https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/explore-new-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-women--6573532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/323/ 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.]]>enArtsCopyright Abel Ernserhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/dc3d0ad559a1f18841d4a4c939845d19.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/explore-new-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-women--6573532Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:50:14 +0000Abel ErnserAbel Ernserfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/323/ 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/323/ 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/parachute-women-marianne-faithfull-marsha-hunt-bianca-jagger-anita-pallenberg-and-the-women-behind-the-rolling-stones-by-elizabeth-wind--65152090https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones Author: Elizabeth Winder Narrator: Angelina Rocca Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us. The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock-and-roll bands of all time. At the forefront of the British Invasion and heading up the counterculture movement of the 1960s, the Stones' innovative music and iconic performances defined a generation, and fifty years later, they're still performing to sold-out stadiums around the globe. Yet, as the saying goes, behind every great man is a greater woman, and behind these larger-than-life rockstars were four incredible women whose stories have yet to be fully unpacked . . . until now. In Parachute Women, Elizabeth Winder introduces us to the four women who inspired, styled, wrote for, remixed, and ultimately helped create the legend of the Rolling Stones. Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, and Anita Pallenberg put the glimmer in the Glimmer Twins and taught a group of straight-laced boys to be bad. They opened the doors to subterranean art and alternative lifestyles, turned them on to Russian literature, occult practices, and LSD. They connected them to cutting edge directors and writers, won them roles in art house films that renewed their appeal. They often acted as unpaid stylists, providing provocative looks from their personal wardrobes. They remixed tracks for chart-topping albums, and sometimes even wrote the actual songs. More hip to the times than the rockers themselves, they consciously (and unconsciously) kept the band current—and confident—with that mythic lasting power they still have today. Lush in detail and insight, and long overdue, Parachute Women is a group portrait of the four audacious women who transformed the Stones into international stars, but who were themselves marginalized by the male-dominated rock world of the late '60s and early '70s. Written in the tradition of Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us, it's a story of lust and rivalries, friendships and betrayals, hope and degradation, and the birth of rock and roll.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513598Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones Author: Elizabeth Winder...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones Author: Elizabeth Winder Narrator: Angelina Rocca Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 11, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us. The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock-and-roll bands of all time. At the forefront of the British Invasion and heading up the counterculture movement of the 1960s, the Stones' innovative music and iconic performances defined a generation, and fifty years later, they're still performing to sold-out stadiums around the globe. Yet, as the saying goes, behind every great man is a greater woman, and behind these larger-than-life rockstars were four incredible women whose stories have yet to be fully unpacked . . . until now. In Parachute Women, Elizabeth Winder introduces us to the four women who inspired, styled, wrote for, remixed, and ultimately helped create the legend of the Rolling Stones. Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, and Anita Pallenberg put the glimmer in the Glimmer Twins and taught a group of straight-laced boys to be bad. They opened the doors to subterranean art and alternative lifestyles, turned them on to Russian literature, occult practices, and LSD. They connected them to cutting edge directors and writers, won them roles in art house films that renewed their appeal. They often acted as unpaid stylists, providing provocative looks from their personal wardrobes. They remixed tracks for chart-topping albums, and sometimes even wrote the actual songs. More hip to the times than the rockers themselves, they consciously (and unconsciously) kept the band current—and confident—with that mythic lasting power they still have today. Lush in detail and insight, and long overdue, Parachute Women is a group portrait of the four audacious women who transformed the Stones into international stars, but who were themselves marginalized by the male-dominated rock world of the late '60s and early '70s. Written in the tradition of Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us, it's a story of lust and rivalries, friendships and betrayals, hope and degradation, and the birth of rock and roll.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/proving-ground-the-untold-story-of-the-six-women-who-programmed-the-world-s-first-modern-computer-by-kathy-kleiman--65152080https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer Author: Kathy Kleiman Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Discover a fascinating look into the lives of six historic trailblazers in this World War II-era story of the American women who programmed the world's first modern computer. After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer—better known as the ENIAC—even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. While most students of computer history are aware of this innovative machine, the great contributions of the women who programmed it were never told—until now.  Over the course of a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their work. Proving Ground restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries. As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its far-reaching consequences, the story of the ENIAC Programmers' groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before, and Proving Ground is the celebration they deserve.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511913Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer Author: Kathy Kleiman Narrator: Erin Bennett Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer Author: Kathy Kleiman Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 26, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Discover a fascinating look into the lives of six historic trailblazers in this World War II-era story of the American women who programmed the world's first modern computer. After the end of World War II, the race for technological supremacy sped on. Top-secret research into ballistics and computing, begun during the war to aid those on the front lines, continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women, tasked with figuring out how to program the world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer—better known as the ENIAC—even though there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence. While most students of computer history are aware of this innovative machine, the great contributions of the women who programmed it were never told—until now.  Over the course of a decade, Kathy Kleiman met with four of the original six ENIAC Programmers and recorded extensive interviews with the women about their work. Proving Ground restores these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries. As the tech world continues to struggle with gender imbalance and its far-reaching consequences, the story of the ENIAC Programmers' groundbreaking work is more urgently necessary than ever before, and Proving Ground is the celebration they deserve.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-moment-106-women-on-fighting-for-themselves-by-lauren-blitzer-chely-wright-kristin-chenoweth-kathy-najimy--65152127https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves Author: Lauren Blitzer, Chely Wright, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy Narrator: Lauren Blitzer, Chely Wright, Lanna Joffrey, Carolina Hoyos, Ashton Grooms, Aj Ferraro, Natalie Naudus, Joy Osmanski, Soneela Nankani, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves—including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among others. This powerful essay collection is a natural extension of the #MeToo movement, revealing the interior experience of women after they’ve inevitably been underestimated or hurt—the epiphany that the world is different than they thought it to be—and how they’ve used this knowledge to make change. In My Moment, Gloria Steinem tells the story of how a meeting with writer Terry Southern drew blood. Carol Burnett shares how CBS discouraged her from pursuing The Carol Burnett Show, because comedy variety shows were “a man’s game.” Joanna Gaines reveals how coming to New York City as a young woman helped her embrace her Korean heritage after enduring racist bullying as a child. Author Maggie Smith details a career crossroads when her boss declined her request to work from home after the birth of her daughter, leading her to quit and never look back. Over and over again, when told “no” these women said “yes” to themselves. This hugely inspiring, beautiful book will move people of all ages and make them feel less alone. More than the sum of its parts, My Moment is also a handbook for young women (or any woman) making their way through the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507596Tue, 24 May 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves Author: Lauren Blitzer, Chely Wright, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy Narrator: Lauren Blitzer, Chely...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507596 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves Author: Lauren Blitzer, Chely Wright, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy Narrator: Lauren Blitzer, Chely Wright, Lanna Joffrey, Carolina Hoyos, Ashton Grooms, Aj Ferraro, Natalie Naudus, Joy Osmanski, Soneela Nankani, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 24, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves—including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among others. This powerful essay collection is a natural extension of the #MeToo movement, revealing the interior experience of women after they’ve inevitably been underestimated or hurt—the epiphany that the world is different than they thought it to be—and how they’ve used this knowledge to make change. In My Moment, Gloria Steinem tells the story of how a meeting with writer Terry Southern drew blood. Carol Burnett shares how CBS discouraged her from pursuing The Carol Burnett Show, because comedy variety shows were “a man’s game.” Joanna Gaines reveals how coming to New York City as a young woman helped her embrace her Korean heritage after enduring racist bullying as a child. Author Maggie Smith details a career crossroads when her boss declined her request to work from home after the birth of her daughter, leading her to quit and never look back. Over and over again, when told “no” these women said “yes” to themselves. This hugely inspiring, beautiful book will move people of all ages and make them feel less alone. More than the sum of its parts, My Moment is also a handbook for young women (or any woman) making their way through the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/victoria-the-queen-an-intimate-biography-of-the-woman-who-ruled-an-empire-by-julia-baird--65152092https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire Author: Julia Baird Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen—a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • ESQUIRE • THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY “Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird’s exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europe’s monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public’s expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger tracts of the globe. In a world where women were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother’s meddling and an adviser’s bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers, overstepping conventional boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert, she began a controversial, intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security—queen of a quarter of the world’s population at the height of the British Empire’s reach. Drawing on sources that include fresh revelations about Victoria’s relationship with John Brown, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509094Tue, 10 May 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire Author: Julia Baird Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire Author: Julia Baird Narrator: Lucy Rayner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 10, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen—a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • ESQUIRE • THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY “Victoria the Queen, Julia Baird’s exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography, brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would threaten many of Europe’s monarchies in the coming decades. In Britain, a generation of royals had indulged their whims at the public’s expense, and republican sentiment was growing. The Industrial Revolution was transforming the landscape, and the British Empire was commanding ever larger tracts of the globe. In a world where women were often powerless, during a century roiling with change, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother’s meddling and an adviser’s bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. She loved sex and delighted in power. She was outspoken with her ministers, overstepping conventional boundaries and asserting her opinions. After the death of her adored Albert, she began a controversial, intimate relationship with her servant John Brown. She survived eight assassination attempts over the course of her lifetime. And as science, technology, and democracy were dramatically reshaping the world, Victoria was a symbol of steadfastness and security—queen of a quarter of the world’s population at the height of the British Empire’s reach. Drawing on sources that include fresh revelations about Victoria’s relationship with John Brown, Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/left-on-tenth-a-second-chance-at-life-a-memoir-by-delia-ephron--65152081https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir Author: Delia Ephron Narrator: Delia Ephron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life—she shut down his landline, which crashed her internet. She ended up in Verizon hell.   She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before, set up by Nora. Delia did not remember him, but after several weeks of exchanging emails and sixties folk songs, he flew east to see her. They were crazy, utterly, in love.   But this was not a rom-com: four months later she was diagnosed with AML, a fierce leukemia.   In Left on Tenth, Delia Ephron enchants as she seesaws us between tears and laughter, navigating the suicidal lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment and the giddy highs of a second chance at love. With Peter and her close girlfriends by her side, with startling clarity, warmth, and honesty about facing death, Ephron invites us to join her team of warriors and become believers ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511900Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir Author: Delia Ephron Narrator: Delia Ephron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir Author: Delia Ephron Narrator: Delia Ephron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 12, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life—she shut down his landline, which crashed her internet. She ended up in Verizon hell.   She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before, set up by Nora. Delia did not remember him, but after several weeks of exchanging emails and sixties folk songs, he flew east to see her. They were crazy, utterly, in love.   But this was not a rom-com: four months later she was diagnosed with AML, a fierce leukemia.   In Left on Tenth, Delia Ephron enchants as she seesaws us between tears and laughter, navigating the suicidal lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment and the giddy highs of a second chance at love. With Peter and her close girlfriends by her side, with startling clarity, warmth, and honesty about facing death, Ephron invites us to join her team of warriors and become believers ourselves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-there-s-muck-there-s-bras-lost-stories-of-the-amazing-women-of-the-north-by-kate-fox--65152087https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras: Lost Stories of the Amazing Women of the North Author: Kate Fox Narrator: Kate Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden. From Cartimandua, the forgotten Iron Age Queen of the North, to Woodbine-smoking football player Lily Parr, Kate with her trademark wit and sense of fun, shows how these astonishing trailblazers laid the ground for modern stars from Victoria Wood to Little Mix. Nicola Adams, Betty Boothroyd and Helen Sharman all have these unsung northern champions to thank for paving their way. Funny, enlightening and a call to arms, it’s perfect for a nation ready to rediscover its hidden heroes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509118Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras: Lost Stories of the Amazing Women of the North Author: Kate Fox Narrator: Kate Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras: Lost Stories of the Amazing Women of the North Author: Kate Fox Narrator: Kate Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 17, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden. From Cartimandua, the forgotten Iron Age Queen of the North, to Woodbine-smoking football player Lily Parr, Kate with her trademark wit and sense of fun, shows how these astonishing trailblazers laid the ground for modern stars from Victoria Wood to Little Mix. Nicola Adams, Betty Boothroyd and Helen Sharman all have these unsung northern champions to thank for paving their way. Funny, enlightening and a call to arms, it’s perfect for a nation ready to rediscover its hidden heroes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/brilliance-beyond-borders-remarkable-women-leaders-share-the-power-of-immigrace-by-chinwe-esimai--65152082https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brilliance Beyond Borders: Remarkable Women Leaders Share the Power of Immigrace Author: Chinwe Esimai Narrator: Chinwe Esimai Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie? Of the 73 million women in the US workforce, 11.5 million are foreign-born. The truth is--even in the midst of headlines and political debates about immigration reform and in the wake of MeToo and other female-centric movements--millions of immigrants, especially women, aren’t living their fullest potential. Based on her personal experience and the stories of trailblazing women from around the world and in diverse industries, author Chinwe Esimai shares five indispensable traits that make an ocean of difference between immigrants who live as mere shadows of their truest potential and those who find purpose and fulfillment--what Chinwe refers to as their immigrace: - Saying yes to your immigrace, an immigrant woman’s expression of her highest purpose and potential - Daring to play in the big leagues - Transforming failure - Embracing change and blending differences - Finding joy and healing These five traits are the foundation of the Brilliance Blueprint, a step-by-step guide to help you achieve your own extraordinary results and build your own remarkable legacy. Journaling prompts and additional resources are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509692Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brilliance Beyond Borders: Remarkable Women Leaders Share the Power of Immigrace Author: Chinwe Esimai Narrator: Chinwe Esimai Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Brilliance Beyond Borders: Remarkable Women Leaders Share the Power of Immigrace Author: Chinwe Esimai Narrator: Chinwe Esimai Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie? Of the 73 million women in the US workforce, 11.5 million are foreign-born. The truth is--even in the midst of headlines and political debates about immigration reform and in the wake of MeToo and other female-centric movements--millions of immigrants, especially women, aren’t living their fullest potential. Based on her personal experience and the stories of trailblazing women from around the world and in diverse industries, author Chinwe Esimai shares five indispensable traits that make an ocean of difference between immigrants who live as mere shadows of their truest potential and those who find purpose and fulfillment--what Chinwe refers to as their immigrace: - Saying yes to your immigrace, an immigrant woman’s expression of her highest purpose and potential - Daring to play in the big leagues - Transforming failure - Embracing change and blending differences - Finding joy and healing These five traits are the foundation of the Brilliance Blueprint, a step-by-step guide to help you achieve your own extraordinary results and build your own remarkable legacy. Journaling prompts and additional resources are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-motherhood-bitches-the-real-guide-to-pregnancy-birth-and-beyond-by-victoria-emes--65152117https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches: The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Author: Victoria Emes Narrator: Victoria Emes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 17, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The real guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond. I’m assuming you’ve picked up this book because you’re either curious about having kids, you’re currently up the duff, or you’re stumbling through the early days of parenthood with a mattress-sized sanitary towel between your legs wondering what the hell has just happened. That, or you’re killing time in WHSmith, waiting for your flight to Ibiza. You lucky bastard. Either way, this book is your pregnancy, birth and postpartum BFF. Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches is your one-stop, no-filter guide to everything from swollen vulvas and dinner-plate areolas; from shitting in labour to the horror of postpartum haemorrhoids; from mindless sleep deprivation to salvaging a sex life when your pelvic floor has hit the floor. But mainly, it’s a reassuring reminder that feeling slightly (or shockingly) out of control with a newborn baby human is entirely normal…we promise.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499518Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches: The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Author: Victoria Emes Narrator: Victoria Emes Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches: The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond Author: Victoria Emes Narrator: Victoria Emes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 17, 2022 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The real guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond. I’m assuming you’ve picked up this book because you’re either curious about having kids, you’re currently up the duff, or you’re stumbling through the early days of parenthood with a mattress-sized sanitary towel between your legs wondering what the hell has just happened. That, or you’re killing time in WHSmith, waiting for your flight to Ibiza. You lucky bastard. Either way, this book is your pregnancy, birth and postpartum BFF. Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches is your one-stop, no-filter guide to everything from swollen vulvas and dinner-plate areolas; from shitting in labour to the horror of postpartum haemorrhoids; from mindless sleep deprivation to salvaging a sex life when your pelvic floor has hit the floor. But mainly, it’s a reassuring reminder that feeling slightly (or shockingly) out of control with a newborn baby human is entirely normal…we promise.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/admissions-a-memoir-of-surviving-boarding-school-by-kendra-james--65152113https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509309 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School Author: Kendra James Narrator: Mela Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A sharp-witted and deeply insightful look into the storied world of elite prep schools from the first African-American legacy student to graduate from The Taft School. Early on in Kendra James’ professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep schools, she persuaded students and families to embark on the same perilous journey she herself had made—to attend cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Her new job forced her to reflect on her own elite education experience, and to realize how disillusioned she had become with America’s inequitable system. In ADMISSIONS, Kendra looks back at the three years she spent at Taft, chronicling clashes with her lily-white roommate, how she had to unlearn the respectability politics she'd been raised with, and the fall-out from a horrifying article in the student newspaper that accused Black and Latinx students of being responsible for segregation of campus. Through these stories, some troubling, others hilarious, she deconstructs the lies and half-truths she herself would later tell as an admissions professional, in addition to the myths about boarding schools perpetuated by popular culture. With its combination of incisive social critique and uproarious depictions of elite nonsense, ADMISSIONS will resonate with anyone who has ever been The Only One in a room, dealt with racial microaggressions, or even just suffered from an extreme case of homesickness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509309Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509309 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School Author: Kendra James Narrator: Mela Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509309 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School Author: Kendra James Narrator: Mela Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A sharp-witted and deeply insightful look into the storied world of elite prep schools from the first African-American legacy student to graduate from The Taft School. Early on in Kendra James’ professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep schools, she persuaded students and families to embark on the same perilous journey she herself had made—to attend cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Her new job forced her to reflect on her own elite education experience, and to realize how disillusioned she had become with America’s inequitable system. In ADMISSIONS, Kendra looks back at the three years she spent at Taft, chronicling clashes with her lily-white roommate, how she had to unlearn the respectability politics she'd been raised with, and the fall-out from a horrifying article in the student newspaper that accused Black and Latinx students of being responsible for segregation of campus. Through these stories, some troubling, others hilarious, she deconstructs the lies and half-truths she herself would later tell as an admissions professional, in addition to the myths about boarding schools perpetuated by popular culture. With its combination of incisive social critique and uproarious depictions of elite nonsense, ADMISSIONS will resonate with anyone who has ever been The Only One in a room, dealt with racial microaggressions, or even just suffered from an extreme case of homesickness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-killer-by-design-murderers-mindhunters-and-my-quest-to-decipher-the-criminal-mind-by-ann-wolbert-burgess--65152083https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513597 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind Author: Ann Wolbert Burgess Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Written by the forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI profiles and catches serial killers, this thought-provoking book takes an intimate look at the creation of the Behavioral Science Unit–the inspiration for Hulu’s Mastermind documentary. In the 1970s, the FBI created the "Mindhunters" (better known as the Behavioral Science Unit) to track down the country's most dangerous criminals. In A Killer By Design, Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess reveals how her pioneering research on sexual assault and trauma helped the FBI capture some of history’s most violent offenders, including Ed Kemper (The Co-Ed Killer), Dennis Rader (BTK), Henry Wallace (The Taco Bell Strangler), and Jon Barry Simonis (The Ski-Mask Rapist). This book pulls us directly into the investigations as she experienced them, interweaving never-before-seen interview transcripts, crime scene drawings, and her personal insight about the minds of deranged criminals and the victims they left behind. Haunting and deeply human, A Killer By Design forces us to confront the age-old question that has long plagued our criminal justice system: "What drives someone to kill, and how can we stop them?" As Featured on ABC 20/20  One of Amazon's "Best True Crime" Books A "Best Book of the Month" Pick for Amazon (December 2021) An Apple Audio "Must-Listen" (December 2021)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513597Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513597 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind Author: Ann Wolbert Burgess Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513597 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Killer By Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind Author: Ann Wolbert Burgess Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: December 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Written by the forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI profiles and catches serial killers, this thought-provoking book takes an intimate look at the creation of the Behavioral Science Unit–the inspiration for Hulu’s Mastermind documentary. In the 1970s, the FBI created the "Mindhunters" (better known as the Behavioral Science Unit) to track down the country's most dangerous criminals. In A Killer By Design, Dr. Ann Wolbert Burgess reveals how her pioneering research on sexual assault and trauma helped the FBI capture some of history’s most violent offenders, including Ed Kemper (The Co-Ed Killer), Dennis Rader (BTK), Henry Wallace (The Taco Bell Strangler), and Jon Barry Simonis (The Ski-Mask Rapist). This book pulls us directly into the investigations as she experienced them, interweaving never-before-seen interview transcripts, crime scene drawings, and her personal insight about the minds of deranged criminals and the victims they left behind. Haunting and deeply human, A Killer By Design forces us to confront the age-old question that has long plagued our criminal justice system: "What drives someone to kill, and how can we stop them?" As Featured on ABC 20/20  One of Amazon's "Best True Crime" Books A "Best Book of the Month" Pick for Amazon (December 2021) An Apple Audio "Must-Listen" (December 2021)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sex-cult-nun-breaking-away-from-the-children-of-god-a-wild-radical-religious-cult-by-faith-jones--65152103https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult Author: Faith Jones Narrator: Jaime Lamchick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment—an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong, the cult followers looked to Faith’s grandfather as their guiding light. As such, Faith was celebrated as special and then punished doubly to remind her that she was not. Over decades, the Children of God grew into an international organization that became notorious for its alarming sex practices and allegations of abuse and exploitation. But with indomitable grit, Faith survived, creating a world of her own—pilfering books and teaching herself high school curriculum. Finally, at age twenty-three, thirsting for knowledge and freedom, she broke away, leaving behind everything she knew to forge her own path in America. A complicated family story mixed with a hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative, Faith Jones’ extraordinary memoir reflects our societal norms of oppression and abuse while providing a unique lens to explore spiritual manipulation and our rights in our bodies. Honest, eye-opening, uplifting, and intensely affecting, Sex Cult Nun brings to life a hidden world that’s hypnotically alien yet unexpectedly relatable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509161Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult Author: Faith Jones Narrator: Jaime Lamchick Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509161 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult Author: Faith Jones Narrator: Jaime Lamchick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment—an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong, the cult followers looked to Faith’s grandfather as their guiding light. As such, Faith was celebrated as special and then punished doubly to remind her that she was not. Over decades, the Children of God grew into an international organization that became notorious for its alarming sex practices and allegations of abuse and exploitation. But with indomitable grit, Faith survived, creating a world of her own—pilfering books and teaching herself high school curriculum. Finally, at age twenty-three, thirsting for knowledge and freedom, she broke away, leaving behind everything she knew to forge her own path in America. A complicated family story mixed with a hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative, Faith Jones’ extraordinary memoir reflects our societal norms of oppression and abuse while providing a unique lens to explore spiritual manipulation and our rights in our bodies. Honest, eye-opening, uplifting, and intensely affecting, Sex Cult Nun brings to life a hidden world that’s hypnotically alien yet unexpectedly relatable.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friends-from-the-beginning-the-berkeley-village-that-raised-kamala-and-me-by-stacey-johnson-batiste--65152094https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends from the Beginning: The Berkeley Village That Raised Kamala and Me Author: Stacey Johnson-Batiste Narrator: Nidra Sous La Terre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A vivid, intimate portrait of the friendship forged between Stacey Johnson Batiste and her childhood best friend, Vice President Kamala Harris—and of the community in which they were raised, and the lessons offered by those they loved and admired from childhood, through their teenage years, and up to the present day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511899Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends from the Beginning: The Berkeley Village That Raised Kamala and Me Author: Stacey Johnson-Batiste Narrator: Nidra Sous La Terre Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends from the Beginning: The Berkeley Village That Raised Kamala and Me Author: Stacey Johnson-Batiste Narrator: Nidra Sous La Terre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 16, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A vivid, intimate portrait of the friendship forged between Stacey Johnson Batiste and her childhood best friend, Vice President Kamala Harris—and of the community in which they were raised, and the lessons offered by those they loved and admired from childhood, through their teenage years, and up to the present day.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/workhorse-my-sublime-and-absurd-years-in-new-york-city-s-restaurant-scene-by-kim-reed--65152097https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene Author: Kim Reed Narrator: Kim Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 9, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A razor-sharp look at one woman’s nearly two decades in the New York City restaurant, including her time working with Joe Bastianich, and what happens when your job consumes your life. ​ By day, Kim Reed was a social worker to the homebound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. By night, she scrambled into Manhattan to hostess at Babbo, where even the Pope would have had trouble scoring a reservation, and A-list celebrities squeezed through the jam-packed entryway like everyone else. Despite her whirlwind fifteen-hour workdays, Kim remained up to her eyeballs in grad school debt. Her training—problem solving, crisis intervention, dealing with unpredictable people and random situations—made her the ideal assistant for the volatile Joe Bastianich, a hard-partying, “What's next?” food and wine entrepreneur. He rose to fame in Italy as a TV star while Kim planned parties, fielded calls, and negotiated deals from two phones on the go.   Decadent food, summers in Milan, and a reservation racket that paid in designer bags and champagne were fun only inasmuch as they filled the void left by being always on call and on edge. In a blink, the years passed, and one day Kim looked up and realized that everything she wanted beyond her job—friends, a relationship, a family, a weekend without twenty ominous emails dropping into her inbox—was out of reach. Workhorse is a deep-dive into coming of age in the chaos of New York City’s foodie craze and an all-too-relatable look at what happens when your job takes over your identity, and when a scandal upends your understanding of where you work and what you do.. After spending years making the impossible possible for someone else, Kim realized she had to do the same for herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506158Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene Author: Kim Reed Narrator: Kim Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Workhorse: My Sublime and Absurd Years in New York City's Restaurant Scene Author: Kim Reed Narrator: Kim Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 9, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A razor-sharp look at one woman’s nearly two decades in the New York City restaurant, including her time working with Joe Bastianich, and what happens when your job consumes your life. ​ By day, Kim Reed was a social worker to the homebound elderly in Brooklyn Heights. By night, she scrambled into Manhattan to hostess at Babbo, where even the Pope would have had trouble scoring a reservation, and A-list celebrities squeezed through the jam-packed entryway like everyone else. Despite her whirlwind fifteen-hour workdays, Kim remained up to her eyeballs in grad school debt. Her training—problem solving, crisis intervention, dealing with unpredictable people and random situations—made her the ideal assistant for the volatile Joe Bastianich, a hard-partying, “What's next?” food and wine entrepreneur. He rose to fame in Italy as a TV star while Kim planned parties, fielded calls, and negotiated deals from two phones on the go.   Decadent food, summers in Milan, and a reservation racket that paid in designer bags and champagne were fun only inasmuch as they filled the void left by being always on call and on edge. In a blink, the years passed, and one day Kim looked up and realized that everything she wanted beyond her job—friends, a relationship, a family, a weekend without twenty ominous emails dropping into her inbox—was out of reach. Workhorse is a deep-dive into coming of age in the chaos of New York City’s foodie craze and an all-too-relatable look at what happens when your job takes over your identity, and when a scandal upends your understanding of where you work and what you do.. After spending years making the impossible possible for someone else, Kim realized she had to do the same for herself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/madam-the-biography-of-polly-adler-icon-of-the-jazz-age-by-debby-applegate--65152248https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age Author: Debby Applegate Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America. 'A fast-paced tale of … Polly’s many court battles, newspaper headlines, mobster dealings and society gossip…. A breathless tale told through extraordinary research.” —The New York Times Book Review Simply put: Everybody came to Polly's. Pearl 'Polly' Adler (1900-1962) was a diminutive dynamo whose Manhattan brothels in the Roaring Twenties became places not just for men to have the company of women but were key gathering places where the culturati and celebrity elite mingled with high society and with violent figures of the underworld—and had a good time doing it.   As a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe, Polly Adler's life is a classic American story of success and assimilation that starts like a novel by Henry Roth and then turns into a glittering real-life tale straight out of F. Scott Fitzgerald. She declared her ambition to be 'the best goddam madam in all America' and succeeded wildly. Debby Applegate uses Polly's story as the key to unpacking just what made the 1920s the appallingly corrupt yet glamorous and transformational era that it was and how the collision between high and low is the unique ingredient that fuels American culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505655Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age Author: Debby Applegate Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age Author: Debby Applegate Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America. 'A fast-paced tale of … Polly’s many court battles, newspaper headlines, mobster dealings and society gossip…. A breathless tale told through extraordinary research.” —The New York Times Book Review Simply put: Everybody came to Polly's. Pearl 'Polly' Adler (1900-1962) was a diminutive dynamo whose Manhattan brothels in the Roaring Twenties became places not just for men to have the company of women but were key gathering places where the culturati and celebrity elite mingled with high society and with violent figures of the underworld—and had a good time doing it.   As a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe, Polly Adler's life is a classic American story of success and assimilation that starts like a novel by Henry Roth and then turns into a glittering real-life tale straight out of F. Scott Fitzgerald. She declared her ambition to be 'the best goddam madam in all America' and succeeded wildly. Debby Applegate uses Polly's story as the key to unpacking just what made the 1920s the appallingly corrupt yet glamorous and transformational era that it was and how the collision between high and low is the unique ingredient that fuels American culture.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-correspondents-six-women-writers-on-the-front-lines-of-world-war-ii-by-judith-mackrell--65152121https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II Author: Judith Mackrell Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative of World War II—from Martha Gellhorn, who out-scooped her husband, Ernest Hemingway, to Lee Miller, a Vogue cover model turned war correspondent. 'Thrilling from the first page to the last.' —Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women 'Just as women are so often written out of war, so it seems are the female correspondents. Mackrell corrects this omission admirably with stories of six of the best…Mackrell has done us all a great service by assembling their own fascinating stories.' —New York Times Book Review On the front lines of the Second World War, a contingent of female journalists were bravely waging their own battle. Barred from combat zones and faced with entrenched prejudice and bureaucratic restrictions, these women were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms with men. The Correspondents follows six remarkable women as their lives and careers intertwined: Martha Gellhorn, who got the scoop on Ernest Hemingway on D-Day by traveling to Normandy as a stowaway on a Red Cross ship; Lee Miller, who went from being a Vogue cover model to the magazine’s official war correspondent; Sigrid Schultz, who hid her Jewish identity and risked her life by reporting on the Nazi regime; Virginia Cowles, a “society girl columnist” turned combat reporter; Clare Hollingworth, the first English journalist to break the news of World War II; and Helen Kirkpatrick, the first woman to report from an Allied war zone with equal privileges to men. From chasing down sources and narrowly dodging gunfire to conducting tumultuous love affairs and socializing with luminaries like Eleanor Roosevelt, Picasso, and Man Ray, these six women are captured in all their complexity. With her gripping, intimate, and nuanced portrait, Judith Mackrell celebrates these courageous reporters who risked their lives for the scoop.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505653Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II Author: Judith Mackrell Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505653 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II Author: Judith Mackrell Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The riveting, untold history of a group of heroic women reporters who revolutionized the narrative of World War II—from Martha Gellhorn, who out-scooped her husband, Ernest Hemingway, to Lee Miller, a Vogue cover model turned war correspondent. 'Thrilling from the first page to the last.' —Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women 'Just as women are so often written out of war, so it seems are the female correspondents. Mackrell corrects this omission admirably with stories of six of the best…Mackrell has done us all a great service by assembling their own fascinating stories.' —New York Times Book Review On the front lines of the Second World War, a contingent of female journalists were bravely waging their own battle. Barred from combat zones and faced with entrenched prejudice and bureaucratic restrictions, these women were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms with men. The Correspondents follows six remarkable women as their lives and careers intertwined: Martha Gellhorn, who got the scoop on Ernest Hemingway on D-Day by traveling to Normandy as a stowaway on a Red Cross ship; Lee Miller, who went from being a Vogue cover model to the magazine’s official war correspondent; Sigrid Schultz, who hid her Jewish identity and risked her life by reporting on the Nazi regime; Virginia Cowles, a “society girl columnist” turned combat reporter; Clare Hollingworth, the first English journalist to break the news of World War II; and Helen Kirkpatrick, the first woman to report from an Allied war zone with equal privileges to men. From chasing down sources and narrowly dodging gunfire to conducting tumultuous love affairs and socializing with luminaries like Eleanor Roosevelt, Picasso, and Man Ray, these six women are captured in all their complexity. With her gripping, intimate, and nuanced portrait, Judith Mackrell celebrates these courageous reporters who risked their lives for the scoop.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chancellor-by-kati-marton--65152096https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chancellor Author: Kati Marton Narrator: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The “captivating” (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful—and elusive—woman in the world. Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, entering politics only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West. In this “masterpiece of discernment and insight” (The New York Times Book Review), acclaimed biographer Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of Merkel’s unlikely ascent. With unparalleled access to the chancellor’s inner circle and a trove of records only recently come to light, she teases out the unique political genius that had been the secret to Merkel’s success. No modern leader so ably confronted Russian aggression, enacted daring social policies, and calmly unified an entire continent in an era when countries are becoming more divided. Again and again, she cleverly outmaneuvered strongmen like Putin and Trump, and weathered surprisingly complicated relationships with allies like Obama and Macron. Famously private, the woman who emerges from this “impressively researched” (The Wall Street Journal) account is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while staying true to one’s moral convictions. At once a “riveting” (Los Angeles Review of Books) political biography, an intimate human portrait, and a revelatory look at successful leadership in action, The Chancellor brings forth one of the most extraordinary women of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502003Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chancellor Author: Kati Marton Narrator: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chancellor Author: Kati Marton Narrator: Alex Allwine, Kati Marton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The “captivating” (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful—and elusive—woman in the world. Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, entering politics only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West. In this “masterpiece of discernment and insight” (The New York Times Book Review), acclaimed biographer Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of Merkel’s unlikely ascent. With unparalleled access to the chancellor’s inner circle and a trove of records only recently come to light, she teases out the unique political genius that had been the secret to Merkel’s success. No modern leader so ably confronted Russian aggression, enacted daring social policies, and calmly unified an entire continent in an era when countries are becoming more divided. Again and again, she cleverly outmaneuvered strongmen like Putin and Trump, and weathered surprisingly complicated relationships with allies like Obama and Macron. Famously private, the woman who emerges from this “impressively researched” (The Wall Street Journal) account is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while staying true to one’s moral convictions. At once a “riveting” (Los Angeles Review of Books) political biography, an intimate human portrait, and a revelatory look at successful leadership in action, The Chancellor brings forth one of the most extraordinary women of our time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-plant-hunter-a-scientist-s-quest-for-nature-s-next-medicines-by-cassandra-leah-quave--65152135https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines Author: Cassandra Leah Quave Narrator: Cassandra Leah Quave Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 19, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The uplifting, adventure-filled memoir of one groundbreaking scientist’s quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. “A fascinating and deeply personal journey.” ­—Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants and The Drunken Botanist Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, Dr. Cassandra Quave has conducted field research everywhere from the flooded forests of the remote Amazon to the isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. Dr. Quave is a leading medical ethnobotanist—someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses—helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she's done it all with just one leg. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503941Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines Author: Cassandra Leah Quave Narrator: Cassandra Leah Quave Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503941 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines Author: Cassandra Leah Quave Narrator: Cassandra Leah Quave Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 19, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The uplifting, adventure-filled memoir of one groundbreaking scientist’s quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. “A fascinating and deeply personal journey.” ­—Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants and The Drunken Botanist Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, Dr. Cassandra Quave has conducted field research everywhere from the flooded forests of the remote Amazon to the isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. Dr. Quave is a leading medical ethnobotanist—someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses—helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she's done it all with just one leg. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gilded-edge-two-audacious-women-and-the-cyanide-love-triangle-that-shook-america-by-catherine-prendergast--65152156https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America Author: Catherine Prendergast Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 12, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “The Gilded Edge is a compelling read from start to finish. Gripping, suspenseful, cinematic. This is narrative nonfiction at its best.”—Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of The Butchering Art Astonishingly well written, painstakingly researched, and set in the evocative locations of earthquake-ravaged San Francisco and the Monterey Peninsula, the true story of two women—a wife and a poet—who learn the high price of sexual and artistic freedom in a vivid depiction of the debauchery of the late Gilded Age Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora, a stunning, brilliant, impulsive writer in her early twenties, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie, long-suffering wife of real estate developer George Sterling, wants the opposite: a semblance of the stability she thought her advantageous marriage would offer, threatened now that her philandering husband has taken to writing poetry. After her second abortion, Nora finds herself in a desperate situation but is rescued by an invitation to stay with the Sterlings. To Carrie's dismay, George and the arrestingly beautiful poetess fall instantly into an affair. The ensuing love triangle, which ultimately ends with the deaths of all three, is more than just a wild love story and a fascinating forgotten chapter. It questions why Nora May—in her day a revered poet whose nationally reported suicide gruesomely inspired youths across the country to take their own lives, with her verses in their pockets no less—has been rendered obscure by literary history. It depicts America at a turning point, as the Gilded Age groans in its death throes and young people, particularly women, look toward a brighter, more egalitarian future. In an unfortunately familiar development, this vision proves to be a mirage. But women's rage at the scam redefines American progressivism forever. For readers of Nathalia Holt, Denise Kiernan, and Sonia Purnell, this shocking history with a feminist bite is not to be missed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503210Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America Author: Catherine Prendergast Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America Author: Catherine Prendergast Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 12, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “The Gilded Edge is a compelling read from start to finish. Gripping, suspenseful, cinematic. This is narrative nonfiction at its best.”—Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of The Butchering Art Astonishingly well written, painstakingly researched, and set in the evocative locations of earthquake-ravaged San Francisco and the Monterey Peninsula, the true story of two women—a wife and a poet—who learn the high price of sexual and artistic freedom in a vivid depiction of the debauchery of the late Gilded Age Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora, a stunning, brilliant, impulsive writer in her early twenties, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie, long-suffering wife of real estate developer George Sterling, wants the opposite: a semblance of the stability she thought her advantageous marriage would offer, threatened now that her philandering husband has taken to writing poetry. After her second abortion, Nora finds herself in a desperate situation but is rescued by an invitation to stay with the Sterlings. To Carrie's dismay, George and the arrestingly beautiful poetess fall instantly into an affair. The ensuing love triangle, which ultimately ends with the deaths of all three, is more than just a wild love story and a fascinating forgotten chapter. It questions why Nora May—in her day a revered poet whose nationally reported suicide gruesomely inspired youths across the country to take their own lives, with her verses in their pockets no less—has been rendered obscure by literary history. It depicts America at a turning point, as the Gilded Age groans in its death throes and young people, particularly women, look toward a brighter, more egalitarian future. In an unfortunately familiar development, this vision proves to be a mirage. But women's rage at the scam redefines American progressivism forever. For readers of Nathalia Holt, Denise Kiernan, and Sonia Purnell, this shocking history with a feminist bite is not to be missed.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hooked-how-crafting-saved-my-life-by-sutton-foster--65152140https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life Author: Sutton Foster Narrator: Sutton Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV’s Younger, funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show business (and how it can help you, too). Whether she’s playing an “age-defying” book editor on television or dazzling audiences on the Broadway stage, Sutton Foster manages to make it all look easy. How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross stitch needle to escape the bullying chorus girls in her early performing days, she was hooked. Cross stitching led to crocheting, crocheting led to collages, which led to drawing, and so much more. Channeling her emotions into her creations centered Sutton as she navigated the significant moments in her life and gave her tangible reminders of her experiences. Now, in this charming and poignant collection, Sutton shares those moments, including her fraught relationship with her agoraphobic mother;  a painful divorce splashed on the pages of the tabloids; her struggles with fertility; the thrills she found on the stage during hit plays like Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, and Violet; her breakout TV role in Younger; and the joy of adopting her daughter, Emily. Accompanying the stories, Sutton has included crochet patterns, recipes, and so much more!   Witty and poignant, Hooked will leave readers entertained as well as inspire them to pick up their own cross stitch needles and paintbrushes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495329Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life Author: Sutton Foster Narrator: Sutton Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life Author: Sutton Foster Narrator: Sutton Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV’s Younger, funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show business (and how it can help you, too). Whether she’s playing an “age-defying” book editor on television or dazzling audiences on the Broadway stage, Sutton Foster manages to make it all look easy. How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross stitch needle to escape the bullying chorus girls in her early performing days, she was hooked. Cross stitching led to crocheting, crocheting led to collages, which led to drawing, and so much more. Channeling her emotions into her creations centered Sutton as she navigated the significant moments in her life and gave her tangible reminders of her experiences. Now, in this charming and poignant collection, Sutton shares those moments, including her fraught relationship with her agoraphobic mother;  a painful divorce splashed on the pages of the tabloids; her struggles with fertility; the thrills she found on the stage during hit plays like Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, and Violet; her breakout TV role in Younger; and the joy of adopting her daughter, Emily. Accompanying the stories, Sutton has included crochet patterns, recipes, and so much more!   Witty and poignant, Hooked will leave readers entertained as well as inspire them to pick up their own cross stitch needles and paintbrushes.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spider-woman-a-life-by-the-former-president-of-the-supreme-court-by-lady-hale--65152143https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spider Woman: A Life – by the former President of the Supreme Court Author: Lady Hale Narrator: Lady Hale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story. As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country but it was an unconventional path to the top. How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession dominated by men? Was it a surprise that the perspectives of women and other disadvantaged groups had been overlooked, or that children's interests were marginalised? A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were her attempt to correct that. As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful. Yet that dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she was hailed as a pioneering reformer. Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our world and supports us in crisis. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome the odds, which shows that anyone from similar beginnings will find that they can cope too. © Lady Hale 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497430Thu, 07 Oct 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spider Woman: A Life – by the former President of the Supreme Court Author: Lady Hale Narrator: Lady Hale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497430 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spider Woman: A Life – by the former President of the Supreme Court Author: Lady Hale Narrator: Lady Hale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story. As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country but it was an unconventional path to the top. How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession dominated by men? Was it a surprise that the perspectives of women and other disadvantaged groups had been overlooked, or that children's interests were marginalised? A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were her attempt to correct that. As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful. Yet that dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she was hailed as a pioneering reformer. Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our world and supports us in crisis. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome the odds, which shows that anyone from similar beginnings will find that they can cope too. © Lady Hale 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/smile-the-story-of-a-face-by-sarah-ruhl--65152100https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smile: The Story of a Face Author: Sarah Ruhl Narrator: Sarah Ruhl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 5, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: * A People Best Book of the Year * Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence * From the MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and playwright, this “captivating, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is “a beautiful meditation on identity and how we see ourselves” (Real Simple). With a play opening on Broadway, and every reason to smile, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high-risk pregnancy when she discovers the left side of her face is completely paralyzed. She is assured that 90 percent of Bell’s palsy patients experience a full recovery—like Ruhl’s own mother. But Sarah is in the unlucky ten percent. And for a woman, wife, mother, and artist working in theater, the paralysis and the disconnect between the interior and exterior brings significant and specific challenges. So Ruhl begins an intense decade-long search for a cure while simultaneously grappling with the reality of her new face—one that, while recognizably her own—is incapable of accurately communicating feelings or intentions. In a series of piercing, profound, and lucid meditations, Ruhl chronicles her journey as a patient, wife, mother, and artist. She explores the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain of postpartum depression, the story of a marriage, being a playwright and working mom to three small children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the face of illness. An intimate and “stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) examination of loss and reconciliation, “Ruhl reminds us that a smile is not just a smile but a vital form of communication, of bonding, of what makes us human” (The Washington Post). Brimming with insight, humility, and levity, Smile is a triumph by one of America’s leading playwrights.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502000Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smile: The Story of a Face Author: Sarah Ruhl Narrator: Sarah Ruhl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smile: The Story of a Face Author: Sarah Ruhl Narrator: Sarah Ruhl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 5, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: * A People Best Book of the Year * Time and The Washington Post’s Most Anticipated List * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence * From the MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and playwright, this “captivating, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is “a beautiful meditation on identity and how we see ourselves” (Real Simple). With a play opening on Broadway, and every reason to smile, Sarah Ruhl has just survived a high-risk pregnancy when she discovers the left side of her face is completely paralyzed. She is assured that 90 percent of Bell’s palsy patients experience a full recovery—like Ruhl’s own mother. But Sarah is in the unlucky ten percent. And for a woman, wife, mother, and artist working in theater, the paralysis and the disconnect between the interior and exterior brings significant and specific challenges. So Ruhl begins an intense decade-long search for a cure while simultaneously grappling with the reality of her new face—one that, while recognizably her own—is incapable of accurately communicating feelings or intentions. In a series of piercing, profound, and lucid meditations, Ruhl chronicles her journey as a patient, wife, mother, and artist. She explores the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain of postpartum depression, the story of a marriage, being a playwright and working mom to three small children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the face of illness. An intimate and “stunning” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) examination of loss and reconciliation, “Ruhl reminds us that a smile is not just a smile but a vital form of communication, of bonding, of what makes us human” (The Washington Post). Brimming with insight, humility, and levity, Smile is a triumph by one of America’s leading playwrights.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bessie-smith-a-poet-s-biography-of-a-blues-legend-by-jackie-kay--65152095https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend Author: Jackie Kay Narrator: Jackie Kay, Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland’s National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography of the Empress of the Blues. There has never been anyone else like Bessie Smith. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 and orphaned by the age of nine, Bessie Smith sang on street corners before becoming a big name in traveling shows. In 1923, she made her first recording for the newly founded Columbia Records. It sold 780,000 copies and catapulted her to fame. Known for her unmatched vocal talent, her timeless and personal blues narratives, her tough persona, and her ability to enrapture audiences with her raw voice, the Empress of the Blues remains a force and an enigma.   In this remarkable book, Kay combines history and personal narrative, poetry and prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life, and to capture the soul of the woman she first identified with as a young Black girl growing up in Glasgow. Powerful and moving, Bessie Smith is at once a vivid biography of a central figure in American music history and a personal story about one woman’s search for recognition.   A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509087Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend Author: Jackie Kay Narrator: Jackie Kay, Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/509087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend Author: Jackie Kay Narrator: Jackie Kay, Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland’s National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography of the Empress of the Blues. There has never been anyone else like Bessie Smith. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 and orphaned by the age of nine, Bessie Smith sang on street corners before becoming a big name in traveling shows. In 1923, she made her first recording for the newly founded Columbia Records. It sold 780,000 copies and catapulted her to fame. Known for her unmatched vocal talent, her timeless and personal blues narratives, her tough persona, and her ability to enrapture audiences with her raw voice, the Empress of the Blues remains a force and an enigma.   In this remarkable book, Kay combines history and personal narrative, poetry and prose to create an enthralling account of an extraordinary life, and to capture the soul of the woman she first identified with as a young Black girl growing up in Glasgow. Powerful and moving, Bessie Smith is at once a vivid biography of a central figure in American music history and a personal story about one woman’s search for recognition.   A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/loose-girl-a-memoir-of-promiscuity-by-kerry-cohen--65152115https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity Author: Kerry Cohen Narrator: Anna Caputo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This captivating and deeply emotional memoir pulls back the curtain on the complex relationship women have between their bodies, love, and the way the two work together.  Kerry Cohen is eleven years old when she recognizes the power of her body in the leer of a grown man. Her parents are recently divorced and it doesn't take long before their lassitude and Kerry's desire to stand out—to be memorable in some way—combine to lead her down a path she knows she shouldn't take. Kerry wanted attention. She wanted love. But not really understanding what love was, not really knowing how to get it, she reached for sex instead. Loose Girl is Kerry Cohen's captivating memoir about her descent into promiscuity and how she gradually found her way toward real intimacy. The story of addiction—not just to sex, but to male attention—Loose Girl is also the story of a young girl who came to believe that boys and men could give her life meaning. It didn't matter who he was. It was their movement that mattered, their being together. And for a while, that was enough. From the early rush of exploration to the day she learned to quiet the desperation and allow herself to love and be loved, Kerry's story is never less than riveting. In rich and immediate detail, Loose Girl re-creates what it feels like to be in that desperate moment, when a girl tries to control a boy by handing over her body, when the touch of that boy seems to offer proof of something, but ultimately delivers little more than emptiness. Kerry Cohen's journey from that hopeless place to her current confident and fulfilled existence is a cautionary tale and a revelation for girls young and old. The unforgettable memoir of one young woman who desperately wanted to matter, Loose Girl will speak to countless others with its compassion, understanding, and love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504955Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity Author: Kerry Cohen Narrator: Anna Caputo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity Author: Kerry Cohen Narrator: Anna Caputo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 21, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This captivating and deeply emotional memoir pulls back the curtain on the complex relationship women have between their bodies, love, and the way the two work together.  Kerry Cohen is eleven years old when she recognizes the power of her body in the leer of a grown man. Her parents are recently divorced and it doesn't take long before their lassitude and Kerry's desire to stand out—to be memorable in some way—combine to lead her down a path she knows she shouldn't take. Kerry wanted attention. She wanted love. But not really understanding what love was, not really knowing how to get it, she reached for sex instead. Loose Girl is Kerry Cohen's captivating memoir about her descent into promiscuity and how she gradually found her way toward real intimacy. The story of addiction—not just to sex, but to male attention—Loose Girl is also the story of a young girl who came to believe that boys and men could give her life meaning. It didn't matter who he was. It was their movement that mattered, their being together. And for a while, that was enough. From the early rush of exploration to the day she learned to quiet the desperation and allow herself to love and be loved, Kerry's story is never less than riveting. In rich and immediate detail, Loose Girl re-creates what it feels like to be in that desperate moment, when a girl tries to control a boy by handing over her body, when the touch of that boy seems to offer proof of something, but ultimately delivers little more than emptiness. Kerry Cohen's journey from that hopeless place to her current confident and fulfilled existence is a cautionary tale and a revelation for girls young and old. The unforgettable memoir of one young woman who desperately wanted to matter, Loose Girl will speak to countless others with its compassion, understanding, and love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gambler-wife-a-true-story-of-love-risk-and-the-woman-who-saved-dostoyevsky-by-andrew-d-kaufman--65152126https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky Author: Andrew D. Kaufman Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 31, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE PEN JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY “Feminism, history, literature, politics—this tale has all of that, and a heroine worthy of her own turn in the spotlight.” —Therese Anne Fowler, bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald A revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky’s life—and became a pioneer in Russian literary history In the fall of 1866, a twenty-year-old stenographer named Anna Snitkina applied for a position with a writer she idolized: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. A self-described “girl of the sixties,” Snitkina had come of age during Russia’s first feminist movement, and Dostoyevsky—a notorious radical turned acclaimed novelist—had impressed the young woman with his enlightened and visionary fiction. Yet in person she found the writer “terribly unhappy, broken, tormented,” weakened by epilepsy, and yoked to a ruinous gambling addiction. Alarmed by his condition, Anna became his trusted first reader and confidante, then his wife, and finally his business manager—launching one of literature’s most turbulent and fascinating marriages. The Gambler Wife offers a fresh and captivating portrait of Anna Dostoyevskaya, who reversed the novelist’s freefall and cleared the way for two of the most notable careers in Russian letters—her husband’s and her own. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other little-known archival sources, Andrew Kaufman reveals how Anna protected her family from creditors, demanding in-laws, and her greatest romantic rival, through years of penury and exile. We watch as she navigates the writer’s self-destructive binges in the casinos of Europe—even hazarding an audacious turn at roulette herself—until his addiction is conquered. And, finally, we watch as Anna frees her husband from predatory contracts by founding her own publishing house, making Anna the first solo female publisher in Russian history. The result is a story that challenges ideas of empowerment, sacrifice, and female agency in nineteenth-century Russia—and a welcome new appraisal of an indomitable woman whose legacy has been nearly lost to literary history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505644Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky Author: Andrew D. Kaufman Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky Author: Andrew D. Kaufman Narrator: Kathleen Gati Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 31, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE PEN JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY “Feminism, history, literature, politics—this tale has all of that, and a heroine worthy of her own turn in the spotlight.” —Therese Anne Fowler, bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald A revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky’s life—and became a pioneer in Russian literary history In the fall of 1866, a twenty-year-old stenographer named Anna Snitkina applied for a position with a writer she idolized: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. A self-described “girl of the sixties,” Snitkina had come of age during Russia’s first feminist movement, and Dostoyevsky—a notorious radical turned acclaimed novelist—had impressed the young woman with his enlightened and visionary fiction. Yet in person she found the writer “terribly unhappy, broken, tormented,” weakened by epilepsy, and yoked to a ruinous gambling addiction. Alarmed by his condition, Anna became his trusted first reader and confidante, then his wife, and finally his business manager—launching one of literature’s most turbulent and fascinating marriages. The Gambler Wife offers a fresh and captivating portrait of Anna Dostoyevskaya, who reversed the novelist’s freefall and cleared the way for two of the most notable careers in Russian letters—her husband’s and her own. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other little-known archival sources, Andrew Kaufman reveals how Anna protected her family from creditors, demanding in-laws, and her greatest romantic rival, through years of penury and exile. We watch as she navigates the writer’s self-destructive binges in the casinos of Europe—even hazarding an audacious turn at roulette herself—until his addiction is conquered. And, finally, we watch as Anna frees her husband from predatory contracts by founding her own publishing house, making Anna the first solo female publisher in Russian history. The result is a story that challenges ideas of empowerment, sacrifice, and female agency in nineteenth-century Russia—and a welcome new appraisal of an indomitable woman whose legacy has been nearly lost to literary history.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sometimes-i-trip-on-how-happy-we-could-be-by-nichole-perkins--65152132https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be Author: Nichole Perkins Narrator: Nichole Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily). Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire and sexuality in a world where women are still expected to prioritize marriage. Combining her sharp wit, stellar pop culture sensibility, and trademark spirited storytelling, Nichole boldly tackles the damage done to women–especially Black women–by society’s failure to confront the myths and misogyny at its heart. Nichole illuminates how to take the best pop culture has to offer and discard the harmful bits, offering a mirror into our own lives. A Roxane Gay Audacious Bookclub November Pick Named "Most Anticipated Books of 2021" by Buzzfeed and Lithub]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492407Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be Author: Nichole Perkins Narrator: Nichole Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be Author: Nichole Perkins Narrator: Nichole Perkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 17, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this "saucy and smart" memoir, a journalist uses pop culture as a lens to navigate her identity as a Black woman (Oprah Daily). Nichole Perkins takes readers on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media and the internet, exploring her experience with mental illness, her attachment to the TV show Frasier, her role as a mistress, Prince, and what it means to figure out desire and sexuality in a world where women are still expected to prioritize marriage. Combining her sharp wit, stellar pop culture sensibility, and trademark spirited storytelling, Nichole boldly tackles the damage done to women–especially Black women–by society’s failure to confront the myths and misogyny at its heart. Nichole illuminates how to take the best pop culture has to offer and discard the harmful bits, offering a mirror into our own lives. A Roxane Gay Audacious Bookclub November Pick Named "Most Anticipated Books of 2021" by Buzzfeed and Lithub]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-white-and-jewish-autobiography-of-a-shifting-self-by-rebecca-walker--65152202https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self Author: Rebecca Walker Narrator: Rebecca Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The Civil Rights movement brought author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal together, and in 1969 their daughter, Rebecca, was born. Some saw this unusual copper-colored girl as an outrage or an oddity; others viewed her as a symbol of harmony, a triumph of love over hate. But after her parents divorced, leaving her a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds that only seemed to grow further apart, Rebecca was no longer sure what she represented. In this book, Rebecca Leventhal Walker attempts to define herself as a soul instead of a symbol—and offers a new look at the challenge of personal identity, in a story at once strikingly unique and truly universal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503781Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self Author: Rebecca Walker Narrator: Rebecca Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self Author: Rebecca Walker Narrator: Rebecca Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The Civil Rights movement brought author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal together, and in 1969 their daughter, Rebecca, was born. Some saw this unusual copper-colored girl as an outrage or an oddity; others viewed her as a symbol of harmony, a triumph of love over hate. But after her parents divorced, leaving her a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds that only seemed to grow further apart, Rebecca was no longer sure what she represented. In this book, Rebecca Leventhal Walker attempts to define herself as a soul instead of a symbol—and offers a new look at the challenge of personal identity, in a story at once strikingly unique and truly universal.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-hurt-a-memoir-by-erika-schickel--65152147https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Hurt: A Memoir Author: Erika Schickel Narrator: Erika Schickel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This complex memoir shows what it was like growing up in the shadow of a literary father and a neglectful mother, getting thrown out of boarding school after being seduced by a teacher, and all of the later-life consequences that ensue. In 1982, Erika Schickel was expelled from her East Coast prep school for sleeping with a teacher. She was that girl—rebellious, precocious, and macking for love. Seduced, caught, and then whisked away in the night to avoid scandal, Schickel’s provocative, searing, and darkly funny memoir, The Big Hurt, explores the question, How did that girl turn out? Schickel came of age in the 1970s, the progeny of two writers: Richard Schickel, the prominent film critic for TIME magazine, and Julia Whedon, a melancholy mid-list novelist. In the wake of her parents’ ugly divorce, Erika was packed off to a bohemian boarding school in the Berkshires. The Big Hurt tells two coming-of-age stories: one of a lost girl in a predatory world, and the other of that girl grown up, who in reckoning with her past ends up recreating it with a notorious LA crime novelist, blowing up her marriage and casting herself into the second exile of her life. The Big Hurt looks at a legacy of shame handed down through a maternal bloodline and the cost of epigenetic trauma. It shines a light on the haute culture of 1970s Manhattan that made girls grow up too fast. It looks at the long shadow cast by great, monstrously self-absorbed literary lives and the ways in which women pin themselves like beautiful butterflies to the spreading board of male ego.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492413Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Hurt: A Memoir Author: Erika Schickel Narrator: Erika Schickel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big Hurt: A Memoir Author: Erika Schickel Narrator: Erika Schickel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This complex memoir shows what it was like growing up in the shadow of a literary father and a neglectful mother, getting thrown out of boarding school after being seduced by a teacher, and all of the later-life consequences that ensue. In 1982, Erika Schickel was expelled from her East Coast prep school for sleeping with a teacher. She was that girl—rebellious, precocious, and macking for love. Seduced, caught, and then whisked away in the night to avoid scandal, Schickel’s provocative, searing, and darkly funny memoir, The Big Hurt, explores the question, How did that girl turn out? Schickel came of age in the 1970s, the progeny of two writers: Richard Schickel, the prominent film critic for TIME magazine, and Julia Whedon, a melancholy mid-list novelist. In the wake of her parents’ ugly divorce, Erika was packed off to a bohemian boarding school in the Berkshires. The Big Hurt tells two coming-of-age stories: one of a lost girl in a predatory world, and the other of that girl grown up, who in reckoning with her past ends up recreating it with a notorious LA crime novelist, blowing up her marriage and casting herself into the second exile of her life. The Big Hurt looks at a legacy of shame handed down through a maternal bloodline and the cost of epigenetic trauma. It shines a light on the haute culture of 1970s Manhattan that made girls grow up too fast. It looks at the long shadow cast by great, monstrously self-absorbed literary lives and the ways in which women pin themselves like beautiful butterflies to the spreading board of male ego.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-almost-legendary-morris-sisters-a-true-story-of-family-fiction-by-julie-klam--65152134https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters: A True Story of Family Fiction Author: Julie Klam Narrator: Julie Klam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021 “It is biography as an expression of love.” – The New York Times New York Times–bestselling author Julie Klam’s funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts. Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters’ parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California—a promise he never kept. One of the Morris sisters later became a successful Wall Street trader and advised Franklin Roosevelt. The sisters lived together in New York City, none of them married or had children, and one even had an affair with J. P. Morgan. The stories of these independent women intrigued Klam, but as she delved into them to learn more, she realized that the tales were almost completely untrue. The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the revealing account of what Klam discovered about her family—and herself—as she dug into the past. The deeper she went into the lives of the Morris sisters, the slipperier their stories became. And the more questions she had about what actually happened to them, the more her opinion of them evolved. Part memoir and part confessional, and told with the wit and honesty that are hallmarks of Klam’s books, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the fascinating and funny true story of one writer’s journey into her family’s past, the truths she brings to light, and what she learns about herself along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494211Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters: A True Story of Family Fiction Author: Julie Klam Narrator: Julie Klam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters: A True Story of Family Fiction Author: Julie Klam Narrator: Julie Klam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021 “It is biography as an expression of love.” – The New York Times New York Times–bestselling author Julie Klam’s funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts. Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters’ parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California—a promise he never kept. One of the Morris sisters later became a successful Wall Street trader and advised Franklin Roosevelt. The sisters lived together in New York City, none of them married or had children, and one even had an affair with J. P. Morgan. The stories of these independent women intrigued Klam, but as she delved into them to learn more, she realized that the tales were almost completely untrue. The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the revealing account of what Klam discovered about her family—and herself—as she dug into the past. The deeper she went into the lives of the Morris sisters, the slipperier their stories became. And the more questions she had about what actually happened to them, the more her opinion of them evolved. Part memoir and part confessional, and told with the wit and honesty that are hallmarks of Klam’s books, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the fascinating and funny true story of one writer’s journey into her family’s past, the truths she brings to light, and what she learns about herself along the way.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-will-all-be-over-soon-a-memoir-by-cecily-strong--65152089https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir Author: Cecily Strong Narrator: Cecily Strong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin—and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her—amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus pandemic. Following a few harrowing weeks in the virus epicenter of New York City, Strong relocated to an isolated house in the woods upstate. Here, trying to make sense of Owen’s death and the upended world, she spent much of the ensuing months writing. The result is This Will All Be Over Soon—a raw, unflinching memoir about loss, love, laughter, and hope. Befitting the time-warped year of 2020, the diary-like approach deftly weaves together the present and the past. Strong chronicles the challenges of beginning a relationship during the pandemic and the fear when her new boyfriend contracts COVID. She describes the pain of losing her friend and longtime Saturday Night Live staff member Hal Willner to the virus. She reflects on formative events from her life, including how her high school expulsion led to her pursuing a career in theater and, years later, landing at SNL. Yet the heart of the book is Owen. Strong offers a poignant account of her cousin’s life, both before and after his diagnosis. Inspired by his unshakable positivity and the valuable lessons he taught her, she has written a book that—as indicated by its title—serves as a moving reminder: whatever challenges life might throw one’s way, they will be over soon. And so will life. So make sure to appreciate every day and don’t take a second of it for granted.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499505Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir Author: Cecily Strong Narrator: Cecily Strong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir Author: Cecily Strong Narrator: Cecily Strong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin—and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her—amid the coronavirus pandemic. Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus pandemic. Following a few harrowing weeks in the virus epicenter of New York City, Strong relocated to an isolated house in the woods upstate. Here, trying to make sense of Owen’s death and the upended world, she spent much of the ensuing months writing. The result is This Will All Be Over Soon—a raw, unflinching memoir about loss, love, laughter, and hope. Befitting the time-warped year of 2020, the diary-like approach deftly weaves together the present and the past. Strong chronicles the challenges of beginning a relationship during the pandemic and the fear when her new boyfriend contracts COVID. She describes the pain of losing her friend and longtime Saturday Night Live staff member Hal Willner to the virus. She reflects on formative events from her life, including how her high school expulsion led to her pursuing a career in theater and, years later, landing at SNL. Yet the heart of the book is Owen. Strong offers a poignant account of her cousin’s life, both before and after his diagnosis. Inspired by his unshakable positivity and the valuable lessons he taught her, she has written a book that—as indicated by its title—serves as a moving reminder: whatever challenges life might throw one’s way, they will be over soon. And so will life. So make sure to appreciate every day and don’t take a second of it for granted.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breathing-fire-female-inmate-firefighters-on-the-front-lines-of-california-s-wildfires-by-jaime-lowe--65152208https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires Author: Jaime Lowe Narrator: Jaime Lowe, Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This program features a bonus clip with archival recordings from several of the inmate firefighters and the author. A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires. Shawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and up the ravine. She was feeling the adrenaline, but also the terror of doing something for the first time. She knew how to run with a backpack; they had trained her physically. But that’s not training for flames. That’s not live fire. California’s fire season gets hotter, longer, and more extreme every year — fire season is now year-round. Of the thousands of firefighters who battle California’s blazes every year, roughly 30 percent of the on-the-ground wildland crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of those firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. In Breathing Fire, Jaime Lowe expands on her revelatory work for The New York Times Magazine. She has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program and spoken to captains, family and friends, correctional officers, and camp commanders. The result is a rare, illuminating look at how the fire camps actually operate — a story that encompasses California’s underlying catastrophes of climate change, economic disparity, and historical injustice, but also draws on deeply personal histories, relationships, desires, frustrations, and the emotional and physical intensity of firefighting. Lowe’s reporting is a groundbreaking investigation of the prison system, and an intimate portrayal of the women of California’s Correctional Camps who put their lives on the line, while imprisoned, to save a state in peril. A Macmillan Audio production from MCD]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451809Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires Author: Jaime Lowe Narrator: Jaime Lowe, Frankie Corzo Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451809 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires Author: Jaime Lowe Narrator: Jaime Lowe, Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This program features a bonus clip with archival recordings from several of the inmate firefighters and the author. A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires. Shawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and up the ravine. She was feeling the adrenaline, but also the terror of doing something for the first time. She knew how to run with a backpack; they had trained her physically. But that’s not training for flames. That’s not live fire. California’s fire season gets hotter, longer, and more extreme every year — fire season is now year-round. Of the thousands of firefighters who battle California’s blazes every year, roughly 30 percent of the on-the-ground wildland crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of those firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. In Breathing Fire, Jaime Lowe expands on her revelatory work for The New York Times Magazine. She has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program and spoken to captains, family and friends, correctional officers, and camp commanders. The result is a rare, illuminating look at how the fire camps actually operate — a story that encompasses California’s underlying catastrophes of climate change, economic disparity, and historical injustice, but also draws on deeply personal histories, relationships, desires, frustrations, and the emotional and physical intensity of firefighting. Lowe’s reporting is a groundbreaking investigation of the prison system, and an intimate portrayal of the women of California’s Correctional Camps who put their lives on the line, while imprisoned, to save a state in peril. A Macmillan Audio production from MCD]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-peace-a-memoir-by-mena-suvari--65152163https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Peace: A Memoir Author: Mena Suvari Narrator: Mena Suvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A memoir by award-winning actor Mena Suvari, best-known forher iconic roles in American Beauty, American Pie, and Six Feet Under. The Great Peace is a harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, in which young teenage model-turned-actor Mena Suvari lost herself to sex, drugs and bad, often abusive relationships even as blockbuster movies made her famous. It's about growing up in the 90s, with a soundtrack ranging from The Doors to Deee-Lite, fashion from denim to day-glo, and a woman dealing with the lasting psychological scars of abuse, yet knowing deep inside she desires so much more from life. Within these vulnerable pages, Mena not only reveals her own mistakes, but also the lessons she learned and her efforts to understand and grow rather than casting blame. As such, she makes this a timeless story of girl empowerment and redemption, of somebody using their voice to rediscover their past, seek redemption, and to understand their mistakes, and ultimately come to terms with their power as an individual to find a way and a will to live—and thrive. Poignant, intimate, and powerful, this book will resonate with anyone who has found themselves lost in the darkness, thinking there's no way out. Ultimately, Mena's story proves that, no matter how hopeless it may seem, there's always a light at the end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485007Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Peace: A Memoir Author: Mena Suvari Narrator: Mena Suvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Peace: A Memoir Author: Mena Suvari Narrator: Mena Suvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A memoir by award-winning actor Mena Suvari, best-known forher iconic roles in American Beauty, American Pie, and Six Feet Under. The Great Peace is a harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, in which young teenage model-turned-actor Mena Suvari lost herself to sex, drugs and bad, often abusive relationships even as blockbuster movies made her famous. It's about growing up in the 90s, with a soundtrack ranging from The Doors to Deee-Lite, fashion from denim to day-glo, and a woman dealing with the lasting psychological scars of abuse, yet knowing deep inside she desires so much more from life. Within these vulnerable pages, Mena not only reveals her own mistakes, but also the lessons she learned and her efforts to understand and grow rather than casting blame. As such, she makes this a timeless story of girl empowerment and redemption, of somebody using their voice to rediscover their past, seek redemption, and to understand their mistakes, and ultimately come to terms with their power as an individual to find a way and a will to live—and thrive. Poignant, intimate, and powerful, this book will resonate with anyone who has found themselves lost in the darkness, thinking there's no way out. Ultimately, Mena's story proves that, no matter how hopeless it may seem, there's always a light at the end.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stolen-a-memoir-by-elizabeth-gilpin--65152154https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Gilpin Narrator: Elizabeth Gilpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a “therapeutic” boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young woman fought to heal in the aftermath. At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever. The nightmare began when she was abducted from her bed in the middle of the night by hired professionals and dropped off deep in the woods of Appalachia. Living with no real shelter was only the beginning of her ordeal: she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was changed to a number and every moment was a test of physical survival.  After three brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a boarding school in Southern Virginia that in reality functioned more like a prison. Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form of group therapy where students were psychologically abused and humiliated. Finally, at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was rehabilitated enough to “graduate” and was released. In this eye-opening and unflinching book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she endured, the friends she lost to suicide and addiction, and—years later—how she was finally able to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her identity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484993Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Gilpin Narrator: Elizabeth Gilpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stolen: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Gilpin Narrator: Elizabeth Gilpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a “therapeutic” boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young woman fought to heal in the aftermath. At fifteen, Elizabeth Gilpin was an honor student, a state-ranked swimmer and a rising soccer star, but behind closed doors her undiagnosed depression was wreaking havoc on her life. Growing angrier by the day, she began skipping practices and drinking to excess. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested Elizabeth be enrolled in a behavioral modification program. That recommendation would change her life forever. The nightmare began when she was abducted from her bed in the middle of the night by hired professionals and dropped off deep in the woods of Appalachia. Living with no real shelter was only the beginning of her ordeal: she was strip-searched, force-fed, her name was changed to a number and every moment was a test of physical survival.  After three brutal months, Elizabeth was transferred to a boarding school in Southern Virginia that in reality functioned more like a prison. Its curriculum revolved around a perverse form of group therapy where students were psychologically abused and humiliated. Finally, at seventeen, Elizabeth convinced them she was rehabilitated enough to “graduate” and was released. In this eye-opening and unflinching book, Elizabeth recalls the horrors she endured, the friends she lost to suicide and addiction, and—years later—how she was finally able to pick up the pieces of her life and reclaim her identity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-howe-dynasty-the-untold-story-of-a-military-family-and-the-women-behind-britain-s-wars-for-america-by-julie-flavell--65152129https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America Author: Julie Flavell Narrator: Polly Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Finalist • George Washington Book Prize New York Times Book Review • Editors’ Choice Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British General Sir William Howe and Richard Admiral Lord Howe, in a London drawing room for “half a dozen Games of Chess.” But as historian Julie Flavell reveals, these meetings were about much more than board games: they were cover for a last-ditch attempt to forestall the outbreak of the American War of Independence. Aware that the distinguished Howe family, both the men and the women, have been known solely for the military exploits of the brothers, Flavell investigated the letters of Caroline Howe, which have been blatantly overlooked since the nineteenth century. Using revelatory documents and this correspondence, The Howe Dynasty provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of one of England’s most famous military families across four wars. Contemporaries considered the Howes impenetrable and intensely private—or, as Horace Walpole called them, “brave and silent.” Flavell traces their roots to modest beginnings at Langar Hall in rural Nottinghamshire and highlights the Georgian phenomenon of the politically involved aristocratic woman. In fact, the early careers of the brothers—George, Richard, and William—can be credited not to the maneuverings of their father, Scrope Lord Howe, but to those of their aunt, the savvy Mary Herbert Countess Pembroke. When eldest sister Caroline came of age during the reign of King George III, she too used her intimacy with the royal inner circle to promote her brothers, moving smoothly between a straitlaced court and an increasingly scandalous London high life. With genuine suspense, Flavell skillfully recounts the most notable episodes of the brothers’ military campaigns: how Richard, commanding the HMS Dunkirk in 1755, fired the first shot signaling the beginning of the Seven Years’ War at sea; how George won the devotion of the American fighters he commanded at Fort Ticonderoga just three years later; and how youngest brother General William Howe, his sympathies torn, nonetheless commanded his troops to a bitter Pyrrhic victory in the Battle of Bunker Hill, only to be vilified for his failure as British commander-in-chief to subdue Washington’s Continental Army. Britain’s desperate battles to guard its most vaunted colonial possession are here told in tandem with London parlor-room intrigues, where Caroline bravely fought to protect the Howe reputation in a gossipy aristocratic milieu. A riveting narrative and long overdue reassessment of the entire family, The Howe Dynasty forces us to reimagine the Revolutionary War in ways that would have been previously inconceivable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504479Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America Author: Julie Flavell Narrator: Polly Lee...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America Author: Julie Flavell Narrator: Polly Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Finalist • George Washington Book Prize New York Times Book Review • Editors’ Choice Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British General Sir William Howe and Richard Admiral Lord Howe, in a London drawing room for “half a dozen Games of Chess.” But as historian Julie Flavell reveals, these meetings were about much more than board games: they were cover for a last-ditch attempt to forestall the outbreak of the American War of Independence. Aware that the distinguished Howe family, both the men and the women, have been known solely for the military exploits of the brothers, Flavell investigated the letters of Caroline Howe, which have been blatantly overlooked since the nineteenth century. Using revelatory documents and this correspondence, The Howe Dynasty provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of one of England’s most famous military families across four wars. Contemporaries considered the Howes impenetrable and intensely private—or, as Horace Walpole called them, “brave and silent.” Flavell traces their roots to modest beginnings at Langar Hall in rural Nottinghamshire and highlights the Georgian phenomenon of the politically involved aristocratic woman. In fact, the early careers of the brothers—George, Richard, and William—can be credited not to the maneuverings of their father, Scrope Lord Howe, but to those of their aunt, the savvy Mary Herbert Countess Pembroke. When eldest sister Caroline came of age during the reign of King George III, she too used her intimacy with the royal inner circle to promote her brothers, moving smoothly between a straitlaced court and an increasingly scandalous London high life. With genuine suspense, Flavell skillfully recounts the most notable episodes of the brothers’ military campaigns: how Richard, commanding the HMS Dunkirk in 1755, fired the first shot signaling the beginning of the Seven Years’ War at sea; how George won the devotion of the American fighters he commanded at Fort Ticonderoga just three years later; and how youngest brother General William Howe, his sympathies torn, nonetheless commanded his troops to a bitter Pyrrhic victory in the Battle of Bunker Hill, only to be vilified for his failure as British commander-in-chief to subdue Washington’s Continental Army. Britain’s desperate battles to guard its most vaunted colonial possession are here told in tandem with London parlor-room intrigues, where Caroline bravely fought to protect the Howe reputation in a gossipy aristocratic milieu. A riveting narrative and long overdue reassessment of the entire family, The Howe Dynasty forces us to reimagine the Revolutionary War in ways that would have been previously inconceivable.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/permanent-damage-memoirs-of-an-outrageous-girl-by-mercy-fontenot--65152192https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl Author: Mercy Fontenot Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Mercy Fontenot was a Zelig who grew up in the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury scene, where she crossed paths with Charles Manson, went to the first Acid Test, and was friends with Jimi Hendrix (she was later in his movie Rainbow Bridge). She predicted the Altamont disaster when reading the Rolling Stones's tarot cards at a party and left San Francisco for the climes of Los Angeles in 1967 when the Haight 'lost its magic.' Miss Mercy's work in the GTOs, the Frank Zappa–produced all-female band, launched her into the pages of Rolling Stone in 1969. Her adventures saw her jumping out of a cake at Alice Cooper's first record release party, while high on PCP, and had her travel to Memphis where she met Al Green and got a job working for the Bar-Kays. Along the way, she married and then divorced Shuggie Otis, before transitioning to punk rock and working with the Rockats and Gears. This is her story as she lived and saw it. Written just prior to her death in 2020, Permanent Damage shows us the world of the 1960s and 1970s music scene through Mercy's eyes, as well as the fallout of that era—experiencing homelessness before sobering up and putting her life back together. Miss Mercy's journey is a can't-miss for anyone who was there and can't remember, or just wishes they'd been there.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499186Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl Author: Mercy Fontenot Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Permanent Damage: Memoirs of an Outrageous Girl Author: Mercy Fontenot Narrator: Natasha Soudek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Mercy Fontenot was a Zelig who grew up in the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury scene, where she crossed paths with Charles Manson, went to the first Acid Test, and was friends with Jimi Hendrix (she was later in his movie Rainbow Bridge). She predicted the Altamont disaster when reading the Rolling Stones's tarot cards at a party and left San Francisco for the climes of Los Angeles in 1967 when the Haight 'lost its magic.' Miss Mercy's work in the GTOs, the Frank Zappa–produced all-female band, launched her into the pages of Rolling Stone in 1969. Her adventures saw her jumping out of a cake at Alice Cooper's first record release party, while high on PCP, and had her travel to Memphis where she met Al Green and got a job working for the Bar-Kays. Along the way, she married and then divorced Shuggie Otis, before transitioning to punk rock and working with the Rockats and Gears. This is her story as she lived and saw it. Written just prior to her death in 2020, Permanent Damage shows us the world of the 1960s and 1970s music scene through Mercy's eyes, as well as the fallout of that era—experiencing homelessness before sobering up and putting her life back together. Miss Mercy's journey is a can't-miss for anyone who was there and can't remember, or just wishes they'd been there.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/well-this-is-exhausting-essays-by-sophia-benoit--65152141https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well, This Is Exhausting: Essays Author: Sophia Benoit Narrator: Sophia Benoit Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From Bustle columnist and Twitter sensation Sophia Benoit, this “charming and often laugh-out-loud funny” (Vogue) memoir-in-essays explores the ins and outs of modern womanhood—from finding feminism, the power of pop culture, and how to navigate life’s constant double standards—perfect for fans of Shrill and PEN15. Like so many women, Sophia spent her formative years struggling to do the “right” thing—to make others comfortable, to take minimal and calculated risks, to live up to society’s expectations—only to realize that there was so little payoff to this tiresome balancing act. Tired of trying so hard, Sophia finally let go of the crushing pressure to be perfect. She navigates the highs and lows of the dating world (high: being a beta tester for Bumble; low: hastily shaving her legs before a hotel hookup and getting blood all over the sheets), and walks the line between being a “chill” girl and making sure her boyfriend’s nonchalance about altitude sickness doesn’t get him killed. She learns what it means to be a feminist, how to embrace her own voice, and when to listen to women who have been through more and have been doing the work longer. With topics ranging from how to be the life of the party (even when you have crippling anxiety), to an ill-fated consultation with a dietician who deemed Sophia’s overindulgence in ketchup a serious health risk, to a masterful argument for why no one should judge you for having an encyclopedic knowledge of reality TV, Well, This Is Exhausting is not only “one of the funniest books you’ll read this year, but it’s also one of the most important” (Shondaland).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488623Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well, This Is Exhausting: Essays Author: Sophia Benoit Narrator: Sophia Benoit Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Well, This Is Exhausting: Essays Author: Sophia Benoit Narrator: Sophia Benoit Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From Bustle columnist and Twitter sensation Sophia Benoit, this “charming and often laugh-out-loud funny” (Vogue) memoir-in-essays explores the ins and outs of modern womanhood—from finding feminism, the power of pop culture, and how to navigate life’s constant double standards—perfect for fans of Shrill and PEN15. Like so many women, Sophia spent her formative years struggling to do the “right” thing—to make others comfortable, to take minimal and calculated risks, to live up to society’s expectations—only to realize that there was so little payoff to this tiresome balancing act. Tired of trying so hard, Sophia finally let go of the crushing pressure to be perfect. She navigates the highs and lows of the dating world (high: being a beta tester for Bumble; low: hastily shaving her legs before a hotel hookup and getting blood all over the sheets), and walks the line between being a “chill” girl and making sure her boyfriend’s nonchalance about altitude sickness doesn’t get him killed. She learns what it means to be a feminist, how to embrace her own voice, and when to listen to women who have been through more and have been doing the work longer. With topics ranging from how to be the life of the party (even when you have crippling anxiety), to an ill-fated consultation with a dietician who deemed Sophia’s overindulgence in ketchup a serious health risk, to a masterful argument for why no one should judge you for having an encyclopedic knowledge of reality TV, Well, This Is Exhausting is not only “one of the funniest books you’ll read this year, but it’s also one of the most important” (Shondaland).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-let-it-get-you-down-essays-on-race-gender-and-the-body-by-savala-nolan--65152111https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body Author: Savala Nolan Narrator: Savala Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “brutal, beautifully rendered” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicized, and intractable polar spaces—between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat. Savala Nolan knows what it means to live in the in-between. Descended from a Black and Mexican father and a white mother, Nolan’s mixed-race identity is obvious, for better and worse. At her mother’s encouragement, she began her first diet at the age of three and has been both fat and painfully thin throughout her life. She has experienced both the discomfort of generational poverty and the ease of wealth and privilege. It is these liminal spaces—of race, class, and body type—that the essays in Don’t Let It Get You Down excavate, presenting a clear and nuanced understanding of our society’s most intractable points of tension. The twelve essays that comprise this collection are rich with “gorgeous prose” (Nadia Owusu, author of Aftershocks) and are as humorous and as full of Nolan’s appetites as they are of anxiety. The result is lyrical and magnetic. In “On Dating White Guys While Me,” Nolan realizes her early romantic pursuits of rich, preppy white guys weren’t about preference but about self-erasure. In the titular essay “Don’t Let it Get You Down,” we traverse the cyclical richness and sorrow of being Black in America as Black children face police brutality, “large Black females” encounter unique stigma, and Black men carry the weight of other people’s fear. In “Bad Education,” we see how women learn to internalize rage and accept violence to participate in our own culture. And in “To Wit and Also,” we meet Filliss, Grace, and Peggy, the enslaved women owned by Nolan’s white ancestors, reckoning with the knowledge that America’s original sin lives intimately within our present stories. Over and over again, Nolan reminds us that our true identities are often most authentically lived not in the black and white, but in the grey of the in-between. Perfect for fans of Heavy by Kiese Laymon and Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, Don’t Let It Get You Down delivers a “deeply personal insight” (Layla F. Saad, New York Times bestselling author of Me and White Supremacy) on race, class, bodies, and gender in America today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495240Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body Author: Savala Nolan Narrator: Savala Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body Author: Savala Nolan Narrator: Savala Nolan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “brutal, beautifully rendered” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicized, and intractable polar spaces—between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat. Savala Nolan knows what it means to live in the in-between. Descended from a Black and Mexican father and a white mother, Nolan’s mixed-race identity is obvious, for better and worse. At her mother’s encouragement, she began her first diet at the age of three and has been both fat and painfully thin throughout her life. She has experienced both the discomfort of generational poverty and the ease of wealth and privilege. It is these liminal spaces—of race, class, and body type—that the essays in Don’t Let It Get You Down excavate, presenting a clear and nuanced understanding of our society’s most intractable points of tension. The twelve essays that comprise this collection are rich with “gorgeous prose” (Nadia Owusu, author of Aftershocks) and are as humorous and as full of Nolan’s appetites as they are of anxiety. The result is lyrical and magnetic. In “On Dating White Guys While Me,” Nolan realizes her early romantic pursuits of rich, preppy white guys weren’t about preference but about self-erasure. In the titular essay “Don’t Let it Get You Down,” we traverse the cyclical richness and sorrow of being Black in America as Black children face police brutality, “large Black females” encounter unique stigma, and Black men carry the weight of other people’s fear. In “Bad Education,” we see how women learn to internalize rage and accept violence to participate in our own culture. And in “To Wit and Also,” we meet Filliss, Grace, and Peggy, the enslaved women owned by Nolan’s white ancestors, reckoning with the knowledge that America’s original sin lives intimately within our present stories. Over and over again, Nolan reminds us that our true identities are often most authentically lived not in the black and white, but in the grey of the in-between. Perfect for fans of Heavy by Kiese Laymon and Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, Don’t Let It Get You Down delivers a “deeply personal insight” (Layla F. Saad, New York Times bestselling author of Me and White Supremacy) on race, class, bodies, and gender in America today.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/burn-how-grit-innovation-and-a-dash-of-luck-ignited-a-multi-million-dollar-success-story-by-mei-xu--65152110https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn: How Grit, Innovation, and a Dash of Luck Ignited a Multi-Million Dollar Success Story Author: Mei Xu Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The American Dream continues to resonate with immigrants from around the world. Millions of people hope to come to the United States to build a better life for themselves and their families, often by creating and growing new ventures and companies. While not everyone succeeds, many do. Mei Xu is one of those successes. In Burn, entrepreneur and international business­woman Mei Xu tells her story of ingenuity, determination, and luck. Spanning three decades, from 1991 when she arrived at Washington's Dulles Airport, to today, Xu's story is one of stunning success. She built a multi-million dollar company, met and counseled thousands of entrepreneurs and businesspeople, and even advised President of the United States Barack Obama on the topic of job creation. In Burn, you'll learn: ● About the creation of Mei Xu's international lifestyle business and the success stories of other female leaders who triumphed over adversity to achieve their dreams ● Why the American Dream is still within your grasp, and how to reach for it ● How creators like Xu think differently about innovation and how you can harness her insights to build something new and exciting for yourself]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513755Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn: How Grit, Innovation, and a Dash of Luck Ignited a Multi-Million Dollar Success Story Author: Mei Xu Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn: How Grit, Innovation, and a Dash of Luck Ignited a Multi-Million Dollar Success Story Author: Mei Xu Narrator: Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The American Dream continues to resonate with immigrants from around the world. Millions of people hope to come to the United States to build a better life for themselves and their families, often by creating and growing new ventures and companies. While not everyone succeeds, many do. Mei Xu is one of those successes. In Burn, entrepreneur and international business­woman Mei Xu tells her story of ingenuity, determination, and luck. Spanning three decades, from 1991 when she arrived at Washington's Dulles Airport, to today, Xu's story is one of stunning success. She built a multi-million dollar company, met and counseled thousands of entrepreneurs and businesspeople, and even advised President of the United States Barack Obama on the topic of job creation. In Burn, you'll learn: ● About the creation of Mei Xu's international lifestyle business and the success stories of other female leaders who triumphed over adversity to achieve their dreams ● Why the American Dream is still within your grasp, and how to reach for it ● How creators like Xu think differently about innovation and how you can harness her insights to build something new and exciting for yourself]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sunset-route-freight-trains-forgiveness-and-freedom-on-the-rails-in-the-american-west-by-carrot-quinn--65152221https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West Author: Carrot Quinn Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature, perfect for fans of Wild or Educated. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER • “An urgent read. A courageous life. Quinn’s story burns through us and bleeds beauty on every page.”—Noé Álvarez, author of Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land After a childhood marked by neglect, poverty, and periods of homelessness, with a mother who believed herself to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging among straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and feed herself by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling adventure and freedom, but still she was haunted by the ghosts of her lonely and traumatic childhood. The Sunset Route is a powerful and brazenly honest adventure memoir set in the unseen corners of the United States—in the Alaskan cold, on trains rattling through forests and deserts, as well as in low-income apartments and crowded punk houses—following a remarkable protagonist who has witnessed more tragedy than she thought she could ever endure and who must learn to heal her own heart. Ultimately, it is a meditation on the natural world as a spiritual anchor, and on the ways that forgiveness can set us free.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463180Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West Author: Carrot Quinn Narrator: Erin Spencer Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West Author: Carrot Quinn Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature, perfect for fans of Wild or Educated. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER • “An urgent read. A courageous life. Quinn’s story burns through us and bleeds beauty on every page.”—Noé Álvarez, author of Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land After a childhood marked by neglect, poverty, and periods of homelessness, with a mother who believed herself to be the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging among straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and feed herself by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling adventure and freedom, but still she was haunted by the ghosts of her lonely and traumatic childhood. The Sunset Route is a powerful and brazenly honest adventure memoir set in the unseen corners of the United States—in the Alaskan cold, on trains rattling through forests and deserts, as well as in low-income apartments and crowded punk houses—following a remarkable protagonist who has witnessed more tragedy than she thought she could ever endure and who must learn to heal her own heart. Ultimately, it is a meditation on the natural world as a spiritual anchor, and on the ways that forgiveness can set us free.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/london-s-number-one-dog-walking-agency-a-memoir-by-kate-macdougall--65152086https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/508380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir Author: Kate Macdougall Narrator: Anna Popplewell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “ Sparkles with humor, joy and wit. London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency bounds along with the energy of a rambunctious pup and exudes the wisdom of a beloved canine with an old soul (you know the type).'' — BookPage The irresistibly charming memoir of a young woman who started her own business as a dog walker for London’s busy, well-heeled dog lovers. A true love letter to London, dogs, and growing up.  Aside from the odd biter or growler, the occasional bolter and the one dog who didn’t want to walk, the canines were the easy part. They were a muddy, messy joy in all shapes, sizes and breeds, from greedy Labradors to pampered pugs and everything in between. It was the owners who were the real challenge, a giddy mix of the over-protective, the clueless, the eccentrics and the perfectionists. There is no rule book on how to navigate the obsessions of the London dog owner. A degree in human psychology would have been far preferable to any sort of animal qualification. Not that I had either… In 2006, Kate MacDougall was working a safe but dull job at the venerable auction house Sotheby’s in London. After a clumsy accident nearly destroyed a precious piece of art, she quit Sotheby’s and set up her own dog-walking company. Kate knew little about dogs and nothing about business, and no one thought being a professional dog walker was a good use of her university degree. Nevertheless, Kate embarked upon an entirely new and very much improvised career walking some of the city’s many pampered pooches, branding her company “London's Number One Dog Walking Agency.”  With sharp wit, delightful observations, and plenty of canine affection, Kate reveals her unique and unconventional coming-of-age story, as told through the dogs, and the London homes and neighborhoods they inhabit. One walk at a time, she journeys from a haphazard twentysomething to a happily—and surprisingly—settled adult, with love, relationships, drama, and home ownership along the way. But, as Kate says, “It’s all down to the dogs” and what they taught her about London—and life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/508380Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/508380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir Author: Kate Macdougall Narrator: Anna Popplewell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/508380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency: A Memoir Author: Kate Macdougall Narrator: Anna Popplewell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “ Sparkles with humor, joy and wit. London’s Number One Dog-Walking Agency bounds along with the energy of a rambunctious pup and exudes the wisdom of a beloved canine with an old soul (you know the type).'' — BookPage The irresistibly charming memoir of a young woman who started her own business as a dog walker for London’s busy, well-heeled dog lovers. A true love letter to London, dogs, and growing up.  Aside from the odd biter or growler, the occasional bolter and the one dog who didn’t want to walk, the canines were the easy part. They were a muddy, messy joy in all shapes, sizes and breeds, from greedy Labradors to pampered pugs and everything in between. It was the owners who were the real challenge, a giddy mix of the over-protective, the clueless, the eccentrics and the perfectionists. There is no rule book on how to navigate the obsessions of the London dog owner. A degree in human psychology would have been far preferable to any sort of animal qualification. Not that I had either… In 2006, Kate MacDougall was working a safe but dull job at the venerable auction house Sotheby’s in London. After a clumsy accident nearly destroyed a precious piece of art, she quit Sotheby’s and set up her own dog-walking company. Kate knew little about dogs and nothing about business, and no one thought being a professional dog walker was a good use of her university degree. Nevertheless, Kate embarked upon an entirely new and very much improvised career walking some of the city’s many pampered pooches, branding her company “London's Number One Dog Walking Agency.”  With sharp wit, delightful observations, and plenty of canine affection, Kate reveals her unique and unconventional coming-of-age story, as told through the dogs, and the London homes and neighborhoods they inhabit. One walk at a time, she journeys from a haphazard twentysomething to a happily—and surprisingly—settled adult, with love, relationships, drama, and home ownership along the way. But, as Kate says, “It’s all down to the dogs” and what they taught her about London—and life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanks-for-waiting-the-joy-weirdness-of-being-a-late-bloomer-by-doree-shafrir--65152252https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451444 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Doree Shafrir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: An honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected “Thanks for Waiting is the loving, wise, cuttingly funny older sister we all need in book form.”—Tara Schuster, author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies Doree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples’ counseling. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy & Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. And while she was one of Gawker’s early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed, she didn’t find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast Forever35—at forty.   Now, in her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressures we feel, especially as women, to hit particular milestones at certain times and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing—all with the goal of appreciating the lives we’ve lived so far and the lives we still hope to live.   Thanks for Waiting is about how achieving the milestones you thought were so important don’t always happen on the time line you imagined. In a world of 30 Under 30 lists, this book is a welcome reminder that it’s okay to live life at your own speed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451444Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451444 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Doree Shafrir Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451444 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (& Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Doree Shafrir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: An honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected “Thanks for Waiting is the loving, wise, cuttingly funny older sister we all need in book form.”—Tara Schuster, author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies Doree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples’ counseling. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy & Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. And while she was one of Gawker’s early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed, she didn’t find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast Forever35—at forty.   Now, in her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressures we feel, especially as women, to hit particular milestones at certain times and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing—all with the goal of appreciating the lives we’ve lived so far and the lives we still hope to live.   Thanks for Waiting is about how achieving the milestones you thought were so important don’t always happen on the time line you imagined. In a world of 30 Under 30 lists, this book is a welcome reminder that it’s okay to live life at your own speed.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-that-she-carried-the-journey-of-ashley-s-sack-a-black-family-keepsake-by-tiya-miles--65152222https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Author: Tiya Miles Narrator: Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 8, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a “deeply layered and insightful” (The Washington Post) testament to people who are left out of the archives.   WINNER: Frederick Douglass Book Prize, Harriet Tubman Prize, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, Lawrence W. Levine Award, Darlene Clark Hine Award, Cundill History Prize, Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, Massachusetts Book Award ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Slate, Vulture, Publishers Weekly “A history told with brilliance and tenderness and fearlessness.”—Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States   In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis: the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag for her with a few items, and, soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the sack in spare, haunting language.    Historian Tiya Miles carefully traces these women’s faint presence in archival records, and, where archives fall short, she turns to objects, art, and the environment to write a singular history of the experience of slavery, and the uncertain freedom afterward, in the United States. All That She Carried is a poignant story of resilience and love passed down against steep odds. It honors the creativity and resourcefulness of people who preserved family ties when official systems refused to do so, and it serves as a visionary illustration of how to reconstruct and recount their stories today.   FINALIST: MAAH Stone Book Award, Kirkus Prize, Mark Lynton History Prize, Chatauqua Prize, Women’s Prize ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, NPR, Time, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Smithsonian Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, Book Riot, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451455Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Author: Tiya Miles Narrator: Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451455 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake Author: Tiya Miles Narrator: Janina Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 8, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.55 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a “deeply layered and insightful” (The Washington Post) testament to people who are left out of the archives.   WINNER: Frederick Douglass Book Prize, Harriet Tubman Prize, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, Lawrence W. Levine Award, Darlene Clark Hine Award, Cundill History Prize, Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, Massachusetts Book Award ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Slate, Vulture, Publishers Weekly “A history told with brilliance and tenderness and fearlessness.”—Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States   In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis: the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag for her with a few items, and, soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter Ruth embroidered this family history on the sack in spare, haunting language.    Historian Tiya Miles carefully traces these women’s faint presence in archival records, and, where archives fall short, she turns to objects, art, and the environment to write a singular history of the experience of slavery, and the uncertain freedom afterward, in the United States. All That She Carried is a poignant story of resilience and love passed down against steep odds. It honors the creativity and resourcefulness of people who preserved family ties when official systems refused to do so, and it serves as a visionary illustration of how to reconstruct and recount their stories today.   FINALIST: MAAH Stone Book Award, Kirkus Prize, Mark Lynton History Prize, Chatauqua Prize, Women’s Prize ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, NPR, Time, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Smithsonian Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ms. magazine, Book Riot, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-a-woman-what-i-learned-about-power-sex-and-the-patriarchy-after-i-transitioned-by-paula-stone-williams--65152130https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned Author: Paula Stone Williams Narrator: Paula Stone Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This moving and unforgettable memoir of a transgender pastor’s transition from male to female is an “audacious, gripping, and profoundly real journey that speaks to the mind, heart, and soul” (Joshua J. Dickson, director of Faith Based Initiatives, Biden Campaign)—perfect for fans of Redefining Realness and There Is Room for You. As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman, and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of sixty. Almost instantly, her power and influence in the evangelical world disappeared and her family had to grapple with intense feelings of loss and confusion. Feeling utterly alone after being expelled from the evangelical churches she had once spearheaded, Paula struggled to create a new safe space for herself where she could reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Much to her surprise, the key to her new career as a woman came with a deeper awareness of the inequities she had overlooked before her transition. Where her opinions were once celebrated and amplified, now she found herself sidelined and ignored. New questions emerged. Why are women’s opinions devalued in favor of men’s? Why does love and intimacy feel so different? And, was it possible to find a new spirituality in her own image? In As a Woman, Paula’s “critical questions about gender, personhood, and place are relevant to anyone. Her writing insightfully reveals aspects of our gender socialization and culture that often go unexamined, but that need to be talked about, challenged, and changed” (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her) in order to fully understand what it means to be male, female, and simply, human.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494014Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned Author: Paula Stone Williams Narrator: Paula Stone Williams...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned Author: Paula Stone Williams Narrator: Paula Stone Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This moving and unforgettable memoir of a transgender pastor’s transition from male to female is an “audacious, gripping, and profoundly real journey that speaks to the mind, heart, and soul” (Joshua J. Dickson, director of Faith Based Initiatives, Biden Campaign)—perfect for fans of Redefining Realness and There Is Room for You. As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman, and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of sixty. Almost instantly, her power and influence in the evangelical world disappeared and her family had to grapple with intense feelings of loss and confusion. Feeling utterly alone after being expelled from the evangelical churches she had once spearheaded, Paula struggled to create a new safe space for herself where she could reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Much to her surprise, the key to her new career as a woman came with a deeper awareness of the inequities she had overlooked before her transition. Where her opinions were once celebrated and amplified, now she found herself sidelined and ignored. New questions emerged. Why are women’s opinions devalued in favor of men’s? Why does love and intimacy feel so different? And, was it possible to find a new spirituality in her own image? In As a Woman, Paula’s “critical questions about gender, personhood, and place are relevant to anyone. Her writing insightfully reveals aspects of our gender socialization and culture that often go unexamined, but that need to be talked about, challenged, and changed” (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her) in order to fully understand what it means to be male, female, and simply, human.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/house-of-sticks-by-ly-tran--65152104https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Sticks Author: Ly Tran Narrator: Ly Tran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner One of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year This beautifully written “masterclass in memoir” (Elle) recounts a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens, New York, “showcas[ing] the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet. As they navigate this new landscape, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brooklyn that her parents take over. But at school, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave a mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her? An “unsentimental yet deeply moving examination of filial bond, displacement, war trauma, and poverty” (NPR), House of Sticks is a timely and powerful portrait of one girl’s coming-of-age and struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465608Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Sticks Author: Ly Tran Narrator: Ly Tran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Women...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Sticks Author: Ly Tran Narrator: Ly Tran Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner One of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year This beautifully written “masterclass in memoir” (Elle) recounts a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens, New York, “showcas[ing] the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet. As they navigate this new landscape, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brooklyn that her parents take over. But at school, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave a mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her? An “unsentimental yet deeply moving examination of filial bond, displacement, war trauma, and poverty” (NPR), House of Sticks is a timely and powerful portrait of one girl’s coming-of-age and struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-history-of-home-economics-how-trailblazing-women-harnessed-the-power-of-home-and-changed-the-way-we-live-by-danielle-dreilinger--65152164https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live Author: Danielle Dreilinger Narrator: Rachel Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The term 'home economics' may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us today. In the surprising, often fiercely feminist, and always fascinating The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the field's history from Black colleges to Eleanor Roosevelt to Okinawa, from a Betty Crocker brigade to DIY techies. These women—and they were mostly women—became chemists and marketers, studied nutrition, health, and exercise, tested parachutes, created astronaut food, and took bold steps in childhood development and education. Home economics followed the currents of American culture even as it shaped them. Dreilinger brings forward the racism within the movement along with the strides taken by women of color who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics' women, as they chose to be single, share lives with other women, or try for egalitarian marriages.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513796Tue, 25 May 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live Author: Danielle Dreilinger...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live Author: Danielle Dreilinger Narrator: Rachel Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The term 'home economics' may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us today. In the surprising, often fiercely feminist, and always fascinating The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the field's history from Black colleges to Eleanor Roosevelt to Okinawa, from a Betty Crocker brigade to DIY techies. These women—and they were mostly women—became chemists and marketers, studied nutrition, health, and exercise, tested parachutes, created astronaut food, and took bold steps in childhood development and education. Home economics followed the currents of American culture even as it shaped them. Dreilinger brings forward the racism within the movement along with the strides taken by women of color who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics' women, as they chose to be single, share lives with other women, or try for egalitarian marriages.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/women-on-top-of-the-world-what-women-think-about-when-they-re-having-sex-by-various--65152088https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women On Top of the World: What Women Think About When They're Having Sex Author: Various Narrator: Alex Tregear, Avita Jay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This collection of fifty true disclosures by women around the world from all ages and walks of life reveals their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. Author Lucy-Anne Holmes has spoken to women from around the globe, ranging in age from 19-75, as they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender. Women on Top of the World will be a provocative collection of female voices. It promises to contribute to the changing way women are now talking about their sexuality, and their journeys toward self-discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504950Tue, 25 May 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women On Top of the World: What Women Think About When They're Having Sex Author: Various Narrator: Alex Tregear, Avita Jay Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/504950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women On Top of the World: What Women Think About When They're Having Sex Author: Various Narrator: Alex Tregear, Avita Jay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This collection of fifty true disclosures by women around the world from all ages and walks of life reveals their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. Author Lucy-Anne Holmes has spoken to women from around the globe, ranging in age from 19-75, as they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender. Women on Top of the World will be a provocative collection of female voices. It promises to contribute to the changing way women are now talking about their sexuality, and their journeys toward self-discovery.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-daring-life-and-dangerous-times-of-eve-adams-by-jonathan-ned-katz--65152144https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams Author: Jonathan Ned Katz Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 18, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Eve Adams was a rebel. Born Chawa Zloczewer into a Jewish family in Poland, Adams emigrated to the United States in 1912. The young woman befriended anarchists, sold radical publications, took a new name, and ran lesbian-and-gay-friendly speakeasies in Chicago and New York. Then, in 1925, Adams risked all to write and publish a book titled Lesbian Love. In a repressive era, long before today's gay liberation movement, when American women had just gained the right to vote, Adams's bold activism caught the attention of the young J. Edgar Hoover and the US Bureau of Investigation, leading to her surveillance and arrest. In a case that pitted immigration officials, the New York City police, and a biased informer against her, Adams was convicted of publishing an obscene book and of attempted sex with a policewoman sent to entrap her. Adams was jailed and then deported back to Europe, and ultimately murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz. In The Daring Life and Deadly Times of Eve Adams, acclaimed historian Jonathan Ned Katz has recovered the extraordinary story of an early, daring activist. Drawing on startling evidence, carefully distinguishing fact from fiction, Katz presents the first biography of Adams, and the publisher reprints the long-lost text of Adams's rare, unique book Lesbian Love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489714Tue, 18 May 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams Author: Jonathan Ned Katz Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/489714 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams Author: Jonathan Ned Katz Narrator: Romy Nordlinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 18, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Eve Adams was a rebel. Born Chawa Zloczewer into a Jewish family in Poland, Adams emigrated to the United States in 1912. The young woman befriended anarchists, sold radical publications, took a new name, and ran lesbian-and-gay-friendly speakeasies in Chicago and New York. Then, in 1925, Adams risked all to write and publish a book titled Lesbian Love. In a repressive era, long before today's gay liberation movement, when American women had just gained the right to vote, Adams's bold activism caught the attention of the young J. Edgar Hoover and the US Bureau of Investigation, leading to her surveillance and arrest. In a case that pitted immigration officials, the New York City police, and a biased informer against her, Adams was convicted of publishing an obscene book and of attempted sex with a policewoman sent to entrap her. Adams was jailed and then deported back to Europe, and ultimately murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz. In The Daring Life and Deadly Times of Eve Adams, acclaimed historian Jonathan Ned Katz has recovered the extraordinary story of an early, daring activist. Drawing on startling evidence, carefully distinguishing fact from fiction, Katz presents the first biography of Adams, and the publisher reprints the long-lost text of Adams's rare, unique book Lesbian Love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heartwood-the-art-of-living-with-the-end-in-mind-by-barbara-becker--65152158https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind Author: Barbara Becker Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood. When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die? With a keen eye towards that which makes life worth living, interfaith minister, mom and perpetual seeker Barbara Becker recounts stories where life and death intersect in unexpected ways. She volunteers on a hospice floor, becomes an eager student of the many ways people find meaning at the end of life, and accompanies her parents in their final days. Becker inspires listeners to live with the end in mind and proves that turning toward loss rather than away from it is the only true way to live life to its fullest. Just as with the heartwood of a tree—the central core that is no longer alive yet supports the newer growth rings—the dead become an enduring source of strength to the living. With life-affirming prose, Becker helps us see that that grief is not a problem to be solved, but rather a sacred invitation—an opportunity to let go into something even greater…a love that will inform all the days of our lives. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books 'Becker’s eloquence is a salve for confronting a difficult topic...This will be a comfort for anyone contemplating their own mortality, or those in search of advice for others. ' —Publishers Weekly, starred review]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451831Tue, 11 May 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind Author: Barbara Becker Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind Author: Barbara Becker Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “We can do extraordinary things when we lead with love,” Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood. When her earliest childhood friend is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Becker sets off on a quest to immerse herself in what it means to be mortal. Can we live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die? With a keen eye towards that which makes life worth living, interfaith minister, mom and perpetual seeker Barbara Becker recounts stories where life and death intersect in unexpected ways. She volunteers on a hospice floor, becomes an eager student of the many ways people find meaning at the end of life, and accompanies her parents in their final days. Becker inspires listeners to live with the end in mind and proves that turning toward loss rather than away from it is the only true way to live life to its fullest. Just as with the heartwood of a tree—the central core that is no longer alive yet supports the newer growth rings—the dead become an enduring source of strength to the living. With life-affirming prose, Becker helps us see that that grief is not a problem to be solved, but rather a sacred invitation—an opportunity to let go into something even greater…a love that will inform all the days of our lives. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books 'Becker’s eloquence is a salve for confronting a difficult topic...This will be a comfort for anyone contemplating their own mortality, or those in search of advice for others. ' —Publishers Weekly, starred review]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breathe-cry-breathe-from-sorrow-to-strength-in-the-aftermath-of-sudden-tragic-loss-by-catherine-gourdier--65152098https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathe Cry Breathe: From Sorrow to Strength in the Aftermath of Sudden, Tragic Loss Author: Catherine Gourdier Narrator: Petrea Burchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: One accident. Two victims. Three deaths. A moving account of grief and its aftermath. In the fall of 2009, Catherine Gourdier and the other members of her family were happily gathering for a surprise horror-themed birthday party for their youngest member, Julie, when the unthinkable happened. As Julie and her parents were walking home from church, they were hit by a car driven by an eighty-four-year-old woman. While Catherine’s father somehow escaped without harm, Julie and her mother were rushed to hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries. The family was still reeling from the tragedy when, several weeks later, Catherine’s father died suddenly, most likely from a broken heart. Breathe Cry Breathe is the story of Catherine’s journey through grief, as she tries to come to terms with the traumatic loss of three close family members. In the ensuing weeks, months and years, Catherine realizes that “grief doesn’t vanish so quickly. It packs a suitcase and moves into your heart and head.” To help overcome and accept her loss, Catherine seeks alternative healing therapies and throws herself into practical diversions—trying to get a crosswalk installed at the site of the accident; advocating for organ donation and mandatory road tests for elderly drivers; and hosting fundraisers for Special Olympics. After years of struggle, it is these pursuits that finally help her to move beyond her devastating grief.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506910Tue, 11 May 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathe Cry Breathe: From Sorrow to Strength in the Aftermath of Sudden, Tragic Loss Author: Catherine Gourdier Narrator: Petrea Burchard Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/506910 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathe Cry Breathe: From Sorrow to Strength in the Aftermath of Sudden, Tragic Loss Author: Catherine Gourdier Narrator: Petrea Burchard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: One accident. Two victims. Three deaths. A moving account of grief and its aftermath. In the fall of 2009, Catherine Gourdier and the other members of her family were happily gathering for a surprise horror-themed birthday party for their youngest member, Julie, when the unthinkable happened. As Julie and her parents were walking home from church, they were hit by a car driven by an eighty-four-year-old woman. While Catherine’s father somehow escaped without harm, Julie and her mother were rushed to hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries. The family was still reeling from the tragedy when, several weeks later, Catherine’s father died suddenly, most likely from a broken heart. Breathe Cry Breathe is the story of Catherine’s journey through grief, as she tries to come to terms with the traumatic loss of three close family members. In the ensuing weeks, months and years, Catherine realizes that “grief doesn’t vanish so quickly. It packs a suitcase and moves into your heart and head.” To help overcome and accept her loss, Catherine seeks alternative healing therapies and throws herself into practical diversions—trying to get a crosswalk installed at the site of the accident; advocating for organ donation and mandatory road tests for elderly drivers; and hosting fundraisers for Special Olympics. After years of struggle, it is these pursuits that finally help her to move beyond her devastating grief.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-windsor-diaries-my-childhood-with-the-princesses-elizabeth-and-margaret-by-alathea-fitzalan-howard--65152123https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Windsor Diaries: My Childhood with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Author: Alathea Fitzalan Howard Narrator: Alice Mcmillan, Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard—who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom—provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard’s life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea’s diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the Crown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486016Tue, 04 May 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Windsor Diaries: My Childhood with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Author: Alathea Fitzalan Howard Narrator: Alice Mcmillan, Sandra Duncan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Windsor Diaries: My Childhood with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Author: Alathea Fitzalan Howard Narrator: Alice Mcmillan, Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The never-before-published diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard—who spent her teenaged years living out World War II in Windsor Great Park with her close friends Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of the United Kingdom—provide an extraordinary and intimate look at the British Royal Family. Like so many others in Great Britain, young Alathea Fitzalan Howard’s life was turned upside down by the start of the Second World War. Sent to stay with her grandfather at the historic Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, Alathea found the affection she so craved through her close friendship with the two princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, her neighbors at nearby Windsor Castle. Together, the girls enjoyed parties, cinema evenings, picnics, and more, all recorded in honest and captivating detail in Alathea’s diary, which she kept as a constant source of comfort. Day by day, from ages sixteen to twenty-two, she recorded the intimate details of her life with the Royal Family and the anxieties of wartime Britain. Now, published for the first time, these unique diaries unveil a candid and vivid portrait of the British Royal Family and of Princess Elizabeth in particular, the warm, quiet young girl who was already on her journey to her ultimate destiny: the Crown.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-dreamers-a-memoir-of-family-by-lorenzo-carcaterra--65152182https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family Author: Lorenzo Carcaterra Narrator: Lorenzo Carcaterra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “As nourishing as a three-course Italian feast, this is a fierce, moving tribute to the ties that bind.”—People (Book of the Week) The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers offers a heartfelt homage to the women who taught him courage, kindness, and the power of storytelling: his mother, his grandmother, and his late wife. Standing with his children near his grandmother’s grave on a recent trip to Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples, Lorenzo Carcaterra realized how much of his life has been shaped by the women who taught him how to look for joy and overcome sorrow. This book is his tribute to them. Nonna Maria, his grandmother, gave him his first taste of a loving home during the summers he spent with her as a teenager on Ischia. With her kindness, her humor, and the same formidable strength she employed to make secret trips for food when the Nazis occupied Ischia during World War II, she instilled in him the importance of community, providing shelter for a boy whose home life was difficult. His mother, Raffaela, dealt with daily hardships: a loveless and abusive marriage, the burden of debt, and a life of dread. Though the lessons she taught were harsh, they would drive Lorenzo from the world they shared to the better one she always prayed he would find. The third woman is his wife, Susan, a gifted editor and his professional champion. Their marriage lasted three decades before her death from lung cancer in 2013. While their upbringings were wildly different, their love and friendship never wavered—and neither did her faith in Lorenzo’s talent and potential as a writer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451443Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family Author: Lorenzo Carcaterra Narrator: Lorenzo Carcaterra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Dreamers: A Memoir of Family Author: Lorenzo Carcaterra Narrator: Lorenzo Carcaterra Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “As nourishing as a three-course Italian feast, this is a fierce, moving tribute to the ties that bind.”—People (Book of the Week) The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers offers a heartfelt homage to the women who taught him courage, kindness, and the power of storytelling: his mother, his grandmother, and his late wife. Standing with his children near his grandmother’s grave on a recent trip to Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples, Lorenzo Carcaterra realized how much of his life has been shaped by the women who taught him how to look for joy and overcome sorrow. This book is his tribute to them. Nonna Maria, his grandmother, gave him his first taste of a loving home during the summers he spent with her as a teenager on Ischia. With her kindness, her humor, and the same formidable strength she employed to make secret trips for food when the Nazis occupied Ischia during World War II, she instilled in him the importance of community, providing shelter for a boy whose home life was difficult. His mother, Raffaela, dealt with daily hardships: a loveless and abusive marriage, the burden of debt, and a life of dread. Though the lessons she taught were harsh, they would drive Lorenzo from the world they shared to the better one she always prayed he would find. The third woman is his wife, Susan, a gifted editor and his professional champion. Their marriage lasted three decades before her death from lung cancer in 2013. While their upbringings were wildly different, their love and friendship never wavered—and neither did her faith in Lorenzo’s talent and potential as a writer.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blowing-my-cover-my-life-as-a-cia-spy-by-lindsay-moran--65152148https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy Author: Lindsay Moran Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Call me naïve, but when I was a girl—watching James Bond and devouring Harriet the Spy—all I wanted was to grow up to be a spy. Unlike most kids, I didn't lose my secret-agent aspirations. So as a bright-eyed, idealistic college grad, I sent my resume to the CIA. Getting in was a story in itself. I peed in more cups than you could imagine, and was nearly condemned as a sexual deviant by the staff psychologist. My roommates were getting freaked out by government investigators lurking around, asking questions about my past. Finally, the CIA was training me to crash cars into barriers at 60 mph. Jump out of airplanes with cargo attached to my body. Survive interrogation, travel in alias, lose a tail. One thing they didn't teach us was how to date a guy while lying to him about what you do for a living. That I had to figure out for myself. Then I was posted overseas. And that's when the real fun began.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493892Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy Author: Lindsay Moran Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy Author: Lindsay Moran Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 27, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Call me naïve, but when I was a girl—watching James Bond and devouring Harriet the Spy—all I wanted was to grow up to be a spy. Unlike most kids, I didn't lose my secret-agent aspirations. So as a bright-eyed, idealistic college grad, I sent my resume to the CIA. Getting in was a story in itself. I peed in more cups than you could imagine, and was nearly condemned as a sexual deviant by the staff psychologist. My roommates were getting freaked out by government investigators lurking around, asking questions about my past. Finally, the CIA was training me to crash cars into barriers at 60 mph. Jump out of airplanes with cargo attached to my body. Survive interrogation, travel in alias, lose a tail. One thing they didn't teach us was how to date a guy while lying to him about what you do for a living. That I had to figure out for myself. Then I was posted overseas. And that's when the real fun began.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-am-a-girl-from-africa-by-elizabeth-nyamayaro--65152246https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am a Girl from Africa Author: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Narrator: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “profound and soul-nourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose near-death experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change across the world. When severe drought hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, then only eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life’s purpose. Unable to move from hunger and malnourishment, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life—a transformative moment that inspired Elizabeth to dedicate herself to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. In the decades that have followed, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change and uplifting the lives of others: by fighting global inequalities, advancing social justice for vulnerable communities, and challenging the status quo to accelerate women’s rights around the world. She has served as a senior advisor at the United Nations, where she launched HeForShe, one of the world’s largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. In I Am a Girl from Africa, she charts this “journey of perseverance” (Entertainment Weekly) from her small village of Goromonzi to Harare, Zimbabwe; London; New York; and beyond, always grounded by the African concept of ubuntu—“I am because we are”—taught to her by her beloved grandmother. This “victorious” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman’s story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling—while delivering an important message of hope, empowerment, community support, and interdependence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442926Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am a Girl from Africa Author: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Narrator: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am a Girl from Africa Author: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Narrator: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “profound and soul-nourishing memoir” (Oprah Daily) from an African girl whose near-death experience sparked a lifelong dedication to humanitarian work that helps bring change across the world. When severe drought hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, then only eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life’s purpose. Unable to move from hunger and malnourishment, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life—a transformative moment that inspired Elizabeth to dedicate herself to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. In the decades that have followed, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change and uplifting the lives of others: by fighting global inequalities, advancing social justice for vulnerable communities, and challenging the status quo to accelerate women’s rights around the world. She has served as a senior advisor at the United Nations, where she launched HeForShe, one of the world’s largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. In I Am a Girl from Africa, she charts this “journey of perseverance” (Entertainment Weekly) from her small village of Goromonzi to Harare, Zimbabwe; London; New York; and beyond, always grounded by the African concept of ubuntu—“I am because we are”—taught to her by her beloved grandmother. This “victorious” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman’s story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling—while delivering an important message of hope, empowerment, community support, and interdependence.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-martini-afternoons-at-the-ritz-the-rebellion-of-sylvia-plath-anne-sexton-by-gail-crowther--65152223https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton Author: Gail Crowther Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this vividly rendered and empathetic biography of two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—“the friendship and rivalry that the pair shared—not to mention the titular cocktails at a Boston hotel—is explored in fascinating detail” (Town & Country). Introduced at a poetry workshop in Boston University, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton formed a friendship that would soon evolve into a fierce rivalry, colored by jealousy and respect in equal terms. In the years that followed, these two women would not only become iconic figures in literature, but also lead curiously parallel lives haunted by mental illness, suicide attempts, self-doubt, and difficult personal relationships. With weekly martini meetings at the Ritz to discuss everything from sex to suicide, theirs was a relationship as complex and subversive as their poetry. Based on in-depth research and unprecedented archival access, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz will leave you “hungering for more of what these two literary comets burned with: the power of a little poetry. Deliriously fast-paced and erudite, this is highly recommended” (Library Journal, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445642Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton Author: Gail Crowther Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445642 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton Author: Gail Crowther Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this vividly rendered and empathetic biography of two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—“the friendship and rivalry that the pair shared—not to mention the titular cocktails at a Boston hotel—is explored in fascinating detail” (Town & Country). Introduced at a poetry workshop in Boston University, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton formed a friendship that would soon evolve into a fierce rivalry, colored by jealousy and respect in equal terms. In the years that followed, these two women would not only become iconic figures in literature, but also lead curiously parallel lives haunted by mental illness, suicide attempts, self-doubt, and difficult personal relationships. With weekly martini meetings at the Ritz to discuss everything from sex to suicide, theirs was a relationship as complex and subversive as their poetry. Based on in-depth research and unprecedented archival access, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz will leave you “hungering for more of what these two literary comets burned with: the power of a little poetry. Deliriously fast-paced and erudite, this is highly recommended” (Library Journal, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/broken-horses-a-memoir-by-brandi-carlile--65152214https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Horses: A Memoir Author: Brandi Carlile Narrator: Brandi Carlile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 186 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 50 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music.   In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans. Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church’s basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back. Carlile recorded new stripped-down, solo renditions of more than 30 of the songs featured in the book, including her own and songs from artists who’ve inspired her, from Dolly Parton to Elton John, Leonard Cohen and more, available exclusively on the audiobook:   “I Don’t Hurt Anymore” by Hank Snow “Coat of Many Colors” by Dolly Parton “Ride on Out” by Brandi Carlile “Honky Cat” by Elton John and Bernie Taupin “Philadelphia” by Neil Young “Happy” by Brandi Carlile “That Year” by Brandi Carlile “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen “Eye of the Needle” by Brandi Carlile “Turpentine” by Brandi Carlile “Wasted” by Brandi Carlile “The Story” by Brandi Carlile “Closer to You” by Brandi Carlile “Caroline” by Brandi Carlile “Josephine” by Brandi Carlile “Sugartooth” by Brandi Carlile “Looking Out” by Brandi Carlile “Beginning to Feel the Years” by Brandi Carlile “Love Songs” by Brandi Carlile “I Will” by Brandi Carlile “I Belong to You” by Brandi Carlile “That Wasn’t Me” by Brandi Carlile “The Mother” by Brandi Carlile “The Stranger at My Door” by Brandi Carlile “Heroes and Songs” by Brandi Carlile “Murder in the City” by The Avett Brothers “Party of One” by Brandi Carlile “The Joke” by Brandi Carlile “Hold You Dear” by The Secret Sisters “Bring My Flowers Now” by Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker “Your Song” by Elton John and Bernie Taupin]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451483Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Horses: A Memoir Author: Brandi Carlile Narrator: Brandi Carlile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Horses: A Memoir Author: Brandi Carlile Narrator: Brandi Carlile Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 186 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 50 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music.   In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans. Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church’s basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back. Carlile recorded new stripped-down, solo renditions of more than 30 of the songs featured in the book, including her own and songs from artists who’ve inspired her, from Dolly Parton to Elton John, Leonard Cohen and more, available exclusively on the audiobook:   “I Don’t Hurt Anymore” by Hank Snow “Coat of Many Colors” by Dolly Parton “Ride on Out” by Brandi Carlile “Honky Cat” by Elton John and Bernie Taupin “Philadelphia” by Neil Young “Happy” by Brandi Carlile “That Year” by Brandi Carlile “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen “Eye of the Needle” by Brandi Carlile “Turpentine” by Brandi Carlile “Wasted” by Brandi Carlile “The Story” by Brandi Carlile “Closer to You” by Brandi Carlile “Caroline” by Brandi Carlile “Josephine” by Brandi Carlile “Sugartooth” by Brandi Carlile “Looking Out” by Brandi Carlile “Beginning to Feel the Years” by Brandi Carlile “Love Songs” by Brandi Carlile “I Will” by Brandi Carlile “I Belong to You” by Brandi Carlile “That Wasn’t Me” by Brandi Carlile “The Mother” by Brandi Carlile “The Stranger at My Door” by Brandi Carlile “Heroes and Songs” by Brandi Carlile “Murder in the City” by The Avett Brothers “Party of One” by Brandi Carlile “The Joke” by Brandi Carlile “Hold You Dear” by The Secret Sisters “Bring My Flowers Now” by Brandi Carlile and Tanya Tucker “Your Song” by Elton John and Bernie Taupin]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unfit-heiress-the-tragic-life-and-scandalous-sterilization-of-ann-cooper-hewitt-by-audrey-clare-farley--65152204https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt Author: Audrey Clare Farley Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, a page-turning drama of fortunes, eugenics and women's reproductive rights framed by the sordid court battle between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her socialite mother. At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor of passion and livelihood outside the home. This alarmed authorities, who feared certain "over-sexed" women could destroy civilization if allowed to reproduce and pass on their defects. Set against this backdrop, The Unfit Heiress chronicles the fight for inheritance, both genetic and monetary, between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her mother Maryon. In 1934, aided by a California eugenics law, the socialite Maryon Cooper Hewitt had her "promiscuous" daughter declared feebleminded and sterilized without her knowledge. She did this to deprive Ann of millions of dollars from her father's estate, which contained a child-bearing stipulation. When a sensational court case ensued, the American public was captivated. So were eugenicists, who saw an opportunity to restrict reproductive rights in America for decades to come. This riveting story unfolds through the brilliant research of Audrey Clare Farley, who captures the interior lives of these women on the pages and poses questions that remain relevant today: What does it mean to be "unfit" for motherhood? In the battle for reproductive rights, can we forgive the women who side against us? And can we forgive our mothers if they are the ones who inflict the deepest wounds?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450891Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt Author: Audrey Clare Farley Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt Author: Audrey Clare Farley Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, a page-turning drama of fortunes, eugenics and women's reproductive rights framed by the sordid court battle between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her socialite mother. At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor of passion and livelihood outside the home. This alarmed authorities, who feared certain "over-sexed" women could destroy civilization if allowed to reproduce and pass on their defects. Set against this backdrop, The Unfit Heiress chronicles the fight for inheritance, both genetic and monetary, between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her mother Maryon. In 1934, aided by a California eugenics law, the socialite Maryon Cooper Hewitt had her "promiscuous" daughter declared feebleminded and sterilized without her knowledge. She did this to deprive Ann of millions of dollars from her father's estate, which contained a child-bearing stipulation. When a sensational court case ensued, the American public was captivated. So were eugenicists, who saw an opportunity to restrict reproductive rights in America for decades to come. This riveting story unfolds through the brilliant research of Audrey Clare Farley, who captures the interior lives of these women on the pages and poses questions that remain relevant today: What does it mean to be "unfit" for motherhood? In the battle for reproductive rights, can we forgive the women who side against us? And can we forgive our mothers if they are the ones who inflict the deepest wounds?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/madam-speaker-nancy-pelosi-and-the-lessons-of-power-by-susan-page--65152168https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power Author: Susan Page Narrator: Susan Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.2 of Total 10 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!  The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times bestselling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page.   Featuring more than 150 exclusive interviews with those who know her best—and a series of in-depth, news-making interviews with Pelosi herself—MADAM SPEAKER is unprecedented in the scope of its exploration of Nancy Pelosi’s remarkable life and of her indelible impact on American politics.   Before she was Nancy Pelosi, she was Nancy D’Alesandro. Her father was a big-city mayor and her mother his political organizer; when she encour­aged her young daughter to become a nun, Nancy told her mother that being a priest sounded more appealing. She didn’t begin running for office until she was forty-six years old, her five children mostly out of the nest. With that, she found her calling.   Nancy Pelosi has lived on the cutting edge of the revolution in both women’s roles and in the nation’s movement to a fiercer and more polarized politics. She has established herself as a crucial friend or for­midable foe to U.S. presidents, a master legislator, and an indefatigable political warrior. She took on the Democratic establishment to become the first female Speaker of the House, then battled rivals on the left and right to consolidate her power. She has soared in the sharp-edged inside game of politics, though she has struggled in the outside game—demonized by conservatives, second-guessed by progressives, and routinely underestimated by nearly everyone.   All of this was preparation for the most historic challenge she would ever face, at a time she had been privately planning her retirement. When Donald Trump was elected to the White House, Nancy Pelosi became the Democratic counterpart best able to stand up to the disruptive president and to get under his skin. The battle between Trump and Pelosi, chronicled in this book with behind-the-scenes details and revelations, stands to be the titanic political struggle of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450881Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power Author: Susan Page Narrator: Susan Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power Author: Susan Page Narrator: Susan Page Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 20, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.2 of Total 10 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!  The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times bestselling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page.   Featuring more than 150 exclusive interviews with those who know her best—and a series of in-depth, news-making interviews with Pelosi herself—MADAM SPEAKER is unprecedented in the scope of its exploration of Nancy Pelosi’s remarkable life and of her indelible impact on American politics.   Before she was Nancy Pelosi, she was Nancy D’Alesandro. Her father was a big-city mayor and her mother his political organizer; when she encour­aged her young daughter to become a nun, Nancy told her mother that being a priest sounded more appealing. She didn’t begin running for office until she was forty-six years old, her five children mostly out of the nest. With that, she found her calling.   Nancy Pelosi has lived on the cutting edge of the revolution in both women’s roles and in the nation’s movement to a fiercer and more polarized politics. She has established herself as a crucial friend or for­midable foe to U.S. presidents, a master legislator, and an indefatigable political warrior. She took on the Democratic establishment to become the first female Speaker of the House, then battled rivals on the left and right to consolidate her power. She has soared in the sharp-edged inside game of politics, though she has struggled in the outside game—demonized by conservatives, second-guessed by progressives, and routinely underestimated by nearly everyone.   All of this was preparation for the most historic challenge she would ever face, at a time she had been privately planning her retirement. When Donald Trump was elected to the White House, Nancy Pelosi became the Democratic counterpart best able to stand up to the disruptive president and to get under his skin. The battle between Trump and Pelosi, chronicled in this book with behind-the-scenes details and revelations, stands to be the titanic political struggle of our time.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-governor-my-life-inside-britain-s-most-notorious-prisons-by-vanessa-frake--65152172https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons Author: Vanessa Frake Narrator: Vanessa Frake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Security and Operations for HMP Wormwood Scrubs. If you’re easily shocked or offended, you best look away now… Having worked for 16 years in a high-security women’s prison dealing with the likes of Rosemary West and Myra Hindley, Vanessa Frake thought she’d seen it all. That was until she was transferred to the notorious Wormwood Scrubs. Thrust into a ‘man’s world’, her no-nonsense approach and fearless attitude saw her swiftly rise through the ranks. From dealing with celebrity criminals and busting drug rings, to recruiting informers and being subject to violent attacks, this hard-hitting but often humorous memoir reveals all about life behind bars in unflinching detail. Now, for one last time, The Gov opens the prison gates. Prepare for the madness and horror of daily life with the UK’s most ruthless criminals.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461778Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons Author: Vanessa Frake Narrator: Vanessa Frake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Prisons Author: Vanessa Frake Narrator: Vanessa Frake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Security and Operations for HMP Wormwood Scrubs. If you’re easily shocked or offended, you best look away now… Having worked for 16 years in a high-security women’s prison dealing with the likes of Rosemary West and Myra Hindley, Vanessa Frake thought she’d seen it all. That was until she was transferred to the notorious Wormwood Scrubs. Thrust into a ‘man’s world’, her no-nonsense approach and fearless attitude saw her swiftly rise through the ranks. From dealing with celebrity criminals and busting drug rings, to recruiting informers and being subject to violent attacks, this hard-hitting but often humorous memoir reveals all about life behind bars in unflinching detail. Now, for one last time, The Gov opens the prison gates. Prepare for the madness and horror of daily life with the UK’s most ruthless criminals.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-triumph-of-nancy-reagan-by-karen-tumulty--65152225https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Author: Karen Tumulty Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan. The made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan is more than a love story—it’s the partnership that made him president. Of the pair, Nancy was the one with the sharper instincts about people, the superior radar for trouble, and the keen sense of how to secure his place in history. The only person in the world to whom Ronald Reagan felt truly close, Nancy understood how to foster his strengths and compensate for his weaknesses. Neither timid nor apologetic about wielding her power, Nancy Reagan became “the most influential and complex First Lady of our time” (Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker). But that confidence took years to develop. Nancy’s traumatic early childhood instilled in her a lifelong anxiety and a craving for security. Born into a broken marriage, she spent seven years yearning for the absent mother who abandoned her to pursue an acting career. When she met Ronnie, who had a difficult upbringing of his own, the two fractured halves became whole. And as Ronnie turned from acting to politics, she did too, helping build the scaffolding of his rise and cultivating the wealthy and powerful figures who would help pave his way. Not only was Nancy crucial in shaping Ronald’s White House team and in softening her husband’s rhetoric, she became an unseen force pushing her husband toward what she saw as his grandest purpose—to shake his image as a warmonger and leave behind a more peaceful world. This “riveting, beautifully written portrait” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leadership) reveals new details surrounding the tumultuous presidency. The Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty spent four years interviewing the people who knew this couple best and draws on overlooked archives, letters, memoirs, and White House records, compiling the most extensive biography of Nancy Reagan yet. From the AIDS epidemic to tensions with the Soviets and the war on drugs, this book shows how Nancy Reagan became one of the most influential First Ladies of the century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442924Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Author: Karen Tumulty Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 20 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Author: Karen Tumulty Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan. The made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan is more than a love story—it’s the partnership that made him president. Of the pair, Nancy was the one with the sharper instincts about people, the superior radar for trouble, and the keen sense of how to secure his place in history. The only person in the world to whom Ronald Reagan felt truly close, Nancy understood how to foster his strengths and compensate for his weaknesses. Neither timid nor apologetic about wielding her power, Nancy Reagan became “the most influential and complex First Lady of our time” (Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker). But that confidence took years to develop. Nancy’s traumatic early childhood instilled in her a lifelong anxiety and a craving for security. Born into a broken marriage, she spent seven years yearning for the absent mother who abandoned her to pursue an acting career. When she met Ronnie, who had a difficult upbringing of his own, the two fractured halves became whole. And as Ronnie turned from acting to politics, she did too, helping build the scaffolding of his rise and cultivating the wealthy and powerful figures who would help pave his way. Not only was Nancy crucial in shaping Ronald’s White House team and in softening her husband’s rhetoric, she became an unseen force pushing her husband toward what she saw as his grandest purpose—to shake his image as a warmonger and leave behind a more peaceful world. This “riveting, beautifully written portrait” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leadership) reveals new details surrounding the tumultuous presidency. The Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty spent four years interviewing the people who knew this couple best and draws on overlooked archives, letters, memoirs, and White House records, compiling the most extensive biography of Nancy Reagan yet. From the AIDS epidemic to tensions with the Soviets and the war on drugs, this book shows how Nancy Reagan became one of the most influential First Ladies of the century.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/higher-love-climbing-and-skiing-the-seven-summits-by-kit-deslauriers--65152199https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Higher Love: Climbing and Skiing the Seven Summits Author: Kit Deslauriers Narrator: Gina Rogers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In 2006 Kit DesLauriers made history by becoming the first person to climb—and then ski—from the summit of each continent's highest mountain, the famed Seven Summits. Centered on this quest, her book Higher Love represents a hero's journey, rich with personal insights, life-threatening consequences, and a thrilling crescendo. Spanning seven continents in just two years, this deeply personal memoir recounts Kit's initially secret journey that would change her life forever. From braving Antarctica's bone-chilling temperatures to trudging through an African rainforest, from corn snow on the slopes of Australia to blue ice on Everest, Kit leads you up each mountain and gives you a heart-racing ride back down. This candid, fast-paced story shows how inspiration, teamwork, and honoring our true nature blazes the trail to every summit, on or off the mountain.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502329Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Higher Love: Climbing and Skiing the Seven Summits Author: Kit Deslauriers Narrator: Gina Rogers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Higher Love: Climbing and Skiing the Seven Summits Author: Kit Deslauriers Narrator: Gina Rogers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In 2006 Kit DesLauriers made history by becoming the first person to climb—and then ski—from the summit of each continent's highest mountain, the famed Seven Summits. Centered on this quest, her book Higher Love represents a hero's journey, rich with personal insights, life-threatening consequences, and a thrilling crescendo. Spanning seven continents in just two years, this deeply personal memoir recounts Kit's initially secret journey that would change her life forever. From braving Antarctica's bone-chilling temperatures to trudging through an African rainforest, from corn snow on the slopes of Australia to blue ice on Everest, Kit leads you up each mountain and gives you a heart-racing ride back down. This candid, fast-paced story shows how inspiration, teamwork, and honoring our true nature blazes the trail to every summit, on or off the mountain.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sensational-the-hidden-history-of-america-s-girl-stunt-reporters-by-kim-todd--65152171https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” Author: Kim Todd Narrator: Maggie-Meg Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: ''A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America’s trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten mavericks to their rightful place in American history.'' — Abbott Kahler, author (as Karen Abbott) of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy  A vivid social history that brings to light the “girl stunt reporters” of the Gilded Age who went undercover to expose corruption and abuse in America, and redefined what it meant to be a woman and a journalist—pioneers whose influence continues to be felt today. In the waning years of the nineteenth century, women journalists across the United States risked reputation and their own safety to expose the hazardous conditions under which many Americans lived and worked. In various disguises, they stole into sewing factories to report on child labor, fainted in the streets to test public hospital treatment, posed as lobbyists to reveal corrupt politicians. Inventive writers whose in-depth narratives made headlines for weeks at a stretch, these “girl stunt reporters” changed laws, helped launch a labor movement, championed women’s rights, and redefined journalism for the modern age. The 1880s and 1890s witnessed a revolution in journalism as publisher titans like Hearst and Pulitzer used weapons of innovation and scandal to battle it out for market share. As they sought new ways to draw readers in, they found their answer in young women flooding into cities to seek their fortunes. When Nellie Bly went undercover into Blackwell’s Insane Asylum for Women and emerged with a scathing indictment of what she found there, the resulting sensation created opportunity for a whole new wave of writers. In a time of few jobs and few rights for women, here was a path to lives of excitement and meaning. After only a decade of headlines and fame, though, these trailblazers faced a vicious public backlash. Accused of practicing “yellow journalism,” their popularity waned until “stunt reporter” became a badge of shame. But their influence on the field of journalism would arc across a century, from the Progressive Era “muckraking” of the 1900s to the personal “New Journalism” of the 1960s and ’70s, to the “immersion journalism” and “creative nonfiction” of today. Bold and unconventional, these writers changed how people would tell stories forever.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497438Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” Author: Kim Todd Narrator: Maggie-Meg Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” Author: Kim Todd Narrator: Maggie-Meg Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: ''A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America’s trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten mavericks to their rightful place in American history.'' — Abbott Kahler, author (as Karen Abbott) of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy  A vivid social history that brings to light the “girl stunt reporters” of the Gilded Age who went undercover to expose corruption and abuse in America, and redefined what it meant to be a woman and a journalist—pioneers whose influence continues to be felt today. In the waning years of the nineteenth century, women journalists across the United States risked reputation and their own safety to expose the hazardous conditions under which many Americans lived and worked. In various disguises, they stole into sewing factories to report on child labor, fainted in the streets to test public hospital treatment, posed as lobbyists to reveal corrupt politicians. Inventive writers whose in-depth narratives made headlines for weeks at a stretch, these “girl stunt reporters” changed laws, helped launch a labor movement, championed women’s rights, and redefined journalism for the modern age. The 1880s and 1890s witnessed a revolution in journalism as publisher titans like Hearst and Pulitzer used weapons of innovation and scandal to battle it out for market share. As they sought new ways to draw readers in, they found their answer in young women flooding into cities to seek their fortunes. When Nellie Bly went undercover into Blackwell’s Insane Asylum for Women and emerged with a scathing indictment of what she found there, the resulting sensation created opportunity for a whole new wave of writers. In a time of few jobs and few rights for women, here was a path to lives of excitement and meaning. After only a decade of headlines and fame, though, these trailblazers faced a vicious public backlash. Accused of practicing “yellow journalism,” their popularity waned until “stunt reporter” became a badge of shame. But their influence on the field of journalism would arc across a century, from the Progressive Era “muckraking” of the 1900s to the personal “New Journalism” of the 1960s and ’70s, to the “immersion journalism” and “creative nonfiction” of today. Bold and unconventional, these writers changed how people would tell stories forever.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/women-in-science-then-and-now-by-vivian-gornick--65152254https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women in Science: Then and Now Author: Vivian Gornick Narrator: Madelyn Buzzard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Gornick's portraits demonstrate the driving force behind science.'—The Philadelphia Inquirer 'Women in science stir the contemporary imagination. In their hyphenated identity is captured the pain and excitement of a culture struggling to mature.'—The Washington Post In this revised twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed writer and journalist Vivian Gornick interviews famous and lesser-known scientists, compares their experiences then and now, and shows that, although not much has changed in the world of science, what is different is women's expectations that they can and will succeed. Everything from the disparaging comments by Harvard's then-president to government reports and media coverage has focused on the ways in which women supposedly can't do science. Gornick's original interviews show how deep and severe discrimination against women was back then in all scientific fields. Her new interviews, with some of the same women she spoke to twenty-five years ago, provide a fresh description of the hard times and great successes these women have experienced.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502319Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women in Science: Then and Now Author: Vivian Gornick Narrator: Madelyn Buzzard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women in Science: Then and Now Author: Vivian Gornick Narrator: Madelyn Buzzard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Gornick's portraits demonstrate the driving force behind science.'—The Philadelphia Inquirer 'Women in science stir the contemporary imagination. In their hyphenated identity is captured the pain and excitement of a culture struggling to mature.'—The Washington Post In this revised twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed writer and journalist Vivian Gornick interviews famous and lesser-known scientists, compares their experiences then and now, and shows that, although not much has changed in the world of science, what is different is women's expectations that they can and will succeed. Everything from the disparaging comments by Harvard's then-president to government reports and media coverage has focused on the ways in which women supposedly can't do science. Gornick's original interviews show how deep and severe discrimination against women was back then in all scientific fields. Her new interviews, with some of the same women she spoke to twenty-five years ago, provide a fresh description of the hard times and great successes these women have experienced.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-solitude-of-self-thinking-about-elizabeth-cady-stanton-by-vivian-gornick--65152197https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Solitude of Self: Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton Author: Vivian Gornick Narrator: Theresa Conkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain American women the vote. But, as Vivian Gornick argues in this passionate, vivid biographical essay, Stanton is also the greatest feminist thinker of the nineteenth century. Endowed with a philosophical cast of mind large enough to grasp the immensity that women's rights addressed, Stanton developed a devotion to equality uniquely American in character. Her writing and life make clear why feminism as a liberation movement has flourished here as nowhere else in the world. Born in 1815 into a conservative family of privilege, Stanton was radicalized by her experience in the abolitionist movement. Attending the first international conference on slavery in London in 1840, she found herself amazed when the conference officials refused to seat her because of her sex. At that moment she realized that 'In the eyes of the world I was not as I was in my own eyes, I was only a woman.' At the same moment she saw what it meant for the American republic to have failed to deliver on its fundamental promise of equality for all. In her last public address, 'The Solitude of Self,' she argued for women's political equality on the grounds that loneliness is the human condition, and that each citizen therefore needs the tools to fight alone for his or her interests.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502318Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Solitude of Self: Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton Author: Vivian Gornick Narrator: Theresa Conkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Solitude of Self: Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton Author: Vivian Gornick Narrator: Theresa Conkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most important leaders of the movement to gain American women the vote. But, as Vivian Gornick argues in this passionate, vivid biographical essay, Stanton is also the greatest feminist thinker of the nineteenth century. Endowed with a philosophical cast of mind large enough to grasp the immensity that women's rights addressed, Stanton developed a devotion to equality uniquely American in character. Her writing and life make clear why feminism as a liberation movement has flourished here as nowhere else in the world. Born in 1815 into a conservative family of privilege, Stanton was radicalized by her experience in the abolitionist movement. Attending the first international conference on slavery in London in 1840, she found herself amazed when the conference officials refused to seat her because of her sex. At that moment she realized that 'In the eyes of the world I was not as I was in my own eyes, I was only a woman.' At the same moment she saw what it meant for the American republic to have failed to deliver on its fundamental promise of equality for all. In her last public address, 'The Solitude of Self,' she argued for women's political equality on the grounds that loneliness is the human condition, and that each citizen therefore needs the tools to fight alone for his or her interests.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/40-unstoppable-women-who-changed-the-world-by-harold-j-sala--65152178https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 40 Unstoppable Women Who Changed the World Author: Harold J Sala Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Dive into forty captivating stories of history's greatest women whom God used to change the course of time and the lives of those around them. In 40 Unstoppable Women, author Harold Sala paints portraits of forty Christian women who were used by God to change the lives of the people around them. This book will inspire Christians and help them discover the path for their own lives. Stories told in this book include: Joni Eareckson Tada, Corrie ten Boom, Susanna Wesley, Mother Theresa, Elisabeth Elliot, Amy Carmichael, Rosa Parks, and many more. These women's lives span thousands of years and several professions, challenging listeners with the truth that God can work in and through anyone willing to serve him—even in the face of poverty, hardship, or disability. Sala features women who had an appointment with destiny and served others at great personal cost; he hopes their examples inspire others to make a difference, one person at a time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486491Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 40 Unstoppable Women Who Changed the World Author: Harold J Sala Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 40 Unstoppable Women Who Changed the World Author: Harold J Sala Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Dive into forty captivating stories of history's greatest women whom God used to change the course of time and the lives of those around them. In 40 Unstoppable Women, author Harold Sala paints portraits of forty Christian women who were used by God to change the lives of the people around them. This book will inspire Christians and help them discover the path for their own lives. Stories told in this book include: Joni Eareckson Tada, Corrie ten Boom, Susanna Wesley, Mother Theresa, Elisabeth Elliot, Amy Carmichael, Rosa Parks, and many more. These women's lives span thousands of years and several professions, challenging listeners with the truth that God can work in and through anyone willing to serve him—even in the face of poverty, hardship, or disability. Sala features women who had an appointment with destiny and served others at great personal cost; he hopes their examples inspire others to make a difference, one person at a time.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eva-and-eve-a-search-for-my-mother-s-lost-childhood-and-what-a-war-left-behind-by-julie-metz--65152159https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind Author: Julie Metz Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this unforgettable and “essential feminist memoir of women’s lives” (Sarah Wildman, author of Paper Love) the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Perfection unearths her mother’s hidden past in in Nazi-occupied Austria. To Julie Metz, her mother, Eve, was the quintessential New Yorker. Eve rarely spoke about her childhood and it was difficult to imagine her living anywhere else except Manhattan, where she could be found attending Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera or inspecting a round of French triple crème at Zabar’s. After her mother passed, Julie discovered a keepsake book filled with farewell notes from friends and relatives addressed to a ten-year-old girl named Eva. This long-hidden memento was the first clue to the secret pain that Julie’s mother had carried as a refugee and immigrant from Nazi-occupied Vienna, shining a light on “a story of political repression, terror, and dissolution...full of astonishing and unlikely twists of fate showing again that individual destiny may be the greatest mystery of all” (Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance). “A gripping and intimate wartime account with piercing contemporary relevance” (Kirkus Reviews), Eva and Eve lyrically traces one woman’s search for her mother’s lost childhood while revealing the resilience of our forebears and the sacrifices that ordinary people are called to make during history’s darkest hours.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451851Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind Author: Julie Metz Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451851 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind Author: Julie Metz Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this unforgettable and “essential feminist memoir of women’s lives” (Sarah Wildman, author of Paper Love) the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Perfection unearths her mother’s hidden past in in Nazi-occupied Austria. To Julie Metz, her mother, Eve, was the quintessential New Yorker. Eve rarely spoke about her childhood and it was difficult to imagine her living anywhere else except Manhattan, where she could be found attending Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera or inspecting a round of French triple crème at Zabar’s. After her mother passed, Julie discovered a keepsake book filled with farewell notes from friends and relatives addressed to a ten-year-old girl named Eva. This long-hidden memento was the first clue to the secret pain that Julie’s mother had carried as a refugee and immigrant from Nazi-occupied Vienna, shining a light on “a story of political repression, terror, and dissolution...full of astonishing and unlikely twists of fate showing again that individual destiny may be the greatest mystery of all” (Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance). “A gripping and intimate wartime account with piercing contemporary relevance” (Kirkus Reviews), Eva and Eve lyrically traces one woman’s search for her mother’s lost childhood while revealing the resilience of our forebears and the sacrifices that ordinary people are called to make during history’s darkest hours.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-agitators-three-friends-who-fought-for-abolition-and-women-s-rights-by-dorothy-wickenden--65152224https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights Author: Dorothy Wickenden Narrator: Gabra Zackman, Heather Alicia Simms, Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: An LA Times Best Book of the Year, Christopher Award Winner, and Chautauqua Prize Finalist! “Engrossing... examines the major events of the mid 19th century through the lives of three key figures in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.” —Smithsonian From the executive editor of The New Yorker, a riveting, provocative, and revelatory history told through the story of three women—Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward, and Martha Wright—in the years before, during and after the Civil War. In the 1850s, Harriet Tubman, strategically brilliant and uncannily prescient, rescued some seventy enslaved people from Maryland’s Eastern Shore and shepherded them north along the underground railroad. One of her regular stops was Auburn, New York, where she entrusted passengers to Martha Coffin Wright, a Quaker mother of seven, and Frances A. Seward, the wife of William H. Seward, who served over the years as governor, senator, and secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union Army in South Carolina as a nurse and spy, and took part in a spectacular river raid in which she helped to liberate 750 slaves from several rice plantations. Wright, a “dangerous woman” in the eyes of her neighbors, worked side by side with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to organize women’s rights and anti-slavery conventions across New York State, braving hecklers and mobs when she spoke. Frances Seward, the most conventional of the three friends, hid her radicalism in public, while privately acting as a political adviser to her husband, pressing him to persuade President Lincoln to move immediately on emancipation. The Agitators opens in the 1820s, when Tubman is enslaved and Wright and Seward are young homemakers bound by law and tradition, and ends after the war. Many of the most prominent figures of the era—Lincoln, William H. Seward, Frederick Douglass, Daniel Webster, Charles Sumner, John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison—are seen through the discerning eyes of the protagonists. So are the most explosive political debates: about the civil rights of African Americans and women, about the enlistment of Black troops, and about opposing interpretations of the Constitution. Through richly detailed letters from the time and exhaustive research, Wickenden traces the second American revolution these women fought to bring about, the toll it took on their families, and its lasting effects on the country. Riveting and profoundly relevant to our own time, The Agitators brings a vibrant, original voice to this transformative period in our history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442969Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights Author: Dorothy Wickenden Narrator: Gabra Zackman, Heather Alicia Simms, Anne...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights Author: Dorothy Wickenden Narrator: Gabra Zackman, Heather Alicia Simms, Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: An LA Times Best Book of the Year, Christopher Award Winner, and Chautauqua Prize Finalist! “Engrossing... examines the major events of the mid 19th century through the lives of three key figures in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.” —Smithsonian From the executive editor of The New Yorker, a riveting, provocative, and revelatory history told through the story of three women—Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward, and Martha Wright—in the years before, during and after the Civil War. In the 1850s, Harriet Tubman, strategically brilliant and uncannily prescient, rescued some seventy enslaved people from Maryland’s Eastern Shore and shepherded them north along the underground railroad. One of her regular stops was Auburn, New York, where she entrusted passengers to Martha Coffin Wright, a Quaker mother of seven, and Frances A. Seward, the wife of William H. Seward, who served over the years as governor, senator, and secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, Tubman worked for the Union Army in South Carolina as a nurse and spy, and took part in a spectacular river raid in which she helped to liberate 750 slaves from several rice plantations. Wright, a “dangerous woman” in the eyes of her neighbors, worked side by side with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to organize women’s rights and anti-slavery conventions across New York State, braving hecklers and mobs when she spoke. Frances Seward, the most conventional of the three friends, hid her radicalism in public, while privately acting as a political adviser to her husband, pressing him to persuade President Lincoln to move immediately on emancipation. The Agitators opens in the 1820s, when Tubman is enslaved and Wright and Seward are young homemakers bound by law and tradition, and ends after the war. Many of the most prominent figures of the era—Lincoln, William H. Seward, Frederick Douglass, Daniel Webster, Charles Sumner, John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison—are seen through the discerning eyes of the protagonists. So are the most explosive political debates: about the civil rights of African Americans and women, about the enlistment of Black troops, and about opposing interpretations of the Constitution. Through richly detailed letters from the time and exhaustive research, Wickenden traces the second American revolution these women fought to bring about, the toll it took on their families, and its lasting effects on the country. Riveting and profoundly relevant to our own time, The Agitators brings a vibrant, original voice to this transformative period in our history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ella-baker-and-the-black-freedom-movement-a-radical-democratic-vision-by-barbara-ransby--65152216https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision Author: Barbara Ransby Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the black freedom struggle. She was a national officer and key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a prime mover in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Baker made a place for herself in predominantly male political circles that included W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr., all the while maintaining relationships with a vibrant group of women, students, and activists both black and white. In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher. Beyond documenting an extraordinary life, the book paints a vivid picture of the African American fight for justice and its intersections with other progressive struggles worldwide across the twentieth century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462667Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision Author: Barbara Ransby Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision Author: Barbara Ransby Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: One of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned fifty years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the black freedom struggle. She was a national officer and key figure in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and a prime mover in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Baker made a place for herself in predominantly male political circles that included W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King Jr., all the while maintaining relationships with a vibrant group of women, students, and activists both black and white. In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher. Beyond documenting an extraordinary life, the book paints a vivid picture of the African American fight for justice and its intersections with other progressive struggles worldwide across the twentieth century.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eleanor-in-the-village-by-jan-jarboe-russell--65152212https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor in the Village Author: Jan Jarboe Russell Narrator: Samantha Desz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “riveting and enlightening account” (Bookreporter) of a mostly unknown chapter in the life of Eleanor Roosevelt—when she moved to New York’s Greenwich Village, shed her high-born conformity, and became the progressive leader who pushed for change as America’s First Lady. Hundreds of books have been written about FDR and Eleanor, both together and separately, but yet she remains a compelling and elusive figure. And, not much is known about why in 1920, Eleanor suddenly abandoned her duties as a mother of five and moved to Greenwich Village, then the symbol of all forms of transgressive freedom—communism, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and subversive political activity. Now, in this “immersive…original look at an iconic figure of American politics” (Publishers Weekly), Jan Russell pulls back the curtain on Eleanor’s life to reveal the motivations and desires that drew her to the Village and how her time there changed her political outlook. A captivating blend of personal history detailing Eleanor’s struggle with issues of marriage, motherhood, financial independence, and femininity, and a vibrant portrait of one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world, this unique work examines the ways that the sensibility, mood, and various inhabitants of the neighborhood influenced the First Lady’s perception of herself and shaped her political views over four decades, up to her death in 1962. When Eleanor moved there, the Village was a zone of Bohemians, misfits, and artists, but there was also freedom there, a miniature society where personal idiosyncrasy could flourish. Eleanor joined the cohort of what then was called “The New Women” in Greenwich Village. Unlike the flappers in the 1920s, the New Women had a much more serious agenda, organizing for social change—unions for workers, equal pay, protection for child workers—and they insisted on their own sexual freedom. These women often disagreed about politics—some, like Eleanor, were Democrats, others Republicans, Socialists, and Communists. Even after moving into the White House, Eleanor retained connections to the Village, ultimately purchasing an apartment in Washington Square where she lived during World War II and in the aftermath of Roosevelt’s death in 1945. Including the major historical moments that served as a backdrop for Eleanor’s time in the Village, this remarkable work offers new insights into Eleanor’s transformation—emotionally, politically, and sexually—and provides us with the missing chapter in an extraordinary life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449922Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor in the Village Author: Jan Jarboe Russell Narrator: Samantha Desz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor in the Village Author: Jan Jarboe Russell Narrator: Samantha Desz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “riveting and enlightening account” (Bookreporter) of a mostly unknown chapter in the life of Eleanor Roosevelt—when she moved to New York’s Greenwich Village, shed her high-born conformity, and became the progressive leader who pushed for change as America’s First Lady. Hundreds of books have been written about FDR and Eleanor, both together and separately, but yet she remains a compelling and elusive figure. And, not much is known about why in 1920, Eleanor suddenly abandoned her duties as a mother of five and moved to Greenwich Village, then the symbol of all forms of transgressive freedom—communism, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and subversive political activity. Now, in this “immersive…original look at an iconic figure of American politics” (Publishers Weekly), Jan Russell pulls back the curtain on Eleanor’s life to reveal the motivations and desires that drew her to the Village and how her time there changed her political outlook. A captivating blend of personal history detailing Eleanor’s struggle with issues of marriage, motherhood, financial independence, and femininity, and a vibrant portrait of one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world, this unique work examines the ways that the sensibility, mood, and various inhabitants of the neighborhood influenced the First Lady’s perception of herself and shaped her political views over four decades, up to her death in 1962. When Eleanor moved there, the Village was a zone of Bohemians, misfits, and artists, but there was also freedom there, a miniature society where personal idiosyncrasy could flourish. Eleanor joined the cohort of what then was called “The New Women” in Greenwich Village. Unlike the flappers in the 1920s, the New Women had a much more serious agenda, organizing for social change—unions for workers, equal pay, protection for child workers—and they insisted on their own sexual freedom. These women often disagreed about politics—some, like Eleanor, were Democrats, others Republicans, Socialists, and Communists. Even after moving into the White House, Eleanor retained connections to the Village, ultimately purchasing an apartment in Washington Square where she lived during World War II and in the aftermath of Roosevelt’s death in 1945. Including the major historical moments that served as a backdrop for Eleanor’s time in the Village, this remarkable work offers new insights into Eleanor’s transformation—emotionally, politically, and sexually—and provides us with the missing chapter in an extraordinary life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elizabeth-margaret-the-intimate-world-of-the-windsor-sisters-by-andrew-morton--65152190https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Marisa Calin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as they navigate life in the royal spotlight. They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet.' And bow to her wishes. Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement, but Margaret's struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system—and her fraught relationship with its expectations—was often a source of tension. Famously, the Queen had to inform Margaret that the Church and government would not countenance her marrying a divorcee, Group Captain Peter Townsend, forcing Margaret to choose between keeping her title and royal allowances or her divorcee lover. From the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden war-time lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years. Andrew Morton's latest biography offers unique insight into these two drastically different sisters—one resigned to duty and responsibility, the other resistant to it—and the lasting impact they have had on the Crown, the royal family, and the ways it adapted to the changing mores of the 20th century.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444621Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Marisa Calin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters Author: Andrew Morton Narrator: Marisa Calin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of The Crown, this captivating biography from a New York Times bestselling author follows Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret as they navigate life in the royal spotlight. They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends. But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward Vlll decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet.' And bow to her wishes. Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement, but Margaret's struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system—and her fraught relationship with its expectations—was often a source of tension. Famously, the Queen had to inform Margaret that the Church and government would not countenance her marrying a divorcee, Group Captain Peter Townsend, forcing Margaret to choose between keeping her title and royal allowances or her divorcee lover. From the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden war-time lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years. Andrew Morton's latest biography offers unique insight into these two drastically different sisters—one resigned to duty and responsibility, the other resistant to it—and the lasting impact they have had on the Crown, the royal family, and the ways it adapted to the changing mores of the 20th century.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spy-princess-the-life-of-noor-inayat-khan-by-shrabani-basu--65152177https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, the descendant of an Indian Prince Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Born into an illustrious Indian family in 1914 and brought up in the non-violent Sufi religion, Noor seemed an unlikely secret agent. Yet she became the first female radio operator to be landed in enemy-occupied France, and refused to abandon her post in Paris in 1943, continuing her work under extremely dangerous circumstances. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of Noor's life from her birth in Moscow—where her father was a Sufi preacher—to her capture by the Germans. Noor was one of only three women SOE awarded the George Cross and, under torture, revealed nothing but her name—but not her real name, nor her code name, just the name she used to register at SOE: Nora Baker. Kept in solitary confinement, chained between hand and feet, and unable to walk upright, Noor existed on bowls of soup made from potato peelings. Ten months after she was captured, she was taken to Dachau and, on September 13, 1944, she was shot. Her last word was 'Liberte.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487098Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan Author: Shrabani Basu Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, the descendant of an Indian Prince Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Born into an illustrious Indian family in 1914 and brought up in the non-violent Sufi religion, Noor seemed an unlikely secret agent. Yet she became the first female radio operator to be landed in enemy-occupied France, and refused to abandon her post in Paris in 1943, continuing her work under extremely dangerous circumstances. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of Noor's life from her birth in Moscow—where her father was a Sufi preacher—to her capture by the Germans. Noor was one of only three women SOE awarded the George Cross and, under torture, revealed nothing but her name—but not her real name, nor her code name, just the name she used to register at SOE: Nora Baker. Kept in solitary confinement, chained between hand and feet, and unable to walk upright, Noor existed on bowls of soup made from potato peelings. Ten months after she was captured, she was taken to Dachau and, on September 13, 1944, she was shot. Her last word was 'Liberte.']]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beauty-of-living-twice-by-sharon-stone--65152162https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beauty of Living Twice Author: Sharon Stone Narrator: Sharon Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 12 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Sharon Stone tells her own story: a journey of healing, love, and purpose. • “Not your typical Hollywood autobiography. Brutally honest, restless and questing.” —O, The Oprah Magazine Sharon Stone, one of the most renowned actresses in the world, suffered a massive stroke that cost her not only her health, but her career, family, fortune, and global fame. In The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life and writes about her slow road back to wholeness and health. In a business that doesn’t accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to make a difference in the lives of men, women, and children around the globe. Over the course of these intimate pages, as candid as a personal conversation, Stone talks about her pivotal roles, her life-changing friendships, her worst disappointments, and her greatest accomplishments. She reveals how she went from a childhood of trauma and violence to a career in an industry that in many ways echoed those same assaults, under cover of money and glamour. She describes the strength and meaning she found in her children, and in her humanitarian efforts. And ultimately, she shares how she fought her way back to find not only her truth, but her family’s reconciliation and love. Stone made headlines not just for her beauty and her talent, but for her candor and her refusal to “play nice,” and it’s those same qualities that make this memoir so powerful. The Beauty of Living Twice is a book for the wounded and a book for the survivors; it’s a celebration of women’s strength and resilience, a reckoning, and a call to activism. It is proof that it’s never too late to raise your voice and speak out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445775Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beauty of Living Twice Author: Sharon Stone Narrator: Sharon Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beauty of Living Twice Author: Sharon Stone Narrator: Sharon Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 12 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Sharon Stone tells her own story: a journey of healing, love, and purpose. • “Not your typical Hollywood autobiography. Brutally honest, restless and questing.” —O, The Oprah Magazine Sharon Stone, one of the most renowned actresses in the world, suffered a massive stroke that cost her not only her health, but her career, family, fortune, and global fame. In The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life and writes about her slow road back to wholeness and health. In a business that doesn’t accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to make a difference in the lives of men, women, and children around the globe. Over the course of these intimate pages, as candid as a personal conversation, Stone talks about her pivotal roles, her life-changing friendships, her worst disappointments, and her greatest accomplishments. She reveals how she went from a childhood of trauma and violence to a career in an industry that in many ways echoed those same assaults, under cover of money and glamour. She describes the strength and meaning she found in her children, and in her humanitarian efforts. And ultimately, she shares how she fought her way back to find not only her truth, but her family’s reconciliation and love. Stone made headlines not just for her beauty and her talent, but for her candor and her refusal to “play nice,” and it’s those same qualities that make this memoir so powerful. The Beauty of Living Twice is a book for the wounded and a book for the survivors; it’s a celebration of women’s strength and resilience, a reckoning, and a call to activism. It is proof that it’s never too late to raise your voice and speak out.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lookout-love-solitude-and-searching-for-wildfire-in-the-boreal-forest-by-trina-moyles--65152157https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest Author: Trina Moyles Narrator: Trina Moyles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. 'I could never do it,' she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled 'a domesticated wolf' by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495130Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest Author: Trina Moyles Narrator: Trina Moyles Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest Author: Trina Moyles Narrator: Trina Moyles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. 'I could never do it,' she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled 'a domesticated wolf' by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-partisan-s-memoir-woman-of-the-holocaust-by-faye-schulman--65152114https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Partisan's Memoir: Woman of the Holocaust Author: Faye Schulman Narrator: Kathryn Alexandre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Faye tells her unforgettable story of heroism, hardship, and resistance. Faye was an ordinary teenager when the Nazis invaded her town on the Russian-Polish border. She had a large, loving family, good friends and neighbours, most of whom were lost soon after the horrors of the Holocaust began. But Faye survived, and the photographs she took testify to her experiences and the persecution she witnessed. Decorated for heroism, Schulman uses her biography to tell an extraordinary story not just of survival, but of struggle and resistance against oppression. She talks about escaping from the Nazis, finding a partisan unit and proving her worth. The photographs she took speak eloquently of her experience of surviving for years in the woods with the partisans. There she learned to nurse the ill and wounded, and took up arms against those who had decimated her world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505685Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Partisan's Memoir: Woman of the Holocaust Author: Faye Schulman Narrator: Kathryn Alexandre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/505685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Partisan's Memoir: Woman of the Holocaust Author: Faye Schulman Narrator: Kathryn Alexandre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Faye tells her unforgettable story of heroism, hardship, and resistance. Faye was an ordinary teenager when the Nazis invaded her town on the Russian-Polish border. She had a large, loving family, good friends and neighbours, most of whom were lost soon after the horrors of the Holocaust began. But Faye survived, and the photographs she took testify to her experiences and the persecution she witnessed. Decorated for heroism, Schulman uses her biography to tell an extraordinary story not just of survival, but of struggle and resistance against oppression. She talks about escaping from the Nazis, finding a partisan unit and proving her worth. The photographs she took speak eloquently of her experience of surviving for years in the woods with the partisans. There she learned to nurse the ill and wounded, and took up arms against those who had decimated her world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-women-invented-television-the-untold-story-of-the-female-powerhouses-who-pioneered-the-way-we-watch-today-by-jennifer-keishin-armstron--65152226https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today Author: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrong tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know today. It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women—each an independent visionary— saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular—and lucrative—in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up—and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. This amazing and heartbreaking history tells it all for the first time.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441991Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today Author: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today Author: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrong tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know today. It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women—each an independent visionary— saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular—and lucrative—in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up—and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. This amazing and heartbreaking history tells it all for the first time.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/star-crossed-the-story-of-astronaut-lisa-nowak-by-kimberly-c-moore--65152151https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak Author: Kimberly C. Moore Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The astronaut crime that shocked the world Lisa Nowak had driven 900 miles from Houston to Orlando to intercept and confront her romantic rival in an airport parking lot—allegedly using diapers on the trip so she wouldn't have to stop. Nowak had been dating astronaut William 'Billy' Oefelein when she learned that Oefelein was seeing a new girlfriend—US Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman. The 'astronaut love triangle' scandal quickly made headlines. The world watched as Nowak was dismissed from NASA, pleaded guilty to a felony, and received an 'other than honorable' military discharge. An award-winning investigative reporter who covered Nowak's criminal case, Kimberly Moore offers behind-the-scenes insights into Nowak's childhood, her rigorous training, and her mission to space. Moore ventures inside the mind of the detective who studied the actions Nowak took that fateful February night. She includes never-before-told details of Nowak's psychiatric diagnosis, taking a serious look at how someone so accomplished could spiral into mental illness to the point of possible attempted murder.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497720Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak Author: Kimberly C. Moore Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak Author: Kimberly C. Moore Narrator: Kitty Hendrix Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The astronaut crime that shocked the world Lisa Nowak had driven 900 miles from Houston to Orlando to intercept and confront her romantic rival in an airport parking lot—allegedly using diapers on the trip so she wouldn't have to stop. Nowak had been dating astronaut William 'Billy' Oefelein when she learned that Oefelein was seeing a new girlfriend—US Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman. The 'astronaut love triangle' scandal quickly made headlines. The world watched as Nowak was dismissed from NASA, pleaded guilty to a felony, and received an 'other than honorable' military discharge. An award-winning investigative reporter who covered Nowak's criminal case, Kimberly Moore offers behind-the-scenes insights into Nowak's childhood, her rigorous training, and her mission to space. Moore ventures inside the mind of the detective who studied the actions Nowak took that fateful February night. She includes never-before-told details of Nowak's psychiatric diagnosis, taking a serious look at how someone so accomplished could spiral into mental illness to the point of possible attempted murder.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/festival-days-by-jo-ann-beard--65152198https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Festival Days Author: Jo Ann Beard Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville,who “honors the beautiful, the sacred, and the comic in life” (Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner for The Friend). A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Boston Globe and LitHub Best Book of the Year When “The Fourth State of Matter,” her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in The New Yorker, Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America, forging a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the rigors of memory and reportage, and in the process extending the range of possibility for the essay form.   Now, with Festival Days, Beard brings us the culmination of her groundbreaking work. In these nine pieces, she captures both the small, luminous moments of daily existence and those instants when life and death hang in the balance, ranging from the death of a beloved dog to a relentlessly readable account of a New York artist trapped inside a burning building, as well as two triumphant, celebrated pieces of short fiction.   Here is an unforgettable collection destined to be embraced and debated by readers and writers, teachers and students. Anchored by the title piece––a searing journey through India that brings into focus questions of mortality and love—Festival Days presents Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444612Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Festival Days Author: Jo Ann Beard Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Festival Days Author: Jo Ann Beard Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A searing and exhilarating new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville,who “honors the beautiful, the sacred, and the comic in life” (Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner for The Friend). A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Boston Globe and LitHub Best Book of the Year When “The Fourth State of Matter,” her now famous piece about a workplace massacre at the University of Iowa was published in The New Yorker, Jo Ann Beard immediately became one of the most influential writers in America, forging a path for a new generation of young authors willing to combine the dexterity of fiction with the rigors of memory and reportage, and in the process extending the range of possibility for the essay form.   Now, with Festival Days, Beard brings us the culmination of her groundbreaking work. In these nine pieces, she captures both the small, luminous moments of daily existence and those instants when life and death hang in the balance, ranging from the death of a beloved dog to a relentlessly readable account of a New York artist trapped inside a burning building, as well as two triumphant, celebrated pieces of short fiction.   Here is an unforgettable collection destined to be embraced and debated by readers and writers, teachers and students. Anchored by the title piece––a searing journey through India that brings into focus questions of mortality and love—Festival Days presents Beard at the height of her powers, using her flawless prose to reveal all that is tender and timeless beneath the way we live now.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strong-women-lift-each-other-up-by-molly-galbraith--65152217https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Women Lift Each Other Up Author: Molly Galbraith Narrator: Molly Galbraith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Many women have false beliefs about who we are and what we must do to succeed. If you pit yourself against other women because of this, you’re holding yourself back. It’s time for a change. Women are ready to stop the vicious cycle of criticizing, judging, gossiping, and comparing themselves. We want to feel good in our own skin and know we’re enough, just as we are. This book is an evidence-based, actionable guide to creating a better life for yourself and a better world with more opportunity for women and girls. Strong Women Lift Each Other Up is perfect for any woman or girl who has ever: - struggled with jealousy or comparing your life or body to other women. - wanted to support or believe in women, but felt like they’re catty or tearing you down. - felt like you’re competing with other women for opportunities that are scarce, - or felt like you were made for more than the life you’re living now. Strong Women Lift Each Other Up will help you radiate confidence from the inside out, chase your dreams without worrying what others think, lift other women up, and live a life filled with a purposeful meaning. You’ll walk in a room feeling like you don’t have to compare yourself to other women. You’ll know exactly who you are and be damn proud of it!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442787Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Women Lift Each Other Up Author: Molly Galbraith Narrator: Molly Galbraith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Women Lift Each Other Up Author: Molly Galbraith Narrator: Molly Galbraith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Many women have false beliefs about who we are and what we must do to succeed. If you pit yourself against other women because of this, you’re holding yourself back. It’s time for a change. Women are ready to stop the vicious cycle of criticizing, judging, gossiping, and comparing themselves. We want to feel good in our own skin and know we’re enough, just as we are. This book is an evidence-based, actionable guide to creating a better life for yourself and a better world with more opportunity for women and girls. Strong Women Lift Each Other Up is perfect for any woman or girl who has ever: - struggled with jealousy or comparing your life or body to other women. - wanted to support or believe in women, but felt like they’re catty or tearing you down. - felt like you’re competing with other women for opportunities that are scarce, - or felt like you were made for more than the life you’re living now. Strong Women Lift Each Other Up will help you radiate confidence from the inside out, chase your dreams without worrying what others think, lift other women up, and live a life filled with a purposeful meaning. You’ll walk in a room feeling like you don’t have to compare yourself to other women. You’ll know exactly who you are and be damn proud of it!]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-code-breaker-jennifer-doudna-gene-editing-and-the-future-of-the-human-race-by-walter-isaacson--65152206https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 138 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 30 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A 2022 Audie Award Finalist A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code. Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm…Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids? After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is an “enthralling detective story” (Oprah Daily) that involves the most profound wonders of nature, from the origins of life to the future of our species.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452680Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.41 of Total 138 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 30 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A 2022 Audie Award Finalist A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code. Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm…Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids? After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is an “enthralling detective story” (Oprah Daily) that involves the most profound wonders of nature, from the origins of life to the future of our species.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/call-me-red-a-shepherd-s-journey-by-hannah-jackson--65152170https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Call Me Red: A shepherd’s journey Author: Hannah Jackson Narrator: Hannah Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Growing up on the Wirral, Hannah Jackson had no idea she wanted to work on a farm until a life-changing family visit to the Lake District in her late teens. It was there where she first saw a lamb being born, giving her the drive to defy her urban roots and become a professional shepherd. She never looked back. In this uplifting and inspirational memoir, Hannah shares how she broke the stereotypes of her 'townie' beginnings, took risks and faced up to the challenges of being a young woman in a male-dominated industry, and followed her heart to become the Red Shepherdess. But behind the beautiful landscape, talented sheepdogs and eye-catching red hair was a steep learning curve. The physically and mentally demanding conditions she faced as she chased her dreams to build her own Cumbrian farm taught Hannah the values the holds true, including community, leadership, patience and resilience. In Call Me Red, Hannah gives a unique insight into farming life and reveals a mindset and determination that proves no matter your background, with hard graft (and a loyal sheepdog) you can make your dreams a reality. © Hannah Jackson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495569Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Call Me Red: A shepherd’s journey Author: Hannah Jackson Narrator: Hannah Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Call Me Red: A shepherd’s journey Author: Hannah Jackson Narrator: Hannah Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Growing up on the Wirral, Hannah Jackson had no idea she wanted to work on a farm until a life-changing family visit to the Lake District in her late teens. It was there where she first saw a lamb being born, giving her the drive to defy her urban roots and become a professional shepherd. She never looked back. In this uplifting and inspirational memoir, Hannah shares how she broke the stereotypes of her 'townie' beginnings, took risks and faced up to the challenges of being a young woman in a male-dominated industry, and followed her heart to become the Red Shepherdess. But behind the beautiful landscape, talented sheepdogs and eye-catching red hair was a steep learning curve. The physically and mentally demanding conditions she faced as she chased her dreams to build her own Cumbrian farm taught Hannah the values the holds true, including community, leadership, patience and resilience. In Call Me Red, Hannah gives a unique insight into farming life and reveals a mindset and determination that proves no matter your background, with hard graft (and a loyal sheepdog) you can make your dreams a reality. © Hannah Jackson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tales-from-the-farm-by-the-yorkshire-shepherdess-by-amanda-owen--65152107https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess Author: Amanda Owen Narrator: Amanda Owen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For everyone who loves watching Amanda Owen and her family on Our Yorkshire Farm, or enjoys reading her bestselling books, comes this delightful and uplifting collection of her monthly Dalesman columns. In Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda takes readers on an evocative journey to Ravenseat, where she lives with husband Clive and their nine children, not to mention their flock of sheep, herd of cows, hardworking dogs and a formidable chicken called Linda. Covering events from 2019 through to early 2021, Amanda describes saving the life of a newborn calf on New Year's Eve and watching, mouth agape, as their livestock trailer was swept away by floodwater in March. Son Sidney braves the wrath of Linda and husband Clive crafts an unusual Valentine's Day gift. Eldest daughter Raven leaves the nest, headed for university, while young sheepdog Taff and Tony the pony arrive at the farm. As Covid-19 sends the country into lockdown, Amanda feels more lucky than ever to live close to nature, finding happiness in the beauty of the Dales and the unchanging routines of the farming year. Illustrated with charming line-drawings throughout, this book is the perfect gift for fans of the Owen family and a chance to catch up on their adventures.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494032Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess Author: Amanda Owen Narrator: Amanda Owen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess Author: Amanda Owen Narrator: Amanda Owen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For everyone who loves watching Amanda Owen and her family on Our Yorkshire Farm, or enjoys reading her bestselling books, comes this delightful and uplifting collection of her monthly Dalesman columns. In Tales From the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda takes readers on an evocative journey to Ravenseat, where she lives with husband Clive and their nine children, not to mention their flock of sheep, herd of cows, hardworking dogs and a formidable chicken called Linda. Covering events from 2019 through to early 2021, Amanda describes saving the life of a newborn calf on New Year's Eve and watching, mouth agape, as their livestock trailer was swept away by floodwater in March. Son Sidney braves the wrath of Linda and husband Clive crafts an unusual Valentine's Day gift. Eldest daughter Raven leaves the nest, headed for university, while young sheepdog Taff and Tony the pony arrive at the farm. As Covid-19 sends the country into lockdown, Amanda feels more lucky than ever to live close to nature, finding happiness in the beauty of the Dales and the unchanging routines of the farming year. Illustrated with charming line-drawings throughout, this book is the perfect gift for fans of the Owen family and a chance to catch up on their adventures.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-explorers-the-untold-story-of-the-globetrotting-women-who-trekked-flew-and-fought-their-way-around-the-world-by-jayne-zanglein--65152261https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World Author: Jayne Zanglein Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Never tell a woman where she doesn't belong. In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, president of the men-only Explorers Club, boldly stated to hundreds of female students at Barnard College that 'women are not adapted to exploration,' and that women and exploration do not mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either . . . The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers—an organization of adventurous female world explorers—and how key members served as early advocates for human rights and paved the way for today's women scientists by scaling mountains, exploring the high seas, flying across the Atlantic, and recording the world through film, sculpture, and literature. Follow in the footsteps of these rebellious women as they travel the globe in search of new species, widen the understanding of hidden cultures, and break records in spades. For these women dared to go where no woman—or man—had gone before, achieving the unthinkable and breaking through barriers to allow future generations to carry on their important and inspiring work.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482777Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World Author: Jayne Zanglein...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World Author: Jayne Zanglein Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Never tell a woman where she doesn't belong. In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, president of the men-only Explorers Club, boldly stated to hundreds of female students at Barnard College that 'women are not adapted to exploration,' and that women and exploration do not mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either . . . The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers—an organization of adventurous female world explorers—and how key members served as early advocates for human rights and paved the way for today's women scientists by scaling mountains, exploring the high seas, flying across the Atlantic, and recording the world through film, sculpture, and literature. Follow in the footsteps of these rebellious women as they travel the globe in search of new species, widen the understanding of hidden cultures, and break records in spades. For these women dared to go where no woman—or man—had gone before, achieving the unthinkable and breaking through barriers to allow future generations to carry on their important and inspiring work.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/grace-steel-dorothy-barbara-laura-and-the-women-of-the-bush-dynasty-by-j-randy-taraborrelli--65152260https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace & Steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the Women of the Bush Dynasty Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes Grace & Steel, the epic, hidden history of the exceptional women behind the greatest political dynasty of all time—the Bush family. Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose stories have been left out of history for far too long, including Barbara’s mother-in-law, the formidable Dorothy Bush; the enigmatic Columba and the controversial Sharon; and Laura’s twins, Jenna and Barbara. No matter the challenges related to power and politics, the women of the Bush dynasty always fought for equality in their marriages as they raised their children to be true to American values. In doing so, they inspired everyday Americans to do the same. Or, as Barbara Bush put it, “The future of this nation does not depend on what happens in the White House, but what happens in your house.” Details from the book include: —The tragedy Barbara faced in burying her three-year-old daughter, Robin, and her struggle with depression over the decades that followed. —The tragic night a teenage Laura Bush accidentally killed a good friend—a story she did not discuss publicly for decades. —The revelation of the affair that almost doomed George HW's hopes for the presidency. —The truth behind the fraught relationship between Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush that culminated in an angry phone call during which Barbara told her she would never speak to her again—and she didn't. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press '...a unique and colorful look at one of America’s most powerful political families.” -- Publishers Weekly “Where Taraborrelli excels is in excavating the personal histories of the three women and how they were forever shadowed by painful episodes in their lives. [The Bush women] created a singular, admirable legacy, and this book portrays them as genuine, struggling human beings.” -- Washington Post]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433389Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace & Steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the Women of the Bush Dynasty Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace & Steel: Dorothy, Barbara, Laura, and the Women of the Bush Dynasty Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling celebrity biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli comes Grace & Steel, the epic, hidden history of the exceptional women behind the greatest political dynasty of all time—the Bush family. Bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals the unsung heroines of the inimitable Bush family dynasty: not only First Ladies Barbara and Laura, but other colorful women whose stories have been left out of history for far too long, including Barbara’s mother-in-law, the formidable Dorothy Bush; the enigmatic Columba and the controversial Sharon; and Laura’s twins, Jenna and Barbara. No matter the challenges related to power and politics, the women of the Bush dynasty always fought for equality in their marriages as they raised their children to be true to American values. In doing so, they inspired everyday Americans to do the same. Or, as Barbara Bush put it, “The future of this nation does not depend on what happens in the White House, but what happens in your house.” Details from the book include: —The tragedy Barbara faced in burying her three-year-old daughter, Robin, and her struggle with depression over the decades that followed. —The tragic night a teenage Laura Bush accidentally killed a good friend—a story she did not discuss publicly for decades. —The revelation of the affair that almost doomed George HW's hopes for the presidency. —The truth behind the fraught relationship between Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush that culminated in an angry phone call during which Barbara told her she would never speak to her again—and she didn't. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press '...a unique and colorful look at one of America’s most powerful political families.” -- Publishers Weekly “Where Taraborrelli excels is in excavating the personal histories of the three women and how they were forever shadowed by painful episodes in their lives. [The Bush women] created a singular, admirable legacy, and this book portrays them as genuine, struggling human beings.” -- Washington Post]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feelings-a-story-in-seasons-by-manjit-thapp--65152247https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feelings: A Story in Seasons Author: Manjit Thapp Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A stunning journey through one young woman’s year of emotions, adapted for audio—from the saturated highs of early summer to the gray isolation of late winter.   “A visual and emotional treat, full of gorgeous artwork and soothing insight.”—Mari Andrew, New York Times bestselling author of Am I There Yet?  Enter Manjit Thapp’s world, where you’ll find moods that change as quickly as the weather; the different shades of anxiety and hope that each new season brings; and the stages of joy and pain that fuel our growth. From the spark of possibility and jolt of creativity in High Summer, to the need for release from anxiety and pressure during Monsoon, to the desolation and numbness of Winter, Thapp implores us to consider the seasons of our own emotional journeys. Articulating and validating the range of feelings we all experience, this is an audiobook that allows us to feel connected and comforted by the experiences that make us human.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440964Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feelings: A Story in Seasons Author: Manjit Thapp Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feelings: A Story in Seasons Author: Manjit Thapp Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A stunning journey through one young woman’s year of emotions, adapted for audio—from the saturated highs of early summer to the gray isolation of late winter.   “A visual and emotional treat, full of gorgeous artwork and soothing insight.”—Mari Andrew, New York Times bestselling author of Am I There Yet?  Enter Manjit Thapp’s world, where you’ll find moods that change as quickly as the weather; the different shades of anxiety and hope that each new season brings; and the stages of joy and pain that fuel our growth. From the spark of possibility and jolt of creativity in High Summer, to the need for release from anxiety and pressure during Monsoon, to the desolation and numbness of Winter, Thapp implores us to consider the seasons of our own emotional journeys. Articulating and validating the range of feelings we all experience, this is an audiobook that allows us to feel connected and comforted by the experiences that make us human.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-babysitter-my-summers-with-a-serial-killer-by-jennifer-jordan-liza-rodman--65152232https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Author: Jennifer Jordan, Liza Rodman Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This chilling true story and “harrowing account of the evil that can lurk around the edges of girlhood” (Carolyn Murnick, author of The Hot One)—reminiscent of Ann Rule’s classic The Stranger Beside Me—follows a little girl longing for love who finds friendship with her charismatic babysitter, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer. Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter—the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked—took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his “secret garden” in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind, understanding, and safe adults in her life. But there was one thing she didn’t know; their babysitter was a serial killer. Though Tony Costa’s gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later. Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal “a suspenseful portrayal of murderous madness in tandem with a child’s growing loneliness, neglect, and despair, a narrative collision that will haunt” (Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita) you long after you finish it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442942Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Author: Jennifer Jordan, Liza Rodman Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer Author: Jennifer Jordan, Liza Rodman Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This chilling true story and “harrowing account of the evil that can lurk around the edges of girlhood” (Carolyn Murnick, author of The Hot One)—reminiscent of Ann Rule’s classic The Stranger Beside Me—follows a little girl longing for love who finds friendship with her charismatic babysitter, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer. Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitter—the kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother worked—took her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his “secret garden” in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind, understanding, and safe adults in her life. But there was one thing she didn’t know; their babysitter was a serial killer. Though Tony Costa’s gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later. Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal “a suspenseful portrayal of murderous madness in tandem with a child’s growing loneliness, neglect, and despair, a narrative collision that will haunt” (Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita) you long after you finish it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-empathy-diaries-a-memoir-by-sherry-turkle--65152228https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir Author: Sherry Turkle Narrator: Jill Larson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “A beautiful book… an instant classic of the genre.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir • Winner of the New England Society Book Award in Nonfiction MIT psychologist and bestselling author of Reclaiming Conversation and Alone Together, Sherry Turkle's intimate memoir of love and work For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges. Turkle has spent a career composing an intimate ethnography of our digital world; now, marked by insight, humility, and compassion, we have her own. In this vivid and poignant narrative, Turkle ties together her coming-of-age and her pathbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Growing up in postwar Brooklyn,Turkle searched for clues to her identity in a house filled with mysteries. She mastered the codes that governed her mother's secretive life. She learned never to ask about her absent scientist father--and never to use his name, her name. Before empathy became a way to find connection, it was her strategy for survival. Turkle's intellect and curiosity brought her to worlds on the threshold of change. She learned friendship at a Harvard-Radcliffe on the cusp of coeducation during the antiwar movement, she mourned the loss of her mother in Paris as students returned from the 1968 barricades, and she followed her ambition while fighting for her place as a woman and a humanist at MIT. There, Turkle found turbulent love and chronicled the wonders of the new computer culture, even as she warned of its threat to our most essential human connections. The Empathy Diaries captures all this in rich detail--and offers a master class in finding meaning through a life's work.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444513Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir Author: Sherry Turkle Narrator: Jill Larson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir Author: Sherry Turkle Narrator: Jill Larson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “A beautiful book… an instant classic of the genre.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir • Winner of the New England Society Book Award in Nonfiction MIT psychologist and bestselling author of Reclaiming Conversation and Alone Together, Sherry Turkle's intimate memoir of love and work For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges. Turkle has spent a career composing an intimate ethnography of our digital world; now, marked by insight, humility, and compassion, we have her own. In this vivid and poignant narrative, Turkle ties together her coming-of-age and her pathbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Growing up in postwar Brooklyn,Turkle searched for clues to her identity in a house filled with mysteries. She mastered the codes that governed her mother's secretive life. She learned never to ask about her absent scientist father--and never to use his name, her name. Before empathy became a way to find connection, it was her strategy for survival. Turkle's intellect and curiosity brought her to worlds on the threshold of change. She learned friendship at a Harvard-Radcliffe on the cusp of coeducation during the antiwar movement, she mourned the loss of her mother in Paris as students returned from the 1968 barricades, and she followed her ambition while fighting for her place as a woman and a humanist at MIT. There, Turkle found turbulent love and chronicled the wonders of the new computer culture, even as she warned of its threat to our most essential human connections. The Empathy Diaries captures all this in rich detail--and offers a master class in finding meaning through a life's work.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-barbizon-the-hotel-that-set-women-free-by-paulina-bren--65152188https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free Author: Paulina Bren Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “captivating portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), both “poignant and intriguing” (The New Republic): from award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous residential hotel and the women who stayed there, including Grace Kelly, Sylvia Plath, and Joan Didion. Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women, the Barbizon. Liberated after WWI from home and hearth, women flocked to New York City during the Roaring Twenties. But even as women’s residential hotels became the fashion, the Barbizon stood out; it was designed for young women with artistic aspirations, and included soaring art studios and soundproofed practice rooms. More importantly still, with no men allowed beyond the lobby, the Barbizon signaled respectability, a place where a young woman of a certain class could feel at home. But as the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, the clientele changed, though women’s ambitions did not; the Barbizon Hotel became the go-to destination for any young American woman with a dream to be something more. While Sylvia Plath most famously fictionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, the Barbizon was also where Titanic survivor Molly Brown sang her last aria; where Grace Kelly danced topless in the hallways; where Joan Didion got her first taste of Manhattan; and where both Ali MacGraw and Jaclyn Smith found their calling as actresses. Students of the prestigious Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School had three floors to themselves, Eileen Ford used the hotel as a guest house for her youngest models, and Mademoiselle magazine boarded its summer interns there, including a young designer named Betsey Johnson. The first ever history of this extraordinary hotel, and of the women who arrived in New York City alone from “elsewhere” with a suitcase and a dream, The Barbizon offers readers a multilayered history of New York City in the 20th century, and of the generations of American women torn between their desire for independence and their looming social expiration date. By providing women a room of their own, the Barbizon was the hotel that set them free.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442905Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free Author: Paulina Bren Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free Author: Paulina Bren Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “captivating portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), both “poignant and intriguing” (The New Republic): from award-winning author Paulina Bren comes the remarkable history of New York’s most famous residential hotel and the women who stayed there, including Grace Kelly, Sylvia Plath, and Joan Didion. Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women, the Barbizon. Liberated after WWI from home and hearth, women flocked to New York City during the Roaring Twenties. But even as women’s residential hotels became the fashion, the Barbizon stood out; it was designed for young women with artistic aspirations, and included soaring art studios and soundproofed practice rooms. More importantly still, with no men allowed beyond the lobby, the Barbizon signaled respectability, a place where a young woman of a certain class could feel at home. But as the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, the clientele changed, though women’s ambitions did not; the Barbizon Hotel became the go-to destination for any young American woman with a dream to be something more. While Sylvia Plath most famously fictionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, the Barbizon was also where Titanic survivor Molly Brown sang her last aria; where Grace Kelly danced topless in the hallways; where Joan Didion got her first taste of Manhattan; and where both Ali MacGraw and Jaclyn Smith found their calling as actresses. Students of the prestigious Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School had three floors to themselves, Eileen Ford used the hotel as a guest house for her youngest models, and Mademoiselle magazine boarded its summer interns there, including a young designer named Betsey Johnson. The first ever history of this extraordinary hotel, and of the women who arrived in New York City alone from “elsewhere” with a suitcase and a dream, The Barbizon offers readers a multilayered history of New York City in the 20th century, and of the generations of American women torn between their desire for independence and their looming social expiration date. By providing women a room of their own, the Barbizon was the hotel that set them free.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bright-side-twelve-months-three-heartbreaks-and-one-maybe-miracle-by-cathrin-bradbury--65152167https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side: Twelve Months, Three Heartbreaks, and One (Maybe) Miracle Author: Cathrin Bradbury Narrator: Jessica Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “Anyone who has had their life completely gutted and rewired will adore this family story. Bradbury's dark humour and gloriously upbeat voice makes it the perfect antidote to a tough year. I loved it!” —Plum Johnson, author of They Left Us Everything The hilarious and moving story of how a modern woman's life can change utterly in a single year—and how, even when life whacks you in the head, you can find yourself rewarded with grace. Cathrin Bradbury's life imploded in the space of a few months. Her beloved parents died, her marriage limped to an end after twenty-five years, her heavily mortgaged house turned against her, and a promising new romance ended in crushing disappointment.   But somewhere in that year, a new path, or three or four, began to open up. As Bradbury navigates the setbacks, her troubled brother makes an astounding recovery to health and sobriety. She is reunited with her closest childhood friend after a long absence, with deeply satisfying results. She and her four siblings feel their way to becoming a new kind of family without their parents. And her adult children emerge into sharper focus, each gloriously and uniquely themselves. Slowly, she discovers that the path is steep, the view obscured, but there's light ahead.   Cathartic, hilarious, and profoundly moving, The Bright Side broadens the way we think and talk to each other about the ordinary experiences we all share. A master of the uncomplaining voice, Bradbury combines grace and humanity to look at the world unflinchingly and see what makes it wonderful and absurd at the same time, and to let us all in on the secret.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486914Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side: Twelve Months, Three Heartbreaks, and One (Maybe) Miracle Author: Cathrin Bradbury Narrator: Jessica Porter Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side: Twelve Months, Three Heartbreaks, and One (Maybe) Miracle Author: Cathrin Bradbury Narrator: Jessica Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “Anyone who has had their life completely gutted and rewired will adore this family story. Bradbury's dark humour and gloriously upbeat voice makes it the perfect antidote to a tough year. I loved it!” —Plum Johnson, author of They Left Us Everything The hilarious and moving story of how a modern woman's life can change utterly in a single year—and how, even when life whacks you in the head, you can find yourself rewarded with grace. Cathrin Bradbury's life imploded in the space of a few months. Her beloved parents died, her marriage limped to an end after twenty-five years, her heavily mortgaged house turned against her, and a promising new romance ended in crushing disappointment.   But somewhere in that year, a new path, or three or four, began to open up. As Bradbury navigates the setbacks, her troubled brother makes an astounding recovery to health and sobriety. She is reunited with her closest childhood friend after a long absence, with deeply satisfying results. She and her four siblings feel their way to becoming a new kind of family without their parents. And her adult children emerge into sharper focus, each gloriously and uniquely themselves. Slowly, she discovers that the path is steep, the view obscured, but there's light ahead.   Cathartic, hilarious, and profoundly moving, The Bright Side broadens the way we think and talk to each other about the ordinary experiences we all share. A master of the uncomplaining voice, Bradbury combines grace and humanity to look at the world unflinchingly and see what makes it wonderful and absurd at the same time, and to let us all in on the secret.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-ordinary-girls-the-remarkable-story-of-three-dutch-teenagers-who-became-spies-saboteurs-nazi-assassinsand-wwii-heroes-by-tim-brady--65152255https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassinsand WWII Heroes Author: Tim Brady Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad. Smart, fiercely political, devoted solely to the cause, and 'with nothing to lose but their own lives,' Hannie, Truus, and Freddie took terrifying direct action against Nazi targets. That included sheltering fleeing Jews, political dissidents, and Dutch resisters. They sabotaged bridges and railways, and donned disguises to lead children from probable internment in concentration camps to safehouses. They covertly transported weapons and set military facilities ablaze. And they carried out the assassinations of German soldiers and traitors—on public streets and in private traps—with the courage of veteran guerilla fighters and the cunning of seasoned spies. Tim Brady offers a never-before-seen perspective of the Dutch resistance during the war. Of lives under threat; of how these courageous young women became involved in the underground; and of how their dedication evolved into dangerous, life-threatening missions on behalf of Dutch patriots—regardless of the consequences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465654Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassinsand WWII Heroes Author: Tim Brady...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/465654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassinsand WWII Heroes Author: Tim Brady Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad. Smart, fiercely political, devoted solely to the cause, and 'with nothing to lose but their own lives,' Hannie, Truus, and Freddie took terrifying direct action against Nazi targets. That included sheltering fleeing Jews, political dissidents, and Dutch resisters. They sabotaged bridges and railways, and donned disguises to lead children from probable internment in concentration camps to safehouses. They covertly transported weapons and set military facilities ablaze. And they carried out the assassinations of German soldiers and traitors—on public streets and in private traps—with the courage of veteran guerilla fighters and the cunning of seasoned spies. Tim Brady offers a never-before-seen perspective of the Dutch resistance during the war. Of lives under threat; of how these courageous young women became involved in the underground; and of how their dedication evolved into dangerous, life-threatening missions on behalf of Dutch patriots—regardless of the consequences.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confident-women-swindlers-grifters-and-shapeshifters-of-the-feminine-persuasion-by-tori-telfer--65152244https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion Author: Tori Telfer Narrator: Jaime Lamchick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history’s notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams—by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers. From Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Delvey to Frank Abagnale and Charles Ponzi, audacious scams and charismatic scammers continue to intrigue us as a culture. As Tori Telfer reveals in Confident Women, the art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best—or worst. In the 1700s in Paris, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy scammed the royal jewelers out of a necklace made from six hundred and forty-seven diamonds by pretending she was best friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. In the mid-1800s, sisters Kate and Maggie Fox began pretending they could speak to spirits and accidentally started a religious movement that was soon crawling with female con artists. A gal calling herself Loreta Janeta Velasquez claimed to be a soldier and convinced people she worked for the Confederacy—or the Union, depending on who she was talking to. Meanwhile, Cassie Chadwick was forging paperwork and getting banks to loan her upwards of $40,000 by telling people she was Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate daughter. In the 1900s, a 40something woman named Margaret Lydia Burton embezzled money all over the country and stole upwards of forty prized show dogs, while a few decades later, a teenager named Roxie Ann Rice scammed the entire NFL. And since the death of the Romanovs, women claiming to be Anastasia have been selling their stories to magazines. What about today? Spoiler alert: these “artists” are still conning.  Confident Women asks the provocative question: Where does chutzpah intersect with a uniquely female pathology—and how were these notorious women able to so spectacularly dupe and swindle their victims?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442695Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion Author: Tori Telfer Narrator: Jaime Lamchick Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion Author: Tori Telfer Narrator: Jaime Lamchick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history’s notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams—by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers. From Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Delvey to Frank Abagnale and Charles Ponzi, audacious scams and charismatic scammers continue to intrigue us as a culture. As Tori Telfer reveals in Confident Women, the art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best—or worst. In the 1700s in Paris, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy scammed the royal jewelers out of a necklace made from six hundred and forty-seven diamonds by pretending she was best friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. In the mid-1800s, sisters Kate and Maggie Fox began pretending they could speak to spirits and accidentally started a religious movement that was soon crawling with female con artists. A gal calling herself Loreta Janeta Velasquez claimed to be a soldier and convinced people she worked for the Confederacy—or the Union, depending on who she was talking to. Meanwhile, Cassie Chadwick was forging paperwork and getting banks to loan her upwards of $40,000 by telling people she was Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate daughter. In the 1900s, a 40something woman named Margaret Lydia Burton embezzled money all over the country and stole upwards of forty prized show dogs, while a few decades later, a teenager named Roxie Ann Rice scammed the entire NFL. And since the death of the Romanovs, women claiming to be Anastasia have been selling their stories to magazines. What about today? Spoiler alert: these “artists” are still conning.  Confident Women asks the provocative question: Where does chutzpah intersect with a uniquely female pathology—and how were these notorious women able to so spectacularly dupe and swindle their victims?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/speak-okinawa-a-memoir-by-elizabeth-miki-brina--65152237https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Miki Brina Narrator: Sachi Lovatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “hauntingly beautiful memoir about family and identity” (NPR) and a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents—her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran—and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the predominantly white, upstate New York suburb where they moved to raise their only daughter. There, Elizabeth grew up with the trappings of a typical American childhood and adolescence. Yet even though she felt almost no connection to her mother's distant home, she also felt out of place among her peers. Decades later, Elizabeth comes to recognize the shame and self-loathing that haunt both her and her mother, and attempts a form of reconciliation, not only to come to terms with the embattled dynamics of her family but also to reckon with the injustices that reverberate throughout the history of Okinawa and its people. Clear-eyed and profoundly humane, Speak, Okinawa is a startling accomplishment—a heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, forgiveness, and what it means to be an American.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439504Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Miki Brina Narrator: Sachi Lovatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir Author: Elizabeth Miki Brina Narrator: Sachi Lovatt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A “hauntingly beautiful memoir about family and identity” (NPR) and a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents—her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran—and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the predominantly white, upstate New York suburb where they moved to raise their only daughter. There, Elizabeth grew up with the trappings of a typical American childhood and adolescence. Yet even though she felt almost no connection to her mother's distant home, she also felt out of place among her peers. Decades later, Elizabeth comes to recognize the shame and self-loathing that haunt both her and her mother, and attempts a form of reconciliation, not only to come to terms with the embattled dynamics of her family but also to reckon with the injustices that reverberate throughout the history of Okinawa and its people. Clear-eyed and profoundly humane, Speak, Okinawa is a startling accomplishment—a heartfelt exploration of identity, inheritance, forgiveness, and what it means to be an American.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/assume-nothing-a-story-of-intimate-violence-by-tanya-selvaratnam--65152231https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence Author: Tanya Selvaratnam Narrator: Tanya Selvaratnam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her story as a prism to examine the domestic violence crisis plaguing America. When Tanya Selvaratnam met then New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, they seemed like the perfect match. Both were Harvard alumni; both studied Chinese; both were interested in spirituality and meditation, both were well-connected rising stars in their professions—Selvaratnam in entertainment and the art world; Schneiderman in law and politics.  Behind closed doors, however, Tanya’s life was anything but ideal. Schneiderman became controlling, mean, and manipulative. He drank heavily and used sedatives. Sex turned violent, and he called Tanya—who was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Southern California—his “brown slave.” He isolated and manipulated her, even threatening to kill her if she tried to leave.  Twenty-five percent of women in America are victims of domestic abuse. Tanya never thought she would be a part of this statistic. Growing up, she witnessed her father physically and emotionally abuse her mother. Tanya knew the patterns and signs of domestic violence, and did not see herself as remotely vulnerable. Yet what seemed impossible was suddenly a terrifying reality: she was trapped in a violent relationship with one of the most powerful men in New York.  Sensitive and nuanced, written with the gripping power of a dark psychological thriller, Assume Nothing details how Tanya’s relationship devolved into abuse, how she found the strength to leave—risking her career, reputation, and life—and how she reclaimed her freedom and her voice. In sharing her story, Tanya analyzes the insidious way women from all walks of life learn to accept abuse, and redefines what it means to be a victim of intimate violence. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441993Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence Author: Tanya Selvaratnam Narrator: Tanya Selvaratnam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence Author: Tanya Selvaratnam Narrator: Tanya Selvaratnam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her story as a prism to examine the domestic violence crisis plaguing America. When Tanya Selvaratnam met then New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, they seemed like the perfect match. Both were Harvard alumni; both studied Chinese; both were interested in spirituality and meditation, both were well-connected rising stars in their professions—Selvaratnam in entertainment and the art world; Schneiderman in law and politics.  Behind closed doors, however, Tanya’s life was anything but ideal. Schneiderman became controlling, mean, and manipulative. He drank heavily and used sedatives. Sex turned violent, and he called Tanya—who was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Southern California—his “brown slave.” He isolated and manipulated her, even threatening to kill her if she tried to leave.  Twenty-five percent of women in America are victims of domestic abuse. Tanya never thought she would be a part of this statistic. Growing up, she witnessed her father physically and emotionally abuse her mother. Tanya knew the patterns and signs of domestic violence, and did not see herself as remotely vulnerable. Yet what seemed impossible was suddenly a terrifying reality: she was trapped in a violent relationship with one of the most powerful men in New York.  Sensitive and nuanced, written with the gripping power of a dark psychological thriller, Assume Nothing details how Tanya’s relationship devolved into abuse, how she found the strength to leave—risking her career, reputation, and life—and how she reclaimed her freedom and her voice. In sharing her story, Tanya analyzes the insidious way women from all walks of life learn to accept abuse, and redefines what it means to be a victim of intimate violence. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-don-t-belong-here-how-three-women-rewrote-the-story-of-war-by-elizabeth-becker--65152229https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War Author: Elizabeth Becker Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war   Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to report on the most consequential story of the decade. At a time when women were considered unfit to be foreign reporters, Frankie, Catherine, and Kate   challenged the rules imposed on them by the military, ignored the belittlement of their male peers, and ultimately altered the craft of war reportage for generations.   In You Don’t Belong Here, Elizabeth Becker uses these women’s work and lives to illuminate the Vietnam War from the 1965 American buildup, the expansion into Cambodia, and the American defeat and its aftermath. Arriving herself in the last years of the war, Becker writes as a historian and a witness of the times.   What emerges is an unforgettable story of three journalists forging their place in a land of men, often at great personal sacrifice. Deeply reported and filled with personal letters, interviews, and profound insight, You Don’t Belong Here fills a void in the history of women and of war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439294Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War Author: Elizabeth Becker Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War Author: Elizabeth Becker Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: February 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The long-buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the barriers to women covering war   Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French daredevil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to report on the most consequential story of the decade. At a time when women were considered unfit to be foreign reporters, Frankie, Catherine, and Kate   challenged the rules imposed on them by the military, ignored the belittlement of their male peers, and ultimately altered the craft of war reportage for generations.   In You Don’t Belong Here, Elizabeth Becker uses these women’s work and lives to illuminate the Vietnam War from the 1965 American buildup, the expansion into Cambodia, and the American defeat and its aftermath. Arriving herself in the last years of the war, Becker writes as a historian and a witness of the times.   What emerges is an unforgettable story of three journalists forging their place in a land of men, often at great personal sacrifice. Deeply reported and filled with personal letters, interviews, and profound insight, You Don’t Belong Here fills a void in the history of women and of war.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radiant-the-dancer-the-scientist-and-a-friendship-forged-in-light-by-liz-heinecke--65152211https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radiant: The Dancer, The Scientist, and a Friendship Forged in Light Author: Liz Heinecke Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Part hidden history, part love letter to creative innovation, this is the true story of an unlikely friendship between a dancer, Loie Fuller, and a scientist, Marie Curie, brought together by an illuminating discovery. At the turn of the century, Paris was a hotbed of creativity. Technology boomed, delivering to the world electric light, the automobile, and new ways to treat disease, while imagination blossomed, creating Art Nouveau, motion pictures, and modernist literature. A pivotal figure during this time, yet largely forgotten today, Loie Fuller was an American performance artist who became a living symbol of the Art Nouveau movement with her hypnotic dances and stunning theatrical effects. Credited today as the pioneer of modern dance, she was perennially broke, never took no for an answer, spent most of her life with a female partner, and never questioned her drive. She was a visionary, a renegade, and a loyal friend. In the early 1900s, she heard about Marie Curie's discovery of a glowing blue element and dreamed of using it to dazzle audiences on stage. While Loie's dream wouldn't be realized, her connection with Marie and their shared fascination with radium endured. Radiant is the true story of Marie Curie and Loie Fuller, two revolutionary women drawn together at the dawn of a new era by a singular discovery, and the lifelong friendship that grew out of their shared passion for enlightenment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439289Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radiant: The Dancer, The Scientist, and a Friendship Forged in Light Author: Liz Heinecke Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radiant: The Dancer, The Scientist, and a Friendship Forged in Light Author: Liz Heinecke Narrator: Moira Quirk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Part hidden history, part love letter to creative innovation, this is the true story of an unlikely friendship between a dancer, Loie Fuller, and a scientist, Marie Curie, brought together by an illuminating discovery. At the turn of the century, Paris was a hotbed of creativity. Technology boomed, delivering to the world electric light, the automobile, and new ways to treat disease, while imagination blossomed, creating Art Nouveau, motion pictures, and modernist literature. A pivotal figure during this time, yet largely forgotten today, Loie Fuller was an American performance artist who became a living symbol of the Art Nouveau movement with her hypnotic dances and stunning theatrical effects. Credited today as the pioneer of modern dance, she was perennially broke, never took no for an answer, spent most of her life with a female partner, and never questioned her drive. She was a visionary, a renegade, and a loyal friend. In the early 1900s, she heard about Marie Curie's discovery of a glowing blue element and dreamed of using it to dazzle audiences on stage. While Loie's dream wouldn't be realized, her connection with Marie and their shared fascination with radium endured. Radiant is the true story of Marie Curie and Loie Fuller, two revolutionary women drawn together at the dawn of a new era by a singular discovery, and the lifelong friendship that grew out of their shared passion for enlightenment.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-an-mba-taught-me-but-my-kids-made-me-learn-by-bea-wray--65152161https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What an MBA Taught Me…: But My Kids Made Me Learn Author: Bea Wray Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Unleash your hidden leadership skills with this powerful, heartfelt guide. Great business schools know that connection, more than curriculum, shapes great leaders. Every aspect of the experience intentionally maximizes relationship building. What an MBA Taught Me . . . But My Kids Made Me Learn is a sometimes hilarious, other times harrowing journey through Harvard Business School, twenty years of business experience, and the most important academy of all: parenting. Parenting? That's right. When Bea Wray returned to entrepreneurial work after six years as a full-time mom, she worried. What relevant skills could she bring to the corporate table? Yet her career took off as her interpersonal expertise soared. Perhaps family time can be a breakthrough, rather than a break from professional advancement. Psssst. 'Soft' skills are actually pretty hard . . . but they can be mastered. As kids demonstrate, we learn best when having fun. In this book, dozens of essential executive leadership lessons are carefully wrapped in humorous and heartfelt stories to inspire and encourage you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485661Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What an MBA Taught Me…: But My Kids Made Me Learn Author: Bea Wray Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What an MBA Taught Me…: But My Kids Made Me Learn Author: Bea Wray Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Unleash your hidden leadership skills with this powerful, heartfelt guide. Great business schools know that connection, more than curriculum, shapes great leaders. Every aspect of the experience intentionally maximizes relationship building. What an MBA Taught Me . . . But My Kids Made Me Learn is a sometimes hilarious, other times harrowing journey through Harvard Business School, twenty years of business experience, and the most important academy of all: parenting. Parenting? That's right. When Bea Wray returned to entrepreneurial work after six years as a full-time mom, she worried. What relevant skills could she bring to the corporate table? Yet her career took off as her interpersonal expertise soared. Perhaps family time can be a breakthrough, rather than a break from professional advancement. Psssst. 'Soft' skills are actually pretty hard . . . but they can be mastered. As kids demonstrate, we learn best when having fun. In this book, dozens of essential executive leadership lessons are carefully wrapped in humorous and heartfelt stories to inspire and encourage you.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-overcame-my-autism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-anxiety-disorder-a-memoir-by-sarah-kurchak--65152116https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir Author: Sarah Kurchak Narrator: Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, Kurchak examines the Byzantine steps she took to become “an autistic success story,” how the process almost ruined her life and how she is now trying to recover. Growing up undiagnosed in small-town Ontario in the eighties and nineties, Kurchak realized early that she was somehow different from her peers. She discovered an effective strategy to fend off bullying: she consciously altered nearly everything about herself-from her personality to her body language. She forced herself to wear the denim jeans that felt like being enclosed in a sandpaper iron maiden. Every day, she dragged herself through the door with an elevated pulse and a churning stomach, nearly crumbling under the effort of the performance. By the time she was finally diagnosed with autism at twenty-seven, she struggled with depression and anxiety largely caused by the same strategy she had mastered precisely. She came to wonder, were all those years of intensely pretending to be someone else really worth it? Tackling everything from autism parenting culture to love, sex, alcohol, obsessions, and professional pillow fighting, Kurchak’s enlightening memoir challenges stereotypes and preconceptions about autism and considers what might really make the lives of autistic people healthier, happier, and more fulfilling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501492Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir Author: Sarah Kurchak Narrator: Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir Author: Sarah Kurchak Narrator: Zura Johnson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, Kurchak examines the Byzantine steps she took to become “an autistic success story,” how the process almost ruined her life and how she is now trying to recover. Growing up undiagnosed in small-town Ontario in the eighties and nineties, Kurchak realized early that she was somehow different from her peers. She discovered an effective strategy to fend off bullying: she consciously altered nearly everything about herself-from her personality to her body language. She forced herself to wear the denim jeans that felt like being enclosed in a sandpaper iron maiden. Every day, she dragged herself through the door with an elevated pulse and a churning stomach, nearly crumbling under the effort of the performance. By the time she was finally diagnosed with autism at twenty-seven, she struggled with depression and anxiety largely caused by the same strategy she had mastered precisely. She came to wonder, were all those years of intensely pretending to be someone else really worth it? Tackling everything from autism parenting culture to love, sex, alcohol, obsessions, and professional pillow fighting, Kurchak’s enlightening memoir challenges stereotypes and preconceptions about autism and considers what might really make the lives of autistic people healthier, happier, and more fulfilling.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-princess-spy-the-true-story-of-world-war-ii-spy-aline-griffith-countess-of-romanones-by-larry-loftis--65152233https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones Author: Larry Loftis Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER “As exciting as any spy novel” (Daily News, New York), The Princess Spy follows the hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS’s most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility. Perfect for fans of A Woman of No Importance and Code Girls. When Aline Griffith was born in a quiet suburban New York hamlet, no one had any idea that she would go on to live “a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only played at in Notorious” (Time). As the United States enters the Second World War, the young college graduate is desperate to aid in the war effort, but no one is interested in a bright-eyed young woman whose only career experience is modeling clothes. Aline’s life changes when, at a dinner party, she meets a man named Frank Ryan and reveals how desperately she wants to do her part for her country. Within a few weeks, he helps her join the Office of Strategic Services—forerunner of the CIA. With a code name and expert training under her belt, she is sent to Spain to be a coder, but is soon given the additional assignment of infiltrating the upper echelons of society, mingling with high-ranking officials, diplomats, and titled Europeans. Against this glamorous backdrop of galas and dinner parties, she recruits sub-agents and engages in deep-cover espionage. Even after marrying the Count of Romanones, one of the wealthiest men in Spain, Aline secretly continues her covert activities, being given special assignments when abroad that would benefit from her impeccable pedigree and social connections. “[A] meticulously researched, beautifully crafted work of nonfiction that reads like a James Bond thriller” (Bookreporter), The Princess Spy brings to vivid life the dazzling adventures of a spirited American woman who risked everything to serve her country.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442948Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones Author: Larry Loftis Narrator: Kate Reading Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones Author: Larry Loftis Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER “As exciting as any spy novel” (Daily News, New York), The Princess Spy follows the hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS’s most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility. Perfect for fans of A Woman of No Importance and Code Girls. When Aline Griffith was born in a quiet suburban New York hamlet, no one had any idea that she would go on to live “a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only played at in Notorious” (Time). As the United States enters the Second World War, the young college graduate is desperate to aid in the war effort, but no one is interested in a bright-eyed young woman whose only career experience is modeling clothes. Aline’s life changes when, at a dinner party, she meets a man named Frank Ryan and reveals how desperately she wants to do her part for her country. Within a few weeks, he helps her join the Office of Strategic Services—forerunner of the CIA. With a code name and expert training under her belt, she is sent to Spain to be a coder, but is soon given the additional assignment of infiltrating the upper echelons of society, mingling with high-ranking officials, diplomats, and titled Europeans. Against this glamorous backdrop of galas and dinner parties, she recruits sub-agents and engages in deep-cover espionage. Even after marrying the Count of Romanones, one of the wealthiest men in Spain, Aline secretly continues her covert activities, being given special assignments when abroad that would benefit from her impeccable pedigree and social connections. “[A] meticulously researched, beautifully crafted work of nonfiction that reads like a James Bond thriller” (Bookreporter), The Princess Spy brings to vivid life the dazzling adventures of a spirited American woman who risked everything to serve her country.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-you-hear-me-now-how-i-found-my-voice-and-learned-to-live-with-passion-and-purpose-by-celina-caesar-chavannes--65152155https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can You Hear Me Now?: How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose Author: Celina Caesar-Chavannes Narrator: Celina Caesar-Chavannes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING   In Can You Hear Me Now?, Celina Caesar-Chavannes digs deep into her childhood and her life as a young Black woman entrepreneur and politician, and shows us that effective and humane leaders grow as much from their mistakes and vulnerabilities as from their strengths. Celina Caesar-Chavannes, already a breaker of boundaries as a Black woman in business, got into politics because she wanted to make a bigger difference in the world. But when she became the first Black person elected to represent the federal riding of Whitby, Ontario, she hadn't really thought about the fact that Ottawa wasn't designed for someone like her. Celina soon found herself both making waves and breaking down, confronting at night, alone in her Ottawa apartment, all the painful beauty of her childhood and her troubled early adult life. She paid the price for speaking out about micro-aggressions and speaking up for her community and her riding, but she also felt exhilaration and empowerment. As she writes, 'This is not your typical leadership book where the person is placed in a situation and miraculously comes up with the right response for the wicked problem. This is the story of me falling in love, at last, with who I am, and finding my voice in the unlikeliest of places.'      Both memoir and leadership book, Can You Hear Me Now? is a funny, self-aware, poignant, confessional and fierce look at how failing badly and screwing things up completely are truly more powerful lessons in how to conduct a life than extraordinary success. They build an utter honesty with yourself and others that allows you to say things nobody else dares to say--the necessary things about navigating the places that weren't built for you and holding firm to your principles. And, if you do that, you will help build a world where inclusion is real. Just as Celina is now trying to do, in all her brilliance and boldness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494242Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can You Hear Me Now?: How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose Author: Celina Caesar-Chavannes Narrator: Celina...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can You Hear Me Now?: How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose Author: Celina Caesar-Chavannes Narrator: Celina Caesar-Chavannes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING   In Can You Hear Me Now?, Celina Caesar-Chavannes digs deep into her childhood and her life as a young Black woman entrepreneur and politician, and shows us that effective and humane leaders grow as much from their mistakes and vulnerabilities as from their strengths. Celina Caesar-Chavannes, already a breaker of boundaries as a Black woman in business, got into politics because she wanted to make a bigger difference in the world. But when she became the first Black person elected to represent the federal riding of Whitby, Ontario, she hadn't really thought about the fact that Ottawa wasn't designed for someone like her. Celina soon found herself both making waves and breaking down, confronting at night, alone in her Ottawa apartment, all the painful beauty of her childhood and her troubled early adult life. She paid the price for speaking out about micro-aggressions and speaking up for her community and her riding, but she also felt exhilaration and empowerment. As she writes, 'This is not your typical leadership book where the person is placed in a situation and miraculously comes up with the right response for the wicked problem. This is the story of me falling in love, at last, with who I am, and finding my voice in the unlikeliest of places.'      Both memoir and leadership book, Can You Hear Me Now? is a funny, self-aware, poignant, confessional and fierce look at how failing badly and screwing things up completely are truly more powerful lessons in how to conduct a life than extraordinary success. They build an utter honesty with yourself and others that allows you to say things nobody else dares to say--the necessary things about navigating the places that weren't built for you and holding firm to your principles. And, if you do that, you will help build a world where inclusion is real. Just as Celina is now trying to do, in all her brilliance and boldness.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/portuguese-narrativas-negras-biografias-ilustradas-de-mulheres-pretas-brasileiras-by-vivi-oliveira-vanessa-carolina-thais-santos-tai--65152112https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Portuguese] - Narrativas Negras: Biografias ilustradas de mulheres pretas brasileiras Author: Vivi Oliveira, Vanessa Carolina, Thaís Santos, Taís Espírito Santo, Tabatta Santos, Sílvia Barros, Sheila Martins, Sabrina Santos Souza, Raissa Lauana, Mariane Diaz, Mariana Oliveira, Maria Vitória, Márcia Gomes, Maíra Oliveira, Luiza Nasciutti, Luana Sim Narrator: Coletivo Narrativas Negras Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 1, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: COLETIVO NARRATIVAS NEGRAS Formado por ilustradoras, designers e escritoras, o Coletivo Narrativas Negras é o criador da obra Narrativas Negras – Biografias ilustradas de mulheres pretas brasileiras. O Coletivo Narrativas Negras é um projeto voluntário, inteiramente feminino e que tem como objetivo levar à população brasileira histórias de mulheres negras que participaram ou participam ativamente na construção política, social e cultural do país. Nosso objetivo é mostrar que nem só mulheres e homens brancos fizeram parte da história e que a comunidade negra feminina também lutou e luta ativamente para a construção de espaços de mais respeito e igualdade. O coletivo tem várias vertentes de atuação, como a produção textual em redes sociais e o desenvolvimento de oficinas e workshops, mas o destaque é o livro Narrativas Negras, idealizado pela designer Isadora Ribeiro dos Santos e que foi o ponto de partida para a criação do movimento. O projeto editorial contou com a participação de cerca de 70 mulheres voluntárias, entre escritoras e ilustradoras. Conheça quem são: Idealizadora: Isadora Ribeiro dos Santos Escritoras: Anna Carolina Cardoso, Bruna Emanuele, Bruna Silveira, Enilse Esperança, Carol Bicalho, Flávia Souza, Gau De Laet, Heloísa Santana, Júlia Rodrigues, Juliana Cavalli, Leticia Fiuza, Lídia De Paula, Luana Simonini, Luiza Nasciutti, Maíra Oliveira, Márcia Gomes, Maria Vitória, Mariana Oliveira, Mariane Diaz, Raissa Lauana, Sabrina Santos Souza, Sheila Martins, Sílvia Barros, Tabatta Santos, Taís Espírito Santo, Thaís Santos, Vanessa Carolina e Vivi Oliveira. Ilustradoras: Alda Gomes, Amanda Daphne, Amma, Ana Luisa Maisonnave, Anna Cunha, Áustria Fernandes, Beatriz Gabino, Bruna Melo, Daiely Gonçalves, Dani Fonseca, Dika Araujo, Fabiola Teixeira, Flávia Borges, Flávia Carvalho, Francisca Nzenze, Gabi Almeida, Gabriela Emmerich, Helena Butturini, Ina Gouveia, Isabella Souto, Isadora Ribeiro, Karen Couto, Lígia Mattos, Luísa Castro, Manoela Campos, Marcela Guimarães, Mariana Seragi, Mayara Smith, Mika, Millene Vilela, Nicolle Bustamante, Pamela Araújo, Prisca Paes, Rachel Gomes, Rayssa Da Penha, Soo Sakai, Suryara Bernadi, Theodora Moreira e Veri S.A.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502564Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Portuguese] - Narrativas Negras: Biografias ilustradas de mulheres pretas brasileiras Author: Vivi Oliveira, Vanessa Carolina, Thaís Santos, Taís...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Portuguese] - Narrativas Negras: Biografias ilustradas de mulheres pretas brasileiras Author: Vivi Oliveira, Vanessa Carolina, Thaís Santos, Taís Espírito Santo, Tabatta Santos, Sílvia Barros, Sheila Martins, Sabrina Santos Souza, Raissa Lauana, Mariane Diaz, Mariana Oliveira, Maria Vitória, Márcia Gomes, Maíra Oliveira, Luiza Nasciutti, Luana Sim Narrator: Coletivo Narrativas Negras Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 1, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: COLETIVO NARRATIVAS NEGRAS Formado por ilustradoras, designers e escritoras, o Coletivo Narrativas Negras é o criador da obra Narrativas Negras – Biografias ilustradas de mulheres pretas brasileiras. O Coletivo Narrativas Negras é um projeto voluntário, inteiramente feminino e que tem como objetivo levar à população brasileira histórias de mulheres negras que participaram ou participam ativamente na construção política, social e cultural do país. Nosso objetivo é mostrar que nem só mulheres e homens brancos fizeram parte da história e que a comunidade negra feminina também lutou e luta ativamente para a construção de espaços de mais respeito e igualdade. O coletivo tem várias vertentes de atuação, como a produção textual em redes sociais e o desenvolvimento de oficinas e workshops, mas o destaque é o livro Narrativas Negras, idealizado pela designer Isadora Ribeiro dos Santos e que foi o ponto de partida para a criação do movimento. O projeto editorial contou com a participação de cerca de 70 mulheres voluntárias, entre escritoras e ilustradoras. Conheça quem são: Idealizadora: Isadora Ribeiro dos Santos Escritoras: Anna Carolina Cardoso, Bruna Emanuele, Bruna Silveira, Enilse Esperança, Carol Bicalho, Flávia Souza, Gau De Laet, Heloísa Santana, Júlia Rodrigues, Juliana Cavalli, Leticia Fiuza, Lídia De Paula, Luana Simonini, Luiza Nasciutti, Maíra Oliveira, Márcia Gomes, Maria Vitória, Mariana Oliveira, Mariane Diaz, Raissa Lauana, Sabrina Santos Souza, Sheila Martins, Sílvia Barros, Tabatta Santos, Taís Espírito Santo, Thaís Santos, Vanessa Carolina e Vivi Oliveira. Ilustradoras: Alda Gomes, Amanda Daphne, Amma, Ana Luisa Maisonnave, Anna Cunha, Áustria Fernandes, Beatriz Gabino, Bruna Melo, Daiely Gonçalves, Dani Fonseca, Dika Araujo, Fabiola Teixeira, Flávia Borges, Flávia Carvalho, Francisca Nzenze, Gabi Almeida, Gabriela Emmerich, Helena Butturini, Ina Gouveia, Isabella Souto, Isadora Ribeiro, Karen Couto, Lígia Mattos, Luísa Castro, Manoela Campos, Marcela Guimarães, Mariana Seragi, Mayara Smith, Mika, Millene Vilela, Nicolle Bustamante, Pamela Araújo, Prisca Paes, Rachel Gomes, Rayssa Da Penha, Soo Sakai, Suryara Bernadi, Theodora Moreira e Veri S.A.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-power-of-forgiveness-by-eva-mozes-kor--65152257https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Forgiveness Author: Eva Mozes Kor Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Eva Mozes Kor experienced the horrors of the Nazi regime first hand in Auschwitz, but what is even more remarkable is how she has come to terms with this. Forgive and Heal are the words of advice that she has passed on at every opportunity. She was just ten years old when she was sent to Auschwitz. While her parents and two older sisters were murdered there, she and her sister Miriam were subjected to medical experiments at the hands of Dr. Joseph Mengele. Later on, when Miriam fell ill due to the long-term effects of the experiments she had endured, Eva embarks on a search for their torturers. But what she discovered was the remedy for her troubled soul; she was able to forgive them. This kind of forgiveness is not an act of self-denial. It actively releases people from trauma, allowing them to escape from the grip of their former tormentors, cast off the role of victim, and begin the struggle against forgetting in earnest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444931Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Forgiveness Author: Eva Mozes Kor Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Power of Forgiveness Author: Eva Mozes Kor Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Eva Mozes Kor experienced the horrors of the Nazi regime first hand in Auschwitz, but what is even more remarkable is how she has come to terms with this. Forgive and Heal are the words of advice that she has passed on at every opportunity. She was just ten years old when she was sent to Auschwitz. While her parents and two older sisters were murdered there, she and her sister Miriam were subjected to medical experiments at the hands of Dr. Joseph Mengele. Later on, when Miriam fell ill due to the long-term effects of the experiments she had endured, Eva embarks on a search for their torturers. But what she discovered was the remedy for her troubled soul; she was able to forgive them. This kind of forgiveness is not an act of self-denial. It actively releases people from trauma, allowing them to escape from the grip of their former tormentors, cast off the role of victim, and begin the struggle against forgetting in earnest.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lee-miller-a-life-by-carolyn-burke--65152220https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lee Miller: A Life Author: Carolyn Burke Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A trenchant yet sympathetic portrait of Lee Miller, one of the iconic faces and careers of the twentieth century. Carolyn Burke reveals Miller as a multifaceted woman: both model and photographer, muse and reporter, sexual adventurer and mother, and, in later years, gourmet cook—the last of the many dramatic transformations she underwent during her lifetime. A sleek blond bombshell, Miller was part of a glamorous circle in New York and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s as a leading Vogue model, close to Edward Steichen, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Cocteau, and Pablo Picasso. Then, during World War II, she became a war correspondent—one of the first women to do so—shooting harrowing images of a devastated Europe, entering Dachau with the Allied troops, posing in Hitler’s bathtub. Burke examines Miller’s troubled personal life, from the unsettling photo sessions during which Miller, both as a child and as a young woman, posed nude for her father, to her crucial affair with artist-photographer Man Ray, to her unconventional marriages. And through Miller’s body of work, Burke explores the photographer’s journey from object to subject; her eye for form, pattern, and light; and the powerful emotion behind each of her images. A lush story of art and beauty, sex and power, Modernism and Surrealism, independence and collaboration, Lee Miller: A Life is an astute study of a fascinating, yet enigmatic, cultural figure. This program includes a downloadable PDF that contains Lee Miller’s recipes for a dinner party, as assembled by Carolyn Burke.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451439Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lee Miller: A Life Author: Carolyn Burke Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lee Miller: A Life Author: Carolyn Burke Narrator: Ann Richardson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A trenchant yet sympathetic portrait of Lee Miller, one of the iconic faces and careers of the twentieth century. Carolyn Burke reveals Miller as a multifaceted woman: both model and photographer, muse and reporter, sexual adventurer and mother, and, in later years, gourmet cook—the last of the many dramatic transformations she underwent during her lifetime. A sleek blond bombshell, Miller was part of a glamorous circle in New York and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s as a leading Vogue model, close to Edward Steichen, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Cocteau, and Pablo Picasso. Then, during World War II, she became a war correspondent—one of the first women to do so—shooting harrowing images of a devastated Europe, entering Dachau with the Allied troops, posing in Hitler’s bathtub. Burke examines Miller’s troubled personal life, from the unsettling photo sessions during which Miller, both as a child and as a young woman, posed nude for her father, to her crucial affair with artist-photographer Man Ray, to her unconventional marriages. And through Miller’s body of work, Burke explores the photographer’s journey from object to subject; her eye for form, pattern, and light; and the powerful emotion behind each of her images. A lush story of art and beauty, sex and power, Modernism and Surrealism, independence and collaboration, Lee Miller: A Life is an astute study of a fascinating, yet enigmatic, cultural figure. This program includes a downloadable PDF that contains Lee Miller’s recipes for a dinner party, as assembled by Carolyn Burke.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-color-of-beauty-the-life-and-work-of-new-york-fashion-icon-ophelia-devore-by-alina-mitchell--65152219https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Beauty: The Life and Work of New York Fashion Icon Ophelia DeVore Author: Alina Mitchell Narrator: Laquita James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Ophelia DeVore boldly overcame tragedy and hardship to become the first black model in the United States of America. She possessed grace, finesse, intelligence, natural beauty, and courage. Being the first black graduate of the Vogue Modeling School, she eventually became a powerful business mogul, an exuberant entrepreneur, and a respected leader in her field. Her story is unique because she redefined 'beauty' in America. Throughout her life, she sought to prove to the world beauty could be found in every shade of color. The Ophelia DeVore Charm School and Grace Del Marco Modeling Agency served as a strong foundation for notables including Diahann Carroll, Richard Roundtree, Trudy Haynes, Helen Williams, Cicely Tyson, Susan Taylor, Audrey Smaltz, and many more. She regularly worked with fashion icons such as Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren, and Ceil Chapman. In a personal letter written on July 17, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., thanked DeVore for being a part of 'the great democratic crusade of our era.' Her inspirational story will move you to believe in yourself and achieve your dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464965Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Beauty: The Life and Work of New York Fashion Icon Ophelia DeVore Author: Alina Mitchell Narrator: Laquita James Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Beauty: The Life and Work of New York Fashion Icon Ophelia DeVore Author: Alina Mitchell Narrator: Laquita James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Ophelia DeVore boldly overcame tragedy and hardship to become the first black model in the United States of America. She possessed grace, finesse, intelligence, natural beauty, and courage. Being the first black graduate of the Vogue Modeling School, she eventually became a powerful business mogul, an exuberant entrepreneur, and a respected leader in her field. Her story is unique because she redefined 'beauty' in America. Throughout her life, she sought to prove to the world beauty could be found in every shade of color. The Ophelia DeVore Charm School and Grace Del Marco Modeling Agency served as a strong foundation for notables including Diahann Carroll, Richard Roundtree, Trudy Haynes, Helen Williams, Cicely Tyson, Susan Taylor, Audrey Smaltz, and many more. She regularly worked with fashion icons such as Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren, and Ceil Chapman. In a personal letter written on July 17, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., thanked DeVore for being a part of 'the great democratic crusade of our era.' Her inspirational story will move you to believe in yourself and achieve your dreams.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/childhood-youth-dependency-the-copenhagen-trilogy-by-tove-ditlevsen--65152210https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy Author: Tove Ditlevsen Narrator: Stine Wintlev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Following one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms, The Copenhagen Trilogy is a searingly honest, utterly immersive portrayal of love, friendship, art, ambition and the terrible lure of addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth-century writers. 'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian 'Sharp, tough and tender ... wrenching sadness and pitch-black comedy ... Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice' Boyd Tonkin Spectator 'Astonishing, honest, entirely revealing and, in the end, devastating. Ditlevsen's trilogy is remarkable not only for its honesty and lyricism; these are books that journey deep into the darkest reaches of human experience and return, fatally wounded, but still eloquent' Observer 'The best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling' New Statesman © Tove Ditlevsen 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447042Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy Author: Tove Ditlevsen Narrator: Stine Wintlev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy Author: Tove Ditlevsen Narrator: Stine Wintlev Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Following one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms, The Copenhagen Trilogy is a searingly honest, utterly immersive portrayal of love, friendship, art, ambition and the terrible lure of addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth-century writers. 'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian 'Sharp, tough and tender ... wrenching sadness and pitch-black comedy ... Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice' Boyd Tonkin Spectator 'Astonishing, honest, entirely revealing and, in the end, devastating. Ditlevsen's trilogy is remarkable not only for its honesty and lyricism; these are books that journey deep into the darkest reaches of human experience and return, fatally wounded, but still eloquent' Observer 'The best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling' New Statesman © Tove Ditlevsen 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/left-of-karl-marx-the-political-life-of-black-communist-claudia-jones-by-carole-boyce-davies--65152139https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Author: Carole Boyce Davies Narrator: L. Malaika Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915–1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery, to the left of Karl Marx—a location that Boyce Davies finds fitting given how Jones expanded Marxism-Leninism to incorporate gender and race in her political critique and activism. Claudia Cumberbatch Jones was born in Trinidad. In 1924, she moved to New York, where she lived for the next thirty years. She was active in the Communist Party from her early twenties onward. A talented writer and speaker, she traveled throughout the United States lecturing and organizing. In the early 1950s, she wrote a well-known column, 'Half the World,' for the Daily Worker. As the US government intensified its efforts to prosecute communists, Jones was arrested several times. She served nearly a year in a US prison before being deported and given asylum by Great Britain in 1955. Looking at the contents of the FBI file on Jones, Boyce Davies contrasts Jones's own narration of her life with the federal government's. Left of Karl Marx establishes Jones as a significant figure within Caribbean intellectual traditions, black US feminism, and the history of communism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482741Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Author: Carole Boyce Davies Narrator: L. Malaika Cooper Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones Author: Carole Boyce Davies Narrator: L. Malaika Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915–1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery, to the left of Karl Marx—a location that Boyce Davies finds fitting given how Jones expanded Marxism-Leninism to incorporate gender and race in her political critique and activism. Claudia Cumberbatch Jones was born in Trinidad. In 1924, she moved to New York, where she lived for the next thirty years. She was active in the Communist Party from her early twenties onward. A talented writer and speaker, she traveled throughout the United States lecturing and organizing. In the early 1950s, she wrote a well-known column, 'Half the World,' for the Daily Worker. As the US government intensified its efforts to prosecute communists, Jones was arrested several times. She served nearly a year in a US prison before being deported and given asylum by Great Britain in 1955. Looking at the contents of the FBI file on Jones, Boyce Davies contrasts Jones's own narration of her life with the federal government's. Left of Karl Marx establishes Jones as a significant figure within Caribbean intellectual traditions, black US feminism, and the history of communism.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/notes-and-sketches-of-new-south-wales-during-a-residence-1839-to-1844-illustrated-by-louisa-anne-meredith--65152124https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Notes and Sketches of New South Wales during a residence 1839 to 1844 (Illustrated) Author: Louisa Anne Meredith Narrator: Amy Soakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 24, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the summer of 1839, 26-year-old Louisa Anne Meredith, in the company of her husband, Charles Meredith, sailed from England to the British colony of New South Wales, in what was then New Holland.   Four years later, she published a detailed account of theyears since she had left England. A fascinating window into the past, Louisa's impressions and experiences cover the four-month ocean voyage; life within the fledgling city of Sydney; travels across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst; and eventual settlement at Homebush in Sydney's west. Vivid observations of Sydney as it was in the 1840s combine with descriptions of flora, fauna and the general way of life in the colony, all told through the eyes of a well-educated, articulate and well-to-do woman who had come from a very different climate and upbringing to that she found in Australia.   Louisa was a naturalist, author and illustrator and her eye for detail provides a historically significant document giving a unique window into early Australian settlement. From descriptions of polite society, to hardships of drought and overland travel; from architecture to politics, convicts to aboriginal customs, Louisa's keen wit and clever insight provide a fascinating account of life in colonial Australia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502155Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Notes and Sketches of New South Wales during a residence 1839 to 1844 (Illustrated) Author: Louisa Anne Meredith Narrator: Amy Soakes Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Notes and Sketches of New South Wales during a residence 1839 to 1844 (Illustrated) Author: Louisa Anne Meredith Narrator: Amy Soakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 24, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the summer of 1839, 26-year-old Louisa Anne Meredith, in the company of her husband, Charles Meredith, sailed from England to the British colony of New South Wales, in what was then New Holland.   Four years later, she published a detailed account of theyears since she had left England. A fascinating window into the past, Louisa's impressions and experiences cover the four-month ocean voyage; life within the fledgling city of Sydney; travels across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst; and eventual settlement at Homebush in Sydney's west. Vivid observations of Sydney as it was in the 1840s combine with descriptions of flora, fauna and the general way of life in the colony, all told through the eyes of a well-educated, articulate and well-to-do woman who had come from a very different climate and upbringing to that she found in Australia.   Louisa was a naturalist, author and illustrator and her eye for detail provides a historically significant document giving a unique window into early Australian settlement. From descriptions of polite society, to hardships of drought and overland travel; from architecture to politics, convicts to aboriginal customs, Louisa's keen wit and clever insight provide a fascinating account of life in colonial Australia.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-hit-me-by-vanessa-de-largie--65152099https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/500268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Hit Me! Author: Vanessa De Largie Narrator: Vanessa De Largie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 24, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Australian actress and author Vanessa de Largie is a survivor of domestic violence. Don't Hit Me! is the true diarised account of her time living with an abusive man. The story is conveyed through poems, journal entries and fragments of lyrical prose. The book is a snapshot of domestic violence in real time. Raw, poignant and brave - it's a tale that will stay with you.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/500268Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/500268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Hit Me! Author: Vanessa De Largie Narrator: Vanessa De Largie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/500268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Hit Me! Author: Vanessa De Largie Narrator: Vanessa De Largie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 24, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Australian actress and author Vanessa de Largie is a survivor of domestic violence. Don't Hit Me! is the true diarised account of her time living with an abusive man. The story is conveyed through poems, journal entries and fragments of lyrical prose. The book is a snapshot of domestic violence in real time. Raw, poignant and brave - it's a tale that will stay with you.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-als-landhebamme-unterwegs-by-rosalie-linner--65152128https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/510410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Als Landhebamme unterwegs Author: Rosalie Linner Narrator: Rosalie Linner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 20, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Rosalie Linner hat bereits mit ihrem 'Tagebuch einer Landhebamme' für Aufsehen gesorgt. Im vorliegenden Band bringt sie eine Reihe von neuen, bisher unveröffentlichten autobiographischen Texten über ihre Tätigkeit als Landhebamme: Lebendig werden all die großen und kleinen Freuden und Leiden geschildert, mit denen man in diesem Beruf konfrontiert ist; wir hören von reichen Bauern, denen nur noch die Erfüllung des Kinderwunsches zum Glück fehlt, von armen Schluckern, für die der Kindersegen eher eine Belastung ist, von den Intrigen, denen man manchmal auch in einem helfenden Beruf ausgesetzt ist, ebenso wie von überschwänglicher Dankbarkeit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/510410Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/510410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Als Landhebamme unterwegs Author: Rosalie Linner Narrator: Rosalie Linner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/510410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Als Landhebamme unterwegs Author: Rosalie Linner Narrator: Rosalie Linner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 20, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Rosalie Linner hat bereits mit ihrem 'Tagebuch einer Landhebamme' für Aufsehen gesorgt. Im vorliegenden Band bringt sie eine Reihe von neuen, bisher unveröffentlichten autobiographischen Texten über ihre Tätigkeit als Landhebamme: Lebendig werden all die großen und kleinen Freuden und Leiden geschildert, mit denen man in diesem Beruf konfrontiert ist; wir hören von reichen Bauern, denen nur noch die Erfüllung des Kinderwunsches zum Glück fehlt, von armen Schluckern, für die der Kindersegen eher eine Belastung ist, von den Intrigen, denen man manchmal auch in einem helfenden Beruf ausgesetzt ist, ebenso wie von überschwänglicher Dankbarkeit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fidelis-a-memoir-by-teresa-fazio--65152251https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fidelis: A Memoir Author: Teresa Fazio Narrator: Teresa Fazio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In 1998, Teresa Fazio signed up for the Marine Corps' ROTC program to pay her way through MIT. After the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001, leading to the War on Terror, she graduated with a physics degree into a very different world, owing the Marines four years of active duty. At twenty-three years old and five foot one, Fazio was the youngest and smallest officer in her battalion; the combined effect of her short hair, glasses, and baggy camo was less Hurt Locker than Harry Potter Goes to War. She cut an incongruous figure commanding more experienced troops in an active war zone, where vulnerability was not only taboo but potentially lethal. In this coming-of-age story set in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fazio struggles with her past, her sense of authority, and her womanhood. Anger stifles her fear and uncertainty. A forbidden affair placates her need for love and security. But emptiness, guilt, and nightmares plague Fazio through her deployment—and follow her back home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464957Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fidelis: A Memoir Author: Teresa Fazio Narrator: Teresa Fazio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464957 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fidelis: A Memoir Author: Teresa Fazio Narrator: Teresa Fazio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In 1998, Teresa Fazio signed up for the Marine Corps' ROTC program to pay her way through MIT. After the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001, leading to the War on Terror, she graduated with a physics degree into a very different world, owing the Marines four years of active duty. At twenty-three years old and five foot one, Fazio was the youngest and smallest officer in her battalion; the combined effect of her short hair, glasses, and baggy camo was less Hurt Locker than Harry Potter Goes to War. She cut an incongruous figure commanding more experienced troops in an active war zone, where vulnerability was not only taboo but potentially lethal. In this coming-of-age story set in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fazio struggles with her past, her sense of authority, and her womanhood. Anger stifles her fear and uncertainty. A forbidden affair placates her need for love and security. But emptiness, guilt, and nightmares plague Fazio through her deployment—and follow her back home.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bravest-voices-a-memoir-of-two-sisters-heroism-during-the-nazi-era-by-ida-cook--65152142https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/466836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bravest Voices: A Memoir of Two Sisters' Heroism During the Nazi Era Author: Ida Cook Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This timeless memoir documents two sisters’ bravery leading up to WWII—a singular historical account that shines a light on one of humanity’s darkest hours. Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable jobs—Ida as a budding romance novelist and Louise as a civil service typist. But in 1923, a chance hearing of an aria from Madame Butterfly sparked a passion for opera in the sisters that led to the formation of friendships with some of Europe’s leading singers and their network, many of them Jewish. As the Nazis rose to power, Ida and Louise began working with the opera world’s insiders to save members of the community from persecution and death. Through ingenuity, thrift and bottomless goodwill, the sisters eluded the suspicion of the Nazis and helped secure safe passage for dozens of refugees. No one would have predicted such daring lives for Ida and Louise Cook—but that underestimation is exactly how they were able to save lives. First published in 1950, Ida’s memoir of the adventures she and Louise shared remains as fresh, vital and entertaining as the woman who wrote it, and is a moving testament to the extraordinary acts of courage by two everyday heroes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/466836Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/466836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bravest Voices: A Memoir of Two Sisters' Heroism During the Nazi Era Author: Ida Cook Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/466836 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bravest Voices: A Memoir of Two Sisters' Heroism During the Nazi Era Author: Ida Cook Narrator: Heather Wilds Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This timeless memoir documents two sisters’ bravery leading up to WWII—a singular historical account that shines a light on one of humanity’s darkest hours. Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable jobs—Ida as a budding romance novelist and Louise as a civil service typist. But in 1923, a chance hearing of an aria from Madame Butterfly sparked a passion for opera in the sisters that led to the formation of friendships with some of Europe’s leading singers and their network, many of them Jewish. As the Nazis rose to power, Ida and Louise began working with the opera world’s insiders to save members of the community from persecution and death. Through ingenuity, thrift and bottomless goodwill, the sisters eluded the suspicion of the Nazis and helped secure safe passage for dozens of refugees. No one would have predicted such daring lives for Ida and Louise Cook—but that underestimation is exactly how they were able to save lives. First published in 1950, Ida’s memoir of the adventures she and Louise shared remains as fresh, vital and entertaining as the woman who wrote it, and is a moving testament to the extraordinary acts of courage by two everyday heroes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-earth-in-her-hands-75-extraordinary-women-working-in-the-world-of-plants-by-jennifer-jewell--65152200https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants Author: Jennifer Jewell Narrator: Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces seventy-five inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. Profiled women include flower farmer Erin Benzakein; codirector of Soul Fire Farm Leah Penniman; plantswoman Flora Grubb; edible and cultural landscape designer Leslie Bennett; Caribbean-American writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid; soil scientist Elaine Ingham; landscape designer Ariella Chezar; floral designer Amy Merrick, and many more. Rich with personal stories and insights, Jewell's portraits reveal a devotion that transcends age, locale, and background, reminding us of the profound role of green growing things in our world—and our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457833Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants Author: Jennifer Jewell Narrator: Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants Author: Jennifer Jewell Narrator: Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell—host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place—introduces seventy-five inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. Profiled women include flower farmer Erin Benzakein; codirector of Soul Fire Farm Leah Penniman; plantswoman Flora Grubb; edible and cultural landscape designer Leslie Bennett; Caribbean-American writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid; soil scientist Elaine Ingham; landscape designer Ariella Chezar; floral designer Amy Merrick, and many more. Rich with personal stories and insights, Jewell's portraits reveal a devotion that transcends age, locale, and background, reminding us of the profound role of green growing things in our world—and our lives.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/battle-scars-by-dinaaz-lentin-dr-patrick-weinrauch--65152101https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Scars Author: Dinaaz Lentin, Dr Patrick Weinrauch Narrator: Dr Patrick Weinrauch, Dinaaz Lentin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A courageous memoir that spans 40 years of Dinaaz's life experiences within our health care system. The story is raw, thought provoking and a brilliant look at complications and uncertainties when a medical challenge being faced is rare and uncertain. An extremely powerful example of how self-belief and trusting your own gut instinct can allow you to overcome any of life's challenges. 'A must (listen) for every doctor and medical student.' - Dr Stephen Thornley. 'Battle Scars is very valuable to inspire people to not lose hope, and also for physicians to keep updating and deepening their study in medicine and their respective specialties.' - Dr (Professor) Jenaro Fernández-Valencia, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Barcelona, Spain 'Battle Scars beautifully illustrates the human impact of our profession upon those whom we serve. Reflecting on Dinaaz's experience provides a strong reminder about what it is like to be a patient on the receiving side of complications, disappointment and uncertainty. Despite significant adversity, her perseverance, resilience and compassion represent an inspirational story of personal character and strength.' - Dr Patrick Weinrauch (Orthopedic Surgeon) 'What a tragedy it would have been if Dinaaz had given up. I'm very glad I read this book.' - Dr Andrew Cook 'An exploration of issues that doctors may wish to explore before they become patients themselves.' - Zehra Bharucha]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499599Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Scars Author: Dinaaz Lentin, Dr Patrick Weinrauch Narrator: Dr Patrick Weinrauch, Dinaaz Lentin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/499599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battle Scars Author: Dinaaz Lentin, Dr Patrick Weinrauch Narrator: Dr Patrick Weinrauch, Dinaaz Lentin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A courageous memoir that spans 40 years of Dinaaz's life experiences within our health care system. The story is raw, thought provoking and a brilliant look at complications and uncertainties when a medical challenge being faced is rare and uncertain. An extremely powerful example of how self-belief and trusting your own gut instinct can allow you to overcome any of life's challenges. 'A must (listen) for every doctor and medical student.' - Dr Stephen Thornley. 'Battle Scars is very valuable to inspire people to not lose hope, and also for physicians to keep updating and deepening their study in medicine and their respective specialties.' - Dr (Professor) Jenaro Fernández-Valencia, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Barcelona, Spain 'Battle Scars beautifully illustrates the human impact of our profession upon those whom we serve. Reflecting on Dinaaz's experience provides a strong reminder about what it is like to be a patient on the receiving side of complications, disappointment and uncertainty. Despite significant adversity, her perseverance, resilience and compassion represent an inspirational story of personal character and strength.' - Dr Patrick Weinrauch (Orthopedic Surgeon) 'What a tragedy it would have been if Dinaaz had given up. I'm very glad I read this book.' - Dr Andrew Cook 'An exploration of issues that doctors may wish to explore before they become patients themselves.' - Zehra Bharucha]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/field-notes-from-an-unintentional-birder-a-memoir-by-julia-zarankin--65152138https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir Author: Julia Zarankin Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn’t expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled into birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans who wear multi-pocketed vests, carry spotting scopes, and discuss the finer points of optics with disturbing fervour. What she never could have predicted was that she would become one of them. Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder follows the peregrinations of a narrator who learns more from birds than she ever anticipated, finding new meaning in midlife. Coming from a Russian immigrant family of concert pianists who believed that the outdoors were for “other people,” she recounts the challenges and joys of unexpectedly discovering one’s wild side and finding one’s tribe in the unlikeliest of places. Not only does she come to identify proudly as a birder, but birding ultimately leads her to find love, uncover a new language, and lay down roots. Her thoughtful and witty observations about that journey illuminate the joyful experience of discovery and offer keen insight into what it takes to find one’s place in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492372Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir Author: Julia Zarankin Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/492372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir Author: Julia Zarankin Narrator: Nan Mcnamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2021 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn’t expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled into birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans who wear multi-pocketed vests, carry spotting scopes, and discuss the finer points of optics with disturbing fervour. What she never could have predicted was that she would become one of them. Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder follows the peregrinations of a narrator who learns more from birds than she ever anticipated, finding new meaning in midlife. Coming from a Russian immigrant family of concert pianists who believed that the outdoors were for “other people,” she recounts the challenges and joys of unexpectedly discovering one’s wild side and finding one’s tribe in the unlikeliest of places. Not only does she come to identify proudly as a birder, but birding ultimately leads her to find love, uncover a new language, and lay down roots. Her thoughtful and witty observations about that journey illuminate the joyful experience of discovery and offer keen insight into what it takes to find one’s place in the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raising-your-kids-without-losing-your-cool-by-shantelle-bisson--65152184https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool Author: Shantelle Bisson Narrator: Shantelle Bisson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 22, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Harried mother of three Shantelle Bisson guides you through raising a family, all while keeping your cool! Let's face it—raising children can take a wrecking ball to your ambitions, your finances, your relationships, even your health. But, as mother of three Shantelle Bisson will tell you, it doesn't have to be that way. In Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool, Shantelle sets out how to get ready for baby's arrival, helps you through the big push, lays it all out on breastfeeding, and makes sure you don't forget to keep having sex. Plus, she'll help you navigate the perils of helicopter parenting, children on social media, and even gender-reveal parties, and answer the burning question: Is that really cool?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462604Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool Author: Shantelle Bisson Narrator: Shantelle Bisson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool Author: Shantelle Bisson Narrator: Shantelle Bisson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 22, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Harried mother of three Shantelle Bisson guides you through raising a family, all while keeping your cool! Let's face it—raising children can take a wrecking ball to your ambitions, your finances, your relationships, even your health. But, as mother of three Shantelle Bisson will tell you, it doesn't have to be that way. In Raising Your Kids Without Losing Your Cool, Shantelle sets out how to get ready for baby's arrival, helps you through the big push, lays it all out on breastfeeding, and makes sure you don't forget to keep having sex. Plus, she'll help you navigate the perils of helicopter parenting, children on social media, and even gender-reveal parties, and answer the burning question: Is that really cool?]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girls-in-my-town-essays-by-angela-morales--65152267https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls in My Town: Essays Author: Angela Morales Narrator: Kyla García Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother's childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood. She writes about her parents' appliance store and how she escaped from it, the bowling alley that provided refuge, and the strange and beautiful things she sees while riding her bike in the early mornings. She remembers fighting for equal rights for girls as a sixth grader, calling the cops when her parents fought, and listening with her mother to Helen Reddy's 'I Am Woman,' the soundtrack of her parents' divorce. Poignant, serious, and funny, Morales's book is both a coming-of-age story and an exploration of how a writer discovers her voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453541Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls in My Town: Essays Author: Angela Morales Narrator: Kyla García Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453541 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls in My Town: Essays Author: Angela Morales Narrator: Kyla García Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother's childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood. She writes about her parents' appliance store and how she escaped from it, the bowling alley that provided refuge, and the strange and beautiful things she sees while riding her bike in the early mornings. She remembers fighting for equal rights for girls as a sixth grader, calling the cops when her parents fought, and listening with her mother to Helen Reddy's 'I Am Woman,' the soundtrack of her parents' divorce. Poignant, serious, and funny, Morales's book is both a coming-of-age story and an exploration of how a writer discovers her voice.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ruthie-fear-a-novel-by-maxim-loskutoff--65152241https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthie Fear: A Novel Author: Maxim Loskutoff Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: As a child in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Its presence haunts her throughout her youth. Raised in a trailer by her stubborn, bowhunting father, Ruthie develops a powerful connection with the natural world but struggles to find her place in a society shaped by men. Development, gun violence, and her father's vendettas threaten her mountain home. As she comes of age, her small community begins to fracture in the face of class tension and encroaching natural disaster, and the creature she saw long ago reappears as a portent of the valley's final reckoning. An entirely new kind of western and the first novel from one of this generation's most wildly imaginative writers, Ruthie Fear captures the destruction and rebirth of the modern American West with warmth, urgency, and grandeur. The Technicolor bursts of action that test Ruthie's commitment to the valley and its people invite us to look closer at our nation's complicated legacy of manifest destiny, mass shootings, and environmental destruction. Anchored by its unforgettable heroine, Ruthie Fear presents the rural West as a place balanced on a knife-edge, at war with itself, but still unbearably beautiful and full of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthie Fear: A Novel Author: Maxim Loskutoff Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthie Fear: A Novel Author: Maxim Loskutoff Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: As a child in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Its presence haunts her throughout her youth. Raised in a trailer by her stubborn, bowhunting father, Ruthie develops a powerful connection with the natural world but struggles to find her place in a society shaped by men. Development, gun violence, and her father's vendettas threaten her mountain home. As she comes of age, her small community begins to fracture in the face of class tension and encroaching natural disaster, and the creature she saw long ago reappears as a portent of the valley's final reckoning. An entirely new kind of western and the first novel from one of this generation's most wildly imaginative writers, Ruthie Fear captures the destruction and rebirth of the modern American West with warmth, urgency, and grandeur. The Technicolor bursts of action that test Ruthie's commitment to the valley and its people invite us to look closer at our nation's complicated legacy of manifest destiny, mass shootings, and environmental destruction. Anchored by its unforgettable heroine, Ruthie Fear presents the rural West as a place balanced on a knife-edge, at war with itself, but still unbearably beautiful and full of love.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/making-trouble-tongued-with-fire-an-imagined-history-of-harriet-elphinstone-dick-alice-c-moon-by-sue-ingleton--65152108https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Trouble - Tongued with Fire: An Imagined History of Harriet Elphinstone Dick & Alice C Moon Author: Sue Ingleton Narrator: Sue Ingleton, Jennifer Vuletic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: December 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the cold winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits leave England for the raw heat of Australia. Harriet Rowell, 22 a champion swimmer in a time when women didn’t go into the sea and Alice Moon, 18, a budding scientist and writer. In a time when men coersed women to believe if they didn’t bind their bodies in whalebone corsets they would collapse and ruin their childbearing purpose, they were athletic and strong. In a time when many women loved each other but held such love secretly for fear of retribution, they openly declared their love. The patriarchy still does not so much fear lesbian women but rather chooses to believe that they do not exist- how can a woman have sex without a man? In Australia, they will achieve their freedom and create a path for others to follow! They open a Women’s Gymnasium and begin to teach mothers and daughters how to trust, daring them to throw off the shackles of fashion and social laws that bound their natural female bodies and minds. With courageous defiance and rebellious natures, Harriet and Alice take on the world at a dangerous time for women’s freedom of expression. Love ends. Alice breaks free from Harriet’s life and, as an author, pursues her own destiny with new friends living in Sydney. Harriet, rejected and in despair, struggling to come to terms with their painful separation sells up and futilely follows her. But tragedy strikes. Alice, who all her life has laughed in the face of death and danger, suddenly and inexplicably dies. She is thirty-seven. Thrown into turmoil, her female friends build a wall of silence around the shocking death. Their suspicions rest upon a powerful, chauvinistic scientist, John McGarvie Smith, with whom Alice had been working on her forthcoming book on Bacteriology. They leave a public accusation on her gravestone, ‘When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble’-a clue for a future woman to bring justice. I am that woman. Enjoy my feminist humour!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495383Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Trouble - Tongued with Fire: An Imagined History of Harriet Elphinstone Dick & Alice C Moon Author: Sue Ingleton Narrator: Sue Ingleton,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Trouble - Tongued with Fire: An Imagined History of Harriet Elphinstone Dick & Alice C Moon Author: Sue Ingleton Narrator: Sue Ingleton, Jennifer Vuletic Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: December 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the cold winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits leave England for the raw heat of Australia. Harriet Rowell, 22 a champion swimmer in a time when women didn’t go into the sea and Alice Moon, 18, a budding scientist and writer. In a time when men coersed women to believe if they didn’t bind their bodies in whalebone corsets they would collapse and ruin their childbearing purpose, they were athletic and strong. In a time when many women loved each other but held such love secretly for fear of retribution, they openly declared their love. The patriarchy still does not so much fear lesbian women but rather chooses to believe that they do not exist- how can a woman have sex without a man? In Australia, they will achieve their freedom and create a path for others to follow! They open a Women’s Gymnasium and begin to teach mothers and daughters how to trust, daring them to throw off the shackles of fashion and social laws that bound their natural female bodies and minds. With courageous defiance and rebellious natures, Harriet and Alice take on the world at a dangerous time for women’s freedom of expression. Love ends. Alice breaks free from Harriet’s life and, as an author, pursues her own destiny with new friends living in Sydney. Harriet, rejected and in despair, struggling to come to terms with their painful separation sells up and futilely follows her. But tragedy strikes. Alice, who all her life has laughed in the face of death and danger, suddenly and inexplicably dies. She is thirty-seven. Thrown into turmoil, her female friends build a wall of silence around the shocking death. Their suspicions rest upon a powerful, chauvinistic scientist, John McGarvie Smith, with whom Alice had been working on her forthcoming book on Bacteriology. They leave a public accusation on her gravestone, ‘When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble’-a clue for a future woman to bring justice. I am that woman. Enjoy my feminist humour!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rude-stop-being-nice-and-start-being-bold-by-rebecca-reid--65152236https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold Author: Rebecca Reid Narrator: Rebecca Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A timely and entertaining exploration of why ambitious women are often perceived as rude and how the power of rudeness can be harnessed in relationships, in bed, at work, and in everyday life. During a TV interview with a comedian, journalist Rebecca Reid found herself unable to get a word in edgewise. So, when she put her finger to her lips and shushed him, she became instantly known on the internet as “Rebecca Rude.” It was only then that she realized that being rude could actually be her superpower. A captivating blend of advice and pop culture, this “breezy feminist guide” (Publishers Weekly) shows you how to use the power of boldness in every area of your life. Exploring famous women who have been perceived as rude—including Princess Margaret, Anna Wintour, Taylor Swift, Meghan Markle, and others—Rude demonstrates how those women used their “rudeness” to get what they want and deserve out of life. Reid also addresses whether there are different rules of rudeness for women compared to men (yes, there are) and how being taught not to be rude actually prevents women from being successful—especially because when women are assertive, they are often judged as being aggressive. And while there’s a place for politeness, Rebecca argues that it’s never a bad time to stand up for yourself and achieve your dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434837Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold Author: Rebecca Reid Narrator: Rebecca Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold Author: Rebecca Reid Narrator: Rebecca Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A timely and entertaining exploration of why ambitious women are often perceived as rude and how the power of rudeness can be harnessed in relationships, in bed, at work, and in everyday life. During a TV interview with a comedian, journalist Rebecca Reid found herself unable to get a word in edgewise. So, when she put her finger to her lips and shushed him, she became instantly known on the internet as “Rebecca Rude.” It was only then that she realized that being rude could actually be her superpower. A captivating blend of advice and pop culture, this “breezy feminist guide” (Publishers Weekly) shows you how to use the power of boldness in every area of your life. Exploring famous women who have been perceived as rude—including Princess Margaret, Anna Wintour, Taylor Swift, Meghan Markle, and others—Rude demonstrates how those women used their “rudeness” to get what they want and deserve out of life. Reid also addresses whether there are different rules of rudeness for women compared to men (yes, there are) and how being taught not to be rude actually prevents women from being successful—especially because when women are assertive, they are often judged as being aggressive. And while there’s a place for politeness, Rebecca argues that it’s never a bad time to stand up for yourself and achieve your dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-woman-of-valor-clara-barton-and-the-civil-war-by-stephen-b-oates--65152153https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War Author: Stephen B. Oates Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a thirty-nine-year-old woman, who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. Now, award-winning author Stephen B. Oates, drawing on archival materials not used by her previous biographers, has written the first complete account of Clara Barton's active engagement in the Civil War. By the summer of 1862, with no institutional affiliation or official government appointment, but impelled by a sense of duty and a need to heal, she made her way to the front lines and the heat of battle. Oates tells the dramatic story of this woman who gave the world a new definition of courage, supplying medical relief to the wounded at some of the most famous battles of the war—including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battery Wagner, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg. Committed to healing soldiers' spirits as well as their bodies, she served not only as nurse and relief worker, but as surrogate mother, sister, wife, or sweetheart to thousands of sick, wounded, and dying men.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447157Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War Author: Stephen B. Oates Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 17...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War Author: Stephen B. Oates Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 17 minutes Release date: December 1, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a thirty-nine-year-old woman, who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. Now, award-winning author Stephen B. Oates, drawing on archival materials not used by her previous biographers, has written the first complete account of Clara Barton's active engagement in the Civil War. By the summer of 1862, with no institutional affiliation or official government appointment, but impelled by a sense of duty and a need to heal, she made her way to the front lines and the heat of battle. Oates tells the dramatic story of this woman who gave the world a new definition of courage, supplying medical relief to the wounded at some of the most famous battles of the war—including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Battery Wagner, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg. Committed to healing soldiers' spirits as well as their bodies, she served not only as nurse and relief worker, but as surrogate mother, sister, wife, or sweetheart to thousands of sick, wounded, and dying men.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-hate-men-by-pauline-harmange--65152180https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Hate Men Author: Pauline Harmange Narrator: Emily Lucienne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The feminist book they tried to ban in France ‘A delightful book’ Roxane Gay Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.) But what if mistrusting men, disliking men – and yes, maybe even hating men – is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? What if such a response offers a way out of oppression, a means of resistance? What if it even offers a path to joy, solidarity and sisterhood? In this sparkling essay, as mischievous and provocative as it is urgent and serious, Pauline Harmange interrogates modern attitudes to feminism and makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other – and themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460589Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Hate Men Author: Pauline Harmange Narrator: Emily Lucienne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 26, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Hate Men Author: Pauline Harmange Narrator: Emily Lucienne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The feminist book they tried to ban in France ‘A delightful book’ Roxane Gay Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.) But what if mistrusting men, disliking men – and yes, maybe even hating men – is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? What if such a response offers a way out of oppression, a means of resistance? What if it even offers a path to joy, solidarity and sisterhood? In this sparkling essay, as mischievous and provocative as it is urgent and serious, Pauline Harmange interrogates modern attitudes to feminism and makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other – and themselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girl-stop-passing-out-in-your-makeup-the-bad-girl-s-guide-to-getting-your-sh-t-together-by-zara-barrie--65152242https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together Author: Zara Barrie Narrator: Zara Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Finally, a self-help book for the millennial party girl who hates bullshit advice from 'experts' who know nothing about the trauma of drinking and sex, the acute pressure of keeping up with the rest of the Adderall poppin' world, and the insecurity that comes along with feeling like you have to be thin and gorgeous and sparkly in order to be seen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436147Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together Author: Zara Barrie Narrator: Zara Barrie Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together Author: Zara Barrie Narrator: Zara Barrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Finally, a self-help book for the millennial party girl who hates bullshit advice from 'experts' who know nothing about the trauma of drinking and sex, the acute pressure of keeping up with the rest of the Adderall poppin' world, and the insecurity that comes along with feeling like you have to be thin and gorgeous and sparkly in order to be seen.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sridevi-the-eternal-screen-goddess-by-satyarth-nayak--65152145https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess Author: Satyarth Nayak Narrator: Shaayan Bhattacharya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Hailed as the first pan-Indian female superstar in an era which literally offered actresses crumbs, Sridevi tamed Hindi cinema like no other. Beginning her affair with the camera when she was four, this doe-eyed beauty conquered Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada industries with performances etched in gold. Taking Hindi cinema by storm with Himmatwala in 1983, Sridevi emerged as one of the most iconic screen goddesses of India, playing characters that went on to become cultural touchstones. A supreme artiste who had mastered all the nine rasas, her comedy was peerless, her dances legendary, her histrionics awe-inspiring and her life a study in contrast, electric on screen, strangely reticent off it. Besides reigning as queen bee for the longest spell among Hindi heroines, she also remains the only actress who was No.1 in Tamil and Telugu cinema as well. Such was Sridevi's megastardom that she emerged as the 'hero' at the box office, towering above her male co-actors. Challenging patriarchy in Bollywood like no other, she not only exalted the status of the Hindi film heroine but also empowered a whole generation of audiences. After a hiatus of fifteen years, she shattered the rules again by becoming the only Bollywood diva to make a triumphant comeback in 2012 with the globally acclaimed English Vinglish. If her life played out forever in the limelight, so did her sudden demise in 2018. Charting five decades of her larger-than-life magic, this book celebrates both the phenomenon and the person Sridevi was. This is her journey from child star to one of our greatest movie luminaries who forever changed the narrative of Indian cinema.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498570Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess Author: Satyarth Nayak Narrator: Shaayan Bhattacharya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess Author: Satyarth Nayak Narrator: Shaayan Bhattacharya Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Hailed as the first pan-Indian female superstar in an era which literally offered actresses crumbs, Sridevi tamed Hindi cinema like no other. Beginning her affair with the camera when she was four, this doe-eyed beauty conquered Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada industries with performances etched in gold. Taking Hindi cinema by storm with Himmatwala in 1983, Sridevi emerged as one of the most iconic screen goddesses of India, playing characters that went on to become cultural touchstones. A supreme artiste who had mastered all the nine rasas, her comedy was peerless, her dances legendary, her histrionics awe-inspiring and her life a study in contrast, electric on screen, strangely reticent off it. Besides reigning as queen bee for the longest spell among Hindi heroines, she also remains the only actress who was No.1 in Tamil and Telugu cinema as well. Such was Sridevi's megastardom that she emerged as the 'hero' at the box office, towering above her male co-actors. Challenging patriarchy in Bollywood like no other, she not only exalted the status of the Hindi film heroine but also empowered a whole generation of audiences. After a hiatus of fifteen years, she shattered the rules again by becoming the only Bollywood diva to make a triumphant comeback in 2012 with the globally acclaimed English Vinglish. If her life played out forever in the limelight, so did her sudden demise in 2018. Charting five decades of her larger-than-life magic, this book celebrates both the phenomenon and the person Sridevi was. This is her journey from child star to one of our greatest movie luminaries who forever changed the narrative of Indian cinema.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/healed-how-cancer-gave-me-a-new-life-by-manisha-koirala-neelam-kumar--65152119https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Healed: How Cancer Gave Me a New Life  Author: Manisha Koirala, Neelam Kumar Narrator: Aishwarya Singh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Healed is the powerful, moving and deeply personal story of actor Manisha Koirala's battle against ovarian cancer. From her treatment in the US and the wonderful care provided by the oncologists there to how she rebuilt her life once she returned home, the book takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride through her many fears and struggles and shows how she eventually came out triumphant. Today, as she completes six years of being cancer-free, she shares her story-one marked by apprehensions, disappointments and uncertainties-and the lessons she learnt along the way. Through her journey, she unravels cancer for us and inspires us to not buckle under its fear, but emerge alive, kicking and victorious.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498577Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Healed: How Cancer Gave Me a New Life  Author: Manisha Koirala, Neelam Kumar Narrator: Aishwarya Singh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/498577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Healed: How Cancer Gave Me a New Life  Author: Manisha Koirala, Neelam Kumar Narrator: Aishwarya Singh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 3 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Healed is the powerful, moving and deeply personal story of actor Manisha Koirala's battle against ovarian cancer. From her treatment in the US and the wonderful care provided by the oncologists there to how she rebuilt her life once she returned home, the book takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride through her many fears and struggles and shows how she eventually came out triumphant. Today, as she completes six years of being cancer-free, she shares her story-one marked by apprehensions, disappointments and uncertainties-and the lessons she learnt along the way. Through her journey, she unravels cancer for us and inspires us to not buckle under its fear, but emerge alive, kicking and victorious.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kindness-of-strangers-by-salka-viertel--65152265https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kindness of Strangers Author: Salka Viertel Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A memoir about showbiz in the early twentieth century that travels from the theaters of Vienna, Prague, and Berlin, to Hollywood during the golden age. Salka Viertel's autobiography tells of a brilliant, creative, and well-connected woman's pilgrimage through the darkest years of the twentieth century, a journey that would take her from a remote province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hollywood. The Kindness of Strangers is, to quote the New Yorker writer S. N. Behrman, 'a very rich book. It provides a panorama of the dissolving civilizations of the twentieth century. In all of them the author lived at the apex of their culture and artistic aristocracies. Her childhood . . . is an entrancing idyll. In Berlin, in Prague, in Vienna, there appears Karl Kraus, Kafka, Rilke, Robert Musil, Schoenberg, Einstein, Alban Berg. There is the suffering and disruption of the First World War and the suffering and agony after it, which is described with such intimacy and vividness that you endure these terrible years with the author. Then comes the migration to Hollywood, where Salka's house on Mabery Road becomes a kind of Pantheon for the gathered artists, musicians, and writers. It seems to me that no one has ever described Hollywood and the life of writers there with such verve.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449750Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kindness of Strangers Author: Salka Viertel Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/449750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Kindness of Strangers Author: Salka Viertel Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: A memoir about showbiz in the early twentieth century that travels from the theaters of Vienna, Prague, and Berlin, to Hollywood during the golden age. Salka Viertel's autobiography tells of a brilliant, creative, and well-connected woman's pilgrimage through the darkest years of the twentieth century, a journey that would take her from a remote province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hollywood. The Kindness of Strangers is, to quote the New Yorker writer S. N. Behrman, 'a very rich book. It provides a panorama of the dissolving civilizations of the twentieth century. In all of them the author lived at the apex of their culture and artistic aristocracies. Her childhood . . . is an entrancing idyll. In Berlin, in Prague, in Vienna, there appears Karl Kraus, Kafka, Rilke, Robert Musil, Schoenberg, Einstein, Alban Berg. There is the suffering and disruption of the First World War and the suffering and agony after it, which is described with such intimacy and vividness that you endure these terrible years with the author. Then comes the migration to Hollywood, where Salka's house on Mabery Road becomes a kind of Pantheon for the gathered artists, musicians, and writers. It seems to me that no one has ever described Hollywood and the life of writers there with such verve.']]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nothing-bad-between-us-a-mennonite-missionary-s-daughter-finds-healing-in-her-brokenness-by-marlena-fiol--65152133https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nothing Bad between Us: A Mennonite Missionary’s Daughter Finds Healing in Her Brokenness Author: Marlena Fiol Narrator: Pamela Almand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: After being publicly humiliated in front of her entire close-knit Mennonite community, Marlena Fiol didn’t know how she would recover. Follow her journey from an abusive upbringing in Paraguay to escape, love, and loss in the United States and finally on to forgiveness and reconciliation. Discover a story of healing and personal transformation. Marlena’s childhood was full of contradictions. Her father was both a heroic doctor for people with leprosy and an abusive parent. Her Mennonite missionary community was both a devoted tribe and a controlling society. And Marlena longed to both be accepted in Paraguay and escape to somewhere new. In Nothing Bad between Us, follow Marlena’s journey as she takes control of her life and learns to be her authentic self, scars and imperfections included. Uncover inner peace—and inner strength. Nothing Bad between Us is a story of brokenness and eventual redemption that taps into our collective yearning for healing and forgiveness. As you read Marlena’s story, you will: Learn how to forgive yourself and others without giving up your personal growth and self-confidenceDiscover that transformation and redemption often exist even in the most broken parts of who you areFind out how to stand in your power, knowing that vulnerability won’t lead to your downfall, but to increasing courage, connection, and authenticityReaders of memoirs about family, self-healing, and the strength of a woman like The Glass Castle, Love Warrior, and Leaving the Witness will be captivated by Nothing Bad between Us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503241Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nothing Bad between Us: A Mennonite Missionary’s Daughter Finds Healing in Her Brokenness Author: Marlena Fiol Narrator: Pamela Almand Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/503241 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nothing Bad between Us: A Mennonite Missionary’s Daughter Finds Healing in Her Brokenness Author: Marlena Fiol Narrator: Pamela Almand Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: After being publicly humiliated in front of her entire close-knit Mennonite community, Marlena Fiol didn’t know how she would recover. Follow her journey from an abusive upbringing in Paraguay to escape, love, and loss in the United States and finally on to forgiveness and reconciliation. Discover a story of healing and personal transformation. Marlena’s childhood was full of contradictions. Her father was both a heroic doctor for people with leprosy and an abusive parent. Her Mennonite missionary community was both a devoted tribe and a controlling society. And Marlena longed to both be accepted in Paraguay and escape to somewhere new. In Nothing Bad between Us, follow Marlena’s journey as she takes control of her life and learns to be her authentic self, scars and imperfections included. Uncover inner peace—and inner strength. Nothing Bad between Us is a story of brokenness and eventual redemption that taps into our collective yearning for healing and forgiveness. As you read Marlena’s story, you will: Learn how to forgive yourself and others without giving up your personal growth and self-confidenceDiscover that transformation and redemption often exist even in the most broken parts of who you areFind out how to stand in your power, knowing that vulnerability won’t lead to your downfall, but to increasing courage, connection, and authenticityReaders of memoirs about family, self-healing, and the strength of a woman like The Glass Castle, Love Warrior, and Leaving the Witness will be captivated by Nothing Bad between Us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-crazy-for-life-verliebt-ins-leben-by-corinna-rosa-falkenberg--65152091https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Crazy for Life: Verliebt ins Leben Author: Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg Narrator: Calvin Burke, Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 13, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Ein Buch mit vierzig persönlichen Erzählungen und Beobachtungen über die Liebe am Leben, verfasst für Hörer, die einen besonders inspirierenden und emotionalen Seelenspiegel suchen. Es ist ein Buch ohne mahnenden Zeigefinger, aber vielleicht dafür mit anregenden Erkenntnissen und Impulsen zum selbständigen Weiterdenken und für all die Leser geschrieben, die an einem Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben stehen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511404Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Crazy for Life: Verliebt ins Leben Author: Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg Narrator: Calvin Burke, Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511404 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Crazy for Life: Verliebt ins Leben Author: Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg Narrator: Calvin Burke, Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 13, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Ein Buch mit vierzig persönlichen Erzählungen und Beobachtungen über die Liebe am Leben, verfasst für Hörer, die einen besonders inspirierenden und emotionalen Seelenspiegel suchen. Es ist ein Buch ohne mahnenden Zeigefinger, aber vielleicht dafür mit anregenden Erkenntnissen und Impulsen zum selbständigen Weiterdenken und für all die Leser geschrieben, die an einem Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben stehen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-cautiva-en-arabia-la-extraordinaria-historia-de-la-condesa-marga-d-andurain-espia-y-aventurera-by-cristina-morato--65152215https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cautiva en Arabia: La extraordinaria historia de la condesa Marga d'Andurain, espía y aventurera Author: Cristina Morató Narrator: Elisa Beuter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: La extraordinaria historia de la condesa Marga d'Andurain, espía y aventurera en Oriente Medio, una mujer osada que llevó una vida digna de la mejor novela de aventuras. La condesa Marga d'Andurain protagonizó una vida propia de la mejor novela de aventuras. Nacida en el seno de una familia de la burguesía vascofrancesa, fue una mujer adelantada a su tiempo, rebelde y apasionada, que viajó a ciudades legendarias como El Cairo, Beirut, Damasco o el Tánger de entreguerras, donde llevó a cabo increíbles hazañas. Espió para los británicos, regentó junto a su marido un hotel en el desierto sirio y se propuso ser la primera occidental que entrara en la Meca. Para ello, ya divorciada, se casó con un beduino y se convirtió al islam. Su viaje al corazón de Arabia fue una auténtica pesadilla, al ser recluida en un harén y más tarde encarcelada en la terrible prisión de Yidda. Al abandonar Oriente Próximo, se dedicó al tráfico de opio en el Paris ocupado por los nazis y acabó sus días trágicamente en Tánger. Pero ¿quién era en realidad esta mujer fascinante? Gracias a su estrecha colaboración con Jacques d'Andurain, hijo menor de la condesa y héroe de la resistencia francesa, Cristina Morató ha podido reconstruir la azarosa vida de una mujer marcada por el escándalo y olvidada por la historia, que encontró en la aventura su razón de existir. Reseña: «Una historia digna de conocerse, en el mejor catálogo de mujeres audaces y adelantadas de su tiempo.» Qué leer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457070Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cautiva en Arabia: La extraordinaria historia de la condesa Marga d'Andurain, espía y aventurera Author: Cristina Morató Narrator: Elisa...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457070 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cautiva en Arabia: La extraordinaria historia de la condesa Marga d'Andurain, espía y aventurera Author: Cristina Morató Narrator: Elisa Beuter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: La extraordinaria historia de la condesa Marga d'Andurain, espía y aventurera en Oriente Medio, una mujer osada que llevó una vida digna de la mejor novela de aventuras. La condesa Marga d'Andurain protagonizó una vida propia de la mejor novela de aventuras. Nacida en el seno de una familia de la burguesía vascofrancesa, fue una mujer adelantada a su tiempo, rebelde y apasionada, que viajó a ciudades legendarias como El Cairo, Beirut, Damasco o el Tánger de entreguerras, donde llevó a cabo increíbles hazañas. Espió para los británicos, regentó junto a su marido un hotel en el desierto sirio y se propuso ser la primera occidental que entrara en la Meca. Para ello, ya divorciada, se casó con un beduino y se convirtió al islam. Su viaje al corazón de Arabia fue una auténtica pesadilla, al ser recluida en un harén y más tarde encarcelada en la terrible prisión de Yidda. Al abandonar Oriente Próximo, se dedicó al tráfico de opio en el Paris ocupado por los nazis y acabó sus días trágicamente en Tánger. Pero ¿quién era en realidad esta mujer fascinante? Gracias a su estrecha colaboración con Jacques d'Andurain, hijo menor de la condesa y héroe de la resistencia francesa, Cristina Morató ha podido reconstruir la azarosa vida de una mujer marcada por el escándalo y olvidada por la historia, que encontró en la aventura su razón de existir. Reseña: «Una historia digna de conocerse, en el mejor catálogo de mujeres audaces y adelantadas de su tiempo.» Qué leer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-time-next-year-we-ll-be-laughing-a-memoir-by-jacqueline-winspear--65152238https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir Author: Jacqueline Winspear Narrator: Jacqueline Winspear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series offers a deeply personal memoir of her Kentish childhood and her family’s resilience in the face of war and privation.After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her memoir tackles such difficult, poignant, and fascinating family memories as her paternal grandfather’s shellshock, her mother’s evacuation from London during the Blitz; her soft-spoken animal-loving father’s torturous assignment to an explosives team during WWII; her parents’ years living with Romani Gypsies; and Jacqueline’s own childhood working on farms in rural Kent, capturing her ties to the land and her dream of being a writer at its very inception.An eye-opening and heartfelt portrayal of a post-War England we rarely see, This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing is the story of a childhood in the English countryside, of working-class indomitability and family secrets, of artistic inspiration and the price of memory.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452548Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir Author: Jacqueline Winspear Narrator: Jacqueline Winspear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing: A Memoir Author: Jacqueline Winspear Narrator: Jacqueline Winspear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.02 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.93 of Total 14 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series offers a deeply personal memoir of her Kentish childhood and her family’s resilience in the face of war and privation.After sixteen novels, Jacqueline Winspear has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history. Both shockingly frank and deftly restrained, her memoir tackles such difficult, poignant, and fascinating family memories as her paternal grandfather’s shellshock, her mother’s evacuation from London during the Blitz; her soft-spoken animal-loving father’s torturous assignment to an explosives team during WWII; her parents’ years living with Romani Gypsies; and Jacqueline’s own childhood working on farms in rural Kent, capturing her ties to the land and her dream of being a writer at its very inception.An eye-opening and heartfelt portrayal of a post-War England we rarely see, This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing is the story of a childhood in the English countryside, of working-class indomitability and family secrets, of artistic inspiration and the price of memory.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-tagebuch-einer-landhebamme-by-rosalie-linner--65152085https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Tagebuch einer Landhebamme Author: Rosalie Linner Narrator: Rosalie Linner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 4, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Diese Aufzeichnungen von Rosalie Linner über die Jahre 1943 bis 1980 spiegeln das weite Spektrum der Arbeit einer Landhebamme wider: Von freudig erwarteten, aber auch von unerwünschten Kindern ist die Rede, von der Freude und den Nöten in den Familien. Als in seiner Art einmaliges Zeit- und Alltagsdokument sowie als historisches Zeugnis eines ganzen Berufsstandes sind Frau Linners Aufzeichnungen gar nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen. Rosalie Linner schildert beeindruckende Fälle und Begebenheiten und geht dabei auch auf heute sehr aktuelle Themen und Fragen ein, wie zum Beispiel Adoptionen, Vaterschaftsprozesse, behinderte Kinder, Gewalt gegen Frauen und Kindesmissbrauch. Den Leser erwartet ein spannender Bericht. Dieses Hörbuch basiert auf der 5. Auflage, erschienen 1997 im Rosenheimer Verlagshaus und ist eine Sonderausgabe, die die beiden Bücher 'Tagebuch einer Landhebamme, 1943-1980' erstmals erschienen 1989, und 'Immer unterwegs. Erinnerungen einer Landhebamme', erstmals erschienen 1993, von Rosalie Linner enthält.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511336Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Tagebuch einer Landhebamme Author: Rosalie Linner Narrator: Rosalie Linner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Tagebuch einer Landhebamme Author: Rosalie Linner Narrator: Rosalie Linner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 4, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Diese Aufzeichnungen von Rosalie Linner über die Jahre 1943 bis 1980 spiegeln das weite Spektrum der Arbeit einer Landhebamme wider: Von freudig erwarteten, aber auch von unerwünschten Kindern ist die Rede, von der Freude und den Nöten in den Familien. Als in seiner Art einmaliges Zeit- und Alltagsdokument sowie als historisches Zeugnis eines ganzen Berufsstandes sind Frau Linners Aufzeichnungen gar nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen. Rosalie Linner schildert beeindruckende Fälle und Begebenheiten und geht dabei auch auf heute sehr aktuelle Themen und Fragen ein, wie zum Beispiel Adoptionen, Vaterschaftsprozesse, behinderte Kinder, Gewalt gegen Frauen und Kindesmissbrauch. Den Leser erwartet ein spannender Bericht. Dieses Hörbuch basiert auf der 5. Auflage, erschienen 1997 im Rosenheimer Verlagshaus und ist eine Sonderausgabe, die die beiden Bücher 'Tagebuch einer Landhebamme, 1943-1980' erstmals erschienen 1989, und 'Immer unterwegs. Erinnerungen einer Landhebamme', erstmals erschienen 1993, von Rosalie Linner enthält.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/postcards-from-cookie-a-memoir-of-motherhood-miracles-and-a-whole-lot-of-mail-by-caroline-clarke--65152146https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail Author: Caroline Clarke Narrator: Caroline Clarke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 3, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Award-winning journalist and host of Black “Enterprise” Business Report Caroline Clarke’s moving memoir of her surprise discovery of her birthmother—Cookie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole—and the relationship that blossomed between them through the heartfelt messages they exchanged on hundreds of postcards Caroline Clarke was born in an era when adoptions were shameful, secret, and sealed. While she wondered about her biological parents, she kept her curiosity in check, until a series of small health problems raised concerns about her genetic heritage and its consequences for her two children’s lives as well as her own. Though Spence-Chapin Family Service, the agency that handled her adoption, could not reveal the name of her birth mother, it was able to provide details that lead to a shocking truth. Caroline’s birth mother and her family were related to a friend. The woman who gave her life was none other than Carole “Cookie” Cole, the daughter of iconic crooner and pianist Nat King Cole. Drawing on details provided by the agency and her own investigative skills, Caroline embarked on a life-changing journey of discovery that stretched from coast to coast, forged through email, phone calls, and postcards. The constancy, volume, and intimacy of her steady correspondence with Cookie filled the days and distance between them. Through brief yet poignant messages squeezed onto three-inch open-faced squares, mother and daughter revealed themselves, sharing secrets, taking risks, and ultimately building a bond like no other. A heartfelt, inspiring tribute to both Caroline’s adoptive parents and her biological mother, Postcards from Cookie illuminates the enduring power of love to shape and guide our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501128Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail Author: Caroline Clarke Narrator: Caroline Clarke Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/501128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail Author: Caroline Clarke Narrator: Caroline Clarke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 3, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Award-winning journalist and host of Black “Enterprise” Business Report Caroline Clarke’s moving memoir of her surprise discovery of her birthmother—Cookie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole—and the relationship that blossomed between them through the heartfelt messages they exchanged on hundreds of postcards Caroline Clarke was born in an era when adoptions were shameful, secret, and sealed. While she wondered about her biological parents, she kept her curiosity in check, until a series of small health problems raised concerns about her genetic heritage and its consequences for her two children’s lives as well as her own. Though Spence-Chapin Family Service, the agency that handled her adoption, could not reveal the name of her birth mother, it was able to provide details that lead to a shocking truth. Caroline’s birth mother and her family were related to a friend. The woman who gave her life was none other than Carole “Cookie” Cole, the daughter of iconic crooner and pianist Nat King Cole. Drawing on details provided by the agency and her own investigative skills, Caroline embarked on a life-changing journey of discovery that stretched from coast to coast, forged through email, phone calls, and postcards. The constancy, volume, and intimacy of her steady correspondence with Cookie filled the days and distance between them. Through brief yet poignant messages squeezed onto three-inch open-faced squares, mother and daughter revealed themselves, sharing secrets, taking risks, and ultimately building a bond like no other. A heartfelt, inspiring tribute to both Caroline’s adoptive parents and her biological mother, Postcards from Cookie illuminates the enduring power of love to shape and guide our lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-besser-spat-als-nie-eine-liebeserklarung-an-das-alter-by-mechthild-grossmann-dorothea-wagner--65152093https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Besser spät als nie: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Alter Author: Mechthild Grossmann, Dorothea Wagner Narrator: Irina Wanka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 30, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Kurzweilig, lustig, tiefgreifend und frech - Mechthild Grossmann nimmt dem Alter seinen Schrecken. (Büchermagazin) Alt werden - was bedeutet das wirklich in den großen und kleinen Momenten des Lebens? Mechthild Großmann genießt es – zumindest meistens. Bei ihr geht es um die wundervollen Freiheiten, die man dann hat. Und sie erzählt, wie egal Falten sind, warum alt zu werden auch bedeuten kann, sich plötzlich wie eine Studentin zu fühlen und wieso ein Spaziergang in einem roten Mantel ein großes Ja zum Leben sein kann. Sie berichtet, was gegen das blöde Bauchgefühl an Sonntagabenden hilft, was sie nach dem Tod eines Freundes tröstet, wie das mit dem Sex und der Liebe ist und wie sehr sie es genießt, plötzlich in aller Ruhe im Bett frühstücken zu können. Humorvoll und warmherzig hören wir, warum das Alter genau genommen die beste Zeit des Lebens sein kann. Dorothea Wagner, ihre Enkelin und Redakteurin bei der SZ, hat die Geschichten aufgeschrieben und Irina Wanka hat sie mit ihrer unnachahmlichen Stimme für Sie eingelesen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511439Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Besser spät als nie: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Alter Author: Mechthild Grossmann, Dorothea Wagner Narrator: Irina Wanka Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/511439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Besser spät als nie: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Alter Author: Mechthild Grossmann, Dorothea Wagner Narrator: Irina Wanka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 30, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Kurzweilig, lustig, tiefgreifend und frech - Mechthild Grossmann nimmt dem Alter seinen Schrecken. (Büchermagazin) Alt werden - was bedeutet das wirklich in den großen und kleinen Momenten des Lebens? Mechthild Großmann genießt es – zumindest meistens. Bei ihr geht es um die wundervollen Freiheiten, die man dann hat. Und sie erzählt, wie egal Falten sind, warum alt zu werden auch bedeuten kann, sich plötzlich wie eine Studentin zu fühlen und wieso ein Spaziergang in einem roten Mantel ein großes Ja zum Leben sein kann. Sie berichtet, was gegen das blöde Bauchgefühl an Sonntagabenden hilft, was sie nach dem Tod eines Freundes tröstet, wie das mit dem Sex und der Liebe ist und wie sehr sie es genießt, plötzlich in aller Ruhe im Bett frühstücken zu können. Humorvoll und warmherzig hören wir, warum das Alter genau genommen die beste Zeit des Lebens sein kann. Dorothea Wagner, ihre Enkelin und Redakteurin bei der SZ, hat die Geschichten aufgeschrieben und Irina Wanka hat sie mit ihrer unnachahmlichen Stimme für Sie eingelesen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-i-knew-then-finding-wisdom-in-failure-and-power-in-aging-by-jann-arden--65152262https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Knew Then: Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging Author: Jann Arden Narrator: Jann Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Jann Arden—bestselling author, recording artist and late-blooming TV star—is back with this funny, heartfelt and fierce memoir on becoming a woman of a certain age. The power, gravity and freedom she's found at fifty-seven are superpowers she believes all of us can unleash. Digging deep into her strengths, her failures and her losses, Jann Arden brings us an inspiring account of how she has surprised herself, in her fifties, by at last becoming completely her own person. Like many women, it took Jann a long time to realize that trying to be pleasing and likeable and beautiful in the eyes of others was a loser's game. Letting it rip, and damning the consequences, is not only liberating, it's a hell of a lot of fun: 'Being the age I am—that so many women are—is just the best time of my life.' Jann weaves her own story together with tales of her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and the father she came close to hating, to show her younger self—and all of us—that fear and avoidance is no way to live. 'What I'm thinking about now aren't all the ways I can try to hang on to my youth or all the seconds ticking by in some kind of morbid countdown to death,' she writes, 'but rather how I keep becoming someone I always hoped I could be. If I'm lucky one day a very old face will look back at me from the mirror, a face I once shied away from. I will love that old woman ferociously, because she has finally figured out how to live a life of purpose—not in spite of but because of all her mistakes and failures.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433516Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Knew Then: Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging Author: Jann Arden Narrator: Jann Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Knew Then: Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging Author: Jann Arden Narrator: Jann Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Jann Arden—bestselling author, recording artist and late-blooming TV star—is back with this funny, heartfelt and fierce memoir on becoming a woman of a certain age. The power, gravity and freedom she's found at fifty-seven are superpowers she believes all of us can unleash. Digging deep into her strengths, her failures and her losses, Jann Arden brings us an inspiring account of how she has surprised herself, in her fifties, by at last becoming completely her own person. Like many women, it took Jann a long time to realize that trying to be pleasing and likeable and beautiful in the eyes of others was a loser's game. Letting it rip, and damning the consequences, is not only liberating, it's a hell of a lot of fun: 'Being the age I am—that so many women are—is just the best time of my life.' Jann weaves her own story together with tales of her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and the father she came close to hating, to show her younger self—and all of us—that fear and avoidance is no way to live. 'What I'm thinking about now aren't all the ways I can try to hang on to my youth or all the seconds ticking by in some kind of morbid countdown to death,' she writes, 'but rather how I keep becoming someone I always hoped I could be. If I'm lucky one day a very old face will look back at me from the mirror, a face I once shied away from. I will love that old woman ferociously, because she has finally figured out how to live a life of purpose—not in spite of but because of all her mistakes and failures.']]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/falling-backwards-a-memoir-by-jann-arden--65152256https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling Backwards: A Memoir Author: Jann Arden Narrator: Jann Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Jann Arden is funny. And sincere. She has legions of devoted fans. And a radio show. She is a darling of the music scene - always candid, always unplugged. You thought you knew Jann Arden, but there is more - to her readers' delight, in Falling Backwards Jann reveals her childhood, her bond with family, her struggle in the formative years and what keeps her so grounded in the whirlwind entertainment industry. Jann has always been true to herself, except for a minor lapse when she was young. Oh wait, wasn't that all of us? From the tender and honest to the laugh-out-loud funny, Jann's stories from home and from the road during her pre-celebrity years will take you to unexpected places, including high school parties in farmer's fields, sleepovers under the stars, hard-to-believe summer jobs and the time she was stuck upside down in a brick barbecue. She reminds us of the inestimable value to a child of having teachers who believe in you and wide open spaces to play. But with the good times come the bad (and not just the bad perm). Jann opens up about the darker side of her so-called prairie perfect nuclear family and the first signs that her eldest brother was a uniquely troubled young man. In the days when Jann was experiencing a lot of firsts - first school play, first home perm, first kiss - how lucky for all of us that she stole away to her basement and taught herself her first song on her mother's guitar. In addition to being an incredible musician and multi-award-winning lyricist, Jann is a natural writer and simply an inspiration. Jann will capture your heart - and keep you in stitches - with her powerful stories about coming of age as an artist and as a human being. Jann brings her wit and that infectious sparkle to everything she does. This book is no exception.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439474Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling Backwards: A Memoir Author: Jann Arden Narrator: Jann Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling Backwards: A Memoir Author: Jann Arden Narrator: Jann Arden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Jann Arden is funny. And sincere. She has legions of devoted fans. And a radio show. She is a darling of the music scene - always candid, always unplugged. You thought you knew Jann Arden, but there is more - to her readers' delight, in Falling Backwards Jann reveals her childhood, her bond with family, her struggle in the formative years and what keeps her so grounded in the whirlwind entertainment industry. Jann has always been true to herself, except for a minor lapse when she was young. Oh wait, wasn't that all of us? From the tender and honest to the laugh-out-loud funny, Jann's stories from home and from the road during her pre-celebrity years will take you to unexpected places, including high school parties in farmer's fields, sleepovers under the stars, hard-to-believe summer jobs and the time she was stuck upside down in a brick barbecue. She reminds us of the inestimable value to a child of having teachers who believe in you and wide open spaces to play. But with the good times come the bad (and not just the bad perm). Jann opens up about the darker side of her so-called prairie perfect nuclear family and the first signs that her eldest brother was a uniquely troubled young man. In the days when Jann was experiencing a lot of firsts - first school play, first home perm, first kiss - how lucky for all of us that she stole away to her basement and taught herself her first song on her mother's guitar. In addition to being an incredible musician and multi-award-winning lyricist, Jann is a natural writer and simply an inspiration. Jann will capture your heart - and keep you in stitches - with her powerful stories about coming of age as an artist and as a human being. Jann brings her wit and that infectious sparkle to everything she does. This book is no exception.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pursuing-giraffe-a-1950s-adventure-by-anne-innis-dagg--65152175https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure Author: Anne Innis Dagg Narrator: Ryanne Chisholm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg was a young zoologist with a lifelong love of giraffe and a dream to study them in Africa. Based on extensive journals and letters home, Pursuing Giraffe vividly chronicles the realization of that dream and the year that she spent studying and documenting giraffe behaviour. Dagg was one of the first zoologists to study wild animals in Africa (before Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey); her memoir captures her youthful enthusiasm for her journey, as well as her näiveté about the complex social and political issues in Africa. Once in the field, she recorded the complexities of giraffe social relationships but also learned about human relationships in the context of apartheid in South Africa and colonialism in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Kenya. Hospitality and friendship were readily extended to her as a white woman, but she was shocked by the racism of the colonial whites in Africa. Reflecting the twenty-three-year-old author's response to an "exotic" world far removed from the Toronto where she grew up, the book records her visits to Zanzibar and Victoria Falls and her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. Pursuing Giraffe is a fascinating account that has much to say about the status of women in the mid-twentieth century. The book's foreword by South African novelist Mark Behr (author of The Smell of Apples and Embrace) provides further context for and insights into Dagg's narrative.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463846Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure Author: Anne Innis Dagg Narrator: Ryanne Chisholm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure Author: Anne Innis Dagg Narrator: Ryanne Chisholm Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg was a young zoologist with a lifelong love of giraffe and a dream to study them in Africa. Based on extensive journals and letters home, Pursuing Giraffe vividly chronicles the realization of that dream and the year that she spent studying and documenting giraffe behaviour. Dagg was one of the first zoologists to study wild animals in Africa (before Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey); her memoir captures her youthful enthusiasm for her journey, as well as her näiveté about the complex social and political issues in Africa. Once in the field, she recorded the complexities of giraffe social relationships but also learned about human relationships in the context of apartheid in South Africa and colonialism in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and Kenya. Hospitality and friendship were readily extended to her as a white woman, but she was shocked by the racism of the colonial whites in Africa. Reflecting the twenty-three-year-old author's response to an "exotic" world far removed from the Toronto where she grew up, the book records her visits to Zanzibar and Victoria Falls and her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. Pursuing Giraffe is a fascinating account that has much to say about the status of women in the mid-twentieth century. The book's foreword by South African novelist Mark Behr (author of The Smell of Apples and Embrace) provides further context for and insights into Dagg's narrative.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-my-place-making-my-parents-american-dream-come-true-by-elizabeth-pipko--65152266https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Place: Making My Parents' American Dream Come True Author: Elizabeth Pipko Narrator: Elizabeth Pipko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 20, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Think you know Elizabeth Pipko? Guess again. She's been described by many as a rising star in the Conservative movement, but how did she get here? And more importantly, did she ever plan to? In Finding My Place, Elizabeth takes us back to the beginning. As the daughter of immigrants and a proud religious Jew, Elizabeth dives into the core of what drives her: the sacrifices of her parents and grandparents and all that they had to endure to make sure that she had the opportunity to live the American dream. With an emphasis on her faith and her upbringing, where she pinpoints the lessons and moments that she knew would dictate her future, Elizabeth takes us on a journey that started long before she was even born. From heartbreak and injury, to triumph and recognition, to her start as a figure skater, a writer, a model, and eventually a political activist, Elizabeth takes us along on her journey of finding her place in the world of sports, fashion, Judaism, politics, and so much more. Finding My Place is the behind-the-scenes look at everything she has yet to tell the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460278Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Place: Making My Parents' American Dream Come True Author: Elizabeth Pipko Narrator: Elizabeth Pipko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding My Place: Making My Parents' American Dream Come True Author: Elizabeth Pipko Narrator: Elizabeth Pipko Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 20, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Think you know Elizabeth Pipko? Guess again. She's been described by many as a rising star in the Conservative movement, but how did she get here? And more importantly, did she ever plan to? In Finding My Place, Elizabeth takes us back to the beginning. As the daughter of immigrants and a proud religious Jew, Elizabeth dives into the core of what drives her: the sacrifices of her parents and grandparents and all that they had to endure to make sure that she had the opportunity to live the American dream. With an emphasis on her faith and her upbringing, where she pinpoints the lessons and moments that she knew would dictate her future, Elizabeth takes us on a journey that started long before she was even born. From heartbreak and injury, to triumph and recognition, to her start as a figure skater, a writer, a model, and eventually a political activist, Elizabeth takes us along on her journey of finding her place in the world of sports, fashion, Judaism, politics, and so much more. Finding My Place is the behind-the-scenes look at everything she has yet to tell the world.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-strength-within-by-annie-pateman--65152125https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strength Within Author: Annie Pateman Narrator: Jane Bayly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 18, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In 1979, I was three months pregnant with my second child and in excruciating pain, pain I’d been dealing with every day for almost 15 months. I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t stand, I couldn’t sleep. In just a year, I’d gone from being an active young woman to being almost entirely incapacitated. Everything was pain. Trying to find the cause was almost as bad as the diagnosis. At every turn, I was told nothing was wrong. Nobody was helping. Another three months passed and I went in for my six-month check-up with my obstetrician. He, too, told me everything was fine… but it definitely was not. I broke down in tears in his office. I couldn’t do it anymore. The agony was too much and I was at my wit’s end. He took me seriously and what happened next would change my life forever. After 18 months, I finally had a diagnosis - 1st April 1980 - It was a tumour the size of a tennis ball on my knee. It was Cancer. Almost in the same breath they said that I would have to have my leg amputated above the knee and oh by the way, he said, highly probable that I would lose the baby as it wouldn’t survive the trauma of the surgery. I was 26 years old and 26 weeks pregnant. After 40 years since diagnosis, I’m still here… and that wasn’t the only time I was told I had cancer. Yes, I’ve survived a lot, but I’m just like anyone else. The strength is within us all. You just have to reach for it. There is light at the end of the tunnel, even when you can’t see it. You just have to keep going, especially when it seems like you have nothing left.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484823Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strength Within Author: Annie Pateman Narrator: Jane Bayly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 18, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Strength Within Author: Annie Pateman Narrator: Jane Bayly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 18, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In 1979, I was three months pregnant with my second child and in excruciating pain, pain I’d been dealing with every day for almost 15 months. I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t stand, I couldn’t sleep. In just a year, I’d gone from being an active young woman to being almost entirely incapacitated. Everything was pain. Trying to find the cause was almost as bad as the diagnosis. At every turn, I was told nothing was wrong. Nobody was helping. Another three months passed and I went in for my six-month check-up with my obstetrician. He, too, told me everything was fine… but it definitely was not. I broke down in tears in his office. I couldn’t do it anymore. The agony was too much and I was at my wit’s end. He took me seriously and what happened next would change my life forever. After 18 months, I finally had a diagnosis - 1st April 1980 - It was a tumour the size of a tennis ball on my knee. It was Cancer. Almost in the same breath they said that I would have to have my leg amputated above the knee and oh by the way, he said, highly probable that I would lose the baby as it wouldn’t survive the trauma of the surgery. I was 26 years old and 26 weeks pregnant. After 40 years since diagnosis, I’m still here… and that wasn’t the only time I was told I had cancer. Yes, I’ve survived a lot, but I’m just like anyone else. The strength is within us all. You just have to reach for it. There is light at the end of the tunnel, even when you can’t see it. You just have to keep going, especially when it seems like you have nothing left.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/outside-in-a-political-memoir-by-libby-davies--65152194https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outside In: A Political Memoir Author: Libby Davies Narrator: Marilla Wex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Libby Davies has worked steadfastly for social justice both inside parliament and out on the streets for more than four decades. At nineteen, Davies became a community organizer in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She went on to serve in municipal and then federal politics, advancing to the role of Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party. Davies looks back on her remarkable life and career with candid humour and heart-rending honesty. She addresses the challenges of her work on homelessness, sex workers' rights, and ending drug prohibition. She illuminates the human strengths and foibles at the core of each issue, her own as well as those of her colleagues and activist allies. Davies' astute political analysis offers an insider's perspective that never loses touch with the people she fights alongside. Outside In is both a political and personal memoir of Davies' forty years of work at the intersection of politics and social movements.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462036Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outside In: A Political Memoir Author: Libby Davies Narrator: Marilla Wex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outside In: A Political Memoir Author: Libby Davies Narrator: Marilla Wex Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Libby Davies has worked steadfastly for social justice both inside parliament and out on the streets for more than four decades. At nineteen, Davies became a community organizer in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She went on to serve in municipal and then federal politics, advancing to the role of Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party. Davies looks back on her remarkable life and career with candid humour and heart-rending honesty. She addresses the challenges of her work on homelessness, sex workers' rights, and ending drug prohibition. She illuminates the human strengths and foibles at the core of each issue, her own as well as those of her colleagues and activist allies. Davies' astute political analysis offers an insider's perspective that never loses touch with the people she fights alongside. Outside In is both a political and personal memoir of Davies' forty years of work at the intersection of politics and social movements.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-morningless-mornings-by-stefany-anne-golberg--65152176https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Morningless Mornings Author: Stefany Anne Golberg Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For Stefany Anne Golberg, the morning itself became a possibility she could no longer tolerate, so at age fourteen, she erased it all together. In a ranch house in a Vegas suburb, Golberg’s peculiar brand of insomnia lives alongside an ailing father, a professor on permanent leave from the local university. Her mother has moved out, her older brother has gone to college, and she is alone with the night, resisting the fundamental unit by which we measure our lives: the next day itself. Startling, poignant, and harrowing, Golberg’s voice is informed by an eclectic range of interests, from Bruegel to Jung, Loren Eiseley to Marina Tsvetaeva. Equal parts coming-of-age memoir, art history, and philosophical inquiry, My Morningless Mornings is a young person’s reckoning with consciousness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461659Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Morningless Mornings Author: Stefany Anne Golberg Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Morningless Mornings Author: Stefany Anne Golberg Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For Stefany Anne Golberg, the morning itself became a possibility she could no longer tolerate, so at age fourteen, she erased it all together. In a ranch house in a Vegas suburb, Golberg’s peculiar brand of insomnia lives alongside an ailing father, a professor on permanent leave from the local university. Her mother has moved out, her older brother has gone to college, and she is alone with the night, resisting the fundamental unit by which we measure our lives: the next day itself. Startling, poignant, and harrowing, Golberg’s voice is informed by an eclectic range of interests, from Bruegel to Jung, Loren Eiseley to Marina Tsvetaeva. Equal parts coming-of-age memoir, art history, and philosophical inquiry, My Morningless Mornings is a young person’s reckoning with consciousness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/myrna-loy-being-and-becoming-by-myrna-loy-james-kotsilibas-davis--65152243https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming Author: Myrna Loy, James Kotsilibas-Davis Narrator: Holly Palance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The actress recalls her long, rich, and varied career in Hollywood, on the stage, and as a political activist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439768Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming Author: Myrna Loy, James Kotsilibas-Davis Narrator: Holly Palance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming Author: Myrna Loy, James Kotsilibas-Davis Narrator: Holly Palance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The actress recalls her long, rich, and varied career in Hollywood, on the stage, and as a political activist]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-love-with-george-eliot-a-novel-by-kathy-o-shaughnessy--65152105https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Love with George Eliot: A Novel Author: Kathy O’shaughnessy Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as you’ve never read it before. Marian Evans is a scandalous figure, living in sin with a married man, George Henry Lewes. She has shocked polite society, and women rarely deign to visit her. In secret, though, she has begun writing fiction under the pseudonym George Eliot. As Adam Bede’s fame grows, curiosity rises as to the identity of its mysterious writer. Gradually it becomes apparent that the moral genius Eliot is none other than the disgraced woman living with Lewes. Now Evans’ tremendous celebrity begins. The world falls in love with her. She is the wise and great writer, sent to guide people through the increasingly secular, rudderless century, and an icon to her progressive feminist peers—with whom she is often in disagreement. Public opinion shifts. Her scandalous cohabitation is forgiven. But this idyll is not secure and cannot last. When Lewes dies, Evans finds herself in danger of shocking the world all over again. Meanwhile, in another rudderless century, two women compete to arrive at an interpretation of Eliot as writer and as woman … Everyone who has thrilled at being shown the world anew by George Eliot will thrill again at her presence, complex and compelling, here.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495652Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Love with George Eliot: A Novel Author: Kathy O’shaughnessy Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Love with George Eliot: A Novel Author: Kathy O’shaughnessy Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as you’ve never read it before. Marian Evans is a scandalous figure, living in sin with a married man, George Henry Lewes. She has shocked polite society, and women rarely deign to visit her. In secret, though, she has begun writing fiction under the pseudonym George Eliot. As Adam Bede’s fame grows, curiosity rises as to the identity of its mysterious writer. Gradually it becomes apparent that the moral genius Eliot is none other than the disgraced woman living with Lewes. Now Evans’ tremendous celebrity begins. The world falls in love with her. She is the wise and great writer, sent to guide people through the increasingly secular, rudderless century, and an icon to her progressive feminist peers—with whom she is often in disagreement. Public opinion shifts. Her scandalous cohabitation is forgiven. But this idyll is not secure and cannot last. When Lewes dies, Evans finds herself in danger of shocking the world all over again. Meanwhile, in another rudderless century, two women compete to arrive at an interpretation of Eliot as writer and as woman … Everyone who has thrilled at being shown the world anew by George Eliot will thrill again at her presence, complex and compelling, here.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-miss-fallig-erzahlt-14-kurzgeschichten-gelesen-von-clemens-ansorg-by-dagmar-sulzenbacher--65152122https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/468734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Miss Fällig erzählt: 14 Kurzgeschichten gelesen von Clemens Ansorg Author: Dagmar Sulzenbacher Narrator: Clemens Ansorg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 4, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Miss Fällig's Wege sind skurril, kunstvoll und manchmal unergründlich. In diesen originellen Kurzgeschichten öffnen sich viele kleine Fenster zu einer kuriosen Welt, in der mysteriöse Tätowierungen ebenso vorkommen wie Braunbären oder buddhistische Mönche. Manche der 14 unterhaltsamen Kurzgeschichten sind zum Lachen, andere zum Weinen und wieder andere regen zum Nachdenken an. Nachdem diese Kurzgeschichten bisher tausende Leser online begeisterten, erscheinen sie nun erstmals als Hörbuch. Spannend und unverwechselbar gelesen von Clemens Ansorg. Geschrieben von Dagmar Sulzenbacher. Die Hörgalerie, 2020 © Dagmar Sulzenbacher Clemens Ansorg wurde am Thomas-Bernhard-Institut der Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg zum Schauspieler ausgebildet. Engagements hatte er bereits an vielen kleinen wie großen Bühnen, z.B. die Salzburger Festspiele, Kampnagel Hamburg, Residenztheater München, Landestheater Salzburg, Stadttheater Pforzheim - um nur einige zu nennen. Zuletzt probte er am Theater der Jugend in Wien wo er jetzt lebt und arbeitet. 'Miss Fällig erzählt' ist das zweite Hörbuch des jungen Verlags 'Die Hörgalerie' mit Sitz in Wien.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/468734Sun, 04 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/468734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Miss Fällig erzählt: 14 Kurzgeschichten gelesen von Clemens Ansorg Author: Dagmar Sulzenbacher Narrator: Clemens Ansorg Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/468734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Miss Fällig erzählt: 14 Kurzgeschichten gelesen von Clemens Ansorg Author: Dagmar Sulzenbacher Narrator: Clemens Ansorg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: October 4, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Miss Fällig's Wege sind skurril, kunstvoll und manchmal unergründlich. In diesen originellen Kurzgeschichten öffnen sich viele kleine Fenster zu einer kuriosen Welt, in der mysteriöse Tätowierungen ebenso vorkommen wie Braunbären oder buddhistische Mönche. Manche der 14 unterhaltsamen Kurzgeschichten sind zum Lachen, andere zum Weinen und wieder andere regen zum Nachdenken an. Nachdem diese Kurzgeschichten bisher tausende Leser online begeisterten, erscheinen sie nun erstmals als Hörbuch. Spannend und unverwechselbar gelesen von Clemens Ansorg. Geschrieben von Dagmar Sulzenbacher. Die Hörgalerie, 2020 © Dagmar Sulzenbacher Clemens Ansorg wurde am Thomas-Bernhard-Institut der Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg zum Schauspieler ausgebildet. Engagements hatte er bereits an vielen kleinen wie großen Bühnen, z.B. die Salzburger Festspiele, Kampnagel Hamburg, Residenztheater München, Landestheater Salzburg, Stadttheater Pforzheim - um nur einige zu nennen. Zuletzt probte er am Theater der Jugend in Wien wo er jetzt lebt und arbeitet. 'Miss Fällig erzählt' ist das zweite Hörbuch des jungen Verlags 'Die Hörgalerie' mit Sitz in Wien.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-me-the-no-1-sunday-times-bestseller-by-mrs-hinch--65152179https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Me: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller Author: Mrs Hinch Narrator: Mrs Hinch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Pre-order This Is Me and discover the true story of the real Sophie Hinchliffe for the very first time in her extraordinarily candid memoir From the No. 1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Hinch Yourself Happy Well guys, here we are! What an absolute whirlwind of a journey this has been so far. So much has happened in the last couple of life-changing years and I'm so excited to share it with you all: my Hinchers. You have been right by my side for every step of the way and I honestly couldn't have done it without the amazing love and support from this incredible family we've built together. It's often felt like a fairy tale but it hasn't always been easy, and I'm going to let you in on the highs and the lows as well as my biggest fears and my darkest challenges. Because this book right here, is me. This is me: Soph - the wife, the mother and the person behind Mrs Hinch. So let's do this! Put your Hinch Lists to one side, get comfy and join me on the sofa with a cuppa. Welcome to my world. This is my story. © Sophie Hinchliffe 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020 'The sensation' Sun 'We're mad about Mrs Hinch' Vogue 'My new cleaning goddess' Daily Telegraph 'Doing for household chores what Marie Kondo did for tidying' Daily Mirror 'Mrs Hinch offers a reassuring structure for the day, a vision of domestic order' Guardian]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443861Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Me: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller Author: Mrs Hinch Narrator: Mrs Hinch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443861 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Me: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller Author: Mrs Hinch Narrator: Mrs Hinch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Pre-order This Is Me and discover the true story of the real Sophie Hinchliffe for the very first time in her extraordinarily candid memoir From the No. 1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Hinch Yourself Happy Well guys, here we are! What an absolute whirlwind of a journey this has been so far. So much has happened in the last couple of life-changing years and I'm so excited to share it with you all: my Hinchers. You have been right by my side for every step of the way and I honestly couldn't have done it without the amazing love and support from this incredible family we've built together. It's often felt like a fairy tale but it hasn't always been easy, and I'm going to let you in on the highs and the lows as well as my biggest fears and my darkest challenges. Because this book right here, is me. This is me: Soph - the wife, the mother and the person behind Mrs Hinch. So let's do this! Put your Hinch Lists to one side, get comfy and join me on the sofa with a cuppa. Welcome to my world. This is my story. © Sophie Hinchliffe 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020 'The sensation' Sun 'We're mad about Mrs Hinch' Vogue 'My new cleaning goddess' Daily Telegraph 'Doing for household chores what Marie Kondo did for tidying' Daily Mirror 'Mrs Hinch offers a reassuring structure for the day, a vision of domestic order' Guardian]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-kidding-me-chronicles-of-an-ordinary-life-by-lesley-crewe--65152131https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are You Kidding Me?!: Chronicles of an Ordinary Life Author: Lesley Crewe Narrator: Lesley Crewe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 30, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For the first time, Cape Bretoner Lesley Crewe's finest newspaper columns are collected in one place. The bestselling novelist, columnist and humorist employs a sharp, versatile wit, anchored by a tender centre, to bring readers laughter and tears. Crewe celebrates life, and all its warts, in this side-splitting, heartwarming collection. .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462014Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are You Kidding Me?!: Chronicles of an Ordinary Life Author: Lesley Crewe Narrator: Lesley Crewe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Are You Kidding Me?!: Chronicles of an Ordinary Life Author: Lesley Crewe Narrator: Lesley Crewe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 30, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For the first time, Cape Bretoner Lesley Crewe's finest newspaper columns are collected in one place. The bestselling novelist, columnist and humorist employs a sharp, versatile wit, anchored by a tender centre, to bring readers laughter and tears. Crewe celebrates life, and all its warts, in this side-splitting, heartwarming collection. .]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-are-the-first-you-by-whitney-holtzman--65152185https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are The First You Author: Whitney Holtzman Narrator: Whitney Holtzman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 29, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “It’s time to follow the nagging voice that’s been tugging inside of you and chase ultimate happiness and the life you’ve always envisioned for yourself.” Do you want to achieve your dreams and find your place in the world? Whether you are in a season of transition or starting a new chapter in life, author Whitney Holtzman wants you to know You Are The First You.  In her literary debut, Whitney writes about the lessons necessary to be successful in life and in business, but that we aren’t taught in school. Follow the story of Whitney’s career in the sports marketing world as a female entrepreneur. Her journey has included stops at ESPN, Major League Baseball and VaynerMedia, working for entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk. Her passion is at the intersection of sports and making the world a better place, which was evidenced when she then joined RISE, which was founded by the owner of the Miami Dolphins. RISE is a racial equality nonprofit with the commissioner of every major sports league on the board. Ultimately, Whitney became an entrepreneur and launched her own company, Social Victories, which helps professional athletes and sports leagues build their brands. Most importantly, You Are the First You is filled with all the essential lessons Whitney has learned throughout her journey that are key to a successful career and finding one’s purpose in life. Her goals in sharing her story are to provide readers with an unwavering belief in themselves and to motivate them to never give up on their dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459772Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are The First You Author: Whitney Holtzman Narrator: Whitney Holtzman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are The First You Author: Whitney Holtzman Narrator: Whitney Holtzman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 29, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: “It’s time to follow the nagging voice that’s been tugging inside of you and chase ultimate happiness and the life you’ve always envisioned for yourself.” Do you want to achieve your dreams and find your place in the world? Whether you are in a season of transition or starting a new chapter in life, author Whitney Holtzman wants you to know You Are The First You.  In her literary debut, Whitney writes about the lessons necessary to be successful in life and in business, but that we aren’t taught in school. Follow the story of Whitney’s career in the sports marketing world as a female entrepreneur. Her journey has included stops at ESPN, Major League Baseball and VaynerMedia, working for entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk. Her passion is at the intersection of sports and making the world a better place, which was evidenced when she then joined RISE, which was founded by the owner of the Miami Dolphins. RISE is a racial equality nonprofit with the commissioner of every major sports league on the board. Ultimately, Whitney became an entrepreneur and launched her own company, Social Victories, which helps professional athletes and sports leagues build their brands. Most importantly, You Are the First You is filled with all the essential lessons Whitney has learned throughout her journey that are key to a successful career and finding one’s purpose in life. Her goals in sharing her story are to provide readers with an unwavering belief in themselves and to motivate them to never give up on their dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flying-free-my-victory-over-fear-to-become-the-first-latina-pilot-on-the-us-aerobatic-team-by-cecilia-aragon--65152136https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team Author: Cecilia Aragon Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by many of her teachers, she worried that people would find out the truth: that she was INTF. Incompetent. Nerd. Terrified. Failure. This feeling stayed with her well into her twenties when she was told that “girls can’t do science” or “women just don’t know how to handle machines.” Yet in the span of just six years, Cecilia became the first Latina pilot to secure a place on the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and earn the right to represent her country at the Olympics of aviation, the World Aerobatic Championships. How did she do it? Using mathematical techniques to overcome her fear, Cecilia performed at air shows in front of millions of people. She jumped out of airplanes and taught others how to fly. She learned how to fund-raise and earn money to compete at the world level. She worked as a test pilot and contributed to the design of experimental airplanes, crafting curves of metal and fabric that shaped air to lift inanimate objects high above the earth. And best of all, she surprised everyone by overcoming the prejudices people held about her because of her race and her gender. Flying Free is the story of how Cecilia Aragon broke free from expectations and rose above her own limits by combining her passion for flying with math and logic in unexpected ways. You don’t have to be a math whiz or a science geek to learn from her story. You just have to want to soar.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494993Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team Author: Cecilia Aragon Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/494993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team Author: Cecilia Aragon Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by many of her teachers, she worried that people would find out the truth: that she was INTF. Incompetent. Nerd. Terrified. Failure. This feeling stayed with her well into her twenties when she was told that “girls can’t do science” or “women just don’t know how to handle machines.” Yet in the span of just six years, Cecilia became the first Latina pilot to secure a place on the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and earn the right to represent her country at the Olympics of aviation, the World Aerobatic Championships. How did she do it? Using mathematical techniques to overcome her fear, Cecilia performed at air shows in front of millions of people. She jumped out of airplanes and taught others how to fly. She learned how to fund-raise and earn money to compete at the world level. She worked as a test pilot and contributed to the design of experimental airplanes, crafting curves of metal and fabric that shaped air to lift inanimate objects high above the earth. And best of all, she surprised everyone by overcoming the prejudices people held about her because of her race and her gender. Flying Free is the story of how Cecilia Aragon broke free from expectations and rose above her own limits by combining her passion for flying with math and logic in unexpected ways. You don’t have to be a math whiz or a science geek to learn from her story. You just have to want to soar.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-las-damas-de-oriente-grandes-viajeras-por-los-paises-arabes-by-cristina-morato--65152183https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las damas de Oriente: Grandes viajeras por los países árabes Author: Cristina Morató Narrator: Elisa Beuter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Las apasionantes biografías de unas fascinantes mujeres que abandonaron el confort de sus mansiones por una vida nómada, y en ciudades como Bagdad, El Cairo, Damasco o Estambul aún se las recuerda. La lectura de Las mil y una noches despertó en un buen número de damas británicas, aristocráticas y aventureras, la fascinación por un Oriente de harenes, bazares, caravanas y nómadas beduinos. A comienzos del siglo XIX viajar más allá de El Cairo o Estambul era una peligrosa aventura: el pillaje, los despóticos pachás turcos, las epidemias, las duras travesías por el desierto, echaban atrás a los viajeros más curtidos. Este libro recoge las apasionantes vidas de unas mujeres atraídas por el mundo árabe que dejaron su huella en Oriente Próximo: lady Mary Montagu, la primera occidental en acceder al interior de los harenes otomanos, la excéntrica lady Hester Stanhope, la hermosa lady Jane Digby, que vivió una apasionada historia de amor con un jefe beduino o, ya entrado el siglo XX, otras audaces exploradoras, arqueólogas y espías al servicio del Imperio Británico como Gertrude Bell, que en calidad de secretaria para Oriente ayudó a trazar las fronteras del actual Irak, la incansable Freya Stark y la famosa escritora de novelas policíacas Agatha Christie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447036Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las damas de Oriente: Grandes viajeras por los países árabes Author: Cristina Morató Narrator: Elisa Beuter Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Las damas de Oriente: Grandes viajeras por los países árabes Author: Cristina Morató Narrator: Elisa Beuter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Las apasionantes biografías de unas fascinantes mujeres que abandonaron el confort de sus mansiones por una vida nómada, y en ciudades como Bagdad, El Cairo, Damasco o Estambul aún se las recuerda. La lectura de Las mil y una noches despertó en un buen número de damas británicas, aristocráticas y aventureras, la fascinación por un Oriente de harenes, bazares, caravanas y nómadas beduinos. A comienzos del siglo XIX viajar más allá de El Cairo o Estambul era una peligrosa aventura: el pillaje, los despóticos pachás turcos, las epidemias, las duras travesías por el desierto, echaban atrás a los viajeros más curtidos. Este libro recoge las apasionantes vidas de unas mujeres atraídas por el mundo árabe que dejaron su huella en Oriente Próximo: lady Mary Montagu, la primera occidental en acceder al interior de los harenes otomanos, la excéntrica lady Hester Stanhope, la hermosa lady Jane Digby, que vivió una apasionada historia de amor con un jefe beduino o, ya entrado el siglo XX, otras audaces exploradoras, arqueólogas y espías al servicio del Imperio Británico como Gertrude Bell, que en calidad de secretaria para Oriente ayudó a trazar las fronteras del actual Irak, la incansable Freya Stark y la famosa escritora de novelas policíacas Agatha Christie.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/use-the-power-you-have-a-brown-woman-s-guide-to-politics-and-political-change-by-pramila-jayapal--65152181https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change Author: Pramila Jayapal Narrator: Pramila Jayapal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 15, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In November 2016, Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first Indian American woman to serve in that role. Two years later, the “fast-rising Democratic star and determined critic of President Donald Trump,” according to Politico’s Playbook 2017 “Power List,” won reelection with more votes than any other member of the House. Jayapal, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, proved her progressive bonafides when she introduced the most comprehensive Medicare-for-All bill to Congress in February. Behind the story of Jayapal’s rise to political prominence lie over two decades of devoted advocacy on behalf of immigrants and progressive causes—and years of learning how to turn activism into public policy that serves all Americans. Use the Power You Have is Jayapal’s account of the path from sixteen-year-old Indian immigrant to grassroots activist, state senator, and now progressive powerhouse in Washington, DC. Written with passion and insight, Use the Power You Have offers a wealth of ideas and inspiration for a new generation of engaged citizens interested in fighting back and making change, whether in Washington or in their own communities.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455899Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change Author: Pramila Jayapal Narrator: Pramila Jayapal Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change Author: Pramila Jayapal Narrator: Pramila Jayapal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 15, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In November 2016, Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first Indian American woman to serve in that role. Two years later, the “fast-rising Democratic star and determined critic of President Donald Trump,” according to Politico’s Playbook 2017 “Power List,” won reelection with more votes than any other member of the House. Jayapal, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, proved her progressive bonafides when she introduced the most comprehensive Medicare-for-All bill to Congress in February. Behind the story of Jayapal’s rise to political prominence lie over two decades of devoted advocacy on behalf of immigrants and progressive causes—and years of learning how to turn activism into public policy that serves all Americans. Use the Power You Have is Jayapal’s account of the path from sixteen-year-old Indian immigrant to grassroots activist, state senator, and now progressive powerhouse in Washington, DC. Written with passion and insight, Use the Power You Have offers a wealth of ideas and inspiration for a new generation of engaged citizens interested in fighting back and making change, whether in Washington or in their own communities.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/melania-and-me-the-rise-and-fall-of-my-friendship-with-the-first-lady-by-stephanie-winston-wolkoff--65152203https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady Author: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Narrator: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 30 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What Melania wants, Melania gets. The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Galas, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trump’s then girlfriend from a rough-cut gem to a precious diamond. As their friendship deepened over lunches at Manhattan hot spots, black-tie parties, and giggle sessions in the penthouse at Trump Tower, Wolkoff watched the newest Mrs. Trump raise her son, Barron, and manage her highly scrutinized marriage. After Trump won the 2016 election, Wolkoff was recruited to help produce the 58th Presidential Inaugu­ration and to become the First Lady’s trusted advisor. Melania put Wolkoff in charge of hiring her staff, organizing her events, helping her write speeches, and creating her debut initiatives. Then it all fell apart when she was made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities. Melania could have defended her innocent friend and confidant, but she stood by her man, knowing full well who was really to blame. The betrayal nearly destroyed Wolkoff. In this candid and emotional memoir, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff takes you into Trump Tower and the White House to tell the funny, thrilling, and heartbreaking story of her intimate friendship with one of the most famous women in the world, a woman few people truly understand. How did Melania react to the Access Hollywood tape and her husband’s affair with Stormy Daniels? Does she get along well with Ivanka? Why did she wear that jacket with “I really don’t care, do u?” printed on the back? Is Melania happy being First Lady? And what really happened with the inauguration’s funding of $107 million? Wolkoff has some ideas...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433360Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady Author: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Narrator: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady Author: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Narrator: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 105 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 30 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What Melania wants, Melania gets. The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Galas, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald Trump’s then girlfriend from a rough-cut gem to a precious diamond. As their friendship deepened over lunches at Manhattan hot spots, black-tie parties, and giggle sessions in the penthouse at Trump Tower, Wolkoff watched the newest Mrs. Trump raise her son, Barron, and manage her highly scrutinized marriage. After Trump won the 2016 election, Wolkoff was recruited to help produce the 58th Presidential Inaugu­ration and to become the First Lady’s trusted advisor. Melania put Wolkoff in charge of hiring her staff, organizing her events, helping her write speeches, and creating her debut initiatives. Then it all fell apart when she was made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities. Melania could have defended her innocent friend and confidant, but she stood by her man, knowing full well who was really to blame. The betrayal nearly destroyed Wolkoff. In this candid and emotional memoir, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff takes you into Trump Tower and the White House to tell the funny, thrilling, and heartbreaking story of her intimate friendship with one of the most famous women in the world, a woman few people truly understand. How did Melania react to the Access Hollywood tape and her husband’s affair with Stormy Daniels? Does she get along well with Ivanka? Why did she wear that jacket with “I really don’t care, do u?” printed on the back? Is Melania happy being First Lady? And what really happened with the inauguration’s funding of $107 million? Wolkoff has some ideas...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/incorrigible-by-velma-demerson--65152186https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incorrigible Author: Velma Demerson Narrator: Kayla Hounsell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: On a May morning in 1939, eighteen-year-old Velma Demerson and her lover were having breakfast when two police officers arrived to take her away. Her crime was loving a Chinese man, a "crime" that was compounded by her pregnancy and subsequent mixed-race child. Sentenced to a home for wayward girls, Demerson was then transferred (along with forty-six other girls) to Torontos Mercer Reformatory for Females. The girls were locked in their cells for twelve hours a day and required to work in the on-site laundry and factory. They also endured suspect medical examinations. When Demerson was finally released after ten months' incarceration weeks of solitary confinement, abusive medical treatments, and the state's apprehension of her child, her marriage to her lover resulted in the loss of her citizenship status. This is the story of how Demerson, and so many other girls, were treated as criminals or mentally defective individuals, even though their worst crime might have been only their choice of lover. Incorrigible is a survivor's narrative. In a period that saw the rise of psychiatry, legislation against interracial marriage, and a populist movement that believed in eradicating disease and sin by improving the purity of Anglo-Saxon stock, Velma Demerson, like many young women, found herself confronted by powerful social forces. This is a history of some of those who fell through the cracks of the criminal code, told in a powerful first-person voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461813Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incorrigible Author: Velma Demerson Narrator: Kayla Hounsell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 27, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incorrigible Author: Velma Demerson Narrator: Kayla Hounsell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: On a May morning in 1939, eighteen-year-old Velma Demerson and her lover were having breakfast when two police officers arrived to take her away. Her crime was loving a Chinese man, a "crime" that was compounded by her pregnancy and subsequent mixed-race child. Sentenced to a home for wayward girls, Demerson was then transferred (along with forty-six other girls) to Torontos Mercer Reformatory for Females. The girls were locked in their cells for twelve hours a day and required to work in the on-site laundry and factory. They also endured suspect medical examinations. When Demerson was finally released after ten months' incarceration weeks of solitary confinement, abusive medical treatments, and the state's apprehension of her child, her marriage to her lover resulted in the loss of her citizenship status. This is the story of how Demerson, and so many other girls, were treated as criminals or mentally defective individuals, even though their worst crime might have been only their choice of lover. Incorrigible is a survivor's narrative. In a period that saw the rise of psychiatry, legislation against interracial marriage, and a populist movement that believed in eradicating disease and sin by improving the purity of Anglo-Saxon stock, Velma Demerson, like many young women, found herself confronted by powerful social forces. This is a history of some of those who fell through the cracks of the criminal code, told in a powerful first-person voice.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-stars-are-made-of-the-life-of-cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-by-donovan-moore--65152250https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Author: Donovan Moore Narrator: Donovan Moore, Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth–century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called 'the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy,' she was the first to describe what stars are made of. Payne-Gaposchkin lived in a society that did not know what to make of a determined schoolgirl who wanted to know everything. She was derided in college and refused a degree. As a graduate student, she faced formidable skepticism. Revolutionary ideas rarely enjoy instantaneous acceptance, but the learned men of the astronomical community found hers especially hard to take seriously. Though welcomed at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked for years without recognition or status. Still, she accomplished what every scientist yearns for: discovery. She revealed the atomic composition of stars—only to be told that her conclusions were wrong by the very man who would later show her to be correct.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440506Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Author: Donovan Moore Narrator: Donovan Moore, Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Author: Donovan Moore Narrator: Donovan Moore, Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early twentieth–century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called 'the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy,' she was the first to describe what stars are made of. Payne-Gaposchkin lived in a society that did not know what to make of a determined schoolgirl who wanted to know everything. She was derided in college and refused a degree. As a graduate student, she faced formidable skepticism. Revolutionary ideas rarely enjoy instantaneous acceptance, but the learned men of the astronomical community found hers especially hard to take seriously. Though welcomed at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked for years without recognition or status. Still, she accomplished what every scientist yearns for: discovery. She revealed the atomic composition of stars—only to be told that her conclusions were wrong by the very man who would later show her to be correct.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-happened-like-this-a-life-in-alaska-by-adrienne-lindholm--65152249https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Happened Like This: A Life in Alaska Author: Adrienne Lindholm Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In an authentic and honest voice, writer Adrienne Lindholm recounts her move to Alaska as a young woman eager to begin her career in environmental and wildlife studies. She finds herself initially out of her depth among her peers, many of whom are also 'Outsiders,' new to the state, but who seem more experienced, more confident. Eventually she finds her way, immersing herself in the rigors of wilderness adventures and building a community of outdoorsy friends to sustain her. Soon she falls in love with JT and gradually, at times painfully, they build a life together and decide to start a family amidst the wild. Adrienne celebrates the many ways in which Alaska, and her outdoor adventures there, inspired self-discovery, as well as revealing her difficult and intimate journey into motherhood. Her love story encompasses the outline of massive mountains on the horizon, viewed for the first time; a caribou moving through an alder forest; the effort to climb a glaciated peak; and the peace that settles when contemplating a quiet Arctic lake. At times, her love—for JT, but also for nature and life—also feels savage, like when she charges onto a glacier alone, or when she shoots, kills, and skins her first animal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443921Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Happened Like This: A Life in Alaska Author: Adrienne Lindholm Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443921 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Happened Like This: A Life in Alaska Author: Adrienne Lindholm Narrator: Suzie Althens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In an authentic and honest voice, writer Adrienne Lindholm recounts her move to Alaska as a young woman eager to begin her career in environmental and wildlife studies. She finds herself initially out of her depth among her peers, many of whom are also 'Outsiders,' new to the state, but who seem more experienced, more confident. Eventually she finds her way, immersing herself in the rigors of wilderness adventures and building a community of outdoorsy friends to sustain her. Soon she falls in love with JT and gradually, at times painfully, they build a life together and decide to start a family amidst the wild. Adrienne celebrates the many ways in which Alaska, and her outdoor adventures there, inspired self-discovery, as well as revealing her difficult and intimate journey into motherhood. Her love story encompasses the outline of massive mountains on the horizon, viewed for the first time; a caribou moving through an alder forest; the effort to climb a glaciated peak; and the peace that settles when contemplating a quiet Arctic lake. At times, her love—for JT, but also for nature and life—also feels savage, like when she charges onto a glacier alone, or when she shoots, kills, and skins her first animal.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-firsts-bertha-wilson-and-claire-l-heureux-dube-at-the-supreme-court-of-canada-by-constance-backhouse--65152227https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Firsts: Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada Series: #9 of A Feminist History Society Book Author: Constance Backhouse Narrator: Annelise Noronha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 24, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women's rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues? See https://secondstorypress.ca/teachers-guides for supplementary materials.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450623Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Firsts: Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada Series: #9 of A Feminist History Society Book Author: Constance...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Firsts: Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada Series: #9 of A Feminist History Society Book Author: Constance Backhouse Narrator: Annelise Noronha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 24, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse's compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women's rights, and their less stellar records on race. To explore the lives and careers of these two path-breaking women is to venture into a world of legal sexism from a past era. The question becomes, how much of that sexism has been relegated to the bins of history, and how much continues? See https://secondstorypress.ca/teachers-guides for supplementary materials.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/skimmed-breastfeeding-race-and-injustice-by-andrea-freeman--65152264https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice Author: Andrea Freeman Narrator: Randye Kaye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Born into a tenant farming family in North Carolina in 1946, Mary Louise, Mary Ann, Mary Alice, and Mary Catherine were medical miracles. Annie Mae Fultz, a Black-Cherokee woman who lost her ability to hear and speak in childhood, became the mother of America's first surviving set of identical quadruplets. They were instant celebrities. Their White doctor named them after his own family members. He sold the rights to use the sisters for marketing purposes to the highest-bidding formula company. The girls lived in poverty, while Pet Milk's profits from a previously untapped market of Black families skyrocketed. Over half a century later, baby formula is a seventy-billion-dollar industry and Black mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country. Since slavery, legal, political, and societal factors have routinely denied Black women the ability to choose how to feed their babies. In Skimmed, Andrea Freeman tells the riveting story of the Fultz quadruplets while uncovering how feeding America's youngest citizens is awash in social, legal, and cultural inequalities. This book highlights the making of a modern public health crisis, the four extraordinary girls whose stories encapsulate a nationwide injustice, and how we can fight for a healthier future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434048Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice Author: Andrea Freeman Narrator: Randye Kaye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice Author: Andrea Freeman Narrator: Randye Kaye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Born into a tenant farming family in North Carolina in 1946, Mary Louise, Mary Ann, Mary Alice, and Mary Catherine were medical miracles. Annie Mae Fultz, a Black-Cherokee woman who lost her ability to hear and speak in childhood, became the mother of America's first surviving set of identical quadruplets. They were instant celebrities. Their White doctor named them after his own family members. He sold the rights to use the sisters for marketing purposes to the highest-bidding formula company. The girls lived in poverty, while Pet Milk's profits from a previously untapped market of Black families skyrocketed. Over half a century later, baby formula is a seventy-billion-dollar industry and Black mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country. Since slavery, legal, political, and societal factors have routinely denied Black women the ability to choose how to feed their babies. In Skimmed, Andrea Freeman tells the riveting story of the Fultz quadruplets while uncovering how feeding America's youngest citizens is awash in social, legal, and cultural inequalities. This book highlights the making of a modern public health crisis, the four extraordinary girls whose stories encapsulate a nationwide injustice, and how we can fight for a healthier future.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mercedes-sosa-more-than-a-song-by-anette-christensen--65152191https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercedes Sosa - More Than A Song Author: Anette Christensen Narrator: Les Horovitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 12, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The Argentine folk singer and social activist, Mercedes Sosa, was a world-class performer, whose influence went far beyond the borders of music. Blacklisted as being one the most dangerous people to the regime in Argentina in the 1970s, she became the underground reference point for the poor and oppressed, and an icon of democracy who fought South America's dictators with her voice. Nicknamed, "The Voice of the Voiceless," Sosa emerged as a legend and a much-loved mother of Latin America.With her powerful voice and compelling stage presence, the Argentine folk singer, Mercedes Sosa, was a world-class performer, whose influence went far beyond the borders of music. Blacklisted as being one the most dangerous people to the regime in Argentina in the 1970s, she became the underground reference point for the poor and oppressed, and an icon of democracy who fought South America's dictators with her voice. Alongside her lifelong career, which earned her four Grammy Awards, Sosa also worked as Goodwill Ambassador for the children in Latin America and in the Caribbean, and was granted the prestigious position of Vice President of the Earth Council. Nicknamed, "The Voice of the Voiceless," Sosa emerged as a legend and a much-loved mother of Latin America. Although Mercedes Sosa was one of the most recognized artists in international music, and collaborated with musicians ranging from Luciano Pavarotti, Sting and Joan Baez, she remained an unsung hero outside of Latin America. However, now ten years after her death, Sosa's legacy continues to shine. Her example of integrity and solidarity lives on and make her a role model who points out the path to a more emphatic and compassionate world. But how did a girl raised in a poor Indian working class family gain such influence? Mercedes Sosa - More than a Song explores the secret behind Sosa's remarkable impact and reveals how her upbringing, political circumstances and personal tragedies formed her life and her career. Now, ten years after her death, Sosa's legacy continues to shine. Her example of integrity and solidarity lives on and make her a role model who points out the path to a more emphatic and compassionate world. Her story calls out for the best in all of us. You are about to meet a woman who will inspire you by her courage and authenticity. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452182Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercedes Sosa - More Than A Song Author: Anette Christensen Narrator: Les Horovitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 22 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mercedes Sosa - More Than A Song Author: Anette Christensen Narrator: Les Horovitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 22 minutes Release date: August 12, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The Argentine folk singer and social activist, Mercedes Sosa, was a world-class performer, whose influence went far beyond the borders of music. Blacklisted as being one the most dangerous people to the regime in Argentina in the 1970s, she became the underground reference point for the poor and oppressed, and an icon of democracy who fought South America's dictators with her voice. Nicknamed, "The Voice of the Voiceless," Sosa emerged as a legend and a much-loved mother of Latin America.With her powerful voice and compelling stage presence, the Argentine folk singer, Mercedes Sosa, was a world-class performer, whose influence went far beyond the borders of music. Blacklisted as being one the most dangerous people to the regime in Argentina in the 1970s, she became the underground reference point for the poor and oppressed, and an icon of democracy who fought South America's dictators with her voice. Alongside her lifelong career, which earned her four Grammy Awards, Sosa also worked as Goodwill Ambassador for the children in Latin America and in the Caribbean, and was granted the prestigious position of Vice President of the Earth Council. Nicknamed, "The Voice of the Voiceless," Sosa emerged as a legend and a much-loved mother of Latin America. Although Mercedes Sosa was one of the most recognized artists in international music, and collaborated with musicians ranging from Luciano Pavarotti, Sting and Joan Baez, she remained an unsung hero outside of Latin America. However, now ten years after her death, Sosa's legacy continues to shine. Her example of integrity and solidarity lives on and make her a role model who points out the path to a more emphatic and compassionate world. But how did a girl raised in a poor Indian working class family gain such influence? Mercedes Sosa - More than a Song explores the secret behind Sosa's remarkable impact and reveals how her upbringing, political circumstances and personal tragedies formed her life and her career. Now, ten years after her death, Sosa's legacy continues to shine. Her example of integrity and solidarity lives on and make her a role model who points out the path to a more emphatic and compassionate world. Her story calls out for the best in all of us. You are about to meet a woman who will inspire you by her courage and authenticity. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/italian-mercedes-sosa-la-leggenda-by-anette-christensen--65152205https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Italian] - Mercedes Sosa - La Leggenda Author: Anette Christensen Narrator: Maurizio Mosetti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: La cantante folk e attivista sociale argentina, Mercedes Sosa, era un' artista di livello mondiale, la cui influenza andava ben oltre i confini della musica. Nella lista nera come una delle persone più pericolose per il regime in Argentina negli anni '70, diventò il punto di riferimento sotterraneo per i poveri e gli oppressi e un'icona della democrazia che combatté i dittatori del Sud America con la sua voce. Soprannominata "La Voce dei Senza Voce", Sosa emerse come leggenda e madre molto amata dell'America Latina.Con la sua voce potente e la presenza coinvolgente sul palco, la cantante folk argentina, Mercedes Sosa, era una performer di livello mondiale, la cui influenza andava ben oltre i confini della musica. Nella lista nera come una delle persone più pericolose per il regime in Argentina negli anni '70, diventò il punto di riferimento sotterraneo per i poveri e gli oppressi e un'icona della democrazia che combatté i dittatori del Sud America con la sua voce. Soprannominata "La Voce dei Senza Voce", Sosa emerse come leggenda e madre molto amata dell'America Latina. Sebbene Mercedes Sosa fosse una degli artisti più conosciuti nella musica internazionale e abbia collaborato con musicisti che spaziavano da Luciano Pavarotti, Sting e Joan Baez, rimase un'eroina sconosciuta fuori dall'America Latina. Mercedes Sosa - La Leggenda, racconta il viaggio spirituale, politico e artistico della cantante ed esplora il segreto del notevole impatto di Sosa La narrazione offre un profilo psicologico che rivela come l'educazione, le circostanze politiche e le tragedie personali di Sosa abbiano dato forma alla sua vita e alla sua carriera. Mercedes Sosa è un esempio di integrità e solidarietà per molti che la vedono come un modello che indica la strada verso un mondo più empatico e compassionevole. Se ti piacciono le donne coraggiose e le storie non raccontate di sopravvivenza ed eroismo, allora adorerai questa significativa biografia. Supportata da Fabián Matus, figlio di Mercedes Sosa e presidente della Fondazione Mercedes Sosa. "Una prospettiva nuova e toccante sulla nostra amata Mercedes. È un tributo sincero e affettuoso in onore della vita di mia madre." Per oltre 8 anni, Christensen ha intrapreso oltre 7.000 ore di ricerca. Comprese la visione di documentari, la lettura di articoli, la comunicazione con la famiglia di Mercedes Sosa, gli amici e altre persone vicine all'artista. Oggi Christensen è un'esperta della vita di Mercedes Sosa, riconosciuta in tutto il mondo. Recensione editoriale: Nella prima metà del libro, l'autrice racconta il viaggio spirituale, politico e artistico di Sosa. Christensen scrive al presente, il che conferisce alla narrazione un'immediatezza non solo potente e avvincente, ma aiuta a dare vita a questa straordinaria donna. La scrittura stessa è chiara, non pretenziosa e spesso eloquente, proprio come la musica di Sosa. Ci sono momenti in cui la voce e la creatività dell'autrice si fondono con il materiale biografico, come spesso accade nella buona scrittura storica. È impossibile per un biografo sapere con certezza cosa sta pensando un soggetto, ad esempio, ma usando un buon metodo di ricerca insieme ad un istinto e un'empatia ben affinati, fornire questi pensieri al lettore può essere un'esperienza trascendente oltre che informativa. Christensen lo gestisce magnificamente e dipinge un ritratto che incorpora i colori della disperazione, del trionfo, dell'amore, della paura e di tutte le altre emozioni umane che definiscono una vita - in questo caso, la vita di una delle più grandi artiste rivoluzionarie contemporanee in America Latina. Questo è un libro bellissimo e spero che ottenga l'attenzione che merita. Il fatto che l'inglese sia una seconda lingua per l'autrice è notevole, di per sé. -Charles Musser, storico del cinema, documentarista, autore e professore di studi cinematografici e mediatici PUBLISHER: TEKTIME]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452081Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Italian] - Mercedes Sosa - La Leggenda Author: Anette Christensen Narrator: Maurizio Mosetti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Italian] - Mercedes Sosa - La Leggenda Author: Anette Christensen Narrator: Maurizio Mosetti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: La cantante folk e attivista sociale argentina, Mercedes Sosa, era un' artista di livello mondiale, la cui influenza andava ben oltre i confini della musica. Nella lista nera come una delle persone più pericolose per il regime in Argentina negli anni '70, diventò il punto di riferimento sotterraneo per i poveri e gli oppressi e un'icona della democrazia che combatté i dittatori del Sud America con la sua voce. Soprannominata "La Voce dei Senza Voce", Sosa emerse come leggenda e madre molto amata dell'America Latina.Con la sua voce potente e la presenza coinvolgente sul palco, la cantante folk argentina, Mercedes Sosa, era una performer di livello mondiale, la cui influenza andava ben oltre i confini della musica. Nella lista nera come una delle persone più pericolose per il regime in Argentina negli anni '70, diventò il punto di riferimento sotterraneo per i poveri e gli oppressi e un'icona della democrazia che combatté i dittatori del Sud America con la sua voce. Soprannominata "La Voce dei Senza Voce", Sosa emerse come leggenda e madre molto amata dell'America Latina. Sebbene Mercedes Sosa fosse una degli artisti più conosciuti nella musica internazionale e abbia collaborato con musicisti che spaziavano da Luciano Pavarotti, Sting e Joan Baez, rimase un'eroina sconosciuta fuori dall'America Latina. Mercedes Sosa - La Leggenda, racconta il viaggio spirituale, politico e artistico della cantante ed esplora il segreto del notevole impatto di Sosa La narrazione offre un profilo psicologico che rivela come l'educazione, le circostanze politiche e le tragedie personali di Sosa abbiano dato forma alla sua vita e alla sua carriera. Mercedes Sosa è un esempio di integrità e solidarietà per molti che la vedono come un modello che indica la strada verso un mondo più empatico e compassionevole. Se ti piacciono le donne coraggiose e le storie non raccontate di sopravvivenza ed eroismo, allora adorerai questa significativa biografia. Supportata da Fabián Matus, figlio di Mercedes Sosa e presidente della Fondazione Mercedes Sosa. "Una prospettiva nuova e toccante sulla nostra amata Mercedes. È un tributo sincero e affettuoso in onore della vita di mia madre." Per oltre 8 anni, Christensen ha intrapreso oltre 7.000 ore di ricerca. Comprese la visione di documentari, la lettura di articoli, la comunicazione con la famiglia di Mercedes Sosa, gli amici e altre persone vicine all'artista. Oggi Christensen è un'esperta della vita di Mercedes Sosa, riconosciuta in tutto il mondo. Recensione editoriale: Nella prima metà del libro, l'autrice racconta il viaggio spirituale, politico e artistico di Sosa. Christensen scrive al presente, il che conferisce alla narrazione un'immediatezza non solo potente e avvincente, ma aiuta a dare vita a questa straordinaria donna. La scrittura stessa è chiara, non pretenziosa e spesso eloquente, proprio come la musica di Sosa. Ci sono momenti in cui la voce e la creatività dell'autrice si fondono con il materiale biografico, come spesso accade nella buona scrittura storica. È impossibile per un biografo sapere con certezza cosa sta pensando un soggetto, ad esempio, ma usando un buon metodo di ricerca insieme ad un istinto e un'empatia ben affinati, fornire questi pensieri al lettore può essere un'esperienza trascendente oltre che informativa. Christensen lo gestisce magnificamente e dipinge un ritratto che incorpora i colori della disperazione, del trionfo, dell'amore, della paura e di tutte le altre emozioni umane che definiscono una vita - in questo caso, la vita di una delle più grandi...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-kitchen-to-carnegie-hall-ethel-stark-and-the-montreal-women-s-symphony-orchestra-by-maria-noriega-rachwal--65152213https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra Author: Maria Noriega Rachwal Narrator: Allegra Fullton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 10, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play "masculine" instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian history. Formed in 1940, the MWSO became the first orchestra to represent Canada in New York City's Carnegie Hall. The stories of those musicians are illuminated here, including the life of the incredible Ethel Stark, the co-founder and conductor of the MWSO.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450621Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra Author: Maria Noriega Rachwal Narrator: Allegra Fullton Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra Author: Maria Noriega Rachwal Narrator: Allegra Fullton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: August 10, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play "masculine" instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian history. Formed in 1940, the MWSO became the first orchestra to represent Canada in New York City's Carnegie Hall. The stories of those musicians are illuminated here, including the life of the incredible Ethel Stark, the co-founder and conductor of the MWSO.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-ano-del-pensamiento-magico-by-joan-didion--65152240https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El año del pensamiento mágico Author: Joan Didion Narrator: Yotzmit Ramírez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Unas memorias conmovedoras sobre la enfermedad y la muerte a través de la experiencia personal de la periodista y escritora Joan Didion. Este libro memorable ha cautivado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo. En él, la escritora Joan Didion, una de las autoras norteamericanas más reputadas de finales del siglo XX, narra con una fascinante distancia emocional la muerte repentina de su marido, el también escritor John Gregory Dunne. Este libro tan breve como intenso es, por consiguiente, una reflexión sobre el duelo y la crónica de una supervivencia. El año del pensamiento mágico obtuvo el National Book Award en 2005. Reseñas: «Llena de detalles y de una deslumbrante honestidad [...], un retrato indeleble de la pérdida y el luto.» Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Un acto consumado de valentía literaria, una escritora reconocida por su claridad que nos permite entrar en su mente mientras esta se nubla por el luto.» Lev Grossman, Time «Un libro que, repitiendo el tópico, se lee 'como una novela' y cuya tensión sale de las entrañas de un ser herido pero dotado con una excepcional capacidad analítica y expresiva.» El Cultural «En una cultura donde la elaboración de los sentimientos [...] ha sido rescindida por una prohibición directa a través de la vergüenza o por el 'deber ético del goce' [...], el libro de Didion duplica el valor del testimonio y de la invitación que lanza a un mundo de bobos emocionales técnicamente competentes.» El Mundo «El libro es un intento de trascender el estupor y sinsentido en que nos deja sumidos el dolor cuando experimentamos la muerte de alguien muy cercano.» Eduardo Lago, Babelia, El País]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443370Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El año del pensamiento mágico Author: Joan Didion Narrator: Yotzmit Ramírez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El año del pensamiento mágico Author: Joan Didion Narrator: Yotzmit Ramírez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Unas memorias conmovedoras sobre la enfermedad y la muerte a través de la experiencia personal de la periodista y escritora Joan Didion. Este libro memorable ha cautivado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo. En él, la escritora Joan Didion, una de las autoras norteamericanas más reputadas de finales del siglo XX, narra con una fascinante distancia emocional la muerte repentina de su marido, el también escritor John Gregory Dunne. Este libro tan breve como intenso es, por consiguiente, una reflexión sobre el duelo y la crónica de una supervivencia. El año del pensamiento mágico obtuvo el National Book Award en 2005. Reseñas: «Llena de detalles y de una deslumbrante honestidad [...], un retrato indeleble de la pérdida y el luto.» Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «Un acto consumado de valentía literaria, una escritora reconocida por su claridad que nos permite entrar en su mente mientras esta se nubla por el luto.» Lev Grossman, Time «Un libro que, repitiendo el tópico, se lee 'como una novela' y cuya tensión sale de las entrañas de un ser herido pero dotado con una excepcional capacidad analítica y expresiva.» El Cultural «En una cultura donde la elaboración de los sentimientos [...] ha sido rescindida por una prohibición directa a través de la vergüenza o por el 'deber ético del goce' [...], el libro de Didion duplica el valor del testimonio y de la invitación que lanza a un mundo de bobos emocionales técnicamente competentes.» El Mundo «El libro es un intento de trascender el estupor y sinsentido en que nos deja sumidos el dolor cuando experimentamos la muerte de alguien muy cercano.» Eduardo Lago, Babelia, El País]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mad-madame-lalaurie-new-orleans-most-famous-murderess-revealed-by-lorelei-shannon-victoria-cosner-love--65152263https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed Author: Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner Love Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The truth behind the legend of New Orleans's infamous slave owner, madwoman, and murderess, portrayed in the anthology series, American Horror Story. On April 10, 1834, firefighters smashed through a padlocked attic door in the burning Royal Street mansion of Creole society couple Delphine and Louis Lalaurie. In the billowing smoke and flames they made an appalling discovery: the remains of Madame Lalaurie's chained, starved, and mutilated slaves. This house of horrors in the French Quarter spawned a legend that has endured for more than one-hundred-and-fifty years. But what actually happened in the Lalaurie home? Rumors about her atrocities spread as fast as the fire. But verifiable facts were scarce. Lalaurie wouldn't answer questions. She disappeared, leaving behind one of the French Quarter's ghastliest crime scenes, and what is considered to be one of America's most haunted houses.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434734Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed Author: Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner Love Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed Author: Lorelei Shannon, Victoria Cosner Love Narrator: Tiffany Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The truth behind the legend of New Orleans's infamous slave owner, madwoman, and murderess, portrayed in the anthology series, American Horror Story. On April 10, 1834, firefighters smashed through a padlocked attic door in the burning Royal Street mansion of Creole society couple Delphine and Louis Lalaurie. In the billowing smoke and flames they made an appalling discovery: the remains of Madame Lalaurie's chained, starved, and mutilated slaves. This house of horrors in the French Quarter spawned a legend that has endured for more than one-hundred-and-fifty years. But what actually happened in the Lalaurie home? Rumors about her atrocities spread as fast as the fire. But verifiable facts were scarce. Lalaurie wouldn't answer questions. She disappeared, leaving behind one of the French Quarter's ghastliest crime scenes, and what is considered to be one of America's most haunted houses.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eva-palmer-sikelianos-a-life-in-ruins-by-artemis-leontis--65152234https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eva Palmer Sikelianos: A Life in Ruins Author: Artemis Leontis Narrator: Suzanne Stroh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This audiobook narrated by Suzanne Stroh reveals the untold story of a visionary twentieth-century American performer who devoted her life to the revival of ancient Greek culture This is the first biography to tell the fascinating story of Eva Palmer Sikelianos (1874–1952), an American actor, director, composer, and weaver best known for reviving the Delphic Festivals. Yet, as Artemis Leontis reveals, Palmer's most spectacular performance was her daily revival of ancient Greek life. For almost half a century, dressed in handmade Greek tunics and sandals, she sought to make modern life freer and more beautiful through a creative engagement with the ancients. Along the way, she crossed paths with other seminal modern artists such as Natalie Clifford Barney, Renée Vivien, Isadora Duncan, Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook, Richard Strauss, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Nikos Kazantzakis, George Seferis, Henry Miller, Paul Robeson, and Ted Shawn. Brilliant and gorgeous, with floor-length auburn hair, Palmer was a wealthy New York debutante who studied Greek at Bryn Mawr College before turning her back on conventional society to live a lesbian life in Paris. She later followed Raymond Duncan (brother of Isadora) and his wife to Greece and married the Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos in 1907. With single-minded purpose, Palmer re-created ancient art forms, staging Greek tragedy with her own choreography, costumes, and even music. Having exhausted her inheritance, she returned to the United States in 1933, was blacklisted for criticizing American imperialism during the Cold War, and was barred from returning to Greece until just before her death. Drawing on hundreds of newly discovered letters, this biography vividly re-creates the unforgettable story of a remarkable nonconformist whom one contemporary described as 'the only ancient Greek I ever knew.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444207Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eva Palmer Sikelianos: A Life in Ruins Author: Artemis Leontis Narrator: Suzanne Stroh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eva Palmer Sikelianos: A Life in Ruins Author: Artemis Leontis Narrator: Suzanne Stroh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This audiobook narrated by Suzanne Stroh reveals the untold story of a visionary twentieth-century American performer who devoted her life to the revival of ancient Greek culture This is the first biography to tell the fascinating story of Eva Palmer Sikelianos (1874–1952), an American actor, director, composer, and weaver best known for reviving the Delphic Festivals. Yet, as Artemis Leontis reveals, Palmer's most spectacular performance was her daily revival of ancient Greek life. For almost half a century, dressed in handmade Greek tunics and sandals, she sought to make modern life freer and more beautiful through a creative engagement with the ancients. Along the way, she crossed paths with other seminal modern artists such as Natalie Clifford Barney, Renée Vivien, Isadora Duncan, Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook, Richard Strauss, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Nikos Kazantzakis, George Seferis, Henry Miller, Paul Robeson, and Ted Shawn. Brilliant and gorgeous, with floor-length auburn hair, Palmer was a wealthy New York debutante who studied Greek at Bryn Mawr College before turning her back on conventional society to live a lesbian life in Paris. She later followed Raymond Duncan (brother of Isadora) and his wife to Greece and married the Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos in 1907. With single-minded purpose, Palmer re-created ancient art forms, staging Greek tragedy with her own choreography, costumes, and even music. Having exhausted her inheritance, she returned to the United States in 1933, was blacklisted for criticizing American imperialism during the Cold War, and was barred from returning to Greece until just before her death. Drawing on hundreds of newly discovered letters, this biography vividly re-creates the unforgettable story of a remarkable nonconformist whom one contemporary described as 'the only ancient Greek I ever knew.']]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/radioactive-marie-pierre-curie-a-tale-of-love-and-fallout-by-lauren-redniss--65152193https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Author: Lauren Redniss Narrator: Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Marjane Sartrapi, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley.  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINIALIST.  'Vivid and ethereal.' —New York Times  “Radioactive is quite unlike any book I have ever read—part history, part love story, part art work and all parts sheer imaginative genius.” — Malcolm Gladwell Radioactive is the mesmerizing, landmark biography of Marie Curie, by acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. Through brilliant storytelling, Redniss walks us through Curie’s life, which was marked by extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal trauma—from her complex working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, to their discovery of two new scientific elements, to Pierre’s tragic death, to Marie’s two Nobel Prizes. A haunting and wondrous portrait of one of history's most intriguing figures, Radioactive is a stunning biography and a true work of art. Whether young or old, scientific novice or expert, no one will fail to be moved by Lauren Redniss’s eerie and wondrous evocation of one of history’s most intriguing figures. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438579Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Author: Lauren Redniss Narrator: Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout Author: Lauren Redniss Narrator: Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Marjane Sartrapi, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley.  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINIALIST.  'Vivid and ethereal.' —New York Times  “Radioactive is quite unlike any book I have ever read—part history, part love story, part art work and all parts sheer imaginative genius.” — Malcolm Gladwell Radioactive is the mesmerizing, landmark biography of Marie Curie, by acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. Through brilliant storytelling, Redniss walks us through Curie’s life, which was marked by extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal trauma—from her complex working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, to their discovery of two new scientific elements, to Pierre’s tragic death, to Marie’s two Nobel Prizes. A haunting and wondrous portrait of one of history's most intriguing figures, Radioactive is a stunning biography and a true work of art. Whether young or old, scientific novice or expert, no one will fail to be moved by Lauren Redniss’s eerie and wondrous evocation of one of history’s most intriguing figures. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shunned-how-i-lost-my-religion-and-found-myself-by-linda-a-curtis--65152258https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself Author: Linda A. Curtis Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Linda Curtis was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and is an unquestioning true believer who has knocked on doors from the time she was nine years old. Like other Witnesses, she has been discouraged from pursuing a career, higher education, or even voting, and her friendships are limited to the Witness community. Then one day, at age thirty-three, she knocks on a door—and a coworker she deeply respects answers the door. To their mutual consternation she launches into her usual spiel, but this time, for the first time ever, the message sounds hollow. In the months that follow, Curtis tries hard to overcome the doubts that spring from that doorstep encounter, knowing they could upend her 'safe' existence. But ultimately, unable to reconcile her incredulity, she leaves her religion and divorces her Witness husband—a choice for which she is shunned by the entire community, including all members of her immediate family. Shunned follows Linda as she steps into a world she was taught to fear and discovers what is possible when we stay true to our hearts, even when it means disappointing those we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434005Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself Author: Linda A. Curtis Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shunned: How I Lost My Religion and Found Myself Author: Linda A. Curtis Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Linda Curtis was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and is an unquestioning true believer who has knocked on doors from the time she was nine years old. Like other Witnesses, she has been discouraged from pursuing a career, higher education, or even voting, and her friendships are limited to the Witness community. Then one day, at age thirty-three, she knocks on a door—and a coworker she deeply respects answers the door. To their mutual consternation she launches into her usual spiel, but this time, for the first time ever, the message sounds hollow. In the months that follow, Curtis tries hard to overcome the doubts that spring from that doorstep encounter, knowing they could upend her 'safe' existence. But ultimately, unable to reconcile her incredulity, she leaves her religion and divorces her Witness husband—a choice for which she is shunned by the entire community, including all members of her immediate family. Shunned follows Linda as she steps into a world she was taught to fear and discovers what is possible when we stay true to our hearts, even when it means disappointing those we love.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/queen-of-the-hurricanes-the-fearless-elsie-macgill-by-crystal-sissons--65152245https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of the Hurricanes: The Fearless Elsie MacGill Series: #3 of A Feminist History Society Book Author: Crystal Sissons Narrator: Dawn Harvey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 20, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Elsie MacGill achieved many firsts in science and engineering at a time when women were considered to be inferior in the sciences. In 1923, at the age of nineteen, she became the first woman to attend engineering classes at the University of Toronto. She was the first woman in North America to hold a degree in aeronautical engineering and the first woman aircraft designer in the world. As chief engineer for the Canadian Car and Foundry Company she oversaw the production of the Hawker Hurricane, and designed a series of modifications to equip the plain for cold weather flying. Her Maple Leaf trainer may still be the only plane ever to be completely designed by a woman. Elsie, a popular heroine of her time who inspired the comic book 'Queen of the Hurricanes' in the 1940s, later became an influential feminist activist. See https://secondstorypress.ca/teachers-guides for supplementary materials.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444217Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of the Hurricanes: The Fearless Elsie MacGill Series: #3 of A Feminist History Society Book Author: Crystal Sissons Narrator: Dawn Harvey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen of the Hurricanes: The Fearless Elsie MacGill Series: #3 of A Feminist History Society Book Author: Crystal Sissons Narrator: Dawn Harvey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 20, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Elsie MacGill achieved many firsts in science and engineering at a time when women were considered to be inferior in the sciences. In 1923, at the age of nineteen, she became the first woman to attend engineering classes at the University of Toronto. She was the first woman in North America to hold a degree in aeronautical engineering and the first woman aircraft designer in the world. As chief engineer for the Canadian Car and Foundry Company she oversaw the production of the Hawker Hurricane, and designed a series of modifications to equip the plain for cold weather flying. Her Maple Leaf trainer may still be the only plane ever to be completely designed by a woman. Elsie, a popular heroine of her time who inspired the comic book 'Queen of the Hurricanes' in the 1940s, later became an influential feminist activist. See https://secondstorypress.ca/teachers-guides for supplementary materials.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tough-cookies-leadership-lessons-from-100-years-of-the-girl-scouts-by-kathy-cloninger--65152166https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/481862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts Author: Kathy Cloninger Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 20, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Untold numbers of American businesswomen received their first lessons in salesmanship, money management, customer relations, marketing and fulfillment selling Girl Scout cookies, but, as readers will learn, The Girl Scouts stand for much more than cookies and badges. In fact, there is no other organization remotely comparable in size, experience, and resources devoted to developing the leadership in girls than that of the GSUSA.   Defining the way the Girl Scouts do business, the business of leadership, Tough Cookies will capture the essence of the unique ways in which the GSUSA is run, and why it is so successful, inspiring readers everywhere. Telling the story for how the Girl Scouts organization adopted a set of fundamental principles for sustainingand buildinga 100-year old organization, Tough Cookies will demonstrate how the GSUSA have managed not only to transform themselves, but transform the rising generations of young women and the world they will inherit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/481862Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/481862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts Author: Kathy Cloninger Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/481862 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts Author: Kathy Cloninger Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 20, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Untold numbers of American businesswomen received their first lessons in salesmanship, money management, customer relations, marketing and fulfillment selling Girl Scout cookies, but, as readers will learn, The Girl Scouts stand for much more than cookies and badges. In fact, there is no other organization remotely comparable in size, experience, and resources devoted to developing the leadership in girls than that of the GSUSA.   Defining the way the Girl Scouts do business, the business of leadership, Tough Cookies will capture the essence of the unique ways in which the GSUSA is run, and why it is so successful, inspiring readers everywhere. Telling the story for how the Girl Scouts organization adopted a set of fundamental principles for sustainingand buildinga 100-year old organization, Tough Cookies will demonstrate how the GSUSA have managed not only to transform themselves, but transform the rising generations of young women and the world they will inherit.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-freewheelin-time-a-memoir-of-greenwich-village-in-the-sixties-by-suze-rotolo--65152239https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties Author: Suze Rotolo Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Suze Rotolo chronicles her coming of age in Greenwich Village during the 1960s and the early days of the folk music explosion, when Bob Dylan was finding his voice and she was his muse. A shy girl from Queens, Suze was the daughter of Italian working-class Communists, growing up at the dawn of the Cold War. It was the age of McCarthy and Suze was an outsider in her neighborhood and at school. She found solace in poetry, art, and music—and in Greenwich Village, where she encountered like-minded and politically active friends. One hot July day in 1961, Suze met Bob Dylan, then a rising musician, at a concert at Riverside Church. She was seventeen, he was twenty; they were both vibrant, curious, and inseparable. During the years they were together, Dylan transformed from an obscure folk singer into an uneasy spokesperson for a generation. A Freewheelin' Time is a hopeful, intimate memoir of a vital movement at its most creative. It captures the excitement of youth, the heartbreak of young love, and the struggles for a brighter future in a time when everything seemed possible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432155Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties Author: Suze Rotolo Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties Author: Suze Rotolo Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Suze Rotolo chronicles her coming of age in Greenwich Village during the 1960s and the early days of the folk music explosion, when Bob Dylan was finding his voice and she was his muse. A shy girl from Queens, Suze was the daughter of Italian working-class Communists, growing up at the dawn of the Cold War. It was the age of McCarthy and Suze was an outsider in her neighborhood and at school. She found solace in poetry, art, and music—and in Greenwich Village, where she encountered like-minded and politically active friends. One hot July day in 1961, Suze met Bob Dylan, then a rising musician, at a concert at Riverside Church. She was seventeen, he was twenty; they were both vibrant, curious, and inseparable. During the years they were together, Dylan transformed from an obscure folk singer into an uneasy spokesperson for a generation. A Freewheelin' Time is a hopeful, intimate memoir of a vital movement at its most creative. It captures the excitement of youth, the heartbreak of young love, and the struggles for a brighter future in a time when everything seemed possible.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drinking-and-tweeting-and-other-brandi-blunders-by-leslie-bruce-brandi-glanville--65152235https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders Author: Leslie Bruce, Brandi Glanville Narrator: Brandi Glanville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Fans have been waiting for Brandi’s scoop on one of the biggest divorces of the decade since her husband of eight years abandoned her and their two sons to marry country-singer LeAnn Rimes. Not only does Brandi spill the beans about her side of the split, but the lovable housewife also shares the incredible wild ride that took her from a life in the ghetto to Hollywood’s most elite circles. For the first time, Brandi talks about how she escaped a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Sacramento and stumbled into a successful modeling career that swept her into a world of Paris Fashion Weeks, private jets, and uncircumcised penises. Before she knew it, Brandi was the perfect Hollywood trophy wife—at least until her marriage exploded. Today, the refreshingly filter-free housewife and unapologetic mom is the newest full-time cast member of Bravo’s juggernaut franchise, where she often elicits raised eyebrows and gossip from her costars for her refusal to be the scorned ex-wife, to be bullied, to change her sarcastic sense of humor, or—on most occasions—to wear a bra. Sassy, raunchy, and compulsively listenable, Drinking and Tweeting perfectly captures Brandi’s open-book attitude, as she dishes about everything from her DUI, her cheating ex, her one-night stands, and the secret plastic surgery that made her “seventeen” again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433674Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders Author: Leslie Bruce, Brandi Glanville Narrator: Brandi Glanville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders Author: Leslie Bruce, Brandi Glanville Narrator: Brandi Glanville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Fans have been waiting for Brandi’s scoop on one of the biggest divorces of the decade since her husband of eight years abandoned her and their two sons to marry country-singer LeAnn Rimes. Not only does Brandi spill the beans about her side of the split, but the lovable housewife also shares the incredible wild ride that took her from a life in the ghetto to Hollywood’s most elite circles. For the first time, Brandi talks about how she escaped a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Sacramento and stumbled into a successful modeling career that swept her into a world of Paris Fashion Weeks, private jets, and uncircumcised penises. Before she knew it, Brandi was the perfect Hollywood trophy wife—at least until her marriage exploded. Today, the refreshingly filter-free housewife and unapologetic mom is the newest full-time cast member of Bravo’s juggernaut franchise, where she often elicits raised eyebrows and gossip from her costars for her refusal to be the scorned ex-wife, to be bullied, to change her sarcastic sense of humor, or—on most occasions—to wear a bra. Sassy, raunchy, and compulsively listenable, Drinking and Tweeting perfectly captures Brandi’s open-book attitude, as she dishes about everything from her DUI, her cheating ex, her one-night stands, and the secret plastic surgery that made her “seventeen” again.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-chappaquiddick-the-untold-story-of-mary-jo-kopechne-and-the-kennedy-brothers-by-william-c-kashatus--65152187https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before Chappaquiddick: The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers Author: William C. Kashatus Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: June 1, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Cape Cod. Mary Jo Kopechne, a twenty-eight-year-old former staffer for Kennedy’s brother Robert, died in the crash. The scandal that followed demeaned Kopechne’s reputation and scapegoated her for Ted Kennedy’s inability to run for the presidency instead of acknowledging her as an innocent victim in a tragedy that took her life. William C. Kashatus’s biography of Mary Jo Kopechne illuminates the life of a politically committed young woman who embodied the best ideals of the sixties. Arriving in Washington in 1963, Kopechne soon joined the staff of Robert F. Kennedy and committed herself to his vision of compassion for the underprivileged, social idealism tempered by political realism, and a more humane nation. Kashatus details her work as an energetic and trusted staffer who became one of the famed Boiler Room Girls at the heart of RFK’s presidential campaign. Shattered by his assassination, Kopechne took a break from politics before returning as a consultant. It was at a reunion of the Boiler Room Girls that she accepted a ride from Edward Kennedy—a decision she would pay for with her life. The untold—and long overdue—story of a promising life cut short, Before Chappaquiddick tells the human side of one of the most memorable scandals of the 1960s.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455897Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before Chappaquiddick: The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers Author: William C. Kashatus Narrator: Traber Burns Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before Chappaquiddick: The Untold Story of Mary Jo Kopechne and the Kennedy Brothers Author: William C. Kashatus Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: June 1, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Cape Cod. Mary Jo Kopechne, a twenty-eight-year-old former staffer for Kennedy’s brother Robert, died in the crash. The scandal that followed demeaned Kopechne’s reputation and scapegoated her for Ted Kennedy’s inability to run for the presidency instead of acknowledging her as an innocent victim in a tragedy that took her life. William C. Kashatus’s biography of Mary Jo Kopechne illuminates the life of a politically committed young woman who embodied the best ideals of the sixties. Arriving in Washington in 1963, Kopechne soon joined the staff of Robert F. Kennedy and committed herself to his vision of compassion for the underprivileged, social idealism tempered by political realism, and a more humane nation. Kashatus details her work as an energetic and trusted staffer who became one of the famed Boiler Room Girls at the heart of RFK’s presidential campaign. Shattered by his assassination, Kopechne took a break from politics before returning as a consultant. It was at a reunion of the Boiler Room Girls that she accepted a ride from Edward Kennedy—a decision she would pay for with her life. The untold—and long overdue—story of a promising life cut short, Before Chappaquiddick tells the human side of one of the most memorable scandals of the 1960s.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-der-salzpfad-by-raynor-winn--65152165https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Salzpfad Author: Raynor Winn Narrator: Jutta Speidel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Haben wir einen Plan?' 'Natürlich, wir wandern, bis wir aufhören zu wandern, und vielleicht finden wir unterwegs so etwas wie eine Zukunft.'  'Das ist ein guter Plan.' Raynor und Moth, seit 32 Jahren ein Paar, verlieren durch zwei Schicksalsschläge in kürzester Zeit alles, ihre Farm in Wales, ihre Lebensgrundlage, ihre Gewohnheiten, ihr soziales Umfeld - ihr Zuhause. Mit zwei Rucksäcken machen sie sich auf den Weg, eigentlich in eine beängstigende Obdachlosigkeit, aber sie gehen los mit der Hoffnung, eine Lösung zu finden. Ihr Plan: den wildesten und längsten Küstenweg Englands zu wandern, den South West Coast Path. Auf 1000 km Zeit gewinnen, den Kopf frei zu bekommen und Kraft zu sammeln. Wie holt man sich das eigene Leben und die Würde zurück, wenn man so weit aus der Bahn geworfen wurde? Sie begegnen Vorurteilen und Ablehnung, doch zugleich entdecken sie auch das Glück ihrer Liebe und lernen Kraft aus der Natur zu schöpfen. In lakonisch knappen Dialogen und mit feiner Selbstironie erzählt Raynor Winn von diesem Trip an den unteren Rand der Gesellschaft. Jutta Speidel, die sich seit vielen Jahren mit ihrem Verein Horizont e.V. sozial engagiert, liegt das Thema Obdachlosigkeit sehr am Herzen. 1997 gründete sie neben ihrer schauspielerischen Tätigkeit den privat finanzierten Verein HORIZONT, der sich obdachlosen Kindern und deren Mütter annimmt und ihnen hilft neuen Mut fürs Leben zu fassen. Es war klar, daß sie die deutsche Stimme sein mußte!  'Das inspirierendste Buch des Jahres.' (The Times) 'Ein Reisebericht voller Menschlichkeit und Herzenswärme.' (Deutschlandfunk LESART) 'Eine wahre Geschichte über den Triumph der Hoffnung über die Verzweiflung und den Sieg der Liebe über alles andere.' (The Sunday Times)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477091Wed, 27 May 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Salzpfad Author: Raynor Winn Narrator: Jutta Speidel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 27, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Salzpfad Author: Raynor Winn Narrator: Jutta Speidel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Haben wir einen Plan?' 'Natürlich, wir wandern, bis wir aufhören zu wandern, und vielleicht finden wir unterwegs so etwas wie eine Zukunft.'  'Das ist ein guter Plan.' Raynor und Moth, seit 32 Jahren ein Paar, verlieren durch zwei Schicksalsschläge in kürzester Zeit alles, ihre Farm in Wales, ihre Lebensgrundlage, ihre Gewohnheiten, ihr soziales Umfeld - ihr Zuhause. Mit zwei Rucksäcken machen sie sich auf den Weg, eigentlich in eine beängstigende Obdachlosigkeit, aber sie gehen los mit der Hoffnung, eine Lösung zu finden. Ihr Plan: den wildesten und längsten Küstenweg Englands zu wandern, den South West Coast Path. Auf 1000 km Zeit gewinnen, den Kopf frei zu bekommen und Kraft zu sammeln. Wie holt man sich das eigene Leben und die Würde zurück, wenn man so weit aus der Bahn geworfen wurde? Sie begegnen Vorurteilen und Ablehnung, doch zugleich entdecken sie auch das Glück ihrer Liebe und lernen Kraft aus der Natur zu schöpfen. In lakonisch knappen Dialogen und mit feiner Selbstironie erzählt Raynor Winn von diesem Trip an den unteren Rand der Gesellschaft. Jutta Speidel, die sich seit vielen Jahren mit ihrem Verein Horizont e.V. sozial engagiert, liegt das Thema Obdachlosigkeit sehr am Herzen. 1997 gründete sie neben ihrer schauspielerischen Tätigkeit den privat finanzierten Verein HORIZONT, der sich obdachlosen Kindern und deren Mütter annimmt und ihnen hilft neuen Mut fürs Leben zu fassen. Es war klar, daß sie die deutsche Stimme sein mußte!  'Das inspirierendste Buch des Jahres.' (The Times) 'Ein Reisebericht voller Menschlichkeit und Herzenswärme.' (Deutschlandfunk LESART) 'Eine wahre Geschichte über den Triumph der Hoffnung über die Verzweiflung und den Sieg der Liebe über alles andere.' (The Sunday Times)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-are-the-miracle-how-being-hit-by-a-truck-saved-my-life-by-grada-robertson--65152196https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are the Miracle!: How Being Hit by a Truck Saved My Life Author: Grada Robertson Narrator: Chelsea Stephens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Did the accident that almost took Grada Robertson’s life, actually save her life? Grada Robertson always considered herself to be blessed. Grada was only seventeen years old when she met her soul mate, Peter. By nineteen she was married and had migrated from Holland to live in Peter’s homeland, Tasmania, Australia. Grada lived her dream—homesteading at the ‘back of beyond’ with the love of her life, six children, a menagerie of farm animals, and surrounded by pure, uninterrupted nature. With an ever-curious mind, Grada studied at every opportunity. In 2000 she and Peter opened a wellness clinic in their back yard. Before long she became known as the ‘Sherlock Holmes of Healing’ in her local community. At the pinnacle of her life, Grada was hit by a truck—literally. During the near-death experience that followed, Grada had to make the decision to return to her body. She did, just in the nick of time, only to find that she was injured so badly it would take every ounce of her substantial willpower to recover. In the months that followed, Grada’s body and mind were riddled with so much suffering that death sometimes seemed a welcome option. As she began exploring her early life, Grada slowly realised the accident wasn’t a coincidence, but that she had subconsciously created similar circumstances to her childhood. From working with clients, Grada knew that physical, spiritual, and emotional abuse all have devastating effects both short and long-term. What she hadn’t realized was that her own childhood issues hadn’t been left behind in Holland, they had simply gone underground. If she refused to face them now she would die. Grada stunned everyone with the speed of her recovery, returning to work six months after the accident. She now teaches her mindset and energy medicine to help her thousands of clients recover from the most challenging conditions and turn their pain into personal power.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452170Tue, 12 May 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are the Miracle!: How Being Hit by a Truck Saved My Life Author: Grada Robertson Narrator: Chelsea Stephens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Are the Miracle!: How Being Hit by a Truck Saved My Life Author: Grada Robertson Narrator: Chelsea Stephens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Did the accident that almost took Grada Robertson’s life, actually save her life? Grada Robertson always considered herself to be blessed. Grada was only seventeen years old when she met her soul mate, Peter. By nineteen she was married and had migrated from Holland to live in Peter’s homeland, Tasmania, Australia. Grada lived her dream—homesteading at the ‘back of beyond’ with the love of her life, six children, a menagerie of farm animals, and surrounded by pure, uninterrupted nature. With an ever-curious mind, Grada studied at every opportunity. In 2000 she and Peter opened a wellness clinic in their back yard. Before long she became known as the ‘Sherlock Holmes of Healing’ in her local community. At the pinnacle of her life, Grada was hit by a truck—literally. During the near-death experience that followed, Grada had to make the decision to return to her body. She did, just in the nick of time, only to find that she was injured so badly it would take every ounce of her substantial willpower to recover. In the months that followed, Grada’s body and mind were riddled with so much suffering that death sometimes seemed a welcome option. As she began exploring her early life, Grada slowly realised the accident wasn’t a coincidence, but that she had subconsciously created similar circumstances to her childhood. From working with clients, Grada knew that physical, spiritual, and emotional abuse all have devastating effects both short and long-term. What she hadn’t realized was that her own childhood issues hadn’t been left behind in Holland, they had simply gone underground. If she refused to face them now she would die. Grada stunned everyone with the speed of her recovery, returning to work six months after the accident. She now teaches her mindset and energy medicine to help her thousands of clients recover from the most challenging conditions and turn their pain into personal power.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-big-j-vs-the-big-c-issues-experiences-and-poems-in-the-battle-against-breast-cancer-by-janine-booth--65152207https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big J vs The Big C: Issues, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer Author: Janine Booth Narrator: Janine Booth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Poet, author and activist Janine Booth was part of the ranting poetry movement of the eighties, performing as 'The Big J'. In late 2016, she discovered a strange indentation in her right breast and was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. In this collection of candid journal extracts, poetry, meticulous research and substantive politics, Janine details her journey from detection and diagnosis, through surgery, to 'getting over it'. 'This book is a must for all health care workers - doctors, nurses, students, caterers, cleaners, porters - the team needed by patients facing The Big C.' - Dr Coral Jones, GP & Chair Hackney South and Shoreditch Labour Party 'A veritable paean to our (still free) National Health Service. Together with the added bonus of some fascinating political background and an insider's guide to terms. With poetry!' - Rhoda Dakar, songwriter, musician & activist 'Open, honest, entertaining, informative, but most of all a bloody good read!' - Michelle Rodgers, RMT National President 'I picked up this book expecting to be educated, entertained and amused. I put it down having ticked all of those boxes. The NHS is quite literally the best thing there is in the entire world. We must never stop fighting for it.' - Kate Smurthwaite, comedian & activist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431753Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big J vs The Big C: Issues, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer Author: Janine Booth Narrator: Janine Booth Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Big J vs The Big C: Issues, Experiences and Poems in the Battle Against Breast Cancer Author: Janine Booth Narrator: Janine Booth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 19, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Poet, author and activist Janine Booth was part of the ranting poetry movement of the eighties, performing as 'The Big J'. In late 2016, she discovered a strange indentation in her right breast and was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. In this collection of candid journal extracts, poetry, meticulous research and substantive politics, Janine details her journey from detection and diagnosis, through surgery, to 'getting over it'. 'This book is a must for all health care workers - doctors, nurses, students, caterers, cleaners, porters - the team needed by patients facing The Big C.' - Dr Coral Jones, GP & Chair Hackney South and Shoreditch Labour Party 'A veritable paean to our (still free) National Health Service. Together with the added bonus of some fascinating political background and an insider's guide to terms. With poetry!' - Rhoda Dakar, songwriter, musician & activist 'Open, honest, entertaining, informative, but most of all a bloody good read!' - Michelle Rodgers, RMT National President 'I picked up this book expecting to be educated, entertained and amused. I put it down having ticked all of those boxes. The NHS is quite literally the best thing there is in the entire world. We must never stop fighting for it.' - Kate Smurthwaite, comedian & activist]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-in-thirty-seven-therapies-from-yoga-to-hypnosis-and-why-voodoo-is-never-the-answer-unabridged-by-kay-hutchison--65152209https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in Thirty Seven Therapies - From yoga to hypnosis and why voodoo is never the answer (Unabridged) Author: Kay Hutchison Narrator: Kay Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Kay Hutchison had a successful career, a beautiful home, and a loving husband until the day she woke up and said 'I'm leaving'. Why on earth did she walk away from it all and turn to a host of weird and wonderful treatments in search of answers to a question she couldn't even articulate? Part memoir, part guide, this is Kay's journey of self discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456317Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in Thirty Seven Therapies - From yoga to hypnosis and why voodoo is never the answer (Unabridged) Author: Kay Hutchison Narrator: Kay Hutchison...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life in Thirty Seven Therapies - From yoga to hypnosis and why voodoo is never the answer (Unabridged) Author: Kay Hutchison Narrator: Kay Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 27, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Kay Hutchison had a successful career, a beautiful home, and a loving husband until the day she woke up and said 'I'm leaving'. Why on earth did she walk away from it all and turn to a host of weird and wonderful treatments in search of answers to a question she couldn't even articulate? Part memoir, part guide, this is Kay's journey of self discovery.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-awesome-women-writers-medieval-mystics-pioneering-poets-fierce-feminists-and-first-ladies-of-literature-by-becca-anderson--65152253https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Awesome Women Writers: Medieval Mystics, Pioneering Poets, Fierce Feminists, and First Ladies of Literature Author: Becca Anderson Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The Women Who Wrote Their Way Into History A packed timeline of the greatest women writers: From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, Becca Anderson takes us through time and highlights women who have left their mark on the literary world. This expansive compilation of women writers is a chance to delve deeper into the lives and works of renowned authors and learn about some lesser known greats, as well. Some of the many women writers you will love learning about are: Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, Judy Blume, Rachel Carson, Nadine Gordimer, Margaret Mead, Joyce Carol Oates, and many, many more. Explore every subject and literary form women writers have to offer: The works of these awesome women writers vary greatly―each is as unique and significant as the women who penned them. With the help of writers, editors, librarians, booksellers, and more, Anderson has crafted a must-read book for women of every background. Celebrate the impact women have made in our culture: This feminist book is a beacon of brilliance. It is the perfect gift for artists, intellectuals, and anyone who seeks to be inspired by words and profound lives. Most of all, it is a celebration of the journeys and accomplishments of women who have worked to have their voices heard in black and white letters across the world. Crack open The Book of Awesome Women Writers today, and you will find engaging chapters such as “Prolific Pens,” “Mystics and Madwomen,” and “Banned, Blacklisted, and Arrested”;a plethora of necessary new additions to your reading list; andconfirmation that the female voice is not only awesome, but an essential part of literary culture.If you enjoyed titles such as Girls Who Rocked the World, The Book of Awesome Women, and In the Company of Women, then you’ll love The Book of Awesome Women Writers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441006Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Awesome Women Writers: Medieval Mystics, Pioneering Poets, Fierce Feminists, and First Ladies of Literature Author: Becca Anderson...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Awesome Women Writers: Medieval Mystics, Pioneering Poets, Fierce Feminists, and First Ladies of Literature Author: Becca Anderson Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The Women Who Wrote Their Way Into History A packed timeline of the greatest women writers: From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, Becca Anderson takes us through time and highlights women who have left their mark on the literary world. This expansive compilation of women writers is a chance to delve deeper into the lives and works of renowned authors and learn about some lesser known greats, as well. Some of the many women writers you will love learning about are: Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, Judy Blume, Rachel Carson, Nadine Gordimer, Margaret Mead, Joyce Carol Oates, and many, many more. Explore every subject and literary form women writers have to offer: The works of these awesome women writers vary greatly―each is as unique and significant as the women who penned them. With the help of writers, editors, librarians, booksellers, and more, Anderson has crafted a must-read book for women of every background. Celebrate the impact women have made in our culture: This feminist book is a beacon of brilliance. It is the perfect gift for artists, intellectuals, and anyone who seeks to be inspired by words and profound lives. Most of all, it is a celebration of the journeys and accomplishments of women who have worked to have their voices heard in black and white letters across the world. Crack open The Book of Awesome Women Writers today, and you will find engaging chapters such as “Prolific Pens,” “Mystics and Madwomen,” and “Banned, Blacklisted, and Arrested”;a plethora of necessary new additions to your reading list; andconfirmation that the female voice is not only awesome, but an essential part of literary culture.If you enjoyed titles such as Girls Who Rocked the World, The Book of Awesome Women, and In the Company of Women, then you’ll love The Book of Awesome Women Writers.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-autobiography-of-carson-mccullers-a-memoir-by-jenn-shapland--65152084https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir Author: Jenn Shapland Narrator: Jenn Shapland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Winner of a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for the National Book Award Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered—an icon and idol—alongside your own? Jenn Shapland’s celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America’s most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memory, obsession, and love. Shapland is a graduate student when she first uncovers letters written to Carson McCullers by a woman named Annemarie. Though Shapland recognizes herself in the letters, which are intimate and unabashed in their feelings, she does not see McCullers as history has portrayed her. Her curiosity gives way to fixation, not just with this newly discovered side of McCullers’s life, but with how we tell queer love stories. Why, Shapland asks, are the stories of women paved over by others’ narratives? What happens when constant revision is required of queer women trying to navigate and self-actualize in straight spaces? And what might the tracing of McCullers’s life—her history, her secrets, her legacy—reveal to Shapland about herself? In smart, illuminating prose, Shapland interweaves her own story with McCullers’s to create a vital new portrait of one of our nation’s greatest literary treasures, and shows us how the writers we love and the stories we tell about ourselves make us who we are.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507516Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir Author: Jenn Shapland Narrator: Jenn Shapland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/507516 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir Author: Jenn Shapland Narrator: Jenn Shapland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Winner of a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for the National Book Award Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered—an icon and idol—alongside your own? Jenn Shapland’s celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America’s most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memory, obsession, and love. Shapland is a graduate student when she first uncovers letters written to Carson McCullers by a woman named Annemarie. Though Shapland recognizes herself in the letters, which are intimate and unabashed in their feelings, she does not see McCullers as history has portrayed her. Her curiosity gives way to fixation, not just with this newly discovered side of McCullers’s life, but with how we tell queer love stories. Why, Shapland asks, are the stories of women paved over by others’ narratives? What happens when constant revision is required of queer women trying to navigate and self-actualize in straight spaces? And what might the tracing of McCullers’s life—her history, her secrets, her legacy—reveal to Shapland about herself? In smart, illuminating prose, Shapland interweaves her own story with McCullers’s to create a vital new portrait of one of our nation’s greatest literary treasures, and shows us how the writers we love and the stories we tell about ourselves make us who we are.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-manner-sind-auch-nur-menschen-warum-es-hilft-sie-hin-und-wieder-daran-zu-erinnern-ungekurzte-autorinnenlesung-by-nicole-stau--65152259https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Männer sind auch nur Menschen - Warum es hilft, sie hin und wieder daran zu erinnern (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung) Author: Nicole Staudinger Narrator: Nicole Staudinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 2, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Selbst ist die Frau! Die Schlagfertigkeit von uns Frauen wird regelmäßig auf die Probe gestellt. Besonders dann, wenn die Männer in unserem Leben mal wieder das letzte Wort haben müssen und uns die Welt erklären wollen. Und wir? Lassen sie damit zu oft durchkommen. Dabei sind es nicht selten Ladys, die den Laden zusammenhalten und sich bei genauerem Hinsehen als wahre Superheldinnen des Alltags entpuppen. Höchste Zeit also, dass wir uns unserer stärksten Seiten bewusst werden und den Erklärbären dieser Welt das Tanzen beibringen! Ob im Beruf, der Familie, dem Privatleben oder im Alltag: Nicole Staudinger zeigt, wie Frau sich schlagfertig behauptet, ohne die Nerven oder die gute Laune zu verlieren.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457585Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Männer sind auch nur Menschen - Warum es hilft, sie hin und wieder daran zu erinnern (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung) Author: Nicole Staudinger...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Männer sind auch nur Menschen - Warum es hilft, sie hin und wieder daran zu erinnern (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung) Author: Nicole Staudinger Narrator: Nicole Staudinger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 2, 2020 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Selbst ist die Frau! Die Schlagfertigkeit von uns Frauen wird regelmäßig auf die Probe gestellt. Besonders dann, wenn die Männer in unserem Leben mal wieder das letzte Wort haben müssen und uns die Welt erklären wollen. Und wir? Lassen sie damit zu oft durchkommen. Dabei sind es nicht selten Ladys, die den Laden zusammenhalten und sich bei genauerem Hinsehen als wahre Superheldinnen des Alltags entpuppen. Höchste Zeit also, dass wir uns unserer stärksten Seiten bewusst werden und den Erklärbären dieser Welt das Tanzen beibringen! Ob im Beruf, der Familie, dem Privatleben oder im Alltag: Nicole Staudinger zeigt, wie Frau sich schlagfertig behauptet, ohne die Nerven oder die gute Laune zu verlieren.]]>185rztecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/homesick-a-memoir-by-jennifer-croft--65152218https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homesick: A Memoir Author: Jennifer Croft Narrator: Boris Dralyuk, Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The coming of age story of an award-winning translator, Homesick is about learning to love language in its many forms, healing through words, and the promises and perils of empathy and sisterhood. Sisters Amy and Zoe grow up in Oklahoma where they are homeschooled for an unexpected reason: Zoe suffers from debilitating and mysterious seizures, spending her childhood in hospitals as she undergoes surgeries. Meanwhile, Amy flourishes intellectually, showing an innate ability to glean a world beyond the troubles in her home life, exploring that world through languages first. Amy’s first love appears in the form of her Russian tutor Sasha, but when she enters university at the age of fifteen her life changes drastically and with tragic results.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432863Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homesick: A Memoir Author: Jennifer Croft Narrator: Boris Dralyuk, Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/432863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homesick: A Memoir Author: Jennifer Croft Narrator: Boris Dralyuk, Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The coming of age story of an award-winning translator, Homesick is about learning to love language in its many forms, healing through words, and the promises and perils of empathy and sisterhood. Sisters Amy and Zoe grow up in Oklahoma where they are homeschooled for an unexpected reason: Zoe suffers from debilitating and mysterious seizures, spending her childhood in hospitals as she undergoes surgeries. Meanwhile, Amy flourishes intellectually, showing an innate ability to glean a world beyond the troubles in her home life, exploring that world through languages first. Amy’s first love appears in the form of her Russian tutor Sasha, but when she enters university at the age of fifteen her life changes drastically and with tragic results.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nancy-wake-world-war-two-s-most-rebellious-spy-by-russell-braddon--65152137https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nancy Wake: World War Two’s Most Rebellious Spy Author: Russell Braddon Narrator: Nico Evers-Swindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Of all the variously talented women SOE sent to France, Nancy Wake was perhaps the most formidable’ —Sebastian Faulks This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author by the woman herself. At the outbreak of World War Two, Nancy Wake’s glamorous life in the South of France seemed far removed from the fighting. But when her husband was called up for military service, Nancy felt she had just as much of a duty to fight for freedom. By 1943, her fearless undercover work even in the face of personal tragedy had earned her a place on the Gestapo’s ‘most wanted’ list. Mixing armed combat with a taste for high living, Nancy frustrated the Nazis at every turn’whether she was smuggling food and messages as part of the underground Resistance or being parachuted into the heart of the war to lead a 7,000-strong band of Resistance fighters. The extraordinary courage of this unequalled woman changed the course of the war, and Russell Braddon’s vividly realised biography brings her incredible story to life. Revised edition: This edition of Nancy Wake includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493989Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nancy Wake: World War Two’s Most Rebellious Spy Author: Russell Braddon Narrator: Nico Evers-Swindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nancy Wake: World War Two’s Most Rebellious Spy Author: Russell Braddon Narrator: Nico Evers-Swindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: ‘Of all the variously talented women SOE sent to France, Nancy Wake was perhaps the most formidable’ —Sebastian Faulks This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author by the woman herself. At the outbreak of World War Two, Nancy Wake’s glamorous life in the South of France seemed far removed from the fighting. But when her husband was called up for military service, Nancy felt she had just as much of a duty to fight for freedom. By 1943, her fearless undercover work even in the face of personal tragedy had earned her a place on the Gestapo’s ‘most wanted’ list. Mixing armed combat with a taste for high living, Nancy frustrated the Nazis at every turn’whether she was smuggling food and messages as part of the underground Resistance or being parachuted into the heart of the war to lead a 7,000-strong band of Resistance fighters. The extraordinary courage of this unequalled woman changed the course of the war, and Russell Braddon’s vividly realised biography brings her incredible story to life. Revised edition: This edition of Nancy Wake includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-tierarztin-by-annelis-streun--65152109https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Tierärztin Author: Annelis Streun Narrator: Sarah Judith Brüge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 8, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Während vieler Jahre führte Annelis Streun ihre Tierarztpraxis in der Nähe von Bern. Mit viel Herzblut betreute sie ihre Tierpatienten und auch die mit ihnen eng verbundenen Besitzer. Der Weg dorthin beschreibt eine ganz spezielle Lebensgeschichte mit nicht einfachen Widerständen, aber auch sehr viel positiven, schicksalshaften Fügungen auf der Zielgeraden. In diesem Hörbuch blickt Annelis Streun zurück auf lustige, spannende, manchmal auch schwierige und traurige Episoden aus ihrer Ausbildungszeit und dem Praxisalltag. Sie bietet damit nicht nur einen Einblick in einen vielseitigen, herausfordernden Beruf, sie macht auch Mut, seine Träume Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478739Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Tierärztin Author: Annelis Streun Narrator: Sarah Judith Brüge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Tierärztin Author: Annelis Streun Narrator: Sarah Judith Brüge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 8, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Während vieler Jahre führte Annelis Streun ihre Tierarztpraxis in der Nähe von Bern. Mit viel Herzblut betreute sie ihre Tierpatienten und auch die mit ihnen eng verbundenen Besitzer. Der Weg dorthin beschreibt eine ganz spezielle Lebensgeschichte mit nicht einfachen Widerständen, aber auch sehr viel positiven, schicksalshaften Fügungen auf der Zielgeraden. In diesem Hörbuch blickt Annelis Streun zurück auf lustige, spannende, manchmal auch schwierige und traurige Episoden aus ihrer Ausbildungszeit und dem Praxisalltag. Sie bietet damit nicht nur einen Einblick in einen vielseitigen, herausfordernden Beruf, sie macht auch Mut, seine Träume Wirklichkeit werden zu lassen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-marry-a-millionaire-by-rachita-kumar--65152230https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Marry a Millionaire Author: Rachita Kumar Narrator: Rachita Kumar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: October 28, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: If you have to marry then why not a millionaire. All things being equal chances of finding happiness with a rich person are much higher than marrying someone with little or no money. A person who has made his millions has some character and qualities that has made him rich. Rich people in most cases are disciplined, organized, intelligent, confident and generous. Don’t get dissuaded by people calling you a ‘Gold Digger’. Once you marry rich opinions will change very fast. To marry rich, you need a plan and strategy. This book will give you the knowledge you need to succeed in marrying a millionaire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446986Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Marry a Millionaire Author: Rachita Kumar Narrator: Rachita Kumar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Marry a Millionaire Author: Rachita Kumar Narrator: Rachita Kumar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Release date: October 28, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: If you have to marry then why not a millionaire. All things being equal chances of finding happiness with a rich person are much higher than marrying someone with little or no money. A person who has made his millions has some character and qualities that has made him rich. Rich people in most cases are disciplined, organized, intelligent, confident and generous. Don’t get dissuaded by people calling you a ‘Gold Digger’. Once you marry rich opinions will change very fast. To marry rich, you need a plan and strategy. This book will give you the knowledge you need to succeed in marrying a millionaire.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-greater-freedom-life-as-a-middle-eastern-woman-outside-the-stereotypes-by-alya-mooro--65152160https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes Author: Alya Mooro Narrator: Alya Mooro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The greater freedom is to be who you actually are; to be able to live your life in the way you deem best, free from any sort of restriction to do that, or fear of repercussions for doing so. Egyptian-born and London-raised, Alya Mooro grew up between two cultures and felt a pull from both. Where could she turn for advice and inspiration when it seemed there was nobody else like her? Today, Mooro is determined to explore and explode the myth that she must identify either as ‘Western’ or as one of almost 400 million other ‘Arabs’ across the Middle East. Through countless interviews and meticulous research, as well as her own unique experience, Mooro gives voice to the Middle Eastern women who, like her, don’t fit the mould. Women under pressure to conform to society’s ideals of how a woman should look and behave, what she should want and be. Women who want to think and act and love freely, without feeling that every choice means ‘picking a side’. Women who are two things at once and, consequently, neither. Part memoir, part social exploration, this is a book for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459996Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes Author: Alya Mooro Narrator: Alya Mooro Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes Author: Alya Mooro Narrator: Alya Mooro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The greater freedom is to be who you actually are; to be able to live your life in the way you deem best, free from any sort of restriction to do that, or fear of repercussions for doing so. Egyptian-born and London-raised, Alya Mooro grew up between two cultures and felt a pull from both. Where could she turn for advice and inspiration when it seemed there was nobody else like her? Today, Mooro is determined to explore and explode the myth that she must identify either as ‘Western’ or as one of almost 400 million other ‘Arabs’ across the Middle East. Through countless interviews and meticulous research, as well as her own unique experience, Mooro gives voice to the Middle Eastern women who, like her, don’t fit the mould. Women under pressure to conform to society’s ideals of how a woman should look and behave, what she should want and be. Women who want to think and act and love freely, without feeling that every choice means ‘picking a side’. Women who are two things at once and, consequently, neither. Part memoir, part social exploration, this is a book for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-faina-ranevskaa-by-evgenia-belogorceva--65152201https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Фаина Раневская Author: евгения белогорцева Narrator: алла човжик Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Release date: September 9, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: В Британской энциклопедии Фаина Раневская упомянута как одна из десяти лучших актрис XX столетия. Удивительно талантливая, она умела из самой маленькой роли сотворить шедевр. 'Подкидыш', 'Свадьба', 'Золушка', 'Человек в футляре', 'Мечта' – об этих фильмах, возможно, давно бы забыли, если бы в них не играла Раневская. Работа в кино ее прославила, фразы персонажей повторяла вся страна: чего стоит хотя бы знаменитая репликой 'Муля, не нервируй меня!', которой актрису много лет донимали восторженные поклонники. Об ее остроумии слагались легенды, афоризмы до сих пор в ходу, и зрительская любовь к Раневской никогда не иссякнет.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479926Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Фаина Раневская Author: евгения белогорцева Narrator: алла човжик Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Фаина Раневская Author: евгения белогорцева Narrator: алла човжик Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 35 minutes Release date: September 9, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: В Британской энциклопедии Фаина Раневская упомянута как одна из десяти лучших актрис XX столетия. Удивительно талантливая, она умела из самой маленькой роли сотворить шедевр. 'Подкидыш', 'Свадьба', 'Золушка', 'Человек в футляре', 'Мечта' – об этих фильмах, возможно, давно бы забыли, если бы в них не играла Раневская. Работа в кино ее прославила, фразы персонажей повторяла вся страна: чего стоит хотя бы знаменитая репликой 'Муля, не нервируй меня!', которой актрису много лет донимали восторженные поклонники. Об ее остроумии слагались легенды, афоризмы до сих пор в ходу, и зрительская любовь к Раневской никогда не иссякнет.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-ne-zizn-a-skazka-by-alena-doleckaa--65152189https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Не жизнь, а сказка Author: алёна долецкая Narrator: алёна долецкая Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 9, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: О чём может рассказать первый главный редактор русского Vogue, русского Interview легендарная московская красавица и фам фаталь? О том, как выбирала духи и белый рояль? О том, как принцы пели серенады и делали подарки? Дочь знаменитого хирурга С. Я. Долецкого, внучка первого директора ТАСС Я. Г. Долецкого была и остаётся человеком, относящимся к жизни с глубокой иронией и пронзительной искренностью. Звёзды и скромные люди, закадычные друзья и заклятые подруги, гении и злодеи, настоящие мужчины и хлюпики, исторические личности и пустозвоны – все они герои новой книги Алёны Долецкой, решившейся на доверительную откровенность со своими читателями. Книга прочитана непосредственно Автором в атмосфере 'живого звука', позволяющей по достоинству оценить прелесть рассказа из первых уст с элементами импровизации.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474560Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Не жизнь, а сказка Author: алёна долецкая Narrator: алёна долецкая Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Не жизнь, а сказка Author: алёна долецкая Narrator: алёна долецкая Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 9, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: О чём может рассказать первый главный редактор русского Vogue, русского Interview легендарная московская красавица и фам фаталь? О том, как выбирала духи и белый рояль? О том, как принцы пели серенады и делали подарки? Дочь знаменитого хирурга С. Я. Долецкого, внучка первого директора ТАСС Я. Г. Долецкого была и остаётся человеком, относящимся к жизни с глубокой иронией и пронзительной искренностью. Звёзды и скромные люди, закадычные друзья и заклятые подруги, гении и злодеи, настоящие мужчины и хлюпики, исторические личности и пустозвоны – все они герои новой книги Алёны Долецкой, решившейся на доверительную откровенность со своими читателями. Книга прочитана непосредственно Автором в атмосфере 'живого звука', позволяющей по достоинству оценить прелесть рассказа из первых уст с элементами импровизации.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-merilin-monro-by-evgenia-belogorceva--65152169https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Мэрилин Монро Author: евгения белогорцева Narrator: алла човжик Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 39 minutes Release date: September 9, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Мэрилин Монро, самая знаменитая блондинка XX века, неотразимая, манящая, желанная... Она стала секс-символом эпохи, ее боготворили и проклинали, судачили о ее мужчинах, и прежде всего о бурном романе с президентом Джоном Кеннеди, шептались о причинах загадочной смерти. О пленительной кинозвезде и незаурядной женщине рассказывает эта книга]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479968Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Мэрилин Монро Author: евгения белогорцева Narrator: алла човжик Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Мэрилин Монро Author: евгения белогорцева Narrator: алла човжик Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 39 minutes Release date: September 9, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Мэрилин Монро, самая знаменитая блондинка XX века, неотразимая, манящая, желанная... Она стала секс-символом эпохи, ее боготворили и проклинали, судачили о ее мужчинах, и прежде всего о бурном романе с президентом Джоном Кеннеди, шептались о причинах загадочной смерти. О пленительной кинозвезде и незаурядной женщине рассказывает эта книга]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-happy-aging-ulrike-draesner-erzahlt-ihre-wechseljahre-by-ulrike-draesner-thomas-bohm-klaus-sander--65152118https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Happy Aging: Ulrike Draesner erzählt ihre Wechseljahre Author: Ulrike Draesner, Thomas Böhm, Klaus Sander Narrator: Ulrike Draesner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 15, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Aus der Mitte ihres Lebens heraus erzählt Ulrike Draesner ihr Körperempfinden und ihr Altern als Frau. Anhand prägender Erlebnisse von der Kindheit über Pubertät, Zyklus, Mutterschaft bis zu den Wechseljahren schildert sie, zugleich souverän und intim, Erfahrungen und Veränderungsprozesse des weiblichen Körpers. Dabei reflektiert sie, ausgehend von ihrer Familiengeschichte, gesellschaftliche Konventionen im Umgang mit Sexualität und alternden Menschen und entwirft ein Bild der Wechseljahre als Aufbruch in ein 'blühendes Alter'.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474438Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Happy Aging: Ulrike Draesner erzählt ihre Wechseljahre Author: Ulrike Draesner, Thomas Böhm, Klaus Sander Narrator: Ulrike Draesner Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/474438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Happy Aging: Ulrike Draesner erzählt ihre Wechseljahre Author: Ulrike Draesner, Thomas Böhm, Klaus Sander Narrator: Ulrike Draesner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 15, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Aus der Mitte ihres Lebens heraus erzählt Ulrike Draesner ihr Körperempfinden und ihr Altern als Frau. Anhand prägender Erlebnisse von der Kindheit über Pubertät, Zyklus, Mutterschaft bis zu den Wechseljahren schildert sie, zugleich souverän und intim, Erfahrungen und Veränderungsprozesse des weiblichen Körpers. Dabei reflektiert sie, ausgehend von ihrer Familiengeschichte, gesellschaftliche Konventionen im Umgang mit Sexualität und alternden Menschen und entwirft ein Bild der Wechseljahre als Aufbruch in ein 'blühendes Alter'.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sign-my-name-to-freedom-by-betty-reid-soskin--65152102https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sign My Name to Freedom Author: Betty Reid-Soskin Narrator: Betty Reid-Soskin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In Betty Reid Soskin's 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national disgrace, minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, women were looked at suspiciously by many for exercising their right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until she was in her mid-2s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the difficult times for Black Folk that immediately followed. In her lifetime, Betty has seen the nation begin to break down its race and gender biases, watched it nearly split apart in the upheavals of the civil rights and Black Power eras, and, finally, lived long enough to witness both the election of an African-American president and the re-emergence of a militant, racist far right. But far more than being merely a witness, Betty Reid Soskin has been an active participant with so many other Americans in shaping the country as we know it now. The child of Louisiana Creole parents who refused to bow down to Southern discrimination, she was raised in the Black Bay Area community before the great westward migration of World War II. After working in the civilian homefront effort in the war years, she and her husband, Mel Reid, helped break down racial boundaries by moving into a white community east of the Oakland hills. There she raised four children-one openly gay, one developmentally disabled-while working to end the prejudices against the family that existed among many of her neighbors. With Mel, she opened up one of the first Bay Area record stores in Berkeley both owned by African-Americans and dedicated to the distribution of African-American music. Her community organizing activities eventually led her to work as a state legislative aid, helping to plan the innovative Rosie the Riveter National Park in Richmond, California, then to a 'second' career at the Rosie Park as the oldest park ranger in the history of the National Park Service. In between, she used her talents as a singer and songwriter to interpret and chronicle the great social upheavals that marked the 196s. In 23, Betty displayed a new talent, writing, when she created the popular blog CBreaux Speaks. Now followed by thousands, her blog is a collection of Betty's sometimes fierce, sometimes gently persuasive, but always brightly honest story that weaves both the wisdom of the ages and the fresh enthusiasm of an always youthful mind into her long journey through an American and African-American life, as well as America's long struggle to both understand and cleanse its soul. Blending together selections from many of Betty's hundreds of blog entries with interviews, letters, and speeches collected throughout her long life, Sign My Name to Freedom invites readers into an American life through the words and thoughts of a national treasure who has never stopped looking at herself, the nation, or the world with fresh eyes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482413Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sign My Name to Freedom Author: Betty Reid-Soskin Narrator: Betty Reid-Soskin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sign My Name to Freedom Author: Betty Reid-Soskin Narrator: Betty Reid-Soskin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: In Betty Reid Soskin's 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national disgrace, minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, women were looked at suspiciously by many for exercising their right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until she was in her mid-2s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the difficult times for Black Folk that immediately followed. In her lifetime, Betty has seen the nation begin to break down its race and gender biases, watched it nearly split apart in the upheavals of the civil rights and Black Power eras, and, finally, lived long enough to witness both the election of an African-American president and the re-emergence of a militant, racist far right. But far more than being merely a witness, Betty Reid Soskin has been an active participant with so many other Americans in shaping the country as we know it now. The child of Louisiana Creole parents who refused to bow down to Southern discrimination, she was raised in the Black Bay Area community before the great westward migration of World War II. After working in the civilian homefront effort in the war years, she and her husband, Mel Reid, helped break down racial boundaries by moving into a white community east of the Oakland hills. There she raised four children-one openly gay, one developmentally disabled-while working to end the prejudices against the family that existed among many of her neighbors. With Mel, she opened up one of the first Bay Area record stores in Berkeley both owned by African-Americans and dedicated to the distribution of African-American music. Her community organizing activities eventually led her to work as a state legislative aid, helping to plan the innovative Rosie the Riveter National Park in Richmond, California, then to a 'second' career at the Rosie Park as the oldest park ranger in the history of the National Park Service. In between, she used her talents as a singer and songwriter to interpret and chronicle the great social upheavals that marked the 196s. In 23, Betty displayed a new talent, writing, when she created the popular blog CBreaux Speaks. Now followed by thousands, her blog is a collection of Betty's sometimes fierce, sometimes gently persuasive, but always brightly honest story that weaves both the wisdom of the ages and the fresh enthusiasm of an always youthful mind into her long journey through an American and African-American life, as well as America's long struggle to both understand and cleanse its soul. Blending together selections from many of Betty's hundreds of blog entries with interviews, letters, and speeches collected throughout her long life, Sign My Name to Freedom invites readers into an American life through the words and thoughts of a national treasure who has never stopped looking at herself, the nation, or the world with fresh eyes.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-schmerzenskind-aus-der-holle-meiner-kindheit-in-ein-gluckliches-leben-by-nina-ziegler--65152195https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schmerzenskind: Aus der Hölle meiner Kindheit in ein glückliches Leben Author: Nina Ziegler Narrator: Diana Gantner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 28, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Nina Ziegler wird als kleines Mädchen jahrelang von ihrem Stiefvater misshandelt und missbraucht. Die Mutter weiß von den erschütternden Demütigungen. Schlimmer noch: Sie ist aktiv daran beteiligt. Als Nina neun Jahre alt ist, entdeckt ihr leiblicher Vater die blauen Striemen an ihrem Körper und erstreitet sich das Sorgerecht. Doch damit ist die Leidensgeschichte von Nina noch lange nicht vorbei. Erst viele Jahre später verliert sie ihre Angst vor anderen Menschen und beginnt, um ein glückliches Leben zu kämpfen. Ein Schicksalsbericht, erschütternd und doch voller Hoffnung.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473755Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schmerzenskind: Aus der Hölle meiner Kindheit in ein glückliches Leben Author: Nina Ziegler Narrator: Diana Gantner Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schmerzenskind: Aus der Hölle meiner Kindheit in ein glückliches Leben Author: Nina Ziegler Narrator: Diana Gantner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 28, 2019 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Nina Ziegler wird als kleines Mädchen jahrelang von ihrem Stiefvater misshandelt und missbraucht. Die Mutter weiß von den erschütternden Demütigungen. Schlimmer noch: Sie ist aktiv daran beteiligt. Als Nina neun Jahre alt ist, entdeckt ihr leiblicher Vater die blauen Striemen an ihrem Körper und erstreitet sich das Sorgerecht. Doch damit ist die Leidensgeschichte von Nina noch lange nicht vorbei. Erst viele Jahre später verliert sie ihre Angst vor anderen Menschen und beginnt, um ein glückliches Leben zu kämpfen. Ein Schicksalsbericht, erschütternd und doch voller Hoffnung.]]>185cklichescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-durch-mauern-gehen-autobiografie-by-marina-abramovic--65152152https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Durch Mauern gehen: Autobiografie Author: Marina Abramović Narrator: Wiebke Puls Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 17, 2017 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Ich wollte die Grenzen erforschen, wollte wissen, wie weit das Publikum gehen würde.' Marina Abramović ist die berühmteste Performance-Künstlerin der Welt: spätestens seit ihrem einmonatigen Sit-In 'The Artist is Present' im MoMA, der vielleicht spektakulärsten Museumsperformance der Kunstgeschichte. Die Besucher nahmen ihr gegenüber auf einem Stuhl Platz und blickten ihr in die Augen. 'Ich glaube, die Leute waren überrascht von dem Schmerz, der in ihnen hochkam', sagt Abramovic. Sie hatte die Seele der Menschen mit der Kraft des Schweigens berührt. Robert Redford schwärmt für sie genauso wie Lady Gaga. Mit ihren radikalen Performances sprengte sie die Grenzen der Kunst. Dabei geht es ihr immer um Verlust, Erinnerung, Schmerz, Vertrauen. Ihre Autobiografie schildert den spannenden Lebensweg einer faszinierenden und leidenschaftlichen Frau, ihr Denken, ihr Lieben und ist gleichzeitig das Manifest einer großen Künstlerin. Wiebke Puls, vielfach mit Preisen ausgezeichnete Film- und Theaterschauspielerin, langjährig im Ensemble der Münchner Kammerspiele, interessierte sich schon als Teenager für Performance und vor allem ihre persönliche Begegnung mit Marina Abramović beeindruckte sie nachhaltig. Mit großer Sensibilität läßt sie den Text seine sogartige Wirkung entfalten.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477781Sun, 17 Sep 2017 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Durch Mauern gehen: Autobiografie Author: Marina Abramović Narrator: Wiebke Puls Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/477781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Durch Mauern gehen: Autobiografie Author: Marina Abramović Narrator: Wiebke Puls Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 17, 2017 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: 'Ich wollte die Grenzen erforschen, wollte wissen, wie weit das Publikum gehen würde.' Marina Abramović ist die berühmteste Performance-Künstlerin der Welt: spätestens seit ihrem einmonatigen Sit-In 'The Artist is Present' im MoMA, der vielleicht spektakulärsten Museumsperformance der Kunstgeschichte. Die Besucher nahmen ihr gegenüber auf einem Stuhl Platz und blickten ihr in die Augen. 'Ich glaube, die Leute waren überrascht von dem Schmerz, der in ihnen hochkam', sagt Abramovic. Sie hatte die Seele der Menschen mit der Kraft des Schweigens berührt. Robert Redford schwärmt für sie genauso wie Lady Gaga. Mit ihren radikalen Performances sprengte sie die Grenzen der Kunst. Dabei geht es ihr immer um Verlust, Erinnerung, Schmerz, Vertrauen. Ihre Autobiografie schildert den spannenden Lebensweg einer faszinierenden und leidenschaftlichen Frau, ihr Denken, ihr Lieben und ist gleichzeitig das Manifest einer großen Künstlerin. Wiebke Puls, vielfach mit Preisen ausgezeichnete Film- und Theaterschauspielerin, langjährig im Ensemble der Münchner Kammerspiele, interessierte sich schon als Teenager für Performance und vor allem ihre persönliche Begegnung mit Marina Abramović beeindruckte sie nachhaltig. Mit großer Sensibilität läßt sie den Text seine sogartige Wirkung entfalten.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-uhren-gibt-es-nicht-mehr-gesprache-mit-meiner-mutter-in-ihrem-102-lebensjahr-ungekurzt-by-andre-heller--65152120https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Uhren gibt es nicht mehr - Gespräche mit meiner Mutter in ihrem 102. Lebensjahr (Ungekürzt) Author: André Heller Narrator: André Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Release date: March 16, 2017 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Worauf kommt es an im Leben? Was ist wichtig, was weniger? 102 Jahre alt ist Elisabeth Heller, und langsam, so sagt sie in den Gesprächen, die sie mit ihrem Sohn André in den vergangenen Monaten geführt hat, geht es ans Verabschieden. 'Innerlich sieht man sich noch jung und klettert auf Berge und segelt über den Wolfgangsee, freut sich auf den nächsten Tag', sagt die alte Dame, die geboren wurde, als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbrach und mit 18 den Süßwarenfabrikanten Stephan Heller heiratete. Ein anderes Mal wünscht sie sich, 'dass das Körperwerkl in Gottesnamen auslaufen soll' und erzählt dann munter über einen Selbstmordversuch aus Liebe - 'das Blödeste überhaupt' - und über Franz Lehár am Klavier in Bad Ischl.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488874Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Uhren gibt es nicht mehr - Gespräche mit meiner Mutter in ihrem 102. Lebensjahr (Ungekürzt) Author: André Heller Narrator: André Heller...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Uhren gibt es nicht mehr - Gespräche mit meiner Mutter in ihrem 102. Lebensjahr (Ungekürzt) Author: André Heller Narrator: André Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 45 minutes Release date: March 16, 2017 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Worauf kommt es an im Leben? Was ist wichtig, was weniger? 102 Jahre alt ist Elisabeth Heller, und langsam, so sagt sie in den Gesprächen, die sie mit ihrem Sohn André in den vergangenen Monaten geführt hat, geht es ans Verabschieden. 'Innerlich sieht man sich noch jung und klettert auf Berge und segelt über den Wolfgangsee, freut sich auf den nächsten Tag', sagt die alte Dame, die geboren wurde, als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbrach und mit 18 den Süßwarenfabrikanten Stephan Heller heiratete. Ein anderes Mal wünscht sie sich, 'dass das Körperwerkl in Gottesnamen auslaufen soll' und erzählt dann munter über einen Selbstmordversuch aus Liebe - 'das Blödeste überhaupt' - und über Franz Lehár am Klavier in Bad Ischl.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-fliegst-du-schon-oder-uberlegst-du-noch-frauen-die-ihre-traume-wahr-machten-by-claudia-lanfranconi--65152106https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Fliegst Du schon oder überlegst du noch: Frauen, die ihre Träume wahr machten Author: Claudia Lanfranconi Narrator: Kornelia Boja, Dagmar Maya Hahn, Antonia Feuerstein, Jutta Speidel, Arianne Borbach Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 24, 2016 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Frauen, die ihre Träume wahr machten, wollten meist hoch hinaus und bei ihren Bemühungen konnte sie niemand aufhalten. Sie haben sich gegen Väter, Mütter, Brüder, Lehrer und gesellschaftliche Konventionen gestellt, um abzuheben und die gläserne Decke zu durchbrechen. Kurzweilige Lebensgeschichten von spannenden Frauen, die den großen Sprung wagten: Frauen, die im Hinterhof klein anfingen und später einen Weltkonzern leiteten, wie Margarete Steiff, Beate Uhse oder Estee Lauder; Frauen, die auch vor einer Decke aus Beton nicht zurückschreckten wie die Zeitungsfrauen Marion Dönhoff oder Katherine Graham, Frauen, die den großen Auftritt liebten wie die Marchesa Casati, Lady Cooper oder die erste Eventmanagerin Elsa Maxwell; Frauen, die Zivilcourage zeigten wie Elsa Brändström und Rosa Luxemburg, Pionierinnen auf ihrem Gebiet, die mit Verstand, Humor und Mut sich in die Entdeckung und die Arbeit stürzten - Frauen wie Marie Curie, Brownie Wise, Lena Christ, Elly Beinhorn und vielen anderen verdanken wir viel! Denn am Ende bewahrheitet sich: Nur wer vom Weitsprung träumt und dann losspringt, kommt vom Fleck.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478768Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Fliegst Du schon oder überlegst du noch: Frauen, die ihre Träume wahr machten Author: Claudia Lanfranconi Narrator: Kornelia Boja, Dagmar...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/478768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Fliegst Du schon oder überlegst du noch: Frauen, die ihre Träume wahr machten Author: Claudia Lanfranconi Narrator: Kornelia Boja, Dagmar Maya Hahn, Antonia Feuerstein, Jutta Speidel, Arianne Borbach Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 24, 2016 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Frauen, die ihre Träume wahr machten, wollten meist hoch hinaus und bei ihren Bemühungen konnte sie niemand aufhalten. Sie haben sich gegen Väter, Mütter, Brüder, Lehrer und gesellschaftliche Konventionen gestellt, um abzuheben und die gläserne Decke zu durchbrechen. Kurzweilige Lebensgeschichten von spannenden Frauen, die den großen Sprung wagten: Frauen, die im Hinterhof klein anfingen und später einen Weltkonzern leiteten, wie Margarete Steiff, Beate Uhse oder Estee Lauder; Frauen, die auch vor einer Decke aus Beton nicht zurückschreckten wie die Zeitungsfrauen Marion Dönhoff oder Katherine Graham, Frauen, die den großen Auftritt liebten wie die Marchesa Casati, Lady Cooper oder die erste Eventmanagerin Elsa Maxwell; Frauen, die Zivilcourage zeigten wie Elsa Brändström und Rosa Luxemburg, Pionierinnen auf ihrem Gebiet, die mit Verstand, Humor und Mut sich in die Entdeckung und die Arbeit stürzten - Frauen wie Marie Curie, Brownie Wise, Lena Christ, Elly Beinhorn und vielen anderen verdanken wir viel! Denn am Ende bewahrheitet sich: Nur wer vom Weitsprung träumt und dann losspringt, kommt vom Fleck.]]>185berlegstcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-das-marchen-ist-zu-ende-annaherungen-an-emmy-hennings-by-emmy-hennings--65152149https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Märchen ist zu Ende: Annäherungen an Emmy Hennings Author: Emmy Hennings Narrator: Ottokar Lehrner, Julia Becker, Siegfried W. Kernen, Karin Nennemann, Felix Isenbügel, Aendi Kudszus, Louis C. Oberlander, Thomas B. Hoffmann, Frank Roder, Isabella Lewandowski, Ella Endlich, Uwe Friedrichsen, Peter Weis, Peter Bieringer, Thomas Arnold Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 9, 2016 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Rastlos, heimatlos, vielseitig begabt, naiv, melancholisch und stets selbst reflektierend verdichtete sie ihr Leben als Tänzerin, Schauspielerin, Dichterin, Autorin, Morphinistin, Gelegenheitsprostituierte, Revoluzzerin und früher Bohemien zwischen Berlin, München und Zürich in einer schieren Sucht nach Leben als Abenteuer. An der Seite Hugo Balls legte sie mit der Gründung des 'Cabaret Voltaire' in Zürich den Grundstein zur Schaffung des Dadaismus und fand erst Ruhe in der späten Freundschaft zu Hermann Hesse, ihrer selbstgewählten Heimat im Schweizer Tessin und der Zuwendung zum katholischen Glauben Eine fragmentarische Annährung an das 'Verdichtungswunder' Emmy Hennings in einer Collage aus Texten, Prosa, Lyrik und Briefen von und über Emmy Hennings]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475864Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Märchen ist zu Ende: Annäherungen an Emmy Hennings Author: Emmy Hennings Narrator: Ottokar Lehrner, Julia Becker, Siegfried W. Kernen,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475864 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das Märchen ist zu Ende: Annäherungen an Emmy Hennings Author: Emmy Hennings Narrator: Ottokar Lehrner, Julia Becker, Siegfried W. Kernen, Karin Nennemann, Felix Isenbügel, Aendi Kudszus, Louis C. Oberlander, Thomas B. Hoffmann, Frank Roder, Isabella Lewandowski, Ella Endlich, Uwe Friedrichsen, Peter Weis, Peter Bieringer, Thomas Arnold Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 9, 2016 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Rastlos, heimatlos, vielseitig begabt, naiv, melancholisch und stets selbst reflektierend verdichtete sie ihr Leben als Tänzerin, Schauspielerin, Dichterin, Autorin, Morphinistin, Gelegenheitsprostituierte, Revoluzzerin und früher Bohemien zwischen Berlin, München und Zürich in einer schieren Sucht nach Leben als Abenteuer. An der Seite Hugo Balls legte sie mit der Gründung des 'Cabaret Voltaire' in Zürich den Grundstein zur Schaffung des Dadaismus und fand erst Ruhe in der späten Freundschaft zu Hermann Hesse, ihrer selbstgewählten Heimat im Schweizer Tessin und der Zuwendung zum katholischen Glauben Eine fragmentarische Annährung an das 'Verdichtungswunder' Emmy Hennings in einer Collage aus Texten, Prosa, Lyrik und Briefen von und über Emmy Hennings]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-eine-tussi-wird-mama-neun-monate-auf-dem-weg-zum-katzenbaby-by-daniela-katzenberger--65152174https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/476530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Eine Tussi wird Mama: Neun Monate auf dem Weg zum Katzenbaby Author: Daniela Katzenberger Narrator: Daniela Katzenberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 11, 2015 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Deutschlands bekannteste Blondine in einer völlig neuen Rolle: Mutter. Was ihr auf dem Weg dahin so alles passiert ist, beschreibt sie gewohnt trocken, geradlinig und ehrlich in diesem Buch. 'Die Katze' steht für Blondinenwitz und Trinkgeldausschnitt, für Kodderschnauze und viel Schalk im Nacken. Was passiert mit der personifizierten Tussi, wenn sich auf einmal Nachwuchs ankündigt? Wie geht sie um mit Ungewissheit und Übelkeit, mit dem Abschied von der Traumfigur und der heraufziehenden Ahnung von Verantwortung, Schlaflosigkeit und vielem mehr? Gewohnt direkt und knallhart ehrlich legt Daniela Katzenberger ein Protokoll ihrer Schwangerschaft vor. Was hat mich glücklich gemacht? Was fand ich zum Kotzen? Und: Welche Tipps und Tricks haben mir geholfen? Fragen wie diese beantwortet Deutschlands Tussi Nummer 1 in ihrem neuen Werk.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/476530Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/476530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Eine Tussi wird Mama: Neun Monate auf dem Weg zum Katzenbaby Author: Daniela Katzenberger Narrator: Daniela Katzenberger Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/476530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Eine Tussi wird Mama: Neun Monate auf dem Weg zum Katzenbaby Author: Daniela Katzenberger Narrator: Daniela Katzenberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 11, 2015 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Deutschlands bekannteste Blondine in einer völlig neuen Rolle: Mutter. Was ihr auf dem Weg dahin so alles passiert ist, beschreibt sie gewohnt trocken, geradlinig und ehrlich in diesem Buch. 'Die Katze' steht für Blondinenwitz und Trinkgeldausschnitt, für Kodderschnauze und viel Schalk im Nacken. Was passiert mit der personifizierten Tussi, wenn sich auf einmal Nachwuchs ankündigt? Wie geht sie um mit Ungewissheit und Übelkeit, mit dem Abschied von der Traumfigur und der heraufziehenden Ahnung von Verantwortung, Schlaflosigkeit und vielem mehr? Gewohnt direkt und knallhart ehrlich legt Daniela Katzenberger ein Protokoll ihrer Schwangerschaft vor. Was hat mich glücklich gemacht? Was fand ich zum Kotzen? Und: Welche Tipps und Tricks haben mir geholfen? Fragen wie diese beantwortet Deutschlands Tussi Nummer 1 in ihrem neuen Werk.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-portugiesische-briefe-by-marianna-alcoforado--65152150https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Portugiesische Briefe Author: Marianna Alcoforado Narrator: Lisa Wildmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: August 12, 2015 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Die von Rainer Maria Rilke ins Deutsche übertragenen Liebesbriefe der portugiesischen Nonne Marianna Alcoforado (1640-1723) zählen zu den wunderbarsten und schönsten Liebesbekundungen in der europäischen Literatur. Sie erzählen von einer unerfüllten Liebe und dem Gefühl des Verlassenseins. Ihre Sprache schafft es noch heute - fast 350 Jahre nach dem ersten Erscheinen -, zu berühren und zu bewegen. Ergreifend und einfühlsam liest Lisa Wildmann die fünf Liebesbriefe der Nonne Marianna Alcoforado.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469879Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Portugiesische Briefe Author: Marianna Alcoforado Narrator: Lisa Wildmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469879 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Portugiesische Briefe Author: Marianna Alcoforado Narrator: Lisa Wildmann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: August 12, 2015 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Die von Rainer Maria Rilke ins Deutsche übertragenen Liebesbriefe der portugiesischen Nonne Marianna Alcoforado (1640-1723) zählen zu den wunderbarsten und schönsten Liebesbekundungen in der europäischen Literatur. Sie erzählen von einer unerfüllten Liebe und dem Gefühl des Verlassenseins. Ihre Sprache schafft es noch heute - fast 350 Jahre nach dem ersten Erscheinen -, zu berühren und zu bewegen. Ergreifend und einfühlsam liest Lisa Wildmann die fünf Liebesbriefe der Nonne Marianna Alcoforado.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-die-valeska-gert-story-horcollage-von-peter-eckhart-reichel-by-valeska-gert-peter-eckhart-reichel--65152173https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die-Valeska-Gert-Story: Hörcollage von Peter Eckhart Reichel Author: Valeska Gert, Peter Eckhart Reichel Narrator: Monika Hansen, Gerd Wameling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 15 minutes Release date: June 13, 2015 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Leichen tanzte Valeska Gert gern - vor dem Sterben aber fürchtete sie sich. Schon als 14jähriges Mädchen lag sie nächtelang schlaflos in ihrem Bett, immer in Angstschweiß gebadet bei dem Gedanken, ein frühzeitiger Tod könne ihr Dasein abrupt beenden, noch bevor sie das eigentliche Leben kennen gelernt und ausgekostet habe: 'Ich wäre beinahe verrückt geworden, wenn ich nicht angefangen hätte zu tanzen.' Und sie tanzte - und entdeckte so das angenehm wohltuende, körperliche Empfinden, welches dabei die eigenen Bewegungen in ihr hervorriefen: 'Auch auf unserem Hof rannte und hopste ich schnell herum und fühlte da zum ersten Mal diese Seligkeit, die man manchmal beim Tanzen spürt.' Dieses Hörbuch ist wie ein akustischer Traumtanz durch das verrückte und prall gefüllte Leben der Performance-Künstlerin Valeska Gert.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469732Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die-Valeska-Gert-Story: Hörcollage von Peter Eckhart Reichel Author: Valeska Gert, Peter Eckhart Reichel Narrator: Monika Hansen, Gerd...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/469732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die-Valeska-Gert-Story: Hörcollage von Peter Eckhart Reichel Author: Valeska Gert, Peter Eckhart Reichel Narrator: Monika Hansen, Gerd Wameling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 15 minutes Release date: June 13, 2015 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Leichen tanzte Valeska Gert gern - vor dem Sterben aber fürchtete sie sich. Schon als 14jähriges Mädchen lag sie nächtelang schlaflos in ihrem Bett, immer in Angstschweiß gebadet bei dem Gedanken, ein frühzeitiger Tod könne ihr Dasein abrupt beenden, noch bevor sie das eigentliche Leben kennen gelernt und ausgekostet habe: 'Ich wäre beinahe verrückt geworden, wenn ich nicht angefangen hätte zu tanzen.' Und sie tanzte - und entdeckte so das angenehm wohltuende, körperliche Empfinden, welches dabei die eigenen Bewegungen in ihr hervorriefen: 'Auch auf unserem Hof rannte und hopste ich schnell herum und fühlte da zum ersten Mal diese Seligkeit, die man manchmal beim Tanzen spürt.' Dieses Hörbuch ist wie ein akustischer Traumtanz durch das verrückte und prall gefüllte Leben der Performance-Künstlerin Valeska Gert.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/havana-dreams-a-story-of-cuba-by-wendy-gimbel--65152079https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Havana Dreams: A Story of Cuba Author: Wendy Gimbel Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 1, 1999 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This is the fascinating true story of four generations of Cuban women whose personal lives are woven with the story of their nation. At its center is Naty, a socialite born in 1925, who becomes intoxicated with Castro and his revolution. Here, published for the first time, are the letters they exchanged while Castro was in jail. Naty raises Castro’s unacknowledged daughter, who in turn bears her a granddaughter before immigrating to America to join protests against her father’s regime. Naty’s mother, an unregenerate reactionary, completes the family picture. Each woman is irrevocably marked with the story of their home island. This is a powerful story of the profound consequences of Cuba’s contemporary history for the ordinary lives of its people.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513626Thu, 01 Jul 1999 09:54:20 +0000Abel ErnserPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Havana Dreams: A Story of Cuba Author: Wendy Gimbel Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/513626 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Havana Dreams: A Story of Cuba Author: Wendy Gimbel Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 1, 1999 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: This is the fascinating true story of four generations of Cuban women whose personal lives are woven with the story of their nation. At its center is Naty, a socialite born in 1925, who becomes intoxicated with Castro and his revolution. Here, published for the first time, are the letters they exchanged while Castro was in jail. Naty raises Castro’s unacknowledged daughter, who in turn bears her a granddaughter before immigrating to America to join protests against her father’s regime. Naty’s mother, an unregenerate reactionary, completes the family picture. Each woman is irrevocably marked with the story of their home island. This is a powerful story of the profound consequences of Cuba’s contemporary history for the ordinary lives of its people.]]>185cleanfull