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If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enArtsCopyright Hugh Torphttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6793ad52555f1f815c8acf661574d112.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-latest-full-audiobooks-in-biography-memoir-memoirs--6575845Sat, 29 Mar 2025 01:59:29 +0000Hugh TorpHugh Torpfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/384/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/384/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Explore the world of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks in diverse categories like Ancient Mythology, Asia History, and Animals & Nature. We offer you 3 free audiobooks to start your exploration journey. Audiobooks can be listened to on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access knowledge anytime, anywhere. Let audiobooks open new horizons for you! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/born-to-run-by-bruce-springsteen--65200675https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born to Run Author: Bruce Springsteen Narrator: Bruce Springsteen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 454 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 93 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: “Glorious…a philosophically rich ramble through a rock ’n roll life…It’s the lyric he was born to write” (USA TODAY, 4 out of 4 stars). Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is “an utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir” (Rolling Stone) that offers the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as “The Big Bang”: seeing Elvis Presley’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work. Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (“Thunder Road,” “Badlands,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River” “Born in the U.S.A,” “The Rising,” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences. “Both an entertaining account of Springsteen’s marathon race to the top and a reminder that the one thing you can’t run away from is yourself” (Entertainment Weekly), Born to Run is much more than a legendary rock star’s memoir. This book is a “a virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band's famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more” (NPR).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256340Tue, 06 Dec 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born to Run Author: Bruce Springsteen Narrator: Bruce Springsteen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 6,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born to Run Author: Bruce Springsteen Narrator: Bruce Springsteen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 11 minutes Release date: December 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 454 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 93 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: “Glorious…a philosophically rich ramble through a rock ’n roll life…It’s the lyric he was born to write” (USA TODAY, 4 out of 4 stars). Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is “an utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir” (Rolling Stone) that offers the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as “The Big Bang”: seeing Elvis Presley’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work. Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (“Thunder Road,” “Badlands,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River” “Born in the U.S.A,” “The Rising,” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences. “Both an entertaining account of Springsteen’s marathon race to the top and a reminder that the one thing you can’t run away from is yourself” (Entertainment Weekly), Born to Run is much more than a legendary rock star’s memoir. This book is a “a virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band's famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more” (NPR).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-princess-diarist-by-carrie-fisher--65200562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Diarist Author: Carrie Fisher Narrator: Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2018 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a (sort-of) regular teenager. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher’s intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time—and what developed behind the scenes. And today, as she reprises her most iconic role for the latest Star Wars trilogy, Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candour and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265424Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Diarist Author: Carrie Fisher Narrator: Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Princess Diarist Author: Carrie Fisher Narrator: Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 2018 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved—plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naiveté, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today, her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1977, Carrie Fisher was just a (sort-of) regular teenager. With these excerpts from her handwritten notebooks, The Princess Diarist is Fisher’s intimate and revealing recollection of what happened on one of the most famous film sets of all time—and what developed behind the scenes. And today, as she reprises her most iconic role for the latest Star Wars trilogy, Fisher also ponders the joys and insanity of celebrity, and the absurdity of a life spawned by Hollywood royalty, only to be surpassed by her own outer-space royalty. Laugh-out-loud hilarious and endlessly quotable, The Princess Diarist brims with the candour and introspection of a diary while offering shrewd insight into the type of stardom that few will ever experience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/settle-for-more-by-megyn-kelly--65200518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Settle for More Author: Megyn Kelly Narrator: Megyn Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 85 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Anchor of the number one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir detailing her rise as one of the most respected journalists working today. From the values and lessons that have shaped her career, to her time at the center of the chaotic 2016 Republican presidential primary, this book offers an inside look at an uncompromising woman's journey to the top of the news business. In the two and half years since her show The Kelly File premiered on the Fox News Channel, Megyn Kelly has cemented her reputation as one of the most respected and hardest hitting journalists in America. Tackling issues from both sides of the aisle, live in prime time five nights a week, Kelly has embraced difficult questions Now in her debut book, Kelly goes behind the scenes of the stories and the storms that have made her one of the most talked about public figures in America. From growing up in a tough love family where she had to earn her praise, to her father's sudden, tragic death while she was still in high school, to the news stories that launched her journalism career, Kelly traces the values and experiences With the same bold and brave voice that has won her fans across the political divide, she opens up about the controversy that made her a household name, telling her side of Donald Trump's feud with her, while sharing never-before-heard details about the infamous first Republican debate, its challenging aftermath, and how she persevered through it all, winning widespread admiration while maintaining her professionalism. Speaking candidly about the career-changing decision that led her to ''settle for more'' Throughout her meteoric career, Megyn Kelly has been a source of fascination and speculation. Men and women, Republicans and Democrats, viewers of Fox News and the network's most diehard detractors have all sought to understand what she stands for and what matters to her. With this deeply personal account of her life, she answers critics and fans alike. At once humorous, uplifting, and revealing, Settle for More offers unparalleled insight into one of the most charismatic and intriguing television personalities in a generation, and will be one of the most talked about books from an influential voice unlike any other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264699Tue, 15 Nov 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Settle for More Author: Megyn Kelly Narrator: Megyn Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Settle for More Author: Megyn Kelly Narrator: Megyn Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: November 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 85 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Anchor of the number one news show on cable, The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly writes her much anticipated book, a revealing and surprising memoir detailing her rise as one of the most respected journalists working today. From the values and lessons that have shaped her career, to her time at the center of the chaotic 2016 Republican presidential primary, this book offers an inside look at an uncompromising woman's journey to the top of the news business. In the two and half years since her show The Kelly File premiered on the Fox News Channel, Megyn Kelly has cemented her reputation as one of the most respected and hardest hitting journalists in America. Tackling issues from both sides of the aisle, live in prime time five nights a week, Kelly has embraced difficult questions Now in her debut book, Kelly goes behind the scenes of the stories and the storms that have made her one of the most talked about public figures in America. From growing up in a tough love family where she had to earn her praise, to her father's sudden, tragic death while she was still in high school, to the news stories that launched her journalism career, Kelly traces the values and experiences With the same bold and brave voice that has won her fans across the political divide, she opens up about the controversy that made her a household name, telling her side of Donald Trump's feud with her, while sharing never-before-heard details about the infamous first Republican debate, its challenging aftermath, and how she persevered through it all, winning widespread admiration while maintaining her professionalism. Speaking candidly about the career-changing decision that led her to ''settle for more'' Throughout her meteoric career, Megyn Kelly has been a source of fascination and speculation. Men and women, Republicans and Democrats, viewers of Fox News and the network's most diehard detractors have all sought to understand what she stands for and what matters to her. With this deeply personal account of her life, she answers critics and fans alike. At once humorous, uplifting, and revealing, Settle for More offers unparalleled insight into one of the most charismatic and intriguing television personalities in a generation, and will be one of the most talked about books from an influential voice unlike any other.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/angels-on-earth-inspiring-stories-of-fate-friendship-and-the-power-of-connections-by-alex-tresniowski-laura-schroff--65200517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angels on Earth: Inspiring Stories of Fate, Friendship, and the Power of Connections Author: Alex Tresniowski, Laura Schroff Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times and international bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming and inspiring book about the incredible impact that acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed an eleven-year-old boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald’s. Twenty years later, at Laura’s fiftieth birthday party, Maurice Mazyck gave a toast, thanking Laura for her act of kindness, which ended up changing the course of his life. In that toast, Maurice said that when Laura stopped on that busy street corner all those years ago, God had sent him an angel. Laura’s invisible thread journey has deepened her belief that angels—divine and otherwise—are all around us. After An Invisible Thread was published in 2011, readers from all over began sharing with Laura their own stories about how chance encounters with strangers have changed their lives. From a woman who saved a life simply by buying someone a book, to a financier who gave a stranger the greatest gift of all, to a teacher who chose a hug over discipline and changed a lost boy’s future—Angels on Earth introduces remarkable people whose invisible thread stories will move, surprise, and inspire readers. Angels on Earth sheds light on how everyone can live happier, more purposeful lives through sharing random acts of kindness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266029Tue, 25 Oct 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angels on Earth: Inspiring Stories of Fate, Friendship, and the Power of Connections Author: Alex Tresniowski, Laura Schroff Narrator: Gabra Zackman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angels on Earth: Inspiring Stories of Fate, Friendship, and the Power of Connections Author: Alex Tresniowski, Laura Schroff Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times and international bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming and inspiring book about the incredible impact that acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed an eleven-year-old boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald’s. Twenty years later, at Laura’s fiftieth birthday party, Maurice Mazyck gave a toast, thanking Laura for her act of kindness, which ended up changing the course of his life. In that toast, Maurice said that when Laura stopped on that busy street corner all those years ago, God had sent him an angel. Laura’s invisible thread journey has deepened her belief that angels—divine and otherwise—are all around us. After An Invisible Thread was published in 2011, readers from all over began sharing with Laura their own stories about how chance encounters with strangers have changed their lives. From a woman who saved a life simply by buying someone a book, to a financier who gave a stranger the greatest gift of all, to a teacher who chose a hug over discipline and changed a lost boy’s future—Angels on Earth introduces remarkable people whose invisible thread stories will move, surprise, and inspire readers. Angels on Earth sheds light on how everyone can live happier, more purposeful lives through sharing random acts of kindness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hungry-heart-adventures-in-life-love-and-writing-by-jennifer-weiner--65200516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Jennifer Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Generous and entertaining.' —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay * Nominated for “Best Memoir & Autobiography” by Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 * Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post 'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to read it again.' —TheSkimm “I'm mad Jennifer's Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend.' —Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? 'Fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave.' —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild Jennifer Weiner is many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and an “unlikely feminist enforcer” (The New Yorker). She’s also a mom, a daughter, and a sister, a clumsy yogini, and a reality-TV devotee. In this “unflinching look at her own experiences” (Entertainment Weekly), Jennifer fashions tales of modern-day womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Nora Ephron and Tina Fey. No subject is off-limits in these intimate and honest essays: sex, weight, envy, money, her mother’s coming out of the closet, her estranged father’s death. From lonely adolescence to hearing her six-year-old daughter say the F word—fat—for the first time, Jen dives into the heart of female experience, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266500Tue, 11 Oct 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Jennifer Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Jennifer Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Generous and entertaining.' —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay * Nominated for “Best Memoir & Autobiography” by Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 * Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post 'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to read it again.' —TheSkimm “I'm mad Jennifer's Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend.' —Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? 'Fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave.' —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild Jennifer Weiner is many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and an “unlikely feminist enforcer” (The New Yorker). She’s also a mom, a daughter, and a sister, a clumsy yogini, and a reality-TV devotee. In this “unflinching look at her own experiences” (Entertainment Weekly), Jennifer fashions tales of modern-day womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Nora Ephron and Tina Fey. No subject is off-limits in these intimate and honest essays: sex, weight, envy, money, her mother’s coming out of the closet, her estranged father’s death. From lonely adolescence to hearing her six-year-old daughter say the F word—fat—for the first time, Jen dives into the heart of female experience, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forward-a-memoir-by-abby-wambach--65200573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forward: A Memoir Author: Abby Wambach Narrator: Abby Wambach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ''Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor.'' —NPR ''Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves.''  —Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times Bestselling author of Lean In  “This is the best memoir I’ve read by an athlete since Andre Agassi’s Open.”  —Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible.  Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation’s heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship.  Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women’s rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies. In Forward, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. Wambach’s book goes beyond the soccer field to reveal a soulful person grappling universal questions about how we can live our best lives, and become our truest selves. Written with honesty and heart, Forward is an inspiring blueprint for individual growth and a rousing call to action.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264701Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forward: A Memoir Author: Abby Wambach Narrator: Abby Wambach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forward: A Memoir Author: Abby Wambach Narrator: Abby Wambach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ''Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor.'' —NPR ''Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves.''  —Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times Bestselling author of Lean In  “This is the best memoir I’ve read by an athlete since Andre Agassi’s Open.”  —Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible.  Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation’s heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship.  Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women’s rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies. In Forward, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. Wambach’s book goes beyond the soccer field to reveal a soulful person grappling universal questions about how we can live our best lives, and become our truest selves. Written with honesty and heart, Forward is an inspiring blueprint for individual growth and a rousing call to action.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pigeon-tunnel-stories-from-my-life-now-a-major-apple-tv-motion-picture-by-john-le-carre--65200531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life: NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV MOTION PICTURE Author: John Le Carré Narrator: John Le Carré Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.82 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Pigeon Tunnel. Written and read by John le Carré. 'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now.' From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion, to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive - reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine gun fire, or visiting Rwanda's museums of the unburied dead in the aftermath of the genocide, or celebrating New Year's Eve with Yasser Arafat, or interviewing a German terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, or watching Alec Guinness preparing for his role as George Smiley, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener, le Carré endows each happening with vividness and humour, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. Best of all, le Carré gives us a glimpse of a writer's journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for the human spark that has given so much life and heart to his fictional characters. 'No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times' Guardian 'John le Carré is as recognizable a writer as Dickens or Austen' Financial Times 'When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carré ... they were a journey into the wider world ... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind' Aung San Suu Kyi]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269103Thu, 08 Sep 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life: NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV MOTION PICTURE Author: John Le Carré Narrator: John Le Carré Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life: NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV MOTION PICTURE Author: John Le Carré Narrator: John Le Carré Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: September 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.82 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Pigeon Tunnel. Written and read by John le Carré. 'Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit. First comes the imagining, then the search for reality. Then back to the imagining, and to the desk where I'm sitting now.' From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion, to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive - reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine gun fire, or visiting Rwanda's museums of the unburied dead in the aftermath of the genocide, or celebrating New Year's Eve with Yasser Arafat, or interviewing a German terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, or watching Alec Guinness preparing for his role as George Smiley, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener, le Carré endows each happening with vividness and humour, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. Best of all, le Carré gives us a glimpse of a writer's journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for the human spark that has given so much life and heart to his fictional characters. 'No other writer has charted - pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers - the public and secret histories of his times' Guardian 'John le Carré is as recognizable a writer as Dickens or Austen' Financial Times 'When I was under house arrest I was helped by the books of John le Carré ... they were a journey into the wider world ... These were the journeys that made me feel that I was not really cut off from the rest of humankind' Aung San Suu Kyi]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sprinkle-glitter-on-my-grave-observations-rants-and-other-uplifting-thoughts-about-life-by-jill-kargman--65200504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave: Observations, Rants, and Other Uplifting thoughts About Life Author: Jill Kargman Narrator: Jill Kargman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The star of Bravo’s breakout scripted comedy Odd Mom Out shares her razor-sharp wit and backhanded wisdom in a deeply observed and outrageously funny collection of musings, lists, essays, and outrages.   From her unique lingo (things don’t simply frighten her, they “M. Night Shyamalan her out”) to her gimlet-eyed view of narrow-mindedness, to her morbid but curiously life-affirming parenting style, Jill Kargman is nothing if not original. In this hilarious new book, the sharp-elbowed mother of three turns her unconventional lens on life and death and everything in between, including   • the politically correct peer pressure she felt from the new moms in her hood, the women who provided the grist for the mill of her hit television show • the evolution of her aesthetic from Miami Vice vibrant (a very brief flirtation) to Wednesday Addams–meets–rocker chic • her deep-seated New Yorker’s discomfort with moving vehicles that aren’t taxis and subways (a.k.a. “suburban panic disorder”) • the family obsession with reading obituaries for their medical revelations and real estate news value • the reasons why, in a land of tan-orexic baby-oil beach bakers, she chooses to honor the valor of her ghostly pallor   From a hellish visit to the Happiest Place on Earth to her unusual wedding night with Russell Crowe to her adrenaline-pumping Gay Pride parade experience, Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave is as wonderfully indecent and entertaining as a spring break road trip with your best friend. Assuming your best friend is the kind of gal who still wears a motorcycle jacket to pick up the kids at school. Praise for Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave “We love her on Bravo’s Odd Mom Out, and in Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave, Jill Kargman brings us a hilarious essay collection about life, death, and everything in between.”—PopSugar   “The release (which reads in part like a memoir, or what we imagine it would be like to have a girls’ night in with the writer) is a humorous book filled with a closer look at the New York native’s childhood and family, as well as her unfiltered opinions on any number of subjects, like parenting and fashion.”—Bravotv.com   “[A] love letter to her deeply macabre family.”—Vogue “The creator of Bravo’s Odd Mom Out, Kargman dishes out a variety of essays that poke fun at herself, her family, friends, and the world in general. . . . Prepare to laugh.”—Kirkus Reviews “A comedic, lively take on [Kargman’s] life as an opinionated, Jewish native New Yorker . . . sharp and funny . . . Those looking for a new, fun voice that doesn’t get too heavy will enjoy Kargman’s perspective, which is rich with gratitude, laughs, and a healthy appreciation for the color black.”—Publisher’s Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270022Tue, 06 Sep 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave: Observations, Rants, and Other Uplifting thoughts About Life Author: Jill Kargman Narrator: Jill Kargman Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave: Observations, Rants, and Other Uplifting thoughts About Life Author: Jill Kargman Narrator: Jill Kargman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The star of Bravo’s breakout scripted comedy Odd Mom Out shares her razor-sharp wit and backhanded wisdom in a deeply observed and outrageously funny collection of musings, lists, essays, and outrages.   From her unique lingo (things don’t simply frighten her, they “M. Night Shyamalan her out”) to her gimlet-eyed view of narrow-mindedness, to her morbid but curiously life-affirming parenting style, Jill Kargman is nothing if not original. In this hilarious new book, the sharp-elbowed mother of three turns her unconventional lens on life and death and everything in between, including   • the politically correct peer pressure she felt from the new moms in her hood, the women who provided the grist for the mill of her hit television show • the evolution of her aesthetic from Miami Vice vibrant (a very brief flirtation) to Wednesday Addams–meets–rocker chic • her deep-seated New Yorker’s discomfort with moving vehicles that aren’t taxis and subways (a.k.a. “suburban panic disorder”) • the family obsession with reading obituaries for their medical revelations and real estate news value • the reasons why, in a land of tan-orexic baby-oil beach bakers, she chooses to honor the valor of her ghostly pallor   From a hellish visit to the Happiest Place on Earth to her unusual wedding night with Russell Crowe to her adrenaline-pumping Gay Pride parade experience, Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave is as wonderfully indecent and entertaining as a spring break road trip with your best friend. Assuming your best friend is the kind of gal who still wears a motorcycle jacket to pick up the kids at school. Praise for Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave “We love her on Bravo’s Odd Mom Out, and in Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave, Jill Kargman brings us a hilarious essay collection about life, death, and everything in between.”—PopSugar   “The release (which reads in part like a memoir, or what we imagine it would be like to have a girls’ night in with the writer) is a humorous book filled with a closer look at the New York native’s childhood and family, as well as her unfiltered opinions on any number of subjects, like parenting and fashion.”—Bravotv.com   “[A] love letter to her deeply macabre family.”—Vogue “The creator of Bravo’s Odd Mom Out, Kargman dishes out a variety of essays that poke fun at herself, her family, friends, and the world in general. . . . Prepare to laugh.”—Kirkus Reviews “A comedic, lively take on [Kargman’s] life as an opinionated, Jewish native New Yorker . . . sharp and funny . . . Those looking for a new, fun voice that doesn’t get too heavy will enjoy Kargman’s perspective, which is rich with gratitude, laughs, and a healthy appreciation for the color black.”—Publisher’s Weekly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perfect-horse-the-daring-u-s-mission-to-rescue-the-priceless-stallions-kidnapped-by-the-nazis-by-elizabeth-letts--65200507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by The Nazis Author: Elizabeth Letts Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Ride of Her Life and The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes the “winningly readable” (The Christian Science Monitor) true story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II. “Hard to put down . . . One need not be an equestrian or horse lover in order to appreciate this story.”—New York Journal of Books WINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR RESEARCH NONFICTION   In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in danger of being slaughtered for food.   With hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army’s last great cavalrymen, Colonel Hank Reed, makes a bold decision—with General George Patton’s blessing—to mount a covert rescue operation. Racing against time, Reed’s determined force of soldiers, aided by several turncoat Germans, steals across enemy lines to save the horses.   An exhilarating tale of adventure, courage, and sacrifice, The Perfect Horse brings to life one of the most inspiring chapters in the annals of human valor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269310Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by The Nazis Author: Elizabeth Letts Narrator: Paul Boehmer...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269310 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by The Nazis Author: Elizabeth Letts Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.24 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Ride of Her Life and The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes the “winningly readable” (The Christian Science Monitor) true story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II. “Hard to put down . . . One need not be an equestrian or horse lover in order to appreciate this story.”—New York Journal of Books WINNER OF THE PEN AWARD FOR RESEARCH NONFICTION   In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in danger of being slaughtered for food.   With hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army’s last great cavalrymen, Colonel Hank Reed, makes a bold decision—with General George Patton’s blessing—to mount a covert rescue operation. Racing against time, Reed’s determined force of soldiers, aided by several turncoat Germans, steals across enemy lines to save the horses.   An exhilarating tale of adventure, courage, and sacrifice, The Perfect Horse brings to life one of the most inspiring chapters in the annals of human valor.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scream-a-memoir-of-glamour-and-dysfunction-by-tama-janowitz--65200552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction Author: Tama Janowitz Narrator: Tama Janowitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this darkly funny, surprising memoir, the original “Lit Girl” and author of the era-defining Slaves of New York considers her life in and outside of New York City, from the heyday of the 1980s to her life today in a tiny upstate town that proves that fact is always stranger than fiction.  With the publication of her acclaimed short story collection Slaves of New York, Tama Janowitz was crowned the Lit Girl of New York. Celebrated in rarified literary and social circles, she was hailed, alongside Mark Lindquist, Bret Easton Ellis, and Jay McInerney, as one of the original “Brat Pack” writers—a wave of young minimalist authors whose wry, urbane sensibility captured the zeitgeist of the time, propelling them to the forefront of American culture. In Scream, her first memoir, Janowitz recalls the quirky literary world of young downtown New York in the go-go 1980s and reflects on her life today far away from the city indelible to her work. As in Slaves of New York and A Certain Age, Janowitz turns a critical eye towards life, this time her own, recounting the vagaries of fame and fortune as a writer devoted to her art. Here, too, is Tama as daughter, wife, and mother, wrestling with aging, loss, and angst, both adolescent (her daughter) and middle aged (her own) as she cares for a mother plagued by dementia, battles a brother who questions her choices, and endures the criticism of a surly teenager. Filled with a very real, very personal cast of characters, Scream is an intimate, scorching memoir rife with the humor, insight, and experience of a writer with a surgeon’s eye for detail, and a skill for cutting straight to the strangest parts of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263967Tue, 09 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction Author: Tama Janowitz Narrator: Tama Janowitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction Author: Tama Janowitz Narrator: Tama Janowitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this darkly funny, surprising memoir, the original “Lit Girl” and author of the era-defining Slaves of New York considers her life in and outside of New York City, from the heyday of the 1980s to her life today in a tiny upstate town that proves that fact is always stranger than fiction.  With the publication of her acclaimed short story collection Slaves of New York, Tama Janowitz was crowned the Lit Girl of New York. Celebrated in rarified literary and social circles, she was hailed, alongside Mark Lindquist, Bret Easton Ellis, and Jay McInerney, as one of the original “Brat Pack” writers—a wave of young minimalist authors whose wry, urbane sensibility captured the zeitgeist of the time, propelling them to the forefront of American culture. In Scream, her first memoir, Janowitz recalls the quirky literary world of young downtown New York in the go-go 1980s and reflects on her life today far away from the city indelible to her work. As in Slaves of New York and A Certain Age, Janowitz turns a critical eye towards life, this time her own, recounting the vagaries of fame and fortune as a writer devoted to her art. Here, too, is Tama as daughter, wife, and mother, wrestling with aging, loss, and angst, both adolescent (her daughter) and middle aged (her own) as she cares for a mother plagued by dementia, battles a brother who questions her choices, and endures the criticism of a surly teenager. Filled with a very real, very personal cast of characters, Scream is an intimate, scorching memoir rife with the humor, insight, and experience of a writer with a surgeon’s eye for detail, and a skill for cutting straight to the strangest parts of life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sully-my-search-for-what-really-matters-by-jeffrey-zaslow-chesley-b-sullenberger--65200508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sully: My Search for What Really Matters Author: Jeffrey Zaslow, Chesley B. Sullenberger Narrator: Michael Mcconnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger—the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain ''Sully'' Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director / producer Clint Eastwood and stars Tom Hanks, Laura Linney and Aaron Eckhart. Sully's story is one of dedication, hope, and preparedness, revealing the important lessons he learned through his life, in his military service, and in his work as an airline pilot. It reminds us all that, even in these days of conflict, tragedy and uncertainty, there are values still worth fighting for—that life's challenges can be met if we're ready for them. Cover art © 2016 WBEI. All Rights Reserved.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269663Tue, 09 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sully: My Search for What Really Matters Author: Jeffrey Zaslow, Chesley B. Sullenberger Narrator: Michael Mcconnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sully: My Search for What Really Matters Author: Jeffrey Zaslow, Chesley B. Sullenberger Narrator: Michael Mcconnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger—the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain ''Sully'' Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director / producer Clint Eastwood and stars Tom Hanks, Laura Linney and Aaron Eckhart. Sully's story is one of dedication, hope, and preparedness, revealing the important lessons he learned through his life, in his military service, and in his work as an airline pilot. It reminds us all that, even in these days of conflict, tragedy and uncertainty, there are values still worth fighting for—that life's challenges can be met if we're ready for them. Cover art © 2016 WBEI. All Rights Reserved.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waffle-street-the-confession-and-rehabilitation-of-a-financier-by-james-adams--65200608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waffle Street: The Confession and Rehabilitation of a Financier Author: James Adams Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jimmy Adams was laid off from a hedge fund in early 2009. Wearied by eight years in the bond market and disillusioned by the financial services profession, he decides to get an “honest job” for a change. Before he knows what hit him, Jimmy finds himself waiting on tables of barflies at his local Waffle House. Amidst the glorious chaos of the night shift, the 24-hour diner affords a bevy of comedic experiences as the author struggles to ingratiate himself with a motley crew of waiters and cooks. Unexpectedly, the restaurant also becomes a font of insight into financial markets and the human condition. In a uniquely hilarious and thought-provoking narrative, Waffle Street unravels the enigmas of money, banking, economics, and grits once and for all. As they laugh heartily at the author’s expense, readers will develop a profound appreciation for the first principle of economics: there really is no such thing as a free lunch.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262513Tue, 02 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waffle Street: The Confession and Rehabilitation of a Financier Author: James Adams Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waffle Street: The Confession and Rehabilitation of a Financier Author: James Adams Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jimmy Adams was laid off from a hedge fund in early 2009. Wearied by eight years in the bond market and disillusioned by the financial services profession, he decides to get an “honest job” for a change. Before he knows what hit him, Jimmy finds himself waiting on tables of barflies at his local Waffle House. Amidst the glorious chaos of the night shift, the 24-hour diner affords a bevy of comedic experiences as the author struggles to ingratiate himself with a motley crew of waiters and cooks. Unexpectedly, the restaurant also becomes a font of insight into financial markets and the human condition. In a uniquely hilarious and thought-provoking narrative, Waffle Street unravels the enigmas of money, banking, economics, and grits once and for all. As they laugh heartily at the author’s expense, readers will develop a profound appreciation for the first principle of economics: there really is no such thing as a free lunch.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/navigating-life-things-i-wish-my-mother-had-told-me-by-margaux-bergen--65200529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me Author: Margaux Bergen Narrator: Margaux Bergen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “I absolutely loved this beautiful book!  It's wise, wry, bracingly honest and so gripping I couldn't put it down. Clearly whip smart, Margaux Bergen has one of those rare voices that pulls you in and makes you want to keep reading.” — Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother An inspiring, piercingly honest user's guide to life, written for the author's daughter and given to her on her first day of college, reflecting tough lessons about family, work, and marriage. You learn a few useful things at school--the three Rs come in handy, and it's good to know how to perform under pressure and wait your turn--but most of what matters, what makes you into a functioning human being, able to hold your own in conversation, find your path, know what to avoid in relationships and secure a meaningful job, no teacher will ever tell you. This diamond-sharp, gut-punchingly honest book of hard-earned wisdom is one mother's effort to equip her daughter for survival in the real world. Margaux Bergen began writing this book when her daughter Charlotte turned nine and gave it to her right after graduation from high school, when she was setting off for her first day of college. 'I am not writing this to groom or guide you to professional or academic success,' she writes. 'My goal is rather to give you tools that might help you engage with the world and flourish. . . . Think of this as a kind of developing bath-time wisdom.' Wise, heartbreakingly funny, and resonantly true, Navigating Life has invaluable lessons for students of life of all ages. It will challenge you to lead a more meaningful life and to tackle the bumps along the way with grace, grit, style, and ingenuity. What The Blessings of a Skinned Knee did for the early years of parenting, Navigating Life does for the next, far more perilous chapter, when new graduates are cast out on the high seas and have to learn to swim and find their way by themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268678Tue, 02 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me Author: Margaux Bergen Narrator: Margaux Bergen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me Author: Margaux Bergen Narrator: Margaux Bergen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “I absolutely loved this beautiful book!  It's wise, wry, bracingly honest and so gripping I couldn't put it down. Clearly whip smart, Margaux Bergen has one of those rare voices that pulls you in and makes you want to keep reading.” — Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother An inspiring, piercingly honest user's guide to life, written for the author's daughter and given to her on her first day of college, reflecting tough lessons about family, work, and marriage. You learn a few useful things at school--the three Rs come in handy, and it's good to know how to perform under pressure and wait your turn--but most of what matters, what makes you into a functioning human being, able to hold your own in conversation, find your path, know what to avoid in relationships and secure a meaningful job, no teacher will ever tell you. This diamond-sharp, gut-punchingly honest book of hard-earned wisdom is one mother's effort to equip her daughter for survival in the real world. Margaux Bergen began writing this book when her daughter Charlotte turned nine and gave it to her right after graduation from high school, when she was setting off for her first day of college. 'I am not writing this to groom or guide you to professional or academic success,' she writes. 'My goal is rather to give you tools that might help you engage with the world and flourish. . . . Think of this as a kind of developing bath-time wisdom.' Wise, heartbreakingly funny, and resonantly true, Navigating Life has invaluable lessons for students of life of all ages. It will challenge you to lead a more meaningful life and to tackle the bumps along the way with grace, grit, style, and ingenuity. What The Blessings of a Skinned Knee did for the early years of parenting, Navigating Life does for the next, far more perilous chapter, when new graduates are cast out on the high seas and have to learn to swim and find their way by themselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-s-defender-my-odyssey-through-american-criminal-justice-from-ted-bundy-to-the-kandahar-massacre-by-john-henry-browne--65200505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil’s Defender: My Odyssey through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre Author: John Henry Browne Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of bestselling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey, Gerry Spence, and Alan Dershowitz, John Henry Browne’s The Devil’s Defender recounts his tortuous education in what it means to be an advocate—and a human being. For the last four decades, Browne has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero the “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Moore, to Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre and Kandahar massacre culprit Sergeant Robert Bales, Browne’s unceasing advocacy and the daring to take on some of the most unwinnable cases—and nearly win them all—has led 48 Hours’ Peter Van Sant to call him “the most famous lawyer in America.” But although the Browne that America has come to know cuts a dashing and confident figure, he has forever been haunted by his job as counsel to Ted Bundy, the most infamous serial killer in American history. Browne, a drug- and alcohol-addicted yet wildly successful defense attorney who could never let go of the case that started it all, here asks himself the question others have asked him all along: Does defending evil make you evil too?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269425Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil’s Defender: My Odyssey through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre Author: John Henry Browne Narrator: Joe...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil’s Defender: My Odyssey through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre Author: John Henry Browne Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of bestselling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey, Gerry Spence, and Alan Dershowitz, John Henry Browne’s The Devil’s Defender recounts his tortuous education in what it means to be an advocate—and a human being. For the last four decades, Browne has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero the “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Moore, to Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre and Kandahar massacre culprit Sergeant Robert Bales, Browne’s unceasing advocacy and the daring to take on some of the most unwinnable cases—and nearly win them all—has led 48 Hours’ Peter Van Sant to call him “the most famous lawyer in America.” But although the Browne that America has come to know cuts a dashing and confident figure, he has forever been haunted by his job as counsel to Ted Bundy, the most infamous serial killer in American history. Browne, a drug- and alcohol-addicted yet wildly successful defense attorney who could never let go of the case that started it all, here asks himself the question others have asked him all along: Does defending evil make you evil too?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dadland-a-journey-into-uncharted-territory-by-keggie-carew--65200511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory Author: Keggie Carew Narrator: Tom Golding, Keggie Carew, Pippa Haywood, Robert Bathurst, Dermot Crowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story, and soon finds herself in a far more consuming place than she had bargained for. Tom Carew was a maverick, a left-handed stutterer, a law unto himself. As a member of an elite SOE unit he was parachuted behind enemy lines to raise guerrilla resistance in France, then Burma, in the Second World War. But his wartime exploits are only the start of it... Dadland is a manhunt. Keggie takes us on a spellbinding journey, in peace and war, into surprising and shady corners of history, her rackety English childhood, the poignant breakdown of her family, the corridors of dementia and beyond. As Keggie pieces Tom – and herself – back together again, she celebrates the technicolour life of an impossible, irresistible, unstoppable man. Foreword and afterword read by the author.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269105Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory Author: Keggie Carew Narrator: Tom Golding, Keggie Carew, Pippa Haywood, Robert Bathurst, Dermot Crowley...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory Author: Keggie Carew Narrator: Tom Golding, Keggie Carew, Pippa Haywood, Robert Bathurst, Dermot Crowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. As his memory begins to fail, she embarks on a quest to unravel his story, and soon finds herself in a far more consuming place than she had bargained for. Tom Carew was a maverick, a left-handed stutterer, a law unto himself. As a member of an elite SOE unit he was parachuted behind enemy lines to raise guerrilla resistance in France, then Burma, in the Second World War. But his wartime exploits are only the start of it... Dadland is a manhunt. Keggie takes us on a spellbinding journey, in peace and war, into surprising and shady corners of history, her rackety English childhood, the poignant breakdown of her family, the corridors of dementia and beyond. As Keggie pieces Tom – and herself – back together again, she celebrates the technicolour life of an impossible, irresistible, unstoppable man. Foreword and afterword read by the author.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fragments-of-isabella-abr-a-memoir-of-auschwitz-by-isabella-leitner--65200523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fragments of Isabella (ABR): A Memoir of Auschwitz Author: Isabella Leitner Narrator: Isabella Leitner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 26, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the morning of Isabella's birthday in 1944, she and her family were deported to Auschwitz, the Nazi extermination camp. There she and her siblings fought the greatest evil in human history with the only weapon they had: love. Isabella's Pulitzer-nominated memoir will take you into a world of darkness where she will reveal a humanity described in the voice of a poet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270570Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fragments of Isabella (ABR): A Memoir of Auschwitz Author: Isabella Leitner Narrator: Isabella Leitner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/270570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fragments of Isabella (ABR): A Memoir of Auschwitz Author: Isabella Leitner Narrator: Isabella Leitner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: July 26, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the morning of Isabella's birthday in 1944, she and her family were deported to Auschwitz, the Nazi extermination camp. There she and her siblings fought the greatest evil in human history with the only weapon they had: love. Isabella's Pulitzer-nominated memoir will take you into a world of darkness where she will reveal a humanity described in the voice of a poet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-the-love-of-money-a-memoir-by-sam-polk--65200533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For the Love of Money: A Memoir Author: Sam Polk Narrator: Sam Polk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Part coming-of-age story, part recovery memoir, and part exposé of a rotten, money-drenched Wall Street culture” (Salon), Sam Polk’s unflinching account chronicles his fight to overcome the ghosts of his past—and the radical new way he now defines success. At just thirty years old, Sam Polk was a senior trader for one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, on the verge of making it to the very top. When he was offered an annual bonus of $3.75 million, he grew angry because it was not enough. It was then he knew he had lost himself in his obsessive pursuit of money. And he had come to loathe the culture—the shallowness, the sexism, the crude machismo—and Wall Street’s use of wealth as the sole measure of a person’s worth. He decided to walk away from it all. For Polk, becoming a Wall Street trader was the fulfillment of his dreams. But in reality it was just the culmination of a life of addictive and self-destructive behaviors, from overeating, to bulimia, to alcohol and drug abuse. His obsessive pursuit of money papered over years of insecurity and emotional abuse. Making money was just the latest attempt to fill the void left by his narcissistic and emotionally unavailable father. “Vivid, picaresque...riveting” (NewYorker.com), For the Love of Money brings you into the rarefied world of Wall Street trading floors, capturing the modern frustrations of young graduates drawn to Wall Street. Polk’s “raw, honest and intimate take on one man’s journey in and out of the business…really gives readers something to think about” (CNBC.com). It is “compellingly written...unflinchingly honest...about the inner journey Polk undertakes to redefine success” (Forbes).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269089Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For the Love of Money: A Memoir Author: Sam Polk Narrator: Sam Polk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269089 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For the Love of Money: A Memoir Author: Sam Polk Narrator: Sam Polk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Part coming-of-age story, part recovery memoir, and part exposé of a rotten, money-drenched Wall Street culture” (Salon), Sam Polk’s unflinching account chronicles his fight to overcome the ghosts of his past—and the radical new way he now defines success. At just thirty years old, Sam Polk was a senior trader for one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, on the verge of making it to the very top. When he was offered an annual bonus of $3.75 million, he grew angry because it was not enough. It was then he knew he had lost himself in his obsessive pursuit of money. And he had come to loathe the culture—the shallowness, the sexism, the crude machismo—and Wall Street’s use of wealth as the sole measure of a person’s worth. He decided to walk away from it all. For Polk, becoming a Wall Street trader was the fulfillment of his dreams. But in reality it was just the culmination of a life of addictive and self-destructive behaviors, from overeating, to bulimia, to alcohol and drug abuse. His obsessive pursuit of money papered over years of insecurity and emotional abuse. Making money was just the latest attempt to fill the void left by his narcissistic and emotionally unavailable father. “Vivid, picaresque...riveting” (NewYorker.com), For the Love of Money brings you into the rarefied world of Wall Street trading floors, capturing the modern frustrations of young graduates drawn to Wall Street. Polk’s “raw, honest and intimate take on one man’s journey in and out of the business…really gives readers something to think about” (CNBC.com). It is “compellingly written...unflinchingly honest...about the inner journey Polk undertakes to redefine success” (Forbes).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-who-escaped-isis-this-is-my-story-by-farida-khalaf-andrea-c-hoffmann--65200521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story Author: Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann Narrator: Lara Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post “Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial—especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” —Glamour “As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their control—and to the particularly terrible price it exacts from women.” —The Guardian A young Yazidi woman was living a normal, sheltered life in northern Iraq during the summer of 2014 when her entire world was upended: her village was attacked by ISIS. All of the men in her town were killed and the women were taken into slavery. This is Farida Khalaf’s story. In unprecedented detail, Farida describes her world as it was—at nineteen, she was living at home with her brothers and parents, finishing her schooling and looking forward to becoming a math teacher—and the hell it became. Held in a slave market in Syria and sold into the homes of several ISIS soldiers, she stubbornly attempts resistance at every turn. Farida is ultimately brought to an ISIS training camp in the middle of the desert, where she plots an against-all-odds escape for herself and five other girls. A riveting firsthand account of life in captivity and a courageous flight to freedom, this astonishing memoir is also Farida’s way of bearing witness, and of ensuring that ISIS does not succeed in crushing her spirit. Her bravery, resilience, and hope in the face of unimaginable violence will fascinate and inspire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268912Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story Author: Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann Narrator: Lara Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Escaped ISIS: This Is My Story Author: Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann Narrator: Lara Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post “Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial—especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” —Glamour “As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people caught up in violence far beyond their control—and to the particularly terrible price it exacts from women.” —The Guardian A young Yazidi woman was living a normal, sheltered life in northern Iraq during the summer of 2014 when her entire world was upended: her village was attacked by ISIS. All of the men in her town were killed and the women were taken into slavery. This is Farida Khalaf’s story. In unprecedented detail, Farida describes her world as it was—at nineteen, she was living at home with her brothers and parents, finishing her schooling and looking forward to becoming a math teacher—and the hell it became. Held in a slave market in Syria and sold into the homes of several ISIS soldiers, she stubbornly attempts resistance at every turn. Farida is ultimately brought to an ISIS training camp in the middle of the desert, where she plots an against-all-odds escape for herself and five other girls. A riveting firsthand account of life in captivity and a courageous flight to freedom, this astonishing memoir is also Farida’s way of bearing witness, and of ensuring that ISIS does not succeed in crushing her spirit. Her bravery, resilience, and hope in the face of unimaginable violence will fascinate and inspire.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dog-medicine-how-my-dog-saved-me-from-myself-by-julie-barton--65200514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself Author: Julie Barton Narrator: Julie Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An honest and deeply moving debut memoir about a young woman’s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life A New York Times Bestseller “Dog Medicine simply has to be your next must-read.” —Cheryl Strayed  At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie’s incoherent phone call, her mother raced from Ohio to New York and took her home. Haunted by troubling childhood memories, Julie continued to sink into suicidal depression. Psychiatrists, therapists, and family tried to intervene, but nothing reached her until the day she decided to do one hopeful thing: adopt a Golden Retriever puppy she named Bunker. Dog Medicine captures the anguish of depression, the slow path to recovery, the beauty of forgiveness, and the astonishing ways animals can help heal even the most broken hearts and minds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268692Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself Author: Julie Barton Narrator: Julie Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself Author: Julie Barton Narrator: Julie Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An honest and deeply moving debut memoir about a young woman’s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life A New York Times Bestseller “Dog Medicine simply has to be your next must-read.” —Cheryl Strayed  At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie’s incoherent phone call, her mother raced from Ohio to New York and took her home. Haunted by troubling childhood memories, Julie continued to sink into suicidal depression. Psychiatrists, therapists, and family tried to intervene, but nothing reached her until the day she decided to do one hopeful thing: adopt a Golden Retriever puppy she named Bunker. Dog Medicine captures the anguish of depression, the slow path to recovery, the beauty of forgiveness, and the astonishing ways animals can help heal even the most broken hearts and minds.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/caspar-lee-by-caspar-lee-emily-riordan-lee--65200520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caspar Lee Author: Caspar Lee, Emily Riordan Lee Narrator: Theodora Lee, Emily Riordan Lee, Caspar Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Casper Lee by Casper Lee and Emily Riordan Lee. Read by Casper Lee, Emily Riordan Lee and Theodora Lee. This is a book about me. Unfortunately, I didn't write it - my mum did. WTF! Let me tell you now that 98% of it is total lies. Actually, I'm pretty sure this book is illegal. So if you've bought it, you've basically supported a criminal. How does that feel? I think she's getting me back for my first day in this world when I mayyy have tried to kill her. She won't not be able to mention that . . . You might also find out about my first day at school, why my head is so massive, how I've always been a hit with the ladies and other things like that. You know, important stuff. Anyway, I found the book at the printer and you'll see I've corrected some of her most outrageous lies. So, you know, enjoy. Just remember only the bits that make me look good are true . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268918Thu, 14 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caspar Lee Author: Caspar Lee, Emily Riordan Lee Narrator: Theodora Lee, Emily Riordan Lee, Caspar Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caspar Lee Author: Caspar Lee, Emily Riordan Lee Narrator: Theodora Lee, Emily Riordan Lee, Caspar Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Casper Lee by Casper Lee and Emily Riordan Lee. Read by Casper Lee, Emily Riordan Lee and Theodora Lee. This is a book about me. Unfortunately, I didn't write it - my mum did. WTF! Let me tell you now that 98% of it is total lies. Actually, I'm pretty sure this book is illegal. So if you've bought it, you've basically supported a criminal. How does that feel? I think she's getting me back for my first day in this world when I mayyy have tried to kill her. She won't not be able to mention that . . . You might also find out about my first day at school, why my head is so massive, how I've always been a hit with the ladies and other things like that. You know, important stuff. Anyway, I found the book at the printer and you'll see I've corrected some of her most outrageous lies. So, you know, enjoy. Just remember only the bits that make me look good are true . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freedom-my-book-of-firsts-by-jaycee-dugard--65200587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom: My Book of Firsts Author: Jaycee Dugard Narrator: Jaycee Dugard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.71 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own. When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was missing for more than eighteen years, held captive by Philip and Nancy Garrido, and gave birth to two daughters during her imprisonment. In A Stolen Life Jaycee told the story of her life from her abduction in 1991 through her reappearance in 2009. Freedom: My Book of Firsts is about everything that happened next. “How do you rebuild a life?” Jaycee asks. In these pages, she describes the life she never thought she would live to see: from her first sight of her mother to her first time meeting her grownup sister, her first trip to the dentist to her daughters’ first day of school, her first taste of champagne to her first hangover, her first time behind the wheel to her first speeding ticket, and her first dance at a friend’s wedding to her first thoughts about the possibility of a future relationship. This raw and inspiring book will remind you that there is, as Jaycee writes, “life after something tragic happens…Somehow, I still believe that we each hold the key to our own happiness and you have to grab it where you can in whatever form it might take.” Freedom is an awe-inspiring memoir about the power we all hold within ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262727Tue, 12 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom: My Book of Firsts Author: Jaycee Dugard Narrator: Jaycee Dugard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Freedom: My Book of Firsts Author: Jaycee Dugard Narrator: Jaycee Dugard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.71 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own. When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was missing for more than eighteen years, held captive by Philip and Nancy Garrido, and gave birth to two daughters during her imprisonment. In A Stolen Life Jaycee told the story of her life from her abduction in 1991 through her reappearance in 2009. Freedom: My Book of Firsts is about everything that happened next. “How do you rebuild a life?” Jaycee asks. In these pages, she describes the life she never thought she would live to see: from her first sight of her mother to her first time meeting her grownup sister, her first trip to the dentist to her daughters’ first day of school, her first taste of champagne to her first hangover, her first time behind the wheel to her first speeding ticket, and her first dance at a friend’s wedding to her first thoughts about the possibility of a future relationship. This raw and inspiring book will remind you that there is, as Jaycee writes, “life after something tragic happens…Somehow, I still believe that we each hold the key to our own happiness and you have to grab it where you can in whatever form it might take.” Freedom is an awe-inspiring memoir about the power we all hold within ourselves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-being-there-creating-change-one-child-at-a-time-by-craig-borlase-duncan-campbell--65200524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Being There: Creating Change, One Child at a Time Author: Craig Borlase, Duncan Campbell Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The powerful and inspiring story of a man who, instead of despairing over his own impoverished plight or the systems that make it hard for others to climb out of poverty, created a solution that's breaking cycles of poverty and bringing hope to a new generation.With the fortitude to survive a poor home life growing up and eventually thrive, Duncan Campbell set out to make his mark in the world--but it wasn't the one he originally intended. After utilizing his entrepreneurial skills to amass a small fortune, Campbell set his sights on a venture he saw as far more worthwhile: helping the most vulnerable and at-risk children escape a fate of poverty.Over the last two decades, Campbell's organization, Friends of the Children, has not only attempted but succeeded in eye-opening ways. The Art of Being There shares Campbell's inspirational journey along with the heart-warming stories of those he's helped. Duncan's story is a moving reminder of the healing power of relationships and an excellent illustration of the social entrepreneur's journey. - David Bornstein, Author of How to Change the World, and Co-Author, Fixes Column, The New York Times I don't casually toss words around like 'brilliant' and 'unique,' but what Campbell did is brilliant and unique. What he created in Portland could change the way this country tries to help children. - Gary Walker, Former President, Public/Private Ventures Duncan Campbell has toiled for decades to give these kids a chance to achieve big things. Personally, he is a modest man, but I have seen firsthand how his quiet style has produced a legacy of powerful, constructive change. -U.S. Senator Ron Wyden]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269258Tue, 12 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Being There: Creating Change, One Child at a Time Author: Craig Borlase, Duncan Campbell Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Being There: Creating Change, One Child at a Time Author: Craig Borlase, Duncan Campbell Narrator: Jim Seybert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The powerful and inspiring story of a man who, instead of despairing over his own impoverished plight or the systems that make it hard for others to climb out of poverty, created a solution that's breaking cycles of poverty and bringing hope to a new generation.With the fortitude to survive a poor home life growing up and eventually thrive, Duncan Campbell set out to make his mark in the world--but it wasn't the one he originally intended. After utilizing his entrepreneurial skills to amass a small fortune, Campbell set his sights on a venture he saw as far more worthwhile: helping the most vulnerable and at-risk children escape a fate of poverty.Over the last two decades, Campbell's organization, Friends of the Children, has not only attempted but succeeded in eye-opening ways. The Art of Being There shares Campbell's inspirational journey along with the heart-warming stories of those he's helped. Duncan's story is a moving reminder of the healing power of relationships and an excellent illustration of the social entrepreneur's journey. - David Bornstein, Author of How to Change the World, and Co-Author, Fixes Column, The New York Times I don't casually toss words around like 'brilliant' and 'unique,' but what Campbell did is brilliant and unique. What he created in Portland could change the way this country tries to help children. - Gary Walker, Former President, Public/Private Ventures Duncan Campbell has toiled for decades to give these kids a chance to achieve big things. Personally, he is a modest man, but I have seen firsthand how his quiet style has produced a legacy of powerful, constructive change. -U.S. Senator Ron Wyden]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trying-to-float-chronicles-of-a-girl-in-the-chelsea-hotel-by-nicolaia-rips--65200509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trying to Float: Chronicles of a Girl in the Chelsea Hotel Author: Nicolaia Rips Narrator: Nicolaia Rips Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise—a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents” (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is a seventeen-year-old’s darkly funny, warmhearted memoir about growing up in New York City’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Meet the family Rips: father Michael, a lawyer turned writer with a penchant for fine tailoring; mother Sheila, a former model and renowned sculptor who matches her welding outfits with couture; and daughter Nicolaia, a precocious and wry high school student at work on a highly unusual extracurricular activity, an official record of her peculiar childhood. Nicolaia is a perpetual outsider who has struggled to find her place in schools populated by cliquish girls and loudmouthed boys. But at the Chelsea, Nicolaia she has found her tribe. There’s her neighbor Stormé, a tall albino woman who keeps a pink handgun strapped to her ankle; her babysitter, Jade, who may or may not have a second career as an escort; her friend Artie, former proprietor of New York’s most famous nightclubs. The kids at school might never understand her, but as Nicolaia endeavors to fit in, she realizes that the Chelsea’s motley crew could hold the key to surviving the perils of her adolescence. “Nicolaia Rips is an old-soul sophisticate. Trying to Float is like Eloise meets Wes Anderson” (Elle), and not since Holden Caulfield has there been such a fabulously compelling teen guide to New York City. Rips’s debut is “charmingly self-deprecating and very funny…at once highly insightful and deeply familiar” (W Magazine), a triumphant parable for the power of embracing difference in all its forms. Her “engaging story with a big heart…will appeal to adults and teens alike” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268990Tue, 12 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trying to Float: Chronicles of a Girl in the Chelsea Hotel Author: Nicolaia Rips Narrator: Nicolaia Rips Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trying to Float: Chronicles of a Girl in the Chelsea Hotel Author: Nicolaia Rips Narrator: Nicolaia Rips Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 12, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise—a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents” (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is a seventeen-year-old’s darkly funny, warmhearted memoir about growing up in New York City’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Meet the family Rips: father Michael, a lawyer turned writer with a penchant for fine tailoring; mother Sheila, a former model and renowned sculptor who matches her welding outfits with couture; and daughter Nicolaia, a precocious and wry high school student at work on a highly unusual extracurricular activity, an official record of her peculiar childhood. Nicolaia is a perpetual outsider who has struggled to find her place in schools populated by cliquish girls and loudmouthed boys. But at the Chelsea, Nicolaia she has found her tribe. There’s her neighbor Stormé, a tall albino woman who keeps a pink handgun strapped to her ankle; her babysitter, Jade, who may or may not have a second career as an escort; her friend Artie, former proprietor of New York’s most famous nightclubs. The kids at school might never understand her, but as Nicolaia endeavors to fit in, she realizes that the Chelsea’s motley crew could hold the key to surviving the perils of her adolescence. “Nicolaia Rips is an old-soul sophisticate. Trying to Float is like Eloise meets Wes Anderson” (Elle), and not since Holden Caulfield has there been such a fabulously compelling teen guide to New York City. Rips’s debut is “charmingly self-deprecating and very funny…at once highly insightful and deeply familiar” (W Magazine), a triumphant parable for the power of embracing difference in all its forms. Her “engaging story with a big heart…will appeal to adults and teens alike” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/undercover-by-joe-carter--65200538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undercover Author: Joe Carter Narrator: Simon Paisley Day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Twenty years undercover - one man's true story of life as an undercover cop. A must-read for fans of Donnie Brasco. For over 20 years Joe Carter has worked for the police as an undercover cop. He travelled the globe on different passports. He fraternised with thieves, international drugs and arms dealers. He worked alongside the most dangerous criminals. Always fearing that this life would come crashing down around him at any point. His story is a gripping account of the secret, solitary work of an undercover officer and the many ‘sticky’ situations he found himself in, as well as the moving confession of the difficulty in reconciling his two identities with his family life. It’s a story of his beginnings from a being a young east end apprentice to the mean streets he walks today – it reveals the many highs and the painful lows of going undercover. This book explores the resilience needed to lead a double life, the thrilling challenge of working with the biggest criminals in Britain, and maintaining a sense of justice through the many adventures he encounters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268724Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undercover Author: Joe Carter Narrator: Simon Paisley Day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Undercover Author: Joe Carter Narrator: Simon Paisley Day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Twenty years undercover - one man's true story of life as an undercover cop. A must-read for fans of Donnie Brasco. For over 20 years Joe Carter has worked for the police as an undercover cop. He travelled the globe on different passports. He fraternised with thieves, international drugs and arms dealers. He worked alongside the most dangerous criminals. Always fearing that this life would come crashing down around him at any point. His story is a gripping account of the secret, solitary work of an undercover officer and the many ‘sticky’ situations he found himself in, as well as the moving confession of the difficulty in reconciling his two identities with his family life. It’s a story of his beginnings from a being a young east end apprentice to the mean streets he walks today – it reveals the many highs and the painful lows of going undercover. This book explores the resilience needed to lead a double life, the thrilling challenge of working with the biggest criminals in Britain, and maintaining a sense of justice through the many adventures he encounters.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ctrl-alt-delete-how-i-grew-up-online-by-emma-gannon--65200530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ctrl, Alt; Delete: How I Grew Up Online Author: Emma Gannon Narrator: Emma Gammon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Emma Gannon was born in 1989, the year the World Wide Web was conceived, so she’s literally grown up alongside the Internet. There’ve been late night chat room experiments, sexting from a Nokia and dubious webcam exchanges. And let’s not forget catfishing, MSN, digital friendships and #feminism. She was basically social networking way before it was a thing – and she’s even made a successful career from it. Ctrl Alt Delete is Emma’s painfully funny and timely memoir, in which she aims to bring a little hope to anybody who has played out a significant part of their life online. Her confessions, revelations and honesty may even make you log off social media (at least for an hour).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267403Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ctrl, Alt; Delete: How I Grew Up Online Author: Emma Gannon Narrator: Emma Gammon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ctrl, Alt; Delete: How I Grew Up Online Author: Emma Gannon Narrator: Emma Gammon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Emma Gannon was born in 1989, the year the World Wide Web was conceived, so she’s literally grown up alongside the Internet. There’ve been late night chat room experiments, sexting from a Nokia and dubious webcam exchanges. And let’s not forget catfishing, MSN, digital friendships and #feminism. She was basically social networking way before it was a thing – and she’s even made a successful career from it. Ctrl Alt Delete is Emma’s painfully funny and timely memoir, in which she aims to bring a little hope to anybody who has played out a significant part of their life online. Her confessions, revelations and honesty may even make you log off social media (at least for an hour).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-who-beat-isis-farida-s-story-by-andrea-c-hoffmann-farida-khalaf--65200519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Beat ISIS: Farida's Story Author: Andrea C. Hoffmann, Farida Khalaf Narrator: Lara Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mountains of northern Iraq — and what happened next was unimaginable. Her village was an ISIS target. ISIS jihadists murdered the men and boys, including her father and brother, before taking Farida and the other women prisoner. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured: the beatings, the rapes, the markets where ISIS sold women like cattle, and Farida's realisation that the more resistant she became, the harder it was for her captors to continue their atrocities against her. So she struggled, she bit, she kicked, she accused her captors of going against their religion, until, one day, the door to her room was left unlocked. She took her chance and, with five younger girls in her charge, fled into the Syrian desert. Farida showed incredible courage in the face of the unthinkable, and now with The Girl Who Beat ISIS she bravely relives her story to bear witness. Searing and immediate, this is the first memoir by a young woman that shows first-hand what life is like for innocents caught up in the maelstrom of day-to-day life with ISIS.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267406Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Beat ISIS: Farida's Story Author: Andrea C. Hoffmann, Farida Khalaf Narrator: Lara Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/267406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Beat ISIS: Farida's Story Author: Andrea C. Hoffmann, Farida Khalaf Narrator: Lara Sawalha Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mountains of northern Iraq — and what happened next was unimaginable. Her village was an ISIS target. ISIS jihadists murdered the men and boys, including her father and brother, before taking Farida and the other women prisoner. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured: the beatings, the rapes, the markets where ISIS sold women like cattle, and Farida's realisation that the more resistant she became, the harder it was for her captors to continue their atrocities against her. So she struggled, she bit, she kicked, she accused her captors of going against their religion, until, one day, the door to her room was left unlocked. She took her chance and, with five younger girls in her charge, fled into the Syrian desert. Farida showed incredible courage in the face of the unthinkable, and now with The Girl Who Beat ISIS she bravely relives her story to bear witness. Searing and immediate, this is the first memoir by a young woman that shows first-hand what life is like for innocents caught up in the maelstrom of day-to-day life with ISIS.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marley-me-life-and-love-with-the-world-s-worst-dog-by-john-grogan--65200555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Author: John Grogan Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wriggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, and stole women's undergarments. Obedience school did no good -- Marley was expelled. And yet his heart was pure. Just as Marley joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. A dog like no other, Marley remained steadfast, a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268540Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Author: John Grogan Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268540 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog Author: John Grogan Narrator: Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wriggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, and stole women's undergarments. Obedience school did no good -- Marley was expelled. And yet his heart was pure. Just as Marley joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. A dog like no other, Marley remained steadfast, a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hospital-always-wins-a-memoir-by-issa-ibrahim--65200527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Author: Issa Ibrahim Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Issa Ibrahim’s memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years. Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family’s descent into chaos in the drug-crazed late 1980s. Following his father’s death, Issa, grief-stricken and vulnerable, travels down a road that leads to psychosis—and to one of the most nightmarish scenarios conceivable. Issa receives the insanity plea and is committed to an insane asylum with no release date. But that is only the beginning of his odyssey. Institutional and sexual sins cause further punishments, culminating in a heated legal battle for freedom. Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental-health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery. Ultimately this is a story about survival and atonement through creativity and courage against almost insurmountable odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Author: Issa Ibrahim Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hospital Always Wins: A Memoir Author: Issa Ibrahim Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Issa Ibrahim’s memoir details in searing prose his development of severe mental illness leading to a horrific family tragedy, his acquittal by reason of insanity, and his subsequent commission to a mental hospital for nearly twenty years. Raised in an idyllic creative environment, mom and dad cultivating his talent, Issa watches his family’s descent into chaos in the drug-crazed late 1980s. Following his father’s death, Issa, grief-stricken and vulnerable, travels down a road that leads to psychosis—and to one of the most nightmarish scenarios conceivable. Issa receives the insanity plea and is committed to an insane asylum with no release date. But that is only the beginning of his odyssey. Institutional and sexual sins cause further punishments, culminating in a heated legal battle for freedom. Written with great verve and immediacy, The Hospital Always Wins paints a detailed picture of a broken mental-health system but also reveals the power of art, when nurtured in a benign environment, to provide a resource for recovery. Ultimately this is a story about survival and atonement through creativity and courage against almost insurmountable odds.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/run-the-world-my-3-500-mile-journey-through-running-cultures-around-the-globe-by-becky-wade--65200515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe Author: Becky Wade Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia—9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running—investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate running career—with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name—Becky Wade was no stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about how her counterparts in other countries approached the sport to which she’d dedicated over half of her life. So in 2012, as a recipient of the Watson Fellowship, she packed four pairs of running shoes, cleared her schedule for the year, and took off on a journey to infiltrate diverse running communities around the world. What she encountered far exceeded her expectations and changed her outlook into the sport she loved. Over the next twelve months—visiting 9 countries with unique and storied running histories, logging over 3,500 miles running over trails, tracks, sidewalks, and dirt roads—Becky explored the varied approaches of runners across the globe. Whether riding shotgun around the streets of London with Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, climbing for an hour at daybreak to the top of Ethiopia’s Mount Entoto just to start her daily run, or getting lost jogging through the bustling streets of Tokyo, Becky’s unexpected adventures, keen insights, and landscape descriptions take the reader into the heartbeat of distance running around the world. Upon her return to the United States, she incorporated elements of the training styles she’d sampled into her own program, and her competitive career skyrocketed. When she made her marathon debut in 2013, winning the race in a blazing 2:30, she became the third-fastest woman marathoner under the age of 25 in U.S. history, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials and landing a professional sponsorship from Asics. From the feel-based approach to running that she learned from the Kenyans, to the grueling uphill workouts she adopted from the Swiss, to the injury-recovery methods she learned from the Japanese, Becky shares the secrets to success from runners and coaches around the world. The story of one athlete’s fascinating journey, Run the World is also a call to change the way we approach the world’s most natural and inclusive sport.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268550Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe Author: Becky Wade Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe Author: Becky Wade Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.44 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia—9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running—investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing the secrets to the success of runners all over the world. Fresh off a successful collegiate running career—with multiple NCAA All-American honors and two Olympic Trials qualifying marks to her name—Becky Wade was no stranger to international competition. But after years spent safely sticking to the training methods she knew, Becky was curious about how her counterparts in other countries approached the sport to which she’d dedicated over half of her life. So in 2012, as a recipient of the Watson Fellowship, she packed four pairs of running shoes, cleared her schedule for the year, and took off on a journey to infiltrate diverse running communities around the world. What she encountered far exceeded her expectations and changed her outlook into the sport she loved. Over the next twelve months—visiting 9 countries with unique and storied running histories, logging over 3,500 miles running over trails, tracks, sidewalks, and dirt roads—Becky explored the varied approaches of runners across the globe. Whether riding shotgun around the streets of London with Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt, climbing for an hour at daybreak to the top of Ethiopia’s Mount Entoto just to start her daily run, or getting lost jogging through the bustling streets of Tokyo, Becky’s unexpected adventures, keen insights, and landscape descriptions take the reader into the heartbeat of distance running around the world. Upon her return to the United States, she incorporated elements of the training styles she’d sampled into her own program, and her competitive career skyrocketed. When she made her marathon debut in 2013, winning the race in a blazing 2:30, she became the third-fastest woman marathoner under the age of 25 in U.S. history, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials and landing a professional sponsorship from Asics. From the feel-based approach to running that she learned from the Kenyans, to the grueling uphill workouts she adopted from the Swiss, to the injury-recovery methods she learned from the Japanese, Becky shares the secrets to success from runners and coaches around the world. The story of one athlete’s fascinating journey, Run the World is also a call to change the way we approach the world’s most natural and inclusive sport.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ten-ways-not-to-commit-suicide-a-memoir-by-darryl-dmc-mcdaniels-darrell-dawsey--65200513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir Author: Darryl 'dmc' Mcdaniels, Darrell Dawsey Narrator: Darryl 'dmc' Mcdaniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this surprising and moving memoir, the legendary rap star and cofounder of Run D.M.C. keeps it a hundred percent, speaking out about his battle with depression and overcoming suicidal thoughts—one of the most devastating yet little known health issues plaguing the black community today. As one third of the legendary rap group Run D.M.C., Darryl “DMC” McDaniels—aka Legendary MC, The Devastating Mic Controller, and the King of Rock—had it all: talent, money, fame, prestige. While hitting #1 on the Billboard charts was exhilarating, the group’s success soon became overwhelming. A creative guy who enjoyed being at home alone or with his family, DMC turned to alcohol to numb himself, a retreat that became an addiction. For years, he went through the motions. But in 1997, when intoxication could no longer keep the pain at bay, he plunged into severe depression and became suicidal. He wasn’t alone. During the same period, suicide became the number three leading cause of death among black people—a health crisis that continues to this day. In this riveting memoir, DMC speaks openly about his emotional and psychological struggles and the impact on his life, and addresses the many reasons that led him—and thousands of others—to consider suicide. Some of the factors include not being true to who you are, feelings of loneliness, isolation, and alienation, and a lack of understanding and support from friends and family when it’s needed most. He also provides essential information on resources for getting help. Revealing how even the most successful people can suffer from depression, DMC offers inspiration for everyone in pain—information and insight that he hopes can help save other lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268548Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir Author: Darryl 'dmc' Mcdaniels, Darrell Dawsey Narrator: Darryl 'dmc' Mcdaniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide: A Memoir Author: Darryl 'dmc' Mcdaniels, Darrell Dawsey Narrator: Darryl 'dmc' Mcdaniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this surprising and moving memoir, the legendary rap star and cofounder of Run D.M.C. keeps it a hundred percent, speaking out about his battle with depression and overcoming suicidal thoughts—one of the most devastating yet little known health issues plaguing the black community today. As one third of the legendary rap group Run D.M.C., Darryl “DMC” McDaniels—aka Legendary MC, The Devastating Mic Controller, and the King of Rock—had it all: talent, money, fame, prestige. While hitting #1 on the Billboard charts was exhilarating, the group’s success soon became overwhelming. A creative guy who enjoyed being at home alone or with his family, DMC turned to alcohol to numb himself, a retreat that became an addiction. For years, he went through the motions. But in 1997, when intoxication could no longer keep the pain at bay, he plunged into severe depression and became suicidal. He wasn’t alone. During the same period, suicide became the number three leading cause of death among black people—a health crisis that continues to this day. In this riveting memoir, DMC speaks openly about his emotional and psychological struggles and the impact on his life, and addresses the many reasons that led him—and thousands of others—to consider suicide. Some of the factors include not being true to who you are, feelings of loneliness, isolation, and alienation, and a lack of understanding and support from friends and family when it’s needed most. He also provides essential information on resources for getting help. Revealing how even the most successful people can suffer from depression, DMC offers inspiration for everyone in pain—information and insight that he hopes can help save other lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-return-fathers-sons-and-the-land-in-between-by-hisham-matar--65200545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Hisham Matar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 30, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country. The Return is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar's memoir isn't just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art. It is the story of what it is to be human. ©2016 Hisham Matar (P) 2016 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266356Thu, 30 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Hisham Matar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Hisham Matar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 30, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country. The Return is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar's memoir isn't just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art. It is the story of what it is to be human. ©2016 Hisham Matar (P) 2016 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/look-at-you-now-my-journey-from-shame-to-strength-by-liz-pryor--65200556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Look at You Now: My Journey from Shame to Strength Author: Liz Pryor Narrator: Liz Pryor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: CHICAGO TRIBUNE BESTSELLER • For readers of Orange Is the New Black and The Glass Castle, a riveting memoir about a lifelong secret and a girl finding strength in the most unlikely place In 1979, Liz Pryor is a seventeen-year-old girl from a good family in the wealthy Chicago suburbs. Halfway through her senior year of high school, she discovers that she is pregnant—a fact her parents are determined to keep a secret from her friends, siblings, and community forever. One snowy January day, after driving across three states, her mother drops her off at what Liz thinks is a Catholic home for unwed mothers—but which is, in truth, a locked government-run facility for delinquent and impoverished pregnant teenage girls. In the cement-block residence, Liz is alone and terrified, a fish out of water—a girl from a privileged, sheltered background living amid tough, street-savvy girls who come from the foster care system or juvenile detention. But over the next six months, isolated and in involuntary hiding from everyone she knows, Liz develops a surprising bond with the other girls and begins to question everything she once held true. Told with tenderness, humor, and an open heart, Look at You Now is a deeply moving story about the most vulnerable moments in our lives—and how a willingness to trust ourselves can permanently change who we are and how we see the world. Praise for Look at You Now “A funny, tender and brave coming-of-age tale.”—People “A poignant, often funny reminder that we learn who we are when we’re at our most challenged.”—Good Housekeeping “Searingly honest.”—Family Circle “Readers will swiftly be drawn into the author’s compassionate retelling of her teen pregnancy—her fear, shame, regret, joy, and even her forgiveness of her parents for sending her away. This coming-of-age memoir is authentic and unforgettable.”—Publishers Weekly “[Liz] Pryor’s refusal to bury the truth of her experiences is the greatest strength of her book. Her honesty about a youthful error and desire to let that honesty define the rest of her life are both uplifting and inspiring. An unsentimental yet moving coming-of-age memoir.”—Kirkus Reviews “Pryor has vivid memories of her time in the facility, and her straightforward, unvarnished narrative, written as if by her seventeen-year-old self, rings true. Her story is well worth sharing.”—Booklist “I started reading this book thinking it was a compelling, honest, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant look at the world of teenage pregnancy, and knowing it would offer an inside look at the places where girls used to be hidden away until their babies came. I finished it damp-eyed and understanding that Look at You Now is much more than that. It is a story about how family dynamics work. It is about how wrenching it is to give away something born of your flesh, even if you know it’s the right decision. It’s about how much we can learn from people very much different from us. Most of all, it is a subtle, graceful story about how sometimes the worst things in our lives work best to shape our characters into something shining and true, something that will serve us for the rest of our lives.”—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Dream Lover “Liz Pryor’s story is shocking, moving, riveting, and, ultimately, inspiring. She writes like a natural, can balance humor and sorrow perfectly, and in Look at You Now, has written a pitch-perfect memoir.”—Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265125Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Look at You Now: My Journey from Shame to Strength Author: Liz Pryor Narrator: Liz Pryor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265125 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Look at You Now: My Journey from Shame to Strength Author: Liz Pryor Narrator: Liz Pryor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: CHICAGO TRIBUNE BESTSELLER • For readers of Orange Is the New Black and The Glass Castle, a riveting memoir about a lifelong secret and a girl finding strength in the most unlikely place In 1979, Liz Pryor is a seventeen-year-old girl from a good family in the wealthy Chicago suburbs. Halfway through her senior year of high school, she discovers that she is pregnant—a fact her parents are determined to keep a secret from her friends, siblings, and community forever. One snowy January day, after driving across three states, her mother drops her off at what Liz thinks is a Catholic home for unwed mothers—but which is, in truth, a locked government-run facility for delinquent and impoverished pregnant teenage girls. In the cement-block residence, Liz is alone and terrified, a fish out of water—a girl from a privileged, sheltered background living amid tough, street-savvy girls who come from the foster care system or juvenile detention. But over the next six months, isolated and in involuntary hiding from everyone she knows, Liz develops a surprising bond with the other girls and begins to question everything she once held true. Told with tenderness, humor, and an open heart, Look at You Now is a deeply moving story about the most vulnerable moments in our lives—and how a willingness to trust ourselves can permanently change who we are and how we see the world. Praise for Look at You Now “A funny, tender and brave coming-of-age tale.”—People “A poignant, often funny reminder that we learn who we are when we’re at our most challenged.”—Good Housekeeping “Searingly honest.”—Family Circle “Readers will swiftly be drawn into the author’s compassionate retelling of her teen pregnancy—her fear, shame, regret, joy, and even her forgiveness of her parents for sending her away. This coming-of-age memoir is authentic and unforgettable.”—Publishers Weekly “[Liz] Pryor’s refusal to bury the truth of her experiences is the greatest strength of her book. Her honesty about a youthful error and desire to let that honesty define the rest of her life are both uplifting and inspiring. An unsentimental yet moving coming-of-age memoir.”—Kirkus Reviews “Pryor has vivid memories of her time in the facility, and her straightforward, unvarnished narrative, written as if by her seventeen-year-old self, rings true. Her story is well worth sharing.”—Booklist “I started reading this book thinking it was a compelling, honest, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant look at the world of teenage pregnancy, and knowing it would offer an inside look at the places where girls used to be hidden away until their babies came. I finished it damp-eyed and understanding that Look at You Now is much more than that. It is a story about how family dynamics work. It is about how wrenching it is to give away something born of your flesh, even if you know it’s the right decision. It’s about how much we can learn from people very much different from us. Most of all, it is a subtle, graceful story about how sometimes the worst things in our lives work best to shape our characters into something shining and true, something that will serve us for the rest of our lives.”—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Dream Lover “Liz Pryor’s story is shocking, moving, riveting, and, ultimately, inspiring. She writes like a natural, can balance humor and sorrow perfectly, and in Look at You Now, has written a pitch-perfect memoir.”—Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/house-of-nails-a-memoir-of-life-on-the-edge-by-lenny-dykstra--65200541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge Author: Lenny Dykstra Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ''Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart.'' —Stephen King Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions -- a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss. Nicknamed ''Nails'' for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball -- and life -- with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, Lenny was later identified by his former minor-league roommate Billy Beane as the prototypical ''Moneyball'' player in Michael Lewis's bestseller. Tobacco-stained, steroid-powered, and booze-and-drug-fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball. Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. Touted as ''one of the great ones'' by CNBC's Jim Cramer, he became ''baseball's most improbable post-career success story'' (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, channeling the bewildered fascination of many observers, declared that Lenny's outrageous rise and spectacular fall was ''the greatest story that I have ever seen in my lifetime.'' Now, for the first time, Lenny tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through crippling pain to steroid use and drug addiction, to a life of indulgence and excess, then, an epic plunge and the long road back to redemption. Was Lenny's hard-charging, risk-it-all nature responsible for his success in baseball and business and his precipitous fall from grace? What lessons, if any, has he learned now that he has had time to think and reflect? Hilarious, unflinchingly honest, and irresistibly readable, House of Nails makes no apologies and leaves nothing left unsaid.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264675Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge Author: Lenny Dykstra Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge Author: Lenny Dykstra Narrator: Patrick Lawlor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ''Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart.'' —Stephen King Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions -- a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss. Nicknamed ''Nails'' for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball -- and life -- with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, Lenny was later identified by his former minor-league roommate Billy Beane as the prototypical ''Moneyball'' player in Michael Lewis's bestseller. Tobacco-stained, steroid-powered, and booze-and-drug-fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball. Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. Touted as ''one of the great ones'' by CNBC's Jim Cramer, he became ''baseball's most improbable post-career success story'' (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, channeling the bewildered fascination of many observers, declared that Lenny's outrageous rise and spectacular fall was ''the greatest story that I have ever seen in my lifetime.'' Now, for the first time, Lenny tells all about his tumultuous career, from battling through crippling pain to steroid use and drug addiction, to a life of indulgence and excess, then, an epic plunge and the long road back to redemption. Was Lenny's hard-charging, risk-it-all nature responsible for his success in baseball and business and his precipitous fall from grace? What lessons, if any, has he learned now that he has had time to think and reflect? Hilarious, unflinchingly honest, and irresistibly readable, House of Nails makes no apologies and leaves nothing left unsaid.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-father-before-me-a-memoir-by-chris-forhan--65200534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Before Me: A Memoir Author: Chris Forhan Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An award-winning poet’s “beautifully written” (The Seattle Times) portrait of an American family and his own coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s in the wake of his father’s suicide. This memoir “belongs on the special shelves we keep for the books we cannot quite forget” (George Hodgman). The fifth of eight children, Chris Forhan was born into a family of secrets. He and his siblings learned, without being told, that certain thoughts and feelings were not to be shared. On the evenings his father didn’t come home, the rest of the family would eat dinner without him, his whereabouts unknown, his absence pronounced but unspoken. And on a cold night just before Christmas 1973, long after dinner, the rest of the family asleep, Forhan’s father killed himself in the carport. Forty years later, Forhan “excavates both his lost father and a lost era in American history” (Bookpage). At the heart of this “fiercely honest” (Nick Flynn) investigation is Forhan’s father, a man whose crisp suits and gelled hair belied a darkness he could not control, a man whose striking dichotomy embodied the ethos of an era. Weaving together the lives of his ancestors, his parents, and his own coming of age in the 60s and 70s, Forhan paints an “achingly beautiful” (Buffalo News) portrait of a family “in the tradition of Geoffrey Wolff” (Booklist). “Poignant…affecting…Forhan describes his family’s healing and acceptance with warmth, humor, and an admirable lack of bitterness” (Kirkus Reviews). A family history, an investigation into a death, and a stirring portrait of an Irish Catholic childhood, all set against a backdrop of America from the Great Depression to the Ramones, My Father Before Me is “an exquisite example of the power of honesty” (Jeannette Walls), “a wonderfully engrossing book…essential for all parents and children, that is, all people” (Library Journal, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266432Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Before Me: A Memoir Author: Chris Forhan Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Father Before Me: A Memoir Author: Chris Forhan Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An award-winning poet’s “beautifully written” (The Seattle Times) portrait of an American family and his own coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s in the wake of his father’s suicide. This memoir “belongs on the special shelves we keep for the books we cannot quite forget” (George Hodgman). The fifth of eight children, Chris Forhan was born into a family of secrets. He and his siblings learned, without being told, that certain thoughts and feelings were not to be shared. On the evenings his father didn’t come home, the rest of the family would eat dinner without him, his whereabouts unknown, his absence pronounced but unspoken. And on a cold night just before Christmas 1973, long after dinner, the rest of the family asleep, Forhan’s father killed himself in the carport. Forty years later, Forhan “excavates both his lost father and a lost era in American history” (Bookpage). At the heart of this “fiercely honest” (Nick Flynn) investigation is Forhan’s father, a man whose crisp suits and gelled hair belied a darkness he could not control, a man whose striking dichotomy embodied the ethos of an era. Weaving together the lives of his ancestors, his parents, and his own coming of age in the 60s and 70s, Forhan paints an “achingly beautiful” (Buffalo News) portrait of a family “in the tradition of Geoffrey Wolff” (Booklist). “Poignant…affecting…Forhan describes his family’s healing and acceptance with warmth, humor, and an admirable lack of bitterness” (Kirkus Reviews). A family history, an investigation into a death, and a stirring portrait of an Irish Catholic childhood, all set against a backdrop of America from the Great Depression to the Ramones, My Father Before Me is “an exquisite example of the power of honesty” (Jeannette Walls), “a wonderfully engrossing book…essential for all parents and children, that is, all people” (Library Journal, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hillbilly-elegy-a-memoir-of-a-family-and-culture-in-crisis-by-j-d-vance--65200526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Author: J. D. Vance Narrator: J. D. Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 1161 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 248 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''You will not read a more important book about America this year.''—The Economist ''A riveting book.''—The Wall Street Journal ''Essential reading.''—David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.'s grandparents were ''dirt poor and in love,'' and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265754Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Author: J. D. Vance Narrator: J. D. Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Author: J. D. Vance Narrator: J. D. Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 1161 Ratings of Narrator: 4.42 of Total 248 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Hillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story... From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''You will not read a more important book about America this year.''—The Economist ''A riveting book.''—The Wall Street Journal ''Essential reading.''—David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.'s grandparents were ''dirt poor and in love,'' and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/party-of-one-a-memoir-in-21-songs-by-dave-holmes--65200506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs Author: Dave Holmes Narrator: Dave Holmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack   Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing: to get inside. Growing up, he was the artsy son in the sporty family. At his all-boys high school and Catholic college, he was the closeted gay kid surrounded by crush-worthy straight guys. And in his twenties, in the middle of a disastrous career in advertising, he accidentally became an MTV VJ overnight when he finished second, naturally, in the Wanna Be a VJ contest, opening the door to fame, fortune, and celebrity—you know, almost.  In Party of One, Holmes tells the hilariously painful and painfully hilarious tales—in the vein of Rob Sheffield, Andy Cohen, and Paul Feig—of an outsider desperate to get in, of a misfit constantly changing shape, of a music geek who finally learns to accept himself. Structured around a mix of hits and deep cuts from the last four decades—from Bruce Springsteen's 'Hungry Heart' and En Vogue's 'Free Your Mind' to LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge” and Bleachers’ “I Wanna Get Better”—and punctuated with interludes like 'So You've Had Your Heart Broken in the 1990s: A Playlist' and “Notes on (Jesse) Camp,” this book is for anyone who's ever felt like a square peg, especially those who have found their place in the world around a band, an album, or a song. It's a laugh-out-loud funny, deeply nostalgic story about never fitting in, never giving up, and letting good music guide the way. – NPR “Best Books of 2016”: Staff Picks, Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Funny Stuff, Non-fiction Categories]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268725Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs Author: Dave Holmes Narrator: Dave Holmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs Author: Dave Holmes Narrator: Dave Holmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack   Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing: to get inside. Growing up, he was the artsy son in the sporty family. At his all-boys high school and Catholic college, he was the closeted gay kid surrounded by crush-worthy straight guys. And in his twenties, in the middle of a disastrous career in advertising, he accidentally became an MTV VJ overnight when he finished second, naturally, in the Wanna Be a VJ contest, opening the door to fame, fortune, and celebrity—you know, almost.  In Party of One, Holmes tells the hilariously painful and painfully hilarious tales—in the vein of Rob Sheffield, Andy Cohen, and Paul Feig—of an outsider desperate to get in, of a misfit constantly changing shape, of a music geek who finally learns to accept himself. Structured around a mix of hits and deep cuts from the last four decades—from Bruce Springsteen's 'Hungry Heart' and En Vogue's 'Free Your Mind' to LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge” and Bleachers’ “I Wanna Get Better”—and punctuated with interludes like 'So You've Had Your Heart Broken in the 1990s: A Playlist' and “Notes on (Jesse) Camp,” this book is for anyone who's ever felt like a square peg, especially those who have found their place in the world around a band, an album, or a song. It's a laugh-out-loud funny, deeply nostalgic story about never fitting in, never giving up, and letting good music guide the way. – NPR “Best Books of 2016”: Staff Picks, Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Funny Stuff, Non-fiction Categories]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-the-truth-shame-the-devil-the-life-legacy-and-love-of-my-son-michael-brown-by-lezley-mcspadden--65200536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown Author: Lezley McSpadden Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This revelatory memoir by the mother of Michael Brown, the African American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history. “I wasn’t there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn’t see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that’s how to tell my son’s story and the journey we shared together as mother and son,” says Lezley McSpadden When Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown was born, he was adored and doted on by his aunts, uncles, grandparents, his father, and most of all by his sixteen-year-old mother, who nicknamed him Mike Mike. McSpadden never imagined that her son’s name would inspire the resounding chants of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and ignite the global conversation about the disparities in the American policing system. In Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil, McSpadden picks up the pieces of the tragedy that shook her life and the country to their core and reveals the unforgettable story of her life, her son, and their truth. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a riveting family memoir about the journey of a young woman triumphing over insurmountable obstacles and learning to become a good mother. With brutal honesty, McSpadden brings us inside her experiences being raised by a hardworking, single mother; her pregnancy at age fifteen and the painful subsequent decision to drop out of school to support her son; how she survived domestic abuse; and her unwavering commitment to raising four strong and healthy children, even if it meant doing so on her own. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, recounting her time on the ground with peaceful protestors, how she was treated by police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment when the grand jury announced that it would not indict the man who had killed her son. After the system failed to deliver justice for Michael Brown, McSpadden and thousands of others across America took it upon themselves to carry on his legacy in the fight against injustice and racism. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a portrait of our time, an urgent call to action, and a moving testament to the undying bond between mothers and sons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520Tue, 21 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown Author: Lezley McSpadden Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown Author: Lezley McSpadden Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This revelatory memoir by the mother of Michael Brown, the African American teenager killed by the police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, sheds light on one of the landmark events in recent history. “I wasn’t there when Mike Mike was shot. I didn’t see him fall or take his last breath, but as his mother, I do know one thing better than anyone, and that’s how to tell my son’s story and the journey we shared together as mother and son,” says Lezley McSpadden When Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown was born, he was adored and doted on by his aunts, uncles, grandparents, his father, and most of all by his sixteen-year-old mother, who nicknamed him Mike Mike. McSpadden never imagined that her son’s name would inspire the resounding chants of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and ignite the global conversation about the disparities in the American policing system. In Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil, McSpadden picks up the pieces of the tragedy that shook her life and the country to their core and reveals the unforgettable story of her life, her son, and their truth. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a riveting family memoir about the journey of a young woman triumphing over insurmountable obstacles and learning to become a good mother. With brutal honesty, McSpadden brings us inside her experiences being raised by a hardworking, single mother; her pregnancy at age fifteen and the painful subsequent decision to drop out of school to support her son; how she survived domestic abuse; and her unwavering commitment to raising four strong and healthy children, even if it meant doing so on her own. McSpadden writes passionately about the hours, days, and months after her son was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, recounting her time on the ground with peaceful protestors, how she was treated by police and city officials, and how she felt in the gut-wrenching moment when the grand jury announced that it would not indict the man who had killed her son. After the system failed to deliver justice for Michael Brown, McSpadden and thousands of others across America took it upon themselves to carry on his legacy in the fight against injustice and racism. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil is a portrait of our time, an urgent call to action, and a moving testament to the undying bond between mothers and sons.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-ruin-everything-essays-by-george-watsky--65200606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Ruin Everything: Essays Author: George Watsky Narrator: George Watsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller 'Funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition.' —Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist of In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical Are you a sensible, universally competent individual? Are you tired of the crushing monotony of leaping gracefully from one lily pad of success to the next? Are you sick of doing everything right?  In this brutally honest and humorous debut, musician and artist George Watsky chronicles the small triumphs over humiliation that make life bearable and how he has come to accept defeat as necessary to personal progress. The essays in How to Ruin Everything range from the absurd (how he became an international ivory smuggler) to the comical (his middle-school rap battle dominance) to the revelatory (his experiences with epilepsy), yet all are delivered with the type of linguistic dexterity and self-awareness that has won Watsky devoted fans across the globe. Alternately ribald and emotionally resonant, How to Ruin Everything announces a versatile writer with a promising career ahead.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264608Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Ruin Everything: Essays Author: George Watsky Narrator: George Watsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How To Ruin Everything: Essays Author: George Watsky Narrator: George Watsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller 'Funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition.' —Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist of In the Heights and Hamilton: An American Musical Are you a sensible, universally competent individual? Are you tired of the crushing monotony of leaping gracefully from one lily pad of success to the next? Are you sick of doing everything right?  In this brutally honest and humorous debut, musician and artist George Watsky chronicles the small triumphs over humiliation that make life bearable and how he has come to accept defeat as necessary to personal progress. The essays in How to Ruin Everything range from the absurd (how he became an international ivory smuggler) to the comical (his middle-school rap battle dominance) to the revelatory (his experiences with epilepsy), yet all are delivered with the type of linguistic dexterity and self-awareness that has won Watsky devoted fans across the globe. Alternately ribald and emotionally resonant, How to Ruin Everything announces a versatile writer with a promising career ahead.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-house-full-of-daughters-by-juliet-nicolson--65200580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Daughters Author: Juliet Nicolson Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers--the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita Sackville-West, her mother’s Tory-conventional background. But then Juliet, a distinguished historian, started to question. As she did so, she sifted fact from fiction, uncovering details and secrets long held just out of sight. A House Full of Daughters takes us through seven generations of women. In the nineteenth-century slums of Malaga, the salons of fin-de-siecle Washington D.C., an English boarding school during the Second World War, Chelsea in the 1960s, the knife-edge that was New York City in the 1980s, these women emerge for Juliet as people in their own right, but also as part of who she is and where she has come from. A House Full of Daughters is one woman’s investigation into the nature of family, memory, and the past. As Juliet finds uncomfortable patterns reflected in these distant and more recent versions of herself, she realizes her challenge is to embrace the good and reject the hazards that have trapped past generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263710Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Daughters Author: Juliet Nicolson Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Daughters Author: Juliet Nicolson Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers--the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita Sackville-West, her mother’s Tory-conventional background. But then Juliet, a distinguished historian, started to question. As she did so, she sifted fact from fiction, uncovering details and secrets long held just out of sight. A House Full of Daughters takes us through seven generations of women. In the nineteenth-century slums of Malaga, the salons of fin-de-siecle Washington D.C., an English boarding school during the Second World War, Chelsea in the 1960s, the knife-edge that was New York City in the 1980s, these women emerge for Juliet as people in their own right, but also as part of who she is and where she has come from. A House Full of Daughters is one woman’s investigation into the nature of family, memory, and the past. As Juliet finds uncomfortable patterns reflected in these distant and more recent versions of herself, she realizes her challenge is to embrace the good and reject the hazards that have trapped past generations.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/soulshaping-a-journey-of-self-creation-by-jeff-brown--65200563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation Author: Jeff Brown Narrator: Jeff Machado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An engaging, inspirational memoir that takes readers on a soul-searching journey toward heart-consciousness and spiritual authenticity   Ever since childhood, Jeff Brown did all the things he was supposed to do to become successful in the eyes of the world. He was on the Dean’s Honor List as an undergraduate. He won the Law and Medicine prize in law school and apprenticed with a top criminal lawyer. It had been Brown’s lifelong dream to practice criminal law and search for the truth in the courtroom. But then, on the verge of opening a law practice, he heard a little voice inside telling him to stop, just stop. With great difficulty, he honored this voice and began a heartfelt quest for the truth that lived within him. Although he didn’t realize it at the time, Brown was actually questing for his innate image, the essential being that he came into this lifetime to embody. He was searching for his authentic face. By going inside and connecting his spirituality with his emotional life, he learned essential lessons. By learning to surrender to the 'School of Heart Knocks'—the school of life—the found his authentic face and embraced the call to write.   Soulshaping is an inspiring memoir for anyone who has heard a whisper of something truer calling out to them amid the distractions of modern life. Jeff’s dramatic and often funny story takes readers through remarkably human experiences—emotional, physical, and economic—as he vividly recounts his journey to discover his soul’s purpose. A work of courageous self-creation, Soulshaping reminds us that we are all truly connected, that our seemingly isolated struggles are actually part of the shared human challenge to live a life that is heart-centered and soul-driven.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263742Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation Author: Jeff Brown Narrator: Jeff Machado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation Author: Jeff Brown Narrator: Jeff Machado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An engaging, inspirational memoir that takes readers on a soul-searching journey toward heart-consciousness and spiritual authenticity   Ever since childhood, Jeff Brown did all the things he was supposed to do to become successful in the eyes of the world. He was on the Dean’s Honor List as an undergraduate. He won the Law and Medicine prize in law school and apprenticed with a top criminal lawyer. It had been Brown’s lifelong dream to practice criminal law and search for the truth in the courtroom. But then, on the verge of opening a law practice, he heard a little voice inside telling him to stop, just stop. With great difficulty, he honored this voice and began a heartfelt quest for the truth that lived within him. Although he didn’t realize it at the time, Brown was actually questing for his innate image, the essential being that he came into this lifetime to embody. He was searching for his authentic face. By going inside and connecting his spirituality with his emotional life, he learned essential lessons. By learning to surrender to the 'School of Heart Knocks'—the school of life—the found his authentic face and embraced the call to write.   Soulshaping is an inspiring memoir for anyone who has heard a whisper of something truer calling out to them amid the distractions of modern life. Jeff’s dramatic and often funny story takes readers through remarkably human experiences—emotional, physical, and economic—as he vividly recounts his journey to discover his soul’s purpose. A work of courageous self-creation, Soulshaping reminds us that we are all truly connected, that our seemingly isolated struggles are actually part of the shared human challenge to live a life that is heart-centered and soul-driven.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raised-eyebrows-expanded-edition-my-years-inside-groucho-s-house-by-steve-stoliar--65200554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raised Eyebrows, Expanded Edition: My Years inside Groucho’s House Author: Steve Stoliar Narrator: Steve Stoliar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Raised Eyebrows is the bittersweet story of the last years in the life of Groucho Marx, told by a young Marx Brothers fan who was fortunate enough to work for Groucho as his personal secretary and archivist, right inside Marx’s Beverly Hills home. In addition to getting to know his hero, the author was able to spend quality time with Zeppo, Gummo, Mae West, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, SJ Perelman, Steve Allen, and scores of other luminaries of stage, screen, TV, and literature. The downside of this dream-come-true was getting close to his idol as the curtain was coming down, and dealing with Erin Fleming—the mercurial woman in charge of Groucho’s personal and professional life. Raised Eyebrows is filled with never-before-heard anecdotes, with an introduction written by Dick Cavett.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265493Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raised Eyebrows, Expanded Edition: My Years inside Groucho’s House Author: Steve Stoliar Narrator: Steve Stoliar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raised Eyebrows, Expanded Edition: My Years inside Groucho’s House Author: Steve Stoliar Narrator: Steve Stoliar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Raised Eyebrows is the bittersweet story of the last years in the life of Groucho Marx, told by a young Marx Brothers fan who was fortunate enough to work for Groucho as his personal secretary and archivist, right inside Marx’s Beverly Hills home. In addition to getting to know his hero, the author was able to spend quality time with Zeppo, Gummo, Mae West, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, SJ Perelman, Steve Allen, and scores of other luminaries of stage, screen, TV, and literature. The downside of this dream-come-true was getting close to his idol as the curtain was coming down, and dealing with Erin Fleming—the mercurial woman in charge of Groucho’s personal and professional life. Raised Eyebrows is filled with never-before-heard anecdotes, with an introduction written by Dick Cavett.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-just-a-person-by-tig-notaro--65200551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Just a Person Author: Tig Notaro Narrator: Tig Notaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.89 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One of America’s most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany. In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Hit with this devastating barrage, Tig took her grief onstage. Days after receiving her cancer diagnosis, she broke new comedic ground, opening an unvarnished set with the words: “Good evening. Hello. I have cancer. How are you? Hi, how are you? Is everybody having a good time? I have cancer.” The set went viral instantly and was ultimately released as Tig’s sophomore album, Live, which sold one hundred thousand units in just six weeks and was later nominated for a Grammy. Now, the wildly popular star takes stock of that no good, very bad year—a difficult yet astonishing period in which tragedy turned into absurdity and despair transformed into joy. An inspired combination of the deadpan silliness of her comedy and the open-hearted vulnerability that has emerged in the wake of that dire time, I’m Just a Person is a moving and often hilarious look at this very brave, very funny woman’s journey into the darkness and her thrilling return from it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265738Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Just a Person Author: Tig Notaro Narrator: Tig Notaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Just a Person Author: Tig Notaro Narrator: Tig Notaro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.89 of Total 9 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One of America’s most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany. In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Hit with this devastating barrage, Tig took her grief onstage. Days after receiving her cancer diagnosis, she broke new comedic ground, opening an unvarnished set with the words: “Good evening. Hello. I have cancer. How are you? Hi, how are you? Is everybody having a good time? I have cancer.” The set went viral instantly and was ultimately released as Tig’s sophomore album, Live, which sold one hundred thousand units in just six weeks and was later nominated for a Grammy. Now, the wildly popular star takes stock of that no good, very bad year—a difficult yet astonishing period in which tragedy turned into absurdity and despair transformed into joy. An inspired combination of the deadpan silliness of her comedy and the open-hearted vulnerability that has emerged in the wake of that dire time, I’m Just a Person is a moving and often hilarious look at this very brave, very funny woman’s journey into the darkness and her thrilling return from it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-your-biggest-fan-awkward-encounters-and-assorted-misadventures-in-celebrity-journalism-by-kate-coyne--65200549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Your Biggest Fan: Awkward Encounters and Assorted Misadventures in Celebrity Journalism Author: Kate Coyne Narrator: Kate Coyne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Executive Editor of People Magazine provides an unfiltered and hilarious look at her life alongside the rich and famous, as she reveals how being a fan-girl lead to celebrity close encounters she could only dream of growing up. From the NY Post's 'Page Six' to Good Housekeeping and now People, Kate Coyne has spent years on the front lines of the entertainment industry, feeding our insatiable appetite for celebrity news and gossip. I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN chronicles her journey from red-carpet reporter to upper-level editor and the countless surreal, surprising, and awkward interactions she had with stars along the way. Featuring A-listers such as Michael Douglas (who warned her about tabloid reporting), Tom Cruise (whose behavior will surprise you) and Tom Hanks (who, yes, is wonderful) Coyne's stories reveal insights about pop culture's biggest icons-and the journalist who has followed their every move.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265729Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Your Biggest Fan: Awkward Encounters and Assorted Misadventures in Celebrity Journalism Author: Kate Coyne Narrator: Kate Coyne Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Your Biggest Fan: Awkward Encounters and Assorted Misadventures in Celebrity Journalism Author: Kate Coyne Narrator: Kate Coyne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Executive Editor of People Magazine provides an unfiltered and hilarious look at her life alongside the rich and famous, as she reveals how being a fan-girl lead to celebrity close encounters she could only dream of growing up. From the NY Post's 'Page Six' to Good Housekeeping and now People, Kate Coyne has spent years on the front lines of the entertainment industry, feeding our insatiable appetite for celebrity news and gossip. I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN chronicles her journey from red-carpet reporter to upper-level editor and the countless surreal, surprising, and awkward interactions she had with stars along the way. Featuring A-listers such as Michael Douglas (who warned her about tabloid reporting), Tom Cruise (whose behavior will surprise you) and Tom Hanks (who, yes, is wonderful) Coyne's stories reveal insights about pop culture's biggest icons-and the journalist who has followed their every move.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-abbreviated-life-a-memoir-by-ariel-leve--65200548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir Author: Ariel Leve Narrator: Martha Plimpton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost. Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as “a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker.” Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother’s needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed with denial, disavowed responsibility, and then extreme outpourings of affection. How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love? Leve captures the chaos and lasting impact of a child’s life under siege and explores how the coping mechanisms she developed to survive later incapacitated her as an adult. There were material comforts, but no emotional safety, except for summer visits to her father’s home in South East Asia—an escape that was terminated after he attempted to gain custody. Following the death of a loving caretaker, a succession of replacements raised Leve—relationships which resulted in intense attachment and loss. It was not until decades later, when Leve moved to other side of the world, that she could begin to emancipate herself from the past. In a relationship with a man who has children, caring for them yields clarity of what was missing. In telling her haunting story, Leve seeks to understand the effects of chronic psychological maltreatment on a child’s developing brain, and to discover how to build a life for herself that she never dreamed possible: An unabbreviated life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265743Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir Author: Ariel Leve Narrator: Martha Plimpton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265743 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir Author: Ariel Leve Narrator: Martha Plimpton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost. Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as “a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker.” Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother’s needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed with denial, disavowed responsibility, and then extreme outpourings of affection. How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love? Leve captures the chaos and lasting impact of a child’s life under siege and explores how the coping mechanisms she developed to survive later incapacitated her as an adult. There were material comforts, but no emotional safety, except for summer visits to her father’s home in South East Asia—an escape that was terminated after he attempted to gain custody. Following the death of a loving caretaker, a succession of replacements raised Leve—relationships which resulted in intense attachment and loss. It was not until decades later, when Leve moved to other side of the world, that she could begin to emancipate herself from the past. In a relationship with a man who has children, caring for them yields clarity of what was missing. In telling her haunting story, Leve seeks to understand the effects of chronic psychological maltreatment on a child’s developing brain, and to discover how to build a life for herself that she never dreamed possible: An unabbreviated life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/evolving-through-adversity-how-to-overcome-obstacles-discover-your-passion-and-honor-your-true-self-by-seconde-nimenya--65200547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Evolving through Adversity: How to Overcome Obstacles, Discover Your Passion, and Honor Your True Self Author: Seconde Nimenya Narrator: Brenda Stoelb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: How can we evolve through adversity and change our lives? It is one of life’s great questions. In Evolving through Adversity: How to Overcome Obstacles, Discover Your Passion, and Honor Your True Self, author Seconde Nimenya answers the above question and demonstrates that the best way to overcome adversity is to go through it. Through her own life story, Seconde explains how to apply this theory by what she calls the RRU model (Reflect, Rectify, and Unite). Her personal credo to evolve through all adversity and achieve any desired outcome is to take time to reflect on who you are, then assess your situation, rectify what you don’t like, and reinforce or unite what you do like. Seconde details her life story, from walking hundreds of miles to school across mountains, being struck by lightning, and having to hide in the bushes when a civil war erupts in her native country. Then she undergoes culture shock as she comes to North America and realizes how her cultural background both helps and hinders her in evolving into the woman she wants to be. Seconde’s story serves as a source of reflection for listeners about their own lives. Listeners of this book will be inspired and empowered to achieve first their personal peace and then to help create peace in their communities and their world. They will learn how they can evolve past adversity; forgive themselves and others; and discover, love, and honor who they are.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265138Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Evolving through Adversity: How to Overcome Obstacles, Discover Your Passion, and Honor Your True Self Author: Seconde Nimenya Narrator: Brenda Stoelb...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Evolving through Adversity: How to Overcome Obstacles, Discover Your Passion, and Honor Your True Self Author: Seconde Nimenya Narrator: Brenda Stoelb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: How can we evolve through adversity and change our lives? It is one of life’s great questions. In Evolving through Adversity: How to Overcome Obstacles, Discover Your Passion, and Honor Your True Self, author Seconde Nimenya answers the above question and demonstrates that the best way to overcome adversity is to go through it. Through her own life story, Seconde explains how to apply this theory by what she calls the RRU model (Reflect, Rectify, and Unite). Her personal credo to evolve through all adversity and achieve any desired outcome is to take time to reflect on who you are, then assess your situation, rectify what you don’t like, and reinforce or unite what you do like. Seconde details her life story, from walking hundreds of miles to school across mountains, being struck by lightning, and having to hide in the bushes when a civil war erupts in her native country. Then she undergoes culture shock as she comes to North America and realizes how her cultural background both helps and hinders her in evolving into the woman she wants to be. Seconde’s story serves as a source of reflection for listeners about their own lives. Listeners of this book will be inspired and empowered to achieve first their personal peace and then to help create peace in their communities and their world. They will learn how they can evolve past adversity; forgive themselves and others; and discover, love, and honor who they are.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-little-step-my-story-by-bobby-brown-nick-chiles--65200579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Step: My Story Author: Bobby Brown, Nick Chiles Narrator: T. J. Storm, Bobby Brown, Lisa Renee Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.37 of Total 19 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston. Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic and talented figure who successfully crossed over many musical genres, including R&B and hip hop, as well as the mainstream. In the late 1980s, the former front man of New Edition had a wildly successful solo career—especially with the launch of Don't Be Cruel—garnering multiple hits on the Billboard top ten list, as well as several Grammy, American Music, and Soul Train awards. But Brown put his career on hold to be with the woman he loved—American music royalty Whitney Houston. The marriage between Brown and Houston was perhaps the most closely watched and talked about marriage of the 1990s—a pairing that obsessed the public and the gossip industry. Now, for the first time, the world will be able to hear the truth from the mouth of America’s “bad boy” himself. Raw and powerful, Every Little Step is the story of a man who has been on the top of the mountain and in the depths of the valley and who is now finally ready to talk about his career and family life, from the passion and the excess to his creative inspirations and massive musical success. On the process of writing this book, Bobby says, “Right after I signed on to write my story, I went through one of the most agonizing traumas I had ever experienced with the death of my daughter. But I was surprised by how therapeutic it was to work on this project, to look at the entire arc of my life and to realize that although there has been considerable pain, I have also been incredibly blessed. I hope my fans and other readers of this book will be entertained by this trip into the crazy, exciting, fascinating world of Bobby Brown. And I hope they will feel that I have been as honest and open with them in these pages as I have tried to be my entire life.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263682Mon, 13 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Step: My Story Author: Bobby Brown, Nick Chiles Narrator: T. J. Storm, Bobby Brown, Lisa Renee Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Step: My Story Author: Bobby Brown, Nick Chiles Narrator: T. J. Storm, Bobby Brown, Lisa Renee Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.37 of Total 19 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston. Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic and talented figure who successfully crossed over many musical genres, including R&B and hip hop, as well as the mainstream. In the late 1980s, the former front man of New Edition had a wildly successful solo career—especially with the launch of Don't Be Cruel—garnering multiple hits on the Billboard top ten list, as well as several Grammy, American Music, and Soul Train awards. But Brown put his career on hold to be with the woman he loved—American music royalty Whitney Houston. The marriage between Brown and Houston was perhaps the most closely watched and talked about marriage of the 1990s—a pairing that obsessed the public and the gossip industry. Now, for the first time, the world will be able to hear the truth from the mouth of America’s “bad boy” himself. Raw and powerful, Every Little Step is the story of a man who has been on the top of the mountain and in the depths of the valley and who is now finally ready to talk about his career and family life, from the passion and the excess to his creative inspirations and massive musical success. On the process of writing this book, Bobby says, “Right after I signed on to write my story, I went through one of the most agonizing traumas I had ever experienced with the death of my daughter. But I was surprised by how therapeutic it was to work on this project, to look at the entire arc of my life and to realize that although there has been considerable pain, I have also been incredibly blessed. I hope my fans and other readers of this book will be entertained by this trip into the crazy, exciting, fascinating world of Bobby Brown. And I hope they will feel that I have been as honest and open with them in these pages as I have tried to be my entire life.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/knitlandia-a-knitter-sees-the-world-by-clara-parkes--65200589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees The World Author: Clara Parkes Narrator: Clara Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this inspiring and witty New York Times bestselling memoir on a creative life enriched by her adventures around the world.    Building on the success of The Yarn Whisperer, Parkes's rich personal essays invite listeners and devoted crafters on excursions to be savored, from a guide who quickly comes to feel like a trusted confidante. In Knitlandia, she takes listeners along on 17 of her most memorable journeys across the globe over the last 15 years, with stories spanning from the fjords of Iceland to a cozy yarn shop in Paris's 13th arrondissement.   Also known for her PBS television appearances and hugely popular line of small-batch handcrafted yarns, Parkes weaves her personal blend of wisdom and humor into this eloquently down-to-earth guide that is part personal travel narrative and part cultural history, touching the heart of what it means to live creatively. Join Parkes as she ventures to locales both foreign and familiar in chapters like:      • Chasing a Legend in Taos    • Glass, Grass, and the Power of Place: Tacoma, Washington    • A Thing for Socks and a Very Big Plan: Portland, Oregon    • Autumn on the Hudson: The New York Sheep & Wool Festival    • Cashmere Dreams and British Breeds: A Last-Minute Visit to Edinburgh, Scotland   Fans of travel writing, as well as knitters, crocheters, designers, and fiber artists alike, will enjoy the masterful narrative in these intimate tales from a life well crafted. Whether you've committed to exploring your own wanderlust or are an armchair traveler curled up in your coziest slippers, Knitlandia is sure to inspire laughter, tears, and maybe some travel plans of your own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264613Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees The World Author: Clara Parkes Narrator: Clara Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees The World Author: Clara Parkes Narrator: Clara Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Knitting aficionado and notable artisan Clara Parkes delves into her storied travels with this inspiring and witty New York Times bestselling memoir on a creative life enriched by her adventures around the world.    Building on the success of The Yarn Whisperer, Parkes's rich personal essays invite listeners and devoted crafters on excursions to be savored, from a guide who quickly comes to feel like a trusted confidante. In Knitlandia, she takes listeners along on 17 of her most memorable journeys across the globe over the last 15 years, with stories spanning from the fjords of Iceland to a cozy yarn shop in Paris's 13th arrondissement.   Also known for her PBS television appearances and hugely popular line of small-batch handcrafted yarns, Parkes weaves her personal blend of wisdom and humor into this eloquently down-to-earth guide that is part personal travel narrative and part cultural history, touching the heart of what it means to live creatively. Join Parkes as she ventures to locales both foreign and familiar in chapters like:      • Chasing a Legend in Taos    • Glass, Grass, and the Power of Place: Tacoma, Washington    • A Thing for Socks and a Very Big Plan: Portland, Oregon    • Autumn on the Hudson: The New York Sheep & Wool Festival    • Cashmere Dreams and British Breeds: A Last-Minute Visit to Edinburgh, Scotland   Fans of travel writing, as well as knitters, crocheters, designers, and fiber artists alike, will enjoy the masterful narrative in these intimate tales from a life well crafted. Whether you've committed to exploring your own wanderlust or are an armchair traveler curled up in your coziest slippers, Knitlandia is sure to inspire laughter, tears, and maybe some travel plans of your own.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/but-what-if-we-re-wrong-thinking-about-the-present-as-if-it-were-the-past-by-chuck-klosterman--65200578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But What if We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as if it Were the Past Author: Chuck Klosterman Narrator: Fiona Hardingham, Chuck Klosterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction? Is it possible that the greatest artist of our era is currently unknown (or—weirder still—widely known, but entirely disrespected)? Is it possible that we “overrate” democracy? And perhaps most disturbing, is it possible that we’ve reached the end of knowledge? Klosterman visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Kinetically slingshotting through a broad spectrum of objective and subjective problems, But What If We’re Wrong? is built on interviews with a variety of creative thinkers—George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Díaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Nick Bostrom, Dan Carlin, and Richard Linklater, among others—interwoven with the type of high-wire humor and nontraditional analysis only Klosterman would dare to attempt. It’s a seemingly impossible achievement: a book about the things we cannot know, explained as if we did. It’s about how we live now, once “now” has become “then.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264508Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But What if We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as if it Were the Past Author: Chuck Klosterman Narrator: Fiona Hardingham, Chuck Klosterman...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: But What if We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as if it Were the Past Author: Chuck Klosterman Narrator: Fiona Hardingham, Chuck Klosterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction? Is it possible that the greatest artist of our era is currently unknown (or—weirder still—widely known, but entirely disrespected)? Is it possible that we “overrate” democracy? And perhaps most disturbing, is it possible that we’ve reached the end of knowledge? Klosterman visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Kinetically slingshotting through a broad spectrum of objective and subjective problems, But What If We’re Wrong? is built on interviews with a variety of creative thinkers—George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Díaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Nick Bostrom, Dan Carlin, and Richard Linklater, among others—interwoven with the type of high-wire humor and nontraditional analysis only Klosterman would dare to attempt. It’s a seemingly impossible achievement: a book about the things we cannot know, explained as if we did. It’s about how we live now, once “now” has become “then.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/follow-me-by-ricky-dillon--65200574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Follow Me Author: Ricky Dillon Narrator: Ricky Dillon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this inspiring and hilarious memoir, YouTube star Ricky Dillon gives you an exciting look into his personal life and reveals the ins and outs of being a young star online. Have you ever picked up a new instrument and tried learning to play your favorite song? Or found out exactly how much sour candy you can possibly eat in one sitting? Or given yourself permission to be friendly to a total stranger who looked sad? Ricky Dillon has, and in Follow Me, he invites you to join him on a series of challenges—from serious, contemplative tasks to hilarious, outrageous stunts—that are bound to stretch your mind (as well as your muscles) and change your life for the better. Sure, trying something new or putting yourself out there—facing the unknown—can be scary, but Ricky himself understands what it’s like to face life’s great obstacles. He also knows that every day offers chances to try something new, to push yourself a little farther, and to get a little stronger both inside out. Along with the challenges, Follow Me also ushers readers into Ricky’s real life, sharing exactly how he creates his videos, what it’s like collaborating with other YouTube stars, what his family and friends mean to him, and how he juggles all of his creative endeavors—from music to fitness to writing and beyond—while keeping a positive attitude and appreciating all of life’s adventures, big and small. Inspiring, informative, and incredibly fun, Follow Me is not just a book but a full-on reading experience from one of our most beloved and hardworking social media stars.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265114Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Follow Me Author: Ricky Dillon Narrator: Ricky Dillon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Follow Me Author: Ricky Dillon Narrator: Ricky Dillon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this inspiring and hilarious memoir, YouTube star Ricky Dillon gives you an exciting look into his personal life and reveals the ins and outs of being a young star online. Have you ever picked up a new instrument and tried learning to play your favorite song? Or found out exactly how much sour candy you can possibly eat in one sitting? Or given yourself permission to be friendly to a total stranger who looked sad? Ricky Dillon has, and in Follow Me, he invites you to join him on a series of challenges—from serious, contemplative tasks to hilarious, outrageous stunts—that are bound to stretch your mind (as well as your muscles) and change your life for the better. Sure, trying something new or putting yourself out there—facing the unknown—can be scary, but Ricky himself understands what it’s like to face life’s great obstacles. He also knows that every day offers chances to try something new, to push yourself a little farther, and to get a little stronger both inside out. Along with the challenges, Follow Me also ushers readers into Ricky’s real life, sharing exactly how he creates his videos, what it’s like collaborating with other YouTube stars, what his family and friends mean to him, and how he juggles all of his creative endeavors—from music to fitness to writing and beyond—while keeping a positive attitude and appreciating all of life’s adventures, big and small. Inspiring, informative, and incredibly fun, Follow Me is not just a book but a full-on reading experience from one of our most beloved and hardworking social media stars.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greetings-from-utopia-park-surviving-a-transcendent-childhood-by-claire-hoffman--65200568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood Author: Claire Hoffman Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this engrossing, provocative, and intimate memoir, a young journalist reflects on her childhood in the heartland, growing up in an increasingly isolated meditation community in the 1980s and ’90s—a fascinating, disturbing look at a fringe culture and its true believers. When Claire Hoffman’s alcoholic father abandons his family, his desperate wife, Liz, tells five-year-old Claire and her seven-year-old brother, Stacey, that they are going to heaven—Iowa—to live in Maharishi’s national headquarters for Heaven on Earth. For Claire’s mother, Transcendental Meditation—the Maharishi’s method of meditation and his approach to living the fullest possible life—was a salvo that promised world peace and enlightenment just as their family fell apart. At first this secluded utopia offers warmth and support, and makes these outsiders feel calm, secure, and connected to the world. At the Maharishi School, Claire learns Maharishi’s philosophy for living and meditates with her class. With the promise of peace and enlightenment constantly on the horizon, every day is infused with magic and meaning. But as Claire and Stacey mature, their adolescent skepticism kicks in, drawing them away from the community and into delinquency and drugs. To save herself, Claire moves to California with her father and breaks from Maharishi completely. After a decade of working in journalism and academia, the challenges of adulthood propel her back to Iowa, where she reexamines her spiritual upbringing and tries to reconnect with the magic of her childhood. Greetings from Utopia Park takes us deep into this complex, unusual world, illuminating its joys and comforts, and its disturbing problems. While there is no utopia on earth, Hoffman reveals, there are noble goals worth striving for: believing in belief, inner peace, and a firm understanding that there is a larger fabric of the universe to which we all belong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263962Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood Author: Claire Hoffman Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263962 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood Author: Claire Hoffman Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this engrossing, provocative, and intimate memoir, a young journalist reflects on her childhood in the heartland, growing up in an increasingly isolated meditation community in the 1980s and ’90s—a fascinating, disturbing look at a fringe culture and its true believers. When Claire Hoffman’s alcoholic father abandons his family, his desperate wife, Liz, tells five-year-old Claire and her seven-year-old brother, Stacey, that they are going to heaven—Iowa—to live in Maharishi’s national headquarters for Heaven on Earth. For Claire’s mother, Transcendental Meditation—the Maharishi’s method of meditation and his approach to living the fullest possible life—was a salvo that promised world peace and enlightenment just as their family fell apart. At first this secluded utopia offers warmth and support, and makes these outsiders feel calm, secure, and connected to the world. At the Maharishi School, Claire learns Maharishi’s philosophy for living and meditates with her class. With the promise of peace and enlightenment constantly on the horizon, every day is infused with magic and meaning. But as Claire and Stacey mature, their adolescent skepticism kicks in, drawing them away from the community and into delinquency and drugs. To save herself, Claire moves to California with her father and breaks from Maharishi completely. After a decade of working in journalism and academia, the challenges of adulthood propel her back to Iowa, where she reexamines her spiritual upbringing and tries to reconnect with the magic of her childhood. Greetings from Utopia Park takes us deep into this complex, unusual world, illuminating its joys and comforts, and its disturbing problems. While there is no utopia on earth, Hoffman reveals, there are noble goals worth striving for: believing in belief, inner peace, and a firm understanding that there is a larger fabric of the universe to which we all belong.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sex-object-a-memoir-by-jessica-valenti--65200559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex Object: A Memoir Author: Jessica Valenti Narrator: Jessica Valenti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NPR Great Read of 2016 Author and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation on gender and politics for over a decade. Now, in a darkly funny and bracing memoir, Valenti explores the toll that sexism takes from the every day to the existential.  Sex Object explores the painful, funny, embarrassing, and sometimes illegal moments that shaped Valenti’s adolescence and young adulthood in New York City, revealing a much shakier inner life than the confident persona she has cultivated as one of the most recognizable feminists of her generation.  In the tradition of writers like Joan Didion and Mary Karr, this literary memoir is sure to shock those already familiar with Valenti’s work and enthrall those who are just finding it. “Jessica Valenti is a breath of fresh air. She offers the kind of raw honesty that can feel like a punch in the gut, but leaves you with the warmth of a deep embrace.” — Ms. Magazine “One of the most visible and successful feminists of her generation.”  — Washington Post “A gutsy young third wave feminist.” — The New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263954Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex Object: A Memoir Author: Jessica Valenti Narrator: Jessica Valenti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex Object: A Memoir Author: Jessica Valenti Narrator: Jessica Valenti Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NPR Great Read of 2016 Author and Guardian US columnist Jessica Valenti has been leading the national conversation on gender and politics for over a decade. Now, in a darkly funny and bracing memoir, Valenti explores the toll that sexism takes from the every day to the existential.  Sex Object explores the painful, funny, embarrassing, and sometimes illegal moments that shaped Valenti’s adolescence and young adulthood in New York City, revealing a much shakier inner life than the confident persona she has cultivated as one of the most recognizable feminists of her generation.  In the tradition of writers like Joan Didion and Mary Karr, this literary memoir is sure to shock those already familiar with Valenti’s work and enthrall those who are just finding it. “Jessica Valenti is a breath of fresh air. She offers the kind of raw honesty that can feel like a punch in the gut, but leaves you with the warmth of a deep embrace.” — Ms. Magazine “One of the most visible and successful feminists of her generation.”  — Washington Post “A gutsy young third wave feminist.” — The New York Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yarn-whisperer-my-unexpected-life-in-knitting-by-clara-parkes--65200553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting Author: Clara Parkes Narrator: Clara Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives. —From the preface In The Yarn Whisperer: Reflections on a Life in Knitting, renowned knitter and author Clara Parkes ponders the roles knitting plays in her life via 22 captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays. Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, she hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters to create and explores the ways in which knitting can be looked at as a metaphor for so many other things. Put simply, “No matter how perfect any one sweater may be, it’s only human to crave another. And another, and another.” Praise for The Yarn Whisperer:  “Clara Parkes: The Yarn Seer.” —Interweave Knits magazine “If you are a knitter, or even if you are not, read this book for the sheer joy of her writing, for the way she strings ideas together and brings you into her world . . . I would compare her to Mark Twain because of her dry humor. Honestly, she’s that good.” —New Jersey Courier News’ In Sticthes blog “Read this book to be reminded of how special it is to be a part of this warm and fuzzy community.” —About.com   “I see a lot of yarn books in this gig, and Whisperer is not only the best I’ve seen this year, it’s one of my all-time faves. Seriously, it’s that good.” —The Oregonian    “I don’t want to stop reading. Each chapter is a little jewel.” —KnitCircus.com   “Parkes has a poet’s appreciation for the interconnectivity of seemingly disparate aspects of life . . . I have a sense of affinity with the metaphors she chooses, which are drawn from music, gardening, baking, and of course, knitting. Her language dances and gallops, chuckles and sings.” —Kangath Knits blog   “The Yarn Whisperer weaves together knitting anecdotes and life experiences of the author in a way that I think we can all relate to.” —Kelbourne Woolens blog “It’s a fun book for curling up on a cool day with a cup of tea, knitting nearby, of course.” —CraftGossip.com “It is seriously the best book about knitting experiences ever. I absolutely LOVED it!” ­ —Sweetly Made  “If you haven’t read The Yarn Whisperer yet, you should. It’s sweet, funny and full of moments you’ll recognize or aspire to. I recommend you get a copy.” —Moth Heaven  “In this charming series of linked essays, Parkes metaphorically puts the fast whorl on her wheel and spins something entirely new, showing that she’s not just a good writer but a great one. Funny, sweet, and trenchant and offered in twenty-two digestible bits, this book is not only the quintessential sampler afghan of knit lit, it is also the ‘It’ gift of the season. Buy a stack to stuff inside the handmade stockings of your knitting-circle friends.” —Vogue Knitting  “The creator of Knitter’s Review has created a collection of stories of her life of knitting, yarn, baking and overall appreciation for all things beautiful, and has woven them together like afghan squares with charm, grace and hilarity.” —Petite Purls “Her writing is incredibly clever . . . this book will be dear to your heart.” —Knit the Hell Out]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263711Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting Author: Clara Parkes Narrator: Clara Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting Author: Clara Parkes Narrator: Clara Parkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives. —From the preface In The Yarn Whisperer: Reflections on a Life in Knitting, renowned knitter and author Clara Parkes ponders the roles knitting plays in her life via 22 captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays. Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, she hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters to create and explores the ways in which knitting can be looked at as a metaphor for so many other things. Put simply, “No matter how perfect any one sweater may be, it’s only human to crave another. And another, and another.” Praise for The Yarn Whisperer:  “Clara Parkes: The Yarn Seer.” —Interweave Knits magazine “If you are a knitter, or even if you are not, read this book for the sheer joy of her writing, for the way she strings ideas together and brings you into her world . . . I would compare her to Mark Twain because of her dry humor. Honestly, she’s that good.” —New Jersey Courier News’ In Sticthes blog “Read this book to be reminded of how special it is to be a part of this warm and fuzzy community.” —About.com   “I see a lot of yarn books in this gig, and Whisperer is not only the best I’ve seen this year, it’s one of my all-time faves. Seriously, it’s that good.” —The Oregonian    “I don’t want to stop reading. Each chapter is a little jewel.” —KnitCircus.com   “Parkes has a poet’s appreciation for the interconnectivity of seemingly disparate aspects of life . . . I have a sense of affinity with the metaphors she chooses, which are drawn from music, gardening, baking, and of course, knitting. Her language dances and gallops, chuckles and sings.” —Kangath Knits blog   “The Yarn Whisperer weaves together knitting anecdotes and life experiences of the author in a way that I think we can all relate to.” —Kelbourne Woolens blog “It’s a fun book for curling up on a cool day with a cup of tea, knitting nearby, of course.” —CraftGossip.com “It is seriously the best book about knitting experiences ever. I absolutely LOVED it!” ­ —Sweetly Made  “If you haven’t read The Yarn Whisperer yet, you should. It’s sweet, funny and full of moments you’ll recognize or aspire to. I recommend you get a copy.” —Moth Heaven  “In this charming series of linked essays, Parkes metaphorically puts the fast whorl on her wheel and spins something entirely new, showing that she’s not just a good writer but a great one. Funny, sweet, and trenchant and offered in twenty-two digestible bits, this book is not only the quintessential sampler afghan of knit lit, it is also the ‘It’ gift of the season. Buy a stack to stuff inside the handmade stockings of your knitting-circle friends.” —Vogue Knitting  “The creator of Knitter’s Review has created a collection of stories of her life of knitting, yarn, baking and overall appreciation for all things beautiful, and has woven them together like afghan squares with charm, grace and hilarity.” —Petite Purls “Her writing is incredibly clever . . . this book will be dear to your heart.” —Knit the Hell Out]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-maximum-security-book-club-reading-literature-in-a-men-s-prison-by-mikita-brottman--65200540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison Author: Mikita Brottman Narrator: Beverley A. Crick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men’s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them—Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran. On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a group of convicts from the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. She assigns them ten dark, challenging classics—including Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Poe’s story “The Black Cat,” and Nabokov’s Lolita—books that don’t flinch from evoking the isolation of the human struggle, the pain of conflict, and the cost of transgression. Although Brottman is already familiar with these works, the convicts open them up in completely new ways. Their discussions may “only” be about literature, but for the prisoners, everything is at stake. Gradually, the inmates open up about their lives and families, their disastrous choices, their guilt and loss. Brottman also discovers that life in prison, while monotonous, is never without incident. The book club members struggle with their assigned reading through solitary confinement; on lockdown; in between factory shifts; in the hospital; and in the middle of the chaos of blasting televisions, incessant chatter, and the constant banging of metal doors. Though The Maximum Security Book Club never loses sight of the moral issues raised in the selected reading, it refuses to back away from the unexpected insights offered by the company of these complex, difficult men. It is a compelling, thoughtful analysis of literature—and prison life—like nothing you’ve ever read before.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263961Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison Author: Mikita Brottman Narrator: Beverley A. Crick Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison Author: Mikita Brottman Narrator: Beverley A. Crick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 7, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men’s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them—Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran. On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a group of convicts from the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. She assigns them ten dark, challenging classics—including Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Poe’s story “The Black Cat,” and Nabokov’s Lolita—books that don’t flinch from evoking the isolation of the human struggle, the pain of conflict, and the cost of transgression. Although Brottman is already familiar with these works, the convicts open them up in completely new ways. Their discussions may “only” be about literature, but for the prisoners, everything is at stake. Gradually, the inmates open up about their lives and families, their disastrous choices, their guilt and loss. Brottman also discovers that life in prison, while monotonous, is never without incident. The book club members struggle with their assigned reading through solitary confinement; on lockdown; in between factory shifts; in the hospital; and in the middle of the chaos of blasting televisions, incessant chatter, and the constant banging of metal doors. Though The Maximum Security Book Club never loses sight of the moral issues raised in the selected reading, it refuses to back away from the unexpected insights offered by the company of these complex, difficult men. It is a compelling, thoughtful analysis of literature—and prison life—like nothing you’ve ever read before.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chancers-addiction-prison-recovery-love-one-couple-s-memoir-by-susan-stellin-graham-macindoe--65200522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chancers: Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir Author: Susan Stellin, Graham Macindoe Narrator: Graham Macindoe, Susan Stellin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this powerful memoir of addiction, prison, and recovery, a reporter and a photographer tell their gripping story of falling in love, the heroin habit that drove them apart, and the unlikely way a criminal conviction brought them back together. Books for a Better Life Award Finalist • LitHub Best Book of the Month When Susan Stellin asked Graham MacIndoe to shoot her author photo for an upcoming travel book, she barely knew him except for a few weekends with mutual friends at a summer house in Montauk. He was a gregarious, divorced Scotsman who had recently gotten sober; she was an independent New Yorker who decided to take a chance on a rough-around-the-edges guy. But their relationship was soon tested when Susan discovered that Graham still had a drug habit he was hiding. From their harrowing portrayal of the ravages of addiction to the stunning chain of events that led to Graham’s arrest and imprisonment at Rikers Island, Chancers unfolds in alternating chapters that offer two perspectives on a relationship that ultimately endures against long odds. Susan follows Graham down the rabbit hole of the American criminal justice system, determined to keep him from becoming another casualty of the war on drugs. Graham gives a stark, riveting description of his slide from brownstone Brooklyn to a prison cell, his gut-wrenching efforts to get clean, and his fight to avoid getting exiled far away from his son and the life he built over twenty years. Beautifully written, brutally honest, yet filled with suspense and hope, Chancers will resonate with anyone who has been touched by the heartache of addiction, the nightmare of incarceration, or the tough choice of leaving or staying with someone who is struggling on the road to recovery. By sharing their story, Susan and Graham show the value of talking about topics many of us are too scared to address. Praise for Chancers “Stellin and MacIndoe, in entries sometimes akin to fighters in the ring, tell the story of their lives as MacIndoe rides a roller-coaster life of drug addiction and prison. . . . [Chancers] grabs in a voyeuristic way and propels page-turning to find out what happens next in a saga no soap opera could create.”—The Buffalo News “Emotionally resonant and evenly structured, their tandem chronicle resists overly romanticizing their bittersweet interactions to focus on the dedication and devotion necessary to make their already-complicated relationship survive the fallout of critical hardships. An emotionally complex and intensely personal binary memoir of addiction and sustainable love.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264493Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chancers: Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir Author: Susan Stellin, Graham Macindoe Narrator: Graham Macindoe, Susan Stellin...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chancers: Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir Author: Susan Stellin, Graham Macindoe Narrator: Graham Macindoe, Susan Stellin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this powerful memoir of addiction, prison, and recovery, a reporter and a photographer tell their gripping story of falling in love, the heroin habit that drove them apart, and the unlikely way a criminal conviction brought them back together. Books for a Better Life Award Finalist • LitHub Best Book of the Month When Susan Stellin asked Graham MacIndoe to shoot her author photo for an upcoming travel book, she barely knew him except for a few weekends with mutual friends at a summer house in Montauk. He was a gregarious, divorced Scotsman who had recently gotten sober; she was an independent New Yorker who decided to take a chance on a rough-around-the-edges guy. But their relationship was soon tested when Susan discovered that Graham still had a drug habit he was hiding. From their harrowing portrayal of the ravages of addiction to the stunning chain of events that led to Graham’s arrest and imprisonment at Rikers Island, Chancers unfolds in alternating chapters that offer two perspectives on a relationship that ultimately endures against long odds. Susan follows Graham down the rabbit hole of the American criminal justice system, determined to keep him from becoming another casualty of the war on drugs. Graham gives a stark, riveting description of his slide from brownstone Brooklyn to a prison cell, his gut-wrenching efforts to get clean, and his fight to avoid getting exiled far away from his son and the life he built over twenty years. Beautifully written, brutally honest, yet filled with suspense and hope, Chancers will resonate with anyone who has been touched by the heartache of addiction, the nightmare of incarceration, or the tough choice of leaving or staying with someone who is struggling on the road to recovery. By sharing their story, Susan and Graham show the value of talking about topics many of us are too scared to address. Praise for Chancers “Stellin and MacIndoe, in entries sometimes akin to fighters in the ring, tell the story of their lives as MacIndoe rides a roller-coaster life of drug addiction and prison. . . . [Chancers] grabs in a voyeuristic way and propels page-turning to find out what happens next in a saga no soap opera could create.”—The Buffalo News “Emotionally resonant and evenly structured, their tandem chronicle resists overly romanticizing their bittersweet interactions to focus on the dedication and devotion necessary to make their already-complicated relationship survive the fallout of critical hardships. An emotionally complex and intensely personal binary memoir of addiction and sustainable love.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/triumphs-and-turbulence-my-autobiography-by-chris-boardman--65200542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography Author: Chris Boardman Narrator: Joe McGann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ‘The true inspiration was that Olympic gold won by Chris Boardman in Barcelona… I was so in awe of Chris Boardman’ Sir Bradley Wiggins You may know him as the much-loved co-presenter of ITV’s Tour de France coverage or enjoyed his BBC Olympic coverage, but beyond the easy charm Chris Boardman is one of our greatest, most inspiring cyclists. Boardman’s lone achievements in the 80s and 90s – Olympic track gold, the world hour record, repeatedly claiming the yellow jersey in the Tour de France – were the spark that started the modern era for British cycling. His endeavours both on and off the bike have made him the founding father of current golden generation – without him there would simply be no Hoy, Wiggins or Cavendish. It is a story full of intrigue: from Olympic success, to the famous duels with Graeme Obree and the insanity of the Tour de France. Chris became a legend for his combination of physical ability and technical preparation, almost single-handedly taking British cycling from wool shirts and cloth caps into the era of marginal gains. Indeed, after his career on the bike ended, a new chapter began as the backroom genius behind GB cycling. As head of the R&D team known as The Secret Squirrel Club, Chris has been responsible for the technical innovations that made the difference in 2012 and developed Boardman Bikes, which has become the country's bestselling premium bike range.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266371Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography Author: Chris Boardman Narrator: Joe McGann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography Author: Chris Boardman Narrator: Joe McGann Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ‘The true inspiration was that Olympic gold won by Chris Boardman in Barcelona… I was so in awe of Chris Boardman’ Sir Bradley Wiggins You may know him as the much-loved co-presenter of ITV’s Tour de France coverage or enjoyed his BBC Olympic coverage, but beyond the easy charm Chris Boardman is one of our greatest, most inspiring cyclists. Boardman’s lone achievements in the 80s and 90s – Olympic track gold, the world hour record, repeatedly claiming the yellow jersey in the Tour de France – were the spark that started the modern era for British cycling. His endeavours both on and off the bike have made him the founding father of current golden generation – without him there would simply be no Hoy, Wiggins or Cavendish. It is a story full of intrigue: from Olympic success, to the famous duels with Graeme Obree and the insanity of the Tour de France. Chris became a legend for his combination of physical ability and technical preparation, almost single-handedly taking British cycling from wool shirts and cloth caps into the era of marginal gains. Indeed, after his career on the bike ended, a new chapter began as the backroom genius behind GB cycling. As head of the R&D team known as The Secret Squirrel Club, Chris has been responsible for the technical innovations that made the difference in 2012 and developed Boardman Bikes, which has become the country's bestselling premium bike range.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lessons-my-father-taught-me-the-strength-integrity-and-faith-of-ronald-reagan-by-michael-reagan--65200569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength, Integrity, and Faith of Ronald Reagan Author: Michael Reagan Narrator: Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Noted political commentator Michael Reagan, the son of Ronald Reagan and first wife Jane Wyman, has traveled across America, giving speeches and meeting the public. Time and time again, people tell him how much they love and miss his father, and what his presidency meant to them. In a world where role models are few and far between, Ronald Reagan’s legacy stands strong. When Michael was growing up, his father would drive him out to his ranch. There Ronald Reagan taught Michael how to ride a horse, how to shoot a gun, and much more. As they drove together or did chores together, Michael’s father told him stories and taught him about life, love, family, faith, success, and leadership.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265230Tue, 31 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength, Integrity, and Faith of Ronald Reagan Author: Michael Reagan Narrator: Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265230 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength, Integrity, and Faith of Ronald Reagan Author: Michael Reagan Narrator: Milton Jeffers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Noted political commentator Michael Reagan, the son of Ronald Reagan and first wife Jane Wyman, has traveled across America, giving speeches and meeting the public. Time and time again, people tell him how much they love and miss his father, and what his presidency meant to them. In a world where role models are few and far between, Ronald Reagan’s legacy stands strong. When Michael was growing up, his father would drive him out to his ranch. There Ronald Reagan taught Michael how to ride a horse, how to shoot a gun, and much more. As they drove together or did chores together, Michael’s father told him stories and taught him about life, love, family, faith, success, and leadership.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pen-palate-mastering-the-art-of-adulthood-with-recipes-by-lucy-madison-tram-nguyen--65200543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pen & Palate: Mastering the Art of Adulthood, with Recipes Author: Lucy Madison, Tram Nguyen Narrator: Tram Nguyen, Lucy Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the writers of acclaimed blog Pen & Palate, a humorous coming-of-age (and mastering-the-art-of-home-cooking) memoir of friendship, told through stories, recipes, and beautiful illustrations. Getting through life in your twenties isn't easy--especially if you're broke, awkward, and prone to starting small grease fires in your studio apartment. For best friends Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen, cooking was an escape from the daily humiliation that is being a twenty-something woman in a big city. Pen & Palate traces the course of Lucy and Tram's devoted friendship through miserable jobs and tiny apartments, first loves and ill-advised flings, successes and setbacks--always with a shared love of food at the center of the narrative. A modern take on Laurie Colwin's classic Home Cooking, this coming-of-age memoir for the Girls set weaves together comical (mis)adventures and recipes meant to be shared with a best friend and a bottle of wine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265731Tue, 31 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pen & Palate: Mastering the Art of Adulthood, with Recipes Author: Lucy Madison, Tram Nguyen Narrator: Tram Nguyen, Lucy Madison Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pen & Palate: Mastering the Art of Adulthood, with Recipes Author: Lucy Madison, Tram Nguyen Narrator: Tram Nguyen, Lucy Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the writers of acclaimed blog Pen & Palate, a humorous coming-of-age (and mastering-the-art-of-home-cooking) memoir of friendship, told through stories, recipes, and beautiful illustrations. Getting through life in your twenties isn't easy--especially if you're broke, awkward, and prone to starting small grease fires in your studio apartment. For best friends Lucy Madison and Tram Nguyen, cooking was an escape from the daily humiliation that is being a twenty-something woman in a big city. Pen & Palate traces the course of Lucy and Tram's devoted friendship through miserable jobs and tiny apartments, first loves and ill-advised flings, successes and setbacks--always with a shared love of food at the center of the narrative. A modern take on Laurie Colwin's classic Home Cooking, this coming-of-age memoir for the Girls set weaves together comical (mis)adventures and recipes meant to be shared with a best friend and a bottle of wine.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/run-for-your-life-from-victim-to-victor-by-denair-marie--65200535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run for Your Life: From Victim to Victor Author: Denair Marie Narrator: Sheree Wichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: You’ll believe in miracles after reading this one! With his bare hands and a soul-numbing smirk, he violently twisted Denair’s neck and slowly began choking her to death! Her mind raced, “What does he mean it’s my fault? I have to die tonight?” Run for Your Life: From Victim to Victor is an intriguing cat and mouse tale of how Denair Marie, an aspiring attorney, fled her dream job and her amazing new home. She ran for her life after her ex-boyfriend, who was charged with attempting to murder her, jumped bond and led federal Marshals on a harrowing chase. This monster was bent on silencing the only witness standing between him and a 10-year prison sentence. Her perpetrator didn’t know that Denair had an uncanny ability to run and survive. He didn’t have a clue she overcame living in subfreezing temperatures for months at a time as a nine year old. He had no idea she’d endured growing up in the worst housing project in New York City, or that her mom miraculously survived a brutal attack where she was stabbed more than 60 times. This riveting memoir offers living, breathing proof that anyone can break free of violent, destructive bonds, in their race from Victim to Victor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268671Tue, 31 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run for Your Life: From Victim to Victor Author: Denair Marie Narrator: Sheree Wichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Run for Your Life: From Victim to Victor Author: Denair Marie Narrator: Sheree Wichard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: You’ll believe in miracles after reading this one! With his bare hands and a soul-numbing smirk, he violently twisted Denair’s neck and slowly began choking her to death! Her mind raced, “What does he mean it’s my fault? I have to die tonight?” Run for Your Life: From Victim to Victor is an intriguing cat and mouse tale of how Denair Marie, an aspiring attorney, fled her dream job and her amazing new home. She ran for her life after her ex-boyfriend, who was charged with attempting to murder her, jumped bond and led federal Marshals on a harrowing chase. This monster was bent on silencing the only witness standing between him and a 10-year prison sentence. Her perpetrator didn’t know that Denair had an uncanny ability to run and survive. He didn’t have a clue she overcame living in subfreezing temperatures for months at a time as a nine year old. He had no idea she’d endured growing up in the worst housing project in New York City, or that her mom miraculously survived a brutal attack where she was stabbed more than 60 times. This riveting memoir offers living, breathing proof that anyone can break free of violent, destructive bonds, in their race from Victim to Victor.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-tough-fearlessly-facing-politics-and-life-by-barbara-boxer--65200532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life Author: Barbara Boxer Narrator: Barbara Boxer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'One goal of this memoir is to inspire people to fight for change. It takes what I call the Art of Tough and I've had to do it all my life.' -- Senator Barbara Boxer Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir, The Art of Tough, shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world. Sometimes lauded, sometimes vilified, but always standing tough, Boxer has fought for what is right even when her personal convictions conflicted with her party or the majority rule.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265715Tue, 31 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life Author: Barbara Boxer Narrator: Barbara Boxer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life Author: Barbara Boxer Narrator: Barbara Boxer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 31, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'One goal of this memoir is to inspire people to fight for change. It takes what I call the Art of Tough and I've had to do it all my life.' -- Senator Barbara Boxer Barbara Boxer has made her mark, combining compassionate advocacy with scrappiness in a political career spanning more than three decades. Now, retiring from the Senate, she continues the work to which she's dedicated 30 years in Congress. Her memoir, The Art of Tough, shares her provocative and touching recollections of service, and cements her commitment to the fight for women, families, quality, environmental protection, all in a peaceful world. Sometimes lauded, sometimes vilified, but always standing tough, Boxer has fought for what is right even when her personal convictions conflicted with her party or the majority rule.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/quiet-leadership-winning-hearts-minds-and-matches-by-carlo-ancelotti--65200539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches Author: Carlo Ancelotti Narrator: Richard Lumsden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Quiet Leadership by Carlo Ancelotti, Chris Brady and Mike Forde. Read by Richard Lumsden. The legendary football coach finally tells his story and reveals his management secrets Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers of all time. With three Champions League trophies, and multiple league and cup titles from AC Milan to Chelsea to Real Madrid, his record is second to none. Yet Ancelotti's managerial approach could not be further from the aggressive theatricals favoured by many of his rivals. Rather than imposing his will on superstar players, he builds team cultures through the relationships he develops - he allows talent to flourish. His understated style has earned him the fierce loyalty of the likes of David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo. In Quiet Leadership, Ancelotti reveals the full, riveting story of his managerial career - his methods, mentors, mistakes and greatest triumphs. He takes us right inside the dressing room to trace the characters, challenges and decisions that have shaped him. The result is both a scintillating memoir and a rare insight into the business of leadership.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265427Thu, 26 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches Author: Carlo Ancelotti Narrator: Richard Lumsden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches Author: Carlo Ancelotti Narrator: Richard Lumsden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Quiet Leadership by Carlo Ancelotti, Chris Brady and Mike Forde. Read by Richard Lumsden. The legendary football coach finally tells his story and reveals his management secrets Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers of all time. With three Champions League trophies, and multiple league and cup titles from AC Milan to Chelsea to Real Madrid, his record is second to none. Yet Ancelotti's managerial approach could not be further from the aggressive theatricals favoured by many of his rivals. Rather than imposing his will on superstar players, he builds team cultures through the relationships he develops - he allows talent to flourish. His understated style has earned him the fierce loyalty of the likes of David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo. In Quiet Leadership, Ancelotti reveals the full, riveting story of his managerial career - his methods, mentors, mistakes and greatest triumphs. He takes us right inside the dressing room to trace the characters, challenges and decisions that have shaped him. The result is both a scintillating memoir and a rare insight into the business of leadership.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-okay-to-laugh-crying-is-cool-too-by-nora-mcinerny-purmort--65200585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Okay to Laugh: (Crying is Cool Too) Author: Nora McInerny Purmort Narrator: Nora McInerny Purmort Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora.” — Mandy Moore Joining the ranks of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Carry On, Warrior, a fierce, hysterically funny memoir that reminds us that comedy equals tragedy plus time. Twentysomething Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to boyfriend and job to job. Then she met Aaron, a charismatic art director and her kindred spirit. They made mix tapes (and pancakes) into the wee hours of the morning. They finished each other's sentences. They just knew. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and married after his first surgery. They had a baby when he was on chemo. They shared an amazing summer filled with happiness and laughter. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora's arms in another hospital bed. His wildly creative obituary, which they wrote together, touched the world. Now, Nora shares hysterical, moving, and painfully honest stories about her journey with Aaron. It's OK to Laugh explores universal themes of love, marriage, work, (single) motherhood, and depression through her refreshingly frank viewpoint. A love letter to life, in all of its messy glory, and what it's like to still be kickin', It's OK to Laugh is like a long chat with a close friend over a cup of coffee (or chardonnay).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263371Tue, 24 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Okay to Laugh: (Crying is Cool Too) Author: Nora McInerny Purmort Narrator: Nora McInerny Purmort Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Okay to Laugh: (Crying is Cool Too) Author: Nora McInerny Purmort Narrator: Nora McInerny Purmort Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora.” — Mandy Moore Joining the ranks of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Carry On, Warrior, a fierce, hysterically funny memoir that reminds us that comedy equals tragedy plus time. Twentysomething Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to boyfriend and job to job. Then she met Aaron, a charismatic art director and her kindred spirit. They made mix tapes (and pancakes) into the wee hours of the morning. They finished each other's sentences. They just knew. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and married after his first surgery. They had a baby when he was on chemo. They shared an amazing summer filled with happiness and laughter. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora's arms in another hospital bed. His wildly creative obituary, which they wrote together, touched the world. Now, Nora shares hysterical, moving, and painfully honest stories about her journey with Aaron. It's OK to Laugh explores universal themes of love, marriage, work, (single) motherhood, and depression through her refreshingly frank viewpoint. A love letter to life, in all of its messy glory, and what it's like to still be kickin', It's OK to Laugh is like a long chat with a close friend over a cup of coffee (or chardonnay).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/available-a-memoir-of-heartbreak-hookups-love-and-brunch-by-matteson-perry--65200570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch Author: Matteson Perry Narrator: Matteson Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From a breakout storytelling star at The Moth, a real-life romantic comedy about a guy and a girl—and twenty-nine other girls: a memoir about an unexpected break-up, one self-imposed year of being single, and how a “nice guy” survived dating in the twenty-first century. Matteson Perry is a Nice Guy. He remembers birthdays, politely averts his eyes on the subway, and enjoys backgammon. A serial monogamist, he’s never asked a stranger out. But when the girl he thought might be The One dumps him, he decides to turn his life around. He comes up with The Plan: 1. Be single for a year. 2. Date a lot of women. 3. Hurt no one’s feelings. He’s not out to get revenge, or to become a pickup artist; he just wants to disrupt his pattern, have some fun, and discover who he is. A quick-witted Everyman, Perry throws himself into the modern world of courtship and digital dating, only to discover that even the best-laid plans won’t necessarily get you laid. Over the course of a year he dated almost thirty different women, including a Swedish tourist, a former high school crush, a born-again virgin, a groupie, an actress, a lesbian, and a biter. In Available, award-winning storyteller Matteson Perry brings us into the inner sanctum of failed pick-up lines, uncomfortable courtships, awkward texts, and self-discovery, charting the highs and lows of single life and the lessons he learned along the way. Candid, empathetic, and devastatingly funny, Available is the ultimate real-life rom-com about learning to date, finding love, and becoming better at life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263469Tue, 24 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch Author: Matteson Perry Narrator: Matteson Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263469 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch Author: Matteson Perry Narrator: Matteson Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From a breakout storytelling star at The Moth, a real-life romantic comedy about a guy and a girl—and twenty-nine other girls: a memoir about an unexpected break-up, one self-imposed year of being single, and how a “nice guy” survived dating in the twenty-first century. Matteson Perry is a Nice Guy. He remembers birthdays, politely averts his eyes on the subway, and enjoys backgammon. A serial monogamist, he’s never asked a stranger out. But when the girl he thought might be The One dumps him, he decides to turn his life around. He comes up with The Plan: 1. Be single for a year. 2. Date a lot of women. 3. Hurt no one’s feelings. He’s not out to get revenge, or to become a pickup artist; he just wants to disrupt his pattern, have some fun, and discover who he is. A quick-witted Everyman, Perry throws himself into the modern world of courtship and digital dating, only to discover that even the best-laid plans won’t necessarily get you laid. Over the course of a year he dated almost thirty different women, including a Swedish tourist, a former high school crush, a born-again virgin, a groupie, an actress, a lesbian, and a biter. In Available, award-winning storyteller Matteson Perry brings us into the inner sanctum of failed pick-up lines, uncomfortable courtships, awkward texts, and self-discovery, charting the highs and lows of single life and the lessons he learned along the way. Candid, empathetic, and devastatingly funny, Available is the ultimate real-life rom-com about learning to date, finding love, and becoming better at life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jane-doe-january-my-twenty-year-search-for-truth-and-justice-by-emily-winslow--65200558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice Author: Emily Winslow Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Alice Sebold’s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force broke down the door of Arthur Fryar’s apartment in Brooklyn. His DNA, entered in the FBI’s criminal database after a drug conviction, had been matched to evidence from a rape in Pennsylvania years earlier. Over the next year, Fryar and his lawyer fought his extradition and prosecution for the rape—and another like it—which occurred in 1992. The names of the victims, one from January, the other from November, were suppressed; the prosecution and the media referred to them as Jane Doe. Now, Jane Doe January tells her story. Emily Winslow was a young drama student at Carnegie Mellon University’s elite conservatory in Pittsburgh when a man brutally attacked and raped her in January 1992. While the police's search for her rapist proved futile, Emily reclaimed her life. Over the course of the next two decades, she fell in love, married, had two children, and began writing mystery novels set in her new hometown of Cambridge, England. Then, in fall 2013, she received shocking news—the police had found her rapist. This is her intimate memoir—the story of a woman’s traumatic past catching up with her, in a country far from home, surrounded by people who have no idea what she’s endured. Caught between past and present, and between two very different cultures, the inquisitive and restless crime novelist searches for clarity. Beginning her own investigation, she delves into Fryar’s family and past, reconnects with the detectives of her case, and works with prosecutors in the months leading to trial. As she recounts her long-term quest for closure, Winslow offers a heartbreakingly honest look at a vicious crime—and offers invaluable insights into the mind and heart of a victim.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263952Tue, 24 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice Author: Emily Winslow Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice Author: Emily Winslow Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Alice Sebold’s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force broke down the door of Arthur Fryar’s apartment in Brooklyn. His DNA, entered in the FBI’s criminal database after a drug conviction, had been matched to evidence from a rape in Pennsylvania years earlier. Over the next year, Fryar and his lawyer fought his extradition and prosecution for the rape—and another like it—which occurred in 1992. The names of the victims, one from January, the other from November, were suppressed; the prosecution and the media referred to them as Jane Doe. Now, Jane Doe January tells her story. Emily Winslow was a young drama student at Carnegie Mellon University’s elite conservatory in Pittsburgh when a man brutally attacked and raped her in January 1992. While the police's search for her rapist proved futile, Emily reclaimed her life. Over the course of the next two decades, she fell in love, married, had two children, and began writing mystery novels set in her new hometown of Cambridge, England. Then, in fall 2013, she received shocking news—the police had found her rapist. This is her intimate memoir—the story of a woman’s traumatic past catching up with her, in a country far from home, surrounded by people who have no idea what she’s endured. Caught between past and present, and between two very different cultures, the inquisitive and restless crime novelist searches for clarity. Beginning her own investigation, she delves into Fryar’s family and past, reconnects with the detectives of her case, and works with prosecutors in the months leading to trial. As she recounts her long-term quest for closure, Winslow offers a heartbreakingly honest look at a vicious crime—and offers invaluable insights into the mind and heart of a victim.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-make-white-people-laugh-by-negin-farsad--65200546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Make White People Laugh Author: Negin Farsad Narrator: Negin Farsad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism. Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world through jokes. And yes, sometimes that includes fart jokes. In this candid and uproarious book, Farsad shares her personal experiences growing up as the 'other' in an American culture that has no time for nuance. In fact, she longed to be black and/or Mexican at various points of her youth, you know, like normal kids. Right? RIGHT? Writing bluntly and hilariously about the elements of race we are often too politically correct to discuss, Farsad takes a long hard look at the iconography that still shapes our concepts of 'black,' 'white,' and 'Muslim' today-and what it means when white culture defines the culture. Farsad asks the important questions like, What does it mean to have a hyphenated identity? How can we actually combat racism, stereotyping, and exclusion? Do Iranians get bunions at a higher rate than other ethnic groups? (She's asking for a friend.) How to Make White People Laugh tackles these questions with wit, humor, and incisive intellect. And along the way, you might just learn a thing or two about tetherball, Duck Dynasty, and wine slushies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658Tue, 24 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Make White People Laugh Author: Negin Farsad Narrator: Negin Farsad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Make White People Laugh Author: Negin Farsad Narrator: Negin Farsad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 24, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism. Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world through jokes. And yes, sometimes that includes fart jokes. In this candid and uproarious book, Farsad shares her personal experiences growing up as the 'other' in an American culture that has no time for nuance. In fact, she longed to be black and/or Mexican at various points of her youth, you know, like normal kids. Right? RIGHT? Writing bluntly and hilariously about the elements of race we are often too politically correct to discuss, Farsad takes a long hard look at the iconography that still shapes our concepts of 'black,' 'white,' and 'Muslim' today-and what it means when white culture defines the culture. Farsad asks the important questions like, What does it mean to have a hyphenated identity? How can we actually combat racism, stereotyping, and exclusion? Do Iranians get bunions at a higher rate than other ethnic groups? (She's asking for a friend.) How to Make White People Laugh tackles these questions with wit, humor, and incisive intellect. And along the way, you might just learn a thing or two about tetherball, Duck Dynasty, and wine slushies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bare-bones-i-m-not-lonely-if-you-re-reading-this-book-by-bobby-bones--65200586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book Author: Bobby Bones Narrator: Bobby Bones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 20 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A touching, funny, heart-wrenching, and triumphant memoir from one of the biggest names in radio, the host of The Bobby Bones Show, one of the most listened-to drive time morning radio shows in the nation. Growing up poor in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, with a young, addicted mom, Bobby Estell fell in love with country music. Abandoned by his father at the age of five, Bobby saw the radio as his way out—a dream that came true in college when he went on air at the Henderson State University campus station broadcasting as Bobby Bones, while simultaneously starting The Bobby Bones Show at 105.9 KLAZ. Bobby’s passions were pop, country music, and comedy, and he blended the three to become a tastemaker in the country music industry, heard by millions daily. Bobby broke the format of standard country radio, mixing country and pop with entertainment news and information, and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the business, including Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, and Jason Aldean. Yet despite the glamour, fame, and money, Bobby has never forgotten his roots, the mom and grandmother who raised him, the work ethic he embraced which saved him and encouraged him to explore the world, and the good values that shaped him. In this funny, poignant memoir told in Bobby’s distinctive patter, he takes fans on a tour of his road to radio. Bobby doesn’t shy away from the curves he continues to navigate—including his obsessive-compulsive disorder—on his journey to find the happiness of a healthy family. Funny and tender, raw and honest, Bare Bones is pure Bobby Bones—surprising, entertaining, inspiring, and authentic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263478Tue, 17 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book Author: Bobby Bones Narrator: Bobby Bones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book Author: Bobby Bones Narrator: Bobby Bones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 20 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A touching, funny, heart-wrenching, and triumphant memoir from one of the biggest names in radio, the host of The Bobby Bones Show, one of the most listened-to drive time morning radio shows in the nation. Growing up poor in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, with a young, addicted mom, Bobby Estell fell in love with country music. Abandoned by his father at the age of five, Bobby saw the radio as his way out—a dream that came true in college when he went on air at the Henderson State University campus station broadcasting as Bobby Bones, while simultaneously starting The Bobby Bones Show at 105.9 KLAZ. Bobby’s passions were pop, country music, and comedy, and he blended the three to become a tastemaker in the country music industry, heard by millions daily. Bobby broke the format of standard country radio, mixing country and pop with entertainment news and information, and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the business, including Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, and Jason Aldean. Yet despite the glamour, fame, and money, Bobby has never forgotten his roots, the mom and grandmother who raised him, the work ethic he embraced which saved him and encouraged him to explore the world, and the good values that shaped him. In this funny, poignant memoir told in Bobby’s distinctive patter, he takes fans on a tour of his road to radio. Bobby doesn’t shy away from the curves he continues to navigate—including his obsessive-compulsive disorder—on his journey to find the happiness of a healthy family. Funny and tender, raw and honest, Bare Bones is pure Bobby Bones—surprising, entertaining, inspiring, and authentic.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shrill-notes-from-a-loud-woman-by-lindy-west--65200584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Author: Lindy West Narrator: Lindy West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.61 of Total 18 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny. Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible -- like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you -- writer and humoristLindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but. From a painfully shy childhood in which she tried, unsuccessfully, to hide her big body and even bigger opinions; to her public war with stand-up comedians over rape jokes; to her struggle to convince herself, and then the world, that fat people have value; to her accidental activism and never-ending battle royale with Internet trolls, Lindy narrates her life with a blend of humor and pathos that manages to make a trip to the abortion clinic funny and wring tears out of a story about diarrhea. With inimitable good humor, vulnerability, and boundless charm, Lindy boldly shares how to survive in a world where not all stories are created equal and not all bodies are treated with equal respect, and how to weather hatred, loneliness, harassment, and loss, and walk away laughing. Shrill provocatively dissects what it means to become self-aware the hard way, to go from wanting to be silent and invisible to earning a living defending the silenced in all caps.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263208Tue, 17 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Author: Lindy West Narrator: Lindy West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Author: Lindy West Narrator: Lindy West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 37 Ratings of Narrator: 4.61 of Total 18 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny. Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible -- like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you -- writer and humoristLindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but. From a painfully shy childhood in which she tried, unsuccessfully, to hide her big body and even bigger opinions; to her public war with stand-up comedians over rape jokes; to her struggle to convince herself, and then the world, that fat people have value; to her accidental activism and never-ending battle royale with Internet trolls, Lindy narrates her life with a blend of humor and pathos that manages to make a trip to the abortion clinic funny and wring tears out of a story about diarrhea. With inimitable good humor, vulnerability, and boundless charm, Lindy boldly shares how to survive in a world where not all stories are created equal and not all bodies are treated with equal respect, and how to weather hatred, loneliness, harassment, and loss, and walk away laughing. Shrill provocatively dissects what it means to become self-aware the hard way, to go from wanting to be silent and invisible to earning a living defending the silenced in all caps.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vegas-diaries-romance-rolling-the-dice-and-the-road-to-reinvention-by-holly-madison--65200572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention Author: Holly Madison Narrator: Holly Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.53 of Total 15 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with this candid, humorous, and captivating memoir chronicling her journey toward reinvention and self-acceptance. When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If you're Holly Madison . . . there's no place like Las Vegas! After making the sudden decision to reclaim her life, Holly broke free from the sheltered, deceptive confines of the mansion (which meant exiting a hit television show) and was determined to start her life over . . . from scratch. Without the security of a job or relationship, she set out to reinvent herself on no one's terms but her own. Deciding to roll the dice and begin again in the glamorous and dreamlike city of Las Vegas, Holly quickly realized that while she may have left her past in the rearview mirror, the labels and stereotypes that came from it weren't so quick to leave her. With a fierce commitment to take charge of her own narrative, Holly dives headfirst into a journey of self-discovery. After a whirlwind stint on Dancing with the Stars, she snags the coveted lead role in the Strip's hottest new burlesque spectacular and lands a reality series spotlighting her new life as a single woman. If her own television show and dream job as a showgirl weren't enough to keep her busy, Holly explores the decadent, exclusive inner-world of Sin City, navigating it's social and dating scene with humor and heart. When it comes to romance, she is met with an eclectic cast of characters, from fame hounds to long distance loves to the occasional celebrity and more than one tabloid mishap. In this reflective, heartwarming memoir, Holly learns that each dating disaster holds an important, and in some cases difficult to face, lesson about herself. The Vegas Diaries is a comedy of errors, set against the glitz and glamour of the dazzling Vegas strip. Through the wild and crazy experiences on one young woman's quest to ''have it all,'' Holly faces her fears, anxieties, and insecurities to discover that her journey to self-sufficiency is also her path to healing. Letting go of trying to prove herself to others, Holly finally gains the courage to confront her past-and in the process finds the life and love she deserves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263481Tue, 17 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention Author: Holly Madison Narrator: Holly Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention Author: Holly Madison Narrator: Holly Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 4.53 of Total 15 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with this candid, humorous, and captivating memoir chronicling her journey toward reinvention and self-acceptance. When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If you're Holly Madison . . . there's no place like Las Vegas! After making the sudden decision to reclaim her life, Holly broke free from the sheltered, deceptive confines of the mansion (which meant exiting a hit television show) and was determined to start her life over . . . from scratch. Without the security of a job or relationship, she set out to reinvent herself on no one's terms but her own. Deciding to roll the dice and begin again in the glamorous and dreamlike city of Las Vegas, Holly quickly realized that while she may have left her past in the rearview mirror, the labels and stereotypes that came from it weren't so quick to leave her. With a fierce commitment to take charge of her own narrative, Holly dives headfirst into a journey of self-discovery. After a whirlwind stint on Dancing with the Stars, she snags the coveted lead role in the Strip's hottest new burlesque spectacular and lands a reality series spotlighting her new life as a single woman. If her own television show and dream job as a showgirl weren't enough to keep her busy, Holly explores the decadent, exclusive inner-world of Sin City, navigating it's social and dating scene with humor and heart. When it comes to romance, she is met with an eclectic cast of characters, from fame hounds to long distance loves to the occasional celebrity and more than one tabloid mishap. In this reflective, heartwarming memoir, Holly learns that each dating disaster holds an important, and in some cases difficult to face, lesson about herself. The Vegas Diaries is a comedy of errors, set against the glitz and glamour of the dazzling Vegas strip. Through the wild and crazy experiences on one young woman's quest to ''have it all,'' Holly faces her fears, anxieties, and insecurities to discover that her journey to self-sufficiency is also her path to healing. Letting go of trying to prove herself to others, Holly finally gains the courage to confront her past-and in the process finds the life and love she deserves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/32-yolks-from-my-mother-s-table-to-working-the-line-by-eric-ripert-veronica-chambers--65200565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line Author: Eric Ripert, Veronica Chambers Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring,” 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR In an industry where celebrity chefs are known as much for their salty talk and quick tempers as their food, Eric Ripert stands out. The winner of four James Beard Awards, co-owner and chef of a world-renowned restaurant, and recipient of countless Michelin stars, Ripert embodies elegance and culinary perfection. But before the accolades, before he even knew how to make a proper hollandaise sauce, Eric Ripert was a lonely young boy in the south of France whose life was falling apart. Ripert’s parents divorced when he was six, separating him from the father he idolized and replacing him with a cold, bullying stepfather who insisted that Ripert be sent away to boarding school. A few years later, Ripert’s father died on a hiking trip. Through these tough times, the one thing that gave Ripert comfort was food. Told that boys had no place in the kitchen, Ripert would instead watch from the doorway as his mother rolled couscous by hand or his grandmother pressed out the buttery dough for the treat he loved above all others, tarte aux pommes. When an eccentric local chef took him under his wing, an eleven-year-old Ripert realized that food was more than just an escape: It was his calling. That passion would carry him through the drudgery of culinary school and into the high-pressure world of Paris’s most elite restaurants, where Ripert discovered that learning to cook was the easy part—surviving the line was the battle. Taking us from Eric Ripert’s childhood in the south of France and the mountains of Andorra into the demanding kitchens of such legendary Parisian chefs as Joël Robuchon and Dominique Bouchet, until, at the age of twenty-four, Ripert made his way to the United States, 32 Yolks is the tender and richly told story of how one of our greatest living chefs found himself—and his home—in the kitchen. Praise for 32 Yolks “Passionate, poetical . . . What makes 32 Yolks compelling is the honesty and laudable humility Ripert brings to the telling.”—Chicago Tribune “With a vulnerability and honesty that is breathtaking . . . Ripert takes us into the mind of a boy with thoughts so sweet they will cause you to weep.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263601Tue, 17 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line Author: Eric Ripert, Veronica Chambers Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line Author: Eric Ripert, Veronica Chambers Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 17, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring,” 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR In an industry where celebrity chefs are known as much for their salty talk and quick tempers as their food, Eric Ripert stands out. The winner of four James Beard Awards, co-owner and chef of a world-renowned restaurant, and recipient of countless Michelin stars, Ripert embodies elegance and culinary perfection. But before the accolades, before he even knew how to make a proper hollandaise sauce, Eric Ripert was a lonely young boy in the south of France whose life was falling apart. Ripert’s parents divorced when he was six, separating him from the father he idolized and replacing him with a cold, bullying stepfather who insisted that Ripert be sent away to boarding school. A few years later, Ripert’s father died on a hiking trip. Through these tough times, the one thing that gave Ripert comfort was food. Told that boys had no place in the kitchen, Ripert would instead watch from the doorway as his mother rolled couscous by hand or his grandmother pressed out the buttery dough for the treat he loved above all others, tarte aux pommes. When an eccentric local chef took him under his wing, an eleven-year-old Ripert realized that food was more than just an escape: It was his calling. That passion would carry him through the drudgery of culinary school and into the high-pressure world of Paris’s most elite restaurants, where Ripert discovered that learning to cook was the easy part—surviving the line was the battle. Taking us from Eric Ripert’s childhood in the south of France and the mountains of Andorra into the demanding kitchens of such legendary Parisian chefs as Joël Robuchon and Dominique Bouchet, until, at the age of twenty-four, Ripert made his way to the United States, 32 Yolks is the tender and richly told story of how one of our greatest living chefs found himself—and his home—in the kitchen. Praise for 32 Yolks “Passionate, poetical . . . What makes 32 Yolks compelling is the honesty and laudable humility Ripert brings to the telling.”—Chicago Tribune “With a vulnerability and honesty that is breathtaking . . . Ripert takes us into the mind of a boy with thoughts so sweet they will cause you to weep.”—The Wall Street Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shut-up-legs-my-wild-ride-on-and-off-the-bike-by-jens-voigt--65200571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shut up Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike Author: Jens Voigt Narrator: Felix Auer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Even by the standards of a sport that requires enormous stamina and capacity for suffering, Jens Voigt is in a class on his own. Beloved by cycling fans for his madcap one-man breakaways as much as his sense of humour and quotable catchphrases, Jens is one of the most popular personalities in cycling. Jens was born near Hamburg, and came up through the East German system before the Wall came down. He got into the national team through the German army, before signing for his first big team. In many ways he is cycling’s anti-star; despite arguably spending more time at the front of the Tour de France than any other rider he has only worn the yellow jersey twice as his efforts have always been in the service of others. Jens embodies the best of cycling’s qualities – loyalty to his team, sacrifice, and devotion to the sport. He says, ‘I’m not a head person, I’m more of a heart and guts guy. That’s how I race.’ Shut Up Legs will be a funny, insightful and entertaining look at the tough realities of professional cycling, told in Jens’s trademark irreverent and inimitable style.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263514Thu, 12 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shut up Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike Author: Jens Voigt Narrator: Felix Auer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shut up Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike Author: Jens Voigt Narrator: Felix Auer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Even by the standards of a sport that requires enormous stamina and capacity for suffering, Jens Voigt is in a class on his own. Beloved by cycling fans for his madcap one-man breakaways as much as his sense of humour and quotable catchphrases, Jens is one of the most popular personalities in cycling. Jens was born near Hamburg, and came up through the East German system before the Wall came down. He got into the national team through the German army, before signing for his first big team. In many ways he is cycling’s anti-star; despite arguably spending more time at the front of the Tour de France than any other rider he has only worn the yellow jersey twice as his efforts have always been in the service of others. Jens embodies the best of cycling’s qualities – loyalty to his team, sacrifice, and devotion to the sport. He says, ‘I’m not a head person, I’m more of a heart and guts guy. That’s how I race.’ Shut Up Legs will be a funny, insightful and entertaining look at the tough realities of professional cycling, told in Jens’s trademark irreverent and inimitable style.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/teddy-and-me-confessions-of-a-service-human-by-michael-savage--65200583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teddy and Me: Confessions of a Service Human Author: Michael Savage Narrator: Holden Still Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Michael Savage delivers a heartwarming book about his experiences and relationship with his dog Teddy. Listeners know Teddy as the silent 'other host' of The Savage Nation. He's at Michael Savage's side during every broadcast, guarding the radio equipment and nipping the engineer's sneakers. But the fun doesn't end when the 'On-Air' light goes off. Teddy is Savage's constant companion, in the car, at home, and even shopping. Most important, he's Savage's inspiration, helping him remember the most important things in life are the little things. TEDDY AND ME is a rare glimpse into the life of one of America's most popular talk radio hosts. Come along for the ride as Savage and his best friend explore the streets of San Francisco, ride the 'Tedevator,' and read bedtime stories together. If you've ever wondered how the conservative icon who can go from zero to enraged in a matter of seconds has kept his sanity in an insane world, this book has the answer. To the political establishment, he's a force of nature, but to Teddy, Michael Savage is just his 'service human.' Spend a day in the life of a media giant and the most politically savvy canine alive in TEDDY AND ME.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263340Tue, 10 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teddy and Me: Confessions of a Service Human Author: Michael Savage Narrator: Holden Still Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263340 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Teddy and Me: Confessions of a Service Human Author: Michael Savage Narrator: Holden Still Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Michael Savage delivers a heartwarming book about his experiences and relationship with his dog Teddy. Listeners know Teddy as the silent 'other host' of The Savage Nation. He's at Michael Savage's side during every broadcast, guarding the radio equipment and nipping the engineer's sneakers. But the fun doesn't end when the 'On-Air' light goes off. Teddy is Savage's constant companion, in the car, at home, and even shopping. Most important, he's Savage's inspiration, helping him remember the most important things in life are the little things. TEDDY AND ME is a rare glimpse into the life of one of America's most popular talk radio hosts. Come along for the ride as Savage and his best friend explore the streets of San Francisco, ride the 'Tedevator,' and read bedtime stories together. If you've ever wondered how the conservative icon who can go from zero to enraged in a matter of seconds has kept his sanity in an insane world, this book has the answer. To the political establishment, he's a force of nature, but to Teddy, Michael Savage is just his 'service human.' Spend a day in the life of a media giant and the most politically savvy canine alive in TEDDY AND ME.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sun-the-moon-the-rolling-stones-by-rich-cohen--65200560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones Author: Rich Cohen Narrator: Rich Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A gritty, one-of-a-kind backstage account of the world’s greatest touring band, from the opinionated music journalist who was along for the ride as a young reporter for Rolling Stone in the 1990s   ONE OF THE TOP FIVE ROCK BIOGRAPHIES OF THE YEAR—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE  ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—KIRKUS REVIEWS   A book inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on obsession, Rich Cohen’s fresh and galvanizing narrative history of the Rolling Stones begins with the fateful meeting of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on a train platform in 1961—and goes on to span decades, with a focus on the golden run—from the albums Beggars Banquet (1968) to Exile on Main Street (1972)—when the Stones were at the height of their powers. Cohen is equally as good on the low points as the highs, and he puts his finger on the moments that not only defined the Stones as gifted musicians schooled in the blues, but as the avatars of so much in our modern culture. In the end, though, after the drugs and the girlfriends and the bitter disputes, there is the music—which will define, once and forever, why the Stones will always matter. Praise for The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones “Fabulous . . . The research is meticulous. . . . Cohen’s own interviews even yield some new Stones lore.”—The Wall Street Journal “[Cohen] can catch the way a record can seem to remake the world [and] how songs make a world you can’t escape.”—Pitchfork “No one can tell this story, wringing new life even from the leathery faces of mummies like the Rolling Stones, like Rich Cohen. . . . The book beautifully details the very meaning of rock ’n’ roll.”—New York Observer “Masterful . . . Hundreds of books have been written about this particular band and [Cohen’s] will rank among the very best of the bunch.”—Chicago Tribune “Cohen, who has shown time and time again he can take any history lesson and make it personal and interesting . . . somehow tells the [Stones’] story in a whole different way. This might be the best music book of 2016.”—Men’s Journal “[Cohen’s] account of the band’s rise from ‘footloose’ kids to ‘old, clean, prosperous’ stars is, like the Stones, irresistible.”—People “You will, as with the best music bios, want to follow along on vinyl.”—The Washington Post “A fresh take on dusty topics like Altamont and the Stones’ relationship with the Beatles . . . Cohen takes pilgrimages to places like Nellcôte, the French mansion where the Stones made Exile on Main Street, and recounts fascinating moments from his time on tour.”—Rolling Stone “On the short list of worthwhile books about the Stones . . . The book is stuffed with insights.”—San Francisco Chronicle]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263618Tue, 10 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones Author: Rich Cohen Narrator: Rich Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones Author: Rich Cohen Narrator: Rich Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A gritty, one-of-a-kind backstage account of the world’s greatest touring band, from the opinionated music journalist who was along for the ride as a young reporter for Rolling Stone in the 1990s   ONE OF THE TOP FIVE ROCK BIOGRAPHIES OF THE YEAR—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE  ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—KIRKUS REVIEWS   A book inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on obsession, Rich Cohen’s fresh and galvanizing narrative history of the Rolling Stones begins with the fateful meeting of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on a train platform in 1961—and goes on to span decades, with a focus on the golden run—from the albums Beggars Banquet (1968) to Exile on Main Street (1972)—when the Stones were at the height of their powers. Cohen is equally as good on the low points as the highs, and he puts his finger on the moments that not only defined the Stones as gifted musicians schooled in the blues, but as the avatars of so much in our modern culture. In the end, though, after the drugs and the girlfriends and the bitter disputes, there is the music—which will define, once and forever, why the Stones will always matter. Praise for The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones “Fabulous . . . The research is meticulous. . . . Cohen’s own interviews even yield some new Stones lore.”—The Wall Street Journal “[Cohen] can catch the way a record can seem to remake the world [and] how songs make a world you can’t escape.”—Pitchfork “No one can tell this story, wringing new life even from the leathery faces of mummies like the Rolling Stones, like Rich Cohen. . . . The book beautifully details the very meaning of rock ’n’ roll.”—New York Observer “Masterful . . . Hundreds of books have been written about this particular band and [Cohen’s] will rank among the very best of the bunch.”—Chicago Tribune “Cohen, who has shown time and time again he can take any history lesson and make it personal and interesting . . . somehow tells the [Stones’] story in a whole different way. This might be the best music book of 2016.”—Men’s Journal “[Cohen’s] account of the band’s rise from ‘footloose’ kids to ‘old, clean, prosperous’ stars is, like the Stones, irresistible.”—People “You will, as with the best music bios, want to follow along on vinyl.”—The Washington Post “A fresh take on dusty topics like Altamont and the Stones’ relationship with the Beatles . . . Cohen takes pilgrimages to places like Nellcôte, the French mansion where the Stones made Exile on Main Street, and recounts fascinating moments from his time on tour.”—Rolling Stone “On the short list of worthwhile books about the Stones . . . The book is stuffed with insights.”—San Francisco Chronicle]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boy-erased-a-memoir-by-garrard-conley--65200528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Erased: A Memoir Author: Garrard Conley Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.47 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. 'Every sentence of the story will stir your soul' (O Magazine).   The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality.   When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness.   By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264431Tue, 10 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Erased: A Memoir Author: Garrard Conley Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Erased: A Memoir Author: Garrard Conley Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.47 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. 'Every sentence of the story will stir your soul' (O Magazine).   The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality.   When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness.   By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fingers-in-the-sparkle-jar-a-memoir-by-chris-packham--65200582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Author: Chris Packham Narrator: Chris Packham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence. An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham was only at home in the fields and woods around his suburban home. But when he stole a young kestrel from its nest, he was about to embark on a friendship that would teach him what it meant to love, and that would change him forever. In his rich, lyrical and emotionally exposing memoir, Chris brings to life his childhood in the 70s, from his bedroom bursting with fox skulls, birds' eggs and sweaty jam jars, to his feral adventures. But pervading his story is the search for freedom, meaning and acceptance in a world that didn’t understand him. Beautifully wrought, this coming-of-age memoir will be unlike any you’ve ever read.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263510Thu, 05 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Author: Chris Packham Narrator: Chris Packham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir Author: Chris Packham Narrator: Chris Packham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence. An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham was only at home in the fields and woods around his suburban home. But when he stole a young kestrel from its nest, he was about to embark on a friendship that would teach him what it meant to love, and that would change him forever. In his rich, lyrical and emotionally exposing memoir, Chris brings to life his childhood in the 70s, from his bedroom bursting with fox skulls, birds' eggs and sweaty jam jars, to his feral adventures. But pervading his story is the search for freedom, meaning and acceptance in a world that didn’t understand him. Beautifully wrought, this coming-of-age memoir will be unlike any you’ve ever read.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-different-kind-of-daughter-the-girl-who-hid-from-the-taliban-in-plain-sight-by-katharine-holstein-maria-toorpakai--65200603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight Author: Katharine Holstein, Maria Toorpakai Narrator: Neela Vaswani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram-un-Islamic--forbidden--and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over women's rights. "Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed A Different Kind of Daughter tells of Maria's harrowing journey to play the sport she knew was her destiny, first living as a boy and roaming the violent back alleys of the frontier city of Peshawar, rising to become the number one female squash player in Pakistan. For Maria, squash was more than liberation-it was salvation. But it was also a death sentence, thrusting her into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban, who wanted Maria and her family dead. Maria knew her only chance of survival was to flee the country. Enter Jonathon Power, the first North American to earn the title of top squash player in the world, and the only person to heed Maria's plea for help. Recognizing her determination and talent, Jonathon invited Maria to train and compete internationally in Canada. After years of living on the run from the Taliban, Maria packed up and left the only place she had ever known to move halfway across the globe and pursue her dream. Now Maria is well on the way to becoming a world champion as she continues to be a voice for oppressed women everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261035Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight Author: Katharine Holstein, Maria Toorpakai Narrator: Neela Vaswani...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight Author: Katharine Holstein, Maria Toorpakai Narrator: Neela Vaswani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram-un-Islamic--forbidden--and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning rod of freedom in her country's fierce battle over women's rights. "Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed A Different Kind of Daughter tells of Maria's harrowing journey to play the sport she knew was her destiny, first living as a boy and roaming the violent back alleys of the frontier city of Peshawar, rising to become the number one female squash player in Pakistan. For Maria, squash was more than liberation-it was salvation. But it was also a death sentence, thrusting her into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban, who wanted Maria and her family dead. Maria knew her only chance of survival was to flee the country. Enter Jonathon Power, the first North American to earn the title of top squash player in the world, and the only person to heed Maria's plea for help. Recognizing her determination and talent, Jonathon invited Maria to train and compete internationally in Canada. After years of living on the run from the Taliban, Maria packed up and left the only place she had ever known to move halfway across the globe and pursue her dream. Now Maria is well on the way to becoming a world champion as she continues to be a voice for oppressed women everywhere.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/five-presidents-my-extraordinary-journey-with-eisenhower-kennedy-johnson-nixon-and-ford-by-lisa-mccubbin-hill-clint-hill--65200601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Author: Lisa Mccubbin Hill, Clint Hill Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.37 of Total 19 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. The assassination of one president, the resignation of another, and the swearing-in of the two who followed those traumatic events. Clint Hill was there, on duty, through Five Presidents. After an extraordinary career as a Special Agent on the White House Detail, Clint Hill retired in 1975. His career spanned the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. A witness to some of the most pivotal moments in the twentieth century, Hill lets you walk in his shoes alongside the most powerful men in the world during tumultuous times in America’s history—the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of Vice President Spiro Agnew and President Nixon. It was indeed a turbulent time—and through it all, Clint Hill had a unique insider perspective. His fascinating stories will shed new light on the character and personality of each of these five presidents, as Hill witnesses their human sides in the face of grave decisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262989Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Author: Lisa Mccubbin Hill, Clint Hill Narrator: George...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Author: Lisa Mccubbin Hill, Clint Hill Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.37 of Total 19 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November reflects on his seventeen years on the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. The assassination of one president, the resignation of another, and the swearing-in of the two who followed those traumatic events. Clint Hill was there, on duty, through Five Presidents. After an extraordinary career as a Special Agent on the White House Detail, Clint Hill retired in 1975. His career spanned the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. A witness to some of the most pivotal moments in the twentieth century, Hill lets you walk in his shoes alongside the most powerful men in the world during tumultuous times in America’s history—the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy; the Vietnam War; Watergate; and the resignations of Vice President Spiro Agnew and President Nixon. It was indeed a turbulent time—and through it all, Clint Hill had a unique insider perspective. His fascinating stories will shed new light on the character and personality of each of these five presidents, as Hill witnesses their human sides in the face of grave decisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/champagne-baby-how-one-parisian-learned-to-love-wine-and-life-the-american-way-by-laure-dugas--65200599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Champagne Baby: How One Parisian Learned to Love Wine—and Life—the American Way Author: Laure Dugas Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Fresh, charming, and wholly irresistible, Champagne Baby turns a familiar tale on its head: instead of yet another American seeking the French secret to good living, a Frenchwoman finds her purpose—much to her surprise—in America. Laure Dugas is a champagne baby, born into a family of winemakers from two storied regions of France: Champagne and the Rhône Valley. When Laure was an infant, her mother would dip a finger in wine and dab it on Laure’s lips to acclimate her to the taste and aroma. But Laure wants little to do with the family business. It is only at age twenty-three, when her uncle offers to send her to New York City to learn English and represent his wines to the American market, that Laure bids adieu to her boyfriend and begins her journey of discovery. The job, it turns out, is both harder and easier than expected. Laure must speak in a new language about a subject in which she has no expertise. But an experienced wine saleswoman shares the secret for faking it: “Always. Be. French.” After all, who could claim to know more about wine than a Frenchwoman? With the pedigree of an expert, even as she feels like a fraud, Laure dives into an industry still dominated by men, winning over restaurateurs and sommeliers, diligently developing her palate, and traveling across the vast country that is her new home. For the first time, Laure is able to distinguish among the famous wines of her native land. She learns to greet a wine by the nose and judge a bottle not by its industry rating but by the balance of its flavors. Overcoming homesickness, culture shock, and the trials of a long-distance relationship, Laure manages to settle into her new milieu, her wine-glass-half-full attitude turning an eight-month stint into a three-year adventure. Part coming-of-age memoir, part travelogue, sprinkled throughout with regional maps and wine recommendations, Champagne Baby imparts the critical lessons that pair with both wine and life: “you’re better than the cheapest bottle,” “there’s always occasion for champagne,” and “trust your palate.” It encourages listeners to view themselves and their surroundings with newfound appreciation, and to raise their glasses with open-mindedness and joy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262959Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Champagne Baby: How One Parisian Learned to Love Wine—and Life—the American Way Author: Laure Dugas Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Champagne Baby: How One Parisian Learned to Love Wine—and Life—the American Way Author: Laure Dugas Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Fresh, charming, and wholly irresistible, Champagne Baby turns a familiar tale on its head: instead of yet another American seeking the French secret to good living, a Frenchwoman finds her purpose—much to her surprise—in America. Laure Dugas is a champagne baby, born into a family of winemakers from two storied regions of France: Champagne and the Rhône Valley. When Laure was an infant, her mother would dip a finger in wine and dab it on Laure’s lips to acclimate her to the taste and aroma. But Laure wants little to do with the family business. It is only at age twenty-three, when her uncle offers to send her to New York City to learn English and represent his wines to the American market, that Laure bids adieu to her boyfriend and begins her journey of discovery. The job, it turns out, is both harder and easier than expected. Laure must speak in a new language about a subject in which she has no expertise. But an experienced wine saleswoman shares the secret for faking it: “Always. Be. French.” After all, who could claim to know more about wine than a Frenchwoman? With the pedigree of an expert, even as she feels like a fraud, Laure dives into an industry still dominated by men, winning over restaurateurs and sommeliers, diligently developing her palate, and traveling across the vast country that is her new home. For the first time, Laure is able to distinguish among the famous wines of her native land. She learns to greet a wine by the nose and judge a bottle not by its industry rating but by the balance of its flavors. Overcoming homesickness, culture shock, and the trials of a long-distance relationship, Laure manages to settle into her new milieu, her wine-glass-half-full attitude turning an eight-month stint into a three-year adventure. Part coming-of-age memoir, part travelogue, sprinkled throughout with regional maps and wine recommendations, Champagne Baby imparts the critical lessons that pair with both wine and life: “you’re better than the cheapest bottle,” “there’s always occasion for champagne,” and “trust your palate.” It encourages listeners to view themselves and their surroundings with newfound appreciation, and to raise their glasses with open-mindedness and joy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/granite-mountain-the-firsthand-account-of-a-tragic-wildfire-its-lone-survivor-and-the-firefighters-who-made-the-ultimate-sacrifice-by-bre--65200598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Granite Mountain: The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice Author: Brendan Mcdonough Narrator: John Glouchevitch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A 'unique and bracing' (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 'hotshots' -- firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona. Their leader, Eric Marsh, was in a desperate crunch after four hotshots left the unit, and perhaps seeing a glimmer of promise in the skinny would-be recruit, he took a chance on the unlikely McDonough, and the chance paid off. Despite the crew's skepticism, and thanks in large part to Marsh's firm but loving encouragement, McDonough unlocked a latent drive and dedication, going on to successfully battle a number of blazes and eventually win the confidence of the men he came to call his brothers. Then, on June 30, 2013, while McDonough -- 'Donut' as he'd been dubbed by his team--served as lookout, they confronted a freak, 3,000-degree inferno in nearby Yarnell, Arizona. The relentless firestorm ultimately trapped his hotshot brothers, tragically killing all 19 of them within minutes. Nationwide, it was the greatest loss of firefighter lives since the 9/11 attacks. Granite Mountain is a gripping memoir that traces McDonough's story of finding his way out of the dead end of drugs, finding his purpose among the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and the minute-by-minute account of the fateful day he lost the very men who had saved him. A harrowing and redemptive tale of resilience in the face of tragedy, Granite Mountain is also a powerful reminder of the heroism of the people who put themselves in harm's way to protect us every day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263209Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Granite Mountain: The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice Author: Brendan...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Granite Mountain: The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice Author: Brendan Mcdonough Narrator: John Glouchevitch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A 'unique and bracing' (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 'hotshots' -- firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona. Their leader, Eric Marsh, was in a desperate crunch after four hotshots left the unit, and perhaps seeing a glimmer of promise in the skinny would-be recruit, he took a chance on the unlikely McDonough, and the chance paid off. Despite the crew's skepticism, and thanks in large part to Marsh's firm but loving encouragement, McDonough unlocked a latent drive and dedication, going on to successfully battle a number of blazes and eventually win the confidence of the men he came to call his brothers. Then, on June 30, 2013, while McDonough -- 'Donut' as he'd been dubbed by his team--served as lookout, they confronted a freak, 3,000-degree inferno in nearby Yarnell, Arizona. The relentless firestorm ultimately trapped his hotshot brothers, tragically killing all 19 of them within minutes. Nationwide, it was the greatest loss of firefighter lives since the 9/11 attacks. Granite Mountain is a gripping memoir that traces McDonough's story of finding his way out of the dead end of drugs, finding his purpose among the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and the minute-by-minute account of the fateful day he lost the very men who had saved him. A harrowing and redemptive tale of resilience in the face of tragedy, Granite Mountain is also a powerful reminder of the heroism of the people who put themselves in harm's way to protect us every day.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/god-gave-me-you-by-tricia-seaman--65200593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Gave Me You Author: Tricia Seaman Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When a single mother with terminal cancer asked a nurse she’d met in the oncology ward to raise her son, neither could have imagined the miracles God had in store. God Gave Me You tells the true story of how these two incredible mothers met, the immediate bond they formed, and the ups and downs of joining families as one’s earthly life ebbed away. The miracle of these two families coming together demonstrates that family isn’t always blood—sometimes it’s made up of the people God gives you if you have a willing heart. Oncology nurse Tricia Seaman and her family had their hearts set on adopting a son. They were months into the grueling process when Tricia met a terminally ill cancer patient on her regular rounds. Curiously, the two shared the same name. Trish Somers was that patient—a single mom whose world revolved around her eight-year-old son, Wesley. As the young mother poured out her fears and emotions during her post-operative care, Tricia sensed theirs would be like no other nurse-patient relationship she had experienced in her career. When the cancer spread, it became clear Trish had only a short time left to live. That’s when the inconceivable happened: Trish asked her nurse—a woman who had been a complete stranger just days before—to raise her beloved son when she passed away. God Gave Me You will inspire you with a story of courage, trust, and faith that God’s plans are bigger and more amazing then we could hope for on our own. It’s a story you’ll turn to again and again when you’re looking for hope and a reason to believe in miracles.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262996Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Gave Me You Author: Tricia Seaman Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Gave Me You Author: Tricia Seaman Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When a single mother with terminal cancer asked a nurse she’d met in the oncology ward to raise her son, neither could have imagined the miracles God had in store. God Gave Me You tells the true story of how these two incredible mothers met, the immediate bond they formed, and the ups and downs of joining families as one’s earthly life ebbed away. The miracle of these two families coming together demonstrates that family isn’t always blood—sometimes it’s made up of the people God gives you if you have a willing heart. Oncology nurse Tricia Seaman and her family had their hearts set on adopting a son. They were months into the grueling process when Tricia met a terminally ill cancer patient on her regular rounds. Curiously, the two shared the same name. Trish Somers was that patient—a single mom whose world revolved around her eight-year-old son, Wesley. As the young mother poured out her fears and emotions during her post-operative care, Tricia sensed theirs would be like no other nurse-patient relationship she had experienced in her career. When the cancer spread, it became clear Trish had only a short time left to live. That’s when the inconceivable happened: Trish asked her nurse—a woman who had been a complete stranger just days before—to raise her beloved son when she passed away. God Gave Me You will inspire you with a story of courage, trust, and faith that God’s plans are bigger and more amazing then we could hope for on our own. It’s a story you’ll turn to again and again when you’re looking for hope and a reason to believe in miracles.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cook-up-a-crack-rock-memoir-by-d-watkins--65200577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir Author: D. Watkins Narrator: D. Watkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, but told by the man who lived it, The Cook Up is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade portrayed in The Wire and an incredible story of redemption. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore, D. was certain he would escape the life of drugs, decadence, and violence that had surrounded him since birth. But when his brother Devin is shot-only days after D. receives notice that he's been accepted into Georgetown University-the plans for his life are exploded, and he takes up the mantel of his brother's crack empire. D. succeeds in cultivating the family business, but when he meets a woman unlike any he's known before, his priorities are once more put into question. Equally terrifying and hilarious, inspiring and heartbreaking, D.'s story offers a rare glimpse into the mentality of a person who has escaped many hells.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264659Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir Author: D. Watkins Narrator: D. Watkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264659 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir Author: D. Watkins Narrator: D. Watkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, but told by the man who lived it, The Cook Up is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade portrayed in The Wire and an incredible story of redemption. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore, D. was certain he would escape the life of drugs, decadence, and violence that had surrounded him since birth. But when his brother Devin is shot-only days after D. receives notice that he's been accepted into Georgetown University-the plans for his life are exploded, and he takes up the mantel of his brother's crack empire. D. succeeds in cultivating the family business, but when he meets a woman unlike any he's known before, his priorities are once more put into question. Equally terrifying and hilarious, inspiring and heartbreaking, D.'s story offers a rare glimpse into the mentality of a person who has escaped many hells.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bridge-ladies-a-memoir-by-betsy-lerner--65200576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir Author: Betsy Lerner Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding. When Roz needs help after surgery, it falls to Betsy to take care of her. She expected a week of tense civility; what she got instead were the Bridge Ladies. Impressed by their loyalty, she saw something her generation lacked. Facebook was great, but it wouldn’t deliver a pot roast. Tentatively at first, Betsy becomes a regular at her mother’s Monday Bridge club. Through her friendships with the ladies, she is finally able to face years of misunderstandings and family tragedy, the Bridge table becoming the common ground she and Roz never had. By turns darkly funny and deeply moving, The Bridge Ladies is the unforgettable story of a hard-won—but never-too-late—bond between mother and daughter.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263016Tue, 03 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir Author: Betsy Lerner Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir Author: Betsy Lerner Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding. When Roz needs help after surgery, it falls to Betsy to take care of her. She expected a week of tense civility; what she got instead were the Bridge Ladies. Impressed by their loyalty, she saw something her generation lacked. Facebook was great, but it wouldn’t deliver a pot roast. Tentatively at first, Betsy becomes a regular at her mother’s Monday Bridge club. Through her friendships with the ladies, she is finally able to face years of misunderstandings and family tragedy, the Bridge table becoming the common ground she and Roz never had. By turns darkly funny and deeply moving, The Bridge Ladies is the unforgettable story of a hard-won—but never-too-late—bond between mother and daughter.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-moment-of-a-fall-a-memoir-of-recovery-through-emdr-therapy-by-carol-e-miller--65200621https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Moment of a Fall: A Memoir of Recovery through EMDR Therapy Author: Carol E. Miller Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Carol E. Miller was sixteen when the private plane piloted by her father crashed, pinning her in the wreckage, critically injuring her parents, and killing her twelve-year-old sister. Compounding this traumatic event, her father told her he wished she had died instead of her sister. For the next twenty years, she labored under feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth. When another in a long line of personal crises landed her in therapy with an EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) practitioner, she began at last to investigate the crippling effects of the plane crash. Using bilateral stimulation to access her fiercely guarded memories, she learned to challenge the belief that the crash was all her fault and that she didn’t deserve to be alive. This is a brave and revealing memoir of recovery from tragedy, and a fascinating, vividly narrated exploration of the increasingly popular eye-movement therapy developed to heal the wounds trauma leaves in its wake.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262964Sun, 01 May 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Moment of a Fall: A Memoir of Recovery through EMDR Therapy Author: Carol E. Miller Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Moment of a Fall: A Memoir of Recovery through EMDR Therapy Author: Carol E. Miller Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Carol E. Miller was sixteen when the private plane piloted by her father crashed, pinning her in the wreckage, critically injuring her parents, and killing her twelve-year-old sister. Compounding this traumatic event, her father told her he wished she had died instead of her sister. For the next twenty years, she labored under feelings of guilt and lack of self-worth. When another in a long line of personal crises landed her in therapy with an EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) practitioner, she began at last to investigate the crippling effects of the plane crash. Using bilateral stimulation to access her fiercely guarded memories, she learned to challenge the belief that the crash was all her fault and that she didn’t deserve to be alive. This is a brave and revealing memoir of recovery from tragedy, and a fascinating, vividly narrated exploration of the increasingly popular eye-movement therapy developed to heal the wounds trauma leaves in its wake.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boxing-for-cuba-an-immigrant-s-story-by-guillermo-vicente-vidal--65200561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant’s Story Author: Guillermo Vicente Vidal Narrator: B.J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 28, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Guillermo Vicente Vidal's memoir chronicles his journey from Castro's Cuba to the United States—a tapestry of his coming of age, a broken family, and disorientation of political unrest. Vidal was barely ten years old when he proudly shook the hand of Fidel Castro. Although Vidal’s parents were once staunch supporters of La Revolucion, they soon found they could no longer keep their sons safe in the new face of Castro’s reign, making the difficult decision to send Vidal and his brothers to the U.S. via Operation Peter Pan in 1961. Vidal was on his way to Sacred Heart Orphanage in Pueblo, Colorado when a chance encounter in the airport led to shaking the hand of Robert Kennedy. Years later, Vidal graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver. He went on to become executive director of the state department of transportation and head of the Denver Regional Council of Governments before he was tapped by Mayor John Hickenlooper to become Deputy Mayor. When Hickenlooper became the Colorado Governor, Vidal became the Mayor of Denver. Despite his fears, as an adult Guillermo returns to his beloved Camagüey and delivers truths that shows the beauty and struggles that remain to this day. ""Boxing For Cuba"" is not just a story. It is a tale of faith, hope and a family who becomes more than Operation Peter Pan could have ever dreamed."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264620Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant’s Story Author: Guillermo Vicente Vidal Narrator: B.J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/264620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant’s Story Author: Guillermo Vicente Vidal Narrator: B.J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: April 28, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Guillermo Vicente Vidal's memoir chronicles his journey from Castro's Cuba to the United States—a tapestry of his coming of age, a broken family, and disorientation of political unrest. Vidal was barely ten years old when he proudly shook the hand of Fidel Castro. Although Vidal’s parents were once staunch supporters of La Revolucion, they soon found they could no longer keep their sons safe in the new face of Castro’s reign, making the difficult decision to send Vidal and his brothers to the U.S. via Operation Peter Pan in 1961. Vidal was on his way to Sacred Heart Orphanage in Pueblo, Colorado when a chance encounter in the airport led to shaking the hand of Robert Kennedy. Years later, Vidal graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver. He went on to become executive director of the state department of transportation and head of the Denver Regional Council of Governments before he was tapped by Mayor John Hickenlooper to become Deputy Mayor. When Hickenlooper became the Colorado Governor, Vidal became the Mayor of Denver. Despite his fears, as an adult Guillermo returns to his beloved Camagüey and delivers truths that shows the beauty and struggles that remain to this day. ""Boxing For Cuba"" is not just a story. It is a tale of faith, hope and a family who becomes more than Operation Peter Pan could have ever dreamed."]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shoe-dog-a-memoir-by-the-creator-of-nike-by-phil-knight--65200625https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Author: Phil Knight Narrator: Norbert Leo Butz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 1081 Ratings of Narrator: 4.74 of Total 125 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of the year and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.” Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always been a mystery. In Shoe Dog, he tells his story at last. At twenty-four, Knight decides that rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, new, dynamic, different. He details the many risks he encountered, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers—as well as his many thrilling triumphs. Above all, he recalls the relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the transformative power of sports, they created a brand—and a culture—that changed everything.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262123Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Author: Phil Knight Narrator: Norbert Leo Butz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Author: Phil Knight Narrator: Norbert Leo Butz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 1081 Ratings of Narrator: 4.74 of Total 125 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of the year and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.” Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always been a mystery. In Shoe Dog, he tells his story at last. At twenty-four, Knight decides that rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, new, dynamic, different. He details the many risks he encountered, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers—as well as his many thrilling triumphs. Above all, he recalls the relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the transformative power of sports, they created a brand—and a culture—that changed everything.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sex-with-shakespeare-here-s-much-to-do-with-pain-but-more-with-love-by-jillian-keenan--65200607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love Author: Jillian Keenan Narrator: Jillian Keenan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A provocative, moving, kinky, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, love, obsession, and spanking When it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her—until a production of The Tempest sent Shakespeare’s language flowing through her blood for the first time. In Sex with Shakespeare, she tells the story of how the Bard’s plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own. Four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, Keenan’s smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a springboard, she explores the many facets of love and sexuality—from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist—like Jillian herself. In Macbeth, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of “privacy.” The Taming of the Shrew goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while King Lear exposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In Sex with Shakespeare, words are love. As Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her —and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262286Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love Author: Jillian Keenan Narrator: Jillian Keenan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love Author: Jillian Keenan Narrator: Jillian Keenan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A provocative, moving, kinky, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, love, obsession, and spanking When it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her—until a production of The Tempest sent Shakespeare’s language flowing through her blood for the first time. In Sex with Shakespeare, she tells the story of how the Bard’s plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own. Four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, Keenan’s smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a springboard, she explores the many facets of love and sexuality—from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist—like Jillian herself. In Macbeth, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of “privacy.” The Taming of the Shrew goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while King Lear exposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In Sex with Shakespeare, words are love. As Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her —and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-series-of-catastrophes-and-miracles-a-true-story-of-love-science-and-cancer-by-mary-elizabeth-williams--65200604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer Author: Mary Elizabeth Williams Narrator: Mary Elizabeth Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death—and be restored to life After being diagnosed in her early forties with metastatic melanoma—a “rapidly fatal” form of cancer—journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly, her cancer disappears entirely in just a few weeks. But at the same time, her best friend embarks on a cancer journey of her own—with very different results. Williams’ experiences as a patient and a medical test subject reveal with stark honesty what it takes to weather disease, the extraordinary new developments that are rewriting the rules of science—and the healing power of human connection.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262767Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer Author: Mary Elizabeth Williams Narrator: Mary Elizabeth Williams...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262767 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer Author: Mary Elizabeth Williams Narrator: Mary Elizabeth Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death—and be restored to life After being diagnosed in her early forties with metastatic melanoma—a “rapidly fatal” form of cancer—journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly, her cancer disappears entirely in just a few weeks. But at the same time, her best friend embarks on a cancer journey of her own—with very different results. Williams’ experiences as a patient and a medical test subject reveal with stark honesty what it takes to weather disease, the extraordinary new developments that are rewriting the rules of science—and the healing power of human connection.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-age-a-beginner-s-guide-by-michael-kinsley--65200595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Age: A Beginner's Guide Author: Michael Kinsley Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked 'Exit.' The notorious baby boomers—the largest age cohort in history—are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that all about? Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you’re gone the reputation you leave behind? In this series of essays, Michael Kinsley uses his own battle with Parkinson’s disease to unearth answers to questions we are all at some time forced to confront. “Sometimes,” he writes, “I feel like a scout from my generation, sent out ahead to experience in my fifties what even the healthiest Boomers are going to experience in their sixties, seventies, or eighties.” This surprisingly cheerful book is at once a fresh assessment of a generation and a frequently funny account of one man’s journey toward the finish line. “The least misfortune can do to make up for itself is to be interesting,” he writes. “Parkinson’s disease has fulfilled that obligation.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263259Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Age: A Beginner's Guide Author: Michael Kinsley Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Age: A Beginner's Guide Author: Michael Kinsley Narrator: Danny Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked 'Exit.' The notorious baby boomers—the largest age cohort in history—are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that all about? Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you’re gone the reputation you leave behind? In this series of essays, Michael Kinsley uses his own battle with Parkinson’s disease to unearth answers to questions we are all at some time forced to confront. “Sometimes,” he writes, “I feel like a scout from my generation, sent out ahead to experience in my fifties what even the healthiest Boomers are going to experience in their sixties, seventies, or eighties.” This surprisingly cheerful book is at once a fresh assessment of a generation and a frequently funny account of one man’s journey toward the finish line. “The least misfortune can do to make up for itself is to be interesting,” he writes. “Parkinson’s disease has fulfilled that obligation.”]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/approval-junkie-adventures-in-caring-too-much-by-faith-salie--65200600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much Author: Faith Salie Narrator: Faith Salie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval   Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation. Whether she’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism to save her toxic marriage, or baking a 3D excavator cake for her son’s birthday, Salie is the ultimate approval seeker—an “approval junkie,” if you will.  In this collection of daring, honest essays, Salie shares stories from her lifelong quest for gold stars, recounting her strategy for winning (very Southern) high school beauty pageant; her struggle to pick the perfect outfit to wear to her divorce; and her difficulty falling in love again, and then conceiving, in the years following her mother’s death.   With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why she tries so hard to please others, and herself, highlighting a phenomenon that many people—especially women—experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman’s journey to realizing that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you—it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262947Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much Author: Faith Salie Narrator: Faith Salie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much Author: Faith Salie Narrator: Faith Salie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval   Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation. Whether she’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism to save her toxic marriage, or baking a 3D excavator cake for her son’s birthday, Salie is the ultimate approval seeker—an “approval junkie,” if you will.  In this collection of daring, honest essays, Salie shares stories from her lifelong quest for gold stars, recounting her strategy for winning (very Southern) high school beauty pageant; her struggle to pick the perfect outfit to wear to her divorce; and her difficulty falling in love again, and then conceiving, in the years following her mother’s death.   With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why she tries so hard to please others, and herself, highlighting a phenomenon that many people—especially women—experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman’s journey to realizing that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you—it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-in-naples-lessons-in-food-and-famiglia-from-my-italian-mother-in-law-by-katherine-wilson--65200590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law Author: Katherine Wilson Narrator: Katherine Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Full of lighthearted humor, sumptuous food, the wisdom of an Italian mother-in-law, and all the atmosphere of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, this warm and witty memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad. Thanks to a surprising romance—and a spirited woman who teaches her to laugh, to seize joy, and to love—a three-month rite of passage in Naples turns into a permanent embrace of this boisterous city on the Mediterranean. When I saw the sea at Gaeta, I knew that Naples was near and I was coming home. “There is a chaotic, vibrant energy about Naples that forces you to let go and give in,” writes Katherine, who arrives in the city to intern at the United States Consulate. One evening, she meets handsome, studious Salvatore and finds herself immediately enveloped by his elegant mother, Raffaella, and the rest of the Avallone family. From that moment, Katherine’s education begins: Never eat the crust of a pizza first, always stand up and fight for yourself and your loved ones, and consider mealtimes sacred—food must be prepared fresh and consumed in compagnia. Immersed in Neapolitan culture, traditions, and cuisine, slowly and unexpectedly falling for Salvatore, and longing for Raffaella’s company and guidance, Katherine discovers how to prepare meals that sing, from hearty, thick ragù to comforting rigatoni alla Genovese to pasta al forno, a casserole chock-full of bacon, béchamel, and no fewer than four kinds of cheeses. The secret to succulent, tender octopus? Beat it with a hammer. While Katherine is used to large American kitchens with islands and barstools, she understands the beauty of small, tight Italian ones, where it’s easy to offer a taste from a wooden spoon. Through courtship, culture clashes, Sunday services, marriage, and motherhood (in Naples, a pregnancy craving must always be satisfied!), Katherine comes to appreciate carnale, the quintessentially Neapolitan sense of comfort and confidence in one’s own skin. Raffaella and her famiglia are also experts at sdrammatizzare, knowing how to suck the tragedy from something and spit it out with a great big smile. Part travel tale, part love letter, Only in Naples is a sumptuous story that is a feast for the senses. Goethe said, “See Naples and die.” But Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Praise for Only in Naples “In a world filled with food memoirs, this one stands out. Katherine Wilson gives us more than the fabulous food of Naples. She offers us a passport to an exotic country we would never be able to enter on our own.”—Ruth Reichl, author of My Kitchen Year “Warmhearted . . . an exuberant account of love and great Italian food.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Sweet and humorous.”—Publishers Weekly “Wilson has written a glorious memoir celebrating the holy trinity of Italian life: love, food, and family. Her keen eye and sense of humor take you through the winding streets of Naples at a clip, on a ride you hope will never end.”—Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker’s Wife “How lucky we are to get these hilarious and wise perceptions filtered through a sincerely loving eye.”—Julie Klam, author of Friendkeeping “This thoroughly enjoyable love letter to Naples is a tribute to the author’s irrepressible mother-in-law.”—Luisa Weiss, author of My Berlin Kitchen and founder of The Wednesday Chef]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262946Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law Author: Katherine Wilson Narrator: Katherine Wilson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law Author: Katherine Wilson Narrator: Katherine Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Full of lighthearted humor, sumptuous food, the wisdom of an Italian mother-in-law, and all the atmosphere of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, this warm and witty memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad. Thanks to a surprising romance—and a spirited woman who teaches her to laugh, to seize joy, and to love—a three-month rite of passage in Naples turns into a permanent embrace of this boisterous city on the Mediterranean. When I saw the sea at Gaeta, I knew that Naples was near and I was coming home. “There is a chaotic, vibrant energy about Naples that forces you to let go and give in,” writes Katherine, who arrives in the city to intern at the United States Consulate. One evening, she meets handsome, studious Salvatore and finds herself immediately enveloped by his elegant mother, Raffaella, and the rest of the Avallone family. From that moment, Katherine’s education begins: Never eat the crust of a pizza first, always stand up and fight for yourself and your loved ones, and consider mealtimes sacred—food must be prepared fresh and consumed in compagnia. Immersed in Neapolitan culture, traditions, and cuisine, slowly and unexpectedly falling for Salvatore, and longing for Raffaella’s company and guidance, Katherine discovers how to prepare meals that sing, from hearty, thick ragù to comforting rigatoni alla Genovese to pasta al forno, a casserole chock-full of bacon, béchamel, and no fewer than four kinds of cheeses. The secret to succulent, tender octopus? Beat it with a hammer. While Katherine is used to large American kitchens with islands and barstools, she understands the beauty of small, tight Italian ones, where it’s easy to offer a taste from a wooden spoon. Through courtship, culture clashes, Sunday services, marriage, and motherhood (in Naples, a pregnancy craving must always be satisfied!), Katherine comes to appreciate carnale, the quintessentially Neapolitan sense of comfort and confidence in one’s own skin. Raffaella and her famiglia are also experts at sdrammatizzare, knowing how to suck the tragedy from something and spit it out with a great big smile. Part travel tale, part love letter, Only in Naples is a sumptuous story that is a feast for the senses. Goethe said, “See Naples and die.” But Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live. Praise for Only in Naples “In a world filled with food memoirs, this one stands out. Katherine Wilson gives us more than the fabulous food of Naples. She offers us a passport to an exotic country we would never be able to enter on our own.”—Ruth Reichl, author of My Kitchen Year “Warmhearted . . . an exuberant account of love and great Italian food.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Sweet and humorous.”—Publishers Weekly “Wilson has written a glorious memoir celebrating the holy trinity of Italian life: love, food, and family. Her keen eye and sense of humor take you through the winding streets of Naples at a clip, on a ride you hope will never end.”—Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker’s Wife “How lucky we are to get these hilarious and wise perceptions filtered through a sincerely loving eye.”—Julie Klam, author of Friendkeeping “This thoroughly enjoyable love letter to Naples is a tribute to the author’s irrepressible mother-in-law.”—Luisa Weiss, author of My Berlin Kitchen and founder of The Wednesday Chef]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-we-were-on-fire-a-memoir-of-consuming-faith-tangled-love-and-starting-over-by-addie-zierman--65200624https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over Author: Addie Zierman Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: April 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the strange us-versus-them world of the '90s Christian subculture, your faith was measured by how many WWJD bracelets you wore and whether or not you’d “kissed dating goodbye.”  Evangelical poster-child Addie Zierman wore three WWJD bracelets, led two Bible studies, and listened exclusively to Christian rock. She was “on fire for God,” unaware that the flame of her faith was dwindling until it burned entirely out.  With candor and transparency, Addie chronicles her journey through church culture, first love, and her entrance — unprepared and angry — into marriage. When she washes out of church and nearly her marriage on a sea of tequila and depression, she isn’t sure if she’ll ever go back.  When We Were on Fire is a funny, heartbreaking story of untangling oneself from cliché in search of a faith worth embracing. It’s a story for anyone who has ever felt alone in a crowded church. For the cynic. The doubter. The former Jesus freak struggling with the complexity of life. It’s a story about the slow work of returning to love, Jesus, and (perhaps toughest of all) His imperfect followers. And in the end, it’s about what lasts when nothing else seems worth keeping.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262972Fri, 15 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over Author: Addie Zierman Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over Author: Addie Zierman Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: April 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the strange us-versus-them world of the '90s Christian subculture, your faith was measured by how many WWJD bracelets you wore and whether or not you’d “kissed dating goodbye.”  Evangelical poster-child Addie Zierman wore three WWJD bracelets, led two Bible studies, and listened exclusively to Christian rock. She was “on fire for God,” unaware that the flame of her faith was dwindling until it burned entirely out.  With candor and transparency, Addie chronicles her journey through church culture, first love, and her entrance — unprepared and angry — into marriage. When she washes out of church and nearly her marriage on a sea of tequila and depression, she isn’t sure if she’ll ever go back.  When We Were on Fire is a funny, heartbreaking story of untangling oneself from cliché in search of a faith worth embracing. It’s a story for anyone who has ever felt alone in a crowded church. For the cynic. The doubter. The former Jesus freak struggling with the complexity of life. It’s a story about the slow work of returning to love, Jesus, and (perhaps toughest of all) His imperfect followers. And in the end, it’s about what lasts when nothing else seems worth keeping.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-know-what-i-m-doing-and-other-lies-i-tell-myself-dispatches-from-a-life-under-construction-by-jen-kirkman--65200627https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction Author: Jen Kirkman Narrator: Jen Kirkman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out. Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, Hey, you’re okay. Even if you sometimes think you aren’t! And especially if other people try to tell you you’re not. In I Know What I’m Doing—and Other Lies I Tell Myself, Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it’s okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!). She talks about making unusual or unpopular life decisions (such as cultivating a “friend with benefits” or not going home for the holidays) because you don’t necessarily want for yourself what everyone else seems to think you should. It’s about renting when everyone says you should own, dating around when everyone thinks you should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities you for going to Paris without a man. From marriage to divorce and sex to mental health, I Know What I’m Doing—and Other Lies I Tell Myself is about embracing the fact that life is a bit of a sh*t show and it’s definitely more than okay to stay true to yourself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262213Tue, 12 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction Author: Jen Kirkman Narrator: Jen Kirkman Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction Author: Jen Kirkman Narrator: Jen Kirkman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out. Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, Hey, you’re okay. Even if you sometimes think you aren’t! And especially if other people try to tell you you’re not. In I Know What I’m Doing—and Other Lies I Tell Myself, Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it’s okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!). She talks about making unusual or unpopular life decisions (such as cultivating a “friend with benefits” or not going home for the holidays) because you don’t necessarily want for yourself what everyone else seems to think you should. It’s about renting when everyone says you should own, dating around when everyone thinks you should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities you for going to Paris without a man. From marriage to divorce and sex to mental health, I Know What I’m Doing—and Other Lies I Tell Myself is about embracing the fact that life is a bit of a sh*t show and it’s definitely more than okay to stay true to yourself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-faith-of-christopher-hitchens-the-restless-soul-of-the-world-s-most-notorious-atheist-by-larry-alex-taunton--65200619https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist Author: Larry Alex Taunton Narrator: Maurice England Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 2016 Winner of the Gospel Coalition Book Awards At the time of his death, Christopher Hitchens was the most notorious atheist in the world.  And yet, all was not as it seemed.  “Nobody is not a divided self, of course,” he once told an interviewer, “but I think it’s rather strong in my case.”   Hitchens was a man of many contradictions:   a Marxist in youth who longed for acceptance among the social elites; a peacenik who revered the military; a champion of the Left who was nonetheless pro-life, pro-war-on-terror, and after 9/11 something of a neocon; and while he railed against God on stage, he maintained meaningful—though largely hidden from public view—friendships with evangelical Christians like Francis Collins, Douglas Wilson, and the author Larry Alex Taunton.   In The Faith of Christopher Hitchens, Taunton offers a very personal perspective of one of our most interesting and most misunderstood public figures.  Writing with genuine compassion and without compromise, Taunton traces Hitchens’s spiritual and intellectual development from his decision as a teenager to reject belief in God to his rise to prominence as one of the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the New Atheism.  While Hitchens was, in the minds of many Christians, Public Enemy Number One, away from the lights and the cameras a warm friendship flourished between Hitchens and the author; a friendship that culminated in not one, but two lengthy road trips where, after Hitchens’s diagnosis of esophageal cancer, they studied the Bible together.  The Faith of Christopher Hitchens gives us a candid glimpse into the inner life of this intriguing, sometimes maddening, and unexpectedly vulnerable man. “If everyone in the United States had the same qualities of loyalty and care and concern for others that Larry Taunton had, we'd be living in a much better society than we do.” ~ Christopher Hitchens]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262117Tue, 12 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist Author: Larry Alex Taunton Narrator: Maurice England Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262117 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist Author: Larry Alex Taunton Narrator: Maurice England Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 2016 Winner of the Gospel Coalition Book Awards At the time of his death, Christopher Hitchens was the most notorious atheist in the world.  And yet, all was not as it seemed.  “Nobody is not a divided self, of course,” he once told an interviewer, “but I think it’s rather strong in my case.”   Hitchens was a man of many contradictions:   a Marxist in youth who longed for acceptance among the social elites; a peacenik who revered the military; a champion of the Left who was nonetheless pro-life, pro-war-on-terror, and after 9/11 something of a neocon; and while he railed against God on stage, he maintained meaningful—though largely hidden from public view—friendships with evangelical Christians like Francis Collins, Douglas Wilson, and the author Larry Alex Taunton.   In The Faith of Christopher Hitchens, Taunton offers a very personal perspective of one of our most interesting and most misunderstood public figures.  Writing with genuine compassion and without compromise, Taunton traces Hitchens’s spiritual and intellectual development from his decision as a teenager to reject belief in God to his rise to prominence as one of the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the New Atheism.  While Hitchens was, in the minds of many Christians, Public Enemy Number One, away from the lights and the cameras a warm friendship flourished between Hitchens and the author; a friendship that culminated in not one, but two lengthy road trips where, after Hitchens’s diagnosis of esophageal cancer, they studied the Bible together.  The Faith of Christopher Hitchens gives us a candid glimpse into the inner life of this intriguing, sometimes maddening, and unexpectedly vulnerable man. “If everyone in the United States had the same qualities of loyalty and care and concern for others that Larry Taunton had, we'd be living in a much better society than we do.” ~ Christopher Hitchens]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/she-s-not-there-a-life-in-two-genders-by-jennifer-finney-boylan--65200605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan Narrator: Deirdre Finney Boylan, Jennifer Finney Boylan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Narrated by the author with two afterwords: one written and read by Deirdre Finney Boylan, and one written and read by Richard Russo The provocative bestseller She’s Not There is the winning, utterly surprising story of a person changing genders. By turns hilarious and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. Told in Boylan’s fresh voice, She’s Not There is about a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret. Through her clear eyes, She’s Not There provides a new window on the confounding process of accepting our true selves. “Probably no book I’ve read in recent years has made me so question my basic assumptions about both the centrality and the permeability of gender, and made me recognize myself in a situation I’ve never known and have never faced . . . The universality of the astonishingly uncommon: that’s the trick of She’s Not There. And with laughs, too. What a good book.” —Anna Quindlen, from the Introduction to the Book-of-the-Month-Club edition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262709Tue, 12 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan Narrator: Deirdre Finney Boylan, Jennifer Finney Boylan Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan Narrator: Deirdre Finney Boylan, Jennifer Finney Boylan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 12, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Narrated by the author with two afterwords: one written and read by Deirdre Finney Boylan, and one written and read by Richard Russo The provocative bestseller She’s Not There is the winning, utterly surprising story of a person changing genders. By turns hilarious and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. Told in Boylan’s fresh voice, She’s Not There is about a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret. Through her clear eyes, She’s Not There provides a new window on the confounding process of accepting our true selves. “Probably no book I’ve read in recent years has made me so question my basic assumptions about both the centrality and the permeability of gender, and made me recognize myself in a situation I’ve never known and have never faced . . . The universality of the astonishingly uncommon: that’s the trick of She’s Not There. And with laughs, too. What a good book.” —Anna Quindlen, from the Introduction to the Book-of-the-Month-Club edition.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/twelve-years-a-slave-by-solomon-northup--65200602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Narrator: Rob Board Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262863Wed, 06 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Narrator: Rob Board Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 6, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Twelve Years a Slave Author: Solomon Northup Narrator: Rob Board Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 6, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/becoming-grandma-the-joys-and-science-of-the-new-grandparenting-by-lesley-stahl--65200667https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting Author: Lesley Stahl Narrator: Lesley Stahl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Bestseller From one of the country’s most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life.   After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl’s most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigate” it—as though it were a news flash. And so, using her 60 Minutes skills, she explored how grandmothering changes a woman’s life, interviewing friends like Whoopi Goldberg, colleagues like Diane Sawyer (and grandfathers, including Tom Brokaw), as well as the proverbial woman next door. Along with these personal accounts, Stahl speaks with scientists and doctors about physiological changes that occur in women when they have grandchildren; anthropologists about why there are grandmothers, in evolutionary terms; and psychiatrists about the therapeutic effects of grandchildren on both grandmothers and grandfathers. Throughout Becoming Grandma, Stahl shares stories about her own life with granddaughters Jordan and Chloe, about how her relationship with her daughter, Taylor, has changed, and about how being a grandfather has affected her husband, Aaron. In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all the help they can get raising their children, Stahl’s book is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256598Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting Author: Lesley Stahl Narrator: Lesley Stahl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting Author: Lesley Stahl Narrator: Lesley Stahl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Bestseller From one of the country’s most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life.   After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl’s most vivid and transformative experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or researching stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to “investigate” it—as though it were a news flash. And so, using her 60 Minutes skills, she explored how grandmothering changes a woman’s life, interviewing friends like Whoopi Goldberg, colleagues like Diane Sawyer (and grandfathers, including Tom Brokaw), as well as the proverbial woman next door. Along with these personal accounts, Stahl speaks with scientists and doctors about physiological changes that occur in women when they have grandchildren; anthropologists about why there are grandmothers, in evolutionary terms; and psychiatrists about the therapeutic effects of grandchildren on both grandmothers and grandfathers. Throughout Becoming Grandma, Stahl shares stories about her own life with granddaughters Jordan and Chloe, about how her relationship with her daughter, Taylor, has changed, and about how being a grandfather has affected her husband, Aaron. In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all the help they can get raising their children, Stahl’s book is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-parts-autobiography-of-a-trial-by-maggie-nelson--65200646https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial Author: Maggie Nelson Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A chilling genre-busting memoir by a major American essayist Late in 2004, Maggie Nelson was looking forward to the publication of her book Jane: A Murder, a narrative in verse about the life and death of her aunt, who had been murdered thirty-five years before. The case remained unsolved, but Jane was assumed to have been the victim of an infamous serial killer in Michigan in 1969. Then, one November afternoon, Nelson received a call from her mother, who announced that the case had been reopened; a new suspect would be arrested and tried on the basis of a DNA match. Over the months that followed, Nelson found herself attending the trial with her mother and reflecting anew on the aura of dread and fear that hung over her family and childhood—an aura that derived not only from the terrible facts of her aunt’s murder but also from her own complicated journey through sisterhood, daughterhood, and girlhood. The Red Parts is a memoir, an account of a trial, and a provocative essay that interrogates the American obsession with violence and missing white women, and that scrupulously explores the nature of grief, justice, and empathy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262041Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial Author: Maggie Nelson Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial Author: Maggie Nelson Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A chilling genre-busting memoir by a major American essayist Late in 2004, Maggie Nelson was looking forward to the publication of her book Jane: A Murder, a narrative in verse about the life and death of her aunt, who had been murdered thirty-five years before. The case remained unsolved, but Jane was assumed to have been the victim of an infamous serial killer in Michigan in 1969. Then, one November afternoon, Nelson received a call from her mother, who announced that the case had been reopened; a new suspect would be arrested and tried on the basis of a DNA match. Over the months that followed, Nelson found herself attending the trial with her mother and reflecting anew on the aura of dread and fear that hung over her family and childhood—an aura that derived not only from the terrible facts of her aunt’s murder but also from her own complicated journey through sisterhood, daughterhood, and girlhood. The Red Parts is a memoir, an account of a trial, and a provocative essay that interrogates the American obsession with violence and missing white women, and that scrupulously explores the nature of grief, justice, and empathy.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-the-light-gets-in-losing-my-mother-only-to-find-her-again-by-kimberly-williams-paisley--65200637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again Author: Kimberly Williams-Paisley Narrator: Kimberly Williams-Paisley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country megastar Brad Paisley. But in 2014, Williams-Paisley revealed a tragic secret: her mother had been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia at the age of sixty-one. In Where the Light Gets In, Williams-Paisley tells the full story of her mother’s illness, from diagnosis through the present day, drawing on her memories of her relationship with the fascinating, complicated, and successful woman who raised her so well. She describes educating herself on her mother’s condition, letting go of the shame and secrecy that surrounded it, and finding unexpected humor and grace in a terrible situation. Her book also chronicles the ways in which her family’s bond was strengthened by the experience, to becoming an awareness advocate, to accepting the woman her mother has become. It is a heartrending and inspiring reminder of how unbreakable our relationships with our mothers are.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262049Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again Author: Kimberly Williams-Paisley Narrator: Kimberly Williams-Paisley Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262049 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again Author: Kimberly Williams-Paisley Narrator: Kimberly Williams-Paisley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country megastar Brad Paisley. But in 2014, Williams-Paisley revealed a tragic secret: her mother had been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia at the age of sixty-one. In Where the Light Gets In, Williams-Paisley tells the full story of her mother’s illness, from diagnosis through the present day, drawing on her memories of her relationship with the fascinating, complicated, and successful woman who raised her so well. She describes educating herself on her mother’s condition, letting go of the shame and secrecy that surrounded it, and finding unexpected humor and grace in a terrible situation. Her book also chronicles the ways in which her family’s bond was strengthened by the experience, to becoming an awareness advocate, to accepting the woman her mother has become. It is a heartrending and inspiring reminder of how unbreakable our relationships with our mothers are.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/now-go-out-there-by-mary-karr--65200636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now Go Out There Author: Mary Karr Narrator: Mary Karr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A celebration of curiosity, compassion, and the surprising power of fear, based on the New York Times bestselling author and renowned professor’s 2015 commencement address at Syracuse University. “Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious & compassionate will save your ass.” Every year there are one or two commencement speeches that strike a chord with audiences far greater than the student bodies for which they are intended. In 2015 Mary Karr’s speech to the graduating class of Syracuse University caught fire, hailed across the Internet as one of the most memorable in recent years, and lighting up the Twittersphere. In Now Go Out There, Karr explains why having your heart broken is just as—if not more—important than falling in love; why getting what you want often scares you more than not getting it; how those experiences that appear to be the worst cannot be so easily categorized; and how to cope with the setbacks that inevitably befall all of us. “Don’t make the mistake of comparing your twisted up insides to other people’s blow-dried outsides,” she cautions. “Even the most privileged person in this stadium suffers the torments of the damned just going about the business of being human.” An ideal—and beautifully designed—gift for a graduate or for anyone looking for some down-to-earth life advice, Now Go Out There is destined to become a classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262084Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now Go Out There Author: Mary Karr Narrator: Mary Karr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Now Go Out There Author: Mary Karr Narrator: Mary Karr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A celebration of curiosity, compassion, and the surprising power of fear, based on the New York Times bestselling author and renowned professor’s 2015 commencement address at Syracuse University. “Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious & compassionate will save your ass.” Every year there are one or two commencement speeches that strike a chord with audiences far greater than the student bodies for which they are intended. In 2015 Mary Karr’s speech to the graduating class of Syracuse University caught fire, hailed across the Internet as one of the most memorable in recent years, and lighting up the Twittersphere. In Now Go Out There, Karr explains why having your heart broken is just as—if not more—important than falling in love; why getting what you want often scares you more than not getting it; how those experiences that appear to be the worst cannot be so easily categorized; and how to cope with the setbacks that inevitably befall all of us. “Don’t make the mistake of comparing your twisted up insides to other people’s blow-dried outsides,” she cautions. “Even the most privileged person in this stadium suffers the torments of the damned just going about the business of being human.” An ideal—and beautifully designed—gift for a graduate or for anyone looking for some down-to-earth life advice, Now Go Out There is destined to become a classic.]]>125cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pug-list-a-ridiculous-little-dog-a-family-who-lost-everything-and-how-they-all-found-their-way-home-by-alison-hodgson--65200633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home Author: Alison Hodgson Narrator: Michelle Lasley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “What if a wheezing, sneezing, allegedly house-trained, ticking time bomb of an orphan pug is the key to helping a family feel at home again, after an arsonist set their house—and life—on fire? If you asked me, I would have said it’s a bad idea; we can do better. Unfortunately no one asked me, and The Pug List is my family’s story.” In the fire’s aftermath of insurance battles royal, rebuilding plans, parenting in the face of life’s hard questions and a scorching case of post-traumatic stress, now is absolutely the worst possible time to adopt a dog. But to Alison’s seven-year-old daughter, Eden, it’s the perfect time—and The Relentless Campaign begins. Until one day Alison peeks inside Eden’s diary—dubbed “The Pug List”—and realizes in one fell swoop that her girl’s heart is on the line, and resistance is futile (“The pugs make me happy FOREVER.”). Enter “Outrageous” Oliver, and the hilarity, healing, and irresistible hope that follows.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262112Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home Author: Alison Hodgson Narrator: Michelle...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pug List: A Ridiculous Little Dog, a Family Who Lost Everything, and How They All Found Their Way Home Author: Alison Hodgson Narrator: Michelle Lasley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “What if a wheezing, sneezing, allegedly house-trained, ticking time bomb of an orphan pug is the key to helping a family feel at home again, after an arsonist set their house—and life—on fire? If you asked me, I would have said it’s a bad idea; we can do better. Unfortunately no one asked me, and The Pug List is my family’s story.” In the fire’s aftermath of insurance battles royal, rebuilding plans, parenting in the face of life’s hard questions and a scorching case of post-traumatic stress, now is absolutely the worst possible time to adopt a dog. But to Alison’s seven-year-old daughter, Eden, it’s the perfect time—and The Relentless Campaign begins. Until one day Alison peeks inside Eden’s diary—dubbed “The Pug List”—and realizes in one fell swoop that her girl’s heart is on the line, and resistance is futile (“The pugs make me happy FOREVER.”). Enter “Outrageous” Oliver, and the hilarity, healing, and irresistible hope that follows.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/delta-lady-memoir-by-rita-coolidge-michael-walker--65200622https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delta Lady: Memoir Author: Rita Coolidge, Michael Walker Narrator: Rita Coolidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience. She inspired songs—Leon Russell wrote “A Song for You” and “Delta Lady” for her, Stephen Stills wrote “Cherokee.” She co-wrote songs—“Superstar” and the piano coda to “Layla,” uncredited. She sang backup for Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stills, before finding fame as a solo artist with such hits as “We're All Alone” and “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher.” Following her story from Lafayette, Tennessee to becoming one of the most sought after rock vocalists in LA in the 1970s, Delta Lady chronicles Rita Coolidge’s fascinating journey throughout the ’60s-’70s pop/rock universe. A muse to some of the twentieth century’s most influential rock musicians, she broke hearts, and broke up bands. Her relationship with drummer Jim Gordon took a violent turn during the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour; David Crosby maintained that her triangle with Stills and Graham Nash was the last straw for the group. Her volatile six-year marriage to Kris Kristofferson yielded two Grammys, a daughter, and one of the Baby Boom generation’s epic love stories. Throughout it all, her strength, resilience, and inner and outer beauty—along with her strong sense of heritage and devotion to her family—helped her to not only survive, but thrive. Co-written with best-selling author Michael Walker, Delta Lady is a rich, deeply personal memoir that offers a front row seat to an iconic era, and illuminates the life of an artist whose career has helped shape modern American culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262085Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delta Lady: Memoir Author: Rita Coolidge, Michael Walker Narrator: Rita Coolidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Delta Lady: Memoir Author: Rita Coolidge, Michael Walker Narrator: Rita Coolidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience. She inspired songs—Leon Russell wrote “A Song for You” and “Delta Lady” for her, Stephen Stills wrote “Cherokee.” She co-wrote songs—“Superstar” and the piano coda to “Layla,” uncredited. She sang backup for Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stills, before finding fame as a solo artist with such hits as “We're All Alone” and “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher.” Following her story from Lafayette, Tennessee to becoming one of the most sought after rock vocalists in LA in the 1970s, Delta Lady chronicles Rita Coolidge’s fascinating journey throughout the ’60s-’70s pop/rock universe. A muse to some of the twentieth century’s most influential rock musicians, she broke hearts, and broke up bands. Her relationship with drummer Jim Gordon took a violent turn during the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour; David Crosby maintained that her triangle with Stills and Graham Nash was the last straw for the group. Her volatile six-year marriage to Kris Kristofferson yielded two Grammys, a daughter, and one of the Baby Boom generation’s epic love stories. Throughout it all, her strength, resilience, and inner and outer beauty—along with her strong sense of heritage and devotion to her family—helped her to not only survive, but thrive. Co-written with best-selling author Michael Walker, Delta Lady is a rich, deeply personal memoir that offers a front row seat to an iconic era, and illuminates the life of an artist whose career has helped shape modern American culture.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crush-writers-reflect-on-love-longing-and-the-lasting-power-of-their-first-celebrity-crush-by-cathy-alter-dave-singleton--65200620https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush Author: Cathy Alter, Dave Singleton Narrator: Kaleo Griffith, Lynde Houck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush. You never forget your first crush . . . CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including James Franco, Carrie Fisher, Stephen King, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould, and Hanna Rosin, who share intimate memories of that first intense taste of love. Here are funny, whimsical, sometimes cringe-worthy tales of falling head over heels for River Phoenix, Mary Tyler Moore, Howard Cosell, Jared Leto, and a host of other pop culture icons. A few contributors channeled their devotion into obsessively writing embarrassing fan letters. Some taped pics in school lockers. Others decorated their bedroom walls with posters. For tweenaged Karin Tanabe, it was discovering bad boy Andy Garcia—playing the gun-loving mobster Vincent Corleone in The Godfather III. Barbara Graham unsuccessfully staked out an apartment on Park Avenue for a glimpse of her blue-eyed soulmate, Paul Newman. There was only one puppy for six-year-old Jodi Picoult—Donny Osmond—while Jamie Brisick’s pre-teen addiction was Speed Racer. Swoon-worthy and unforgettable, the essays in CRUSH will leave you laughing, make you cry, and keep you enthralled—just like your first celebrity crush.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257950Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush Author: Cathy Alter, Dave Singleton Narrator: Kaleo...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257950 to listen full audiobooks. Title: CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush Author: Cathy Alter, Dave Singleton Narrator: Kaleo Griffith, Lynde Houck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A star-studded collection of essays from acclaimed and bestselling authors and celebrities that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first celebrity crush. You never forget your first crush . . . CRUSH brings together stories of heartbreak, humiliation, and hilarity from a roster of popular luminaries, including James Franco, Carrie Fisher, Stephen King, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould, and Hanna Rosin, who share intimate memories of that first intense taste of love. Here are funny, whimsical, sometimes cringe-worthy tales of falling head over heels for River Phoenix, Mary Tyler Moore, Howard Cosell, Jared Leto, and a host of other pop culture icons. A few contributors channeled their devotion into obsessively writing embarrassing fan letters. Some taped pics in school lockers. Others decorated their bedroom walls with posters. For tweenaged Karin Tanabe, it was discovering bad boy Andy Garcia—playing the gun-loving mobster Vincent Corleone in The Godfather III. Barbara Graham unsuccessfully staked out an apartment on Park Avenue for a glimpse of her blue-eyed soulmate, Paul Newman. There was only one puppy for six-year-old Jodi Picoult—Donny Osmond—while Jamie Brisick’s pre-teen addiction was Speed Racer. Swoon-worthy and unforgettable, the essays in CRUSH will leave you laughing, make you cry, and keep you enthralled—just like your first celebrity crush.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disrupted-my-misadventure-in-the-start-up-bubble-by-dan-lyons--65200611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble Author: Dan Lyons Narrator: Dan Lyons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times bestseller, Dan Lyons' 'hysterical' (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as 'the best book about Silicon Valley,' takes readers inside the maddening world of fad-chasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today's tech startups. For twenty-five years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession--until one Friday morning when he received a phone call: Poof. His job no longer existed. 'I think they just want to hire younger people,' his boss at Newsweek told him. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was, in a word, screwed. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital. They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the vague role of 'marketing fellow.' What could go wrong? HubSpotters were true believers: They were making the world a better place ... by selling email spam. The office vibe was frat house meets cult compound: The party began at four thirty on Friday and lasted well into the night; 'shower pods' became hook-up dens; a push-up club met at noon in the lobby, while nearby, in the 'content factory,' Nerf gun fights raged. Groups went on 'walking meetings,' and Dan's absentee boss sent cryptic emails about employees who had 'graduated' (read: been fired). In the middle of all this was Dan, exactly twice the age of the average HubSpot employee, and literally old enough to be the father of most of his co-workers, sitting at his desk on his bouncy-ball 'chair.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261021Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble Author: Dan Lyons Narrator: Dan Lyons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/261021 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble Author: Dan Lyons Narrator: Dan Lyons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times bestseller, Dan Lyons' 'hysterical' (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as 'the best book about Silicon Valley,' takes readers inside the maddening world of fad-chasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today's tech startups. For twenty-five years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession--until one Friday morning when he received a phone call: Poof. His job no longer existed. 'I think they just want to hire younger people,' his boss at Newsweek told him. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was, in a word, screwed. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital. They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the vague role of 'marketing fellow.' What could go wrong? HubSpotters were true believers: They were making the world a better place ... by selling email spam. The office vibe was frat house meets cult compound: The party began at four thirty on Friday and lasted well into the night; 'shower pods' became hook-up dens; a push-up club met at noon in the lobby, while nearby, in the 'content factory,' Nerf gun fights raged. Groups went on 'walking meetings,' and Dan's absentee boss sent cryptic emails about employees who had 'graduated' (read: been fired). In the middle of all this was Dan, exactly twice the age of the average HubSpot employee, and literally old enough to be the father of most of his co-workers, sitting at his desk on his bouncy-ball 'chair.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lab-girl-a-memoir-by-hope-jahren--65200597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lab Girl: A Memoir Author: Hope Jahren Narrator: Hope Jahren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world   Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more. Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s remarkable stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work. Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home. Jahren’s probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her acute insights on nature enliven every page of this extraordinary book. Lab Girl opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover along the way the person you were meant to be. Music for the Audio Edition: Composed by Katelyn Sweeney Ching Margaret Kocher, Cellist Katelyn Sweeney Ching, Pianist  Mark Robinson, Audio Engineer Copyright 2016]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262420Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lab Girl: A Memoir Author: Hope Jahren Narrator: Hope Jahren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lab Girl: A Memoir Author: Hope Jahren Narrator: Hope Jahren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 4.38 of Total 13 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world   Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more. Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s remarkable stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work. Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home. Jahren’s probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her acute insights on nature enliven every page of this extraordinary book. Lab Girl opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover along the way the person you were meant to be. Music for the Audio Edition: Composed by Katelyn Sweeney Ching Margaret Kocher, Cellist Katelyn Sweeney Ching, Pianist  Mark Robinson, Audio Engineer Copyright 2016]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/warrior-a-memoir-by-theresa-larson-alan-eisenstock--65200594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warrior: A Memoir Author: Theresa Larson, Alan Eisenstock Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring memoir, a former female Marine platoon leader recalls the wars she has fought—on the playing field, the battlefield, and inside her own soul—revealing how overcoming the harrowing circumstances in her life helped her ultimately redefine what it means to be strong and what “perfect” really is. Theresa Larson has lived multiple lives. At ten she was a caregiver to her dying mother. As an adolescent, an All-Star high school, college, and professional softball player. As a young adult, a fitness competition winner, beauty pageant contestant, and model. And as a grown woman, a high-achieving Lieutenant in the Marines, in charge of an entire platoon while deployed in Iraq. Meanwhile, Theresa was battling bulimia nervosa, an internal struggle which ultimately cut short her military service when she was voluntarily evacuated from combat. Theresa’s journey to wellness required the bravery to ask for help, to take care of herself first, and abandon the idea of “perfect.” In Warrior, she lays bare all of these lives in intimate and vivid detail, examining extremely personal and sometime painful moments and how, by finally accepting the help of others, she learned to make herself whole. From growing up in a log cabin outside Seattle to facing down the enemy in Iraq, Theresa’s journey demonstrates that good health and happiness is a daily, intentional act that requires persistence and commitment. Theresa hopes that through sharing her story, she will help inspire others to empower themselves, embrace their inner warrior and re-define strength. Startling and funny, terrifying and triumphant, heartbreaking and inspirational, Warrior is at heart a story of perseverance and success—of a determined woman who is model for everyone struggling to conquer their own demons. Theresa shows that asking for help can be an act of courage, and that we are stronger than we think when faced with seemingly impossible odds.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257947Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warrior: A Memoir Author: Theresa Larson, Alan Eisenstock Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warrior: A Memoir Author: Theresa Larson, Alan Eisenstock Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring memoir, a former female Marine platoon leader recalls the wars she has fought—on the playing field, the battlefield, and inside her own soul—revealing how overcoming the harrowing circumstances in her life helped her ultimately redefine what it means to be strong and what “perfect” really is. Theresa Larson has lived multiple lives. At ten she was a caregiver to her dying mother. As an adolescent, an All-Star high school, college, and professional softball player. As a young adult, a fitness competition winner, beauty pageant contestant, and model. And as a grown woman, a high-achieving Lieutenant in the Marines, in charge of an entire platoon while deployed in Iraq. Meanwhile, Theresa was battling bulimia nervosa, an internal struggle which ultimately cut short her military service when she was voluntarily evacuated from combat. Theresa’s journey to wellness required the bravery to ask for help, to take care of herself first, and abandon the idea of “perfect.” In Warrior, she lays bare all of these lives in intimate and vivid detail, examining extremely personal and sometime painful moments and how, by finally accepting the help of others, she learned to make herself whole. From growing up in a log cabin outside Seattle to facing down the enemy in Iraq, Theresa’s journey demonstrates that good health and happiness is a daily, intentional act that requires persistence and commitment. Theresa hopes that through sharing her story, she will help inspire others to empower themselves, embrace their inner warrior and re-define strength. Startling and funny, terrifying and triumphant, heartbreaking and inspirational, Warrior is at heart a story of perseverance and success—of a determined woman who is model for everyone struggling to conquer their own demons. Theresa shows that asking for help can be an act of courage, and that we are stronger than we think when faced with seemingly impossible odds.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disrupt-aging-a-bold-new-path-to-living-your-best-life-at-every-age-by-jo-ann-jenkins--65200591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age Author: Jo Ann Jenkins Narrator: Jo Ann Jenkins, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: We’ve all seen the ads on TV and in magazines—“50 is the new 30!” or “60 is the new 40!” A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it. In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas—health, wealth, and self—to show us how to embrace opportunities and change the way we look at getting older. Here, she chronicles her own journey and that of others who are making their mark as disruptors to show readers how we can be active, healthy, and happy as we get older. Through this powerful and engaging narrative, she touches on all the important issues facing people 50+ today, from caregiving and mindful living to building age-friendly communities and making our money last. This is an audiobook for all the makers and doers who have a desire to continue exploring possibilities, to celebrate discovery over decline, and to seek out opportunities to live the best life there is. Narrated by Kimberly Farr, with the Introduction Read by the Author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262421Tue, 05 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age Author: Jo Ann Jenkins Narrator: Jo Ann Jenkins, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age Author: Jo Ann Jenkins Narrator: Jo Ann Jenkins, Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: We’ve all seen the ads on TV and in magazines—“50 is the new 30!” or “60 is the new 40!” A nice sentiment to be sure, but CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins disagrees. 50 is 50, and she, for one, likes the look of it. In Disrupt Aging, Jenkins focuses on three core areas—health, wealth, and self—to show us how to embrace opportunities and change the way we look at getting older. Here, she chronicles her own journey and that of others who are making their mark as disruptors to show readers how we can be active, healthy, and happy as we get older. Through this powerful and engaging narrative, she touches on all the important issues facing people 50+ today, from caregiving and mindful living to building age-friendly communities and making our money last. This is an audiobook for all the makers and doers who have a desire to continue exploring possibilities, to celebrate discovery over decline, and to seek out opportunities to live the best life there is. Narrated by Kimberly Farr, with the Introduction Read by the Author]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/as-life-goes-on-by-rosalie-h-contino-ph-d-rosalie-h-contino-ph-d--65200610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As Life Goes On Author: Rosalie H. Contino Ph.D., Rosalie H. Contino, PH.D. Narrator: Zandria Drake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One phone call hurt Rosalie so much. Bob's boss told her that her brother has to retire because he wasn't as reliable as he used to be, and the company didn't want to be liable for any accident caused by his disability. She couldn't believe that the company whom Bob served for forty years treated him like a thing--he was dispensable. Nonetheless, she agreed that her brother has to retire. Robert 'Bob' Contino was diagnosed with a mild case of 'schizophrenia,' or as Dad used to say, 'A tip of the iceberg. A tip,' as a young man, and Rosalie knew that taking care of her sixty-one-year-old brother would be a challenge. She noticed her brother's limping, but Bob was more physically sick than she thought. As laboratory tests were administered to him, more and more ailments manifested themselves--some even fatal. For the love of Bob, Rosalie put off many of her plans to take care of him as she has vowed to their deceased parents. He annoyed her with his sarcasm and impertinence, but looking back at her brother's life and the painful experiences he had to endure, she put everything into its proper perspective and remembered Bob fondly, as she reflects on the lessons. Dr. Rosalie H. Contino, Ph.D., was born, raised, and still lives in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Fordham University where she received her bachelor's degree in elementary education. After college, Rosalie taught grammar school in Fort Greene before she transferred to a junior high in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in order to teach English. After years of working with kids in the after-school theater program, she pursued both her master's and doctor's degree in educational theater and costume design at the New York University. Now that she has retired, she enjoys being a writer, playwright, costume designer, as well as a lecturer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263457Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As Life Goes On Author: Rosalie H. Contino Ph.D., Rosalie H. Contino, PH.D. Narrator: Zandria Drake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263457 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As Life Goes On Author: Rosalie H. Contino Ph.D., Rosalie H. Contino, PH.D. Narrator: Zandria Drake Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: One phone call hurt Rosalie so much. Bob's boss told her that her brother has to retire because he wasn't as reliable as he used to be, and the company didn't want to be liable for any accident caused by his disability. She couldn't believe that the company whom Bob served for forty years treated him like a thing--he was dispensable. Nonetheless, she agreed that her brother has to retire. Robert 'Bob' Contino was diagnosed with a mild case of 'schizophrenia,' or as Dad used to say, 'A tip of the iceberg. A tip,' as a young man, and Rosalie knew that taking care of her sixty-one-year-old brother would be a challenge. She noticed her brother's limping, but Bob was more physically sick than she thought. As laboratory tests were administered to him, more and more ailments manifested themselves--some even fatal. For the love of Bob, Rosalie put off many of her plans to take care of him as she has vowed to their deceased parents. He annoyed her with his sarcasm and impertinence, but looking back at her brother's life and the painful experiences he had to endure, she put everything into its proper perspective and remembered Bob fondly, as she reflects on the lessons. Dr. Rosalie H. Contino, Ph.D., was born, raised, and still lives in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Fordham University where she received her bachelor's degree in elementary education. After college, Rosalie taught grammar school in Fort Greene before she transferred to a junior high in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in order to teach English. After years of working with kids in the after-school theater program, she pursued both her master's and doctor's degree in educational theater and costume design at the New York University. Now that she has retired, she enjoys being a writer, playwright, costume designer, as well as a lecturer.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/born-to-create-by-rosalie-h-contino-ph-d-rosalie-h-contino-ph-d--65200575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born To Create Author: Rosalie H. Contino Ph.D., Rosalie H. Contino, PH.D. Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: orn to Create is an inspirational autobiography chronicling Dr. Rosalie H. Contino's professional transition from successful seventh-grade English teacher to a newfound career in the arts. While most forty-year-old professionals are busy building upon the foundation that several years of hard work produced, Contino made the bold decision to quench the burning desire within to pursue the passion to create. Enjoying her creative careers as a costume designer, costume historian, playwright, and lecturer, Contino provides hope and a blueprint for those considering making the foray into the unknown and sometimes scary realm of the future. Written in a comfortable, conversational manner, Born to Create maintains a swift tempo while consistently providing an inspirational message for those harboring unrealized ambitions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263454Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born To Create Author: Rosalie H. Contino Ph.D., Rosalie H. Contino, PH.D. Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/263454 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born To Create Author: Rosalie H. Contino Ph.D., Rosalie H. Contino, PH.D. Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: orn to Create is an inspirational autobiography chronicling Dr. Rosalie H. Contino's professional transition from successful seventh-grade English teacher to a newfound career in the arts. While most forty-year-old professionals are busy building upon the foundation that several years of hard work produced, Contino made the bold decision to quench the burning desire within to pursue the passion to create. Enjoying her creative careers as a costume designer, costume historian, playwright, and lecturer, Contino provides hope and a blueprint for those considering making the foray into the unknown and sometimes scary realm of the future. Written in a comfortable, conversational manner, Born to Create maintains a swift tempo while consistently providing an inspirational message for those harboring unrealized ambitions.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lust-wonder-a-memoir-by-augusten-burroughs--65200686https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lust & Wonder: A Memoir Author: Augusten Burroughs Narrator: Augusten Burroughs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Burroughs has lived this story, so his delivery perfectly matches the tone and pacing needed. Focusing on a series of failed relationships, Burroughs lets his voice rise in both tension and tenor as he analyzes the reasons, with help from analysis, that some relationships work and others are doomed by the personal quirks of both people.' — AudioFile Magazine The instant New York Times bestseller from renowned author Augusten Burroughs. Lust: 1. intense sexual desire or appetite 2.a passionate or overmastering desire or craving 3.ardent enthusiasm; zest; relish. Wonder: 1. something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment,or admiration 2. the emotion excited by what is strange and surprising; a feeling of surprised or puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with admiration 3. a miraculous deed or event; remarkable phenomenon From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an intimate look at the driving forces in one man’s life. With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the humorous, Lust and Wonder is a hilariously frank audiobook memoir that his legions of fans have been waiting for. His story began in Running with Scissors, endured through Dry, and continues with this memoir, the capstone to the life of Augusten Burroughs. Funny, sweet, alarming, and ultimately, moving and tender, Lust & Wonder is an experience of a audiobook that will resonate with anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255692Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lust & Wonder: A Memoir Author: Augusten Burroughs Narrator: Augusten Burroughs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255692 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lust & Wonder: A Memoir Author: Augusten Burroughs Narrator: Augusten Burroughs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Burroughs has lived this story, so his delivery perfectly matches the tone and pacing needed. Focusing on a series of failed relationships, Burroughs lets his voice rise in both tension and tenor as he analyzes the reasons, with help from analysis, that some relationships work and others are doomed by the personal quirks of both people.' — AudioFile Magazine The instant New York Times bestseller from renowned author Augusten Burroughs. Lust: 1. intense sexual desire or appetite 2.a passionate or overmastering desire or craving 3.ardent enthusiasm; zest; relish. Wonder: 1. something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment,or admiration 2. the emotion excited by what is strange and surprising; a feeling of surprised or puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with admiration 3. a miraculous deed or event; remarkable phenomenon From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an intimate look at the driving forces in one man’s life. With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the humorous, Lust and Wonder is a hilariously frank audiobook memoir that his legions of fans have been waiting for. His story began in Running with Scissors, endured through Dry, and continues with this memoir, the capstone to the life of Augusten Burroughs. Funny, sweet, alarming, and ultimately, moving and tender, Lust & Wonder is an experience of a audiobook that will resonate with anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eat-pray-love-made-me-do-it-life-journeys-inspired-by-the-bestselling-memoir-by-various--65200616https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir Author: Various Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Emily Rankin, Ariana Delawari, Robbie Daymond, Mark Deakins, Marc Cashman, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: True stories inspired by one of the most iconic, beloved, bestselling books of our time   In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves. Here, in this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers—people as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background—share their stories. The journeys they recount are transformative—sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always deeply inspiring. Eat Pray Love helped one writer to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and yet another to find peace with not wanting to become a mother at all. One writer, reeling from a difficult divorce, finds new love overseas; another, a lifelong caregiver, is inspired to take an annual road trip, solo. A man leaves seminary, embraces his sexual identity, and forges a new relationship with God. A woman goes to divinity school and grapples with doubt and belief. One writer’s search for the perfect pizza leads her to New Zealand and off-the-grid homesteading, while another, in overcoming an eating disorder, redefines her relationship not only with food but with herself. Some writers face down devastating illness and crippling fears, and others step out of their old lives to fulfill long-held dreams of singing, acting, writing, teaching, and learning. Entertaining and enlightening, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It is a celebration for fans old and new. What will Eat Pray Love make you do?  Introduction written and read by Elizabeth Gilbert. Read by Cassandra Campbell, Marc Cashman, Robbie Daymond, Mark Deakins, Ariana Delawari, Jorjeana Marie, and Emily Rankin.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259387Tue, 29 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir Author: Various Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Emily Rankin, Ariana Delawari,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir Author: Various Narrator: Jorjeana Marie, Emily Rankin, Ariana Delawari, Robbie Daymond, Mark Deakins, Marc Cashman, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 29, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: True stories inspired by one of the most iconic, beloved, bestselling books of our time   In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves. Here, in this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers—people as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background—share their stories. The journeys they recount are transformative—sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always deeply inspiring. Eat Pray Love helped one writer to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and yet another to find peace with not wanting to become a mother at all. One writer, reeling from a difficult divorce, finds new love overseas; another, a lifelong caregiver, is inspired to take an annual road trip, solo. A man leaves seminary, embraces his sexual identity, and forges a new relationship with God. A woman goes to divinity school and grapples with doubt and belief. One writer’s search for the perfect pizza leads her to New Zealand and off-the-grid homesteading, while another, in overcoming an eating disorder, redefines her relationship not only with food but with herself. Some writers face down devastating illness and crippling fears, and others step out of their old lives to fulfill long-held dreams of singing, acting, writing, teaching, and learning. Entertaining and enlightening, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It is a celebration for fans old and new. What will Eat Pray Love make you do?  Introduction written and read by Elizabeth Gilbert. Read by Cassandra Campbell, Marc Cashman, Robbie Daymond, Mark Deakins, Ariana Delawari, Jorjeana Marie, and Emily Rankin.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-doorway-wide-enough-by-william-m-schmalfeldt-sr--65200581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Doorway Wide Enough Author: William M. Schmalfeldt, Sr. Narrator: William M. Schmalfeldt, Sr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 25, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It was just about three weeks after his 45th birthday in 2000 when Bill Schmalfeldt was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In 2007 while working at a federal agency as a writer and podcaster, telling other people about the importance of clinical trials, Bill heard about and volunteered for an experimental brain surgery to determine whether or not "deep brain stimulation" could be done on patients in the earlier stages of the disease. This is the story of Bill's "Parkinson's Decade" from being diagnosed in 2000, to having the surgery in 2007, through today. The story is told in a humorous, satirical, almost jovial style considering the fact that Bill's motor skills and cognition continue to degenerate. Originally published in 2010, updated with a 2016 epilogue.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262231Fri, 25 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Doorway Wide Enough Author: William M. Schmalfeldt, Sr. Narrator: William M. Schmalfeldt, Sr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Doorway Wide Enough Author: William M. Schmalfeldt, Sr. Narrator: William M. Schmalfeldt, Sr. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: March 25, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: It was just about three weeks after his 45th birthday in 2000 when Bill Schmalfeldt was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In 2007 while working at a federal agency as a writer and podcaster, telling other people about the importance of clinical trials, Bill heard about and volunteered for an experimental brain surgery to determine whether or not "deep brain stimulation" could be done on patients in the earlier stages of the disease. This is the story of Bill's "Parkinson's Decade" from being diagnosed in 2000, to having the surgery in 2007, through today. The story is told in a humorous, satirical, almost jovial style considering the fact that Bill's motor skills and cognition continue to degenerate. Originally published in 2010, updated with a 2016 epilogue.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-house-full-of-daughters-by-juliet-nicolson--65200588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Daughters Author: Juliet Nicolson Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 24, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ***As read on BBC Radio 4*** All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers – the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita, her mother’s Tory-conventional background. But then Juliet, a renowned historian, started to question. As she did so, she sifted fact from fiction, uncovering details and secrets long held just out of sight. A House Full of Daughters takes us through seven generations of women. In the nineteenth-century slums of Malaga, the salons of fin-de-siècle Washington DC, an English boarding school during the Second World War, Chelsea in the 1960s, the knife-edge that was New York City in the 1980s, these women emerge for Juliet as people in their own right, but also as part of who she is and where she has come from. A House Full of Daughters is one woman’s investigation into the nature of family, memory, the past – and, above all, love. It brings with it messages of truth and hope for us all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262026Thu, 24 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Daughters Author: Juliet Nicolson Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House Full of Daughters Author: Juliet Nicolson Narrator: Julie Teal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 24, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: ***As read on BBC Radio 4*** All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers – the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita, her mother’s Tory-conventional background. But then Juliet, a renowned historian, started to question. As she did so, she sifted fact from fiction, uncovering details and secrets long held just out of sight. A House Full of Daughters takes us through seven generations of women. In the nineteenth-century slums of Malaga, the salons of fin-de-siècle Washington DC, an English boarding school during the Second World War, Chelsea in the 1960s, the knife-edge that was New York City in the 1980s, these women emerge for Juliet as people in their own right, but also as part of who she is and where she has come from. A House Full of Daughters is one woman’s investigation into the nature of family, memory, the past – and, above all, love. It brings with it messages of truth and hope for us all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stumbling-toward-the-buddha-stories-about-tripping-over-my-principles-on-the-road-to-transformation-by-dawn-downey--65200550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation Author: Dawn Downey Narrator: Dawn Downey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 24, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this spiritual memoir, Dawn Downey chronicles a journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. She loses her way in the foothills of California and discovers oneness in the high desert of Colorado. En route, she uncovers the cause of her lifelong depression: childhood abuse. A story for everyone who loves inspiration mixed with humor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268669Thu, 24 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation Author: Dawn Downey Narrator: Dawn Downey Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/268669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation Author: Dawn Downey Narrator: Dawn Downey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 24, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this spiritual memoir, Dawn Downey chronicles a journey that leads her from revelations at a Buddhist monastery to transcendence at a Baptist church. She loses her way in the foothills of California and discovers oneness in the high desert of Colorado. En route, she uncovers the cause of her lifelong depression: childhood abuse. A story for everyone who loves inspiration mixed with humor.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/switched-on-a-memoir-of-brain-change-and-emotional-awakening-by-john-elder-robison--65200676https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening Author: John Elder Robison Narrator: John Elder Robison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST Imagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone suddenly switches the lights on. It has long been assumed that people living with autism are born with the diminished ability to read the emotions of others, even as they feel emotion deeply. But what if we’ve been wrong all this time? What if that “missing” emotional insight was there all along, locked away and inaccessible in the mind? In 2007 John Elder Robison wrote the international bestseller Look Me in the Eye, a memoir about growing up with Asperger’s syndrome. Amid the blaze of publicity that followed, he received a unique invitation: Would John like to take part in a study led by one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists, who would use an experimental new brain therapy known as TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, in an effort to understand and then address the issues at the heart of autism? Switched On is the extraordinary story of what happened next. Having spent forty years as a social outcast, misreading others’ emotions or missing them completely, John is suddenly able to sense a powerful range of feelings in other people. However, this newfound insight brings unforeseen problems and serious questions. As the emotional ground shifts beneath his feet, John struggles with the very real possibility that choosing to diminish his disability might also mean sacrificing his unique gifts and even some of his closest relationships. Switched On is a real-life Flowers for Algernon, a fascinating and intimate window into what it means to be neurologically different, and what happens when the world as you know it is upended overnight. Praise for Switched On “An eye-opening book with a radical message . . . The transformations [Robison] undergoes throughout the book are astonishing—as foreign and overwhelming as if he woke up one morning with the visual range of a bee or the auditory prowess of a bat.”—The New York Times “Astonishing, brave . . . reads like a medical thriller and keeps you wondering what will happen next . . . [Robison] takes readers for a ride through the thorny thickets of neuroscience and leaves us wanting more.”—The Washington Post “Fascinating for its insights into Asperger’s and research, this engrossing record will make readers reexamine their preconceptions about this syndrome and the future of brain manipulation.”—Booklist “Like books by Andrew Solomon and Oliver Sacks, Switched On offers an opportunity to consider mental processes through a combination of powerful narrative and informative medical context.”—BookPage “A mind-blowing book that will force you to ask deep questions about what is important in life. Would normalizing the brains of those who think differently reduce their motivation for great achievement?”—Temple Grandin, author of The Autistic Brain “At the heart of Switched On are fundamental questions of who we are, of where our identity resides, of difference and disability and free will, which are brought into sharp focus by Robison’s lived experience.”—Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Effect]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256286Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening Author: John Elder Robison Narrator: John Elder Robison Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening Author: John Elder Robison Narrator: John Elder Robison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST Imagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone suddenly switches the lights on. It has long been assumed that people living with autism are born with the diminished ability to read the emotions of others, even as they feel emotion deeply. But what if we’ve been wrong all this time? What if that “missing” emotional insight was there all along, locked away and inaccessible in the mind? In 2007 John Elder Robison wrote the international bestseller Look Me in the Eye, a memoir about growing up with Asperger’s syndrome. Amid the blaze of publicity that followed, he received a unique invitation: Would John like to take part in a study led by one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists, who would use an experimental new brain therapy known as TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, in an effort to understand and then address the issues at the heart of autism? Switched On is the extraordinary story of what happened next. Having spent forty years as a social outcast, misreading others’ emotions or missing them completely, John is suddenly able to sense a powerful range of feelings in other people. However, this newfound insight brings unforeseen problems and serious questions. As the emotional ground shifts beneath his feet, John struggles with the very real possibility that choosing to diminish his disability might also mean sacrificing his unique gifts and even some of his closest relationships. Switched On is a real-life Flowers for Algernon, a fascinating and intimate window into what it means to be neurologically different, and what happens when the world as you know it is upended overnight. Praise for Switched On “An eye-opening book with a radical message . . . The transformations [Robison] undergoes throughout the book are astonishing—as foreign and overwhelming as if he woke up one morning with the visual range of a bee or the auditory prowess of a bat.”—The New York Times “Astonishing, brave . . . reads like a medical thriller and keeps you wondering what will happen next . . . [Robison] takes readers for a ride through the thorny thickets of neuroscience and leaves us wanting more.”—The Washington Post “Fascinating for its insights into Asperger’s and research, this engrossing record will make readers reexamine their preconceptions about this syndrome and the future of brain manipulation.”—Booklist “Like books by Andrew Solomon and Oliver Sacks, Switched On offers an opportunity to consider mental processes through a combination of powerful narrative and informative medical context.”—BookPage “A mind-blowing book that will force you to ask deep questions about what is important in life. Would normalizing the brains of those who think differently reduce their motivation for great achievement?”—Temple Grandin, author of The Autistic Brain “At the heart of Switched On are fundamental questions of who we are, of where our identity resides, of difference and disability and free will, which are brought into sharp focus by Robison’s lived experience.”—Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Effect]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chasing-heaven-what-dying-taught-me-about-living-by-crystal-mcvea-alex-tresniowski--65200670https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Heaven: What Dying Taught Me about Living Author: Crystal McVea, Alex Tresniowski Narrator: Crystal McVea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, comes an extraordinary story about Crystal McVea’s personal transformation after visiting heaven and how readers can experience heaven themselves—and live a more meaningful life. On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea was being treated in a hospital for pancreatitis. Her heart stopped pumping for nine minutes before doctors managed to revive her. In those nine minutes, she went to heaven, stood with God, and was forever changed. Ever since Crystal’s incredible experience, her life has been profoundly different. She has become a brand new person in every conceivable way—heart, mind, soul, and spirit. By dying, Crystal learned how to live. Crystal realized that heaven is real and our true home, but we are still meant to have meaningful lives full of passion and purpose right here on earth. She believes we have to chase heaven while we are still alive and allow God to turn our lukewarm love into a firestorm of faith. Chasing Heaven is the story of how God called to Crystal, what He told her, and how she found a way to get closer to Him again here on earth. Crystal assures us that we don’t have to die and go to heaven in order to ignite our faith. We also don’t have to abandon the lives we have in order to experience God and heaven. Chasing Heaven is about following the path to the Lord, and discovering your spiritual destiny. The journey that followed Crystal’s time in heaven has been difficult, complicated, and surprising—full of twists and turns, setbacks and triumphs, drama and comedy, and everything that makes life so messy and beautiful.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256259Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Heaven: What Dying Taught Me about Living Author: Crystal McVea, Alex Tresniowski Narrator: Crystal McVea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Heaven: What Dying Taught Me about Living Author: Crystal McVea, Alex Tresniowski Narrator: Crystal McVea Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, comes an extraordinary story about Crystal McVea’s personal transformation after visiting heaven and how readers can experience heaven themselves—and live a more meaningful life. On December 10, 2009, Crystal McVea was being treated in a hospital for pancreatitis. Her heart stopped pumping for nine minutes before doctors managed to revive her. In those nine minutes, she went to heaven, stood with God, and was forever changed. Ever since Crystal’s incredible experience, her life has been profoundly different. She has become a brand new person in every conceivable way—heart, mind, soul, and spirit. By dying, Crystal learned how to live. Crystal realized that heaven is real and our true home, but we are still meant to have meaningful lives full of passion and purpose right here on earth. She believes we have to chase heaven while we are still alive and allow God to turn our lukewarm love into a firestorm of faith. Chasing Heaven is the story of how God called to Crystal, what He told her, and how she found a way to get closer to Him again here on earth. Crystal assures us that we don’t have to die and go to heaven in order to ignite our faith. We also don’t have to abandon the lives we have in order to experience God and heaven. Chasing Heaven is about following the path to the Lord, and discovering your spiritual destiny. The journey that followed Crystal’s time in heaven has been difficult, complicated, and surprising—full of twists and turns, setbacks and triumphs, drama and comedy, and everything that makes life so messy and beautiful.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reading-lolita-in-tehran-a-memoir-in-books-by-azar-nafisi--65200660https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Azar Nafisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi’s living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256470Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Azar Nafisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Author: Azar Nafisi Narrator: Azar Nafisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi’s living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pete-seeger-storm-king-volume-2-by-pete-seeger--65200651https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/254777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pete Seeger: Storm King - Volume 2 Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Pete Seeger's last project bridges generations! Volume 2 of gems from the life of one of the most influential figures in American music! Listen to intimate, never-before-heard recordings of the beloved civil rights icon and environmentalist's stories wrapped in music from around the world. Pete Seeger: Storm King audio collection presents Pete Seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems. Set to new music produced and created by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes and over 40 musicians reflecting traditions as diverse as Bluegrass, New Age, Blues, Funk, Klezmer, Folk, African, Indian, and Gospel, Pete's wisdom and stories out to new audiences and into a new technological age. It is a collection that the entire family can enjoy, 'weaving together Pete Seeger's sonorous voice and profound stories with new music for new times and modern ears' (David Bernz, Historic Content Expert and Musician).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/254777Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/254777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pete Seeger: Storm King - Volume 2 Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/254777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pete Seeger: Storm King - Volume 2 Author: Pete Seeger Narrator: Pete Seeger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Pete Seeger's last project bridges generations! Volume 2 of gems from the life of one of the most influential figures in American music! Listen to intimate, never-before-heard recordings of the beloved civil rights icon and environmentalist's stories wrapped in music from around the world. Pete Seeger: Storm King audio collection presents Pete Seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems. Set to new music produced and created by world renowned percussionist/producer Jeff Haynes and over 40 musicians reflecting traditions as diverse as Bluegrass, New Age, Blues, Funk, Klezmer, Folk, African, Indian, and Gospel, Pete's wisdom and stories out to new audiences and into a new technological age. It is a collection that the entire family can enjoy, 'weaving together Pete Seeger's sonorous voice and profound stories with new music for new times and modern ears' (David Bernz, Historic Content Expert and Musician).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-be-jewish-a-testament-by-edgar-bronfman--65200618https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Be Jewish?: A Testament Author: Edgar Bronfman Narrator: Rick Zieff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Edgar M. Bronfman's clarion call to a generation of secular, disaffected, and unaffiliated Jews, this book addresses the most critical question confronting Judaism worldwide. Completed in December 2013, just weeks before he passed away, Why Be Jewish? expresses Edgar Bronfman's awe, respect, and deep love for his faith and heritage. Bronfman walks readers through the major tenets and ideas in Jewish life, fleshing out their meaning and offering proof texts from the Jewish tradition gleaned over his many years of study with some of the greatest teachers in the Jewish world. With honesty, poignancy, and passion, Bronfman shares in Why Be Jewish? insights gleaned from his own personal journey and makes a compelling case for the meaning and transcendence of a secular Judaism that is still steeped in deep moral values, authentic Jewish texts, and a focus on deed over creed or dogma.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256401Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Be Jewish?: A Testament Author: Edgar Bronfman Narrator: Rick Zieff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Why Be Jewish?: A Testament Author: Edgar Bronfman Narrator: Rick Zieff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 22, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Edgar M. Bronfman's clarion call to a generation of secular, disaffected, and unaffiliated Jews, this book addresses the most critical question confronting Judaism worldwide. Completed in December 2013, just weeks before he passed away, Why Be Jewish? expresses Edgar Bronfman's awe, respect, and deep love for his faith and heritage. Bronfman walks readers through the major tenets and ideas in Jewish life, fleshing out their meaning and offering proof texts from the Jewish tradition gleaned over his many years of study with some of the greatest teachers in the Jewish world. With honesty, poignancy, and passion, Bronfman shares in Why Be Jewish? insights gleaned from his own personal journey and makes a compelling case for the meaning and transcendence of a secular Judaism that is still steeped in deep moral values, authentic Jewish texts, and a focus on deed over creed or dogma.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/answers-to-questions-nobody-was-askin-and-other-revelations-by-tim-sample--65200654https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Answers to Questions Nobody was Askin': And Other Revelations Author: Tim Sample Narrator: Tim Sample Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this collection of short essays, Maine humor icon Tim Sample shares some of the quirkier aspects of growing up and living in Maine. Along the way he offers listeners a behind the scenes glimpse into his long career in the entertainment business. Sample waxes poignant—recalling old friends, pets, and childhood memories—and passes along more than a few hilarious “insider tips” including the proper way to eat a lobster and a few time tested techniques for dealing with folks from away. His wide range of subjects includes things that could happen “Only in Maine,” how his dad invented the SUV, a “magical” luncheon with horror master Stephen King, and the pitfalls of Maine’s fifth season (mud). Born and raised in Maine, Tim shows us the Maine we know and love—warts and all. Part whimsical anecdote, part hard-won wisdom, every story is perfectly seasoned with Sample’s distinctive wry Yankee wit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256564Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Answers to Questions Nobody was Askin': And Other Revelations Author: Tim Sample Narrator: Tim Sample Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Answers to Questions Nobody was Askin': And Other Revelations Author: Tim Sample Narrator: Tim Sample Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this collection of short essays, Maine humor icon Tim Sample shares some of the quirkier aspects of growing up and living in Maine. Along the way he offers listeners a behind the scenes glimpse into his long career in the entertainment business. Sample waxes poignant—recalling old friends, pets, and childhood memories—and passes along more than a few hilarious “insider tips” including the proper way to eat a lobster and a few time tested techniques for dealing with folks from away. His wide range of subjects includes things that could happen “Only in Maine,” how his dad invented the SUV, a “magical” luncheon with horror master Stephen King, and the pitfalls of Maine’s fifth season (mud). Born and raised in Maine, Tim shows us the Maine we know and love—warts and all. Part whimsical anecdote, part hard-won wisdom, every story is perfectly seasoned with Sample’s distinctive wry Yankee wit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-fire-the-7-choices-to-ignite-a-radically-inspired-life-by-john-o-leary--65200631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life Author: John O'leary Narrator: John O'leary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and Nick Vujicic’s Life Without Limits comes a rousing 7-step plan for living a life on fire, filled with hope and possibility—from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine and now runs a successful business inspiring people all around the world. When John O’Leary was nine years old, he was almost killed in a devastating house fire. With burns on one hundred percent of his body, O’Leary mustered an almost unimaginable amount of inner strength just to survive the ordeal. The insights he gained through this experience and the heroes who stepped into his life to help him through the journey—his family, the medical staff, and total strangers—changed his life. Now he is committed to living life to the fullest and inspiring others to do the same. An incredible and emotionally honest account of triumph over tragedy, On Fire contains O’Leary’s reflections on being that little boy, the life-giving choices made then, and the resulting lessons he learned. O’Leary very clearly shares that without the right people providing the right guidance, at the right time, he never would have made it through those five months in the hospital, let alone the years that followed as he struggled to regain mobility, embrace his story, and ignite clarity of his life’s purpose. On Fire encourages us to seize the power to choose our path and transform our lives from mundane to extraordinary. Once we stop thinking solely on the big moments in our lives, we can begin to focus on those smaller opportunities that tend to pass us by. These are the events—the inflection points in our lives—that can determine how we feel about life now, where we are headed in the future, and how many lives we can impact along the way. We can’t always choose the path we walk, but we can choose how we walk it. Empowering, inspiring, remarkably honest, and heartfelt, O’Leary’s strength and incredible spirit shine through on every page.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256103Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life Author: John O'leary Narrator: John O'leary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life Author: John O'leary Narrator: John O'leary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 27 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and Nick Vujicic’s Life Without Limits comes a rousing 7-step plan for living a life on fire, filled with hope and possibility—from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine and now runs a successful business inspiring people all around the world. When John O’Leary was nine years old, he was almost killed in a devastating house fire. With burns on one hundred percent of his body, O’Leary mustered an almost unimaginable amount of inner strength just to survive the ordeal. The insights he gained through this experience and the heroes who stepped into his life to help him through the journey—his family, the medical staff, and total strangers—changed his life. Now he is committed to living life to the fullest and inspiring others to do the same. An incredible and emotionally honest account of triumph over tragedy, On Fire contains O’Leary’s reflections on being that little boy, the life-giving choices made then, and the resulting lessons he learned. O’Leary very clearly shares that without the right people providing the right guidance, at the right time, he never would have made it through those five months in the hospital, let alone the years that followed as he struggled to regain mobility, embrace his story, and ignite clarity of his life’s purpose. On Fire encourages us to seize the power to choose our path and transform our lives from mundane to extraordinary. Once we stop thinking solely on the big moments in our lives, we can begin to focus on those smaller opportunities that tend to pass us by. These are the events—the inflection points in our lives—that can determine how we feel about life now, where we are headed in the future, and how many lives we can impact along the way. We can’t always choose the path we walk, but we can choose how we walk it. Empowering, inspiring, remarkably honest, and heartfelt, O’Leary’s strength and incredible spirit shine through on every page.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-driving-a-story-of-faith-in-the-dark-by-addie-zierman--65200614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Driving: A Story of Faith in the Dark Author: Addie Zierman Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: How do you know God is real? In the emotionally charged, fire-filled faith in which Addie Zierman grew up, the answer to this question was simple: Because you’ve felt him. Now, at age thirty, she feels nothing. Just the darkness pressing in. Just the winter cold. Just a buzzing silence where God’s voice used to be. So she loads her two small children into the minivan one February afternoon and heads south in a last-ditch effort to find the Light. In her second memoir, Night Driving, Zierman powerfully explores the gap between our sunny faith fictions and a God who often seems hidden and silent. Against the backdrop of rushing interstates, strangers’ hospitality, gas station coffee, and screaming children, Zierman stumbles toward a faith that makes room for doubt, disappointment, and darkness... and learns that sometimes you have to run away to find your way home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256938Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Driving: A Story of Faith in the Dark Author: Addie Zierman Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Driving: A Story of Faith in the Dark Author: Addie Zierman Narrator: Jaimee Draper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: How do you know God is real? In the emotionally charged, fire-filled faith in which Addie Zierman grew up, the answer to this question was simple: Because you’ve felt him. Now, at age thirty, she feels nothing. Just the darkness pressing in. Just the winter cold. Just a buzzing silence where God’s voice used to be. So she loads her two small children into the minivan one February afternoon and heads south in a last-ditch effort to find the Light. In her second memoir, Night Driving, Zierman powerfully explores the gap between our sunny faith fictions and a God who often seems hidden and silent. Against the backdrop of rushing interstates, strangers’ hospitality, gas station coffee, and screaming children, Zierman stumbles toward a faith that makes room for doubt, disappointment, and darkness... and learns that sometimes you have to run away to find your way home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-sad-today-personal-essays-by-melissa-broder--65200613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Sad Today: Personal Essays Author: Melissa Broder Narrator: Melissa Broder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes the darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays that Roxane Gay called 'sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous.' Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate for months. So she began @sosadtoday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express her darkest feelings, and which quickly gained a dedicated following. In So Sad Today, Broder delves deeper into the existential themes she explores on Twitter, grappling with sex, death, love low self-esteem, addiction, and the drama of waiting for the universe to text you back. With insights as sharp as her humor, Broder explores--in prose that is both ballsy and beautiful, aggressively colloquial and achingly poetic--questions most of us are afraid to even acknowledge, let alone answer, in order to discover what it really means to be a person in this modern world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259365Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Sad Today: Personal Essays Author: Melissa Broder Narrator: Melissa Broder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Sad Today: Personal Essays Author: Melissa Broder Narrator: Melissa Broder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes the darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays that Roxane Gay called 'sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous.' Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate for months. So she began @sosadtoday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express her darkest feelings, and which quickly gained a dedicated following. In So Sad Today, Broder delves deeper into the existential themes she explores on Twitter, grappling with sex, death, love low self-esteem, addiction, and the drama of waiting for the universe to text you back. With insights as sharp as her humor, Broder explores--in prose that is both ballsy and beautiful, aggressively colloquial and achingly poetic--questions most of us are afraid to even acknowledge, let alone answer, in order to discover what it really means to be a person in this modern world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hit-by-a-farm-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-barn-by-catherine-friend--65200612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hit By A Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn Author: Catherine Friend Narrator: Catherine Friend Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Farms have fences. People have boundaries. Mine began crumbling the day I knelt behind a male sheep, reached between his legs, and squeezed his testicles....Janet, the instructor of this course on raising sheep, had indicated it was my turn. 'Grab his testicles here, around the widest part.' Right, no problem. At that very moment all my friends were attending a writing conference. They were warm, clean, and not feeling up a ram with sixteen-inch testicles....Wincing, I reached between the ram's back legs with my thumb and forefinger. 'Don't pinch him,' Janet cried." Hit by a Farm is a hilarious recounting of Catherine's attempt to become a farmer; it is also a coming-of(middle)-age story of a woman trying to close the divide between who she wants to be, and who she really is. After helping Melissa fulfill her dream, Catherine eventually finds a way to recapture her own. By turns funny and moving, Hit by a Farm is a crash course in both living off and living with the land that will appeal to anyone hungering for a connection to rural life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259478Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hit By A Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn Author: Catherine Friend Narrator: Catherine Friend Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259478 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hit By A Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn Author: Catherine Friend Narrator: Catherine Friend Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 15, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Farms have fences. People have boundaries. Mine began crumbling the day I knelt behind a male sheep, reached between his legs, and squeezed his testicles....Janet, the instructor of this course on raising sheep, had indicated it was my turn. 'Grab his testicles here, around the widest part.' Right, no problem. At that very moment all my friends were attending a writing conference. They were warm, clean, and not feeling up a ram with sixteen-inch testicles....Wincing, I reached between the ram's back legs with my thumb and forefinger. 'Don't pinch him,' Janet cried." Hit by a Farm is a hilarious recounting of Catherine's attempt to become a farmer; it is also a coming-of(middle)-age story of a woman trying to close the divide between who she wants to be, and who she really is. After helping Melissa fulfill her dream, Catherine eventually finds a way to recapture her own. By turns funny and moving, Hit by a Farm is a crash course in both living off and living with the land that will appeal to anyone hungering for a connection to rural life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-breath-becomes-air-the-ultimate-moving-life-and-death-story-by-paul-kalanithi--65200664https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Breath Becomes Air: The ultimate moving life-and-death story Author: Paul Kalanithi Narrator: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 101 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 33 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity – the brain – and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256521Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Breath Becomes Air: The ultimate moving life-and-death story Author: Paul Kalanithi Narrator: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Breath Becomes Air: The ultimate moving life-and-death story Author: Paul Kalanithi Narrator: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 101 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 33 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity – the brain – and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bullies-a-friendship-by-alex-abramovich--65200680https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bullies: A Friendship Author: Alex Abramovich Narrator: Alex Abramovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The powerful account of one writer's unlikely friendship with his childhood bully, now the president of a motorcycle club in one of America's most dangerous cities. Once upon a time, Alex Abramovich and Trevor Latham were mortal enemies: miniature outlaws in a Long Island elementary school, perpetually at each other's throats. Then they lost track of each other. Decades later, when they met again, Abramovich was a writer and Latham had become President of the East Bay Rats, a motorcycle club in Oakland. In 2010, Abramovich moved to California to immerse himself in Latham's world - one of fight clubs, booze-filled nights, and beat-downs on the city's streets. But dangerous, dysfunctional Oakland was also becoming one of America's most rapidly gentrifying cities, and the questions Abramovich had arrived with were thrown into brutal relief: How do we live with the burden of violence? How do we overcome it? Do we overcome it? As Trevor, the Rats, and the city they live in careen between crises and moments of renaissance, Abramovich explores issues of friendship, family, history, and destiny - and looks at what happens when those things fail. Bullies is at once a vivid, visceral narrative of an unusual friendship and an incisive portrait of a beautiful, terrible city.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255530Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bullies: A Friendship Author: Alex Abramovich Narrator: Alex Abramovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bullies: A Friendship Author: Alex Abramovich Narrator: Alex Abramovich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The powerful account of one writer's unlikely friendship with his childhood bully, now the president of a motorcycle club in one of America's most dangerous cities. Once upon a time, Alex Abramovich and Trevor Latham were mortal enemies: miniature outlaws in a Long Island elementary school, perpetually at each other's throats. Then they lost track of each other. Decades later, when they met again, Abramovich was a writer and Latham had become President of the East Bay Rats, a motorcycle club in Oakland. In 2010, Abramovich moved to California to immerse himself in Latham's world - one of fight clubs, booze-filled nights, and beat-downs on the city's streets. But dangerous, dysfunctional Oakland was also becoming one of America's most rapidly gentrifying cities, and the questions Abramovich had arrived with were thrown into brutal relief: How do we live with the burden of violence? How do we overcome it? Do we overcome it? As Trevor, the Rats, and the city they live in careen between crises and moments of renaissance, Abramovich explores issues of friendship, family, history, and destiny - and looks at what happens when those things fail. Bullies is at once a vivid, visceral narrative of an unusual friendship and an incisive portrait of a beautiful, terrible city.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/until-we-are-free-my-fight-for-human-rights-in-iran-by-shirin-ebadi--65200672https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran Author: Shirin Ebadi Narrator: Shohreh Aghdashloo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children against a brutal regime in Iran. Now Ebadi tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of a government out to destroy her, her family, and her mission: to bring justice to the people and the country she loves. For years the Islamic Republic tried to intimidate Ebadi, but after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose to power in 2005, the censorship and persecution intensified. The government wiretapped Ebadi’s phones, bugged her law firm, sent spies to follow her, harassed her colleagues, detained her daughter, and arrested her sister on trumped-up charges. It shut down her lectures, fired up mobs to attack her home, seized her offices, and nailed a death threat to her front door. Despite finding herself living under circumstances reminiscent of a spy novel, nothing could keep Ebadi from speaking out and standing up for human dignity. But it was not until she received a phone call from her distraught husband—and he made a shocking confession that would all but destroy her family—that she realized what the intelligence apparatus was capable of to silence its critics. The Iranian government would end up taking everything from Shirin Ebadi—her marriage, friends, and colleagues, her home, her legal career, even her Nobel Prize—but the one thing it could never steal was her spirit to fight for justice and a better future. This is the amazing, at times harrowing, simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up, no matter the risks. Just as her words and deeds have inspired a nation, Until We Are Free will inspire you to find the courage to stand up for your beliefs. Praise for Until We Are Free “Ebadi recounts the cycle of sinister assaults she faced after she won the Nobel Prize in 2003. Her new memoir, written as a novel-like narrative, captures the precariousness of her situation and her determination to ‘stand firm.’”—The Washington Post “Powerful . . . Although [Ebadi’s] memoir underscores that a slow change will have to come from within Iran, it is also proof of the stunning effects of her nonviolent struggle on behalf of those who bravely, and at a very high cost, keep pushing for the most basic rights.”—The New York Times Book Review “Shirin Ebadi is quite simply the most vital voice for freedom and human rights in Iran.”—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Zealot “Shirin Ebadi writes of exile hauntingly and speaks of Iran, her homeland, as the poets do. Ebadi is unafraid of addressing the personal as well as the political and does both fiercely, with introspection and fire.”—Fatima Bhutto, author of The Shadow of the Crescent Moon “I would encourage all to read Dr. Shirin Ebadi’s memoir and to understand how her struggle for human rights continued after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It is also fascinating to see how she has been affected positively and negatively by her Nobel Prize. This is a must read for all.”—Desmond Tutu “A revealing portrait of the state of political oppression in Iran . . . [Ebadi] is an inspiring figure, and her suspenseful, evocative story is unforgettable.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Ebadi’s courage and strength of character are evident throughout this engrossing text.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256474Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran Author: Shirin Ebadi Narrator: Shohreh Aghdashloo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256474 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran Author: Shirin Ebadi Narrator: Shohreh Aghdashloo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children against a brutal regime in Iran. Now Ebadi tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of a government out to destroy her, her family, and her mission: to bring justice to the people and the country she loves. For years the Islamic Republic tried to intimidate Ebadi, but after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rose to power in 2005, the censorship and persecution intensified. The government wiretapped Ebadi’s phones, bugged her law firm, sent spies to follow her, harassed her colleagues, detained her daughter, and arrested her sister on trumped-up charges. It shut down her lectures, fired up mobs to attack her home, seized her offices, and nailed a death threat to her front door. Despite finding herself living under circumstances reminiscent of a spy novel, nothing could keep Ebadi from speaking out and standing up for human dignity. But it was not until she received a phone call from her distraught husband—and he made a shocking confession that would all but destroy her family—that she realized what the intelligence apparatus was capable of to silence its critics. The Iranian government would end up taking everything from Shirin Ebadi—her marriage, friends, and colleagues, her home, her legal career, even her Nobel Prize—but the one thing it could never steal was her spirit to fight for justice and a better future. This is the amazing, at times harrowing, simply astonishing story of a woman who would never give up, no matter the risks. Just as her words and deeds have inspired a nation, Until We Are Free will inspire you to find the courage to stand up for your beliefs. Praise for Until We Are Free “Ebadi recounts the cycle of sinister assaults she faced after she won the Nobel Prize in 2003. Her new memoir, written as a novel-like narrative, captures the precariousness of her situation and her determination to ‘stand firm.’”—The Washington Post “Powerful . . . Although [Ebadi’s] memoir underscores that a slow change will have to come from within Iran, it is also proof of the stunning effects of her nonviolent struggle on behalf of those who bravely, and at a very high cost, keep pushing for the most basic rights.”—The New York Times Book Review “Shirin Ebadi is quite simply the most vital voice for freedom and human rights in Iran.”—Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Zealot “Shirin Ebadi writes of exile hauntingly and speaks of Iran, her homeland, as the poets do. Ebadi is unafraid of addressing the personal as well as the political and does both fiercely, with introspection and fire.”—Fatima Bhutto, author of The Shadow of the Crescent Moon “I would encourage all to read Dr. Shirin Ebadi’s memoir and to understand how her struggle for human rights continued after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It is also fascinating to see how she has been affected positively and negatively by her Nobel Prize. This is a must read for all.”—Desmond Tutu “A revealing portrait of the state of political oppression in Iran . . . [Ebadi] is an inspiring figure, and her suspenseful, evocative story is unforgettable.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Ebadi’s courage and strength of character are evident throughout this engrossing text.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cost-my-life-on-a-terrorist-hit-list-by-ali-husnain--65200671https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cost: My Life on a Terrorist Hit List Author: Ali Husnain Narrator: Akbar Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Born into a prominent Shia Muslim family in Pakistan, Ali had it all—prestige, security, wealth, social status. The Cost is the extraordinary story of his dramatic encounter with Jesus that would change everything. That life-altering choice to follow Jesus would turn Ali from a typical teenager into a target of a terrorist organization based in his hometown—a target they would soon act on. The Cost is the riveting and remarkable journey of a young man who left everything behind to follow the one thing he knew to be true. Through excommunication from his home and family, near-death experience, a miraculous healing, and a cross-continental chase for his life, Ali’s faith sustained him while also compelling him to bring the gospel to Muslims—no matter the cost. This modern epic is a must-read for anyone who wants to be informed about the state of Christian-Muslim relations today, and inspired by just how much a single light in the darkness can make a difference.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256423Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cost: My Life on a Terrorist Hit List Author: Ali Husnain Narrator: Akbar Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cost: My Life on a Terrorist Hit List Author: Ali Husnain Narrator: Akbar Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Born into a prominent Shia Muslim family in Pakistan, Ali had it all—prestige, security, wealth, social status. The Cost is the extraordinary story of his dramatic encounter with Jesus that would change everything. That life-altering choice to follow Jesus would turn Ali from a typical teenager into a target of a terrorist organization based in his hometown—a target they would soon act on. The Cost is the riveting and remarkable journey of a young man who left everything behind to follow the one thing he knew to be true. Through excommunication from his home and family, near-death experience, a miraculous healing, and a cross-continental chase for his life, Ali’s faith sustained him while also compelling him to bring the gospel to Muslims—no matter the cost. This modern epic is a must-read for anyone who wants to be informed about the state of Christian-Muslim relations today, and inspired by just how much a single light in the darkness can make a difference.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-loss-and-what-we-ate-a-memoir-by-padma-lakshmi--65200669https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir Author: Padma Lakshmi Narrator: Padma Lakshmi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi’s unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera—a tantalizing blend of Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone and Nora Ephron’s Heartburn Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how we eat is an extension of how we love, how we comfort, how we forge a sense of home—and how we taste the world as we navigate our way through it. Shuttling between continents as a child, she lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favorite food remained the simple rice she first ate sitting on the cool floor of her grandmother’s kitchen in South India. Poignant and surprising, Love, Loss, and What We Ate is Lakshmi’s extraordinary account of her journey from that humble kitchen, ruled by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges’ table of Top Chef and beyond. It chronicles the fierce devotion of the remarkable people who shaped her along the way, from her headstrong mother who flouted conservative Indian convention to make a life in New York, to her Brahmin grandfather—a brilliant engineer with an irrepressible sweet tooth—to the man seemingly wrong for her in every way who proved to be her truest ally. A memoir rich with sensual prose and punctuated with evocative recipes, it is alive with the scents, tastes, and textures of a life that spans complex geographies both internal and external. Love, Loss, and What We Ate is an intimate and unexpected story of food and family—both the ones we are born to and the ones we create—and their enduring legacies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256486Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir Author: Padma Lakshmi Narrator: Padma Lakshmi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir Author: Padma Lakshmi Narrator: Padma Lakshmi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A vivid memoir of food and family, survival and triumph, Love, Loss, and What We Ate traces the arc of Padma Lakshmi’s unlikely path from an immigrant childhood to a complicated life in front of the camera—a tantalizing blend of Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone and Nora Ephron’s Heartburn Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how we eat is an extension of how we love, how we comfort, how we forge a sense of home—and how we taste the world as we navigate our way through it. Shuttling between continents as a child, she lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favorite food remained the simple rice she first ate sitting on the cool floor of her grandmother’s kitchen in South India. Poignant and surprising, Love, Loss, and What We Ate is Lakshmi’s extraordinary account of her journey from that humble kitchen, ruled by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges’ table of Top Chef and beyond. It chronicles the fierce devotion of the remarkable people who shaped her along the way, from her headstrong mother who flouted conservative Indian convention to make a life in New York, to her Brahmin grandfather—a brilliant engineer with an irrepressible sweet tooth—to the man seemingly wrong for her in every way who proved to be her truest ally. A memoir rich with sensual prose and punctuated with evocative recipes, it is alive with the scents, tastes, and textures of a life that spans complex geographies both internal and external. Love, Loss, and What We Ate is an intimate and unexpected story of food and family—both the ones we are born to and the ones we create—and their enduring legacies.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-swear-i-ll-make-it-up-to-you-a-life-on-the-low-road-by-mishka-shubaly--65200634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You: A Life on the Low Road Author: Mishka Shubaly Narrator: Mishka Shubaly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An odyssey of family, heartbreak, violence, punk rock, brokenness, broke-ness, sex, love, loss, drinking, drinking, drinking, and an unlikely savior: distance running. A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a twenty-four-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school’s campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father, a prominent rocket scientist, abandoned the family and their home was lost to foreclosure. Shubaly swore to avenge the wrongs against his mother, but instead plunged into a magnificently toxic love affair with alcohol. Almost two decades later, Shubaly’s life changed again when a fateful five-mile run after a bar fight inspired him to clean up his life. And when he finally reconnected with his estranged father, he discovered the story of his childhood was radically different from what he thought he knew. In this fiercely honest, emotional, and self-laceratingly witty book, Shubaly relives his mistakes, misfortunes, and infrequent good decisions: the disastrous events that fractured his life; his incendiary romances; his hot-and-cold career as a rock musician; meeting his newborn nephew while out of his gourd on cough syrup. I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You is an apology for choices Shubaly never thought he’d live long enough to regret, a journey so far down the low road that it took him years of running to claw his way back.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256674Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You: A Life on the Low Road Author: Mishka Shubaly Narrator: Mishka Shubaly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You: A Life on the Low Road Author: Mishka Shubaly Narrator: Mishka Shubaly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 8, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An odyssey of family, heartbreak, violence, punk rock, brokenness, broke-ness, sex, love, loss, drinking, drinking, drinking, and an unlikely savior: distance running. A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a twenty-four-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school’s campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father, a prominent rocket scientist, abandoned the family and their home was lost to foreclosure. Shubaly swore to avenge the wrongs against his mother, but instead plunged into a magnificently toxic love affair with alcohol. Almost two decades later, Shubaly’s life changed again when a fateful five-mile run after a bar fight inspired him to clean up his life. And when he finally reconnected with his estranged father, he discovered the story of his childhood was radically different from what he thought he knew. In this fiercely honest, emotional, and self-laceratingly witty book, Shubaly relives his mistakes, misfortunes, and infrequent good decisions: the disastrous events that fractured his life; his incendiary romances; his hot-and-cold career as a rock musician; meeting his newborn nephew while out of his gourd on cough syrup. I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You is an apology for choices Shubaly never thought he’d live long enough to regret, a journey so far down the low road that it took him years of running to claw his way back.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wellth-how-i-learned-to-build-a-life-not-a-resume-by-jason-wachob--65200696https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé Author: Jason Wachob Narrator: Jason Wachob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: mindbodygreen founder Jason Wachob redefines successful living and offers readers a new life currency to build on, one that is steeped in wellbeing…Wellth.   “Many of us aren’t satisfied with just trying to accumulate the most money and toys. The good life is no longer just about the material—instead, it can be found in a lifestyle that is devoted to mental, physical, and emotional health. A wellthy existence is one in which happiness is attainable, health is paramount, and daily living is about abundance. It’s a life in which work is purposeful; friendships are deep and plentiful; and there’s a daily sense of richness or overflowing joy. But since there’s no one-size-fits all definition for a wellthy existence, I hope this book will serve as a guide to help you embark on your own personal journey that is both unique and meaningful.”   Eat. Move. Work. Believe. Explore. Breathe. Connect. Love. Heal. Thank. Ground. Live. Laugh.   These are the building blocks of Wellth…and in this blend of memoir and prescriptive advice Jason Wachob shows us all how to enjoy truly ‘wellthy’ lives—lives that are deeply rich in every conceivable way.  Through his experience and personal story, as well as in exclusive material from popular expert contributors (including Dr. Frank Lipman, Dr. Lissa Rankin, Joe Cross, Charlie Knoles, Kathryn Budig, Dr. Aviva Romm, and Dr. Sue Johnson), we learn how we too can embrace this new movement and develop richer, fuller, happier, healthier, and more meaningful lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255512Tue, 01 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé Author: Jason Wachob Narrator: Jason Wachob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé Author: Jason Wachob Narrator: Jason Wachob Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: mindbodygreen founder Jason Wachob redefines successful living and offers readers a new life currency to build on, one that is steeped in wellbeing…Wellth.   “Many of us aren’t satisfied with just trying to accumulate the most money and toys. The good life is no longer just about the material—instead, it can be found in a lifestyle that is devoted to mental, physical, and emotional health. A wellthy existence is one in which happiness is attainable, health is paramount, and daily living is about abundance. It’s a life in which work is purposeful; friendships are deep and plentiful; and there’s a daily sense of richness or overflowing joy. But since there’s no one-size-fits all definition for a wellthy existence, I hope this book will serve as a guide to help you embark on your own personal journey that is both unique and meaningful.”   Eat. Move. Work. Believe. Explore. Breathe. Connect. Love. Heal. Thank. Ground. Live. Laugh.   These are the building blocks of Wellth…and in this blend of memoir and prescriptive advice Jason Wachob shows us all how to enjoy truly ‘wellthy’ lives—lives that are deeply rich in every conceivable way.  Through his experience and personal story, as well as in exclusive material from popular expert contributors (including Dr. Frank Lipman, Dr. Lissa Rankin, Joe Cross, Charlie Knoles, Kathryn Budig, Dr. Aviva Romm, and Dr. Sue Johnson), we learn how we too can embrace this new movement and develop richer, fuller, happier, healthier, and more meaningful lives.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-and-white-bible-black-and-blue-wife-my-story-of-finding-hope-after-domestic-abuse-by-ruth-a-tucker--65200684https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife: My Story of Finding Hope after Domestic Abuse Author: Ruth A. Tucker Narrator: Devon O'day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Ruth Tucker recounts a harrowing story of abuse at the hands of her husband, a well-educated, charming preacher no less, in hope that her story would help other women caught in a cycle of domestic violence and offer a balanced biblical approach to counter such abuse for pastors and counselors. Weaving together her shocking story, stories of other women, and powerful stories of husbands who truly have demonstrated Christ’s love to their wives, with reflection on biblical, theological, historical, and contemporary issues surrounding domestic violence, she makes a compelling case for mutuality in marriage and helps women and men become more aware of potential dangers in a doctrine of male headship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255776Tue, 01 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife: My Story of Finding Hope after Domestic Abuse Author: Ruth A. Tucker Narrator: Devon O'day Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife: My Story of Finding Hope after Domestic Abuse Author: Ruth A. Tucker Narrator: Devon O'day Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Ruth Tucker recounts a harrowing story of abuse at the hands of her husband, a well-educated, charming preacher no less, in hope that her story would help other women caught in a cycle of domestic violence and offer a balanced biblical approach to counter such abuse for pastors and counselors. Weaving together her shocking story, stories of other women, and powerful stories of husbands who truly have demonstrated Christ’s love to their wives, with reflection on biblical, theological, historical, and contemporary issues surrounding domestic violence, she makes a compelling case for mutuality in marriage and helps women and men become more aware of potential dangers in a doctrine of male headship.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/above-the-line-my-wild-oats-adventure-by-shirley-maclaine--65200665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure Author: Shirley MacLaine Narrator: Shirley MacLaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A funny, fierce, imaginative memoir chronicling New York Times bestselling author and Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine’s remarkable experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands and the extraordinary memories her time there brought forth of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis. Her agent advised her not to get on the plane. The male leads weren’t even cast. The financing was shaky at best. The script had been rewritten countless times. And yet something about Wild Oats lured Shirley MacLaine to the film’s location shoot in the far-off Canary Islands—and straight to the center of one of the most thrilling and paradigm-shifting adventures of her life. The making of the film reads like a screwball comedy, as the cast and crew face unpredictable daily obstacles with ingenuity, grit, and personal sacrifice. Yet the chaos leads Shirley to a revelatory new understanding of the demise of one of history’s most elusive yet endlessly intriguing places. Scholars have long theorized that Spain’s Canary Islands are the remnants of the mighty lost continent of Atlantis. As the movie set descends into pandemonium, Shirley finds fascinating corollaries between the island’s cataclysmic fate and our own dangerous trajectory. Can we learn the lessons the citizens of Atlantis failed to comprehend? The answer is borne out of recovered memories from Shirley’s past life on Atlantis and through a series of meditations that reveal the necessity of unfettered imagination when looking for bold new truths, rendering this evocative, irreverent, and honest memoir essential reading for anyone seeking a broader understanding of what it means to be human—both where we came from and where we are going.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255806Tue, 01 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure Author: Shirley MacLaine Narrator: Shirley MacLaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure Author: Shirley MacLaine Narrator: Shirley MacLaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A funny, fierce, imaginative memoir chronicling New York Times bestselling author and Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine’s remarkable experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands and the extraordinary memories her time there brought forth of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis. Her agent advised her not to get on the plane. The male leads weren’t even cast. The financing was shaky at best. The script had been rewritten countless times. And yet something about Wild Oats lured Shirley MacLaine to the film’s location shoot in the far-off Canary Islands—and straight to the center of one of the most thrilling and paradigm-shifting adventures of her life. The making of the film reads like a screwball comedy, as the cast and crew face unpredictable daily obstacles with ingenuity, grit, and personal sacrifice. Yet the chaos leads Shirley to a revelatory new understanding of the demise of one of history’s most elusive yet endlessly intriguing places. Scholars have long theorized that Spain’s Canary Islands are the remnants of the mighty lost continent of Atlantis. As the movie set descends into pandemonium, Shirley finds fascinating corollaries between the island’s cataclysmic fate and our own dangerous trajectory. Can we learn the lessons the citizens of Atlantis failed to comprehend? The answer is borne out of recovered memories from Shirley’s past life on Atlantis and through a series of meditations that reveal the necessity of unfettered imagination when looking for bold new truths, rendering this evocative, irreverent, and honest memoir essential reading for anyone seeking a broader understanding of what it means to be human—both where we came from and where we are going.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saving-alex-when-i-was-fifteen-i-told-my-mormon-parents-i-was-gay-and-that-s-when-my-nightmare-began-by-alex-cooper-joanna-brooks--65200645https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Alex: When I was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began Author: Alex Cooper, Joanna Brooks Narrator: Luci Christian Bell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Days after Alex Cooper told her parents that she was gay, they drove Alex from their home in Southern California to Utah, where they signed over guardianship to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed “residential treatment program,” modeled on the many “therapeutic” boot camps scattered across Utah. Alex was physically and verbally abused, and forced to stand facing a wall for up to eighteen hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks. “God’s plan does not apply to gay people,” her captors told her, using faith to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law’s protection as an openly gay teenager. Saving Alex is a horrific yet uplifting story of identity, faith, courage, acceptance, and freedom that reveals what happens when religion goes too far and how a group of dedicated Americans and one young woman fought for her rights, including finding the strength and courage to be herself, and how her story has inspired countless others along the way.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255748Tue, 01 Mar 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Alex: When I was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began Author: Alex Cooper, Joanna Brooks Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Alex: When I was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began Author: Alex Cooper, Joanna Brooks Narrator: Luci Christian Bell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Days after Alex Cooper told her parents that she was gay, they drove Alex from their home in Southern California to Utah, where they signed over guardianship to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed “residential treatment program,” modeled on the many “therapeutic” boot camps scattered across Utah. Alex was physically and verbally abused, and forced to stand facing a wall for up to eighteen hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks. “God’s plan does not apply to gay people,” her captors told her, using faith to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law’s protection as an openly gay teenager. Saving Alex is a horrific yet uplifting story of identity, faith, courage, acceptance, and freedom that reveals what happens when religion goes too far and how a group of dedicated Americans and one young woman fought for her rights, including finding the strength and courage to be herself, and how her story has inspired countless others along the way.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-re-better-than-me-a-memoir-by-bonnie-mcfarlane--65200687https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Better Than Me: A Memoir Author: Bonnie McFarlane Narrator: Bonnie McFarlane, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy-person, from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane.  It took Bonnie McFarlane a lot of time, effort, and tequila to get to where she is today. Before she starred on Last Comic Standing and directed her own films, she was an inappropriately loud tomboy growing up on her parents’ farm in Cold Lake, Canada, wetting her pants during standardized tests and killing chickens. Desperate to find “her people”—like-minded souls who wouldn’t judge her because she was honest, ruthless, and okay, sometimes really rude—Bonnie turned to comedy. In her explosively funny and no-holds-barred memoir, Bonnie tells it like it is, and lays bare all of her smart (and her not-so-smart) decisions along her way to finding her friends and her comedic voice. From fistfights in elementary school to riding motorcycles to the World Famous Comic Strip, to Late Night with David Letterman, and through to her infamous “c” word bit on Last Comic Standing, You’re Better Than Me is her funny and outrageous trip through the good, bad, and ugly of her life in comedy. McFarlane doesn’t always keep her mouth shut when she should, but at least she makes people laugh. And that’s all that matters, right?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255502Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Better Than Me: A Memoir Author: Bonnie McFarlane Narrator: Bonnie McFarlane, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255502 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're Better Than Me: A Memoir Author: Bonnie McFarlane Narrator: Bonnie McFarlane, Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy-person, from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane.  It took Bonnie McFarlane a lot of time, effort, and tequila to get to where she is today. Before she starred on Last Comic Standing and directed her own films, she was an inappropriately loud tomboy growing up on her parents’ farm in Cold Lake, Canada, wetting her pants during standardized tests and killing chickens. Desperate to find “her people”—like-minded souls who wouldn’t judge her because she was honest, ruthless, and okay, sometimes really rude—Bonnie turned to comedy. In her explosively funny and no-holds-barred memoir, Bonnie tells it like it is, and lays bare all of her smart (and her not-so-smart) decisions along her way to finding her friends and her comedic voice. From fistfights in elementary school to riding motorcycles to the World Famous Comic Strip, to Late Night with David Letterman, and through to her infamous “c” word bit on Last Comic Standing, You’re Better Than Me is her funny and outrageous trip through the good, bad, and ugly of her life in comedy. McFarlane doesn’t always keep her mouth shut when she should, but at least she makes people laugh. And that’s all that matters, right?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-the-oceans-were-ink-an-unlikely-friendship-and-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-quran-by-carla-power--65200677https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran Author: Carla Power Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Hailed by the Washington Post as “mandatory reading,” and praised by Fareed Zakaria as “intelligent, compassionate, and revealing,” this powerful journey will help bridge one of the greatest divides shaping our world today. If the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power’s eye-opening story of how she and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. Their friendship—between a secular American and a madrasa-trained sheikh—had always seemed unlikely, but now they were frustrated and bewildered by the battles being fought in their names. Both knew that a close look at the Quran would reveal a faith that preached peace and not mass murder; respect for women and not oppression. And so they embarked on a yearlong journey through the controversial text. A journalist who grew up in the Midwest and the Middle East, Power offers her unique vantage point on the Quran’s most provocative verses as she debates with Akram at cafés, family gatherings, and packed lecture halls, conversations filled with both good humor and powerful insights. Their story takes them to madrasas in India and pilgrimage sites in Mecca, as they encounter politicians and jihadis, feminist activists and conservative scholars. Armed with a new understanding of each other’s worldviews, Power and Akram offer eye-opening perspectives, destroy long-held myths, and reveal startling connections between worlds that have seemed hopelessly divided for far too long.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256028Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran Author: Carla Power Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran Author: Carla Power Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Hailed by the Washington Post as “mandatory reading,” and praised by Fareed Zakaria as “intelligent, compassionate, and revealing,” this powerful journey will help bridge one of the greatest divides shaping our world today. If the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power’s eye-opening story of how she and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. Their friendship—between a secular American and a madrasa-trained sheikh—had always seemed unlikely, but now they were frustrated and bewildered by the battles being fought in their names. Both knew that a close look at the Quran would reveal a faith that preached peace and not mass murder; respect for women and not oppression. And so they embarked on a yearlong journey through the controversial text. A journalist who grew up in the Midwest and the Middle East, Power offers her unique vantage point on the Quran’s most provocative verses as she debates with Akram at cafés, family gatherings, and packed lecture halls, conversations filled with both good humor and powerful insights. Their story takes them to madrasas in India and pilgrimage sites in Mecca, as they encounter politicians and jihadis, feminist activists and conservative scholars. Armed with a new understanding of each other’s worldviews, Power and Akram offer eye-opening perspectives, destroy long-held myths, and reveal startling connections between worlds that have seemed hopelessly divided for far too long.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sunny-s-nights-lost-and-found-at-the-bar-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-tim-sultan--65200674https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunny's Nights: Lost and Found at the Bar at the End of the World Author: Tim Sultan Narrator: Robert Malloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Imagine that Alice had walked into a bar instead of falling down the rabbit hole. In the tradition of J. R. Moehringer’s The Tender Bar and the classic reportage of Joseph Mitchell, here is an indelible portrait of what is quite possibly the greatest bar in the world—and the mercurial, magnificent man behind it. The first time he saw Sunny’s Bar, in 1995, Tim Sultan was lost, thirsty for a drink, and intrigued by the single bar sign among the forlorn warehouses lining the Brooklyn waterfront. Inside, he found a dimly lit room crammed with maritime artifacts, a dozen well-seasoned drinkers, and, strangely, a projector playing a classic Martha Graham dance performance. Sultan knew he had stumbled upon someplace special. What he didn’t know was that he had just found his new home. Soon enough, Sultan has quit his office job to bartend full-time for Sunny Balzano, the bar’s owner. A wild-haired Tony Bennett lookalike with a fondness for quoting Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett, Sunny is truly one of a kind. Born next to the saloon that has been in his family for one hundred years, Sunny has over the years partied with Andy Warhol, spent time in India at the feet of a guru, and painted abstract expressionist originals. But his masterpiece is the bar itself, a place where a sublime mix of artists, mobsters, honky-tonk musicians, neighborhood drunks, nuns, longshoremen, and assorted eccentrics rub elbows. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming city, Sunny’s Nights is a loving and singular portrait of the dream experience we’re all searching for every time we walk into a bar, and an enchanting memoir of an unlikely and abiding friendship. Praise for Sunny’s Nights “Fantastic . . . [Sultan takes] material that might seem familiar and [mixes] a perfect, insightful cocktail: full-bodied, multitextured and delicious. . . . Simply beautiful.”—The New York Times Book Review “Sultan’s love of Red Hook shines through, and it’s hard not to be swept along on the ebb and flow of his emotions. . . . Sultan’s book is, among other things, a meditation on the fragility of the moment and the passage of time. . . . Wistful, funny and biting, Sunny’s Nights rewards you with its evocation of a certain place in time and, as Sultan calls him, ‘the most original man I have ever met.’”—Newsday “An affectionate portrait of the idiosyncratic Sunny’s Bar.”—USA Today “Sultan finds Sunny . . . a real character, a poet, a cinephile, a philosopher, bluegrass maestro and (Rheingold) beer server.”—New York Post (“Required Reading”) “Captivating . . . a classic story about a local bar.”—The Buffalo News “An enchanting memoir, a profound meditation on place and a beautiful story of an unlikely and abiding friendship.”—Brooklyn Daily Eagle “[A] polished, affecting look at remarkable barkeep Sunny Balzano . . . In elegant prose, Sultan deploys laconic humor, an instinct for telling details, a taste for eccentricity, and above all, clear-eyed compassion for our all-too-human failings.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Beautifully wrought . . . an indelible portrait of an unusual man and a nearly forgotten part of NYC.”—Booklist “More than an elegy for a bar and a neighborhood—it’s also a vivid and loving portrait of the larger-than-life eccentric who gave the bar its name and its spirit.”—Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255954Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunny's Nights: Lost and Found at the Bar at the End of the World Author: Tim Sultan Narrator: Robert Malloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunny's Nights: Lost and Found at the Bar at the End of the World Author: Tim Sultan Narrator: Robert Malloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Imagine that Alice had walked into a bar instead of falling down the rabbit hole. In the tradition of J. R. Moehringer’s The Tender Bar and the classic reportage of Joseph Mitchell, here is an indelible portrait of what is quite possibly the greatest bar in the world—and the mercurial, magnificent man behind it. The first time he saw Sunny’s Bar, in 1995, Tim Sultan was lost, thirsty for a drink, and intrigued by the single bar sign among the forlorn warehouses lining the Brooklyn waterfront. Inside, he found a dimly lit room crammed with maritime artifacts, a dozen well-seasoned drinkers, and, strangely, a projector playing a classic Martha Graham dance performance. Sultan knew he had stumbled upon someplace special. What he didn’t know was that he had just found his new home. Soon enough, Sultan has quit his office job to bartend full-time for Sunny Balzano, the bar’s owner. A wild-haired Tony Bennett lookalike with a fondness for quoting Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett, Sunny is truly one of a kind. Born next to the saloon that has been in his family for one hundred years, Sunny has over the years partied with Andy Warhol, spent time in India at the feet of a guru, and painted abstract expressionist originals. But his masterpiece is the bar itself, a place where a sublime mix of artists, mobsters, honky-tonk musicians, neighborhood drunks, nuns, longshoremen, and assorted eccentrics rub elbows. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming city, Sunny’s Nights is a loving and singular portrait of the dream experience we’re all searching for every time we walk into a bar, and an enchanting memoir of an unlikely and abiding friendship. Praise for Sunny’s Nights “Fantastic . . . [Sultan takes] material that might seem familiar and [mixes] a perfect, insightful cocktail: full-bodied, multitextured and delicious. . . . Simply beautiful.”—The New York Times Book Review “Sultan’s love of Red Hook shines through, and it’s hard not to be swept along on the ebb and flow of his emotions. . . . Sultan’s book is, among other things, a meditation on the fragility of the moment and the passage of time. . . . Wistful, funny and biting, Sunny’s Nights rewards you with its evocation of a certain place in time and, as Sultan calls him, ‘the most original man I have ever met.’”—Newsday “An affectionate portrait of the idiosyncratic Sunny’s Bar.”—USA Today “Sultan finds Sunny . . . a real character, a poet, a cinephile, a philosopher, bluegrass maestro and (Rheingold) beer server.”—New York Post (“Required Reading”) “Captivating . . . a classic story about a local bar.”—The Buffalo News “An enchanting memoir, a profound meditation on place and a beautiful story of an unlikely and abiding friendship.”—Brooklyn Daily Eagle “[A] polished, affecting look at remarkable barkeep Sunny Balzano . . . In elegant prose, Sultan deploys laconic humor, an instinct for telling details, a taste for eccentricity, and above all, clear-eyed compassion for our all-too-human failings.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Beautifully wrought . . . an indelible portrait of an unusual man and a nearly forgotten part of NYC.”—Booklist “More than an elegy for a bar and a neighborhood—it’s also a vivid and loving portrait of the larger-than-life eccentric who gave the bar its name and its spirit.”—Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/14-days-a-mother-a-daughter-a-two-week-goodbye-by-lisa-goich--65200663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye Author: Lisa Goich Narrator: Lisa Goich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Lisa traveled home to visit her parents in December 2011, she never expected an ordinary three-day weekend to turn into an extraordinary 14-day observance of her mother’s life – and ultimately – death. 14 Days is a story of parental loss, and how to lovingly, bravely and gracefully let go of a hand you’ve been holding your entire life. From a child’s first breath to a mother’s last, this memoir shows how closing that circle can be a celebration of this unbreakable bond.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256477Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye Author: Lisa Goich Narrator: Lisa Goich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256477 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye Author: Lisa Goich Narrator: Lisa Goich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 23, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When Lisa traveled home to visit her parents in December 2011, she never expected an ordinary three-day weekend to turn into an extraordinary 14-day observance of her mother’s life – and ultimately – death. 14 Days is a story of parental loss, and how to lovingly, bravely and gracefully let go of a hand you’ve been holding your entire life. From a child’s first breath to a mother’s last, this memoir shows how closing that circle can be a celebration of this unbreakable bond.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pretty-happy-healthy-ways-to-love-your-body-by-kate-hudson--65200692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body Author: Kate Hudson Narrator: Kate Hudson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: I didn’t just wake up one day understanding how to take care of myself. I had to learn how to do so over time, and I continue to learn—each and every day. This is a process, and my body is constantly changing. So is yours. And when I learned how to accept that I will always be like this, I relaxed. Our bodies do not stand still for time. When you understand yourself and connect to how you can become body smart, you realize pretty quickly that the perfect, the ideal is not the goal. Instead, the goal is feeling good in your body. That’s what leads to confidence, to feeling and looking fit, and being pretty happy. Doesn’t that sound great? I think so! In almost every interview she gives, Kate Hudson is asked the same questions: What do you eat? How do you stay so fit? What workout do you do? What’s your secret? Well, the secret is that the sound bites the media loves so much don’t tell the story, and the steps you need to take to have a healthy, vibrant and happy life can’t be captured in a short interview. The key to living well, and healthy, is to plug into what your body needs, understanding that one size does not fit all, all the time, and being truly honest with yourself about your goals and desires. Like everyone else, Kate is constantly on the move, with a life full of work, family, responsibilities and relationships. In Pretty Happy, Kate shows how she honors her relationship with herself through exercise, making the right choices about what she eats, and constantly going back to the drawing board and starting fresh, instead of holding herself to unrealistic standards of perfection and giving up when she falls short. Focusing on the Four Pillars of Health to enhance her well-being, Pretty Happy shows the benefits of: - Cultivating an Intuitive Relationship With Your Body - Eating Well - Awakening Your Body through movement - The Miracle of Mindfullness Full of questionnaires to help you assess your Body Type and your stress levels, advice about cleanses and keeping your diet and body balanced, and plenty of interactive Drawing Board exercises, Pretty Happy is a beautiful, insightful, and personal look at health from the inside out, an authentic plan for an authentic life from a woman who truly lives what she speaks.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255741Tue, 16 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body Author: Kate Hudson Narrator: Kate Hudson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body Author: Kate Hudson Narrator: Kate Hudson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: I didn’t just wake up one day understanding how to take care of myself. I had to learn how to do so over time, and I continue to learn—each and every day. This is a process, and my body is constantly changing. So is yours. And when I learned how to accept that I will always be like this, I relaxed. Our bodies do not stand still for time. When you understand yourself and connect to how you can become body smart, you realize pretty quickly that the perfect, the ideal is not the goal. Instead, the goal is feeling good in your body. That’s what leads to confidence, to feeling and looking fit, and being pretty happy. Doesn’t that sound great? I think so! In almost every interview she gives, Kate Hudson is asked the same questions: What do you eat? How do you stay so fit? What workout do you do? What’s your secret? Well, the secret is that the sound bites the media loves so much don’t tell the story, and the steps you need to take to have a healthy, vibrant and happy life can’t be captured in a short interview. The key to living well, and healthy, is to plug into what your body needs, understanding that one size does not fit all, all the time, and being truly honest with yourself about your goals and desires. Like everyone else, Kate is constantly on the move, with a life full of work, family, responsibilities and relationships. In Pretty Happy, Kate shows how she honors her relationship with herself through exercise, making the right choices about what she eats, and constantly going back to the drawing board and starting fresh, instead of holding herself to unrealistic standards of perfection and giving up when she falls short. Focusing on the Four Pillars of Health to enhance her well-being, Pretty Happy shows the benefits of: - Cultivating an Intuitive Relationship With Your Body - Eating Well - Awakening Your Body through movement - The Miracle of Mindfullness Full of questionnaires to help you assess your Body Type and your stress levels, advice about cleanses and keeping your diet and body balanced, and plenty of interactive Drawing Board exercises, Pretty Happy is a beautiful, insightful, and personal look at health from the inside out, an authentic plan for an authentic life from a woman who truly lives what she speaks.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-refills-a-doctor-confronts-his-addiction-by-peter-grinspoon--65200679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction Author: Peter Grinspoon Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery. Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When the police finally came calling--after a tip from a sharp-eyed pharmacist--Grinspoon's house of cards came tumbling down fast. His professional ego turned out to be an impediment to getting clean as he cycled through recovery to relapse, his reputation, family life, and lifestyle in ruins. What finally moves him to recover and reclaim life--including working with other physicians who themselves are addicts--makes for inspiring reading.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689Tue, 16 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction Author: Peter Grinspoon Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction Author: Peter Grinspoon Narrator: Kiff VandenHeuvel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery. Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When the police finally came calling--after a tip from a sharp-eyed pharmacist--Grinspoon's house of cards came tumbling down fast. His professional ego turned out to be an impediment to getting clean as he cycled through recovery to relapse, his reputation, family life, and lifestyle in ruins. What finally moves him to recover and reclaim life--including working with other physicians who themselves are addicts--makes for inspiring reading.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-reckoning-living-in-the-aftermath-of-the-columbine-tragedy-by-sue-klebold--65200666https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy Author: Sue Klebold Narrator: Sue Klebold, Andrew Solomon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently? These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. In A Mother’s Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts. Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion, A Mother’s Reckoning is a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the recent Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255752Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy Author: Sue Klebold Narrator: Sue Klebold, Andrew Solomon Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy Author: Sue Klebold Narrator: Sue Klebold, Andrew Solomon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently? These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. In A Mother’s Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts. Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion, A Mother’s Reckoning is a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the recent Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-reckoning-living-in-the-aftermath-of-tragedy-by-sue-klebold--65200623https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy Author: Sue Klebold Narrator: Sue Klebold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 27 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Sue Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, about living in the aftermath of Columbine. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives.   For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently?   These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. In A Mother’s Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts.   Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion, A Mother’s Reckoning is a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent.   Includes a PDF of acknowledgments and resources from the book. All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues. — Washington Post, Best Memoirs of 2016]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256391Mon, 15 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy Author: Sue Klebold Narrator: Sue Klebold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy Author: Sue Klebold Narrator: Sue Klebold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 15, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.61 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 27 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Sue Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, about living in the aftermath of Columbine. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives.   For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently?   These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. In A Mother’s Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts.   Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion, A Mother’s Reckoning is a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent.   Includes a PDF of acknowledgments and resources from the book. All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues. — Washington Post, Best Memoirs of 2016]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-other-words-a-memoir-by-jhumpa-lahiri--65200690https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Other Words: A Memoir Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Narrator: Jhumpa Lahiri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut—an “honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)   In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery always eluded her. Seeking full immersion, she decides to move to Rome with her family, for “a trial by fire, a sort of baptism” into a new language and world. There, she begins to read, and to write—initially in her journal—solely in Italian. In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice. Presented in a dual-language format, this is a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.  Read by the Author, in both English and the original Italian]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251989Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Other Words: A Memoir Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Narrator: Jhumpa Lahiri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Other Words: A Memoir Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Narrator: Jhumpa Lahiri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut—an “honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)   In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery always eluded her. Seeking full immersion, she decides to move to Rome with her family, for “a trial by fire, a sort of baptism” into a new language and world. There, she begins to read, and to write—initially in her journal—solely in Italian. In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice. Presented in a dual-language format, this is a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.  Read by the Author, in both English and the original Italian]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/liar-a-memoir-by-rob-roberge--65200689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liar: A Memoir Author: Rob Roberge Narrator: Rob Roberge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist.   When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his identity, he sets out to (somewhat faithfully) record the most formative moments of his life—ranging from the brutal murder of his childhood girlfriend, to a diagnosis of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, to opening for famed indie band Yo La Tengo at The Fillmore in San Francisco. But the process of trying to remember his past only exposes just how fragile the stories that lay at the heart of our self-conception really are.   As Liar twists and turns through Roberge’s life, it turns the familiar story of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll on its head. Darkly funny and brutally frank, it offers a remarkable portrait of a down and out existence cobbled together across the country, from musicians’ crashpads around Boston, to seedy bars popular with sideshow freaks in Florida, to a painful moment of reckoning in the scorched Wonder Valley desert of California. As Roberge struggles to keep addiction and mental illness from destroying the good life he has built in his better moments, he is forced to acknowledge the increasingly blurred line between the lies we tell others and the lies we tell ourselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252400Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liar: A Memoir Author: Rob Roberge Narrator: Rob Roberge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Liar: A Memoir Author: Rob Roberge Narrator: Rob Roberge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist.   When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his identity, he sets out to (somewhat faithfully) record the most formative moments of his life—ranging from the brutal murder of his childhood girlfriend, to a diagnosis of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder, to opening for famed indie band Yo La Tengo at The Fillmore in San Francisco. But the process of trying to remember his past only exposes just how fragile the stories that lay at the heart of our self-conception really are.   As Liar twists and turns through Roberge’s life, it turns the familiar story of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll on its head. Darkly funny and brutally frank, it offers a remarkable portrait of a down and out existence cobbled together across the country, from musicians’ crashpads around Boston, to seedy bars popular with sideshow freaks in Florida, to a painful moment of reckoning in the scorched Wonder Valley desert of California. As Roberge struggles to keep addiction and mental illness from destroying the good life he has built in his better moments, he is forced to acknowledge the increasingly blurred line between the lies we tell others and the lies we tell ourselves.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-piano-shop-on-the-left-bank-discovering-a-forgotten-passion-in-a-paris-atelier-by-thad-carhart--65200688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier Author: Thad Carhart Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier’s oddest hangout, where locals — from university professors to pipefitters — gather on Friday evenings to discuss music, love, and life over a glass of wine. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an excellent guide to the history of this most gloriously impractical of instruments. A bewildering variety passes through his restorer’s hands: delicate ancient pianofortes, one perhaps the onetime possession of Beethoven. Great hulking beasts of thunderous voice. And the modest piano “with the heart of a lion” that was to become Thad’s own. What emerges is a warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris — one closed to all but a knowing few. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect audiobook for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255531Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier Author: Thad Carhart Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier Author: Thad Carhart Narrator: Dan Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier’s oddest hangout, where locals — from university professors to pipefitters — gather on Friday evenings to discuss music, love, and life over a glass of wine. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an excellent guide to the history of this most gloriously impractical of instruments. A bewildering variety passes through his restorer’s hands: delicate ancient pianofortes, one perhaps the onetime possession of Beethoven. Great hulking beasts of thunderous voice. And the modest piano “with the heart of a lion” that was to become Thad’s own. What emerges is a warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris — one closed to all but a knowing few. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect audiobook for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-confessions-of-an-economic-hit-man-by-john-perkins--65200668https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Author: John Perkins Narrator: Tom Taylorson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 12 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Shocking bestseller: the original version of this astonishing tell-all book spent seventy-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 1.25 million copies, and has been translated into more than thirty languages. New revelations: featuring fifteen explosive new chapters, this expanded edition of Perkins’s classic bestseller brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up to date and, chillingly, home to the US. Over forty percent of the book is new, including chapters identifying today’s EHMs and a detailed chronology extensively documenting EHM activity since the first edition was published in 2004. Former economic hit man John Perkins shares new details about the ways he and others cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Then he reveals how the deadly EHM cancer he helped create has spread far more widely and deeply than ever in the United States and everywhere else—to become the dominant system of business, government, and society today. Finally, he gives an insider view of what we each can do to change it. Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them. If the EHMs can’t maintain the corrupt status quo through nonviolent coercion, the jackal assassins swoop in. The heart of this book is a completely new section, over 100 pages long, that exposes the fact that all the EHM and jackal tools—false economics, false promises, threats, bribes, extortion, debt, deception, coups, assassinations, unbridled military power—are used around the world today exponentially more than during the era Perkins exposed over a decade ago. The material in this new section ranges from the Seychelles, Honduras, Ecuador, and Libya to Turkey, Western Europe, Vietnam, China, and, in perhaps the most unexpected and sinister development, the United States, where the new EHMs—bankers, lobbyists, corporate executives, and others—“con governments and the public into submitting to policies that make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” But as dark as the story gets, this reformed EHM also provides hope. Perkins offers a detailed list of specific actions each of us can take to transform what he calls a failing Death Economy into a Life Economy that provides sustainable abundance for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255707Tue, 09 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Author: John Perkins Narrator: Tom Taylorson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255707 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Author: John Perkins Narrator: Tom Taylorson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 9, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 12 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Shocking bestseller: the original version of this astonishing tell-all book spent seventy-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 1.25 million copies, and has been translated into more than thirty languages. New revelations: featuring fifteen explosive new chapters, this expanded edition of Perkins’s classic bestseller brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up to date and, chillingly, home to the US. Over forty percent of the book is new, including chapters identifying today’s EHMs and a detailed chronology extensively documenting EHM activity since the first edition was published in 2004. Former economic hit man John Perkins shares new details about the ways he and others cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Then he reveals how the deadly EHM cancer he helped create has spread far more widely and deeply than ever in the United States and everywhere else—to become the dominant system of business, government, and society today. Finally, he gives an insider view of what we each can do to change it. Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them. If the EHMs can’t maintain the corrupt status quo through nonviolent coercion, the jackal assassins swoop in. The heart of this book is a completely new section, over 100 pages long, that exposes the fact that all the EHM and jackal tools—false economics, false promises, threats, bribes, extortion, debt, deception, coups, assassinations, unbridled military power—are used around the world today exponentially more than during the era Perkins exposed over a decade ago. The material in this new section ranges from the Seychelles, Honduras, Ecuador, and Libya to Turkey, Western Europe, Vietnam, China, and, in perhaps the most unexpected and sinister development, the United States, where the new EHMs—bankers, lobbyists, corporate executives, and others—“con governments and the public into submitting to policies that make the rich richer and the poor poorer.” But as dark as the story gets, this reformed EHM also provides hope. Perkins offers a detailed list of specific actions each of us can take to transform what he calls a failing Death Economy into a Life Economy that provides sustainable abundance for all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-road-to-find-out-by-robert-c-brewster--65200659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the road to find out Author: Robert C. Brewster Narrator: Robert C. Brewster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the road to find out is a thought provoking memory emoting read for a generation that lived it and for those younger and wise enough to want to discover what it was like to live in the moment. It is rooted in the time period of 1967 to 1974 and unfolds mainly in the seaside resort town of Wildwood New Jersey. It's a story of heartbreak and discovery. It's a wild ride through America as seen through the eyes of this young Canadian, as he digs deep inside his self, in the hopes of recapturing the one thing he lost and means everything to him, true love. The people and situations in it are real and unfolded as I and others remembered them. Though it reads like fiction, the story is true in every sense. It is a photographic memory of a special time and place that screamed to be documented.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256118Fri, 05 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the road to find out Author: Robert C. Brewster Narrator: Robert C. Brewster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the road to find out Author: Robert C. Brewster Narrator: Robert C. Brewster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: February 5, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the road to find out is a thought provoking memory emoting read for a generation that lived it and for those younger and wise enough to want to discover what it was like to live in the moment. It is rooted in the time period of 1967 to 1974 and unfolds mainly in the seaside resort town of Wildwood New Jersey. It's a story of heartbreak and discovery. It's a wild ride through America as seen through the eyes of this young Canadian, as he digs deep inside his self, in the hopes of recapturing the one thing he lost and means everything to him, true love. The people and situations in it are real and unfolded as I and others remembered them. Though it reads like fiction, the story is true in every sense. It is a photographic memory of a special time and place that screamed to be documented.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodbye-soldier-by-spike-milligan--65200694https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Soldier Series: #6 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Goodbye Soldier, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.' The sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Soldier Series: #6 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye Soldier Series: #6 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Goodbye Soldier, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.' The sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-have-all-the-bullets-gone-by-spike-milligan--65200681https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Series: #5 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Where Have All the Bullets Gone?, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, 'I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.'' The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Series: #5 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Series: #5 of Spike Milligan War Memoirs Author: Spike Milligan Narrator: Spike Milligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Where Have All the Bullets Gone?, written and read by Spike Milligan. 'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, 'I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.'' The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/quicksand-by-henning-mankell--65200673https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quicksand Author: Henning Mankell Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life, and about the people who have given me new perspectives. About men and women I have never met, but wish I had. I write about love and jealousy, about courage and fear. And about what it is like to live with a potentially fatal illness. This book is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. And about the dreadful troll that we are trying to lock away inside the bedrock of a Swedish mountain for the next 100,000 years. It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how I have lived and continue to live my own life. And, not least, about the great zest for life, which came back when I managed to drag myself out of the quicksand that threatened to suck me down into the abyss.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256084Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quicksand Author: Henning Mankell Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Quicksand Author: Henning Mankell Narrator: Sean Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 4, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life, and about the people who have given me new perspectives. About men and women I have never met, but wish I had. I write about love and jealousy, about courage and fear. And about what it is like to live with a potentially fatal illness. This book is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. And about the dreadful troll that we are trying to lock away inside the bedrock of a Swedish mountain for the next 100,000 years. It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how I have lived and continue to live my own life. And, not least, about the great zest for life, which came back when I managed to drag myself out of the quicksand that threatened to suck me down into the abyss.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-starting-gate-by-paul-mullin--65200682https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Starting Gate Author: Paul Mullin Narrator: Paul Mullin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In thirteen chapters Paul Mullin mixes up a potent cocktail of working, drinking, family and Zen. It all starts-where else?-at the Starting Gate: a shit-kicker country bar in Northern Maryland where the author first started working at the age of thirteen, and where his boss once shot a man dead for trying to rob the local drug store. Other jobs follow, like when he works as the only white kid on an all black labor crew at the National Archives, or the years he spends as a high-rise window cleaner in Manhattan. An essential primer for anyone interested in Zen and/or cocktails, or for anyone who enjoys a good story as if told from the next barstool over.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256032Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Starting Gate Author: Paul Mullin Narrator: Paul Mullin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Starting Gate Author: Paul Mullin Narrator: Paul Mullin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 2, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In thirteen chapters Paul Mullin mixes up a potent cocktail of working, drinking, family and Zen. It all starts-where else?-at the Starting Gate: a shit-kicker country bar in Northern Maryland where the author first started working at the age of thirteen, and where his boss once shot a man dead for trying to rob the local drug store. Other jobs follow, like when he works as the only white kid on an all black labor crew at the National Archives, or the years he spends as a high-rise window cleaner in Manhattan. An essential primer for anyone interested in Zen and/or cocktails, or for anyone who enjoys a good story as if told from the next barstool over.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-journey-through-war-and-peace-by-melissa-burch--65200652https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Journey Through War And Peace Author: Melissa Burch Narrator: Melissa Burch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 18, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker is based on Melissa Burch's experiences as a war journalist for BBC, CBS, and other networks. Her team was one of the first documentary crews allowed in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and she was featured in a New York Times story about her time in Afghanistan. She was just in her twenties when she traveled with the mujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000-foot mountains in the Hindu Kush. ¨My Journey Through War and Peace examines how, through outward action and inward exploration, life can unfold in mysterious ways, far beyond cultural and family expectations. In looking back at this momentous decade, Burch shares why she pursued such dangerous and difficult circumstances at such a young age and continued to live on the edge. She now understands that she was seeking self-discovery, a connection to something greater, and ultimately inner peace. This exciting memoir will resonate with fans of Eat Pray Love, Wild, and other popular memoirs that describe extraordinary inner and outer journeys.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256660Mon, 18 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Journey Through War And Peace Author: Melissa Burch Narrator: Melissa Burch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Journey Through War And Peace Author: Melissa Burch Narrator: Melissa Burch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 18, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker is based on Melissa Burch's experiences as a war journalist for BBC, CBS, and other networks. Her team was one of the first documentary crews allowed in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and she was featured in a New York Times story about her time in Afghanistan. She was just in her twenties when she traveled with the mujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000-foot mountains in the Hindu Kush. ¨My Journey Through War and Peace examines how, through outward action and inward exploration, life can unfold in mysterious ways, far beyond cultural and family expectations. In looking back at this momentous decade, Burch shares why she pursued such dangerous and difficult circumstances at such a young age and continued to live on the edge. She now understands that she was seeking self-discovery, a connection to something greater, and ultimately inner peace. This exciting memoir will resonate with fans of Eat Pray Love, Wild, and other popular memoirs that describe extraordinary inner and outer journeys.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-my-guest-by-conrad-n-hilton--65200678https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be My Guest Author: Conrad N. Hilton Narrator: Edwards Fitzs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Be My Guest is the inspiring saga of the man behind one of America's great success stories. Conrad Hilton was born in San Antonio, Socorro County, Territory of New Mexico. Born into a family of six, including two sisters named Felice and Eva; a brother, Carl; his mother, Mary Laufersweiler Hilton; and his father, named Augustus Holver Hilton, or Gus. His father was a big man physically - a robust six footer with big hands, big feet, a handlebar mustache, and a big voice. Gus bought his first hotel in Cisco, Texas, and built his first hotel in Dallas, Texas. Then he bought his second hotel, the famous Waldorf Astoria in New York, in 1931, which became a Hilton Hotel 15 years later. This had been Gus' first big dream, and he worked hard to make it a reality, suffering heartbreak and struggling against the odds - over this infinitesimal building in the middle of nowhere - more than at any other time in his career, barring the Depression. Conrad Hilton went to Goss Military Institute in Albuquerque when he was almost 12. At 15 he met his wife, Helen Keller. She has written a book called Optimism. In the book, she wrote, "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope," and summed up by stating that, "Optimism is the harmony between man's spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing [his] works good." At 16 his father had sold his coal mines for $10 thousand, which in those days made him one of the richest men in the territory. In 1904 the dollar was worth something. Men worked for a dollar a day and, on that, lived decently and raised families of five or six. With his money Gus was the equivalent of a millionaire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be My Guest Author: Conrad N. Hilton Narrator: Edwards Fitzs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255908 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Be My Guest Author: Conrad N. Hilton Narrator: Edwards Fitzs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Be My Guest is the inspiring saga of the man behind one of America's great success stories. Conrad Hilton was born in San Antonio, Socorro County, Territory of New Mexico. Born into a family of six, including two sisters named Felice and Eva; a brother, Carl; his mother, Mary Laufersweiler Hilton; and his father, named Augustus Holver Hilton, or Gus. His father was a big man physically - a robust six footer with big hands, big feet, a handlebar mustache, and a big voice. Gus bought his first hotel in Cisco, Texas, and built his first hotel in Dallas, Texas. Then he bought his second hotel, the famous Waldorf Astoria in New York, in 1931, which became a Hilton Hotel 15 years later. This had been Gus' first big dream, and he worked hard to make it a reality, suffering heartbreak and struggling against the odds - over this infinitesimal building in the middle of nowhere - more than at any other time in his career, barring the Depression. Conrad Hilton went to Goss Military Institute in Albuquerque when he was almost 12. At 15 he met his wife, Helen Keller. She has written a book called Optimism. In the book, she wrote, "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope," and summed up by stating that, "Optimism is the harmony between man's spirit and the spirit of God pronouncing [his] works good." At 16 his father had sold his coal mines for $10 thousand, which in those days made him one of the richest men in the territory. In 1904 the dollar was worth something. Men worked for a dollar a day and, on that, lived decently and raised families of five or six. With his money Gus was the equivalent of a millionaire.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-galilee-by-thornton-chase--65200661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Galilee Author: Thornton Chase Narrator: Nicholas James Bridgewater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he organized many Bahá'í activities in Chicago and Los Angeles and was considered a prominent Bahá'í. In 1907 Chase was able to go on pilgrimage. Though Chase was able to be with `Abdu'l Bahá in Akka for only three days, the experience transformed him. `Abdu'l Bahá, highly impressed by Chase's qualities, conferred on him the title Thábit, "steadfast." On returning home Chase wrote an account of his pilgrimage, which was published under the title In Galilee] in 1908. The short work gives a detailed and poignant description of `Abdu'l-Bahá's home and family in Akka, as well as a moving description of `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself. The work remains one of the most important examples of the genre commonly known as pilgrim's notes. (Summary by Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258177Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Galilee Author: Thornton Chase Narrator: Nicholas James Bridgewater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Galilee Author: Thornton Chase Narrator: Nicholas James Bridgewater Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he organized many Bahá'í activities in Chicago and Los Angeles and was considered a prominent Bahá'í. In 1907 Chase was able to go on pilgrimage. Though Chase was able to be with `Abdu'l Bahá in Akka for only three days, the experience transformed him. `Abdu'l Bahá, highly impressed by Chase's qualities, conferred on him the title Thábit, "steadfast." On returning home Chase wrote an account of his pilgrimage, which was published under the title In Galilee] in 1908. The short work gives a detailed and poignant description of `Abdu'l-Bahá's home and family in Akka, as well as a moving description of `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself. The work remains one of the most important examples of the genre commonly known as pilgrim's notes. (Summary by Wikipedia)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anne-frank-the-diary-of-a-young-girl-by-anne-frank--65200658https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Susan Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 122 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 14 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate. Wrote Ernst Schnable, a German writer who has researched Frank's life: "Out of the millions that were silenced, this voice no louder than a child's whisper has outlasted the shouts of the murderers and has soared above the voices of time."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Susan Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Susan Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 122 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 14 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Anne Frank, it has been said, gave a face and a name to the horror of the Holocaust. This is her story. It relates how Anne, her family, and their friends hid in secret rooms - "the Annex" - in an Amsterdam warehouse for 25 months. Anne, just 13 when the family moved in and only 15 when the Gestapo at last broke down the doors of her secret world, found hope where there was only fear and the first blush of love when outside and all around there washed a sea of hate. Wrote Ernst Schnable, a German writer who has researched Frank's life: "Out of the millions that were silenced, this voice no louder than a child's whisper has outlasted the shouts of the murderers and has soared above the voices of time."]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/confessions-of-two-brothers-by-john-cowper-powys--65200657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of Two Brothers Author: John Cowper Powys Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A short self portrait of Powys' beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri Ford)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257888Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of Two Brothers Author: John Cowper Powys Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257888 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of Two Brothers Author: John Cowper Powys Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A short self portrait of Powys' beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri Ford)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/autobiography-of-benvenuto-cellini-vol-1-by-benvenuto-cellini--65200650https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 Author: Benvenuto Cellini Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out. He writes of his time in Paris: Parts of his tale recount some extraordinary events and phenomena; such as his stories of conjuring up a legion of devils in the Colosseum, after one of his not innumerous mistresses had been spirited away from him by her mother; of the marvelous halo of light which he found surrounding his head at dawn and twilight after his Roman imprisonment, and his supernatural visions and angelic protection during that adversity; and of his being poisoned on two separate occasions. The autobiography is a classic, and commonly regarded as one of the most colourful; it is certainly the most important autobiography from the Renaissance. Cellini's autobiography is one of the books Tom Sawyer mentions as inspiration while freeing Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257059Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 Author: Benvenuto Cellini Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1 Author: Benvenuto Cellini Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out. He writes of his time in Paris: Parts of his tale recount some extraordinary events and phenomena; such as his stories of conjuring up a legion of devils in the Colosseum, after one of his not innumerous mistresses had been spirited away from him by her mother; of the marvelous halo of light which he found surrounding his head at dawn and twilight after his Roman imprisonment, and his supernatural visions and angelic protection during that adversity; and of his being poisoned on two separate occasions. The autobiography is a classic, and commonly regarded as one of the most colourful; it is certainly the most important autobiography from the Renaissance. Cellini's autobiography is one of the books Tom Sawyer mentions as inspiration while freeing Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/through-the-brazilian-wilderness-by-theodore-roosevelt--65200649https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Brazilian Wilderness Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.74 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.57 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition co-named after its leader, Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon. The book describes all of the scientific discovery, scenic tropical vistas and exotic flora, fauna and wild life experienced on the expedition. One goal of the expedition was to find the headwaters of the Rio da Duvida, the River of Doubt, and trace it north to the Madeira and thence to the Amazon River. It was later renamed Rio Roosevel. Roosevelt's crew consisted of his 24-year-old son Kermit, Colonel Cândido Rondon, a naturalist sent by the American Museum of Natural History named George K. Cherrie, Brazilian Lieutenant Joao Lyra, team physician Dr. José Antonio Cajazeira, and sixteen highly skilled paddlers (called camaradas in Portuguese). The initial expedition started on December 9, 1913, at the height of the rainy season. The trip down the River of Doubt started on February 27, 1914. During the trip down the river, Roosevelt contracted malaria and a serious infection resulting from a minor leg wound. These illnesses so weakened Roosevelt that, by six weeks into the expedition, he had to be attended day and night by the expedition's physician, Dr. Cajazeira, and his son, Kermit. By this time, Roosevelt considered his own condition a threat to the survival of the others. At one point, Kermit had to talk him out of his wish to be left behind so as not to slow down the expedition, now with only a few weeks rations left. Roosevelt was having chest pains when he tried to walk, his temperature soared to 103 °F (39 °C), and at times he was delirious. He had lost over fifty pounds (20 kg). Without the constant support of his son, Kermit, Dr. Cajazeira, and the continued leadership of Colonel Rondon, Roosevelt would likely have perished. Despite his concern for Roosevelt, Rondon had been slowing down the pace of the expedition by his dedication to his own map-making and other geographical goals that demanded regular stops to fix the expedition's position via sun-based survey. Upon his return to New York, friends and family were startled by Roosevelt's physical appearance and fatigue. Roosevelt wrote to a friend that the trip had cut his life short by ten years. He might not have really known just how accurate that analysis would prove to be, because the effects of the South America expedition had so greatly weakened him that they significantly contributed to his declining health. For the rest of his life, he would be plagued by flareups of malaria and leg inflammations so severe that they would require hospitalization. The racial attitudes reflected in Roosevelt's American history do not seem to carry over into his attitude toward the native Americans he encounters on this trip, although his enthusiastic anticipation of the development of the virgin wilderness he is crossing may be jarring to some contemporary readers. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257500Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Brazilian Wilderness Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Through the Brazilian Wilderness Author: Theodore Roosevelt Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.74 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.57 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition co-named after its leader, Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon. The book describes all of the scientific discovery, scenic tropical vistas and exotic flora, fauna and wild life experienced on the expedition. One goal of the expedition was to find the headwaters of the Rio da Duvida, the River of Doubt, and trace it north to the Madeira and thence to the Amazon River. It was later renamed Rio Roosevel. Roosevelt's crew consisted of his 24-year-old son Kermit, Colonel Cândido Rondon, a naturalist sent by the American Museum of Natural History named George K. Cherrie, Brazilian Lieutenant Joao Lyra, team physician Dr. José Antonio Cajazeira, and sixteen highly skilled paddlers (called camaradas in Portuguese). The initial expedition started on December 9, 1913, at the height of the rainy season. The trip down the River of Doubt started on February 27, 1914. During the trip down the river, Roosevelt contracted malaria and a serious infection resulting from a minor leg wound. These illnesses so weakened Roosevelt that, by six weeks into the expedition, he had to be attended day and night by the expedition's physician, Dr. Cajazeira, and his son, Kermit. By this time, Roosevelt considered his own condition a threat to the survival of the others. At one point, Kermit had to talk him out of his wish to be left behind so as not to slow down the expedition, now with only a few weeks rations left. Roosevelt was having chest pains when he tried to walk, his temperature soared to 103 °F (39 °C), and at times he was delirious. He had lost over fifty pounds (20 kg). Without the constant support of his son, Kermit, Dr. Cajazeira, and the continued leadership of Colonel Rondon, Roosevelt would likely have perished. Despite his concern for Roosevelt, Rondon had been slowing down the pace of the expedition by his dedication to his own map-making and other geographical goals that demanded regular stops to fix the expedition's position via sun-based survey. Upon his return to New York, friends and family were startled by Roosevelt's physical appearance and fatigue. Roosevelt wrote to a friend that the trip had cut his life short by ten years. He might not have really known just how accurate that analysis would prove to be, because the effects of the South America expedition had so greatly weakened him that they significantly contributed to his declining health. For the rest of his life, he would be plagued by flareups of malaria and leg inflammations so severe that they would require hospitalization. The racial attitudes reflected in Roosevelt's American history do not seem to carry over into his attitude toward the native Americans he encounters on this trip, although his enthusiastic anticipation of the development of the virgin wilderness he is crossing may be jarring to some contemporary readers. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/le-petit-nord-by-anne-maclanahan-grenfell--65200648https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Le Petit Nord Author: Anne Maclanahan Grenfell Narrator: Sean Michael Hogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at the orphanage in St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Summary by Sean Michael Hogan)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258247Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Le Petit Nord Author: Anne Maclanahan Grenfell Narrator: Sean Michael Hogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258247 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Le Petit Nord Author: Anne Maclanahan Grenfell Narrator: Sean Michael Hogan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at the orphanage in St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Summary by Sean Michael Hogan)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-letters-of-lord-nelson-to-lady-hamilton-volume-i-by-horatio-nelson--65200647https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume I Author: Horatio Nelson Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 - 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed. These are the letters that he wrote to Lady Hamilton, with whom he was having a notorious affair until his death in 1805. (Summary by Wikipedia)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259007Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume I Author: Horatio Nelson Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume I Author: Horatio Nelson Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 59 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 - 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He won several victories, including the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was killed. These are the letters that he wrote to Lady Hamilton, with whom he was having a notorious affair until his death in 1805. (Summary by Wikipedia)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/personal-recollections-of-early-melbourne-and-victoria-by-william-westgarth--65200644https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria Author: William Westgarth Narrator: Lucy Burgoyne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then entered the office of G. Young and Company of Leith, who were engaged in the Australian trade, and realizing the possibilities of the new land, decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne, then a town of three or four thousand inhabitants, in December 1840.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258391Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria Author: William Westgarth Narrator: Lucy Burgoyne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria Author: William Westgarth Narrator: Lucy Burgoyne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then entered the office of G. Young and Company of Leith, who were engaged in the Australian trade, and realizing the possibilities of the new land, decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne, then a town of three or four thousand inhabitants, in December 1840.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-memoirs-of-colonel-john-s-mosby-by-john-s-mosby--65200643https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby Author: John S. Mosby Narrator: Mark F. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 49 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 17 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is not a work of fiction! These are the actual memoirs of a legendary leader of partisans who bedeviled the Union army for years, almost within sight of the capitol. With only a few local men under command, John Singleton Mosby's ability to strike fast and then melt away before an effective pursuit could be organized kept the Yankee forces awake and often snarled in knots. With daring feats like capturing a Yankee general out of his bed within his defended headquarters, Mosby made his name a synonym for guerrilla warfare. Even today you can purchase in Middleburg, Virginia, a map showing "Mosby's Confederacy." The mettle of the man may be judged by the enemies he kept. Said General Joseph Hooker, "I may here state that while at Fairfax Court House my cavalry was reinforced by that of Major-General Stahel. The latter numbered 6,100 sabres. . . . The force opposed to them was Mosby's guerrillas, numbering about 200, and, if the reports of the newspapers were to be believed, this whole party was killed two or three times during the winter. From the time I took command of the army of the Potomac, there was no evidence that any force of the enemy, other than the above-named, was within 100 miles of Washington City; and yet the planks on the chain bridge were taken up at night the greater part of the winter and spring." Mosby outraged many of his Southern admirers after the war when he publicly endorsed General U.S. Grant for President. After an appointment as U.S. Consul to Hong Kong and a 16-year career with the Southern Pacific Railroad, he came to Washington as an assistant attorney in the Department of Justice. Loyal to the end to his commander, J.E.B. Stuart, Mosby also answered accusations that Stuart's grandstanding cost Lee the battle of Gettysburg.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257416Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby Author: John S. Mosby Narrator: Mark F. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257416 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby Author: John S. Mosby Narrator: Mark F. Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 49 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 17 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is not a work of fiction! These are the actual memoirs of a legendary leader of partisans who bedeviled the Union army for years, almost within sight of the capitol. With only a few local men under command, John Singleton Mosby's ability to strike fast and then melt away before an effective pursuit could be organized kept the Yankee forces awake and often snarled in knots. With daring feats like capturing a Yankee general out of his bed within his defended headquarters, Mosby made his name a synonym for guerrilla warfare. Even today you can purchase in Middleburg, Virginia, a map showing "Mosby's Confederacy." The mettle of the man may be judged by the enemies he kept. Said General Joseph Hooker, "I may here state that while at Fairfax Court House my cavalry was reinforced by that of Major-General Stahel. The latter numbered 6,100 sabres. . . . The force opposed to them was Mosby's guerrillas, numbering about 200, and, if the reports of the newspapers were to be believed, this whole party was killed two or three times during the winter. From the time I took command of the army of the Potomac, there was no evidence that any force of the enemy, other than the above-named, was within 100 miles of Washington City; and yet the planks on the chain bridge were taken up at night the greater part of the winter and spring." Mosby outraged many of his Southern admirers after the war when he publicly endorsed General U.S. Grant for President. After an appointment as U.S. Consul to Hong Kong and a 16-year career with the Southern Pacific Railroad, he came to Washington as an assistant attorney in the Department of Justice. Loyal to the end to his commander, J.E.B. Stuart, Mosby also answered accusations that Stuart's grandstanding cost Lee the battle of Gettysburg.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-and-work-by-henry-ford--65200642https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life and Work Author: Henry Ford Narrator: LivelyHive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Henry Ford profiles the events that shaped his personal philosophy, and the challenges he overcame on the road to founding the Ford Motor Company. Throughout his memoir, he stresses the importance of tangible service and physical production over relative value as judged by profits and money. He measures the worth of a business or government by the service it provides to all, not the profits in dollars it accumulates. He also makes the point that only service can provide for human needs, as opposed to laws or rules which can only prohibit specific actions and do not provide for the necessaries of life. Ford applies his reasoning to the lending system, transportation industry, international trade and interactions between labor and management. For each, he proposes solutions that maximize service and provide goods at the lowest cost and highest quality. He analyzes from a purely material viewpoint, going as far as to argue that the need for a good feeling in work environments may reflect a character flaw or weakness. However, his unflinching focus on the ultimate material products and necessities of life provide clever insights in how he created an efficient and flexible system for providing reliable transportation for the average person. (Summary by LivelyHive)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257215Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life and Work Author: Henry Ford Narrator: LivelyHive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life and Work Author: Henry Ford Narrator: LivelyHive Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 8 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Henry Ford profiles the events that shaped his personal philosophy, and the challenges he overcame on the road to founding the Ford Motor Company. Throughout his memoir, he stresses the importance of tangible service and physical production over relative value as judged by profits and money. He measures the worth of a business or government by the service it provides to all, not the profits in dollars it accumulates. He also makes the point that only service can provide for human needs, as opposed to laws or rules which can only prohibit specific actions and do not provide for the necessaries of life. Ford applies his reasoning to the lending system, transportation industry, international trade and interactions between labor and management. For each, he proposes solutions that maximize service and provide goods at the lowest cost and highest quality. He analyzes from a purely material viewpoint, going as far as to argue that the need for a good feeling in work environments may reflect a character flaw or weakness. However, his unflinching focus on the ultimate material products and necessities of life provide clever insights in how he created an efficient and flexible system for providing reliable transportation for the average person. (Summary by LivelyHive)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-reminiscences-by-rabindranath-tagore--65200641https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Reminiscences Author: Rabindranath Tagore Narrator: Bala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he wrote for the first time in the English language for publication. (from preface)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258345Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Reminiscences Author: Rabindranath Tagore Narrator: Bala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258345 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Reminiscences Author: Rabindranath Tagore Narrator: Bala Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he wrote for the first time in the English language for publication. (from preface)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-waterbiography-by-robert-c-leslie--65200640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Waterbiography Author: Robert C. Leslie Narrator: Peter Kelleher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He describes the progression of this love from wave to wave and boat to boat. Leslie sailed during the Great Age of Sail before Industrialism had taken possession of Britain. Leslie comments on the early days of singlehanded small boat sailing: "When I first began boating in the early forties [1840s], what is now called single-handed cruising was almost unknown among amateurs....people had a vague dread of it. Much of this has passed away, and hundreds of amateur boatmen, and even ladies, are now as much at home and really safer in a sailing-boat than they would be on the back of a hunter or bicycle." Leslie writes of one of his favorite cruising grounds about 1850: "No railway in my time came within fifteen miles of Sidmouth, and the few enterprising visitors who reached there by coach from Exeter called it dull. It was certainly not a gay place, but most of those who resided there in that happy valley did so rather with a view to quiet, and among them it was rare to find any one disposed to tamper with the grave routine of country life there." A Waterbiography captures a Lost Age. (Summary by Peter Kelleher)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257623Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Waterbiography Author: Robert C. Leslie Narrator: Peter Kelleher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257623 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Waterbiography Author: Robert C. Leslie Narrator: Peter Kelleher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He describes the progression of this love from wave to wave and boat to boat. Leslie sailed during the Great Age of Sail before Industrialism had taken possession of Britain. Leslie comments on the early days of singlehanded small boat sailing: "When I first began boating in the early forties [1840s], what is now called single-handed cruising was almost unknown among amateurs....people had a vague dread of it. Much of this has passed away, and hundreds of amateur boatmen, and even ladies, are now as much at home and really safer in a sailing-boat than they would be on the back of a hunter or bicycle." Leslie writes of one of his favorite cruising grounds about 1850: "No railway in my time came within fifteen miles of Sidmouth, and the few enterprising visitors who reached there by coach from Exeter called it dull. It was certainly not a gay place, but most of those who resided there in that happy valley did so rather with a view to quiet, and among them it was rare to find any one disposed to tamper with the grave routine of country life there." A Waterbiography captures a Lost Age. (Summary by Peter Kelleher)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cruise-of-the-snark-by-jack-london--65200639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cruise of the Snark Author: Jack London Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London's 1907-1909 voyage across the Pacific. His descriptions of "surf-riding", which he dubbed a "royal sport", helped introduce it to and popularize it with the mainland. London writes: Through the white crest of a breaker suddenly appears a dark figure, erect, a man-fish or a sea-god, on the very forward face of the crest where the top falls over and down, driving in toward shore, buried to his loins in smoking spray, caught up by the sea and flung landward, bodily, a quarter of a mile. It is a Kanaka on a surf-board. And I know that when I have finished these lines I shall be out in that riot of colour and pounding surf, trying to bit those breakers even as he, and failing as he never failed, but living life as the best of us may live it. Excerpted from Wikipedia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258855Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cruise of the Snark Author: Jack London Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cruise of the Snark Author: Jack London Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London's 1907-1909 voyage across the Pacific. His descriptions of "surf-riding", which he dubbed a "royal sport", helped introduce it to and popularize it with the mainland. London writes: Through the white crest of a breaker suddenly appears a dark figure, erect, a man-fish or a sea-god, on the very forward face of the crest where the top falls over and down, driving in toward shore, buried to his loins in smoking spray, caught up by the sea and flung landward, bodily, a quarter of a mile. It is a Kanaka on a surf-board. And I know that when I have finished these lines I shall be out in that riot of colour and pounding surf, trying to bit those breakers even as he, and failing as he never failed, but living life as the best of us may live it. Excerpted from Wikipedia.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-diary-from-dixie-by-mary-chesnut--65200638https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Diary from Dixie Author: Mary Chesnut Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 85 Ratings of Narrator: 4.96 of Total 24 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was the wife of a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during the Civil War. Mrs. Chesnut moved in elite circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics. Her diary is both an important historic document and, due to her sharp wit and often irreverent attitude, a fascinating window into Southern society of the time. This recording is of the first published edition of the diary, edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary and compiled from Mrs. Chesnut's revisions of her original journals. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257028Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Diary from Dixie Author: Mary Chesnut Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Diary from Dixie Author: Mary Chesnut Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 85 Ratings of Narrator: 4.96 of Total 24 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was the wife of a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during the Civil War. Mrs. Chesnut moved in elite circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics. Her diary is both an important historic document and, due to her sharp wit and often irreverent attitude, a fascinating window into Southern society of the time. This recording is of the first published edition of the diary, edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary and compiled from Mrs. Chesnut's revisions of her original journals. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-written-by-herself-by-harriet-jacobs--65200635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 230 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 87 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258182Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 230 Ratings of Narrator: 4.47 of Total 87 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-my-misfortunes-or-historia-calamitatum-by-pierre-abelard--65200632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum) Author: Pierre Abélard Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating. Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course does the very concept of Self. Peter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concise but vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life. The work is couched in the form of a letter to an afflicted friend. Abelard's abrasively competitive, often arrogant personality emerges at once in the brief Foreword, where he informs his correspondent: "(I)n comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover that yours are in truth nought.. and so shall you come to bear them the more easily." (Summary by Martin Geeson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259133Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum) Author: Pierre Abélard Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259133 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum) Author: Pierre Abélard Narrator: Martin Geeson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating. Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course does the very concept of Self. Peter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concise but vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life. The work is couched in the form of a letter to an afflicted friend. Abelard's abrasively competitive, often arrogant personality emerges at once in the brief Foreword, where he informs his correspondent: "(I)n comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover that yours are in truth nought.. and so shall you come to bear them the more easily." (Summary by Martin Geeson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-loss-of-the-s-s-titanic-by-lawrence-beesley--65200630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Author: Lawrence Beesley Narrator: Allyson Hester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 70 Ratings of Narrator: 3.53 of Total 17 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the events that followed its sinking. - Summary written by Allyson Hester]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259017Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Author: Lawrence Beesley Narrator: Allyson Hester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Author: Lawrence Beesley Narrator: Allyson Hester Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 70 Ratings of Narrator: 3.53 of Total 17 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the events that followed its sinking. - Summary written by Allyson Hester]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-gold-hunter-s-experience-by-chalkley-j-hambleton--65200629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Gold Hunter's Experience Author: Chalkley J. Hambleton Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 1 minute Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since the panic of 1857 there had been three years of general depression, money was scarce, there was little activity in business, the outlook was discouraging, and I, like hundreds of others, felt blue." Thus Chalkley J. Hambleton begins his pithy and engrossing tale of participation in the Pike's Peak gold rush. Four men in partnership hauled 24 tons of mining equipment by ox cart across the Great Plains from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Denver, Colorado. Hambleton vividly recounts their encounters with buffalo herds, Indians, and"the returning army of disappointed gold seekers." Setting up camp near Mountain City, Colorado, Hambleton watched one man wash "several nice nuggets of shining gold" from the dirt and gravel, only to learn afterwards that "these same nuggets had been washed out several times before, whenever a 'tenderfoot' would come along, who it was thought might want to buy a rich claim." Two years later, "tired and disgusted with the whole business," Hambleton returned to Chicago, where he arrived "a wiser if not richer man." In later years, Hambleton was a prominent Chicago lawyer, real estate developer, and a member of the Chicago Board of Education. He wrote this candid account for family and friends, publishing it privately in 1898. It is based in good part on letters he had sent from the gold fields to his sister. Summing up his experience with wry humor, he writes: "After selling out my interest in the joint enterprise, I still had left some fifty claims on various lodes . . . Some time after returning to Chicago, I was making a real estate trade . . . and I threw in these fifty gold mines. . . Had I only kept them, and gotten up some artistic deeds of conveyance, in gilded letters, what magnificent wedding presents they would have made. . . In the long list of high-sounding, useless presents, the present of a gold mine would have led all the rest." (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257029Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Gold Hunter's Experience Author: Chalkley J. Hambleton Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 1 minute Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257029 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Gold Hunter's Experience Author: Chalkley J. Hambleton Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 1 minute Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: "Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since the panic of 1857 there had been three years of general depression, money was scarce, there was little activity in business, the outlook was discouraging, and I, like hundreds of others, felt blue." Thus Chalkley J. Hambleton begins his pithy and engrossing tale of participation in the Pike's Peak gold rush. Four men in partnership hauled 24 tons of mining equipment by ox cart across the Great Plains from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Denver, Colorado. Hambleton vividly recounts their encounters with buffalo herds, Indians, and"the returning army of disappointed gold seekers." Setting up camp near Mountain City, Colorado, Hambleton watched one man wash "several nice nuggets of shining gold" from the dirt and gravel, only to learn afterwards that "these same nuggets had been washed out several times before, whenever a 'tenderfoot' would come along, who it was thought might want to buy a rich claim." Two years later, "tired and disgusted with the whole business," Hambleton returned to Chicago, where he arrived "a wiser if not richer man." In later years, Hambleton was a prominent Chicago lawyer, real estate developer, and a member of the Chicago Board of Education. He wrote this candid account for family and friends, publishing it privately in 1898. It is based in good part on letters he had sent from the gold fields to his sister. Summing up his experience with wry humor, he writes: "After selling out my interest in the joint enterprise, I still had left some fifty claims on various lodes . . . Some time after returning to Chicago, I was making a real estate trade . . . and I threw in these fifty gold mines. . . Had I only kept them, and gotten up some artistic deeds of conveyance, in gilded letters, what magnificent wedding presents they would have made. . . In the long list of high-sounding, useless presents, the present of a gold mine would have led all the rest." (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-field-1914-1915-by-marcel-dupont--65200628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Field (1914-1915) Author: Marcel Dupont Narrator: FNH Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of Chasseurs, I cannot claim to form any opinion as to the operations which have been carried out for the last nine months on an immense front. I only speak of things I have seen with my own eyes, in the little corner of the battlefield occupied by my regiment. (Summary by the author)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258199Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Field (1914-1915) Author: Marcel Dupont Narrator: FNH Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Field (1914-1915) Author: Marcel Dupont Narrator: FNH Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of Chasseurs, I cannot claim to form any opinion as to the operations which have been carried out for the last nine months on an immense front. I only speak of things I have seen with my own eyes, in the little corner of the battlefield occupied by my regiment. (Summary by the author)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stickeen-by-john-muir--65200626https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stickeen Author: John Muir Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.18 of Total 11 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, alone, confronted and conquered their fears of an icy Alaskan glacier in 1880. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258713Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stickeen Author: John Muir Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stickeen Author: John Muir Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.18 of Total 11 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, alone, confronted and conquered their fears of an icy Alaskan glacier in 1880. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-journal-of-submarine-commander-von-forstner-by-george-gunther-von-forstner--65200617https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner Author: George-Günther Von Forstner Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare. Forstner was the commander of German U-boat U-28. His journal, first published 1916, gives a gritty picture of daily life inside a submarine and details several torpedo attacks on Allied shipping. The 1917 translation of Forstner's journal into English was unquestionably intended to bolster the Allied war effort. In the foreword, the translator states: "Nothing at the present day has aroused such fear as this invisible enemy, nor has anything outraged the civilized world like the tragedies caused by the German submarines."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258994Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner Author: George-Günther Von Forstner Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner Author: George-Günther Von Forstner Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 3.86 of Total 7 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare. Forstner was the commander of German U-boat U-28. His journal, first published 1916, gives a gritty picture of daily life inside a submarine and details several torpedo attacks on Allied shipping. The 1917 translation of Forstner's journal into English was unquestionably intended to bolster the Allied war effort. In the foreword, the translator states: "Nothing at the present day has aroused such fear as this invisible enemy, nor has anything outraged the civilized world like the tragedies caused by the German submarines."]]>185nthercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-honorable-william-f-cody-known-as-buffalo-bill-the-famous-hunter-scout-and-guide-by-col-william-f-cody--65200615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide Author: Col. William F. Cody Narrator: Barry Eads Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western frontier history. While no literary excellence is claimed for the narrative, it has the greater merit of being truthful, and is verified in such a manner that no one can doubt its veracity. The frequent reference to such military men as Generals Sheridan, Carr, Merritt, Crook, Terry, Colonel Royal, and other officers under whom Mr. Cody served as scout and guide at different times and in various sections of the frontier, during the numerous Indian campaigns of the last ten or twelve years, affords ample proof of his genuineness as a thoroughbred scout. (Summary by the publisher)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259036Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide Author: Col. William F. Cody Narrator: Barry Eads...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/259036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Honorable William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill The Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide Author: Col. William F. Cody Narrator: Barry Eads Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The life and adventures of Honorable William F. Cody--Buffalo Bill--as told by himself, make up a narrative which reads more like romance than reality, and which in many respects will prove a valuable contribution to the records of our Western frontier history. While no literary excellence is claimed for the narrative, it has the greater merit of being truthful, and is verified in such a manner that no one can doubt its veracity. The frequent reference to such military men as Generals Sheridan, Carr, Merritt, Crook, Terry, Colonel Royal, and other officers under whom Mr. Cody served as scout and guide at different times and in various sections of the frontier, during the numerous Indian campaigns of the last ten or twelve years, affords ample proof of his genuineness as a thoroughbred scout. (Summary by the publisher)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ox-team-days-on-the-oregon-trail-by-ezra-meeker--65200596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Author: Ezra Meeker Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a memoir by an early 19th Century American settler in the Pacific Northwest. (Description by BellonaTimes)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258405Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Author: Ezra Meeker Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Author: Ezra Meeker Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: This is a memoir by an early 19th Century American settler in the Pacific Northwest. (Description by BellonaTimes)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reminiscences-of-a-southern-hospital-by-its-matron-by-phoebe-yates-pember--65200592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron Author: Phoebe Yates Pember Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseeing a dietary kitchen serving meals to 300 or more wounded soldiers daily. Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital is her vivid recounting of hospital life and of her tribulations (and personal growth) as a female administrator. To follow her from day one, when she is greeted with "ill-repressed disgust" that "one of them had come," and she, herself, "could only understand that the position was one which dove-tailed the offices of housekeeper and cook" to the day when she as exerts control over the hospital's "medicinal whiskey barrel" is to watch a woman find herself. Besides describing "daily scenes of pathos," Pember gives a horrifying account of the prisoner exchange of November 1864 ("living and dead . . . not distinguishable"), and also of the evacuation and burning of Richmond in 1865. Her memoirs were serialized in Cosmopolite magazine in 1866, then reprinted in book form in 1879 under the title A Southern Woman's Story. Pember was honored by the US Postal Service with a stamp in 1995. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258466Fri, 01 Jan 2016 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron Author: Phoebe Yates Pember Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/258466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron Author: Phoebe Yates Pember Narrator: Sue Anderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.26 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 6 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseeing a dietary kitchen serving meals to 300 or more wounded soldiers daily. Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital is her vivid recounting of hospital life and of her tribulations (and personal growth) as a female administrator. To follow her from day one, when she is greeted with "ill-repressed disgust" that "one of them had come," and she, herself, "could only understand that the position was one which dove-tailed the offices of housekeeper and cook" to the day when she as exerts control over the hospital's "medicinal whiskey barrel" is to watch a woman find herself. Besides describing "daily scenes of pathos," Pember gives a horrifying account of the prisoner exchange of November 1864 ("living and dead . . . not distinguishable"), and also of the evacuation and burning of Richmond in 1865. Her memoirs were serialized in Cosmopolite magazine in 1866, then reprinted in book form in 1879 under the title A Southern Woman's Story. Pember was honored by the US Postal Service with a stamp in 1995. (Summary by Sue Anderson)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-like-me-by-tim-wise--65200691https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Like Me Author: Tim Wise Narrator: Tim Wise Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.92 of Total 12 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection. It is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: employment, education, housing, criminal justice, and elsewhere. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise demonstrates the ways in which racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits, in relative terms, those who are "white like him." He discusses how racial privilege can harm whites in the long run and make progressive social change less likely. He explores the ways in which whites can challenge their unjust privileges, and explains in clear and convincing language why it is in the best interest of whites themselves to do so. Using anecdotes instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly, analytical and yet accessible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251975Tue, 29 Dec 2015 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Like Me Author: Tim Wise Narrator: Tim Wise Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/251975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Like Me Author: Tim Wise Narrator: Tim Wise Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.97 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.92 of Total 12 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection. It is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: employment, education, housing, criminal justice, and elsewhere. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise demonstrates the ways in which racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits, in relative terms, those who are "white like him." He discusses how racial privilege can harm whites in the long run and make progressive social change less likely. He explores the ways in which whites can challenge their unjust privileges, and explains in clear and convincing language why it is in the best interest of whites themselves to do so. Using anecdotes instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly, analytical and yet accessible.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-if-in-heaven-there-are-no-apples-i-don-t-want-to-go-there-by-christel-bresko--65200609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother, If In Heaven There Are No Apples, I Don't Want To Go There Author: Christel Bresko Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 18, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Growing up in her native Germany, Ms. Bresko relates hair-raising tales of the war as she and her family struggled to stay neutral during the conflict and her father was sent off to fight the war on the Russian front. Often going without many necessities and suffering through the usual childhood illnesses, she nevertheless retained. Her optimistic outlook for the future through and dreamed of the day she would again be able to taste freedom. After hostilities subsided, she chose nursing as a career and details her education experiences while living in several other European countries and working in a variety of location, eventually settling in America with her husband. Through her fascination and historical look into the past, readers learn that children are the same the world over-dreaming of the future, and acting on those dreams as soon as they are given the chance. Now retired, Christel Decker Bresko enjoys travel, walking, swimming, reading, and writing in her spare time. "Writing this book added great joy and spice to my Golden Years, not just remembering but to keep my past alive. Mother and Father, who both have passed on, left me with a great legacy. They wanted me to see the world, find happiness, and pursue life to the fullest. My sister and brother added gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which in my belief, are riches, sweet odor, and integrity. It was a great experience to finish this soon to be a book."]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257371Wed, 18 Nov 2015 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother, If In Heaven There Are No Apples, I Don't Want To Go There Author: Christel Bresko Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/257371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mother, If In Heaven There Are No Apples, I Don't Want To Go There Author: Christel Bresko Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 18, 2015 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Growing up in her native Germany, Ms. Bresko relates hair-raising tales of the war as she and her family struggled to stay neutral during the conflict and her father was sent off to fight the war on the Russian front. Often going without many necessities and suffering through the usual childhood illnesses, she nevertheless retained. Her optimistic outlook for the future through and dreamed of the day she would again be able to taste freedom. After hostilities subsided, she chose nursing as a career and details her education experiences while living in several other European countries and working in a variety of location, eventually settling in America with her husband. Through her fascination and historical look into the past, readers learn that children are the same the world over-dreaming of the future, and acting on those dreams as soon as they are given the chance. Now retired, Christel Decker Bresko enjoys travel, walking, swimming, reading, and writing in her spare time. "Writing this book added great joy and spice to my Golden Years, not just remembering but to keep my past alive. Mother and Father, who both have passed on, left me with a great legacy. They wanted me to see the world, find happiness, and pursue life to the fullest. My sister and brother added gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which in my belief, are riches, sweet odor, and integrity. It was a great experience to finish this soon to be a book."]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-m-not-a-terrorist-but-i-ve-played-one-on-tv-memoirs-of-a-middle-eastern-funny-man-by-maz-jobrani--65200693https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One On TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man Author: Maz Jobrani Narrator: Maz Jobrani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A funny, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) about growing up Iranian in America, and the quest to make it as an actor in Hollywood without having to wear a turban, tote a bomb, or get kicked in the face by Chuck Norris. After he emigrated with his family to the US during the Iranian Revolution, Maz Jobrani spent most of his youth trying to fit in with his adopted culture—learning to play baseball and religiously watching Dallas. But none of his attempts at assimilation made a difference to casting directors, who only auditioned him for the role of kebab-eating, bomb-toting, extremist psychopath. When he first started out in show business, Maz endured suggestions that he spice up his stand-up act by wearing “the outfit,” fielded questions about rising gas prices, and was jeered for his supposed involvement in the Iran hostage crisis. In fact, these things happened so often that he began to wonder: Could I be a terrorist without even knowing it? And when all he seemed to be offered were roles that required looking menacingly Arabic, he wondered if he would ever make it in America. This laugh-out-loud memoir chronicles a lifetime of both killing it and bombing on stage, with “plenty to say about matters of race, assimilation, embarrassing family members, life in America for brown-skinned people before and after 9/11, the vagaries of international pop culture, and making it in big, dumb, fizzy, sometimes beautiful America” (The New York Times).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252329Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One On TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man Author: Maz Jobrani Narrator: Maz Jobrani Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252329 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One On TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man Author: Maz Jobrani Narrator: Maz Jobrani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 17, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “A funny, insightful memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) about growing up Iranian in America, and the quest to make it as an actor in Hollywood without having to wear a turban, tote a bomb, or get kicked in the face by Chuck Norris. After he emigrated with his family to the US during the Iranian Revolution, Maz Jobrani spent most of his youth trying to fit in with his adopted culture—learning to play baseball and religiously watching Dallas. But none of his attempts at assimilation made a difference to casting directors, who only auditioned him for the role of kebab-eating, bomb-toting, extremist psychopath. When he first started out in show business, Maz endured suggestions that he spice up his stand-up act by wearing “the outfit,” fielded questions about rising gas prices, and was jeered for his supposed involvement in the Iran hostage crisis. In fact, these things happened so often that he began to wonder: Could I be a terrorist without even knowing it? And when all he seemed to be offered were roles that required looking menacingly Arabic, he wondered if he would ever make it in America. This laugh-out-loud memoir chronicles a lifetime of both killing it and bombing on stage, with “plenty to say about matters of race, assimilation, embarrassing family members, life in America for brown-skinned people before and after 9/11, the vagaries of international pop culture, and making it in big, dumb, fizzy, sometimes beautiful America” (The New York Times).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-dog-called-dez-the-true-story-of-how-one-amazing-dog-changed-his-owner-s-life-by-veronica-clark-john-tovey--65200683https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dog Called Dez: The True Story of How One Amazing Dog Changed His Owner's Life Author: Veronica Clark, John Tovey Narrator: Philip Ormond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 31, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. He was wrong, it was just beginning. John had followed a bad path drifting in and out of trouble. He was sent to improvement schools, a young offenders institute and eventually a prison. John was on self-destruct and thought nothing or no one could help him. Then he became the victim of a vicious attack by a notorious train 'steaming' gang. John knew he had to take the witness stand. He bravely gave evidence which helped put the men behind bars but just as he'd started to turn his life around for the better, fate dealt him another blow and John went blind overnight. He lost everything, his sight, his job and his home. Scared and alone, John asked for help and, thanks to Guide Dogs for the Blind, was introduced to a bouncy black labrador called Dez. Dez brought colour and light back into John's life and slowly he learned how to live again. It was a partnership made in heaven and in 2012; Dez won the coveted 'Guide Dog of the Year' award. With his loyal dog by his side, John stepped out of the shadows and back into the light. A Dog Called Dez is the inspirational story of one man's redemption thanks to his fourlegged friend. It not only follows John's remarkable life, it also shares the moving story of how man's best friend taught him how to love life again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255768Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dog Called Dez: The True Story of How One Amazing Dog Changed His Owner's Life Author: Veronica Clark, John Tovey Narrator: Philip Ormond Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dog Called Dez: The True Story of How One Amazing Dog Changed His Owner's Life Author: Veronica Clark, John Tovey Narrator: Philip Ormond Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 31, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. He was wrong, it was just beginning. John had followed a bad path drifting in and out of trouble. He was sent to improvement schools, a young offenders institute and eventually a prison. John was on self-destruct and thought nothing or no one could help him. Then he became the victim of a vicious attack by a notorious train 'steaming' gang. John knew he had to take the witness stand. He bravely gave evidence which helped put the men behind bars but just as he'd started to turn his life around for the better, fate dealt him another blow and John went blind overnight. He lost everything, his sight, his job and his home. Scared and alone, John asked for help and, thanks to Guide Dogs for the Blind, was introduced to a bouncy black labrador called Dez. Dez brought colour and light back into John's life and slowly he learned how to live again. It was a partnership made in heaven and in 2012; Dez won the coveted 'Guide Dog of the Year' award. With his loyal dog by his side, John stepped out of the shadows and back into the light. A Dog Called Dez is the inspirational story of one man's redemption thanks to his fourlegged friend. It not only follows John's remarkable life, it also shares the moving story of how man's best friend taught him how to love life again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/changing-my-mind-by-margaret-trudeau--65200537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Changing My Mind Author: Margaret Trudeau Narrator: Maureen McAdams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 11, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Canadians fell in love with Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s beautiful and high-spirited bride when he brought her to the world stage as the youngest First Lady in the history of the country. But the situation wasn’t as rosy as it seemed. Plagued by mood swings and unprepared for public life, Margaret became increasingly isolated at 24 Sussex, as her depression alternated with bouts of mania. As her behavior became more puzzling - even to Margaret herself - she did her best to mother her three young sons and stand by her husband. She finally broke down soon after their marriage dissolved. As time went by, Margaret achieved a fragile stability, remarrying and bearing two more children. But the tragic loss of her son, Michel, in a skiing accident and the passing of Pierre Trudeau a few years later were too much to bear, and Margaret became severely ill. After years of struggle to find the right doctors and the right treatment, Margaret has rebuilt her life once again. At 62, she is a vibrant, happy, and healthy woman who is an inspiration to us all. Also included in Changing My Mind are essays by three of Canada’s pre-eminent mental health professionals who explore some of the treatments available to patients today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266229Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Changing My Mind Author: Margaret Trudeau Narrator: Maureen McAdams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266229 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Changing My Mind Author: Margaret Trudeau Narrator: Maureen McAdams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 11, 2012 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Canadians fell in love with Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s beautiful and high-spirited bride when he brought her to the world stage as the youngest First Lady in the history of the country. But the situation wasn’t as rosy as it seemed. Plagued by mood swings and unprepared for public life, Margaret became increasingly isolated at 24 Sussex, as her depression alternated with bouts of mania. As her behavior became more puzzling - even to Margaret herself - she did her best to mother her three young sons and stand by her husband. She finally broke down soon after their marriage dissolved. As time went by, Margaret achieved a fragile stability, remarrying and bearing two more children. But the tragic loss of her son, Michel, in a skiing accident and the passing of Pierre Trudeau a few years later were too much to bear, and Margaret became severely ill. After years of struggle to find the right doctors and the right treatment, Margaret has rebuilt her life once again. At 62, she is a vibrant, happy, and healthy woman who is an inspiration to us all. Also included in Changing My Mind are essays by three of Canada’s pre-eminent mental health professionals who explore some of the treatments available to patients today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/look-back-in-hunger-by-jo-brand--65200564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Look Back in Hunger Author: Jo Brand Narrator: Jo Brand Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 6, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jo Brand is one of Britain's funniest and best-loved comedians. With a sharp eye for the absurd and in her own unique voice, she tells her story for the first time. What possessed her to become a professional comedian in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy after ten years as a psychiatric nurse? How did she deal with late night drunken audiences? From her early years growing up in a small south coast town with two brothers who toughened her up, to emerging on stage as 'The Sea Monster', Jo Brand tells it like it is with wit and candour. (P)2009 Headline Digital]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265248Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Look Back in Hunger Author: Jo Brand Narrator: Jo Brand Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 6, 2011 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Look Back in Hunger Author: Jo Brand Narrator: Jo Brand Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 6, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Jo Brand is one of Britain's funniest and best-loved comedians. With a sharp eye for the absurd and in her own unique voice, she tells her story for the first time. What possessed her to become a professional comedian in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy after ten years as a psychiatric nurse? How did she deal with late night drunken audiences? From her early years growing up in a small south coast town with two brothers who toughened her up, to emerging on stage as 'The Sea Monster', Jo Brand tells it like it is with wit and candour. (P)2009 Headline Digital]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-it-and-satisfying-my-hunger-for-life-without-opening-the-fridge-by-valerie-bertinelli--65200653https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life Without Opening the Fridge Author: Valerie Bertinelli Narrator: Valerie Bertinelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 2008, Valerie Bertinelli’s #1 bestseller, Losing It, connected with fans of multiple generations and spent a remarkable 8 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Now in paperback Finding It shares Valerie's conflicted, humorous, and highly personal tale of her continuing search for answers to life's big questions. Welcome back to chez Bertinelli, where life is as crazy and comical as ever. In revealing talks with her longtime boyfriend, Tom, Valerie gets even more personal about her inner worries: her maternal anxieties about her son, Wolfie (he’s fallen in love and, as she writes, “getting your sex talk from Eddie Van Halen wasn’t recommended in any of the parenting books I read”); the challenges of dealing with a blended family; her mother’s own new diet adventure; and a craving for a deeper relationship with a Higher Power (“I have experienced days of inner peace and connectedness with a larger spirit—twice,” she writes. “Why not more often?”). And as if these everyday challenges weren’t enough, Valerie is working to maintain her own very public weight loss and approaching her fiftieth birthday. This is the story of what happens after you change your life. And it’s not all peaches and cream, or even low-fat yogurt. This inspiring memoir, from the beloved actress and author of the bestseller Losing It, is an optimistic story for trying times. Warm and friendly, honest and self-aware—with the same winning wit and candor that touched a generation of fans in Losing It—Finding It is about working on all the reasons we gain weight in the first place so that it doesn’t happen again. It’s about becoming better, not just thinner. And it’s about believing in love and happiness, having faith that both are possible, and finding out that God does want you to enjoy life’s desserts—even when you’re on a diet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252286Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life Without Opening the Fridge Author: Valerie Bertinelli Narrator: Valerie Bertinelli Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life Without Opening the Fridge Author: Valerie Bertinelli Narrator: Valerie Bertinelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 6, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 2008, Valerie Bertinelli’s #1 bestseller, Losing It, connected with fans of multiple generations and spent a remarkable 8 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Now in paperback Finding It shares Valerie's conflicted, humorous, and highly personal tale of her continuing search for answers to life's big questions. Welcome back to chez Bertinelli, where life is as crazy and comical as ever. In revealing talks with her longtime boyfriend, Tom, Valerie gets even more personal about her inner worries: her maternal anxieties about her son, Wolfie (he’s fallen in love and, as she writes, “getting your sex talk from Eddie Van Halen wasn’t recommended in any of the parenting books I read”); the challenges of dealing with a blended family; her mother’s own new diet adventure; and a craving for a deeper relationship with a Higher Power (“I have experienced days of inner peace and connectedness with a larger spirit—twice,” she writes. “Why not more often?”). And as if these everyday challenges weren’t enough, Valerie is working to maintain her own very public weight loss and approaching her fiftieth birthday. This is the story of what happens after you change your life. And it’s not all peaches and cream, or even low-fat yogurt. This inspiring memoir, from the beloved actress and author of the bestseller Losing It, is an optimistic story for trying times. Warm and friendly, honest and self-aware—with the same winning wit and candor that touched a generation of fans in Losing It—Finding It is about working on all the reasons we gain weight in the first place so that it doesn’t happen again. It’s about becoming better, not just thinner. And it’s about believing in love and happiness, having faith that both are possible, and finding out that God does want you to enjoy life’s desserts—even when you’re on a diet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-life-by-simon-king--65200567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Life Author: Simon King Narrator: Simon King Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 6, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Even as a very young child, Simon King was passionate about the natural world. Expressed in a variety of ways, from keeping faintly rotting animal parts in his underwear drawer (as a 10-year-old), to making several hundred films about wildlife, his enduring interest in all things wild and free has been a way of, rather than a part of his life. Being savaged by a rabid cheetah, charged at by rhinos and elephants and defecated upon by a long list of birds and other animals may sound like hell to some. But these, along with countless other experiences alongside all things furry, scaly, slimy and feathery have provided him with an enormously rich bank of tales to relive and retell. With his professional life starting aged ten, acting in a television drama called The Fox, (for which he looked after an orphaned fox for two years at home), through projects such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Big Cat Diary to name just a few, Simon King has travelled to every continent and lived in extreme conditions from remote desert to Arctic and Antarctic wilderness. With characteristic honesty and charm, Simon King weaves his animal stories amongst encounters with extraordinary people (from the San Bushmen to David Attenborough) and astonishing places to give us a memoir that will delight readers. (P)2009 Hodder & Stoughton]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265867Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Life Author: Simon King Narrator: Simon King Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 6, 2009 Genres: Memoirs...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Life Author: Simon King Narrator: Simon King Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 6, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Even as a very young child, Simon King was passionate about the natural world. Expressed in a variety of ways, from keeping faintly rotting animal parts in his underwear drawer (as a 10-year-old), to making several hundred films about wildlife, his enduring interest in all things wild and free has been a way of, rather than a part of his life. Being savaged by a rabid cheetah, charged at by rhinos and elephants and defecated upon by a long list of birds and other animals may sound like hell to some. But these, along with countless other experiences alongside all things furry, scaly, slimy and feathery have provided him with an enormously rich bank of tales to relive and retell. With his professional life starting aged ten, acting in a television drama called The Fox, (for which he looked after an orphaned fox for two years at home), through projects such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Big Cat Diary to name just a few, Simon King has travelled to every continent and lived in extreme conditions from remote desert to Arctic and Antarctic wilderness. With characteristic honesty and charm, Simon King weaves his animal stories amongst encounters with extraordinary people (from the San Bushmen to David Attenborough) and astonishing places to give us a memoir that will delight readers. (P)2009 Hodder & Stoughton]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dewey-the-small-town-library-cat-who-touched-the-world-by-vicki-myron--65200544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dewey: The small-town library-cat who touched the world Author: Vicki Myron Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 19, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the coldest morning of the year, Vicki Myron found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box of the library where she worked, and her life -- and the town of Spencer, Iowa -- would never be the same. Vicki was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm and an alcoholic, abusive husband. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer was to raise the spirits of a small, out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Dewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, quickly grew into a strutting, adorable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches, and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships. As his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and people all over the world fell in love with him. Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly, steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history. Dewey won hearts and proved to everyone he encountered that unconditional love comes in many forms. (P)2009 Hachette Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265848Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dewey: The small-town library-cat who touched the world Author: Vicki Myron Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dewey: The small-town library-cat who touched the world Author: Vicki Myron Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 19, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: On the coldest morning of the year, Vicki Myron found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box of the library where she worked, and her life -- and the town of Spencer, Iowa -- would never be the same. Vicki was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm and an alcoholic, abusive husband. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer was to raise the spirits of a small, out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Dewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, quickly grew into a strutting, adorable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches, and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships. As his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and people all over the world fell in love with him. Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly, steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history. Dewey won hearts and proved to everyone he encountered that unconditional love comes in many forms. (P)2009 Hachette Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-arena-a-memoir-of-victory-defeat-and-renewal-by-richard-nixon--65200685https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal Author: Richard Nixon Narrator: Richard Nixon Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 13, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the Arena is the most personal, profound, and revealing memoir ever written by a major political figure. It is Richard Nixon's frankest, most outspoken book—which includes the inside story of his resignation from the Presidency and its aftermath. President Nixon's previous books have brilliantly chronicled his public career and examined America's strategic role in the world. Now, for the first time, he shares his private thoughts and feelings on his long career, other great leaders at home and abroad, his own family, the state of the world, the arts of politics and diplomacy, and much more—expanding on his 1978 Memoirs and documenting his role as America's Elder Statesman. It's a personal statement by one of the most important and influential figures in American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252285Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal Author: Richard Nixon Narrator: Richard Nixon Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal Author: Richard Nixon Narrator: Richard Nixon Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 13, 2009 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In the Arena is the most personal, profound, and revealing memoir ever written by a major political figure. It is Richard Nixon's frankest, most outspoken book—which includes the inside story of his resignation from the Presidency and its aftermath. President Nixon's previous books have brilliantly chronicled his public career and examined America's strategic role in the world. Now, for the first time, he shares his private thoughts and feelings on his long career, other great leaders at home and abroad, his own family, the state of the world, the arts of politics and diplomacy, and much more—expanding on his 1978 Memoirs and documenting his role as America's Elder Statesman. It's a personal statement by one of the most important and influential figures in American history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beautiful-struggle-a-memoir-by-ta-nehisi-coates--65200512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 14, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age believer in free love, an autodidact who launched a publishing company in his basement dedicated to telling the true history of African civilization. Most of all, he was a wily tactician whose mission was to carry his sons across the shoals of inner-city adolescence—and through the collapsing civilization of Baltimore in the Age of Crack—and into the safe arms of Howard University, where he worked so his children could attend for free.Among his brood of seven, his main challenges were Ta-Nehisi, spacey and sensitive and almost comically miscalibrated for his environment, and Big Bill, charismatic and all-too-ready for the challenges of the streets. The Beautiful Struggle follows their divergent paths through this turbulent period, and their father’s steadfast efforts—assisted by mothers, teachers, and a body of myths, histories, and rituals conjured from the past to meet the needs of a troubled present—to keep them whole in a world that seemed bent on their destruction.With a remarkable ability to reimagine both the lost world of his father’s generation and the terrors and wonders of his own youth, Coates offers readers asmall and beautiful epic about boys trying to become men in Black America and beyond.“Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip hop generation.”—Walter Mosley]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269554Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/269554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: November 14, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: An exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us.Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age believer in free love, an autodidact who launched a publishing company in his basement dedicated to telling the true history of African civilization. Most of all, he was a wily tactician whose mission was to carry his sons across the shoals of inner-city adolescence—and through the collapsing civilization of Baltimore in the Age of Crack—and into the safe arms of Howard University, where he worked so his children could attend for free.Among his brood of seven, his main challenges were Ta-Nehisi, spacey and sensitive and almost comically miscalibrated for his environment, and Big Bill, charismatic and all-too-ready for the challenges of the streets. The Beautiful Struggle follows their divergent paths through this turbulent period, and their father’s steadfast efforts—assisted by mothers, teachers, and a body of myths, histories, and rituals conjured from the past to meet the needs of a troubled present—to keep them whole in a world that seemed bent on their destruction.With a remarkable ability to reimagine both the lost world of his father’s generation and the terrors and wonders of his own youth, Coates offers readers asmall and beautiful epic about boys trying to become men in Black America and beyond.“Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip hop generation.”—Walter Mosley]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pilgrim-state-by-jacqueline-walker--65200525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pilgrim State Author: Jacqueline Walker Narrator: Sandra James-Young, Jacqueline Walker, Sandra Duncan, Adjoa Andoh, Gareth Armstrong Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 3, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: PILGRIM STATE is a stunning memoir which tells the story of Dorothy Walker - equal parts beautiful, headstrong, brave and tragic. Her life is lovingly recreated by her daughter Jacqueline in homage to the remarkable woman she was. In the haunting opening pages, set in Pilgrim State mental facility in New York State in 1951, Dorothy has been forcibly sectioned and is battling to keep her children and her sanity. She will struggle all her life to retain both. Dorothy and her children return to Jamaica before finally making a home in post-Windrush London in the early 60s. Dorothy and her children face prejudice and loss but are bound by incredible love and their unique sense of family. This will prove to be Dorothys greatest gift. Stories like PILGRIM STATE dont come along that often. And when they do you recognise you have something very special. And when a voice is this strong and original, you stop to listen. PILGRIM STATE celebrates place, the life-affirming nature of family and the bonds between mothers and daughters that can never be broken. The story is haunting and powerful and speaks for generations of women, resonating long after the story ends. Jacqueline Walker has done her mother proud. (P)2008 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265913Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pilgrim State Author: Jacqueline Walker Narrator: Sandra James-Young, Jacqueline Walker, Sandra Duncan, Adjoa Andoh, Gareth Armstrong Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pilgrim State Author: Jacqueline Walker Narrator: Sandra James-Young, Jacqueline Walker, Sandra Duncan, Adjoa Andoh, Gareth Armstrong Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 3, 2008 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: PILGRIM STATE is a stunning memoir which tells the story of Dorothy Walker - equal parts beautiful, headstrong, brave and tragic. Her life is lovingly recreated by her daughter Jacqueline in homage to the remarkable woman she was. In the haunting opening pages, set in Pilgrim State mental facility in New York State in 1951, Dorothy has been forcibly sectioned and is battling to keep her children and her sanity. She will struggle all her life to retain both. Dorothy and her children return to Jamaica before finally making a home in post-Windrush London in the early 60s. Dorothy and her children face prejudice and loss but are bound by incredible love and their unique sense of family. This will prove to be Dorothys greatest gift. Stories like PILGRIM STATE dont come along that often. And when they do you recognise you have something very special. And when a voice is this strong and original, you stop to listen. PILGRIM STATE celebrates place, the life-affirming nature of family and the bonds between mothers and daughters that can never be broken. The story is haunting and powerful and speaks for generations of women, resonating long after the story ends. Jacqueline Walker has done her mother proud. (P)2008 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/aches-pains-by-maeve-binchy--65200566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aches & Pains Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Kate Binchy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 41 minutes Release date: April 10, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Get the feel-better factor from Maeve Binchy as she teams up with artist Wendy Shea to bring us ACHES & PAINS. This gem of a book includes: Five things you can say to annoy the patient in the next bed How to put on elastic stockings Six ways to make non-alcoholic drinks bearable How to be the perfect hospital visitor Unusual but essential things for your medicine cupboard Filled with fun, warmth and wisdom, for which Maeve Binchy is famous, ACHES & PAINS is the perfect alternative to a Get Well card. Read by Kate Binchy (p) 2002 Orion Publishing Group]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265234Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aches & Pains Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Kate Binchy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 41 minutes Release date: April 10, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265234 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aches & Pains Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Kate Binchy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 41 minutes Release date: April 10, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Get the feel-better factor from Maeve Binchy as she teams up with artist Wendy Shea to bring us ACHES & PAINS. This gem of a book includes: Five things you can say to annoy the patient in the next bed How to put on elastic stockings Six ways to make non-alcoholic drinks bearable How to be the perfect hospital visitor Unusual but essential things for your medicine cupboard Filled with fun, warmth and wisdom, for which Maeve Binchy is famous, ACHES & PAINS is the perfect alternative to a Get Well card. Read by Kate Binchy (p) 2002 Orion Publishing Group]]>65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-rivers-run-to-the-sea-memoirs-by-elie-wiesel--65200655https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs Series: #1 of Memoirs of Elie Wiesel Author: Elie Wiesel Narrator: Elie Wiesel Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: January 24, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this first volume of his two-volume autobiography, Wiesel takes us from his childhood memories of a traditional and loving Jewish family in the Romanian village of Sighet through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the years of spiritual struggle, to his emergence as a witness for the Holocaust's martyrs and survivors and for the State of Israel, and as a spokesman for humanity.  With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. 'From the abyss of the death camps Wiesel has come as a messenger to mankind—not with a message of hate and revenge, but with one of brotherhood and atonement.' —From the citation for the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256627Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs Series: #1 of Memoirs of Elie Wiesel Author: Elie Wiesel Narrator: Elie Wiesel Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/256627 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs Series: #1 of Memoirs of Elie Wiesel Author: Elie Wiesel Narrator: Elie Wiesel Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: January 24, 2006 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this first volume of his two-volume autobiography, Wiesel takes us from his childhood memories of a traditional and loving Jewish family in the Romanian village of Sighet through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the years of spiritual struggle, to his emergence as a witness for the Holocaust's martyrs and survivors and for the State of Israel, and as a spokesman for humanity.  With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. 'From the abyss of the death camps Wiesel has come as a messenger to mankind—not with a message of hate and revenge, but with one of brotherhood and atonement.' —From the citation for the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leaving-the-saints-how-i-lost-the-mormons-and-found-my-faith-by-martha-beck--65200662https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith Author: Martha Beck Narrator: Martha Beck Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing her sacred garments, she married in a secret temple ceremony—but only after two Mormon leaders ascertained that her “past contained no flirtation with serious sins, such as committing murder or drinking coffee.” She went to church faithfully with the other brothers and sisters of her ward. When her son was born with Down syndrome, she and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Provo, Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. However, soon after Martha began teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to see firsthand the Church’s ruthlessness as it silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its published beliefs. Most troubling of all, she was forced to face her history of sexual abuse by one of the Church’s most prominent authorities. This book chronicles her difficult decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had cradled her for so long and to confront and forgive the person who betrayed her so deeply. This beautifully written, inspiring memoir explores the powerful yearning toward faith. It offers a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage, survival, and the transformative power of spirituality.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252493Tue, 01 Mar 2005 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith Author: Martha Beck Narrator: Martha Beck Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith Author: Martha Beck Narrator: Martha Beck Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman’s spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As “Mormon royalty” within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church’s high elders—known as the apostles—and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct. Wearing her sacred garments, she married in a secret temple ceremony—but only after two Mormon leaders ascertained that her “past contained no flirtation with serious sins, such as committing murder or drinking coffee.” She went to church faithfully with the other brothers and sisters of her ward. When her son was born with Down syndrome, she and her husband left their graduate programs at Harvard to return to Provo, Utah, where they knew the supportive Mormon community would embrace them. However, soon after Martha began teaching at Brigham Young University, she began to see firsthand the Church’s ruthlessness as it silenced dissidents and masked truths that contradicted its published beliefs. Most troubling of all, she was forced to face her history of sexual abuse by one of the Church’s most prominent authorities. This book chronicles her difficult decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had cradled her for so long and to confront and forgive the person who betrayed her so deeply. This beautifully written, inspiring memoir explores the powerful yearning toward faith. It offers a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage, survival, and the transformative power of spirituality.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-better-to-laugh-life-good-luck-bad-hair-days-qvc-america-s-top-learning-expert-shows-how-every-child-can-succeed-by-kathy-levine--65200695https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Better to Laugh...Life Good Luck Bad Hair Days & QVC: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed Author: Kathy Levine Narrator: Kathy Levine, Joan Rivers Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 1, 1995 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The ultra-popular host of QVC shares her fascinating life story! 'I am who I am, and you like it or don't. I'm not changing. Since I made the decision to be myself, I've had more fun and better relationships than ever. No lightning bolt is going to strike this girl twice!' Kathy Levine is the girl next door who answered an ad in 1986 and became a host for the then-infant cable-TV shopping network, QVC. A few years and over fifty million viewers later, Kathy, 'the champion of the middle-aged, not-so-beautiful woman,' is a national phenomenon. In It's Better To Laugh..., Kathy reveals to her fans the most precious jewels of all -- her laughter, her tears, her hard-won triumphs, and what she's learned about life and being good to herself. She also tells all about life at QVC -- off and on camera, her romantic ups and downs, her special bond with her mother, and her ongoing struggles with her weight and hair! Told with the warmth, honesty and humor that could only come from Kathy herself, It's Better To Laugh... brings us the nicest, funniest, most down to earth woman on television today -- sharing her intimate thoughts and experiences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252257Sun, 01 Oct 1995 06:02:23 +0000Hugh TorpPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Better to Laugh...Life Good Luck Bad Hair Days & QVC: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed Author: Kathy Levine...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/252257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Better to Laugh...Life Good Luck Bad Hair Days & QVC: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed Author: Kathy Levine Narrator: Kathy Levine, Joan Rivers Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 1, 1995 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The ultra-popular host of QVC shares her fascinating life story! 'I am who I am, and you like it or don't. I'm not changing. Since I made the decision to be myself, I've had more fun and better relationships than ever. No lightning bolt is going to strike this girl twice!' Kathy Levine is the girl next door who answered an ad in 1986 and became a host for the then-infant cable-TV shopping network, QVC. A few years and over fifty million viewers later, Kathy, 'the champion of the middle-aged, not-so-beautiful woman,' is a national phenomenon. In It's Better To Laugh..., Kathy reveals to her fans the most precious jewels of all -- her laughter, her tears, her hard-won triumphs, and what she's learned about life and being good to herself. She also tells all about life at QVC -- off and on camera, her romantic ups and downs, her special bond with her mother, and her ongoing struggles with her weight and hair! Told with the warmth, honesty and humor that could only come from Kathy herself, It's Better To Laugh... brings us the nicest, funniest, most down to earth woman on television today -- sharing her intimate thoughts and experiences.]]>185cleanfull