Nancy gradually embraced her role. To the president, Nancy Reagan would bring discipline. She would ask the tough questions. When his image might be tainted, she would fervently guard it, even at the expense of her own. To Ronald Reagan the man, who always had trouble expressing intimacy, Nancy gave the gift of her unrestricted love. Now to a man no longer capable of looking after himself, Nancy is everything there is left to be: caretaker, guardian, nurturer of the Reagan legacy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32950Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nancy Author: Michael Deaver Narrator: Michael Deaver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 10, 2004 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nancy Author: Michael Deaver Narrator: Michael Deaver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 10, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 6 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Candid, moving and insightful, Nancy is the most personal look at Nancy Davis Reagan ever published Nancy Davis Reagan has led an extraordinary life; it has also been an extraordinarily private one. Now Mike Deaver, whose relationship with Mrs. Reagan dates back to the1960s, shares the side of Nancy that only her intimates know. The woman portrayed in Nancy is far more complicated than the stereotype. No cardboard cutout, she is pure flesh and blood, a woman of immense will and fortitude. And in the Reagans' fifty-year marriage, Ron always received top billing. She is convinced that her husband was one of the great men of the twentieth century -- a rare world leader who changed the tide of history. Nancy has been no bit player in the story. Deaver believes that Reagan would not have risen to such distinction without Nancy at his side. Reluctantly drawn into politics, Nancy gradually embraced her role. To the president, Nancy Reagan would bring discipline. She would ask the tough questions. When his image might be tainted, she would fervently guard it, even at the expense of her own. To Ronald Reagan the man, who always had trouble expressing intimacy, Nancy gave the gift of her unrestricted love. Now to a man no longer capable of looking after himself, Nancy is everything there is left to be: caretaker, guardian, nurturer of the Reagan legacy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-ronald-reagan-changed-my-life-by-peter-robinson--65150696https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life Author: Peter Robinson Narrator: Peter Robinson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 20, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.79 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On February 6, 2001, my nine-year-old daughter happened to wander into the room during a television segment marking Ronald Reagan's ninetieth birthday. She watched for a moment. Then she turned to me and asked, ''Dad, is that the President you worked for?'' What answer could I give her? How could I make her see? I wanted my daughter to recognize that the world she inhabited was freer and more prosperous because of that old, old man on television. But I also wanted her to grasp my personal debt to him, to understand all that he taught me-how to work and how to relax, how to think and how to use words, how to be a good husband, how to approach life itself... I needed to tell my children how Ronald Reagan changed my life. In 1982, as a young man, Peter Robinson was hired as a speechwriter in the Reagan White House. During the six years that followed, he was one of a core group of writers who became informal experts on Reagan, absorbing not just his political positions but his personality, manner, and way of carrying himself And the example Reagan set-as a confident, passionate, principled, generous-spirited older man-molded Robinson's outlook just as he was coming into his own. ''Hard work. A good marriage. A certain lightness of touch,'' he writes. ''The longer I studied Ronald Reagan, the more lessons I learned.'' At the core of How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life are ten of the life lessons Robinson learned from the fortieth President-principles that have guided his own life ever since. But it also offers a warm and unforgettable portrait of a great yet ordinary man who touched the individuals around him as surely as he did his millions of admirers around the world. Drawing on journal entries from his days at the White House, as well as interviews with those who knew the President best, Robinson etches his portrait with fresh observations, telling detail, and that ''certain lightness of touch'' that recalls the master himself The result is nothing less than a love story-an account of the profound respect and affection that one young man came to feel for the President who changed his life forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32936Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life Author: Peter Robinson Narrator: Peter Robinson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life Author: Peter Robinson Narrator: Peter Robinson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 20, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.79 of Total 14 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On February 6, 2001, my nine-year-old daughter happened to wander into the room during a television segment marking Ronald Reagan's ninetieth birthday. She watched for a moment. Then she turned to me and asked, ''Dad, is that the President you worked for?'' What answer could I give her? How could I make her see? I wanted my daughter to recognize that the world she inhabited was freer and more prosperous because of that old, old man on television. But I also wanted her to grasp my personal debt to him, to understand all that he taught me-how to work and how to relax, how to think and how to use words, how to be a good husband, how to approach life itself... I needed to tell my children how Ronald Reagan changed my life. In 1982, as a young man, Peter Robinson was hired as a speechwriter in the Reagan White House. During the six years that followed, he was one of a core group of writers who became informal experts on Reagan, absorbing not just his political positions but his personality, manner, and way of carrying himself And the example Reagan set-as a confident, passionate, principled, generous-spirited older man-molded Robinson's outlook just as he was coming into his own. ''Hard work. A good marriage. A certain lightness of touch,'' he writes. ''The longer I studied Ronald Reagan, the more lessons I learned.'' At the core of How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life are ten of the life lessons Robinson learned from the fortieth President-principles that have guided his own life ever since. But it also offers a warm and unforgettable portrait of a great yet ordinary man who touched the individuals around him as surely as he did his millions of admirers around the world. Drawing on journal entries from his days at the White House, as well as interviews with those who knew the President best, Robinson etches his portrait with fresh observations, telling detail, and that ''certain lightness of touch'' that recalls the master himself The result is nothing less than a love story-an account of the profound respect and affection that one young man came to feel for the President who changed his life forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-meaning-of-everything-by-simon-winchester--65150663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Meaning of Everything Author: Simon Winchester Narrator: Simon Winchester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 13, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary.  Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language--''so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy''--and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from ''the irredeemably famous'' Samuel Johnson to the ''short, pale, smug and boastful'' schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster. He then turns his unmatched talent for story-telling to the making of this most venerable of dictionaries. In this fast-paced narrative, the reader will discover lively portraits of such key figures as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colorful, boisterous Frederick Furnivall (who left the project in a shambles), and James Augustus Henry Murray, who spent a half-century bringing the project to fruition. Winchester lovingly describes the nuts-and-bolts of dictionary making--how unexpectedly tricky the dictionary entry for marzipan was, or how fraternity turned out so much longer and monkey so much more ancient than anticipated--and how bondmaid was left out completely, its slips found lurking under a pile of books long after the B-volume had gone to press. We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium--the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it--and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to W. C. Minor, whose story is one of dangerous madness, ineluctable sadness, and ultimate redemption. The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project--a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber-dictionary.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32956Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Meaning of Everything Author: Simon Winchester Narrator: Simon Winchester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Meaning of Everything Author: Simon Winchester Narrator: Simon Winchester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 13, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary.  Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language--''so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy''--and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from ''the irredeemably famous'' Samuel Johnson to the ''short, pale, smug and boastful'' schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster. He then turns his unmatched talent for story-telling to the making of this most venerable of dictionaries. In this fast-paced narrative, the reader will discover lively portraits of such key figures as the brilliant but tubercular first editor Herbert Coleridge (grandson of the poet), the colorful, boisterous Frederick Furnivall (who left the project in a shambles), and James Augustus Henry Murray, who spent a half-century bringing the project to fruition. Winchester lovingly describes the nuts-and-bolts of dictionary making--how unexpectedly tricky the dictionary entry for marzipan was, or how fraternity turned out so much longer and monkey so much more ancient than anticipated--and how bondmaid was left out completely, its slips found lurking under a pile of books long after the B-volume had gone to press. We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium--the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it--and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to W. C. Minor, whose story is one of dangerous madness, ineluctable sadness, and ultimate redemption. The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project--a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivalled uber-dictionary.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greek-lives-by-plutarch--65150694https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greek Lives Author: Plutarch Narrator: Nicholas Farrell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 1, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written at the beginning of the second century, Plutarch's collection of accounts of the lives of noble Grecians is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. Still inspiration after 19 centuries, Plutarch's "Livesoffers a unique insight into the characters as well as the achievements of men who influenced their age and the empires that their culture dominated. As accessible now as when first written, Naxos AudioBooks' premiere recording of these selections from Plutarch's "Liveswill be a welcomed addition to our catalog of classic texts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32867Wed, 01 Oct 2003 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greek Lives Author: Plutarch Narrator: Nicholas Farrell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 1, 2003 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/32867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greek Lives Author: Plutarch Narrator: Nicholas Farrell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 1, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written at the beginning of the second century, Plutarch's collection of accounts of the lives of noble Grecians is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. Still inspiration after 19 centuries, Plutarch's "Livesoffers a unique insight into the characters as well as the achievements of men who influenced their age and the empires that their culture dominated. As accessible now as when first written, Naxos AudioBooks' premiere recording of these selections from Plutarch's "Liveswill be a welcomed addition to our catalog of classic texts.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-pride-still-mattered-a-life-of-vince-lombardi-by-david-maraniss--65150666https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi Author: David Maraniss Narrator: David Maraniss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 1, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God. More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47387Fri, 01 Oct 1999 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi Author: David Maraniss Narrator: David Maraniss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/47387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi Author: David Maraniss Narrator: David Maraniss Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 1, 1999 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the myth, the man, his game, and his God. More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at Fordham, West Point, and the New York Giants before his big break came at age forty-six with the chance to coach a struggling team in snowbound Wisconsin. His leadership of the Green Bay Packers to five world championships in nine seasons is the most storied period in NFL history. Lombardi became a living legend, a symbol to many of leadership, discipline, perseverance, and teamwork, and to others of an obsession with winning.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-thin-air-a-personal-account-of-the-mt-everest-disaster-by-jon-krakauer--65150654https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Philip Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 7, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 594 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 20 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top.  No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world.  A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement. Into the Wild is available on audio, read by actor Campbell Scott.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345074Tue, 07 Jan 1997 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Philip Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345074 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Author: Jon Krakauer Narrator: Philip Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 7, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 594 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 20 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top.  No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were desperately struggling for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into the Wild. On assignment for Outside Magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world.  A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had summited Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and had led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rogue storm that struck in May 1996. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people -- including himself -- to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement. Into the Wild is available on audio, read by actor Campbell Scott.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/undaunted-courage-meriwether-lewis-thomas-jefferson-and-the-openin-by-stephen-e-ambrose--65150691https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Openin Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Cotter Smith Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 1, 1996 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 142 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, made the first map of the trans-Mississippi West, provided invaluable scientific data on the flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase territory, and established the American claim to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Ambrose has pieced together previously unknown information about weather, terrain, and medical knowledge at the time to provide a vivid backdrop for the expedition. Lewis is supported by a rich variety of colorful characters, first of all Jefferson himself, whose interest in exploring and acquiring the American West went back thirty years. Next comes Clark, a rugged frontiersman whose love for Lewis matched Jefferson’s. There are numerous Indian chiefs, and Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition, along with the French-Indian hunter Drouillard, the great naturalists of Philadelphia, the French and Spanish fur traders of St. Louis, John Quincy Adams, and many more leading political, scientific, and military figures of the turn of the century. High adventure, high politics, suspense, drama, and diplomacy combine with high romance and personal tragedy to make this outstanding work of scholarship as readable as a novel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34505Sat, 01 Jun 1996 09:25:15 +0000Eusebio EbertPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Openin Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Cotter Smith Format: Abridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/34505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Openin Author: Stephen E. Ambrose Narrator: Cotter Smith Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 1, 1996 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 142 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, made the first map of the trans-Mississippi West, provided invaluable scientific data on the flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase territory, and established the American claim to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Ambrose has pieced together previously unknown information about weather, terrain, and medical knowledge at the time to provide a vivid backdrop for the expedition. Lewis is supported by a rich variety of colorful characters, first of all Jefferson himself, whose interest in exploring and acquiring the American West went back thirty years. Next comes Clark, a rugged frontiersman whose love for Lewis matched Jefferson’s. There are numerous Indian chiefs, and Sacagawea, the Indian girl who accompanied the expedition, along with the French-Indian hunter Drouillard, the great naturalists of Philadelphia, the French and Spanish fur traders of St. Louis, John Quincy Adams, and many more leading political, scientific, and military figures of the turn of the century. High adventure, high politics, suspense, drama, and diplomacy combine with high romance and personal tragedy to make this outstanding work of scholarship as readable as a novel.]]>185cleanfull